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i hope i can come up with a fun mission arcade like, along with serious tactical oriented mission for you and the community because of what DCS offers and i am able to build a Doorgun joystick to employ with VR.. its amazing. no other sim allows this, and i am flabbergasted that theres not more out there... i mean who doesn't like pew pew, or 'get some'.. if i can inspire others and grow more possibilities, then it just means more fun, and even more.. as i would like to see planes with joystick controlled turrets. unfortunately i can not mass produce, but maybe someday, a doorgun joystick is something someone else and mass produce, and then you have more pilot gunner coordinations. a few years ago, the Doorgun joystick was functional for the Huey.. then it appeared on the Hind! followed by the Hip! 3rd party @Polychop Simulations gave some life to the doorgun joystick with the gazelle minigun variant (hoping for the slew fix) and now the chinook has functional joystick doorguns... thank you for sharing.. i like to keep this story going. also want to thank @PilotMi8 for first giving life to the doorgun joystick for the UH1H module.. and @Flappie for passing word to devs so that it was possible on hind and hip!

ok, i added the mission file... i did not know the huey had an auto pilot feature.. how does that work? i know hind and apache had Ai pilots.. but not the Huey... please explain how this works.. it would allow me to setup better missions not having to depend on me looking for a human pilot.. is this effective heli speed while engaging small vehicles that shoot back?

i made a practice doorgunner mission to give a perspective on how pilot sees out to distance along with gunner out to a distance. when i flew with my buddy he kept flying over target i couldnt aim down. then on wingman finder, i found someone to fly me around, but he flew very fast and low, i couldnt see anything.. if there is a mission file that can encompass everything your theory and science... would be cool... i have to find time to do that... but ill post my mission up, its basically part shooting gallery, and i have to figure out how to control the train, it was cool to trail a train so that the train leads my friends towards where targets are... thank you for sharing your doorgun science!! @SloppyDog if you have missions online or multiplayer server, im happy to join u i am hoping that the Polychop team can fix the gun swivel range for the SA342 minigun variant... with the mouse, u can swivel the doorgun fully forward, but it doesnt work when mapped to a joystick. the Gazelle minigun is by far the most fun heli for doorgun employment -> @Polychop Simulations

Doorgunners: when you are in the CH47, press keyboard key 1 - 6 for desired seat in cockpit... keyboard "3" for left gunner i think. ALSO: go to special options for CH47 and set desired doorgun control, i.e. with joystick or mouse, or leave it to track with your head in VR...

i really like how the new M60D fires... it puts the UH1H M60D to shame...

As a motion simulation enthusiast, i come to realize 3 years later that there is no one size fits all profile. Each aircraft is specific and my not work And the profile highly depends on the game telemetry export. I am compiling an excel spreadsheet to notate which telemetry data is active during a gaming session. Tuning a profile is a pain. hoping that this might help myself and others when it comes to cueing motion from DCS World spreadsheet work in progress! open air telemetry tune for roll / pitch add yaw and tune (only yaw) tune for roll / pitch / yaw add heave and tune (only heave)

if you are using mouse or joystick, make sure you set options in the CH47 special settings menu to set the behavior for doorgun useage.. with what ever you want... mouse , joystick or aim by face...

is the extension something u made, or purchased... photo and simFFB settings to share?

trying out DCS version 2.9.7.58923 the sa342 minigun variant still has the limited slew range problem when mapped to a joystick. hoping for a future fix.

just tried out the CH47 when to take a peek to see if doorgun functionality exists, and to my surprise, IT DOES!!! not only that i can play as a doorgunner in VR, but i can use the doorgun with joystick or mouse!! thank you ED team for this. cant wait for the M3M .50 cal, and the ramp gunner position in future update.. but the modern M60 is pretty amazingggg!! AMAZING!

when i request rearm repair, there is a momentary drop of fps..

how is it working for you? i like to setup my pc for the MSSFF2... just ordered on from ebay.

u guys still using MS FFB2 joysticks?

