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was the tone like the one you get when you tune a radio to an invalid frequency ?

Any nearer to getting bombers to keep formation when under attack?

Can anyone comment on why for me kneeboard settings is greyed out? Also I seem to be able to follow the process of creating a custom kneeboard, can see the files in the kneeboard folder of the aircraft, but when I fly I can only see the default kneeboard pages...

Came across this recently... http://www.digitaltrends.com/pc-accessory-reviews/myo-gesture-control-armband-review/ https://www.myo.com/connect I'm just waiting on my rift getting delivered, so won;t look to add any further complications for a while, but wondered if anyone had had any experience with this hardware? Looks like it could be ideal for VR/flight sims as there's nothing to hold, no buttons to press... any thoughts?

Is it possible to watch a flight track with the rift, after the flight? If so can you look around, independent of your view during the flight itself. Rift is on it's way...just wondering stuff to fill the time ;)

now I'm getting somewhere...Grimes thanks again for taking the time to get back to me

I think I worked this out, but just to check, and in case the explanation is useful to anyone else getting started... getPosition() returns a table of three rows, row 'p' holds the x/y/z coordinates, so if we want height above sea level we are referencing row p of the table, and value y of the vector, hence the .p.y getVelocity however is a straight forward vector, no table, so if we want the y velocity it's just getVelocity.y Correct? thanks again

thanks for taking the time to reply, that's really helped. One question...so getposition returns a vector with 3 values; x, y, z. So getPosition().p.y is the y is height above sea level, but why the .p, is the fact it's .p significant in any other way than that's just always the syntax, for instance velocity would be getVelocity().p. which ever axis ? or is the .p some kind of switch

Hi , putting pride to one side...I have what is a very fundamental question with regard to DCS LUA...I cannot work out how to access attributes of the active player...would someone be able to give me an example of setting a local variable as the player aircraft altitude? Have been at this a couple of days, and although I've learned a lot from the great info and examples on the forum I seem to have a block over some basic principles here! thanks

Thanks Whisper, now all working as expected...

I'm trying to output some data as a txt file to then read into Voice attack, as I'm not over experienced with LUA I'm trying to make sure each step of my plan is doable before jumping in, but am stuck with the export piece. Everything I've learned so far has come form some very helpful posts in this forum, but it seems what others report 'works fine' I still get an error, so maybe a basic misunderstanding on my part I'm saving the code below as a .lua file and then using 'do script file' to trigger the script somedata = "Interesting information" local exportFile = io.open("G:\LUA\file.txt", "w") exportFile:write(somedata) exportFile:close() However I get an error message (attached) I;m running DCS 1.5 as admin, and have created the file in the location referenced in the script Any ideas/comments/suggestions gratefully received! thanks

sounds like I have no excuses then! :) Thanks for all the helpful info

Thanks both for your feedback! I'm happy with that, I'll start weaning myself of the CDU in anticipation ;) But another question...how about ILS, TCN, or tuning radios? I got used to TrackIR and a certain amount of wobble, and I'm in no way expecting a seamless experience just want to have some confidence that I won;t lose anything major (or at least no surprises) in making the switch before I spend the money.

Can anyone comment on inputting coordinate entries in the CDU whilst using he Oculus Rift, is it a comfortable experience, with mouse control, head movement etc? I currently use an ipad app for CDU and it's really opened up that aspect of system management for me, am worried if I switched to VR and so lose the ipad interface I might lose that also...any thoughts? thanks

there's a fix for the same issue with beta which might apply to the Alpha also, this fix is at the beginning of the VAICOM 2.0 thread, except change to the relevant 'Alpha' location - not tried it myself " In the mean time if you're on 1.5ob you can try this. With a text editor (notepad or Notepad++) edit the file called 'VAICOM_fetch_data.cmd' in VAICOM\Tools folder and change this line 'COPY /Y %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS\tempMission.miz TEMP\tempMission.zip' into: COPY /Y "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\DCS.openbeta\tempMission.miz" TEMP\tempMission.zip "

in case anyone is interested, I tracked down the cause and solved the lack of 'chatter' problem. The path to the .aac files is hardcoded into the profile, so it's only a problem if you've installed Voice attack anywhere but default C drive. Easiest way to fix is to find each instance of 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VoiceAttack\Apps\VAICOM' in the profile and 'replace all' the path up to 'VAICOM' with {VA_APPS}, so all after edit each line should read <Location>{VA_APPS}\VAICOM\Sounds\Chatter\XXX.aac</Location>, where XXX is the name of each .ACC file. Works for me but back up first just in case, that means export your current profile (with joystick set up etc) not just save the file with a different name.

Final part of the jigsaw (I hope!), if I enable 'chatter' I get following error in voice attack window (all other functionality continues to work as expected) Sound initialization timeout: C:\Program Files (x86)\VoiceAttack\Apps\VAICOM\Sounds\Chatter\2014-07-24_14-38-46.aac Any ideas? (I'm on Windows 10)

Correct RSBN channels for all airfields are in the Mig-21 manual

thanks for the tips! Seems my problem might have been/was a combo of the non US keyboard '\' issue and a conflict with F keys from my TrackIR...seem to be on my way now, at least A10C start up, taxi and clear for take off!

Thanks for the response, as long as I know someone else has it working...back to the trouble shooting!

Am having problems getting ATC to respond to requests using VAICOM profile and Voice Attack, even though the commands seem to be recognized. I am using the latest DCS 1.5 beta and noticed the static ATC plugin needed for VAICOM does not seem to work with 1.5 as highlighted by the author (https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=138994). Does this mean VAICOM will not work with 1.5? anyone have it working?

To make TGP SOI it needs to be active, using the MFD soft key on top row of the right MFD, either A-G or A-A, not just switched on with the toggle switch...maybe that's the problem ?

I see the same issue in 2.0 Alpha

it's the same web site for support...

Didn't work for me straight away either. here's the troubleshooting I did (none of it my own invention, all tips from the internet!) 1) Add Ipad IP to Export.lua file (just IP not the port) and save to user saved games Script - if you get this right you should at least see the in game CDU display reflected on your ipad version - if this isn't the case then the ip is wrong or lua is saved in the wrong place 2) Firewall - make sure the correct exe is allowed access through in Windows firewall settings and any other firewall you have st up, I pointed at the exe in the bin folder 3) Port forwarding - Not sure if this was 100% necessary, but went into my router settings, port forwarding and added port 9089 4) to get it started click on the pulsating CDU icon on the ipad...took me a few mins to work that bit out! and I think that was it...good luck