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That's extra time we have to run your track before we actually get to the bug report. It also gives the track more time to accumulate errors... which will exponentially increase if we have to accelerate time to bypass your cold start... which is not related to the problem. Honestly I don't really want to watch a 30 minute track just to see you left the cockpit pressurized...
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Making DCS more accessible to new players.
randomTOTEN replied to Vertigo72's topic in New User Briefing Room
I don't even own the F-14 and it took me all of 2 entire minutes to find these images from your manual and post them here. -
Making DCS more accessible to new players.
randomTOTEN replied to Vertigo72's topic in New User Briefing Room
So just because some poor dude has an account for 14 years, you automatically assume he's not a "new user." That he's been flying the Heatblur F-14B for 14 years? Never mind that his account is 2 years older than DCS World itself. I guess you think DCS:W is the only product that ED has released and supported in 14 years? That the radio system hasn't changed in 14 years? I try and provide an example to support your case and you still shut it down? -
Making DCS more accessible to new players.
randomTOTEN replied to Vertigo72's topic in New User Briefing Room
It's not even about "smarts." Combat aircraft are detailed and complicated, but you don't need to be a genius to operate them. Unlike Hollywood movies, the truth is that just about anybody can learn these things with enough motivation and commitment. Motivation and commitment that would have them crack a 500 page .pdf. Or not be put off by a complicated control binding UI (which I will argue is the most powerful one ever created for a desk top flight simulator). Or having to google what a TACAN is. -
Making DCS more accessible to new players.
randomTOTEN replied to Vertigo72's topic in New User Briefing Room
that's a fair point. can you search a .wav or .miz file? If somebody wants to know how a part of a system works, they have to run the entire training mission. But with a .pdf you can use the search menu to quickly find the info. Granted, the developer has to actually put that info into their manuals, and that appears to be a problem for many modules. But not everything will be in every manual, and yes outside references can be very valuable. My point is that TFM has a purpose, it does a great job at it's purpose, and people need to stop trying to replace it with products that are more often inferior. It's still a good thing to read it, and you and your buddies would have a better time if you invested the time to dig through it. Especially when learning a new aircraft. Even right now there is a forum thread up based around your OP. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=280935 A new user doesn't know how to use the radios in the F-14. The same as you. He's trying to do the same thing, contact AWACS and the Carrier. Obviously there's a knowledge gap here. And you're right, the communication chapter is missing from Heatblur's manual. -
Making DCS more accessible to new players.
randomTOTEN replied to Vertigo72's topic in New User Briefing Room
what do you think takes up less space on a persons hard disk. a .pdf file or a .wav? what about a .miz? -
Making DCS more accessible to new players.
randomTOTEN replied to Vertigo72's topic in New User Briefing Room
In a real cockpit the pilot doesn't show up with his favorite joystick he chose at the pilot shop, and plug it into the jet with USB. Modern aircraft actually have calibration screens for maintenance, which actually replicate some of the interfaces we have in DCS. Because in reality many modern controls are just a form of joystick, even if it's bolted to the aircraft and given a part number. -
Making DCS more accessible to new players.
randomTOTEN replied to Vertigo72's topic in New User Briefing Room
It's 2020 and it's sad that nobody has shown you how to properly use a manual in a flight simulator. I know you have multiple electronic devices, or at least a functioning printer and A4 paper. Nobody "memorizes how to fly the airplane by reading the manual." That's dumb, and a lie you guys tell yourself to scare you away from using the excellent manuals. I've learned probably the last 4 modules using mostly the manuals, and how you really do it is to have the manual and simulators available at the same time. This allows you to learn properly the first time. Because you read the steps at your own pace, you set the pace of the lesson. Here is the lie you believe: Read>Learn>Do. Here is the truth of the matter: Read>Do>Learn. -
Load the spitfire on the ground with the engine off. Do a flight control check. By looking at the flight controls (or/and the control indicator RCTRL+ENTER) do all surfaces move in the correct direction, smoothly, and to full deflection? Do all other controls remain neutral unless you command an input with your hardware? DCS has a lovely little habit of assigning the same controls to multiple hardware devices... as if they're all identical joysticks.
