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Hi guys, Does anyone knows if Operation Medvedev and georgian oil war both are working properly in current versions of DCS ? And what is the difference between Georgian oil war and oil war I, II and III ? Thanks!

Well I think that in terms in reality it is the same if we have mws or not. DCS is doing great job modeling the systems but I hardly believe there are any that are fully accurate. Why do you think shkval is fully accurate? Why you can't lock on a dead target then ? It is scriptet in certain situation you obtain lock and in other you don't. In reality I hardly believe it works so flawlessly and obtainig a lock is so easy. They are all ACAP so will eventualy be mws. Ka-50 is great module as it is no questions about that. But I would pay full price for BS3 with improved cockpit graphics and system upgrades. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Don't agree on this. If you like a10 you will fly whichever side has it and do your best. It is more rewarding if you win with the weaker side sometimes :) Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Well why everithing has to be balanced ? This is not the case in reality. It actualy makes the things more interesting if both sides have different weak and strong points.

Why dont we use SRS and comunicate as we should ? Those magical maps are not realistic, it would be only if sharing is done while all participants are on the ground(e.g. simulating they are planning toghether) but not while flying. Lack of teamwork is not due to lack of features but because of people attitude. I m always against unrealistic features and ED better use their time to fix the map for VR before implementing such things.

The problem is you never now how long exactly you will have to hover and scan in your target area. You might plan the fuel for the trip but you dont want to end up with no fuel to execute the mission.

This topic is already discussed enough, I just ironically reminded r73s :) AFAIK in the real ka50 r73's were mounted on the wingtips(?) KA-52 is different aircraft in many aspects, it is not update of ka-50. Mainly it is not a single pilot which is huge factor. Personally I like ka-50 in dcs as it is :) but any updates are welcome even some visuals like cockpit textures which looks outdated already.

Actualy night versions never get in production, only prototypes but....the standart ka-50 version was: "Missiles: 2 x APU-6 Missile racks, able to accommodate a total of 12 9K121 Vikhr anti-tank missiles, Vympel R-73 (NATO: AA-11 Archer) air-to-air missiles, Kh-25 semi-active laser guided tactical air-to-ground missiles" capable of carrying r73's :D This would be devastating for the f-15's and Mirages in DCS :)

I don't mind to fail a mission or to have it partialy completed if I make a mistake misjudgement or just lack of skill. But you barely can have an achievable mission from first atempt in any campaign, which makes you have 20-30% succesion in the campaign or edit logbook.lua and play it like a platformer. I dont like also the missions to get progresively harder, there is nothing wrong to have simple mission in the middle of the campaign. Some missions may add more challange and you can partialy complete them, some can be easy and simple.. that's live :) some might be perfectly planned some may ha e some surprises. I guess you get my point :) Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Combat visibility is better on monitor only due to zooming and trackir but both of them are sort of cheating. :) For sickness you need time to get your vr "legs" no metter the vr generation. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

"Sometimes it feels more like solving a puzzle or memorizing moves in a platformer so you can proceed to the next level." - On spot, this is what I meant. The same mission(mission 10 from deployment camp.) 2nd attempt I tried to land on the closest FARP to refuel but... ground crew says unable to comply, they only rearm me but whats the point when I have no fuel... :)

You can edit logbook. lua Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Thank you for the reply, good point you are wirght about the reality situations. In the end you fly there do your best and whatever happens. May be the frustration come from the stupid situations which the game puts you and not the mission itself, like you see the mission pretty simple, fly there kill everyone in the city and thats it, the greatest threds are just zu's and manpads, you will send the wingman to kill some.. simple and easy. Then you fly to the ingress 1 hour endig up your wingman refuses to enage due to unknown reason and the mission failed due to low fuel and weapons with 17 ground kills and 0 by the wingman he just fly with you for company :) edit: As for the challange, well probably you are right but I thing that repeating the same mission is boring also. It becomes not a sim but a game where you just go trough a level until you pass it. I know if I repeat the mission in the end I will complete it but not because I become better pilot but just cause I remebered the postitios of the treads, I know the surprises etc..

