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Well i ordered my WH and it was delivered whan stated, unfortunately my wife took it off me because I stupidly said it was Xmass present

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What I dont undersatnd is the secretive path these people take with both DCS and the TM Wart Hog. FFS why dont they just give us some release dates so we can at least look forward to it especially now its so close. We have not even been told if the estimated release date of this month still holds. Infact the key-commands/DCS A10 manual and the WHHOTAS should be released at least 10 days before the SIM itself so we can have everything programmed and set up so taking to the skies is instant. :pilotfly: Knowledge over others especially of this sort gives people power rushes and its the only efffing reason its kept so secretive. :mad: This kind of crap makes me want to go out and buy a Wireless logitech Wing Commander that comes bundled with F16 Agressor.:megalol:

I found another post about turning Aero on in windows 7. Once I did this my frame rate jumped back up to 40FPS. Am i correct in saying people were getting much better performance in terms of FPS before patch 1.02?

I turned on Aero and my FPS went back up to 40fps. Go figure, I never would have thought of that

Hey Guys this is the exactly the same problem I am having. My FPS is stuck around 18-20 when I run 2 monitors. I see you have a fix but I have no idea what Earo is? I am running Win 7 not Vista. cheers

Yup checked again and its definately somthing restricting performance and regardless of settings very HIGH or set to absolute minimum the FPS just sits around 18-20. Would the size of the gun camera on the second screen make a big difference i wonder? Oh BTW although the second monitor is 1280x1024 native res, I am running it at 1024x768.

Hi, Recently I set up a second monitor to run the abris and the Gun Cam on as well as BSVP ver.1.1 Got everything working fine but my frame rate is terrible. System Specs - Core 2 E8500 WC-O/c to 4400Ghz. 4 gig Ram - 285 Gforce 1 Meg card - Raptor 10K hard Drive. Monitor 1 = Samsung 26" Native Res 1920x 1200 second Monitor Touch Screen 17" Native res 1280x1024. When I run BS on one monitor I get around 55-65 FPS dependent on weather and activity in the mission. Some missions with heavy loads it will drop to 40FPS which is understandable. When i set up the second monitor with the gun cam and the abris running along side BSVP my frame rate drops to 18-20 and in multiplayer it drops to 10-12. I would expect a second screen to suck up some FPS but not 60% of them. The funny thing is even if i reduce the visuals to LOW the frame rate is the same. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

I have not had the chance to load up Kpals profi,es yet and i down laoded the Touchpal.exe again just incase the file was damaged. VER.4.0. I will let you know if everything works out ok.

Kpaw, your a gentleman. Thank you so much.

My latest creation the desk top cockpit. More wife friendly than the full size version and can be easily and quickly packed into the car if trouble breaks out and a run for it is needed. Note the 7ltr Draft Beer tender next to the rudder pedals. Heineken reaches parts no other beer can, and being a silent flow tap the wife cannot hear how many you have had which is not the case when you have to keep going to the fridge. Takes a while to learn how to pull a pint with your toes though. The second 17 inch monitor runs Touchpal and is a touch screen monitor. The sticks you see are the classic F22/TQS HOTAS with Bob Churches Digital chips. 13 years of fine service they have provided me and which I did manage to get working with WINDOWS 7.

Hi Kpaw, Thanks very much indeed. Please ignor my last post I tried the download several times and in the end I got it. Thanks

For some reason the Touchpal EXE seems to stop reponding when ever i try to execute it. I have been throught he posts and the only apparent fix I could find was to make sure the Touchpal exe was in the right Documents/touchpal folder. I already had this correct but still no joy. Running Win 7 Thanks

Does anyone have the Touchpal Templates that Kpaw made back in December. 1280x1024 res. The link seems to be broken. I PM'd him but no reply. Thanks to anyone who can help.

Does anyone have any links to Touchpal or Touchbuddy templates fro DCS Black Shark that are in 1280x1024 res. Kpaw posted a couple of nice screens up with a link to then but the link is hosed. Does anyone have a copy of those they could send to me maybe. Thanks in advance.

You're the man, will I find the same for my ATGM,s ? I more violence and noise they make as they fly toward the target from my rail the happier I am. infact I wish they had more punch in them as the rocket burner kicks in. :megalol:

Patch 1.02 loaded and now I cant hear the flare dispenser. This might be the reality of it in the RL cockpit which may be sound proofed and also the pilot wears head phones but in the SIM the lack of situational awareness experienced with limited views and vibration sensation makes flare dispenser sounds something I preferred before 1.02. This also goes for the ATGM's as well which have become near silent when launched. So in a nut shell can someone guide me to adjusting these sounds if at all possible. Thanks

Is there any future thought going into simplifying the multi monitor application is DCS Black Shark? Right now it seems a lot of fiddle and frustration to get it working well and also a hit in frame rates. The new ATI Radion 5860 Eyefinity 6 card will run six monitors, of course three is really all that is required in BS. Would be nice to see the code reworked so each of the 3 required screens are as simple as just selecting which to put where and hitting the go button. I beleive Microsoft FS have something that you can drag and drop cropped sections of the screen from one monitor to the other.