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Making DCS more accessible to new players.
randomTOTEN replied to Vertigo72's topic in New User Briefing Room
Okay, Lets try getting the point across this way. I think I can see what's going on here: For the A-10C, the aircraft radio system is described in the DCS A-10C Flight Manual EN.pdf on pages 53 & 54 (includes picture of tuning heads in the cockpit). The throttle MIC switch function is depicted and described on page 90-91. The location of the UHF frequency repeater is on page 93. The radio control units are depicted and described on pages 139-145. For a cold start, "radio setup" is on page 431-433, this also describes the steps to correctly send a message to ATC, but doesn't describe what message to send. ...now get ready... brew yourself a tea/coffee... you're gonna like this next part. There is an ENTIRE CHAPTER DEVOTED TO EXPLAINING HOW RADIO COMMS WORK IN DCS It runs from pages 629-652. It tells you where to find frequencies, it tells you how to contact ATC and when. It has pictures of the various formations you can assign to your flight. It tells you how JTAC communication works. Now, I'm not going to go into this much detail for every module I own, but I will at bare minimum give you the CHAPTER reference for radio communications. Lets just (I think fairly) assume they all show you how the peculiar radios work. AJS-37 (another HB product). no Communication chapter.. only aircraft specific radios described. Bf-109K4. Comm chapter pg. 157-173 F-5E-3. No communication chapter. But use of the radios is required to connect external air start, that functionality is explained during cold start. F-16C. Early access guide.. it only shows you how to work the radios. pg 74-78. F-86. No communication chapter. F/A-18C Lot 20. Another early access module. "How to use the radios" pg. 104-105. Flaming Cliffs 3. Entire chapter pg. 221-231. Kamov Ka-50. Entire chapter pg. 492-522. L-39C/ZA. No communication chapter. But table in appendix showing relevant frequencies for airports in the Caucasus and Nevada. M-2000C. No communications chapter. Mi-8MTV2. No communications chapter. MiG-15bis. No communications chapter. P-51D. Communications chapter pg. 159-178. Su-25T. Short communications chapter pg. 36-42. UH-1H. No communications chapter. So we can see, it's a mixed bag with the manuals. The first two modules (A-10C and Ka-50) had excellent chapters on communication, and that probably allowed many of us to transition easy to other modules. You starting with the F-14 didn't have that luxury, and it seems you might be left a little high and dry without that knowledge. But rest assured some of these modules have extremely thorough explanations (as in, it describes every single menu item that exists), much better than the goof balls over at the GR can get it wrong again... Yes it is... at least some of what you've described. Your manual describes the radios, shows where they are located, describes every control they have. Gives the usable frequencies. Shows where on the HOTAS the transmit control is, and which direction to move it to transmit the message. That's the bare minimum standard for every manual I own (the bare minimum). Frankly you are being disingenuous when you claim somebody doesn't know to select the correct mic button for the correct radio with the correct frequency. That is all described in the manual, even if it doesn't say why they should do it or how (that's what the communication chapter is for). Well if he chose to fly Flaming Cliffs, he would find that information under the heading "Missile Breakaway" on pg. 263-267. That's not in the A-10C manual but we can hopefully give the poor Warthog a break, it's manual is already 671 pages! Any proper flight school sends you home with helpful books on day 1. You've already suggested you're a glider instructor. Yes on the intro flight you get the stick in their hands ASAP ("Instant Action"), but by at least day three I expect you would be having them crack the POH at least... And maybe this is a blind spot for experienced users. We do assume that there is a lot more in these manuals then there actually might be. By the 3rd time I see the "Communications" chapter I skip it. That's probably why it's not so present in later aircraft. We had to make do with complicated ass aircraft on day 1, and scouring the internet for information. Those who did it obviously enjoyed that experience, and those who didn't aren't part of the discussion. When new users ask about their first purchases we often suggest "get the aircraft you really want (assuming the motivation will be enough to keep you learning)." And maybe that's unfounded. "Drinking from the fire hose," may not be the way to go. It might be better to suggest to somebody like you to get the F-5, but then again there's no Communication chapter in that one, and you're not going to be doing a good job notching AIM-54's as you get slaughtered by the AI or other players. The basic problem is that you think handholding is great, but handholding sucks. You can only teach what you remember, and what YOU think is important. You will often make mistakes... much more so than a carefully crafted document (even with it's errors). In real training the student comes to the aircraft prepared, and Heatblur tried to impress that concept on new users by asking them to read the manual before running the cold start. You can consolidate your reading while you see the engines starting, the tests being run (that you already read about), and see the INS you barely understand get initialized an aligned. But it get it.. don't bother me with this silly INS stuff, and these dumb tests.. get that stick in my hands and get me shooting.:music_whistling: -
Low Altitude Warning not working with Gear extended.
