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Ah, solved. Also in the manual! Turned Tacview recording off and now it is working. Best, Marcel

Hi, I bought VIACOM yesterday and cannot get it to work. I have only an upgraded 1.5 beta to 2.5 installed. I installed VIACOM after the upgrade. The voicecommands are recognized but nothing is happening. Like some people mentioned above in the PTT page it always shows default, not the module. I ran in the debug mode and to me nothing seems wrong (see below the message). Any ideas? VoiceAttack running as admin btw. Best, Marcel 11:36:53 PM - DCS World version x.x not found. 11:36:53 PM - DCS World version 2.2 OpenAlpha not found. 11:36:53 PM - DCS World version 1.5 OpenBeta not found. 11:36:53 PM - Installation OK: speech.lua contains up-to-date file identifier. 11:36:53 PM - Installation OK: RadioCommandDialogsPanel.lua contains up-to-date file identifier. 11:36:53 PM - Installation OK: VAICOMPRO.export.lua contains up-to-date file identifier. 11:36:53 PM - Installation OK: Export.lua contains up-to-date file identifier. 11:36:53 PM - Saved Games folder = C:\Users\Fransen\Saved Games\DCS 11:36:53 PM - DCS World installation path = C:\games\DCS World 11:36:53 PM - Using Registry entry for 1.5 11:36:53 PM - DCS World installation found: version 1.5 11:36:53 PM - Initializing..

Hi, Let me start by saying this is by far the best campaing I have ever played, payware included! Lot's of fun and imersion, really briljant to combine training and story like this! I have one question, at the start of the mission you are remembered a few times to set the altitude for each waypoint as this is not done automaticaly (which I new). But what use is this, apart from serving as a reference? As far as I'm aware it has no use in displaying the waypoints or for weapon employment, or am I missing somthing? Thanks! Huppel

Just tried one mission, but it seems to be fixed in todays patch!

I have the problem as well, also magnetic compass is off so looks like a problem with magnetic variation. Tried a repair but that did not help. One other question, do more people have severe stutters in 1.5.6 (several seconds)? For example just when looking around the cockpit.

Hi, Realy having fun playing the training missions! In mission 9, guns, the K1/K2 switch is mentioned just like in the manual. I can only get K2 mode selected and have to select A-A gun using the HOTAS bind. Of course I understand the plane is still in beta so it could be that or perhaps it is supposed to work like that, I thought I just report it as it might be confusing. Best, Huppel

Oops, sorry overlooked.:doh: Best, Huppel

Realy like these training missions! Best of any module so far. The one thing I don't understand from the third training mission is the "course to waypoint" part. I do everything as told, I succeed in setting the course and press the RD button but nothing seems to change. How is this supposed to work? Should the waypoint indicator in the HUD change? How is it indicated what route I should fly to get on the indicated virtual radial? Best, Huppel

Hi, I'm learning this aircraft and it is great fun! Now I was trying the police light (and yes I'm aware I need to both set a cockpit switch and bind a hotas button to enable it) but it does not seem to work. Can you only see it when it reflects on another aicraft perhaps? I'm now on the ramp looking if somewhere a light goes on (in darkness). Using version 1.5.5.60565 by the way. And just out of curiousity: why can you turn the clock in a different angle? It seems it is perfectly readable in both angles. Best, Huppel

And to update you the next couple of missions went without any problem! I'm at the "jack hunting" mssion now. Having lot's of fun!

No problem, I have it resolved already! The damage report is not a report to me but an instruction to me to report the damage via an comms F10 command! Haha missed that! Perhaps for other players it would be helpfull to add that to the message (something like "report via F10 comms menu"). Thanks for responding. Up to the next mission! Best, Huppel

Hi, Got into trouble again, tried mission "Day Off" now for the third time. Got to the point where I'm instructed to destroy the cars. I succeed in doing that and get a report that the cars are destructed but after that only silence and no instructions any more. Got back via the route that is in the briefing and landed but mission was not a success. Am I supposed to do something special after the cars are destructed? This is getting a bit frustrating... Best, Huppel

Okay resolved. I guess the message is a bit unclear, "any gates" is intended to be "at least one". The route is rather unclear just before the mountain ridge, here you have a very hard turn to the left but there is no smoke or voice message to indicate that. So it is easy to miss the red smoke on top of the ridge.

