ghostmedic171

Im also having a very similar issue - I start mission 1, with the same skins as Timsell reported. I'm honestly not sure where they came from - I have quite a few downloaded liveries but.... Not that one - I cant figure out where it's coming from! Also, it starts me in the Map, no ability to choose slots, and watching that same sister flight. Thats about all I can do. It's got to be a mod on my end - I have a few (A4E, Civil Air mod, F-22, Military Aircraft Mod - Thats about it other than liveries.) I may try a repair to see if that does it.

Miccara, its okay, you're right - I feel the pain, it can be tricky and the amount of fidelity out of box in DCS DOES matter when it comes to the Warthog I cant tell you how many times I've had issues with the varied fidelity on multiple platforms unified on ONE stick and rudder (eg Warthog) But if you have MFDs by Thrustmaster (if you dont, this might make it worth it) Have you checked out the CTS by Home Fries? Once you get it working, its kind of a godsend (at least it is for me) https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3043393/ It takes some set up But has excellent bindings - you have to run it, every time, but allows you to swap profiles quickly on the fly, and all modules have an available profile (also has some pretty great settings for Elite/IL-2, etc) That said, some of the modules are bound automatically to the warthog (A-10C, even F-14/16 last I checked had some default hog bindings out the box; but not all of the modules do) But maybe check out CTS! Just remember rule one, read the manual! :D

Good point... Not to mention... a threat against what exactly? More, better platforms? And from whom? 1997 was a long time ago - and fidelity on a level like some of the modules getting released, available to an average consumer like me? That's still something relatively new; if not that, much less obscure. But It's not as if DCS has much competition. You could argue the market has been smaller; but as somebody who's thoroughly enjoyed the A-10C, the Mig-21 and the UH-1? If it meant waiting a year to fly a simplified Typhoon, against other simplified Rafales (just picking two randoms), as opposed to waiting 2-4 and running the risk of not seeing additional platforms at all? Who says I won't buy BOTH SSM until an HFM platform comes out? I get the idea; High Fidelity or nothing at all... but if you don't want it - just dont buy it :D

Had a similar kind of issue you're having, for a loooooooong time in fact - but Im at the office and cant remember exactly what I did to fix it. Tried a lot of different things, and did find the problem... but I can nearly promise you that the fps you're getting is not what your system should deliver - as we've both got similar set ups. First off; is there a particular reason why you don't expect Nvidia surround and SLI to be enabled? Different sized monitors perhaps? I only ask as mine is set up for surround and SLI - and I never found the need to disable - the problem was with DCS and the way it was trying to treat my monitors, not because of my current GPU configuration. I also remember I had a huge difference in performance between full screen and windowed mode at the aspect ratio I was being defaulted at, for the resolution I wanted - 5760x1200 will automatically default you to a "4.8" aspect ratio, which seemed to give me trouble in fullscreen mode. Are you simply trying to give yourself a wide view across all three monitors? Or are you trying to use the 2nd or 3rd monitors for MFCDs/other viewports? If you're trying to set up MFCD etc etc - may want to look into some of the guides out there http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/214771/ Disabling Aero just turns off some of Window's GUI effects - but you should not have to worry about that. I'll have to double check my settings when I get back because with your setup, unless you've got some underlying problem, you should be getting what I'm getting - which for me, is close to blowing the doors off performance wise My config: Windows 8 64 bit ASUS ROG Maximus V Extreme w/Intel 3770k @ 4.5 2 Gigabyte GTX780s GHz Edition 16gb RAM 2400mhz Corsair Dominator Platinum Running off a Samsung 840 SSD 3 24" ASUS IPS panels with at 5760x1200 Track IR/Warthog HOTAS/STK Pro Pedals blah blah I don't think the rest of my specs are going to matter too much - I get there could be OTHER issues - but assuming you have a healthy OS and normal DCS install? Your rig should be handling DCS just fine - You've got the horsepower - but DCS can be a challenge, simply getting it to run across three screens - one wrong setting, and you'd wonder if you'd got 560's instead of 780s. And for me personally, it had nothing to do with bottlenecks, on MY end - it simply was about the wrong aspect ratio/monitor setting/ or the way DCS treated my overall screen space - once you find it, you shouldn't be anywhere below 55fps. I'll check what I had found once I get out of the office see if I can replicate my own issue (just hope I can fix it again :D)

Just wanted to add - I was having REALLY bad issues with the updater. I'll keep it brief - but any .exes that werent already open when I ran the updater, WONT open after I've started the update (including task manager, command prompt, explorer - nothin) Updater hangs at its update of the updater (lol Updating Myself) - progress bars move... but wait all the hours you want (my time on the clock was a 6+ hour nap), nothing is going to happen. And when I try to close it? Everything will hang, including windows. Then its off to the reset button. Didnt matter if I was updating 1.2.6 or if I was running off a fresh install of 1.2.7 - results were the same. Disabling bitdefender did nothing - and even if I run task manager BEFORE I ran the updater? Well, I could terminate the updater, but the system would still lock up (cant open any additional exe's/eventually I'd be locked) I too have BitDefender total security (Windows 8.1 64 Bit) - otherwise my Rig runs about as smooth as can be. I cant rule out malware - but I havent had a positive case of malware in a long time, usually pretty careful. Not to mention, the updater was working just fine for me as of Wednesday. Anyway as I saw someone elst try - I have BitDefender - and yeah = the updater ran just fine, the first time - now I'm good to go. :thumbup: Anyone know if re-installing bitdefender is going to cause issues? Or now that the updater is updated, are we good to go?