randomTOTEN replied to Rudel_chw's topic in Avionics
"контроль" This is the word I see a lot in Cyrillic cockpits. Examples: Ka-50: КОНТРОЛЬ Т ГАЗОВ ДВИГ РАБОТ (Running engines exhaust gas temperature indicator test) КОНТРОЛЬ Т ГАЗОВ ДВИГ НЕ РАБОТ (Stopped engines exhaust gas temperature indicator test) КОНТРОЛЬ ТОПЛИВОМЕРА (Self test fuel quantity indicator) this word repeats in the Ka-50 manual 20 times. 30 matches in the Mi-8MTV2 manual. The L-39 and MiG-15bis manuals use the English cockpit for the manuals so I can't do an easy search. In FSX I use a Tu-154B2 and that word контроль is all over the panels too. When I see it I mostly associate it with a lights or instrument check. ... I like to fly in Russian :joystick: -
No, it doesn't. Correct. There is no such thing as "FC3 terrain."
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Low Altitude Warning not working with Gear extended.
randomTOTEN replied to Rudel_chw's topic in Avionics
A lot of other Russian aircraft use "Kontrol" for systems/lights test, so I assume that's what it's for here. -
my <root>/MODS/aircraft/Flaming Cliffs folder is reported as 1.17GB, the module might install files outside of this location, but I am unsure.
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Make the comms menu close after each use.
randomTOTEN replied to rayrayblues's topic in DCS Core Wish List
That sounds like a bug. It always goes away when I send a message. Yeah the pop up on reception of a tower message can be annoying. EDIT: Oh, I get it. When you "Request Startup" the menu will clear as soon as you send a message. But the request is met with an immediate response of startup clearance, and since that's a transmission from the tower to you, the communications menu pops up again. Same for all the other calls. -
EDIT: Still no lights in Landing mode. These were in the Enroute mode... hmm.... I'll try landing mode and report back. There's nothing the manual I could find which requires the HUD in Landing mode for these lights to illuminate.
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Making DCS more accessible to new players.
randomTOTEN replied to Vertigo72's topic in New User Briefing Room
He learned more in those 8 hours than your ideal student "learning by doing" he also clearly stated he was flying during those 8 hours. You think the manuals are bad because you want to think the manuals are bad. -
But I will agree that the default DCS FOV is absolutely terrible for 99% of new users. It needs to be massively reduced.
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you can turn off automatic propeller pitch control and manually set the blade pitch... there's an instrument on the dash which indicates propeller blade position the aircraft has fixed trim tabs for aileron and rudder... they're set by maintenance for a normal combat cruise situation. Usually an uncommanded roll results from either being at the wrong airspeed or engine power for the aircraft trim setting. Adjust your flight profile until you can achieve **somewhere close** to the trimmed condition... it'll never be perfect. I suggest you explore the relationship between engine torque and roll tendencies. You can also adjust the trim tabs in the Options.. but if you don't know what you're doing you're likely just to make them worse. Enjoy she's a fun bird.
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Just imagine it, This screen is available in Multiplayer. No need for using marks on the F10 map. No need for key combinations and a kneeboard page dedicated to aircraft settings. You just drop down your route, or modify your route, set target points, and choose your weapons, fuel, release settings, and DTC settings all in one place... hit the fly button and begin the startup. :pilotfly:
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Some interesting information from Nick Grey on a youtube comment
randomTOTEN replied to Weasel's topic in Chit-Chat
Thanks for taking all of 15 minutes to tell me you want a Dynamic Campaign... I guess. :sleep: "DCS is great at simulating battles, but not amazing at simulating war." I want more accurate planes than I want a more accurate strategy game going on below me. Yes I understand my opinion is probably the minority here. -
[FIXED]PUI-800 shows wrong indication
randomTOTEN replied to Alireza.kh's topic in Bugs and Problems
where's the yellow lamps? -
Like what?
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[REPORTED]MIG 29S has huge bounce on landing
randomTOTEN replied to H-var's topic in MiG-29 for DCS World
Yes, The discussion comes from comments over landing technique from the users posting videos/tracks of landings demonstrating this bug. This is the 2nd thread where a user has come in exclaiming this is a game breaking bug, and the MiG is uncontrollable. They post a track, comments are exchanged, and this formerly game breaking bug turns into a minor physics bug/quirk/error with some criticism and further practice. It seems the Fulcrum is very intolerant of unsafe technique, and combined with a bouncy nosewheel quickly deteriorates into a disaster. Even the developers have shown that she'll take some realistic abuse, but I doubt even with the suspension repaired these types of threads will cease to appear. This could probably be pinned as it's so common. -
[REPORTED]MIG 29S has huge bounce on landing
randomTOTEN replied to H-var's topic in MiG-29 for DCS World
...trying to land on a runway you can't see... It's a fighter jet, not a Boeing 777 with 3 autopilots capable of "autoland."