mytai01

People have unrealistic expectations about how easy it is to see objects in real life. As an air traffic controller, I see first hand what it's like to see aircraft and vehicles out the tower windows and I know how far they are from me. You'd be surprised how close things have to be to be seen...the VR is dead on. You would have a hard time seeing an F-18 flying at 10k feet...that's 2 miles away! Think about that!

AI aircraft don't have 3D cockpit models. That would be a huge task and take away from other projects...

It's already going to happen. They have to keep continuity across aircraft, or they won't match quality...

Surface to surface missiles would be interesting...

See how cluster munitions affect Infantry! Even if it's supposed to be used on armor it's still going to kill infantry!

This brings up a great point. Perhaps we should have a pilot with multiple careers with independent ranks in each career? It could have a career for each service, or Nation. Or, each aircraft could have it's own pilot record where you could choose a pilot that is appropriate for the aircraft type. For example, for the FA-18 you could choose to be a pilot in the US Navy, USMC, CANF, Spanish AF, Swiss AF, etc. Then there could be an overall pilot record with combined stats.

I believe that US Navy F-14's with GE F110 engines were not allowed to use AB during land based departures until wheels were off the ground. This might be true for carrier launches also...TF30 engined F-14's did not have this restriction.

Why won't Jester lock close targets?

There needs to be a script, or something, that AWACS will run away from enemy fighters that get too close. That is what real AWACS would do. They would never just keep orbiting when danger gets too close...They RUN! That would be true for other non-fighter aircraft that have AWACS advisories...

So far, ICEMAN hasn't done a single thing for me. When I go to the back seat, ICEMAN puts us in a dive, stalls the aircraft and crashes us into the desert floor. What's up with that?

Jester should be told who to lock...then he should do everything in his power to establish, maintain, reestablish, maintain, reestablish, maintain until told to do otherwise; or the target is destroyed...PERIOD!!! Right now he acts like a clueless cadet!

I just played a mission (DCS World Beta- Nevada Map) with using the default Winter Snow and Clouds setting and this is what the fog looked like... Is that the best we have??? It doesn't look like mist at all...Is that going to change one day?

Is there changes in the MiG-21 today? Cause if so it's listed under the F/A-18C changes...;)

Why does Jester have so much difficulty keeping a lock on a slow moving Il-76 at high altitude? Even after establishing visual contact he still doesn't reestablish a lock??? That should be automatic!

Maybe there is no AI? The ICEMAN AI is a myth...

I had a similar problem. Everything seems to be correct but the bombs just wouldn't drop. It turns out that you HAVE TO ask Jester to select the ordinance you want...It's not good enough to select fusing and pilot control. So you have to have Jester do 3 things to give you control to drop...And, yes! You have to hit the Pickle button not pull the trigger.

It seems that the only way the pilot can hear Jester AI is in the F1 view sitting in the cockpit. Jester AI has to do a better job of coordinating his status! I sat on the ramp waiting for him to tell me he was ready to taxi and never heard a thing! I SHOULD HEAR HIM NO MATTER WHAT I'M DOING!!! Even if I'm in F2 view watching enemy aircraft taking off at another airfield!!!

Ok, since this is normal behavior on the real jet, then we have a problem with F3 Repair Request not restoring the landing gear to normal operation...

I agree! This procedure could be a mouse wheel action. Left click/Right click choices are to easy to mix up and ruin the mission...

Does that mean that the flap are supposed to be all the way down during takeoff???

When trying to raise the landing gear, I accidentally twisted the gear handle and now the landing gear will not raise and I lost nose wheel steering. I tried to have it repaired on the ground, but nothing was fixed. Is there something I'm missing or is this something that needs to be looked at too?

That isn't true! You can use the VR flap handle in the cockpit with the mouse cursor and set it where ever you want it...Watch the flap position indicator on the front left panel and see...;)

Watch the magnetic compass when the A-10 gun fires and see what it does...this should be in the game!!!