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Johnny Dioxin

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  1. I'm a bit reluctant to update to 2.9 as it reportedly stops some things from working, but this is encouraging. I don't see any advantage in getting the Quest 3 when I have Pico 4 - rather the opposite. I just hope I can get back to reasonable start times in VR - it's been taking an age to start the sim in VR even after a clean-up, having run it a couple of times in 2D for settings purposes (this always seems to happen after running in 2D then going back to VR). I gave up in frutsration yesterday. Whilst the sim displays the starting DCS World splash screen my CPU is running at less than 4%, so no wonder it's taking so long to load up.
  2. Switch is completed and the link is in my signature and here: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AnvNcw-PsJNTjQpwLX0POUeftEre?e=hvZhXo these are the ones that were on Google Drive and some of them are quite old now. I have added a couple of things (like the UH-60L and A-29B) and will add more items for the current modules that I added to my own sim in recent months but not to Google. My flying time is currently severely limited and I'm unable to fly helicopters at all for the time being, so those will have to wait. I've noticed that many of the older kneeboard pictures are different sizes, so I'll also get them all to the default size as soon as I can. Note that whilst most of the guides and checklists are my own work, there are some datasheets in the folders that I use, but were made by others in the community. Please respect their right to determine how their work is used and don't re-upload them or change them for public use. Thanks, John (The Artful Bodger )
  3. An update on this topic. I am closing my Google account permanently soon, just finishing backing everything up and it will be gone. I therefore advise anyone still using them directly from the source to download their own copy now, before they are gone. I hope to provide a link to the files at my new hosting service in the near future. In which case I'll put the link in my signature and if possible, on my profile page. Sorry for any convenience, Google have finally worn me down with their general profitiering and controlling policies and the gobsmacking amount of personal data they take from us in everything we do with our PCs, phones and tablets. They'll take it anyway, I'm sure.
  4. I've seen plenty fo people saying they liked the Pico 4 better than their Reverb G2 (not all, mind) but I was wondering how the graphics on the Pico 4 stack up against the Aero. Anyone done that? My Pico 4 is outstanding in DCS World and other sims, but if the Aero is better I would have to seriously consider it, at the currently reduced price.
  5. I'm still receiving requests to access the kneeboard files I made available several years ago - most requests are for access to the F-15C Checklists. These files have always been open to general public access via their respective links - permission to view or download is not required. I used to ask if there was an issue, but never got a response once and I therefor now ignore or deny any such requests as it makes me suspicious of the applicant's motives If there is a genuine problem with access, please send a pm or ask in your request (instead of just using the standard Google permission request message) and I'll look into it. Thanks.
  6. I'm not sure I agree with that. It's just too bad that you didn't use it straight away, but it has absolutely zero reflection on their responsibility to repair or replace anything. The device is over 2 years old and it's normal practice for companies to charge for repairs on a device that is out of warranty. There was a time when the only response to a fault found after 12 months on a VPC HOTAS was "good luck" on their forums. Had emails ignored myself when I had problems similar to yours. It's good to see that things have improved.
  7. I didn't think of trying 72hz - that's actually a good idea - and pretty obvious - shows how much I'm slowing down as I age! I get excellent performance with Pico 4, at 45fps with SSW forced on all the time. yet in my Index (which used to have not as good performance even at 60fps, as well as lesser clarity, of course) I'm getting a solid 120fps. But the quality has dropped - especially since the last big stable update and I'm talking about terrain/foliage quality. I never have grass on. Trying 72hz makes sense, but I've not had to do any testing and adjusting for so long now, I can't remember what to fiddle with for better terrain graphics without killing the performance. Seems I'll have to put aside a couple of days for testing VR - such a shame as I had really thought those days were over now for me in this sim. At least ACM is still awesome with my headset Was flying over Caucasus yesterday in my Hornet and thanking the simming Gods that I wasn't on an A/G mission, cos spotting ground targets would have been a nightmare.
  8. At least when people use autostart they are actually using the starting procedure, even if automated. It can be a good instructoral tool, or for checking if your manual start-up is not quite working, to see if you are forgetting something. Unfortunately there are many who just keep maligning FC well as any so-called "cheats" in the DCS modules. They'd do better to just worry about how they want to fly and not about something that has zero effect on their own game. It's just vanity at the end of the day. Personally, I couldn't care less how or what anyone else wants to fly. Some call it "arcade" which makes me doubt if they even know what arcade is, and are so quick to forget that without FC, DCS World may not exist, having been propped up by it's sales for years to start with, quite apart from the history behind the sim since LOMAC.
  9. I don't know if it still applies, but we've heard a few times in the past that Flaming Cliffs was the most popular part of DCS World. Given that fact, I don't see why there should be any issue over the question of whether MAC should be released or not. As for the poster saying that it should be part of DCS World - I didn't know it was going to be separate, as I hadn't followed the 'news' about it that closely (for me it's out when it's out) but I can definitely see the logic behind it being an independent title. I think the kind of customer this is aimed at won't want to be downloading 150+GB of terrains and then updates of around the same size (last one was 130GB). So from that point of view it makes sense. (even excluding the mods folder altogether my DCS World stable install is 125GB) and with terrains it's 386GB)
  10. This is exactly what you're supposed to do in the campaign that comes with the Gazelle - you should set autohover and jump to the left seat, fire the weapons, jump back and shift out of there. From the words of the chap who made it to my very ears It is a necessity and cowboy tactics (or maybe better called 'Hollywood') are not the answer. I'm sure they'll fix it at some stage, though when is anybody's guess - who knows how complicated it is to code with this model. This is one of the reasons I keep 1.5.8 installed, so I can still fly currently broken campaigns - whether the campaign itself or the aircraft that flies it.
