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In terms of cockpit layout, instruments and dogfight experience, F-5E is definitely the closest one.

For A2A engagements, the roles were split in a similar way than in the Tomcat, but I wonder about A2G. Did the pilot have additional screen for TV feed, or was it strictly WSO job to handle guided A2G weapons?

He was not a WSO, if anything, 'Olds' should replace 'Iceman' for the pilot A.I.

The reality of software development is never that simple. DCS already has more than 100 threads created at the same time. But the real question is what is the path that takes the longest to execute and can it be further split into simultaneous jobs. Only ED knows the answer.

This is quite normal. To put it simply, you CPU is performing multiple tasks (threads) every second and constantly switching between them. Even a task that is running all the time, like DCS main game loop is in fact loaded and unloaded from the CPU constantly. And when it returns, it may not land on the same core on which it was running before. With modern processors, this core juggling is also intentional. It allows to better distribute the heat across the cpu die and lets parts of the CPU to cool down. The cost of moving the thread to another core is lower, than suffering thermal throttling.

Most likely yes.

He means down.

MiG-15 has a bit more charm IMO and the added advantage that you don't have to fight the UFO MiG-15 AI. F-86 has more A2G capability, fancy radar gunsight (still bugged) and more ammo, even though the .50 cals don't pack as much punch as MiG's cannons. I can also recommend the Museum Relic campaign, it works with both aircraft and while completely fictional, it's well written and well designed, it doesn't pit you against superior AI in superior aircraft expecting you to win.

Both Korean jets have pilot body in the cockpit. I'd give them a "six". Good enough to do the job, animated, no issues. Same quality as the rest of the cockpit, which shows its age a bit. The aircraft without pilot body are: Fw190A, Mosquito, I16, A10, F15, Mig19, Mig21, Mig29, F14, F16, JF17, Ka50, Mi24. As you can see, almost all ED releases in recent years do not have the pilot body. So I wouldn't count on the Apache coming with it on release. Yeah yeah, all is work in progress, will be added soon (in this decade), subject to change, yadda yadda....

When slewing IR maverick with an axis, the vertical slew stops if you bring the horizontal slew axis to zero, even if the vertical slew axis is stil deflected. In other words, if you are slewing the sensor in the upper right direction, and want it to slew in the upper left (or just straight up), it will get stuck and stop moving. The horizontal slew axis does not have such problem. In the attached track I try to move the sensor in a vertical zig-zag pattern like below, but this is not possible. It will stop whenever I try to change direction. \ \ \ \ / / / / \ \ \ \ IRMVverticalSlew.trk

IR displays like TGP or missiles are by default set to -7 gain. Not very practical, a middle "0" gain setting would be more useful as initial gain value.

Ah, ok, in this case the mission is probably fine, I thought maybe one pair of aircraft was supposed to despawn while the other one appeared.

If you intend to keep using Warthog for a longer time, Deltasim ministick mod is worth checking out.

Yes, that's right and it was like that since the beginning. For whatever reason, Thrustmaster chose this solution instead of a conventional ministick like you can find in every gamepad and other throttles from Thrustmaster. Maybe because the real one in the aircraft is pressure sensitive, and they tried to emulate that with different tech - and failed.

In many aircraft in the real world, a free castoring front wheel allows the pilot to pivot the aircraft around the inner tyre, thus allowing for even smaller turn radius than with NWS. At the price of increased tyre wear of course. In DCS, not so much. Ground physics are sometimes weird.

According to Tacman, in AUTO mode, the horizontal release cue should start moving down 3 second before release. In Razbam Harrier it starts moving 1 second before release, which is too short for a meaningful indication of upcoming drop. ReleaseCueTiming.trk

Trying to designate a target with DMT slaved to velocity vector, by pressing TDC action button. Most of the time, the designation point jumps randomly to a completely different and unremarkable location outside of DMT field of view. Also when I press "undesignate" button, sometimes instead of reslaving the sensor to velocity vector, the system creates another target point a few miles behind the aircraft. DMTjump2.trk

It's DCS in a nutshell. The only consistent set of player aircraft, AI and assets, that forms a complete package is the LOMAC period of late 90s. Everything else is random selection of airplanes that rarely match each other, as they are developed over a long period of time with no single theatre in mind.

80% is peak load in some gaming scenarios, and even that's assuming solid OC on both CPU and GPU. Not constant load 24/7. Anyway, that's another post with no merit on your end, just ad personam. The tread starts to spin in circles so I'm done, my first answer in this thread still stands. Merry Christmas everyone and happy New DCS patch

For the second or third time, please stop cluttering this thread with horror stories about exploding poor quality PSU's and vague comments with no substance. The poster already has a brand new, solid quality model with 7 year warranty, that is recommended at HardOCP and gets good reviews like https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/zardon/corsair-tx550m-gold-power-supply-review/5/ https://www.purepc.pl/test-zasilacza-corsair-tx550m-550w-wydajny-cichy-i-niedrogi?page=0,8 It won't blow up from simply running at 70-80% of its rated power. The measured AC noise/ripple at this load level is also perfectly fine, the efficiency stays around 91%, which is well above "Gold" or even "Platinum" standard requirements. In fact, both reviewers pushed it high above 600 watts in their testing. Sure, I wouldn't want to use this PSU with RTX3080, 5950X, or any high-end Intel CPU, but that is not the topic of this thread. For a setup like 5600X with 3070, it's perfectly adequate. Always easy to spend somebody's else money on things he doesn't need.

For a system that comes out at 400-450W, and that's with a decent overclocking, a 550W power supply is exactly that. A good 20% above required power under full load. No, they don't. That's around 450 according to the linked calculator, and I agree with that estimate based on my own experiences.

Lol, nope, you're mistaken. Here's the actual efficiency verification report, from Wikipedia of all things. As you can see the power supply rated at 2200W actually takes 2370W from the wall at 100% load, to output 2240W at 94.6% efficiency. Power supplies are rated in output power, meaning the current * voltage they can actually deliver to the hardware. The excess heat is not included in the rating. Just like it's not included in the power rating of your car's engine. And please don't clutter the topic with your stories about cheap 1kW for 99$ power supplies. Everyone here has a decent PSU that can maintain its rated power, including the OP.

First of all, if you're measuring at the wall, then you have to multiply by PSU efficiency, which is at best 93% in your case. So that 500W on the meter is more like 460W of actual PSU load (output). Second, a typical 6800XT pulls 60-80W more than 3070 under full load. https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6800-xt/31.html So both your observations and the calculator posted by @SilentSierra align pretty well, estimating around 400W for a system with 5600X and 3070. Well within capabilities of his current PSU, with a good margin for error.

You've missed the OP question, it's not a matter of 20$, but rather buying a new PSU vs not buying one. Good power supplies are one of the most reliable and long-lasting parts of the computer. Why do you think the manufacturers notoriously offer 6-12 years of warranty on a PSU while most parts in your PC have only 1-2 years warranty? Close to the 'edge' in case of a good PSU is also way above its rated wattage, which is given for continuous operation with some safety margin. Either way, a 5600X plus 3700 is waay below even 550W mark.

Needed, yeah, right. I ran 5900X with 3080 on a 650W power supply without any issues for most of this year. You really don't need gazillion Watts PSU for a mid-range system.