SmirkingGerbil

There are folks in my family, that post YouTube video's in response to their concerns regarding mercury in vaccines, or how the government is trying to keep them down with the insurance companies. I tend to gently remind them, that YouTube video's are made by people who typically have no empirical research background, nor are trained in the very topic they create their video's about. I know, I know, I read books, by subject matter experts. The Internet is the last place I try to go deep into knowledge, especially YouTube videos. Call me crazy, call me an Anachronism - but I will stick with SME books, and peer reviewed research. I am gonna hang with @TLTeo's explanations. BTW, thanks TLTeo.

Welcome to DCS! Let us know how this works out for you. I am trying to find a way to introduce my son to this "game", without totally disrupting his XBOX gaming style to get him started. However, as others have said, this is a study sim, whose focus is on realism (your centering issue aside.) So hopefully you get your XBOX VR issues worked out, and come up with something workable - and maybe I can get my son to pick this up! Ultimately though, getting some type of HOTAS system is going to be the way to go.

FWIW Assuming you mean folks with no DCS account, and you are wanting multiple folks to fly together? I have not stood up the new server, so I am guessing, but with other games which I have stood up servers on LAN's (If DCS does this) you could stand up a box hosting the DCS server on a loopback address i.e. 127.0.0.1 but listening on a static assigned IP like 10.10.1.1 private IP. Assign the other workstations to be on that LAN also, 10.10.1.X. IF the DCS server allows listening on fixed IP, and monitoring itself on a loopback address, the server should accept connections from anyone on the Private LAN you setup CAVEAT - I have not done this. So I am not sure how the DCS dedicated server works. I am just going from instances of standing up Team Fortress Servers for LAN parties, Rainbow 6 servers etc. If DCS does not do this, I would recommend that they include this functionality at some point. FWIW.

Indeed. The NaCL is real. EULA wars are the best. My EULA lawyer is better than your EULA lawyer. I kinda remember stuff like this on an 3rd grade playground - but I am giving away my age and mindset.

The angst and legal threats are still going? Kinda like the Jerry Springer Show, except in text form. A good prank, loved it.

The angst and righteous indignation of the uninitiated. While I do have a soft spot for those who uninstalled, reinstalled etc. it is quite a classic April Fools, the bar has been set.

Owned DCS for awhile, but my initial and first love into this title was the KA-50. As far as modules went when I started playing, the KA-50 and Warthog were probably the most complex. In fact, I shied away from the Warthog. Over time I dabbled with the P-51, and signed on for the up coming ME-262 and P-47. However, after tiring of other games I decided it was time to take on the A-10C, and all of it's complexity. To answer your question, if you have a hankering for the Hornet, dive in, make the commitment it is well worth the investment. The A-10 has always been a keen desire of mine, and I finally started taking it serious about 6 months ago. One Thrustmaster Warthog purchase in, along with the TRFP pedals and Track IR (one of my first purchases years ago), I can say I should have done this years ago. I still have so much to learn, but have gotten through much of the basics and learning arcane things like how to ripple fire Mavericks, and use "Force Correlate" along with a myriad of other little things that multiply the experience beyond anything I imagined. Since you still seem to be at the threshold for "do I want to go all in with this airframe" and you are walking around the edges with the Hornet, I say go all in, put in the time. Learn it, I am sure it will be as rewarding for you, as the A-10 has been for me. :thumbup:

Thanks for this Silver, I played this and was so enamored of it. I had forgotten much about it till I watched the video and everything came back. Amazing how far Sims have come!

Same, every now and again, whether by APU, or fuel override and manual restart, I can get an approximate 40%-70% of power, with some fan speed built up. Say one in eight or so. Really depends on how much altitude I have, how much overall damage there is before I attempt. All things being relatively calm, I will attempt it, and rewarded sometimes with a little extra juice to get home. :thumbup:

As mentioned by another poster, Force Correlate combined with Altitude can extend those Maverick engagement ranges substantially. I think only the "H" model and above can do this, going from memory. The "D" may be limited due to lock based on MAV seeker limitations, even if using TGP to designate target before slaving MAV seeker to it. Again, going from memory, at work.

