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I am a long term DCS player going back to the early days of Lock on. ED cater for a market that is considered ‘niche’ these days. They make a simulation that I could have only dreamed of as a child when I sat at my Amiga playing B17 Flying Fortress and the like. My thoughts are that ED deserve all the support they can get from customers like myself and I will pay for a module even if I only have a remote interest in it. For example, I bought the viper just to support them but now I have it, I fly it and will continue to do so. People are too quick to bash the ED business model. If it wasn’t for them where would we be? Nothing compares to DCS in terms of realism, graphics and immersion and they should be applauded for the good work they do. Yes there are constant bugs, but in a sim this complex that evolves on a weekly basis at times, it’s only natural. Keep up the good work ED. You are my second most expensive hobby haha

I mean a cold start as in first start of the day kind of start. So from cold. The engine would not be cool after a couple hours break for the plane or pilot therefore the engine would not be cold. One of a radial engines main characteristics is a rough cold idle. I shall love the module regardless though. ED make my sim dreams come true every time I fly.

I wonder if ED will model the cold start of the engine. As in, when you start it from cold it runs rough until it is warmed up a bit. Then if you you do a hot start it is super smooth on start up. That would be awesome if they could do that! Really looking forward to this module.

No problem. That one caught me out too.

Have you told Jester to switch to AM?

Get really fed up watching keyboard warriors bash ED each time something doesn’t go to plan. We are probably playing one of if not the most complicated game/sim on the market. I have a lot of money invested in this sim but it’s hardly life and death if things don’t work out at times. Patience is a virtue.

Of course it could just be me getting lucky. I know all too well what DCS is like

1. I fly mp most nights if not every other night. 2. I’ve owned since release 3. I fly on TTI and BTI when it was up. Serious player.

I’ve had the Tomcat crash maybe once in MP since release. And MP is all I fly in DCS. Very stable imo.

I’m getting it dropping right down to 40 on some parts of the Caucasus map. No amount of tweaking I’m doing seems to help. I’m not really wanting to turn off msaa in game because I think it looks nicer then the control panel settings. Got fxaa enabled in control panel and enchanted anti aliasing enabled, fast v sync and that’s it. 144hz monitor.

What does your FPS do when you are flying low over towns and trees? I have more or less the same rig as you but I have a stock I7 8700K. Getting 70 to 100 at medium to high level but down low I’m 60 to 49 ish FPS. I run SSAA at 1.5 and msaa at 2 in game. I feel I need both for the looks

No harsh control inputs at all. Just half way through the flight I made a 90 degree turn at maybe 30 degrees bank angle and the hud did not level out with the aircraft. I’d post a track if I knew how.

Second time this has happened to me. Take off from CV after a normal startup, INS align ok etc. After a while of patrolling my HUD and VDI show a constant bank angle even though I am flying straight and level. On returning to the carrier to trap I also had no velocity vector in HUD landing mode. Also, I noticed that after shooting down an enemy aircraft on this mission with an aim54A mk60 after I had launched the missile my hot trigger light would not illuminate for the remainder of the mission. All on multiplayer.

I still have problems with the autopilot since day 1. HSEL works perfect if I load in a quick mission and air start and don’t touch the joystick. As soon as I input a command to the stick, release and try again it just won’t work. Have a dead zone set etc. I’ve also checked there are no axis conflicts etc.

your rudder will be mapped to the throttle. Once you uncheck that and assign left and right thrust axis you should be fine. Check the rudder axis too. Might be assigned to throttle by default.

I had that issue. I solved it by going to the a/c data page in the hsi and changing from decimal coordinate input to min sec. It's set to decimal by default I believe

Is there any idea when the carrier spawning warping issue is going to be fixed? I know it might not be a simple fix but there is nothing more frustrating then going through a full start up only to have someone else spawn in and take you out. Multiplayer is DCS to me and the lag I’ve been getting of late is making it unplayable

A true joy to fly and operate. I smile even thinking about loading it up again! Well done ED!! I’ve found my mount for years to come! Thank you for all your hard work.

Thank you.

I'll try that later when I get home. Probably just small early access niggles plus pilot error on my part. Been flying with Dcs for years and I have to say this is the most incredible and promising module to date!!

So. After flying around some more tonight. ATC works perfect for me as does BALT. I set my dead zone and that did the trick. However, when I engage HSEL it works first time. But if I disconnect by applying force to the stick it won’t fly to the heading bug on the hsi again. Just banks past it and circles round and round. Tried disconnecting A/P on the UFC and reconnecting but that didn’t seem to work either. Any ideas?

Tried it again. Sometimes it won’t let me select BALT on the ufc. Can see ATC on the hud. I can see the button depressing but it won’t activate. Noticed I have an autopilot message on the right DDI? When I selected a heading on the HSi with the switch it won’t turn towards it with HSEL selected. I’ll try a restart.

Thanks Wags. Fantastic module!

Is there an autopilot tutorial out there? I can’t seem to get it to work. I set up heading on the hsi and select HSEL on the ufc but she just goes into a lazy turn and doesn’t follow the heading. Won’t hold altitude either or speed on the auto throttle. I must be doing it wrong. Loving every minute of it though!!!!! Might try and post a log/track when I work out how. Thanks