Devil 505

A little run through the hills in Syria

Really enjoying the mod so far. Looking forward to the progress on this one. Hopefully ground mechanics such as taxing while on the ground can be worked among others additions that would be nice. This post is not for suggestions just yet but congrats on an solid free mod. This was my first flight below and in VR. Really digging it. Hope to see this one grow like the Anubis C-130. Is there anyway to get the notifications in the upper right turned off?

Me as well. I am really glad to hear ED changing their minds about bringing a full fidelity transport plane to the fight. There are a multitude of applications a C-130 could be used for with the upcoming dynamic campaign. I feel like the overwhelming community response to the Anubis C-130 mod is a testament to how many people want and would fly a transport aircraft. My personal opinion is the C-130 and C-47 would be the best to start with. Both excel at cargo transport, troop transport, troop deployment (static or HALO/HAHO jumps), and attack variants for different time periods. Both easily fit into any map/scenario we currently have. With the dynamic campaign coming, pilots who like to fly these would be a massive benefit to pushing the line forward by conducting personnel and cargo transfer. This could easily turn the tide of any mission being conducted by fighters pilots. It would open up the opportunity for escort missions, provide the opportunity to keep bases fully stocked with weapons for the fighters, or provide troop transports to locations where it would open up close air support missions. I believe the role of these transport aircraft are vital to the sim, especially the upcoming dynamic campaign. I for one would thoroughly enjoy switching roles from time to time delivering supplies and doing troop insertions when taking a break from dropping bombs. Bring it on ED and Anubis. The crowds are waiting

First gun run. Really digging the Hind in VR. Performance was decent on the Marinas map. ED is doing a good job with the patches. Still looking forward to Vulkan. Wish we had an update on it.

Just heard ED are more than likely going to do a cargo plane. I remember Anubis saying something to the affect of really exciting news coming soon a month or so back. Does this possibly mean ANubis is signing a deal with ED to officially do a C-130 mod? Any tease would be awesome.

So I just want to clarify for the sake of everyone's hard on, EF 2000 and Intruder confirmed, but there are 1 or 2 more unnamed modules thus far? I know the A-6 is a ways out which sad yes, but still not really with what is in the pipeline in between. HB, can you confirm how many modules are left that are in the skunkworks for the time being?

This is great news. I must admit, I was a little bumed to hear the Intruder was so far out, however knowing it is coming and being worked on is more than good enough for me. I am absolutely intrigued with the two unknown modules coming before the Intruder, including the EF2000. Fired up they are committed to the community. We have some good stuff inbound. With the A-7 and F-8 also being developed by two other devs, we have a great Naval Strike Force coming. I tell you what I would love to see HB do someday, the Skyraider. Man could they do a superb job with that. Not only would it fit the Naval assets, but also the Korean and Vietnam Era.

They are at it again! Here is a bad ass video of the UH-60 mod doing AAR with a KC-130. Absolutely cannot wait for this mod!

Absolutely outstanding! There is no excuse now, Vietnam can be done! First flight below in the Huey with PIMAX VR. FPS in VR was not terrible at all. Used flat shadows as suggested by the grim reapers, disable the preview window in OBS, and made sure I was running on latest graphics drivers and it was a great flight. Thanks for an outstanding map. Cannot wait to support you gents on your future endeavors for all of us.

So something I discovered was the performance hits have been coming a lot from OBS and the new PIMAX tool. I had to revert back to the last PIMAX tool because the new one blocks PIMAX in steam VR. I found something pretty amazing someone mentioned about OBS, while recording disable the preview window. Right click on it and disable the view. Really helps with VR FPS. Another one I found today with the new Marianas map was referenced by the Grim Reapers. Turn the shadows to flat in the DCS settings options. Helped significantly. Also update to the newest NVIDIA drivers. Below is my first flight in the Huey over the Marianas in VR with the PIMAX. Absolutely a blast and ran a lot better than what I thought it would.

This is really good to know! I actually have slide show on with a load of DCS backgrounds active now. I will disable it so see how it improves the performance. Thanks for the heads up.

Africa for WW2. It would open up a lot of different options for assets and aircraft. Something not many sims have focused on.