I prefer to remove all sound devices and make my own as I fly along. I find it gives me an extra 10FPS and everything sounds like I expect it to.

I mentioned this recently in a post that its hard to find good pilots to fly with in Multiplayer who are willing to make the whole experience a team effort and not just a look at me I’ve racked up the most kills or just fly around pissing everyone else off. I have signed up to Squadron as there does not seem to be any way around this however I was also thinking of hosting a dedicated BS TS server that includes a weekly news letter organizing set times throughout a weekend and maybe a few weekdays where missions I have made will be distributed along with the news letter and people who can make the meeting times can get together and organize their flights with those present in the TS Lobby. Unfortunately I am facing a block by my ISP on all VoIP applications including TS because the local Government are a bunch of greedy gits and don’t want people communication overseas at cheap rates. Once I get around this I will put up a post.

My ISP has just blocked all VoIP applications because the government in the country i live in are greedy shits and dont want people making cheap calls on such things as Skype. In doing this I can no longer connect to TS when I play BS. Would the above program allow me to get around this? or am I still going to have to set up VPN to get around this?

PART 4 NOW ADDED These are the first 3 parts to a mini campaign of sorts. I did not combine them into a campaign file for my own reasons however each mission can be played in any order and is still fun although to follow the story line play them in the order below. Mission One - Hill Start (Mission Time 2 Hours Max) Mission Two - Push Back (Mission Time 1 Hour) Mission Three - Hopeful respite (Mission time 45 minutes) Mission Four - Push East (Mission time 1 hour 15 minutes) Notes** The first two missions have ABRIS navigation points that can be loaded up. If you dont know how this is done read the manual. Mission Three is based around the same area as mission 2 so you should be familiar with the area. Mission 4 has two requirements, kill SAM system and escort armour into the airfield to be captures. You dont need NAV points for this. Each mission has a detailed briefing and a map, read carefully. These are Multiplayer Missions and I dont believe they can really be played as a single player. I suggest minimum of 2 players but perfect with 3 and should easily done with 4. Hope you enjoy. Hill Start.miz Push Back.miz Hopeful Respite Rev3.miz Push East.miz

Eagle Dynamics Studio - Yes I stand corrected.... Forgive my ignorance.. Only ever flew A10 in FC, but as far as I can remember non of the helos were flyable. Has that changed? Would be nice if we did see some tools for the community to work with. And I stand corrected again on Mi28 but in my haste a 2 was added to what should have been the Mi8/Mi17 Hip Let me know if I need to brush up on anything else:book:

I would think before long BS will need some new spice thrown into its arena to keep the interest up whilst DCS continue their hard dedicated work on the next flight models to be released. How about having some more basic models that would not need to much work on but would add some more fun to the existing game in Multiplayer. Say a flyable MI28 transport helo or a flyable UH60 so proper SAR and Escort missions with Human pilots can take place using KA50 escorts. Yes we can do that now with AI units but they always find some reason to run away when the shit hits the fan. Someone mentioned an Africa terrain, this would probably be the best looking of them all and fairly easy to recreate as most of the land is low hilly scrub land with sparse tree and rocky out crops but just enough of a terrain to use for hiding in, have you ever noticed how much more realistic the terrain in BS looks under winter conditions with various shades or browns and snowy whites compared to the summer greens that start to take on a cartoony look? As DCS are dedicating their time quite rightly to producing a variety of the best air combat platforms as realistically as possible maybe they could give the community the tools and code to allow them to make some of the other units as mentioned above on a limited scale. Just Food for Thought.....

Since the release of BS the MP community that first appeared seems to have dwindled away. I don’t know if I am not looking in the right place but I don’t seem to be able to get any reply from people who advertize active squadrons. In the old days with many of the other Flight SIMS that have passed by (F4) you could find a hundred squadrons with a dozen active pilots in each and they were also squadrons that actively encouraged their members with weekly get togethers to fly custom built missions made by their members. This does not seem to be the case with BS and many online games that can be joined always end up with several pilots conducting their own war agenda and Cooperative flight falls by the way side. On top of this many of the missions that are produced through the Mission Editor for down load are not worth the time as they are just turkey shoots with not too much thought gone into the build. So in nut shell does anyone know of a good group that can be easily joined who need a very experienced mission builder? :helpsmilie: