Kifaru

I believe the keyboard short is 'C'. It resets all the sensors to the default position.

Awesome work GA! Looks like a serious amount of work went into that one...Very much appreciated. Thanks!

Video demo of The Battle Simulator (TBS) and footage from the recent ITEC show on wagmatt's youtube channel. Has quite a bit of cockpit footage from the hog.

I would recommend Fraps. It's a screen capturing program and I believe there is a free trial which allows you to record 30 seconds per clip. So, just record a few and edit them together. Done deal :)

When in the server browser have you switch it from 'LAN' to 'INTERNET'. Obvious I know but it's got me for a couple of minutes :) Also, in Black Shark 1.0 I had to press 'New Search' then 'Refresh' to be able to see the servers. HTH.

The producer notes by Wags really helped me. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=32511&highlight=producers+notes

I render as .wmv through Vegas using pretty much the default settings. A 4 minute edited video would come out at around 50mb. I then upload straight to youtube and get full 720p options once the video has been processed. It's also a great size and quality to host elsewhere if people want it on their hard drive. Windows Movie Maker allows you to save as .wmv so if you have raw HD fraps footage you want to upload to Youtube, put it through Windows Movie Maker and save as .wmv. Depending on the length of your raw footage you'll get a fantastic quality to size ratio.

I start with the music when I make my vids. I listen to the music with my eyes closed and visualise my story/shots. Some music can be inappropriate though. The only time I stop watching a movie because of music is when the Top Gun Theme starts.... :thumbup:

The pig is due for retirement at the end of 2010. I managed to make it the Avalon air show in Melbourne this year where I will have seen my last dump and burn :( T'was a sad day indeed.

Great review from a great author. Can't recommend his book enough. A brilliant read.

Some shots I've gathered over the last few weeks.

Download is up for anyone who wants it. http://www.virtual-jabog32.de/index.php?section=downloads&subcat=65&file=1012&lang=en :)

Beat me to it :) I still had some sound effects to add but ran out of time as the deadline for my squads Machinima comp had already passed. Glad you like it though. I must say its much harder making videos about helo's then fast movers. Here are some shots that I took with the original cut. :)

A few screens from a promo movie I'm working on.

I haven't used vista before so I'm thinking it will be a huge step for me. I'm very overdue for a clean install though so ill be giving it a go.

I don't get any weapon sounds from within the cockpit with the English version. They were fine when I had the Russian version installed. Is anyone else getting the same thing/found a fix? I try everything from changing views and pausing to re-installing the whole sim. No luck so far.

Here you go mate. Highest res i have :thumbup: http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9563/screenshot002ai9.jpg

G'day all, Got the english version. Completely and utterly stoked! Had a really interesting flight last night. I loaded up a single mission called "Death Valley". I have to say it was one of the best experiences I have had in any flight sim ever.... At one stage I was head on with an avenger which was spewing 50cal and IRM's at me. I was trying my best to keep buildings between him and I as I rapidly closed the distance between us at 150 kph. Eventually I became close enough to engage him so I switched to cannon and popped up over a 4 story building spraying a good twenty 30 mike mike rounds his way. I saw a few good hits resulting in the engine block bursting into flames. At that point i was jinxing with my foot hard on right rudder. As I straightened up there was the roof of a building right in front of me, I tried to pull her up but my right vikhr pod struck a vent on the top throwing me into a wild spin. I get Nadia nagging me with a master caution so I check my systems and notice some stabilisation modes are offline, I have a loss of hydraulic power and my Shkval is also offline. I'm able to limp her home and set her down without any probs bar the gear not coming down :( I was simply amazed at the collision model when i collected that vent. I was sure i would burst into flames straight away as per the lock on engine. In conclusion Black Shark is sex.

Hey mate. There is a few of us over at www.vaaf.net (Virtual Australian Air Force) with the english version of BS already. Check out our forums if your interested, would be great to get another Aussie on board :)

Ditto :pilotfly:

I'm really looking forward to the Apache but at the same time i would be very content with the Hog. Not gonna happen but an F-111 would be mind blowing :D

Nice stuff mate! Appreciate you taking the time away from flying the shark to make this :) That shot coming over the hill with the flares dispensing like crazy was awesome!

I find it disheartening reading some of the post around here. I cant imagine what its like for those actually working extremely hard on the product. I'm really greatfull for how much ED keep us all in the loop providing us with information most days. It is one of the few pleasures i get to come home from work and check the forums to find yet again another jam packed post by one of the ED partners with juicy info on BS. Although ill be over the moon with the release of Black Shark i for one will miss the excited adrenaline packed frenzy i get when clicking my 'DCS Forum' favouties link. (until the next DCS module anyway) ;)

I have an X52 and basically break the 3 modes on it down to: Mode 1 -A/G Mode 2 -A/A Mode 3 -NAV (including take off and landing set-ups i.e. Flaps, gear, brakes etc... and engine Start/stop commands) In all modes i have buttons mapped to essentials such as chaff, flare, air brake etc...Things that i would need asap in given situations. Obviously this wont fully apply to BS due to its complexity but ill adapt it somehow....i hope :) I can imagine i'm going to be doing a lot of keyboard mashing anyway. IMO it's almost the best part about a new sim. Getting my gear running as efficient as possible along side it, cant wait! :)

I imagine the module releases will speed up as they move along as they will be able to adapt a lot of the concepts from BS. (until the integration of the new 3D engine anyway). I reckon most of us will be more then busy for the next 2 years with BS so the modules will be released before you even know it :)