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Has anyone noticed the "Tomcat Ball" has been replaced with "Hornet Ball" since the update? Seems like whenever I land on the Supercarrier now, it calls the wrong ball. I need to try the Bravo again and see if it is only isolated to the Alpha.

First time running the Alpha up. Did a ramp start on the carrier, launched and did a quick flyby. So far I am loving it. Performance in VR was not bad either. Thanks for doing such an outstanding job on the Tomcat gents. I am sure the issue mentioned in this forum will eventually be worked out. Till then, I am one satisfied customer. Here is the quick video I did last night in VR. It is still uploading to YouTube but the HD video will eventually show.

No issue here flying from copilot seat. If you hold 0 on the numpad you can look down between the pilot and co-pilot seat from the navigators seat. Pretty bad ass. Here is a video I did this evening in VR flying the newest version, 5.9. Did a quick flight out over Vegas and then headed towards Creech. HD version is still uploading to YouTube so the quality will eventually be HD.

I will dig into my Steam VR settings and post them soon. Been a busy week already with work. Here is another video I did doing a little maverick action with the F-18. Still crushing the 60FPS in VR. Damn it feels good!

Gunnars, you are correct. PiTool v1.0.1.266 Headset Firmware v2.1.255.269 GeForce Game Ready Driver (NVIDIA) v457.30 updated on 11/09/20. PIMAX 8K (first gen that was released) Changing the backlight got rid of the ghosting effect like Vitallini said. I reduced it from 50 to 25. Weird, I saw a 5 FPS drop, but when I got in the air, back up to 60. I am going to toy with the backlight a little more and bump it up to 30. Not sure why the backlight would effect the FPS. I want to say this was changed automatically to 50 though when the PiTool updated. Here are my PiTool settings Refresh rate 80HZ Backlight 25 Field of view Normal Render Quality 1.5 (in game under VR tab is ) Fixe Foveated Rendering Close Nothing checked below that Contrast 2 Brightness 1 In Game DCS settings are attached below in the screen shots.

Elysian, that level of fidelity and challenge is what makes the module a success and draws a niche group of guys who want the challenge. If it was that difficult in real life, then the expectation of DCS customers is it must be that difficult in game. Plus, you are not focusing on what would actually make the Corsair a success. It brings a lot to the table many of us have been waiting for, not to mention the history behind the aircraft which some of us on this forum have close ties to. The brits actually devised a unique way of landing the corsair on the deck of a carrier that was eventually adopted by the US Navy. Check it out below. I am looking forward to trying this when she makes it to the hangar in DCS.

I am perfectly fine with Razbams line up. I really enjoy all their modules. What they have in the pipe will bring some variety to the table for multiple conflicts. Looking forward to their future releases.

Vitallini, thanks for the heads up on the backlight brightness. I will test it out here in a bit and see if that changes the ghosting. Been flying quite a bit today and hitting 50 to 60 FPS consistently. Only time I am dropping into 40 or 45 FPS is on the Persian Gulf map around dense cities. But it still runs a hell of a lot better than it did. I updated the Pi TOOL through the tool itself. Then updated the firmware on the headset through the tool. Let me know if you see a difference.

That is what I am afraid of, a new patch causing a revert back to old FPS performance. This is completely wild speculation and I have nothing to back it up, but I wonder if this performance boost or firmware update has anything to do with the new MS Flight Sim 2020 VR update coming next month. I am wondering if all major VR companies are doing firmware updates in preparation to run the game, and maybe indirectly this increased the performance of DCS. I agree older headsets must have some sort of performance issues, but I have read numerous posts of people buying top of the line gaming PC's with new HP VR headsets just for DCS and are still unable to get past 40 or 45 FPS if they are lucky. I am hoping the performance I am seeing is here to stay and a glimpse of future performance across the board for all VR users. Time will tell. I will continue to test it and post videos. Still curious if I am the only one seeing this performance. I keep trying to convince myself the update reduced the graphics some how causing the increase in FPS, but all my in game settings did not change and the PI Tool setting are the same as before the firmware/software update. It's a close encounters of third kind moment.

