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I'm not sure yet, i cant really make any kind of pit or massive setup due to the room available. I definatly need to figure out a way to attach the stick in a central position. I'm liking the "tubular" ideas tho. I'm thinking maybe some kind of bracket system under the desk that i can slide some tubes with stick and throttle mounts on into place. Then just some webbing strapping with clips to secure the two onto the mounts. Hmmmm another project while a wait for the WH to turn up... I've already ordered some bits today for remaking my power glove as the one i have was a mockup which i ended up using longterm.

Wow this is escalating.... Anyway just for the record, the news of my purchase actually went down better than i thought it would. I did get the inevitable "what's wrong with the one you've got", but i couldnt think of a reason that would make sense to her so i just showed the high res photo's. There was a bit of eyebrow movement, and some movement of the head on the "roll" axis. :) But in the end she admitted it did "look nice"...... VICTORY!! :joystick::joystick:

See i made sure the bills were payed :) Guess i'm gonna replace those broken tiles in the bathroom this weekend, that and a few other little jobs before i break the news. Plus i even payed for some stupid acupuncture and beauty massage treatment last week for her (what a load of bollox that was). So i deserve this, dont i lads... :P For those asking, i've preordered from flightstore.co.uk

Hmmmm yeah. Well i'll worry about that next week, for now i've gotta go and do the guilty slide into bed.

Well i've taken the plunge and pre-ordered the TM HOTAS Warthog. Damn you Eagle Dynamics........ :lol::lol:

Hi there, is there a way i can pull up my DCS Black Shark serial number on the website?? It is listed in my payment as an older order and no longer shows my serial number. A-10C appears fine above with all the info, but i can see the transaction number for blackshark. Thankyou in advance for any help. EDIT: Cancel request, I have found the correct area on the website.

Have you tried using a driver cleaner, to make sure you have all the old ATI drivers off your system? Failing that it might be time to think about moving off Vista my friend. I have a HD 4870 X2 aswell, i run Win7 64 RC1 with the latest ATI Win7 drivers. Everything works perfectly.

Just pissing into the wind here, but have you tried swapping the PS2 cable around which connects your stick to throttle? This probably isnt the cause, but i have heard of cable problems causing undesirable effects.

I'd just like to ad my two cent's to this. I am totally converted from XP to Win7. I have the RC1 installed with the latest ATI Win7 drivers, everything works perfectly. I use Vista 64 drivers for all my other periphrals and have no problems what so ever. I can also confirm that TrackIR 3 Pro + Vector, does indeed work fine in Win7. I have had a couple of times when the TrackIR software has crashed, but restarting the software fixed this. I am using the latest TrackIR4 software, as available on the naturalpoint website. The FPS increase and loading time speed is greatly improved (especially using the affinity trick), definate thumbs up from me. :thumbup:

Oh go on then, seen as its you lot... After having a scan on my XP drive, i do believe it was a progam called WavePad. Here's the link for their website:- http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html I have just downloaded the newer version from the site and it is slightly different from the one i used. But it will do the job fine, u can adjust the sample rate and channels and save projects as .wav files. EDIT:- Looking into that, it has a nice "Batch File" system. Where you can load multiple .mp3 or whatever files into the program and choose you output settings for converting them all. EDIT 2:- Just to let you know, my sound files are 64kbit bit rate and i do believe i set all the tracks to mono aswell. Time for bed now, good luck.

Its getting into the early hours here and i'm knackered. But i will dig out the converter for you. Unfortunatly it is on my XP system, as i am running Win7 now. I will have a hunt through my XP drive tommorow and PM you. Also, yes Wagner "Ride of the Valkyrie" is most definatly on my play list.

I spent a good couple of hours with a converter, lowering the quality of the tracks so they were as small as possible and converting them all to .wav format. Once actually flying about, the "grainy" effect you get from lowering the quality actually sounds rather good and authentic radio transmission. I currently have 125 tracks in my list, coming in at just under 230 mb. With them all being small files individually and being in .wav format. There is no stutter or any ill effects when switching between tracks. Just good listening.

Yeah i agree, most of the day i spent playing, was indeed on an empty map. Its just a case of re-doing the many hours/days i spent when the game was released, just flying around. Its even better when you load all your music into the Radio Mayak station, then proceeded to blitz around the sky listening to favourite tracks. :music_whistling: PS My bad habit was also caused by rotating the stick, years of flying choppers in OFP/ArmA before i progressed onto pedals. Plus i still play ArmA as much if not more than DCS, with the arcady chopper simulation in the game, the twist function is much more playable.

Well after almost 8 hrs straight in the cockpit, its starting to feel a bit better. This was until i got into a very sticky situation with multiple sam launches. Scanning everywhere outside my cockpit while trying to do an about turn and get the hell out of there, i was just constantly fighting the impulse to do it inverted. Got me killed in the end like, but its a step in the right direction now. I just have to get over the "thinking about it" stage. :pilotfly:

This just feels horrible :cry: Getting there slowly though...

Cheers for the replies guys. This is exactly the way i am, i need to be able to use my rudder controls without thinking about it. Gonna try a few flights un-inverted just to see.

Hey guys, im just posting this as a matter of curiosity. I have a set of rudder pedals which i use for DCS. Now i always invert the input of these, so that when i press down on the right pedal the aircraft yaws left and vice versa. This just feels natural to me, where as using it the correct way round feels weird. Maybe its just because i am used to it, does anyone else do this?

Sorry Viper i cannot answer your question, but could you elabarate on the MP FARP Bug?

Try standing on one leg, then close your eye's :thumbup: Good old pysio workouts. lol

Sorry, how do i do that Sundog? Edit:- Never mind, Google to the rescue.

Is there any possible fix for installing this on Vista/Win7 without installing both DCS and ModMan to a different root dir than Program Files?

I tell you what, 1st mission NAV points 3 to 4. Some of the most intense bad weather flying, ive ever done. Getting buffeted about by the wind is one thing, but 80% of the section is near zero visibility. FANTASTIC!! The ruskies sure know how to make life hard for a pilot. Damn those Apache pilots with terrain radar. :joystick: Great missions m8, looking forward to getting into the other parts.

Cheers guys, you just constantly learn new things with this sim. LOVE IT!! :pilotfly:

Hey guys, i was just wondering. Is there a way to slave the SHKVAL sensor to Datalinked targets? I know you can slave it to predefined target points, but can you do the same with targets recieved via the DL. Thanks in advance for any help.

I have to agree on the auto hover, definatly learn to perform a controlled hover without the use of an aids. Auto hover is handy, but you have to get you aircraft into a stable manual hover before turning it on. It all depends on the situation aswell, auto hover is vey useful for long range observation. But actually using it while engaging, well i would advise doing it all manually, especially in a SAM threat enviroment (Never stay static for long). You will be suprised at how stable the KA-50 is, once you have mastered manual hovers.