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hmmm...... new ETA from retailer..... 18/11/2020.... This year really does suck! look forward to seeing other's reviews and thoughts.....

Well, I placed my pre order this week and have been informed that the ETA to warehouse is the 3rd of November so hope to have the headset in around a week from then.......

Can I suggest...... Hi Guys and Gals, can I suggest visiting and whatching Lukas S Wolta's DCS:VR Opimization videos. After an initial flight that was a little dissapointing, I made many of the changes recommended by Lukas and found the next flight to be much smoother. Granted, these settings are designed to help with those running DCS in VR but there are settings that I believe would help those who are still using a monitor. Worth a try at least. Salute.

+1 Well said!

I have flown flight sims since there were flight sims. ED, DCS and their third party partners have taken us to places we would otherwise still be wishing for and dreaming of! Thank you and salute!

I've been messing with ED products since Flanker and have seen an ever increasing level of sophistication and probable (I say probable because I'm not a real world pilot) fidelity in flight models and improved immersion. I do not own all the modules that have been produced as I'm not a huge fan of WWII aircraft BUT what I will say is that the F14 B is the most fun I've had since the Black shark! The Tomcat rocks!! It aint easy but man oh man it is fun to learn and hopefully one day, I hope I can say that I'm getting to know her well. I've clocked over 50 hours and feel as though we've only just been introduced! Thanks again Heatblur!! S!

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK FOLKS!! LOVE YOUR WORK...... SALUTE!

IronMike, thanks for your sympathetic ear. I'm sure the community appreciates the fact that you and the team are listening to their concerns, I believe the cat to be an amazing module and my favourite so thanks for trying to make it even better! Salute!

Hey Mex are you using DCS open beta? The viper has been released in open beta only until it checks out ok for bugs that crash DCS stable.

@kaba I've just successfully finished your campaign and had a blast! Very immersive. REALLY well done. Thank you Sir! Salute!

At the real risk of being accused of fanboyism. There are so many great things we’ve got from this sim and the modules that come with it. Why the hell can’t people enjoy and celebrate what they have rather than bitch and whine about what they don’t?! ( I can hear the gas torches lighting up as I type!) We should consider ourselves beta testers by choice and prior knowledge otherwise we wait for the modules to be finished. Simple choices here guys! Pre order. fly the EA or wait. Thanks for a great sim ED! Love your work. Salute

Hi Folks. I've been flying the Tomcat (because I LOVE it!) exclusively since EA. With limited time for this sim, I've clocked up around 40hrs and lately have been spending my time in knife fights with the F5 and after the last update I have found myself in more flat spins than I have ever experienced!!! Has anyone else experienced a similar spike in departures?

Hey Nine_Line You have the patience of 100 saints!!!! To paraphrase an earlier post, GUYS stop whining and go fly! Thanks for answering the questions at hand and I will echo yet another post by reiterating that this game/simulation is by no means perfect (sometimes downright frustrating) but it's the closest most of your customers will EVER get to hurtling around in some of the most sophisticated and awesome military aircraft the world has ever seen and for that I sincerely thank You, Wags and the whole ED team!!! SALUTE!!

I Salute You Chuck! Thanks very much for all your excellent work.

There was a time, some years ago now when I flew with a well organised Squadron that had it's server in Australia. There were many members from many countries and that was a blast!! The squad was however accused of cheating by visitors when we applied some well practised strategies and of course there were always the cowboys who would lurk around air strips/ports to take out pilots as the took off and generally missile spammed. After an absence I don't really look forward to the prospect of going in blind to a server for a session of Air Quake!!! So, these days it's 100% SP.

+1 What He said!! S!

@ Hollywoo 315... Thanks so much for your quick response. I will endeavour to sort it after work tomorrow. Salute!!