Well, if they came out and said "We are developing and releasing an A-10C suite 8, and HMCS" - I would gladly pay full module price for a new version. They are substantially different, as to utilize new skill sets and techniques. So yes, if a new KA-50 comes out - Shut up and take my money!

Once the Maverick MFD is SOI (after slaving lock from TGP), and you have the solid cross in the Maverick MFD, sometimes you need to "SPAM" the TMS short forward a few times. When she starts flashing (cross), let her rip. Also, I have found that around 3.8 km out seems to be the best range for lock by Mav regardless of model, using just the MAV MFD, and tracking locking with the MAV seeker. Also dependent on background noise like surrounding terrain, can sometimes launch out around 4 or 5 nm. Just mash that TMS forward a couple of times, and it will lock up. Force Correlate is a different animal and can extend those ranges significantly. FYI, FWIW.

Holy crow! Beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing this. Popping a comment so I can find it for future reference.

P51 from a real pilot It has been a long time since I few the P-51 in DCS, specifically take off scenario. When I was, I struggled as the aircraft had a propensity to roll, to the port I think. I would crash more often than not. My wife's Uncle is an FAA fella. Goes to crash sites to investigate AND builds planes. His current favorite is a "hot rod" Luscombe that he rebuilt from a wreck, and has taken me up in, to do barrel rolls, loops etc . . . while cackling the entire time. He has also flown the P-51 or relaying what he learned from a P-51 pilot who is a friend of his associated with the confederate Air Force. Again, couple of years (however long since the P-51 came out), and now I fly the A-10 exclusively. Anyway, I was mentioning to him how much trouble I was having with the P-51 in DCS. He instructed me to set the trim just so, and (I think) lock the tail wheel, and apply power and rotate at XYZ. Guess what, next time from cold start to take off, I lifted off and didn't crash. For whatever that anecdotal evidence is worth. When a real pilot, tells me to do XYZ, and I apply it to a aircraft in DCS and it works as compared to the same P-51 I have flown in the other "high end" titles, I would say in my own anecdotal real life experience that DCS flight models are pretty darn accurate, more so than any other flight titles have I have flown - and I have flown a lot of them.

Played other "World Games", and other flight sims. From my perspective, the direction DCS is going long term is a true integrated world, across era's across platforms. Based on what is out there now, a long and difficult road to go, but in the end far far superior to any "World" combat simulator out there now. Worth the wait, and one of those folks (backers) that is thankful when ED stepped in and saved the mess that was the original WWII effort. So many wonderful platforms to fly in the meantime, and the updates (for me) indicate that nothing has been abandoned. When I get my ME 262, it will have been worth the wait. In the meantime, plenty to fly and master. Nothing else even comes close to DCS, on any level, that I have played currently on the market. Even the venerable IL2 Sturmovik series, which is still better than most.

Same, just started today, have been on since 21st. Odd. Tried running as Admin etc.

Sorry Weegie, hope it gets cleared up soon. Worth the trouble.

Weegie, I had the same problem till I used the "custom install directory" and had to include the path:\ . . . \. . . \bin directory (bin) specifically. Now I get every module correctly identified when I launch it and bring up the panel for Viacom. Also, I had a stock install path, but to a "G:" drive so not sure if Viacom is always looking for "C:" install paths only. Regardless, once I did this, and made sure to include \bin vs. not going that deep, everything works. G:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS\bin - leaving off \bin, no love, \bin did the trick. Slightly different than the fix link posted above. May not be your fix, maybe you tried, but thought I would mention it. I did not go back more than two pages of posts, so maybe you already did this.

Compared to other titles trying to create "Worlds", i.e. the tank and ships variety of arcade bent etc. DCS World is far more engaging and comprehensive. Trust me, I dabbled for a bit in the aforementioned games, and tired of the toxicity, simple mechanics, and unrealistic "balancing" that constantly took place. Point being, in DCS, Worlds and integration of them will create so many new avenues for simmers and fans of this title to explore, I see unlimited potential for growth here. Even maybe snagging some of the arcade types over from the titles mentioned.