  11. Well thank you for the mission itself! Without it there would be no guide
  12. Pictorial Satrt-up guide is up: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3332110/
  13. Please forgive me if this has been mentioned - probably has, but it's a long thread to search through. Regarding the cockpit labels, the HUD brightness dial is misspelled - it has the t and h the wrong way round. Secondly, I ran into a little confusion in the start-up tutorial mission. The line given is: However, this turned out to be not quite right. I spent quite a while trying to move the throttle via my own hardware, and looking for assignments when I realised how far forward the "Idle" setting is marked on the throttle. I eventually worked out by chance that the throttle body needs (right-) clicking to move it to the idle position. Then the start goes ahead, with pressing the start switch for 2 seconds. Update: I've just also noticed that the Emergency Brake switch label is also not spelled correctly (break instead of brake). I'm just doing a pictorial start-up guide and about to upload it to user files.
  14. The skins are available to download separately somewhere - I have downloaded them a few weeks back - will try and find a link for you. Here - the link is on the Github info page: https://mega.nz/file/UAxUmYAY#0PyL3pO6i5x2QTrBWEkE5LsqeKFW5IuSJG_Er42PAas https://github.com/luizrenault/a-29b-community#readme
  15. Just been flying - or trying to - online and also having collective issues. I kept switching helicopters (between Gazelles) and was only able to take off twice - and both times the collective simply died and I hit the deck. Also using Virpil HOTAS - T50 in my case. I didn't use full collective and got just a few feet in the air. Also, was using multicrew and within seconds of taking over flight controls the helicopter just piled into the ground with a lack of power. My online buddy also had issues, but not as frequently as I did. Used two different servers. On all other occasions the power seemed to drop as soon as I got in the aircraft and movement of the collective (which could be seen moving in the VC model) achieved nothing. I tried both manual and auto start and same thing. I'll keep trying through the week and will try and get a track.
  16. BAe - both black and red & white training schemes would be nice Here's a few to choose from in any case... https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/pilatus-pc-9-a.html?sortBy=relevant *or blue & red
  17. Yeah, that one was easy to work out to move forward, but it's not what I'm talking about - I mean certain things not being displayed, such as in the HUD (no TCN info) and the pointer not moving in the direction the instructor says it should - there were a few things which i don't remember all of, but I did it a couple of times with the same result so it would be easy to look again and see what they were if this is not a known issue.
  18. Has anyone done any of the training missions lately - I sometimes do one in a random module if I'm a bit rusty or haven't flown a while etc and I did the navigation tute for the Hornet and very little went as the instructor described.
  19. I must admit I've had hard time finding it a few times when I forget where they put it. It certainly is not an "Input Device"
  20. Since installing the VSN F-104 mod, when I have the theme set as the F-104 the picture in all briefings for the MB-339 training and missions is of the F-104 (it comes from that mods Theme folder) and not the MB-339. This could be considered to be a bug with the mod, however the MB-339 is the only module where this happens.
  21. I'm a class 1 radio operator and I have only ever heard a roger beep on civvy radios - CB in fact. Most people disliked it, it was a fad that didn't last long (though there were always people who persisted with it). I've never heard a military set that uses a roger beep. Asking for one is one thing, insisting it's realistic is quite another. Personally, if it were forced on us, I'd delete it from the sim. Proper voice procedure doesn't require any kind of 'signal'.
  22. I started the start-up tute mission last night. Before anything else - I'm on stable 2.8.1.34667 I was unable to get past the VOR part, after tuning the set to 114MHz. I changed the frequency multiple times, as well as other settings and put them back to the right ones again to see if that would trigger progression, but it didn't and I had to give up in the end. I did notice a few grammatical errors but I guess you won't be too bothered about those. **edit - I remember now, I was also unable to speak to ATC, though this may be a sim issue as I think we all know how unpredictable ATC is. I ran a quick start mission after this, and set the radio and was able to get ATC (also in Syria), so I don't think it was user error. In the tute I just progressed with spacebar.
  23. My tests didn't reveal anything unexpected. With Index, as usual, it was solid. With Quest and Pico over VD there was some movement, but as before it was very small. Moving my head vertically produced the smallest up and down motion of the cockpit, but no warping. No side to side movement, either now. However, other sims do produce the warping, as before. I'd say DCS World is better in that respect (with FS being the only one not affected at all so far). Again, only using Virtual desktop - it doesn't happen in 'tethered' VR. I'll try Air Link later for both Pico & Quest. Got a headache after all that headset switching and so on yesterday! Just a point - have you changed any of the Virtual Desktop settings for your headset? I did, so I'll try with default settings as well. ***PS - I only just noticed this is for open beta and MT - which I'm not using!
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