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@IronMike Have you seen the Podcast about the F-14D Mike? Are Heatblur considering making it happen? The guys mention the D had a glass cockpit. I didn't know that. I'm guessing the visibility was improved? Was that the only advantage?

In multiplayer I can still speak to my RIO (via Jester menu) with no external power and without switching on the radios. Am I misunderstanding something?

When you kneel on the Cat, shouldn't NWS automatically switch off? The indicator light is still illuminated anyway.

Hello, I love your work, but every time I play one of your MP missions over the Channel I get hit directly with what seems the first burst of flak. Even at 20 000 feet. First time, every time. There is no fore-warning of flak going off around me. The first shot does catastrophic damage and it's game over. Feels a little unrealistic to me.

Thank you gents. I've got it working, after applying a little throttle from the working engine. The A seems to require a little more throttle than the B, almost to the point of overwhelming the wheel brakes. I expect I just need to finesse it a little. Thanks for the help.

When stationary on the ground, with no air-source connected, shouldn't it be possible to use bleed air from the idling engine to start its counterpart? I switch air-source to whichever engine is running, select the engine I want to crank and nothing. I've tried switching on air-start too and still nothing. I get the feeling in real life this was possible to do. After all, it's just a matter of using compressed air to generate sufficient engine rpm, isn't it? Each engine generates plenty of compressed air, so it just seems logical that it can be used to start the other engine. Am I wrong?

Cool photo. Thanks. I guess I was just unlucky that my plane blew-up in a head-on collision like it was made of polystyrene when colliding with his wing-tip.

This chap and myself had a head-on collision today (I was in a Mustang that fell to pieces immediately) and he was able to fly all the way home, from Caen to Lessay, with most of his wing missing. It was streaming something for a while but that stopped, probably after that particular fuel tank ran dry. Anyway, as you'll see from the text on the right he was able to type and fly at the same time. Not a care in the world. The confidence having an indestructible plane must give you

May I ask what your settings are for the game? Your textures, draw-distance, shadows etc? I had mine on high, but have had to drop down to medium, in order get my frame rates back to 60fps. Before the patch is was fine on high. I also run it in 4k, with a GeForce RTX 3070. I've just noticed there's a driver update, so will try that...

I am disappointed to report there's been no significant improvement to framerates since yesterday's patch. If anything it's worse. I have a mid-range system and Normandy remains one of the worst maps for framerates.

Are there plans to add the new clouds to the Cage the Bear Campaign? Operation Reforger has them and they look fantastic, but the clouds don't move, which kills immersion somewhat.

The new clickable areas for the fire-extinguishers work well, but still no actual extinguishing of fires that I've seen. Anybody got it to work yet? I'd like to see a video/screenshot if you have.

This was listed as being fixed in 2.7, but still remains an issue for me at least. EDIT: Patch 2.7.0.5118 seems to have fixed it. Thanks :0)

Thanks for the clarification.

Oh, okay. My bad. Do the AI obey that rule? Is it just MIL power for cat launches too?

On the Tomcat I thought you were supposed to go full afterburner after the trap, not just Mil power?

Perhaps you'll share some of these photos of beautiful aircraft, women and motorbikes whilst we wait

I tend to switch off the noisy air-con in the F-14, so I can hear myself think. It always felt like a cheat because there's no penalty for doing so. If you forget to switch on the oxygen you get the effects of oxygen starvation at altitude, which is really cool. If the canopy fogged up because of misuse of the air-con system, that would be amazing. I appreciate I'm asking a lot. Heatblur's F-14 is a wonder to behold as is. I'd sleep with it under my pillow if I could EDIT: Just saw a video about the fogging canopy and transonic shock cone on the JF-17. Looks fantastic. Hope Heatblur take notice.

...Happened again, different Server. DCS crash report system worked this time and sent. Logs attached: dcs.log dcs.log-20210329-125904.zip DCS-SimpleRadioStandalone.log DCS-SRS-GameGUI.log

I've had several visits to the aforementioned server since reporting the issue and the problem hasn't cropped up again. Strange

It appears the problem is exclusive to this particular server: The Tacan signal is intermittent, even when sitting on the deck of the Carrier, which may hint at the core issue. I shall attempt to contact the admin for this server.

...Okay @Super Grover, a similar thing just happened. Multiplayer (UK 4YA server), Persian Gulf, F-14B, attempting to tune ATC. Jester wheel pops-up, freeze and CTD. Data logs attached: dcs.log dcs.20210317-200747.crash My specs: Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz 3.70 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB Windows 10 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor GeForce RTX 3070

Thank you. I have located the DCS.log (C:\Users\Username\Saved Games\DCS\Logs). I shall try and recreate the CTD...

When asking Jester to tune to George Washington Carrier TACAN on the radio, to speak to ATC, I've experienced a CTD three times in a row. Any ideas?

I concur. Zone 5 is fantastic. Best campaign I've played. Thank you Reflected. I hope to see more of your work. Please pass along my compliments to Dave 'Bio' Baranek for his contribution to the project too.