So after a bit of testing and flying with the latest update, I am happy to say my FPS is actually doing really well in VR. I discovered that since the update, when recording with OBS, it causes the jittering effect and strong hit to the FPS. Now do I have an answer why? Not yet. I have not tried using OBS outside of VR so others may have something different to say. I just got off of a flight with the Mig-15 running between 60 and 80 FPS on the Nevada map in a dog fight. The videos I posted in my prior post on this thread are running a solid 50 to 55 FPS without OBS running. I re flew the Mig-15 Landing training mission without OBS running and not a single issue. No jittering/ghosting effect and a solid 50 to 60FPS in VR. Last night I flew the hind on the Aerobatics Caucasus map with several others flying the hind. Ran around 40 to 45 FPS on take off with everyone and then jumped to around 50 to 55 while flying formation over the river with another player. I am really please right now with how it is running. Now if I can figure out what the performance hit with OBS is, I will be in good shape. The videos are not really worth recording right now in the current state it captures in (for VR). By all means, I am still down for optimizations, but I thought this might shed a little light on performance hits for some people.

I have noticed a decent hit to the FPS from Open Beta 2.7.1.7139 to 2.7.2.7910.1. I only fly in VR (Pimax 8K). Update ****7139 actually increased my FPS. Recording in OBS was outstanding. When ****7910.1 was updated a few days ago, I have noticed a weird jitter with all aircraft when looking around the cockpit in VR and a hit to the FPS. I have also noticed OBS recordings are now stuttering pretty badly. Below are some videos I posted demonstrating the difference. Video 1 is Open Beta ****7139 with the P-51. There was a decent amount going on and the FPS was awesome. The effects after getting shot on my run were nothing but amazing in VR. Smooth FPS as the video demonstrates. Video recorded awesome. Video 2 is a side by side of the Mig-15 training mission landing the aircraft. I did the left video as soon as 7139 update released and I shot the right video today with the 7910.1 update. You can easily tell the differences. Video 3 and 4 were both shot today in the 7910.1 update flying the Hind and the Huey over Cypress. You can see the jittering I am experiencing in cockpit. FPS counter is displayed in each video, top left. The game is still playable and I will not stop flying, but the ghosting/jittering effect is annoying when looking around. The video recording looks a little worse than it actually is in the VR headset. This is by no means a trash video towards ED. I absolutely love the Hind and everything that was updated. There is no other way to fly than VR. I was blown away by the immersion when I jumped in the cockpit. Take time to look behind you in the Hind if you have VR on, pretty awesome what you have going on behind the pilots set. I think with a future optimization patch, this will fix the issues. I have noticed over the years FPS is a roller coaster with updates. I also noticed that when NVIDIA does a driver update, it can sometimes cause issues with ED updates. On another note, all drivers are updated for the graphics card. No setting have been changed in game or out between the two patches. The "fxo" and "metashaders2" folder were emptied as soon as update was applied. After every update I always empty those two folders. The only mods I have installed are as follows Anubis C-130, A-4E, T-45 Goshawk, and the Bell 47 V6. Please let me know if these mods have anything to do with performance issues. All are updated to the most current state. The only one I have flown in update 7910.1 is the T-45. Same issues with the jittering/ghosting effect when looking around the cockpit and FPS hit. PC specs listed below. Any assistance or confirmation of known issues would be greatly appreciated. Again, thanks for making my virtual aviation dreams come true. Please continue the hard work. It is beyond appreciated everyday after I get off work. Intel i9-9900K CPU @ 4.68GHz 16 Processors 32GB of RGB Dominator Pro 2133MHz Ram 885 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti w/latest driver version 466.77 (released 06/10) PIMAX 8K with latest Pi tool and firmware for headset

Saw this video on YouTube a few days ago. Someone is doing a kickass UH-60 mod. Damn near looks third party quality. The developers is being quite, but this is recent video footage (May 18th). If anyone knows more than what is in the video or the comments to the video, I would like to know. This is a helo I have wanted for a long time in DCS, even if its a mod. Looks fantastic. Remind me of the Janes Longbow 2 days.

