[Russian gunsight symbology T-55 and BMP-2 - what is what?]

1 hour ago, Shadow KT said:

They do. Look up your key for "Fire Secondary Weapon".

I don't know why some coaxes are used with that command and others are used by selecting them with "Turret weapon select".
 

When using the secondary weapon command, unfortunately you cannot see how many rounds you have left.

Ahh, that's why... I'm dumbfounded about the many things I don't know about CA. 

 

Thanks again.

[Russian gunsight symbology T-55 and BMP-2 - what is what?]

6 hours ago, Shadow KT said:

So for the T-55, you need the the most left one and the two most right scales. The ranging marks on the left are for HE. The marks on the right are for the AP rounds. The second scale, from right to left, is for your coaxial machine gun.

For the BMP, the left side is for Armor Piercing. ПКТ is your machine gun and ОФЗ is your HE shell.

 

Thank you!

Funnily enough the DCS T-55 and the DCS BMP-2 do not have coaxial machine guns, but they are not the first ground units that are missing those. So ED got the symbology right, but not the weapon config.

[Online statistics in the pilot's logbook.]

Definitely a feature that should be included by ED.

[Russian gunsight symbology T-55 and BMP-2 - what is what?]

Hi,

 

can someone help me with the Russian gunsight symbology? Which column is for which ammo types? I made some tests, and with the T-55 I have a theory, but for the BMP-2 that was inconclusive.

[We Want To Hear Your Ideas For A New Map In DCS!]

1. Afghanistan
2. Central Europe 1970s/1980s (West and East Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, USSR, Baltic Sea)
3. Iraq/Kuweit/Saudi Arabia/Iran area
4. Yugoslavia

[Ground units automatically slow down in wooded areas]

During ground unit tests I noticed all player-driven units slow down automatically once they get into dark-green map areas (F10 map). Once they leave this area, they accelerate again automatically.

 

On Syria map this does not occur, so I guess it's a thing with the Caucasus map.

 

 

NATO_Georgia_test_tanks_002.miz caucasus_ground_units_slow_down.trk

syria_ground_units_no_slow_down.trk Syria_test_tanks_001.miz

[Isometric View Issue]

Can confirm, same observation here. 

[Can you Auto Hover startig in Ramp from cold.]

Most probably an axis issue. Check engine lever axis, if it is not at 100% during flight, autohover won't work. 

[Where did the M270 rockets go?]

This appeared after last Wednesday's OB update. 

[Where did the M270 rockets go?]

Maybe this is related to what I saw yesterday on an MP server with a Smerch: When firing, there was dust around the launcher, but no rockets were visible. Not in F7 view, not in F6, and not on F10 map. The F10 unit label showed that rockets were down to 0 though. No track available unfortunately. 

[Hard crash with 2.7.3]

14 hours ago, Flappie said:

Are you still getting those? And have you customized TdrDdiDelay & TdrDelay registerr keys as well? I'm asking because I need to be sure it's a freeze and not a crash hidden by large Tdr values.

 

I am so happy to report that these crashes haven't plagued me any more.

 

In my case, it looks like it was the PSU acting up. I customized TdrDdiDelay & TdrDelay registerr keys as instructed by you, but it didn't help. At first I was only seeing these kinds of crashes with DCS, while for example Microsoft Flight Simulator worked without any problems for hours and hours, so I thought it had to  be something with DCS. But then one day I had the same kind of crash when starting Discord, which made me suspicious, and then the problem got worse by the hour, seeing those crashes with Youtube videos for example. So I thought it's the GPU, sent it to my brother to check it in his system. He didn't notice any problems, so we concluded it must be the PSU then. Installed new PSU, and voila, no such crashes any more so far.

[Wishlist..]

28. Enable helicopters and FW to refuel and rearm at fuel truck and ammo truck to create FARPs like in reality (without the need to use static (!) FARP objects).

 

 

 

[AH/MH-6 Little Bird after KW]

Not interested. It's a too niche, too specialized aircraft for my taste. There are many other - historically or currently - widely-used military helicopters that would deserve to be simulated in DCS before the AH/MH-6. My two cents. 

[Ground units accuracy?]

On 7/5/2021 at 8:24 PM, Wychmaster said:

I achieved almost as many hits as both of the highest AI levels.

Were you using the game-computed firing solution (i.e. "locking" the target and firing at the aiming circle) , or did you aim and hit completely manually without any aids? 

[UHF Volume Up/Down Backwards]

I think there's a similar bug with the mouse control that seem to be inverted. Scrolling mousewheel up tunes volume down and vice versa. Also, clicking and dragging the mouse controller up or down shows inverted reactions.

[Autopilot sways off course]

Agree, the AP cheat really needs some fine-tuning. It's annoying that it can't maintain a heading.

[Huey wish list]

@belsimtek

 

Request a default US Navy skin.

 

The one default skin included is titled US Navy but is actually a US Marine Corps look-alike.

