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Hey man, I had a similar scare on my laptop. First, DCS only occupied part of the screen with windows visible on the remainder, then I increased my resolution to max (native) and i couldnt see all icons and couldnt change resolution back. I accidently pressed atl-enter (forcing fullscreen) and it 'recalibrated'.

Hi guys How do I know if I have the latest version of C101 installed? I see there's a list of bugs on the forum and most are solved. I presume it requires a new download. My DCS updater sees nothing. Update: I see in post 82 below, that it comes when next DCS update happens. :-) http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2302146&postcount=82

HA! I'll take my coat on the way out. I never had FC3 so didn't think to look in there. Thanks!

Thanks Jeebus for that cool tune of SU27! I'm so tired of hearing yesteryear's cool music (I'm talking to you FINAL COUNTDOWN ) on airshows, that it's great to hear something upbeat. As a side note, why doesn't the SU27 have its own subforum?

Hi I'm very happy for a DCS related podcast. The text on my F5 key is weathered as I hope for news and tidbits and refresh the forums. Any chance to put this on itunes?

i meant roadmap. So i can see timing of beta releases but not when final version will be out

Hi guys How can I follow updates on the beta planes? (e.g. F86) Will these modules auto-update when I run the DCS_updater.exe? Do 3rd party devs run change logs? I found the (unofficial) DCS changelog with which modules come out when, but when it says beta next to the name, it doesn't say when the final module will be released. Where can I find this out? So rather to ask in every module forum, I'd like to ask here how this works in general. As a side note, I also see people mentioning bugs about planes. Is there a bug list somewhere to avoid new guys listing stuff that "everybody knows" about?

I wasn't 100% serious I'm the last one to insist that developers and artists follow my FANtastic ideas. This wasnt a request or a suggesion towards the developers. More of a wish that I share with the other enthusiasts. I will for sure try tonight to build this as a scenario/mission. (I added the link to the youtube. ) In the vid, the Mig is not released yet, but the author takes us around the plane and we get to drool a bit. Sounds neat for a marketing aid as well to allow a more simulated way of viewing what you can still buy and what is YOUR stuff. I dont even know how mods work but maybe someone can write some mod to create a dynamic 'hangar' or make a tarmac square the right size to park all your planes there. It doesn't HAVE to be the new main menu. Just want an area to hang out and look at all the hardware that I bought. As I said, I'll see how well the mission editor works for this. As a side note, do the mission editor vehicles have the same poly count as the models that we fly?

Hi guys I cant fly... (YET)... but I bought a bunch of planes and want to support the developers. I saw a nice video on YT about a guy walking around the plane and looking at the features etc and it got me wondering. ( ) Can we get a HANGAR instead of a main menu for DCS? It can even be outside (even better), but allows you to walk around all the vehicles that you bought and enjoy the eyecandy. I guess when you enter the vehicle you can have the option for instant action, training etc. Maybe I can just make a scenario and place all my vehicles next to eachother. Notable examples of this type of thing in other games: - Wargame airland battle, deck view - Star citizen: Hangar module

DCS: The VI of the flight simulators :) It seems like there's a keystroke combination for everything in DCS. I was hoping with the clickable cockpits that that would be a thing of the past. I used to fly arcade flightsims by justknowing key combos but with DCS it's next to impossible with the detailed models. And there's 10x more possibility with all the ALT-SHIFT-CTRL etc. So +1 for having anything that's not related to the plane or the view in a menu

Thanks for all the responses. I never knew I had so many options to enhance the experience. I added the notes in the initial message. I guess I may have known about some of these if I read the DCS World manual. Still dont know, still didn't read it :) but thanks for the tips

In the mean time, when trying to look for trackIR reviews and comparisons I found Freetrack and FaceTrackNoIr. I may start with these webcam solutions before taking the plunge on trackIr.

Hey guys. Thanks for the advices. Money is not really a factor but TIR is on v5 and I dont know how often there's something smarter. I dont want wires all over the place and gadgets on the screen. So I guess eventually I will do TIR (Sooner) or occulus (later), not both. So I'm really looking for a solution for NOW. those jets wont fly themselves. I'll try to map one of my joystick buttons to the ALT-C. But I will still need a third arm between throttle, stick and mouse. I have a saitek with enough buttons so maybe I can try and cockpit look with the hat, but that sounds a bit fiddly. Work the mouse with the nose is really track IR. Sounds like that (TIR) is the most immediate solution. Ah, the lady friend is going to have a field day with me "playing" with a hat now. *sigh*

+1 Why won't they just 'test' all of these suggestions with kickstarter :) So our empty promises to buy on the forum won't be so empty when having to commit on kickstarter. And then, the answer probably is, there are LOADS of planes out there and their schedule is already full with what they currently plan. And who's they? Who are you requesting to make this. Maybe there should be a top 50 list of aircraft (and helis) requested and new 3rd party developers can start picking from the top taking into account the popularity, complexity and info available.

hi guys Does anyone have some mouse-look tips for flying in DCS? I'm brand new, have a throttle and stick but no pedal and no IR track or occulus. I noticed in training missions (that I need to press ALT-C or something to invoke the mouse look and then press /toggle it again to allow cockpit clicks). But in a mission I have an addition red target 'cursor' and middle mouse opperates different from in training missions. Any tips for optimizing this? Considering that I dont fly with the mouse, can't I use rightclick to invoke it? Why cant you look and click at the same time? Wont that be the best? Or am I missing something? TLDR: The following options are available for looking in the cockpit: 1. Mouse: There are some ways to optimise mouse looking by running look and click mode simultaneously http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2186377&postcount=13 Or third button: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2186487&postcount=16 2. Joystick buttons and hat: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2185107&postcount=4 http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2186354&postcount=11 3. Head tracking: 3.1 TrackIR Probably the best considering you have to pay aroudn $150 for it 3.2 FacetrackNoIR Open source (free), and works with webcam (on my laptop this is taking 24% of my i7 processor) http://facetracknoir.sourceforge.net/home/default.htm 3.3 Freetrack http://www.free-track.net/english/

ooh, so many options. You'll need a matrix for this. I buy the ones I love and any other cheap ones when the sales start. I would like to support all the developers. So even if I wont fly a plane I would still like to buy to encourage them. In fact I barely fly at all. Just love learning how the cockpit works and getting it rolling (still need to get pedals before I'll try actually flying)