Tango777

draconus, my video settings are not all set to being maxed out if that is your question. I do not have the output DCS option at 1080p. I have tested DCS video setting where the drop boxes allow settings of high, and those settings work very well on my computer, the F-18 works just as good as soon as everything loads, and the same goes for the Viggen, M-2000, Harrier, A-10C, F-86, Spitfire, P-51, a busy Stennis after all airplanes load within 45 seconds, and all terrains including WW-II assets pack. However I didn't have time to play around with all of the different video settings during the trial period of the F-14. The F-14 has been the only module where my system slowed to stuttering, and low fps while flying at 35,000 over nothing but ocean with only 3 aircraft beyond visual range. It froze for a second in me selecting Jester's menu for the first time but after that the Jester menu popped up instantly. As far as I understand things: In that situation the only information that is being called from the HD is what you are looking at in simulation play, the situation I setup was simple (ocean texture from 35,000 feet, horizon and its shading, the blue sky, and the sun with its reflections on the plane and in cockpit shadowing). In these same conditions, the F-18 works without a hiccup as soon as everything loads, and even at that I added aircraft at visual range and lower altitude with clouds so that more texture files have to be called, meaning draw-called, and the F-18 gave me no problems with fps, stuttering, re-drawing of textures, etc. I do remember that when I first bought the Viggen, it had similar fps, stuttering, and cockpit re-drawing problems. That is no longer the case with the Viggen. The main point is the Supercarrier and another module operating on it regarding system requirements. Two modules running at the same time, meaning a module interfacing with another fairly complex module, is new to DCS. Are the minimum system requirements that are given for the Supercarrier there for the Supercarrier alone, or are those requirements given with the user in mind while operating the F-18 or F-14 in tandem the Supercarrier?

If this is the case considering that you have an SSD and 20gb of RAM which shadows my machine, then I think that Eagle Dynamics might need to think about re-considering the specs laid out in the spec paragraph, and especially the Minimum Specifications paragraph, considering the newer modules. I say this based on the trial that I took advantage of when the F-14 was available for a 3 day trial. The load times and in cockpit dog fighting over nothing but an ocean had some stuttering and when switching views briefly from outside cockpit back to inside cockpit, at times it took several seconds in the game practically pausing because it had to re-draw parts of the cockpit that I was just in. I was re-booting the computer every 3 to 4 flights. On my machine, I cannot imagine the F-14 module on the deck of a Supercarrier module.

That is my point exactly, and I noticed that your computer specs are more powerful than mine. Whenever you are close to non-static objects (aircraft, sizable ground conflict areas, etc.) fps take a hit or there is intermittent stuttering the closer you get to it, and again my concern can be put in terms of comparing my computer specs to your specs. Terrains are static and therefore terrains cause no hit on fps in my situation. The Supercarrier will not be static, it will be the 180 degrees opposite of static. We have the F-18 and F-14 that are modules which already demand more RAM and computing power than any module before them, the F-14 for certain. These modules which will operate on a non-static module (Supercarrier). Flip side of a coin: As long as an airport in any terrain has few aircraft operating in or out of it, than the airport and its terrain surrounding the airport if one wants to call a terrain a module, fps will be nice and fluid without any stuttering. If you put either of these modules onto the Supercarrier, it will be very different with regard to what computing power will have to be in order to have good fps without stuttering.

You got it right. That was and is what I am asking. Whenever I fly in any terrain fps are great. But while flying in any terrain, the terrain is fairly static unless you are flying low over busy airports or combat zones. The Supercarrier will have many things happening at one time while you are in an F-18 or F-14 that already demands a significant amount of RAM (F-14 way more than F-18) and speed of accessing files from your HD: deck personnel moving around, specific motioning and signaling of the personnel with new radio communications based on where you are (F-18 or F-14 startup, taxi, takeoff, landing, after landing, other aircraft traffic being marshaled by deck personnel), moving elevators to the hangar, etc. Also the Supercarrier will be more complex when compared to the Stennis, any airport, or terrain that we have now. All we have to do is watch the DCS youtube video of the Supercarrier. After I watch that video, the Supercarrier in my view is a module and much unlike a terrain.