[Bundeswehr News- und Diskussionsthread]

45 minutes ago, Sofapiloz said:

Aber neee, Deutschland und Frankreich müssen natürlich mit Gewalt Ihren eigenen Flieger entwickeln. Und da kommt dann eine Klarstellung von mit Glück 50% bei raus.

 

Ich verstehe die grundlegende Kritik daran und sehe die gleichen Probleme, aber es ist ebenso nachvollziehbar, dass wir nicht nur amerikanische Arbeitsplätze subventionieren wollen und auch gerne das know-how halten möchten. Eine rüstungstechnische Abhängigkeit von den USA unter einer trumpistischen Regierung könnte ein wahrer Albtraum sein. Und machen wir uns nichts vor, die neueren amerikanischen Waffensysteme haben auch keine besonders berauschenden Klarstände, siehe F-35. Dazu kommt dann eine totale digitale Abhängigkeit von den USA bzw. LM.

 

Die P-8 ist hier ein Ausnahmeprodukt, weil sie auf der B737 basiert. Genauso ist ja auch der H145M LUH in Deutschland ein voller Erfolg, weil er auf einem bewährten zivilen Muster basiert.

[DCS crash F10 map to external view - black screen, GPU cooler maxing RPM]

Looks like this is a problem other users also experience with Nvidia GPUs... damn it...

[Bundeswehr News- und Diskussionsthread]

1 minute ago, QuiGon said:

Das die P-8 für die Marine kommen soll ist in einschlägigen Medien durchaus auch schon seit Monaten bekannt

Meiner Kenntnis nach war es so, dass man die P-8 seitens der Marine schon lange gerne haben wollte, ja, aber eine offizielle Entscheidung gab es noch nicht. Die ist gestern gefallen.

[Bundeswehr News- und Diskussionsthread]

6 hours ago, QuiGon said:

Dieser Post hat mir wieder mal bewusst gemacht, wie wenig die breite Öffentlichkeit doch von unserer Bundeswehr mitkriegt und ich merke gerade, dass auch jetzt erst langsam an die breite Öffentlichkeit durchdringt, dass unsere Marineflieger auch einen brandneuen Flugzeugtyp erhalten, die P-8 Poseidon.

Naja, "langsam"... die Entscheidung ist erst gestern gefallen, und heute berichtet tagesschau.de sowie natürlich auch marine.de darüber. Das finde ich nicht langsam. Entscheidend ist doch, dass es die breite Öffentlichkeit gar nicht interessiert. Und wer sich dafür interessiert, der konnte sich schon vor geraumer Zeit darüber informieren, dass die Luftwaffe Hercies bekommt. Anders als bei der P-8 wurde das zwar nicht in der Tagesschau kundgetan, aber in den einschlägigen Medien.

 

Schön für die Marineflieger nach dem Desaster mit der P-3. Endlich mal ein off-the-shelf-Produkt, das anders als die sonstigen Goldrandlösungen der BW nicht so viele Probleme bezüglich Klarstand verursachen sollte.

[DCS crash F10 map to external view - black screen, GPU cooler maxing RPM]

20 hours ago, Flappie said:

Your log ends like this:

 

2021-06-30 17:31:12.431 INFO    LUA-GUI_MAP: levelformap=0
2021-06-30 17:31:29.785 INFO    LUA-GUI_MAP: levelformap=1
2021-06-30 17:31:34.978 INFO    LUA-GUI_MAP: levelformap=0
2021-06-30 17:32:53.357 ERROR   SOUND: bufferEvent has timed out.

 

Were you adding sound files to your mission?

No, nothing. Just checking Mariannas in ME.

 

Another crash just now, old style: Switching from F10 map to vehicle external view (F7), insta crash, black screen, system totally locked up and only resetable via hard reset.

 

I haven't had these crashes with another modern flight sim with extensive satellite imagery that is also very taxing on the GPU so far. It only happens with DCS, so I assume it's something in the code.

 

Edit: Sorry, I take that back. I just had this particular crash just starting Discord for the very first time now. So it's definitely not DCS, but probably something with the GPU. Investigating.

 

 

dcs.log

[DCS crash F10 map to external view - black screen, GPU cooler maxing RPM]

So after not having experienced this bug in the last three weeks, now with the latest update it's back. I just admired the new Mariannas map in ME when the bug struck again.

dcs.log

[Flying helicopter in real]

13 minutes ago, WillyPete said:

Slight left drift due to the tail.

Yeah, that's it.

[Flying helicopter in real]

41 minutes ago, RealDCSpilot said:

I don't remember a single point in time since 2016 where this was different. I can assure you that this is the module's standard behaviour since release.

Same here. I've never seen anything else with the Gazelle.

 

Well, it needs the least little touch of right cyclic on take-off as it will start drifting left once in the air, but two little clicks on the trim will do. It's barely noticeable.