Harnis

just tried that since posting, yeah I was able to get it to work by erasing activation with that file.

Hello, I recently started up DCS again and updated to the latest patch and was trying to play again. On startup, the box for activating the MiG-21 opens up saying there's an error. When I go to re-enter my CD-key, it just repeats the same error, as if the key is invalid. On the ED profile page, when I enter the CD-key into the key checker, it gives me a message saying that it's not permitted to trade or share keys anymore. I've been trying to contact the Magnitude support email, but just keep getting canned responses to repair and update DCS and try again. DCS has been repaired and updated, and that's clearly not the issue. Can someone please help me with this? The MiG-21 was one of my favorite modules, such a beautiful flight model and cockpit model, I miss flying that little alcohol-cooled lawn dart around Thanks, Harnis

These should be made for every aircraft. I love the one for the MiG-21, I made one for the Ka-50, and I've been waiting for one for the L-39. Love it.

because the MiG-21 is a sex-machine. Sheer beauty. And the DCS module is one of the best modules in the game, honestly. My order for someone new to DCS would be 1) buy Flaming Cliffs 3, and when you're ready to move to more complex sims, 2) DCS MiG-21. It's a gorgeous model, the flight model is amazing and feels so right. And it's just a fun aircraft to fly. I love all it's quirks.

so the chaff is the glittery kinda things in those photos? Is that the chaff reflecting the light from the flares?

So, inspired by the other existing quick startup kneeboard mods for the MiG-21 and MiG-15, I decided to make a version of it for the Ka-50. This mod adds pages to the kneeboard of the Ka-50 that go through the basic startup procedure. Will get you from cold and dark to hot and running. http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1784979/index.php known bugs: pages skip from 2 straight to 4, page 3 was a duplicate by accident and I haven't gotten around to renaming the title at the top of each page. KA-50 Quick Startup Kneeboard.zip

So it could be cool if it was possible to have different chaff textures/animations depending on the aircraft.... ah, ok. See, in those kind of pictures I always figured it was all just smoke from the flares. But if that's the case, then the chaff makes a very distinctive whitish whispy cloud. That's nothing like how it looks in the game. Right now in the game, it's a 2D-looking patch of grey clumps in a kind of disk that expand as they leave the aircraft.

it looks like maybe at around 20s, before the flares come out, you can see grey-whitish puffs coming out the back of the plane. Is that the chaff?

I'm not sure. I would imagine it would be hard to see anyways. But I always pictured it as a big fluttery cloud of tiny metal specks, rather than a kinda static-looking 2d-looking tiny ball of grey things. Would be nice to see some more animation to it. I also can't seem to find any videos of a jet dropping chaff.

So I've been wondering, is there anyone who knows how to mod chaff and flares? ED has made big improvements to the flares and they look pretty realistic now, but the chaff still looks the same as always. How does chaff look in real life when a jet dispenses it? And how does the DCS effect compare?

yeah I tried that method but it didn't seem to work. Either way, awesome job getting the mod working again in 1.5

Here's my version of the mod structured to work with 1.5. Those kind of cockpit texture mods stopped working in 1.5 because they changed the file structure of where the texture files are arranged. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4b4k0pz6ksst11x/AABlb5d-tVo2mvd6DYLZ73DZa?dl=0 It's my own modification of the original one by toby to get that greeny yellow tv screen like you see in some photos of Blacksharks. Feel free to use this version, or just check out the file structure and rearrange your files the same way. PS I have it arranged for JGSME

I'd second this. FC3 is a fantastic value for the money, especially if you get it on sale or with a coupon code. The aircraft have simpler controls modelling, simpler radio, etc. Some of them like the F-15, Su-27, and Su-25 have really nice flight models too, so they're a joy to fly. They're a great start to the game, and give you a large set of missions and different roles to fly. I'd also second the MiG-21. It is simple to start up, and has relatively simple systems compared to the A-10C. It's a little tricky to take off and land, but it's fun. Weapons are simple, and it can do air to air AND air to ground effectively. It's nice and fast, looks cool, and the devs did an amazing job of modelling the aircraft (one of the devs is a MiG-21 pilot).

first of all, awesome work, I missed the great NVG mod but I have a question. The old one was able to work with the A-10A, the Su-25, the Su-25T, etc. Any chance this mod would eventually work for other aircraft? Right now it only works for the Ka-50 and UH-1H for me (I don't have the A-10C). It would be awesome to eventually be able to use it for all aircraft if we wanted, even ones like the MiG-21 or the Su-27, anything that has A2G capability.

very generous offer. I've always been intimidated by the complexity of the A-10C sim, but it's definitely been on my eye since I started playing DCS. Count me in I guess. This community is awesome!