Hi Guys I'm more than a little embarrassed that I can't get this sorted, having tried numerous times. My last resort was to remove ALL DCS files from multiple locations. I had different versions on three drives and came to the conclusion that this was confusing VA and VIACOMPRO as well as me!! Despite the rebuild and reloading VA i'm still getting multiple requests for updates and receive the below message about failing to read JSON etc...... Would really appreciate some help here. Thanks 19:22:42 - Plugin 'VAICOM PRO 2.5' initialized. 19:22:42 - Ready for commands. 19:22:42 - Startup finished. 19:22:42 - Chatter initialized. 19:22:42 - Resources added. 19:22:42 - Adding chatter resources.. Default 19:22:42 - Chatter theme set to Default 19:22:42 - Adding themepack collections 19:22:42 - No new DCS modules to import. 19:22:42 - Success. 19:22:42 - Building master labels table... 19:22:42 - Success. 19:22:42 - Building master keywords table... 19:22:42 - Setting menu F10 item Action Reset Stats/Race with actionIndex 0 as command 20001 Action Reset Stats/Race 19:22:42 - Adding 1 imported menu commands. 19:22:42 - Setting ATC Ticonderoga class as recipient Ticonderoga class 15803 19:22:42 - Setting ATC Oliver Hazzard Perry class as recipient Oliver Hazzard Perry class 15801 19:22:42 - Adding 3 imported ATC aliases. 19:22:42 - Success. 19:22:42 - Loading F10 menu items... 19:22:42 - Success. 19:22:42 - Loading keywords database... 19:22:42 - Done. 19:22:42 - Importing RIO extension pack... 19:22:42 - Checking VA profile. 19:22:42 - 4/5 DCS-side files were updated. 19:22:42 - Reset: TabSheetBar.lua 19:22:42 - Reset: speech.lua 19:22:42 - Reset: RadioCommandDialogsPanel.lua 19:22:42 - Reset: VAICOMPRO.export.lua 19:22:42 - Unchanged: Export.lua 19:22:42 - Saved Games folder = C:\Users\mike\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta 19:22:42 - DCS World installation path = E:\DCS World OpenBeta 19:22:42 - Custom install path used for 2.5 OpenBeta 19:22:42 - DCS World version 2.5 not found. 19:22:42 - Executing automatic lua code installation. 19:22:42 - License: PRO 19:22:42 - Plugin version 2.5.10.0 (release) 19:22:42 - failed to read update JSON: at VAICOM.UI.Playsound.AddSoundToMixer(Object playbackfile) at VAICOM.UI.Playsound.Proceed() at VAICOM.FileManager.FileHandler.Updater.RunBatchFile(String basefolder, String batchcontentsraw) at VAICOM.FileManager.FileHandler.Updater.PerformUpdate(String basefolder, UpdateData componentupdate) at VAICOM.FileManager.FileHandler.Updater.GetPluginUpdates() 19:22:42 - Installing... 19:22:42 - Package download complete. 19:21:41 - Downloading package..... 19:21:41 - Executing automatic update. 19:21:38 - New update available! 19:21:37 - Initializing.. 19:21:37 - Press LCtrl+LAlt+C for config. 19:21:37 - VAICOM PRO for DCS World. License: PRO 19:21:37 - Plugin support enabled.

yes. It may be a game. A VERY good game. One that we all love very much. I'm more than a little disappointed that the update didn't go to plan but hey. It will soon and I'm sure we will enjoy the results greatly. I believe we (you know? Us. The fans!) need to remember that the guys at ED would hate to see their work be delayed by some erroneous glitch. If only not to be the subjects of our displeasure! They're working their butts off to give us the best flight sim there is at every opportunity. Let's NOT flame them for doing their best because we don't want to discourage them from continuing their great work! I would much prefer a fully cooked update when the temperature is right, sometime in the future rather than a half baked one now!

Chill Guys.... All will be well ASAP. Considering the time that all these servers etc have run perfectly well you are probably looking at a 0.001% failure rate........

Thanks very much Pac-Man VERY helpful!

+1 I've been a (relatively silent) part of this community for many years and before that I fly under the sig of Ziggy (169TH Panthers). Have been involved with Beta testing and enjoyed watching this sim evolve over that time. There has been a (un)fair amount of ED bashing of late and that is a disappointment so am always happy to give a big thumbs up to what is a magnificent product on an upward curve of improvement! Well done ED.... and the majority of the community that appreciate your efforts. IT MAY NOT BE PERFECT BUT IT IS THE BEST THERE IS!!

Wing men and SDI So. The mission I built to test Pheonix/Sidewinder/guns shootout against 8 Flankers.... originally solo but then added two wingmen to test comms with viacompro. These guys would not engage. I added a fourth aircraft to the group and he engaged but the other two still will not!! At least this proves it's not a VIACOMPRO/Voice Attack issue but a general AI weirdness issue.... Further investigations required...….:joystick::helpsmilie: I will build a new test mission and see if I can debug this problem. BTW Hollywood. The VIACOMPRO plugin is BRILLIENT! Thanks to everyone involved in it's development.

Wing men and Selective dissemination of information Hi guys. Apologies if this has already been covered (I have read many of the posts in this section) but for some reason after a positive response to "radio check" my wing men will not respond to... Flight engage bandits. Flight attack bogies etc. I believe my syntax is correct but my wing men don't respond!! any clues to solving this problem would be much appreciated. I have no problems communicating with RIO or ATC Thanks

Hey Wags, As always, thanks SO much for your accessibility and prompt update...… clearly this is an issue close to the hearts of VR users. I'm sure we're all looking forward to seeing an improvement to an amazing product. I've been flying flight sims since Amigas and DOS so I really DO appreciate how far this genre has come!! S!