System is as follows Intel i9-9900K 32 GB Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 3200 MHZ NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windows 10 64-bit (not sure there is even a 32 anymore) 1 TB SSD Hard Drive No overclocking or anything like that. Stock settings. Run OBS for recording the the videos in VR. PIMAX 8K VR headset using the latest PI tool that was just updated today. Just took the Harrier out for a run on the Syria map. Still crushing 60 FPS. I am afraid to turn my computer off. LOL. She is running DCS like a dream right now.

Well Gents, I am at a loss for words and still do not believe what I am seeing! PIMAX PI tool just had an update to a new version and then the headset itself had a firmware update. I am not shit getting 60 FPS now in game. I thought something must be wrong. I recorded the same video I have done before flying the F-16 over Syria and turned the FPS counter on for everyone to see. I then ran the densely populated Huey free flight mission in Syria created by ED. On the low end I was getting 45 FPS but averaged around 50 FPS. I am uploading the F-16 video now and will follow up with the Huey video. The only thing I have noticed in headset that looks odd is there is a small ghosting effect on the lettering after the update in the menus. I can easily deal with this given the performance upgrade I am seeing. Hopefully I am not jumping the gun here and posting to soon. I have tried the F-14 and F-18 on the super carrier and both are rocking 60 FPS. I hope this is not effected down the road with future updates. 60 FPS in VR is a wet dream. If anyone else is flying with a PIMAX headset, please post and advise if you have seen the performance I am seeing.

Guile I did a short VR video for you and your boys. It is not really demonstrating much. Just showing you what each cockpit looks like in all the DCS WW2 birds. Gives you an idea of the office space in each bird and maybe help you decide which one you would like to start with first in VR. I have to say, I am partial to the Mustang and Spit. I LOVE the Jug but have a hard time getting over the P-51 and Spitfire. This will not be the case when the F-4U Comes out. I grew up around 6 Whistling Deaths and watched them fly all the time over my Grandfathers house. She is and always will be my first Crush. I just hope she is done correctly. You will be seeing a lot of videos on her when she is finally released. For anyone reading this, my FPS is not bad in game with the PIMAX VR. It runs decent on the highest settings but ED has a ways to go before VR is where it needs to be. I am really hoping Vulcan will help in this department when it is released. The VR videos I upload appear choppier than they really do in game. I have not found a way around this when recording or uploading. I will still play no other way though. Once you play in VR, DCS is not the same any other way. I cannot recommend it enough.

Any new updates from 5.6? Wondering when he will have a webpage. I like many others have had issues locating the most current version on discord. Having it posted on the first page when it is updated has been nice.

You honestly cannot go wrong with any of them. I am a Navy guy myself so I spend most of my time in the Tomcat or Hornet. If not those two then any of the WW2 birds. F-16 is fantastic but I need ALOT more practice on air to air refueling. Black Shark is still the best combat helo until the Hind is released Q1 of next year. I have to give love to the Gazelle though because I grew up around her. Love that module. GREAT in VR. Huey is still my favorite helo so far until the Cobra makes the scene. We have some big contenders coming to the show soon. F-15E, Eurofighter, Apache, A-7 Corsair, F-8 Crusader. My dream plane hopefully will hit next year, the F-4U Corsair. Grew up around 6 of them and watched them fly as a kid all the time. DCS is where it is at. No sim rivals it in my opinion. Hands down best combat/study flight sim available. Let me know if you have any questions about any of the modules or would like me to take one for a run in VR and post a video for you.

