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Go to the DCS site. Go to E-shop -> Modules. Each module has a minimum, recommended and VR set of specs. Your system is a bit "dated", but meets the min spec. Depending on your motherboard, you may or may not have the ability to add a Solid State Drive. The reason for this recommendation is the speed of access, compared to a traditional magnetic disk disk. DCS runs better from a dedicated SSD. You do need the 120 GB of space, though! I've got 400 GB on the dedicated DCS drive, with only a few utilities. The majority is taken up by the base game, modules, terrains, and campaigns. The more complex aircraft such as F-16 or -18 may or may not run well on your machine. Having said that I ran DCS stable version with an i7-3770K, 16GB RAM, magnetic disk drive, GTX 770 SLI (similar to your GTX 970) with few stutters and not bad graphics, F-18C and F-16. Super Carrier had poor frame rates, though. If you have the Power Supply capacity and CPU cooling, check if you can overclock the CPU. The game uses mostly a single thread, so overclocking does help. Internet speed will set how fast your downloads (and updates!) are, and only affect Multi-player. If you've been here before, then you probably have some of the modules. The game engine will need updating to be able to run some of the newer modules (check on the site) and pretty well all of the current campaigns. Updates are pretty massive, so be patient. DCS Updater GUI may prove useful if you decide not to update to the current stable version. Remember to have fun!!

Not much to be done, now. DCS doesn't have any competition. You've probably already invested a lot of money in modules. So you've got to either move on and write it off to bad luck with the service person or be mad for a long time without any way to get rid of the anger.

I just upraded my PC and straight copying did the job. No need to re-download everything. Copy your saved games folder to the new C drive.

You might have got this person on a bad day. Most of the support personnel I have interacted with appeared to be Russian, and English is not their first language, aside from the cross-cultural issues. Could have been a person new to the support service. Lots of possibilities. I've had 20+ interactions with these support personnel and they've all been polite and generally positive. I wouldn't get too concerned unless the rate of "impolite" interactions goes above one in ten or so. Remember if it's 50+%, then you may have to look in the mirror to see if your phrasing is off base (based on personal experience!). Sometimes we put the support person in the position where a "party line" response (RTFM is a form of party line response) is all they have to give. All communication stops at that point and you get to choose one of three things: attack, defend, or withdraw. Bottom line: you should expect decent support most of the time.

Consider using Chuck's guide recommendations for the module. It's a start.

I have an old i-7 3770 and looking at the Resource Monitor while in MSFS2020, all CPUs are being used. I don't really understand the difference between threads and CPUs ( but I THINK they are the same).

Nicely Done!!!!!

I now have 876 key words and 73 commands. I used to have ?? keywords and 523 commands. I'm pretty sure that the number of keywords has increased, but the number of commands has decreased. Is there a way to PM this without dragging the whole thread along?

Vaicom databases FUBARd While trying to get databases/commands updated I have mucked them up totally. I have updated to ver 2.8...22, but I don't have any commands available. How can I get an up-to-date command profile? (I have the base program, chatter, AIRIO, and the supercarrier command set)

Stable 2.5.5 version of VAICOM Hollywood: Is there a version of VAICOM that runs perfectly (?) with stable DCS ver 2.5.5? I can't get the configuration out of easy comms. I can't get redirect to work - even after adjusting the audio controls in DCS. These issues aren't major and it's certainly not the end of the world and is workable, but it would be nice for all of the "good" features to work. Plain vanilla DCS installation with no add-ons. Pointing to the stable version and OB box unchecked. Deleted VAICOM folder and .lua in the scripts of DCS stable version. Haven't done a lua reset in the configuration tool. Haven't had to repair the stable version. Ver 2.5.6 OB is broken. This is a workable situation and I can certainly wait for the next updates.

There are lots of items here and I can't find one that matches my problem. I got the latest versions of Voice Attack and VAICOM Pro today. I have the chatter and Jester add-ons. I haven't tried the Jester one yet. I can get chatter to play on the speakers and VAICOM uses the headset for comms. I can only hear the thud tone no matter what I do. I have been testing on F-18 and have the latest update for the open beta. DCS can see VAICOM and I have directed VAICOM to the correct folder (chatter works and VAICOM knows it's an F18). I'm not sure where to go now. Any help appreciated - including directing me to a FAQ answer, or somehow logging the interactions.

I have never changed liveries before and I haven't been able to find any directions as to how to do that. All help appreciated.