Charley

I agree with Jmig. Because DCS is a study level sim, I've always thought that step by step training campaigns would be most helpful for all DCS aircraft. You tube videos are good, but I always feel like I'm jumping into the middle of a text book to learn one specific thing about complicated planes and their weapons systems. A structured training campaign , telling you in what order you need to learn an aircraft & its systems, and taking you through them with lessons would really be a huge help to newbies like me, or at least just me.

I have wondered the same question. I mostly fly only in single player, maybe that matters, but the P 47 shows no diving advantage in catching up to other planes, or escaping in a dive . Robert S. Johnson though , seemed to think the diving ability of the P 47 was one of its greatest advantages, he mentions it in his book "Thunderbolt" & also in this from an old interview post on the ACES High forum): CCJ: What about facing the Fw 190 and Messerschmitts? RSJ: The Focke Wulf reminded me of the Corsair. It was much smaller of course, but they both had similar maneuverability. It wasn't quite as fast, but turned well. It was unusual to find Focke Wulfs above us. Generally, we held the advantage in height. The Me 109 was another story. They could often be seen up above 35,000 feet. CCJ: What was the biggest mistake a German pilot could make? RSJ: Trying to escape in a dive or split-S. CCJ: Why? RSJ: Because they were not going to out-run the Thunderbolt in a dive. CCJ: You could catch them without a problem. RSJ: I could catch them in nothing flat. CCJ: Really? RSJ: Absolutely. One thing about the 190, if the pilot continued his dive below 7 or 8 thousand feet, he could not pull out before he hit the ground. I guess they had compressibility problems or the elevators got too stiff. Whatever the problem was, I watched several of them pancake in before they could level off. CCJ: What about the Thunderbolt? RSJ: It did not have that problem down that low. Up high, above 25,000 feet, yes, I could get into compressibility and the elevators locked up like they were in concrete. But once you got down to thicker air, you regained control.

Yes! It was the low textures not allowing me to see all the info on the HUD. Thanks, very much appreciated!

I've been trying out vertical take offs & landings but I don't know why I don't see the witch hat , slip indicator, angle of attack indicator on the HUD. I have the VSTOL mode button enabled . What do I need to do to get that on my HUD?

I would like to post the log folder, but I must be missing something in how to attach it to my post. I click on the "manage attachments" button or the attachments icon in my message, but nothing happens. Anyway, the folder has many files like this: dcs.20180329-014746.crash & dcs.20180329-014746.dmp.

Thanks for the responses. I'm wondering my computer isn't able to handle logging onto the multiplayer missions. It's an Intel i5 4670 cpu 3.40 ghz. 16 gb ram, Windows 7, 64 bit. I use a wireless router.

When I try to log onto multiplayer servers in DCS, 99% of the time my DCS program gets hung up. The task manager shows that DCS is not responding. I am able to connect to a friend's server to fly in DCS though, without any trouble. The problem seems to be connecting to the multiplayer servers on DCS. Does anybody know what could be causing this problem & how to fix it?

I'm really enjoying this plane & trying to learn some aerobatics. One thing I'm curious about though I noticed when doing a dive straight down for too long & over speeding the engine. The throttle can't be reduced after a certain point & the rpm lowered. At the very same moment the rpm locks up, the elevator locks up & can't be moved. Is it accurate that these things happen & at the exact same time?

It's really great to see & purchase the new F 15 campaign. Is Maple Flag still going to also do the Basic Flight Training campaign , with sections on emergency procedures ,navigation & ILS ?

Oh I'm embarrassed of my beginner mission building efforts. My aircraft views were restricted to my aircraft only & F 10 view restricted too in the options like you said Feefifofum. Thanks for your help. Why did you ask about late activation? I did reactivate all of my modules onto a different computer. Does that sometimes cause problems?

Oh yes, I should have mentioned that the "hidden on map " box isn't checked for any of the aircraft.