My humble opinion for whatever it is worth. We need PFM, and AFM/SSM, both are important to the future of sim flight. I have many friends I am trying to get into DCS, and the PFM models with clickable cockpits is overwhelming and very steep learning curve for them. Having birds like the T51, SU-25, along with other offerings make entry into DCS easier. Thinking long term for the Sim market and community growth. Even with my ability to drastically reduce the knowledge ramp for friends into the A-10C, the AFM/SSM models are what they get initially interested in. I am using definitions of "professional flight model" and "Advanced Flight model" (+), with SSM as listed in tech questions of forums.

Good news! Thanks for the update. Been flying 1C, ED, and others for years. Also original Kickstarter here, but good things take time. Appreciate the update, have plenty of aircraft to fly in the meantime!

Seb, Well some good news, I hope this helps someone. No matter what I did, whichever ".exe" or binary I referenced using the module manager natively in DCS failed in some form or fashion. Out of frustration, I tried the Skate Zilla utility, pointing to the generic DCS World directory, and installed the AV-8B module it worked!!!! I could fly the module. However as reported earlier, I now had 11 modules to install, but using Skate Zilla interface, I re-installed each module (took forever) and they all worked. Even all my settings for each aircraft in my "Saved Games" folder was preserved. I have no idea why the module manager would crash in DCS, just thankful for the Skate Zilla utility. With all the installations I thought I would end up with extra files or content, but my install size stayed the same (guessing instead of true downloads, just used existing local files), and cleanup runs with updater.exe showed good install with no extra files. Problem solved, but going to stick with Skate Zilla's utility for module management from now on . . . even though I realize it is just an overlay for the Updater.exe file.

Thank you Seb, I tried your suggestion with the same results as Case B and C above. The client crashes to desktop, nothing is installed. I can only run the "run.exe" file, in the first \bin directory, and play 95% of what I own, but AV-8B will not activate. Not sure what is going on.

No option for "already have". One of the early original funders of the 1C(?) effort for the WWII aircraft that ED took over (thank you so much!) when it started to founder. Still waiting for my lovely P-47 and ME-262. However, not concerned about delivery, nor is this a complaint post. Just signifying I did jump in on the original Go Fund Me effort to get these aircraft in the sim. I would do it again, in relation to new content or significant overhauls. Still, these funding efforts shouldn't exceed the cost of a high end module around $50 to $100.00 USD.

Apologize for posting this here, but my existing ticket is going no where, and another post in "Customer Support --> Activation" isn't getting any hits. If this is a no no, can a mod please remove? Incident of activation problems with AV-8B up to this point: Have referenced existing resources for activation problems. If I have missed something, please forgive me, but I have looked everywhere for this! I have done several passes with the updater utility and command line options. Also disabling the mod, and reinstalling doesn't fix. Issue in a nutshell. After a lot of troubleshooting, and verifying installations using Skate Zilla GUI update utility, as well as the command line passes with the DCS updater utility, I am stuck. I located the following executable's in the following directories, for my current install. After some testing, noticed that different launch points produce different results. This is a fresh install, nothing added, scenarios below. G:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\ run.exe (case A). G:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin\ DCS executable OR Run.exe (case B). G:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin\bin\DCS executable (case C). Case A runs fine, all mods I own (several) show installed, they all work. Go to install AV-8B, downloads, client shuts down, client never re-starts. Start client in Case A from scratch, AV-8B shows as installed, but only shows F2 screen, cannot pilot from F1. Other modules like A-10C, P-51D, using maps like Persian Gulf, Nevada all have pilot-able aircraft. AV-8B will launch on the aforementioned maps, but only F2 and watching fly with AI works. F1 and piloting never works. Case B, runs, but NOTHING shows as installed, only Caucus map, but I get 12 modules to load in module manager, I select AV-8B then install, game client shuts down, never starts again. Run from scratch, no module. Case C same as case B, but in this case only DCS binary is run, no run.exe as in Case A, or B (which has both files in the listed directory). Case C also shows all 12 modules I own to be installed, I try to install, client shuts down. Restart, nothing. Yes I own AV-8B, purchased about a month ago. All show version 2.5.3.24984 those being run.exe setup from the Skate Zilla utility and browsed to for application setup. Pretty sure run.exe is calling DCS binary, but since I found two and cannot replicate my problem with either, greatly confused. Only Case A, calling run.exe from the listed directory, gives me 95% of what I own, all working, except AV-8B. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated