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Okay this is wonderful! Went into Mission Editor to fix the mission, set Game Mode and Avionics to Enforced Off….Now I’m flying the AH-64D like a champ! (Or well, at least not into the ground….). It’s truly magnificent, like the rest of DCS now! Best chopper sim out there, period. Thank you all for your continuing hard work.

Okay can I just edit this file, then? Thanks for the tip! I was beginning to think it was some sort of LUA or other config/save file thing. EDIT: can you tell me what mode you have Notepad++ in to read the .miz files, please?

I forced all to Simulation but for some reason it didn’t take. Oh well, seems to have sorted itself now. Thanks for trying to help.

For some reason with the latest Beta update a huge orange compass has appeared in the top right of my monitor screen, and nothing I do gets rid of it. Tried turning on/off Game and Game Avionics modes, no change. Tried toggling debug mode, nothing. Very frustrating as I was just getting the hang of the Apache and had dialed in my cyclic/collective controls and curves, and now when i push forward on the cyclic, the chopper moves backwards (!), and when I increase collective it goes into a weird slew mode that just magically sends the helicopter off the ground and into the air, no flight model or physics involved. What’s going on?!?!

Relieved to see I’m not the only one struggling with this. I can easily see how a TM Warthog setup would be good here; you need a stick festooned with buttons, to map both all the trim options, and then the Cursor Controller on the MFD. Among many other things. I just don’t have the strength nor desk set up for same, as I use my PC for multiple things. I really like the way the 64 simulates your having to “dance on top a basketball” for control, that’s how real helis feel. Sure, I suspect the 64 is more stable in RL than in the sim, but still. Anyways, I will look forward with great relief to a patch that makes how to set force trim easier for some of us with our more casual joysticks. I’m tired of breaking my wooden rotor blades when trying to hover! [emoji6] I do enjoy the challenge. The FW-190 was an absolute beast to taxi and take off in at first, but I eventually got the hang of it. Same is happening here. My trick is to be really sensitive with the collective, and slow, and to assess What’s happening with the feel of the 64D as it goes into hover. The slightest extra push in cyclic or rudder pedals has me rocketing off sideways, crashing down and destroying an engine and the rotors. I can’t imagine the real AH64D would be so destructible during learning. In fact I know it to be so, being friends with a former AH-64D pilot years ago! [emoji846] Good luck ED with the next patch; huge progress occurs across the board with each one.

Thanks!Where is the Firce Trum Release setting in the controller settings menu?

Where is the Firce Trum Release setting in the controller settings menu?

Hi, Just got the AH-64D module, and for the life of me I can't figure out Axis Tuning to make the cyclic, collective and rudder (RZ) less sensitive. Is there any profile in the Forum or thread you can point me to for this? Sorry I don't use a more sophisticated setup; I've tried Thrustmaster Warthog over the years, it's just too much muscle power for my old person arms to handle. And I don't have room for the more elaborate helicopter-specific controllers to set up, and can't find a joystick without springs, which would be sufficient for me. Steven

Well, I know where all my discretionary income will be going now in 2020.... wow! Thanks, ED and partners, for an amazing year, and what looks to be an even more amazing one to come. The Hind and the F15 are two of my favorite modern aircraft, so I'll be excited to see those mature over the next few years, for sure.

Thanks for your work this year, RAZBAM. I know there's lots still to do. I also look forward to your MiG-23 and F-15E efforts (I know you delivered an interesting one, certainly beautiful models, for FSX years ago, so hopefully this gives you a jumpstart basis), and have confidence you will continue to resolve remaining issues that frustrate players with your existing fleet. Your recent updates of MiG-19P are evidence of this; your work on the Mirage is also extensive. Here's to hopes more can be done with the Harrier, which is a surprisingly complex aircraft to model in flight. Here's to a great 2020! Hang in there!

I bought it on early release, and I must say, RAZBAM have done plenty to bring it up to where it is now. I have no problems with the current FM; the MiG-19P seems to me like a Dodge Viper, there are really primarily two speeds except for landing: parked, and going straight really fast. But the changes have finally tamed whatever complaints people had here regarding being overpowered, and the G blackout is definitely in. Thanks, RAZBAM, and Happy Holidays to you!

Like everything ED and its partners does, it takes time to finish, refine, debug, perfect. Be patient.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! ED and partners continue to do amazing work, every week and month and year; I remain a delighted customer since the company started.

It's the need for pilot skill that attracts me to this, and to the MiGs modeled in/for DCS. The era these planes are from was right before automation arose and improved and supplemented pilot skill. That's what makes them an interesting challenge, and a blast to fly!

Very minor bug, possibly humor: preset radio channel recommended in cold and dark training mission is different from the one that actually works in the scenario. Current fix: try a different preset!