Lately , when I try to create a very simple mission with the ME, only my player plane is showing up in game. None of the AI planes I placed are present in game. I have placed them close enough to my player plane that they should be easy to see. They are not on the F 10 map or in the F2 view. They are present on the ME map though. When I tried hosting a server & changing one of the AI planes to a "client" for a friend, he was able to select & fly that plane , but could only see his plane & mine, none of the other AI. It makes an air to air refueling mission impossible when the tanker isn't visible. Does anybody know what's wrong here? I ran the repair function but it didn't help.

Whenever I increase my throttle, my F5E taxi light goes off. Then when I decrease the throttle all the way, the light comes back on. It makes taxiing in the dark really , really difficult. Is this problem common to everyone?

Thanks Grimes! Hope they're working on fixing this.

I've been experimenting with making very simple missions with the ME but I don't understand why the airports are all dark while the surrounding towns are all lit up. I'm using the Caucasus map in version 2.5. There's probably an obvious answer, but I have to ask. How do I get them to turn on the airport runway lights? Shouldn't there be beacon lights too? Thanks for any help

Many thanks!

I see in the Mission Editor that AI F15s can be equipped with smoke pods, but how do you turn them on?

thx

Did the BF 109 & FW 190 not have landing lights? I don't see them listed in the controls.

What a cool new feature! I didn't realize it existed until I saw your video. I've been trying to get more than one AI to perform maneuvers with each other as a team. So far, I haven't figured out how to do that. I can only get one AI to do a maneuver.

Yes, that was it, I had a control conflict. Thank you!!

Sorry if this has already been asked, I couldn't find this topic in the forum. Whenever I try the dogfight mission in "instant action , P 51 vs P 51" , my P51 immediately trims the elevator nose down as far down as it can go. This happens while the other P51 flies over me and my view finishes its really annoying initial view adjustment., that I can't control. I can't even correct this control input of the trim going fully down until the program is done going through this initial view adjustment. I can see the cockpit trim wheel moving down, but it's nothing I'm doing. Is there a way to get my P51 to start the quick mission just trimmed to neutral, instead of starting in a dive? Hopefully,thanks for any advice.

When setting up my controls, some of my button assignments aren't recognized at all in game, even though they are entered in the control assignment menu. After failing to get some joystick commands recognized,I also noticed that some of the default key assignments aren't working either, like the left shift F 10 command for labels. I ran the repair DCS function, but it didn't help. Do I need to reinstall?

Sorry it has taken quite awhile to respond after beginning this discussion about temperate effects. I have learned a lot from reading the great responses of everyone. I must admit though, that I think all my trouble was the result of flying a mission that included some mild wind speed & turbulence . After reducing the airspeed & turbulence, I think I failed to click the "save" button that is present in the weather profile. When returning to the mission, I was also returning to the default settings with higher wind speed & turbulence without realizing it. I'm ashamed. Now I realize one thing for sure . Taking off with wind & turbulence makes take offs in perfectly calm weather seem easy. Also, the advice about density altitude made me want to try different density altitudes. Being a Mission Editor virgin, I'm not sure how the default weather settings reflect different density altitudes though. As I understand , "density" in the weather profile refers only to the cloud density. Does anyone know how would I set different density altitudes under "dynamic weather" , and are different DAs already reflected in the "default" seasons?

slight weather changes & take offs I felt very proud of myself with being able to take off in the 190 (after a few practice crashes for warm up). But now, when I try in a mission that includes mild weather differences, take offs are disastrous pretty much all the time. I don't understand. I've tried to examine the weather differences that might influence my take off in different missions, & the only thing that I notice is a slight temperature change from my successful take off missions in perfect weather (20c perfect compared to 15c ). Even with the wind at all altitudes set to zero, I have extreme trouble. In perfect weather , I can hold the aircraft straight & lift off with the nose held down. Not with very slight weather changes though. Another person I fly with online who has success in good weather has also been unable to control the aircraft on take off with these very mild weather changes, so I wonder if it's probably not just me & him who would experience this. My question is, have others noticed this , & is some weather effect on the aircraft over modeled ?