Flying Penguin

Seriously, if you guys pull this off to full DCS standard, you can have all my money and my first born..... Well I might keep enough for the bus fare home, but you get my drift ;)

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That's very odd.... I've never touched the audio menu before but, as you said, move the volume from 60% to 100% and it all magically came back. I do love undocumented surprises. Thanks!

I've not got any mods installed, it's pure unmodified standalone DCS.

All, As the title suggests, all my in-cockpit sounds have gone, not just engine whine, everything. I can hear it glitching in and out occasionally at the start of the mission, and I can occasionally hear particularly loud external sounds. When I'm in external view everything seems normal. This didn't happen until the latest patch, has anyone else had this? Cheers, Jamie

The Samsung EVO range do well in tests and I've always here positive things about them from RW users. I've got a pair of 250 GB EVO 840 in RAID 0 and I'm very happy with them. If you are going to use I it as an OS drive, the bigger the better...

I never said it wasn't great for immersion (although I disagree with your assertion than you can't turn your head to track a target with a TIR and still be aware of the orientation, I can do that quite nicely thank you very much, it may not be 1:1 but the brain can translate very easily after rudimentary practice), but that matters less to me than not being able to speak to my wife, keep an eye on my kids, see my cup of tea etc... TrackIR is the best of the solutions that don't close you off completely, and as such is the best fit for me, whether or not it is the 'best' for immersion. TrackIR won't survive because it's the best, it will survive because it's 'good enough' for people that for whatever reason don't want a full headset affair.

I'd agree with your entire post, sums up why my TIR 5 will be my method of choice for many years to come. The only thing I've done is replaced the cheaply made piece of crap TrackClip Pro with a Delan Clip and now I'm sorted. Tried face tracking, didn't get on with it in the slightest, seriously unconvinced that OR will work for me due to the very real problem (for me) of not being able to interact with the real world/family whilst using it. If my TIR breaks, the first thing I'll be doing is ordering a direct replacement...

Surely those have got to be from left over supplies rather than actual drops? They don't look nearly sturdy enough to survive a drop from flying heights and flying speeds with barely a ding.... Perhaps the lesson is that when you crash your car, send it to Vietnam, home of the magic panel beaters! ;)

What is suggested is potentially a good learning tool, if it can be forced off by the server, it will have no impact on multiplayer and make no more difference to the realism of single player than game mode (which afaik hasn't destroyed DCS or brought it all down to the level of War Thunder...).

+1 I think the number of WoT players that could be talked into a slow, methodical, hyper detailed tank sim is probably fractions of a percent. Watch some of the above mulitplayer SB sessions, lots of time with not much happening, even when it is, it's slow and methodical. It's not going to scratch many people's adrenaline itch, certainly not in the same way as WoT.

But can your rifle do this? :D

How about Kevin Bacon, eating bacon, in an F-16 made out of bacon? Please excuse me whilst I go to Tesco and buy all their bacon....

Would be more fun to turn it into 'son of the bacon thread'.... Mmmm bacon.....

I agree, wasting time on these crappy old aircraft is near criminal. What we really need is: Digital Cross-stitch Simulator Just think of the possibilities... DCS: Tea With Granny DCS: Knitting Circle DCS: "It Wasn't Like That In My Day...." DCS: Stale Digestive Dipped In Weak Tea DCS: Retirement Home (scratch and sniff included) Money in the bank I say! Get to it ED....

Yep, let me know if you don't see it soon :)

Both claimed :) I will send them asap.

All, I've ended up with an additional gift copies of Papers Please and ARMA Cold War Assault in my Steam account which is no good for man nor beast jut sitting there, so the first person to contact me via PM with their email address (so I can send as a Steam gift) gets them. Please express a preference for which you'd like, I'd rather give them separately. Cheers, Jamie

The OP seems to be interested in "Dora Training" (his words), respawning achieves the same end.

If your previous plane is destroyed you can go into the pause menu, click "Briefing" and then "Fly". Same effect, less keys....

Well get your landing speed right then ;) Sounds like you are having to force it onto the ground, which will tend to blow things up! Give yourself a long approach to get settled, don't try close in circuits until you are near 100% on your speed control. If you are too fast to get it to settle properly (main gear first) in the first third of the runway, go around and try again. You won't notice THAT much difference with new hardware. Though having a separate throttle and rudder WILL help, you could buy most of the rest of the DCS catalogue for the the cost of a fairly middle of the road HOTAS and rudder setup ($260 CH Pro rudder + X52 Pro vs $333 to purchase every DCS module you don't own at full sale price). Honestly, it will improve your flying, but it is by no means a requirement, it is perfectly possible to fly (and more importantly, enjoy) any of the modules with what you have, even the Huey. If you have the cash and space to get both the modules you want and a hardware upgrade, take a look at it, otherwise, get the modules you want to fly, enjoy with your current stick and when it dies (it will do eventually), replace it with something a step or two up.

You don't "need" a full stick, throttle and pedals setup for any module. Given infinite space and money it's preferable, but your Cyborg should do just fine (though the Huey will benefit most from the improved control). Seen as you already have FC3, that only leaves full fidelity modules, they are all good, the real question is which excites you most? Personally I'd go for the MiG 21 (it's new, it's great quality, Leatherneck seem to be really standing behind it so far and what's not to like about a missile with a cockpit?) and pick the rest up at the Christmas sale.

I would, it would be a nice way of combining more sedate FSX/P3D civil (which is rewarding in it's own way), with the hustle and bustle of combat flying. If it was a choice between a couple of sectors in a tubeliner or fueling a few flights of fighters, fighters every time....

You already blamed us for everything. There was no need to hold an expensive referendum to do that. Why do you think we call you winging Scots? ;)

On the bright side we don't have to endure 18 months of the gobby wee shite posturing with tired Braveheart clichés....