Hello, I was wondering are most of the SP missions realisticly difficult ? Most of the SP missions/campaigns I hardly believe that someone can accomplish from his firts attempt only with the intel from the briefing. Most of the time you have to do some rambo missions killing everyone with one shot with limited missiles and fuel with useless wingman and opponents with god eyes seeing everything everywhere. For instance, I m doing now black shark deployment campaign and untill mission 7 missions were realy nice and fairly easy, I did not have to replay them to acomplish them. But after that things have changed. Some of the missions you have to kill some enemies in the city but there it is quite imposible to spot anything if it is behind a tree.. in DCS a tank can hide behind a tree ver well :) After 2-3 attemts it is easy when you know how to handle the shity targets but this kills the immersion and the rewarding for completing the mission. And the wingman is more or less useless most of the time. When I order him to attack instead of staying in distance and shoot some vikhrs he jumps on rambo runs and get shot or at some point he just refuses to engage (I thing if he has less than 1/3 fuel tank which in some missions for example 10 makes him completely useless). Prety much the same goes for single missions and campaigns of su25t, su27, or most of my single player expirience is like that. Have to repeat a mission to complete it no matter how effort I put on briefing and planning. I know I need a lot more practice but still if this is the case in the reality, I barely thing there will be many survived combat pilots :)

Your DCS folder/mods/aircraft/ka50/doc or similar path ;) Get ready for some studing and practicing :) Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Even current generation is way better than flat monitor. Even big one, not speaking about anything less than 32 inch. I would suggest you to try it if you can before spending your money on monitors. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

My opinion 27 is way too small for dcs, it kills the imerssion and you have to stare at it at very close range. I used 32 and it was fine but 40 would be good. Think about oculus rift if you are looking only for dcs or other sims, it is a huge gamechanger. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Hi Reaper6, Thank you for the great thread it is very useful. I have a question regarding route planning. I wonder how do you plan your route on the abris, the map on the abris does not look detailed enough to prepare a good flight plan via canyons/cities etc to stay hidden and also no altitude information for vnav. Or do you use external map for planning and then just create the plan in the abris ? Thanks.

Absoltely possible to have shadows but they kill too many fps. I prefer shadows off and PD higher. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

With Assynchronous time warp you can't have more than 45fps in DCS it is locked to 45, if you have 45 with ATW it is very smooth. No fps issues for me with gtx970 2x AA and shadows off and PD 1.7. Spoting ground target from 8-9km with ka-50 is not difficult if you know where to point shkval(no labels). No way to go back to flat screen anymore. I tried to test again on the 32 monitor and it was terrible everything is so small...and flat.. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

How about from behind, does it matter? Or things like radar on/off or ECM are calculated in the AI sa? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Is it possible then to stay stelthy against AI? I tried couple of times to hide in the mountains but It didn't work. He was all over me everytime. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Great discussion here :) I m still begginer trying to practice engagement with the flanker. I find difficult beating f16 at excellent on BVR. Usually we end up exchanging missiles and he is dodging mine like a black ninja :) and I eat high energy aim120 or aim9. I find AI easy on high but very hard on excellent. He always knows where I am and is able to point his nose towards me, like he has no respect to my missiles and they always miss even fired way within range with lead.

Does Mig-29 has the latest flight model ?

Managed to get DK2 last week and as it was already mentioned it is a different world, no more flat screens. With frame per pixel 1.5-2 I have no troubles with the Hud or instruments I can handle them But I have huge trouble spoting things in distance and I m not talking about targets they are fine with labels mod but I cant spot the runway to land even if I know that I m actualy looking at it :( I have to do low vis landings even in clear day and sometmes I miss :) I will appriciate any advices how to hadle this issue. Thanks