install the following 1 photoshop | gimp | nvidia texture tools (to make dds files for photoshop) | dxtbmpxnew (to make dds files for gimp) | notepad++ 2 make custom livery folder C:\Users\user\Saved Games\DCS\Liveries\SA342Minigun\custom name (make shortcut for navigating back) 3 [optional] setup model viewer for editing: Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Config\ModelViewer, open autoexec.lua, add mount_vfs_liveries_path("C:/Users/user/Saved Games/DCS/Liveries") 4 run model viewer located in Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin-mt (make shortcut for navigating back) 5 load model in model view: file->load model->Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\CoreMods\aircraft\SA342\Shapes and open largest edm file (sa342minigun.edm) 6 generate description file, select 'generate livery file' (blue atom icon next to red box icon) and save to custom livery folder (step 2) 7 in custom description file, replace SPECULAR with ROUGHNESS_METALLIC using notepad++ 8 download texture template https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1925303/ and extract 9 import each template psd file via gimp. (KEEP color profile) once opened in gimp 10 perform EDITING. unhide layers if necessary 11 flatten image into one layer, export as dds file and apply compression settings, saving it to save to custom livery folder (step 2) 12 edit Description file and set edit psd / dds file as FALSE, and file names not used to TRUE 13 open up model viewer and associated EDM file 14 a opening built in liveries: download gimp-dds-win64-3.0.1 To install, extract these files to your GIMP plugins directory. This directory is usually located at: C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins. You don't run plug-ins manually. Put them in a plug-ins folder (GIMP's preferences will tell you where those are, and you can add new ones there as well) and let GIMP run it 14b download script and edit "file-dds-texconv.py" with notepadd++ (BINARY="""Program Files/GIMP 2/texconv.exe""") and copy to C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins 14 b Download the Microsoft DirectXTex utility called texconv.exe, copy to C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\bin 15 follow 16 7:44

not of major importance, but wondering why the gunner body model animations are not working when playing back a track file? online multiplayer multicrew, it is working properly (OK) (fast forward to 6:00)

i would like to see a DCS FC Bomber. perhaps a B-25 mitchell, or Ju88 an aircraft with turrets!! i would think a Flaming cliffs level multicrew B17 would be less hard to program than a full fidelity B17 bomber in any case, a multicrew FC aircraft would be nice

The other day I was in a discord forum of virtual reality enthusiasts. A few were sim racers and I shared how amazing my dcs experiences were. They asked what should they get, I recommended to them the free Su25T and flaming cliffs 2024. I highlighted to them that these aircraft are more controls friendly than full fidelity, especially when using a mouse to perform actions but you can not see your mouse. I explained to them that a hotas should cover most functions to start playing and hopefully not get a frustrating experience which could otherwise ruin the initial impressions that could make or break someone new getting into dcs. It would be nice to see multicrew flaming cliffs level fidelity aircraft in the future, especially when it comes to having new ppl coming into the scene.. Flaming cliffs 2024 is a good thing along with the full fidelity modules!!

so many DLC's for this bird.. i just like to see the GAU-21 M3M .50 cal and laser point like the gazelle minigun the UH1Y would be nice.. but updated UH1H appreciated!

after recent test, i have found that in the gunner position firing the minigun has proper sound as the gunner (when centered in place) how ever if i am in VR as the gunner, and i physically move out of my position, the minigun sound is diminished as i get further away from the minigun and it starts to sound like cannon rounds.. the same cannon sounds that multicrew pilot and copilot hears so it seems like a spatial distance problem? new observation @Flappie

My diy minigun joysticks being upgraded with hall sensors.. I super look forward to the ramp gunner position with M3M .50 cal later in development of CH47. Keep going ED team!

definitely in VR multiplayer.. have to check single player, and desktop i just tried an instant action mission uh1h "target practice" in desktop mode i hopped in the gunner position and i can see the GREY WALL (it is very obvious in VR) so, this graphic problem is on both multiplayer and singleplayer @Flappie look at screen shot all the way to the left (i see the grey wall, but i couldnt look all the way to the left in desktop mode. but u can see it more in VR)

get the virtual desktop app on quest store.. u might find someone that has a friend discount code.. but u also need a proven wifi 6E or 7 router..

I'm a quest pro user.. basically a wifi router, virtual desktop, quadviews and openxr tool kit? Is that all that is needed to be running now? I didn't look at your links yet @slughead

The BE9300 is awesome. I use it with my quest 3 setup. But I use link cable for my quest pro

As quest pro user, out of date on using VD and quadviews... until now I was fine with meta link software and openxr tool kit... I also have eye tracking turned off because I found it just drains battery quicker.. What do I have to do to get quest pro on quad view and VD up and running? I already have a wifi 7 router... @slughead