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Boris

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  1. Post stolen from the Pimax forums: And as far as Global and individual settings are concerned - This means you can choose to apply all adjustments to all games, or have adjustments for specific games only.
  2. I fail to see how this grip has a significant advantage over the Warthog grip.
  3. You'd be happy to know that this isn't true. For ED at least, WW2 modules have the best ROI.
  4. PM or PH, I'm really looking forward to this thing.
  5. Boris

    U.F.O.

    Reading the comments on this one is brain cell killing. It's so obviously just the contrail of another aircraft it hurts. I fly often and love my window seats and see this al the time. Generally, the vast majority of UFO sightings can be explained by earthly phenomena misidentification of completely normal objects or fakery. But there are a few intriguing accounts. Most notably the Belgian UFO wave, which was seen by thousands of people. The one account that is surely one of the the most interesting to us is the "tic tac", which was spotted and followed by US Navy F/A-18 pilots. There's even a "The Fighter Pilot Podcast" episode with one of the pilots. However, all any unexplained aerial phenomena proves so far, is that people see some weird stuff. Any extraterrestrial origin is pure speculation and imagination.
  6. Have you tried unchecking "Start SteamVR automatically with applications" in SteamVR and launching DCS normally?
  7. Anyone tried this yet and have it work? I'll be giving it a shot after work today.
  8. I just watched the video... Wow, this really is bizarre and very significant. I wonder if fixing this is what is being done with the announced VR optimisation. Has anyone reproduced yet, or is it something specific to Swevivers system?
  9. Boris

    VR IMPROVEMENTS

    Ah well, I guess I will stop holding my breath for this. I was hoping it could drop any week now.
  10. Change the power settings in nVidia control panel to "prefer maximum performance", if you haven't already done so.
  11. As others have stated, many here are way overestimating the range at which they feel entitled to see aircraft. Comparisons of seeing airliners at long ranges (which depending on condidtions can also be very hard to spot) are not very fitting. Consider that military fighters are not meant to be seen. They are significantly smaller and typically painted in colours that are specifically designed to reduce visibility. This paper is an interesting discussion on the topic of aircraft spotting: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0005594 This graph in particular should be of great interest to us: Note the huge difference in visibility of a 747 vs an F-16. While I wouldn't say the aircraft spotting in DCS can't be improved upon, as it is now, I think the spotting pretty accurately reflects the difficulty of spotting aircraft in real life. After all, they're not invisible. Flying on WW2 and Cold War servers where spotting is very important, I tend to see aircraft at the ranges more or less where they would be expected to be seen. That being said, I think they can definitely work on having aircraft glint or be darkly silhouetted in corresponding lighting conditions.
  12. Wow! I honestly did not realistically expect to see the F-16 this year. Seems ED are getting much more efficient in their development based on the experience gained from previous modules.
  13. Anyone else experiencing freezing issues with the Pimax? Every now and again (perhaps after half an hour of play) I will get a freeze in DCS with the 5k. The image in the headset will stay frozen, DCS is frozen for a few seconds, but recovers. The headset does not immediately recover and will be grey. Only after moving the headset around to wake up the tracking, will the headset resume as normal. I can continue flying after this, presuming the aircraft hasn't crashed. In single player I can press escape to pause the game, but in multiplayer this is often fatal. I am wondering what is causing this. Could it be only due to a loss of tracking by the headset? (I'm using two HTC base stations) Or maybe it's related to the micro-freezes that DCS frequently has? I got these a lot with the Rift, but tracking resumed after a few seconds. Maybe the Pimax has a harder time recovering? I'm thinking it might also be my graphics card overclock. I'm going to try without OC and see it that's the issue. Anyone else getting this?
  14. Ah, shame, still nothing on the VR performance then.
  15. This is supposed to be a replica of an F/A-18 stick, which doesn't have a handrest. Why would you expect a handrest?
  16. I ended up ordering this grip as it is currently on special. I received it yesterday and must day that it totally meets my expectations. It's a solid little grip that in shape and functionality completely mirrors a B-8 grip as found in the F-5E (with thumb hat) and therefore also closely resembles the F-86 grip. The twist axis (which I won't bee using due to pedals) is very solid and needs some force to move, which means it can't become accidentally activated by normal X/Y axis usage.
  17. You guys are pissed because some changes failed to make it into the patch of a particular week??? Bloody hell
  18. Boris

    An2

    I knew pretty much nothing about this aircraft other than seeing it as a static on many airfields in DCS. I'm surprised to read it's not a WW2 plane, first flight in 1947 and produced until 2001!? That's got to be one of the longest productions runs of any aircraft.
  19. Seeing as we have a lack of serious high-fidelity adversaries for the western aircraft, I think Iranian Tomcats in a flyable and detailed (as much as the limited information allows) state is a must. They also slot perfectly into the PG map. I'm sick of airquake servers with exactly the same aircraft on both teams.
  20. Boris

    Mouse

    That seems a little too awkward for me. What happens when you want to keep your eyes on the target but then also need to move your head to flick switches? I have a mouse on the right and a track ball on the left and this is still the fastest and most reliable way in my opinion.
  21. Yeah, just realized it's a public holiday in Russia tomorrow.
  22. I'm hoping for a release in open beta tomorrow.
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