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Thanks for taking time to send your feedback rg75. Can you confirm that all the triggers worked for you? Did you launch the mission from the DCS Mission menu or the Mission Editor? To be honest, this is my first mission with triggers and cockpit triggers are not the easiest ones (especially gauges status check). That's why I decided to keep it simple and mostly focused on essential things at this time. It is somewhat a prototype. If I do a new version, I will certainly consider higher volume and "comms" effect ; and possibly a more comprehensive and realistic checklist. That will depend on: - The demand or interest of the community - My technical skills which are limited as I have no programming background) - Help from volunteering and knowledgeable mates in the community

Thanks for your fast feedback. In my experience buttons triggers works fine but I'll check for "7. Hydraulic Control On". I've not understood completely the subtlety for gauge triggers, typically for "8. Engine Start" based on Gas Producer Tachometer. So I'll need to investigate that. "9. Revs increasing" is playing like 15 seconds after "8. Engine Start". "10. Ready to take-off!" is triggered by setting the Inverter to On.

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1. Overview When I flew the Oilfield Campaign for the Mi-8, I loved the built-in voice-over feature for Ramp Start. So I decided to do a Ramp Start voice-over for the Huey, at a more modest scale. Please note that my main goal was to create an audio ambience and I do not claim to be 100% realistic. Below is the link for you to download a freeflight containing triggers for voice-over. 2. Download Click here 3. Features (voice-over list) 1. AC Phase 2. Main Generator On 3. ESS-Bus 4. Battery On 5. Fuel On 6. Force Trim On 7. Hydraulic Control On 8. Engine Start 9. Revs increasing... Temperature increasing 10. Ready to take-off! 11. And here we go!4. Notes and known limitations Start up sequence must follow Chuck's Guide Voice-overs work only once per flight session Engine Start and Rev increasing triggers only work if you start the mission from the Mission Editor I will upload the file on the DCS File Library later 5. Credits Technology for cockpit arguments check: Dzen US voice-over actor: throttleupvoice 6. Thanks to Laivynas for the Helicopter startup voice scripting Tutorial EvilBivol-1 for the DCS Cockpit Triggers Guide DSPALLASVI for the Huey - Mission Editor-Trigger Conditions, Actions, Arguments & Values Guide feefifofum for his help on various aspects of mission building

Got it. Many thanks feefifofum :thumbup:

Hi, I built a mission with sound triggers and all the files are in a folder as follows: C:\Simicro\mission.miz C:\Simicro\sound01.miz C:\Simicro\sound02.miz ... If I zip my folder Simicro and send it to another user, and he stores the files in another folder, for example: C:\John\mission.miz C:\John\sound01.miz C:\John\sound02.miz ... will the mission and the sound files (with their new relative paths) work?

Shortly this will do with most of the graphics settings sliders to low/medium. It depends also on the resolution of your screen. You also need to pay attendion to the size of the SSD (120 Gb in your case if I am correct): you can install DCS with the default map (Caucasus). However if you want also Nevada, Persian Gulf, it will be short, especially if you have other programs on your SSD. As a reminder DCS performs better on a SSD than on a regular HDD. Minimum specs for DCS (source: Eagle Dynamics):

Hi MeerCat, Thanks for investigating. To detect if cockpit doors are closed door I tried: Condition X-Cockpit Argument in Range Argument: 38 Min: 0 Max: 0.05 Action Message To All ("Doors closed") It does not work, maybe I did something wrong?

Oh! It works! My error was selecting "Takeoff from ground" instead of ""takeoff from ramp" :doh: Many thanks feefifofum for your help. Much appreciated! :)

Personally, I only discovered the feature in my 3rd year of DCS. So I say: useful reminder/awareness/heads up post :thumbup: It does not hurt ;)

Thanks Jabbers, pleasant to watch :) And congratulations mate, for being in the ED Newsletter :thumbup:

Thank you for confirming that it feels strange. I'm wondering if ED can improve Force Feedback for the Yak sometimes in the future?

Hi all, Once again, I would need help from the "Mission Builders" community ;) In the Argo Campaign, many missions start from a frigate. As I like naval operations, I tried to create a mission with a Huey starting from the frigate available in DCS, however the mission editor won't let me place the helicopter on the frigate deck. I found this thread for the KA-50 but I don't really understand. If there is a solution without tweaking lua files, I would much appreciate.

I am sorry I cannot help you in your particular case. I can only say that spotting targets is actually an issue on 2K and 4K monitors. Also it is not easy nowadays to find the right monitor for our taste and need, especially that most of the time you cannot see the monitor operating before buying it :mad: So it's somewhat trial and error despite the reviews on the internet.

Thanks golani79

Hi, It seems that FF is not yet operational? Can somebody confirm please. I have a MS FFB2 and feel no force.

I haven't flown that mission in DCS 2.5 so I don't know if the landing/search lights are weaker but if I recall correctly, in 2.5 the trees density is higher than before for the same setting (tree visibility). That can explain that you get a harder time spotting the road or refugee camp.

Me too, I want to take this opportunity to thanks once again ED! I only realize today :doh:that with 27 years old, it is probably the 'oldest' simulation company still in operation. It means something... :thumbup: The simulator progress over time is remarkable. And so is the flourishing ecosystem: aicraft 3rd party developers, and since a couple of years campaign 3rd party developers... Let's not forget the fantastic community to which ED is well connected. I think we are lucky to be informed very regularly via different media: website, forums, FB, Twitter, Youtube, weekly newsletter, etc.

I realized that when I started, I was a bit lower than Idle-Stop. Nom I start at Idle-Stop and all is fine. Solved. Thanks all.

Hello mates, Many thanks for your help, much appreciated. What I do is: 1. Set throttle to Idle-Stop as per Chuck's Guide 2. Press Start (Home key): here I don't know why Chuck says "increase to Idle-Stop" since the throttle is already at Idle-Stop. Moreover, I notice at this stage that I have to thottle past Idle-Stop a bit to get to 40% N1

Hello mate, Yes, with a 1080 you will see a quite sustained increase in performance for your 2560x1080 resolution. Whenever you can, go to 16 Gb RAM, or 32 if you can afford and plan to play "heavy" missions with a lot of units. After that, the good news is that your PC will be strong enough for DCS and then "rest" for a couple of years without any change IMHO. See my system specs in my signature: with 3/4 of the sliders on HIGH in the settings, a resolution of 2560x1440, I have a solid 70-90 fps in freeflights in Caucasus. Wish you all the best with your upgrade :)

Hi, I am learning ramp (cold and dark) start. For that, I am using Chuck's Guide. At step 34 it is said "Throttle up to Idle-Stop (Start) Position". How do I know I am at Idle Stop Position? Is there a visual cue or something? I am using the Page Up key to throttle up.

I cannot see the Yak-52 button/badge in the DCS Stable version, but thanks mate for the info :)

Welcome mate :)

I would really love AGM-88 HARM for the Harrier however it seems that such a configuration does not exist. From a Retired flight test / systems engineer / engineering lead: Source : click here