Guile, Really glad you liked the video brother. My video card I am running is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti on an Intel i9-9900K. 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 Dominator Platinum RGB ram. 885GB SSD. Primarily all DCS. I have all the modules and run Open Beta only. I will make another video soon with the Huey including the map interface a little more. The hangar is the backdrop in the VR menu. It would be cool if they implemented something different in game. You can go to my channel and check out my F-14 landings on the Super Carrier in VR. I use the kneepad to look at LSO grades. It is a really cool function in VR Heatblur has implemented. Not a 100% sure what the bright spot is in the NVG's. It appeared after I opened up the map and then closed it. Does not happen often but I think it is a bug in game. Either way, it is not a huge deal. Feel free to share any of my videos on your server. I am in this for fun and want to promote DCS to as many people as possible (I do not work for ED or any third party). Just love the hell out of this sim. It is what I dreamed of as a kid and my dream just keeps getting better every year. Have to spread the good times. Here is a quick video doing a frigate landing in VR with the Huey. It is a blast.

Absolutely!!!!!! All 3 rockstars and need to be in DCS. I think it is safe to say the F-4 will make her arrival. Not a matter of if, just when? as far as the Sandy goes, such a great plane!!!! It would work for Korea and Vietnam eras. We have a solid line up if any three of the above make it to DCS.

I agree 100%. I think the Marianas map will be a good filler until the time comes Vietnam is introduced. I am almost looking forward to the hype train as much as I am the content when it actually gets announced. I remember the old Wings over Vietnam game. Loved it for its time. Looking forward to see who picks up the Vietnam map and how big it will be. going back to the F-111, if the aardvark ever makes her debut, we need Northern Vietnam.

Lurker, Just FYI brother, the F-8 Crusader was "The Last Gunfighter". The A-7 Corsair was the "SLUF, Short Little Ugly F***ER". A lot of people get the two aircraft mixed up, probably because of the nose intake. Magnitude 3LLC is doing the Crusader and Flying Iron Simulations is doing the A-7E Corsair II. Cannot wait for both of them. I love the community A-4E Skyhawk but I wish a licensed 3rd party would do one so we have proper flight modeling and comms. The radios do not work and the Carrier ops are sketchy at best. From what I understand, a lot will never be implemented do not having full access to the SDK. I cannot knock them though, they have done an amazing job for what they have been given to work with. A lot of love has gone into this free mod. I still enjoy flying her but I feel naked without the full implementation of some of the systems. Almost forgot to add the F-8 Crusader was an even match against the Mig-21 and Mig-17 over Northern Vietnam. Kill ratio was 6 to 1 and some pilots argued 7 to 1. According to my research, because the lack of BVR capabilities of the F-8, the Crusader had a mature training program for dog fighting and highly emphasized these tactics with the pilots. This coupled with the maneuverability of the aircraft made her a handful for the Migs. She was highly capable with 4 20mm canons and a healthy load of IR missiles. There is a lot of good reading out there on the air war over Vietnam. Cannot wait till this makes it to DCS. The BVR boys will be in trouble. From the sound of it stringent rules of engagement, weather, and long distances flights were a few of the problems US pilots ran into, forcing close 1 on 1 dogfight scenarios with the Migs. It sounds like they had the upper hand on strategizing when to attack US pilots and how much time the US had to engage before heading back do to low fuel ect... One of these days we will see the rice paddies of Vietnam in DCS. There are A LOT of us waiting for that day! Including your fan crew wanting the F-111. F-8 Crusader A-7E Corsair A-4E Skyhawk

Guile, because I care brother and possibly because tonight I am drinking margaritas, slightly intoxicated, and read this post, I decided to create a video flying the Huey in VR for you...........AFTER DARK using NODS. Give the video a little time, I took you on a short tour over Syria while I was waiting on the sun to go down more. I use a Pimax 8K VR. I hope you appreciate the choice of music. It will show my age, however, if you do not know EVERY song in this video, you are not allowed to buy the Huey until you watch every movie. You will respect the Huey more afterwards. Also, I think towards the end there was a minor glitch in the sim. I seem to have got a bright spot in game on my NODS. Not sure why, but it does that every once in a while. I also have another video on my YouTube channel flying the MI8 after dark as well. The night vision on it is different and bad ass! Hope this fires you up for your VR experience. The Hog was the first module I flew in VR. I have not taken the headset off since and will fly DCS no other way. COMPLETELY worth every expensive penny you drop. Wait till you start running carrier ops. LOVE IT!!!!! Can not wait for the Kiowa and Hind either. Us helo boys are ready for a bigger hangar with a wider variety.

