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Thanks so much. I knew I was missing something! Cheers

Hi there I have the exact same problem. I can't get Urbi's paints to show. Only a default with no numbers exactly as "toan" has posted above. I have followed the format that RaptorFighter has posted above and every other possible variation of folder structure but I just can't seem to get it to show. I'm assuming the entry.lua needs to be updated manually to show the new skins. Anyways, any advise would be appreciated. And for the record, my folders are setup exactly as RaptorFighter has shown above. Thanks and great MOD btw!!!

Don't mean to be a bother or side track this original thread but... which one is this? I downloaded it, but it sorta looks like the "chiller" one. Is that correct or is this something different? I only ask because I love the other mod, but I don't use it because it costs me the C model, which I can't part with. Does this do the same or can I run both. Anyways thanks and sorry if this question is misguided!

This carrier looks fantastic. Amazing job. Love the color palette that was used. The deck and overall surfaces look so realistic, at least to my eyes! After placing a few static deck crew around the joint, this thing gives the supercarrier a run for its money! Only small thing I noticed was the ship's props not turning whilst underway, but otherwise, great job and thank you very much!!

Hi Admiral Just wanted to say thanks for all the ships. Just downloaded the sub and its looking really good! *Also, I'm only posting this pic here because I don't know anyone in real life that's particularly interested in this sort of stuff. Literally, right after downloading your sub, my girlfriend came into my man cave and asked what is that really strange looking ship outside. We have a small ocean view and we are looking out across the Georgia Straight to the mainland from Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. I stood up, looked out the window and was very surprised to see this!! See pic from my home office window!! It is the USS Michael Monsoor, Zumwalt class destroyer. wtf!! (I can only assume that it is testing stuff at Nanoose bay which is just a mile or so to the left of the picture. It is an underwater munitions testing area which I believe is used by the US Navy as well are our little Canadian forces. Everett Washington is a large US base just a few hours south of us and I assume that is where it came from) Anyways, I hope someone else finds this interesting! Cheers

I would really love to use this map but because of the memory consumption, I just can't!!! Maxes out my 16gb and I get crashes if I spend too long in the ME setting up missions here. I just stopped using it. I check in here periodically to see if there is an update or fix but I never seem to see any new info!! Does anyone know what's going on with this map? Its the only one that gives me trouble. I don't own the Channel Map, but I own all the others and they all work great!! Any update or insights would be much appreciated!!! thx

Thank you for the replies. I'm usually on top of all the interesting things going on with modding/discord, etc. But I missed this one completely! Cheers!

I've never felt so uncool. I can't seem to find this elusive mod anywhere. I keep seeing people talk about it, but I can't find it. Would anyone care to give me a hint or something? Thx

Hi there Just thought I'd throw this up here. I just finished an acrylic painting of a Corsair. It took almost a month, but I'm pretty pleased with the final result. I found the original photograph on the internet and did my best to recreate & enhance it. In hindsight, I wished I picked a slightly less challenging image! That lettering was not so fun!! haha! Anyways hope you like it! Cheers Eric

I hear ya about the new system. It is crazy right now and I don't see that changing anytime soon. Which is why I'm going to throw everything including the kitchen sink at solving this. As far as NVCP settings. I'm a little ashamed to admit it, but I'm off work atm due to an injury, so I've dedicated more time than I'd like to admit to this little issue over the past week or so. I have set and reset every single possible setting that I have access to. I've even completely reinstalled DCS at one point the other day. You name it, I've tried everything, I swear. It just feels like I'm missing something simple, because up until the other day when I started mucking around with my graphic settings, everything was running great. I basically had 2 days or so with 2.7 that were phenomenal. Then....?!? who knows. I even uninstalled a recent window 10 update that was said to be causing issues. Again, no joy! From the very beginning of DCS, I've never encountered an issue that I couldn't solve myself or with the help of you awesome fellas on this forum, but this one is proving to be a real bugger! Thanks again

No worries. It was kind of you to help. I was going to first try and install the DCS stable version to see if 2.7 beta is giving me the issue. Then I think its time to start actually checking the physical stuff. I will start with a good dust out as it does need it. Then I'll try disconnecting and reconnecting some stuff. Unfortunately, I don't have another gpu at this time. I have been holding out to build a whole new system, but maybe that timeline needs to be sped up a bit! haha In the meantime I will give my trusty ol' 1080ti a really good once over and see if I can't get to the bottom of this. Thanks again!

