Scott-S6

Does suite 4E+ support JDAMs?

Four months is pretty typical for a DCS module. If it goes over six then that would be unusual.

They can just download it straight from the original link. It works just fine if you transfer it into your own account rather than download it from his (which you should always do as a matter of courtesy...) And why the comment "do you believe that the pdf might somehow contain a virus?"? Of course they believe it might somehow contain a virus because that is absolutely a possibility.

I am pretty sure that I will find the missing or broken features pretty frustrating. I'm not planning on putting any real effort into it for probably at least a year.

Malicious PDF files are absolutely a thing and have been a top ten malicious file type for web and email for over a year.

They aren't similar, they're exactly the same.

Very different price point as well. ~50% more than the boeing rig and triple the price of the F-GT (in the UK). Options are good things.

You think an official statement means anything to conspiracy theorists when they're all riled up for a witch hunt & boycott?

So, nowhere. No info, just speculation.

Yes and no - where RS and virpil decided to make their attachment system TM compatible, WW's isn't. They do make a piece so that you can fit a TM grip to their bases so yes, you can sort the angle out by buying their base, their adaptor, a TM compatible grip and a 3rd party component (or their base, the adaptor and an RS grip). Can't do it using their grip with their base though. In contrast RS offer grips with the rake built in and an adaptor piece to provide the correct rake with TM compatible grips.

The CM3 really should be used with at least a 10cm extension and a suitably low mount (I'd suggest that the virpil desk mount is better then the monstertech in this case).

I don't have the WW MFDs but I do have 4x aux displays in my cockpit driven through a starlink USB adaptor and I had the same problem in win11. This is how I fixed it. Starting config - desktop display on, main and aux cockpit displays powered off. USB hubs powered off. Configured the desktop display as I like it. Extended config - powered on the USB hubs before startup and powered on the cockpit displays while the PC is on and windows is running. Set the resolution, position, orientation, etc. Powered the displays off while the PC is on and windows is running. That seems to "save" it for some reason. I always power the cockpit displays on/off while windows is running and it seems to be okay. If I shutdown or startup while the cockpit displays are on its usually fine, except when it isn't and it forgets their settings. Note that I always turn on/off the USB hub while the PC is off, never while it's running. Again, usually makes no difference except when it does... It's dumb and shouldn't work like this but give it a go. Seems to work for me.

This isn't an increase or a change, VAT is due on imports and always has been. Orders of £135 or less it's supposed to be collected by the retailer at point of purchase (but isn't always so pay attention to that). If VAT isn't collected by the retailer then be prepared for the bill when it hits customs. Always consider the VAT when costing imports, especially if you're comparing to buying locally, and include that in your planning. Sometimes your package slides through customs and you get a little bonus but you absolutely shouldn't plan on that. I import a LOT of stuff (5 packages in flight at the moment and that's a lower number than usual) so I can tell you that if VAT isn't collected at point of sale then it's about 50/50 whether you'll get charged. Also be aware that PF and RM charge a fixed admin fee if there are customs charges which is very annoying for lower value items so I generally prefer FedEx - postage is a little more but it's much faster and if you get a VAT bill you just saved the difference anyway.

In many cases you can simply take the polarising film that's in the display and flip it.

You can also use a USB-HDMI to drive the second display. This will add some additional CPU overhead.

They also have a whole bunch of aircraft and maps for other games. Pre-orders aren't funding anything when there's many years of work prior to pre-order.

If they did communicate nothing, as you suggest, then there'd be a bunch of people screaming about how there's no updates. if you overhype yourself over obviously deliberately vague comments like "soon" and "imminent" then maybe just disengage from the communication? Or, you know, chill out and be patient. It'll be out when it's out.

How would you have liked these fluctuating dates to be communicated to you? If they'd given dates and then changed them, the same people would have been just as upset. If they'd said nothing, the same people would be just as upset.

I think there's room for both to be correct. Comms hasn't been handled well and this is, sadly, situation normal. Then you have all sorts of poor behaviour from a small but vocal portion of the community. The best one was the many people crying over the move of pre-order day (the opening of the window to hand over your money for nothing in return) complete with all sorts of absurd and hyperbolic comparisons. Moving the opening of pre-orders has absolutely zero impact on any of us (except for money staying slightly longer in our bank accounts) so why the drama? That's a people problem, not a comms problem.

That early access is problematic, for sure, especially in the video game review sphere. Release day is huge for people looking for reviews in order to decide whether to purchase. To have reviews out on release day (or even release week) absolutely requires early access. This means that reviewers are unable to see the true release state of the game (because they don't have the day one patch) and they have to be very careful with criticism because loss of early access will substantially damage them. Not the easiest thing to fix though. The only real solution would be for the review community to decide en-mass that their integrity isn't for sale and they'll self impose an embargo for two weeks post release. The reduced hype at that point would absolutely reduce their views though... I don't see it happening. If publishers just stopped giving early access then we get a race for fast reviews with lots of half-baked nonsense being put out. Personally, I just avoid reviews generally and especially anywhere close to release.

Or perhaps he reads just as much as those of you averaging 2-3 posts a day but posts less, which would mean that he's perfectly well placed to judge the negative behaviour of a vocal minority? He's absolutely correct and trying to deflect that by pointing out his post count is a very poor counter argument. It would be equally valid (i.e. not at all) to say that you aren't qualified to comment on the community since you've only been here since 2019 or because you have provided zero community answers.

Obviously, it's going to be two weeks.

That you feel there is a wound at all is the problem. A little introspection might be called for, waiting for release shouldn't be wounding... BTW, to extend your analogy, a salt rub is quite invigorating (when you don't have a wound).

Hah, yes. It's been more than ten years, a few more months barely register. I'm not only waiting for the EA but for the EA build to be added to Stable. (I really don't understand why so many people use OpenBeta, DCS has more than enough bugs without adding to that. I guess it's the same impatience we see displayed in this thread.)

Your memory is faulty, I'm afraid. There was never a promise to get the module prior to early access as a reward for pre-ordering. I'm not even sure how the logistics of that would work. It is certainly not something that has been offered on other modules. BTW your rant against people being condescending and self delusional while you alone are the logical and rational one is quite ironic considering that your argument is that you remember something being a particular way and therefore everyone else telling you that you're incorrect must be wrong.