DEAR GOD! Since the stable update and NVIDIA update, things appear to be running better. But that is not why I am really here. If I could hug someone at ED I would. The level of immersion in VR with WW2 is starting to go straight through the roof. Flew this quick mission earlier with the Mustang and what ride it was. In VR when you begin to black out and the cockpit starts taking damage now, it a whole new ball game. Bailing out over the channel still feels like you are really about to land in cold water. I cannot thank ED enough for making my VR dreams a reality. And before it get mentioned, I killed the engine. Got so astounded by all the details going on inside the cockpit from being hit, I forgot to bring the mixture back and slow the RPM. Great job with the damage and engine model ED. VERY excited for the future of DCS WW2. Especially bombers someday. Below is the video I shot today of the encounter.

If you are looking for a good video regarding assets, this old Discovery Channel Wings documentary is perfect. For those who know little about the war, I highly recommend watching this. A lot of good content from the old Wins series

Glad to see the positive feedback. Great aircraft and believe it or not, I know a group of guys here that use to fly them and still maintain 3 static models here in Fort Worth, along with a massive list of other aircraft. Hope this becomes more than a side project at some point. It would be a ton of fun.

So I have not posted a Vietnam suggestion in a while, but after watching the short documentary below, WOW. ED really needs to bring the Bronco to DCS. Not only did it start in Vietnam and has since been flown in every major conflict, it still is being looked at to be used in the future. Every major conflict has seen it reinstated to the field. This is a perfect attack/recon aircraft to bridge a gap between Helo and Fighters. Not only that, the potential for multiplayer in this would be very exciting. A back seat spotter designating targets for Hornet or Viper drivers. The armament was pretty impressive and its short take off ability on virtually any surface makes this a prime candidate for all maps. Really hope to see this legend make it into DCS. Before anyone says it, yes I know Razbam has mentioned it and even had some screen shots of it, but I think it is on the shelf for awhile. They have their plates full with other projects. Let me know what you guys think about seeing the OV-10 makes its way to DCS.

Looking forward to the update. I concur with the gents above. A lot of people out there who would probably be interested in helping you turn this girl into a full module. We all know the time it would take, but DCS is home to a lot of us and we would be willing to wait. This sim makes my dreams a reality every year. Looking forward what's to come with your mod. Good luck and looking forward to getting her in the air over the Channel

I think with the new Falklands map coming from RAZ and its size will start to show promise for heavy bombers. I know their will be criticism from the fighter jocks (I am one to) but I remember the days of Megafortress back on IBM. I really enjoyed the challenge of using each station. I know it was not realistic, but I got the same vibe from the Anubis C-130 mod. Hopefully that comes to a third party development at some time. It is only a matter of time before we start seeing bombers surface in DCS. Be it the Vulcan or B-52, I am thoroughly down for one of these modules and I think a lot of others will be to.

Full Refund, Can you post a video on here of your 50 FPS to 70 FPS? I would like to see what your settings are at. Used to be able to pull it off but since 2.7 and NVIDIA driver updates, I am hovering in the lower 40's upper 30's. Here was a refresher course flying the Black Shark on the Syria map. If you have the Syria map, I would love to see a video with the FPS counter on to see how smooth its running.

So I just shot another video which I will post below tweaking the setting as some mentioned above. I did see a decent improvement in the FPS, at least pulling in the 40's now. I will continue to mess around with it but these are my settings so far in game. Time stamps are in the YouTube video to jump ahead to the combat. Also listed the owner of the music in the video description.

Ok Gents, I will try to keep this one short. Since 2.7 came out, I am blown away like everyone else with the clouds and new stuff added. It truly is a dream come true with VR and DCS. Something I have noticed is when DCS releases a new patch, it always seems like there is a tug of war with the NVIDIA drivers. I have read every possible advice known to DCS players on tweaking the VR settings to get max performance. As shown below, I know it can be done. These were videos shot not to long ago in my PIMAX 8K running in the 50 to 60 FPS range running high settings. My specs and settings are posted on another forum I started. I really hope ED can push VULCAN out this year. I have not changed any setting since the videos below and I am now rolling with an average in the 30's and dipping into the jagged 20's in populated city areas. I am going to try to reduced the cloud settings as everyone on here has stated and see where that gets me. If anyone from ED is reading this, can you possibly comment on Vulcan and when it may be ready? I am fired up for DCS to actually be able to utilize the full potential of my Intel i9. This first video was the day 2.7 released. Not bad at sea, but FPS drops pretty good inland.