Thanks, that helped, completed the mission now! Now I have a problem with the next mission "under the gun" (maybe I'm just not good at this ;-) ). I have tried twice and everything is looking good (I get praised and I'm ahead of my component) but when I pass the finish I get the message that I did not went through any of the gates. Did I perhaps not fly low enough (I'm flying way lower than my oponent) or am I doing something else wrong? Best, Huppel

Hi, I'm trying to complete the "train hard" mission, but after I'm instructed to destroy some houses (and I destroyed multiple) in the abandoned village there are no instructions anymore. Anybody knows what I'm doing wrong? Best, Huppel

Hey thanks! Comparing the screenshots I hardly see any difference so my settings must be about right. But with your mission it is even better! ;-) Thanks again! Huppel

Hi, Thanks for the info! I first made some changes to my monitor, it had a gamma 1,2,3 and off setting and I turned it off. That helped a bit but not enough. Then I adjusted the gamma slider in the NVidea settings and with that I can get it as bright as needed. Now the question is how do I "calibrate" this, what should it look like? I now set it so that I can barely see the water (1.2), guess that is about right. I attached a screenshot to give you an idea (but that might also depend a bit on the settings used to view it I guess :)) Best, Huppel

Hi, As I'm preparing for the DLC campaign I'm playing the stock campaign and I've made it to mission 10, city river run. Now my problem with this mission is that it is so dark I cannot see where to fly at all, it is just black. The introduction picture shows that there should be some moonlight. Should I use my night vision goggles (feels like cheating) or are my DCS settings off (cannot find a way to influence this, like a gamma setting)? Thanks! Huppel

I just found out that HT was causing quite some stutters and FPS problems (strangly only in some situations). Please read here: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=157990 Best, Marcel

Hi, I was experiencing some FPS problems (please see my specs and settings below). Normally my FPS was quite okay (around 60) but in some missions I noticed quite some stuttering and low and jumping FPS numbers. For example in the enemy within campaign mission nr. 2 FPS dropped at start already to < 20 and if I just started the "create fast mission" (A10C, all defaults besides summer, clear and 12:00) then FPS < 10. As I could not understand this (GPU and CPU's seemed not even being used to the max) I started investigating. After disabling hyperthreading suddenly the stutters were gone, FPS numbers more stable and higher in the missions I had problems with. For example in the "create fast mission" I now get around 60 FPS stable. When doing a search on the forum I could not find much info on this. Am I correct and does DCS not like hyperthreading or is that just on my system? One question, I'm thinking on upgrading to a 3440 x 1440 monitor. Would that be doable with my system? Is there a big performance drop when coming from a 1920x1080 monitor? My system: I7-5930K (running @4,6), 16Gb memory, GTX 980 (overclocked) settings: all high except - vis range: ultra - civ traffic: medium - 1920x1080 - res. cockpit dis: 1024 - MSAA: 16Q - HDR: On - Depth o f: Off - Lens effect: dirt + flare - clutter/bushes: 0 (I don't like the effect when flying helo's) - tree visibility: 15990 - preload radius: max - anisothropic: 16x - Flat shaddows: On Best, Marcel

Sorry, I indeed refered to the initial point button on the PVI-800. I read the desciptions in the manual. Indeed there can only be one, you should be able to set it in the mission editor and I found out it can be changed from the PVI-800 itself. It indeed must have something to do with the initial point for an attack but what I don't understand is what purpose it has when turned it on. You can turn it on together with a waypoint or target point, but when should I turn this on and what will happen? Best, Huppel

Hi, I'm learning the Ka-50 and have a hard time understanding the init point button on the PVI-800. I searched the forum but still do not completly understand it's use. I see that I can select it next (together, both lights are on) to a waypoint or target point and there can be only one init point. I cannot update it with the position of the Shkval but I figured out I can set it to the position of an existing waypoint or target point in edit mode. Can somebody perhaps explain what it is meant for and how it should be used? Regards, Huppel

Okay found it, my mistake. I changed the helicopters country to the Netherlands (blue) while the airport was still 'red' -> no respone from ground crew... I thought I used the same mission in 1.2 but there it was still a Russian helicopter.

I'm not trying to talk to ATC but to ground crew (to establish ground power) so no need to set a frequency as far as I'm aware. I tried the same mission and doing exactly the same procedure in < 1.5 does give a ground crew response. I'm doing this on an airfield, not a FARP btw. But if it does work for others I must be missing something so I'll try again.

Hi, Am I missing something or is the ground crew not working correctly in 1.5? I tried with door open en closed (engines off, batteries on, inverter on, intercom power on and mic set for intercom) and I get no respone. Best, Marcel