I downloaded V5.5 and took her up for a spin over Syria at night in VR as usual. Tested all the interior lighting available as of now. It looks great internally and externally. I time stamped so you can skip ahead to what interest you. The best event that came from this video was hanging out the jump door in VR at night with NOD's on. Looking down was so bad ass. I cannot stress the potential this mod has to change DCS in such a positive way. Really impressed every time I jump into C-130. Looking forward to doing some combat drops and other videos in the near future. Still learning a lot. Performance for me so far has been great. No crash to the desk top yet and running smooth in VR.

This video was taken today prior to seeing the post for v5.5. Did some weapons testing. Looking forward to further development of this mod. Walking to the back of the ramp in VR is so immersive. Going to run some night ops later. Downloading the new version now. OUTSTANDING work Anubis. Can wait to see how far this goes! Time stamps are in the video I posted on YouTube.

Well, I have not seen anyone on YouTube do it yet so I tried it. Took the C-130 up for the first time and my first flight was in VR. I have not seen anyone try standing up and walking to the back of the ramp in flight. Holy shit! What an experience. I never thought I would get this in DCS so soon. This will be a phenomenal mod with friends in multiplayer. I have time stamped the YouTube video I uploaded so you can skip ahead. First was a test walk to the back ramp headed out of Vegas. Second was a walk to the back flying over Creech. So bad ass! I highly highly recommend it. Also be aware of real obstacles in the house. Got to having to much fun and walked into my wife's shelf. A wireless headset would be more ideal to moving around in VR, but damn is it worth it! GREAT job Anubis. PLEASE consider getting a team together to turn this bird into a 3rd party full blown module. I have already heard people who said they would never touch a cargo plane or transport saying they cannot put this down and have become secretly in love with her. Looking forward to future updates and what you might have in store for us. I will post some ground attacks soon in VR. Just got the keys bound today. No issues so far in single player.

To satisfy your hunger for the old girl Lurker, I would not have my feelings hurt one bit if they brought the F-111 to DCS. I must admit, she would be fun running night raids. Also here is a good photo of her with the A-7 which we have coming. They go together like peas in a pod.

There is only one way to deal with what we all want out of this module, go full 3rd party dev! Shit, post a kickstarter campaign or Go fund me and I will throw dollar bills at you like you are on stage. This C-130 module is a must for next years dynamic campaign release. Especially with the intentions and already implementation of the weapons systems. A team of 3 or 4 dudes flying one AC-130 or combat cargo drop on the servers would be the cats ass. Especially night ops and Soar units. I really continue to hope ED is picking up on the community and their interest in this outstanding mod. Keep up the brilliant work Anubis. You got everyone fired up!

Lurker, Hate to burst your bubble brother but here is the exact quote from HB specifically stating themselves this has been under development for sometime now and is being developed with the intent of becoming a full module. They are working towards the license agreement which is the reason for only an AI unit at this time. This was not an enthusiastic fan based rumor we started. This is straight from the horses mouth. And has it been years? Absolutely, only furthering my speculation this is the next module given the fact that it takes a minimum several years to make one to their standards. Not as much as a fart has ever been released about looking at or remotely being interested in making the F-111. I do not want to wash your parade out and I really like the Aardvark, but it would be like me saying the F-105 Thunderchief is what they could be working on next. Legendary aircraft and I want it more than a lap dance, but it is not in the cards at this time. As promised, here is the quote from HB.