Hi AD Thanks for your input. I tried the G-Sync Demo and everything seems to be working well. Both of my monitors are gsync 165hz, but I only use 1 at a time for DCS. (both connected to pc but I switch between them using "show only 1" or "show only 2". My #2 monitor is attached to my sim rig right next to my desk. I do some testing whilst sitting in my office chair and for actually flying, I jump into my rig that sits right next to my desk. This issue shows on both monitors so I don't think its monitor specific. I always have vsync on in NVCP and always off in the sim. Obviously I tried a ton of different variations of that during this troubleshooting but to no success. Anyway, that is my default set up and Nvidia Ultra Low Latency mode is always OFF. I downloaded CRU as you suggested and checked my g-sync range on both monitors. 30-165 hz, so I believe I am all good there. I also went into Device Mgr as suggested and deleted the few extra profiles (4 to be exact) that were in there. Unfortunately none of the above seemed to have any effect on my stuttering terrain while taxiing. Frame rates were consistent around 70 and gpu usage was inconsistent from 95% with drops to around 50% that seemed to occur during the stutters, but not completely. I may be reading into that phenomenon a little too much. Anyway, I really do appreciate your time and help ...but so far no luck. Take care Eric

Hi Lange_666 Thanks for helping. TrackIR on or off makes no difference Refresh rate and fps cap makes no difference. I tried many different refresh rates, and fps caps as well as turning off gsync & using vsync on or off, etc. Nothing made a difference I have not installed the stable version to try that out but that may be my next step. I have 466.11 current drivers installed, but I rolled back to the previous driver as well, but no improvement. As you suggest, I could try going further back but honestly, DCS worked great on my last drivers .....and now its not for some reason?!? I don't think its related to drivers. Then only changes I've made in the past week or so since the release of 2.7 that seemed to trigger this issue was I happened to watch a Spudknocker video on youtube and thought I would try out his suggested settings to make sure I was getting the best experience I could with 2.7. I had always ran, 2xmsaa in game and in the nvidia cp I would run fxaa on and ssaa x2 with enhance application x2. No in game vsync, just my gsync and fullscreen, no fps cap. This is what has been the best for me for almost 2 years now. I saw that he runs in game ssaa at 1.5 and msaa x2. In the nvidia cp he doesn't use anything and he doesnt run fullscreen. So I tried his settings. They looked a bit better but I lost over 25fps. I then went back to my original settings. I also noticed I was getting a crash or 2 with 2.7, so I decided to add a pagefile. Not sure if that helped but no more crashes so maybe. After doing that I also realized I had a lot of mods and figured I should just completely reinstall DCS clean. Just for a good 2.7 experience. After all that messing around is when my issue started the other day. Now I can't seem to get back to my happy place. I definitely upset something... or its just a huge coincidence that my hardware is failing now!?! Additionally, I changed my windows power setting from balanced to performance, no change. I also wiped my saved game file and created a new one, no change. I did notice one thing strange though. In the aspect ratio box in the settings menu, it had always defaulted to 1.7888 or something like that with my 2560x1440 resolution. After starting fresh with a new saved game file, I noticed that the aspect ration box defaults to 1.3333 instead, still with 2560x1440. Not sure what that was about. In the past, you could choose 16x9 but it would still default to 1.78888 something. Now if I choose 16x9 after initial startup and then restart, it shows as 1.3333. Strange and most likely unrelated, but who knows? Anyways, it doesn't seem that anything I do is having a positive effect. This one is driving me crazy! Thanks again

Thanks for the reply. Ya I don't know what's going on? I really can't seem to figure this one out.. Guess I'll just keep digging! Thx

Hi again speed-of-heat I have attached a track file. It is super basic. Just like the screenshot. Its just an F18 moving at taxi speed across the apron at an empty Nellis afb. The pavement is stuttering, hitching and surging around the aircraft. I thought my evga osd would be visible in the screenshot, but its not. You will have to trust me that it is a steady 72 to 75 fps with the mirrors flipped on. I am running at 2560x1440 on a gsync monitor with gsync currently active but I tested every conceivable variation and AA arrangement as mentioned in my 1st post. Lowest or highest in game settings makes no difference. Any variation of Nvidia CP settings makes no difference. And again, all of the above mentioned fixes have been applied to no effect. Thanks again Eric terrain stuttering test nellis.trk

I will do that as soon as I can. Thanks again.

Hi there I removed all mods and did a full reinstall. No improvement. I had not run a repair, but I just did that. No improvement. Renamed saved game (and complete reinstall as well). No improvement. I also just did the "disable hot plugs", which is the one thing I had not tried. No improvement. It is so strange. I have never had this before. At least not with super high fps. Using the empty Nellis apron and the F-18 as a repeatable test. I just increase the throttle and move across the apron. My fps is always over 70 even with the mirrors on. But the tarmac itself is stuttering. Even from exterior views. Its So strange! Also if I hit alt/enter it makes the entire tarmac scene around the plane shift and completely change its position for a split second whilst I'm holding the keys down. As soon as I release, the stuttering continues. Honestly I really can't figure this one out. My next step will be to dust out my system. And if that doesn't work, maybe its time for a whole new system... I'm just not sure. Its been running great for the past few years now with the exact same settings?!? Thanks

Hi there I have tried everything but I can't seem to fix this. Since 2.7, my fps is fine (even great) 60-90 on average, but my gpu usage drops every 2-3 seconds from 99% to like 40% while taxiing at for example an empty Nellis ramp and subsequently the terrain/tarmac around the plane is stuttering/surging/lagging from cockpit view, f2 view and f3 view. From wheels off to flying everywhere, things are fine, even low level and fast. My specs are in my sig. Here is a list of what I have tried, to no positive effect. - Switched between off and on all in game settings including all possible AA variations, fullscreen, vsync, etc. - Turned off gsync in nvidia cp - Capped fps at 60,62,64 with nvidia cp - verified all stupid windows 10 game mode type settings are off - Switched between various aircraft, locations, missions, weather, etc. - Driver rollback - Windows update removal - Created a pagefile - Disabled fullscreen optimizations - Uninstalled mods like the VPC groundcrew and all aircraft mods - Made sure tacview is off - Completely uninstalled and reinstalled DCS and all 11 modules - *no overclocks are applied ....any ideas??? This was not the case prior to 2.7, it was smooth as silk and for what its worth the new clouds do look amazing! haha Thanks for any insights even if it is to tell me I need a new pc! Cheers Eric

Sorry I missed your reply. I agree. I will probably go for a whole new kit. Cheers

Thanks for the replies. I'm definitely going to keep looking on Ebay/amazon for some matching memory. I'm also going to keep watching the overall pc parts market with my fingers crossed. As soon as things start getting back to normal, I'll pull the trigger and build a whole new system. Unfortunately that's looking like 2022 at this rate. In the meantime, I'll just keep hunting for some matching 2x8 Dom Platinum's. Now I'm regretting getting such fancy ram when I first built my system! haha Thanks again!

Thanks for the advise. I agree, I would get matching memory if I was to add 2 sticks. Just wondering if increased speed like 2400 or something, would be a benefit. Currently 1866 with cl9. As far as SSD's go, I have 4. DCS even has it's own 500gb dedicated fast ssd. Windows on its own 250gb and 2 other 1tb ssd's for games and storage. Cheers! *Was just looking around at RAM and noticed that DDR3 is actually more expensive than DDR4!! LOL! Think maybe I'll stick with my current setup until I go full send!

Hi there I have been debating about doing a complete new pc build, but in the current environment (ie- gpu pricing & lackluster cpu increases) I have decided to hold off for a while. In the meantime, I just wanted to try and boost my memory capacity a wee bit. I currently have 2x8 1866 ddr3 Corsair Dominator Platinum's running on my z97 board with my aging 4790k and a 1080ti. I am still very pleased with my current performance in DCS at 1440p but with 2.7 and a ton of mods & skins I do run into the odd slow down. I believe it's due to a lack of memory. For what its worth, I run pagefile on auto as I see no difference with a custom pagefile. Anyway, my question is this. Should I search out a matching pair of my current memory (2x8 @1866) or should I upgrade the kit completely with all new higher speed ram? Since we are not talking about a ton of money, I am open to any compatible options for my "rickety old" z97 board! Basically what would give me the biggest boost or would I even see a boost in memory performance? Or should I just be happy with my trusty old system for the time being until I go for a full new rig? I'm all ears! Thanks for your time.

Lots of bombs is the one thing that effects my fps more than any other single thing. It is temporary... but boy is it substantial! Example - During the "FC3 f15 caucus intercept instant action mission" when all the bombs go off on the airfield (about 20 explosions lasting about 5 seconds or so, my fps goes from a steady 110+ to about 20-25 for the duration of the bombs going off (if I am right nearby and looking at the detonations, if I am at altitude and looking away the drop in fps is much less severe but still very noticeable even with gsync, down to about 55-65 for the duration of the detonations) The next biggest impact is having the cockpit mirrors active. About 15 or even 20 fps. The last thing would be AA. I currently run 2xmsaa from in-game and fxaa on in the nvidia cp. That seems to be the best bang for buck for me. All other settings are completely maxed and have no effect on the overall performance at all regardless of the level. Wish there was a way to minimize explosion load on the system as well as the cockpit mirrors. I would happily choose LOW on both of those if it were an option. Cheers

Not too sound like an fps snob or anything, but I really can see the difference between 80 and 165. My monitor is an acer predator and goes to 165. There is a difference, I promise. That is not the important part though, especially with DCS. FXAA gives me much more "headroom" because yes, I am averaging 120 now, but that doesn't mean that it is always like that. During an intense combat mission with multiple planes and ground units, my fps can dip a lot. I have seen it as low as 55 when entering an intense combat zone. So basically more fps is ALWAYS good! ;)