Even though my entire system is running on a HDD, can I uninstall DCS from it and re-install DCS on a new SSD? Or does the SSD need an OS (Windows) which would force me to do a dual boot config?

Yep. HP sold this computer with a 4gb stick and an 8gb stick. They claim that 16gb of RAM is the most that the computer can handle.

Thanks

Even though my entire system is running on a HDD, can I uninstall DCS from it and re-install DCS on a new SSD?

What is SP and MP?

Since the Supercarrier will be running at the same time we will be running either the F-18 or F-14, does anyone have an approximated idea as to how much RAM (onboard and video card) the Supercarrier module will truly require?

I view the Supercarrier as another running module where my F-18 might be operating on. At the current time, once my F-18 loads along with its surroundings, then my fps are very good after I have waited 15 to 30 seconds. 30 seconds if a mission generates many air and ground based unites (aircraft, tanks, AAA, etc). My concern is if I get the Supercarrier, how much additional memory will the Supercarrier demand while the F-18 is on its deck? I tried the F-14 during the trial period and that module took almost 3 to 4 times as long to load vs. the F-18. And out of all of my modules the F-18 takes the longest to load and eliminate stuttering vs. my other modules.

Thank you very much! p.s. I tried the same mission in the stable version and the spawning is correct in 2.5.5

I am attaching the track file that I saved immediately after the plane blows up and the screen switches to the post-flight screen. Is this what you want to look at? DCS-starts-my-plane-on-another.trk

I have a problem in that when I try continuing in a campaign with the F-18 there is a mission called Fighter Sweep. As soon as I click Fly, DCS puts my plane on catapult 1 which is where my wingman is located. So both planes crash instantly and that leads to an impossibility in trying to continue in the campaign. What I have done is save the track of that mission in case someone wants to check it out. This is in the open beta version.

Thank you, Ramsay! You helped solve my problem by explaining the keyboard bindings.

So the only way for this to work [switching from MAG to 530] in the M2000 is to have a joystick with a 3 position switch?

I can select the a/a cannon and MAG now from the joystick, but after I select or fire a MAG I cannot select the 530 by any means: mouse, keyboard, etc. The a/a cannon symbology remains on the hud and will not go away, and the a/a cannon select button is not illuminated.

I have tried HOTAS commands for selecting the MAG but it has not worked in selecting the MAG. What command do I need look for in the Adjust Controls menu to assign the MAG in order to select it to a HOTAS button? When will the in DCS tutorial for 530 and MAGs be updated?

I cannot get the Magic's "line select button" to illuminate under MAG. If I click the button with the mouse, nothing happens. The assigned keyboard binding does not activate the button either. But the 530 or gun select keys light up and activate those weapons with either mouse click or keyboard binding immediately. With the updated cockpit, How do you select the Magic? What do you have to do in order to see the gun's aiming cues on the hud? I can activate the gun and fire it, but the cross does not even pop up on the hud when the gun is selected like it used to before the cockpit was updated.

How is that determination made? The Mig-19 and the F-14 are both made by third party developers.

So since I see that some people used their bonus points towards buying the Mig-19, can part of the F-14 be purchased with bonus points now? Both modules are new...

I do not understand their reasoning. The purpose for a bonus (coupon) system is to increase sales.

So based on what I have read here, I cannot buy the F-14 with my bonuses? I know the DCS rules regarding the use of bonuses and NEW aircraft, it says bonuses cannot be used in those cases. Is this why people are saying that they cannot use their bonuses on the F-14? But where does it say anywhere on the DCS site that the F-14 is NEW and therefore bonuses cannot be used? On top of that, if you go to the following site, the F-14 purchase button is still Pre-Purchase. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/products/planes/ Click on this link and it says that it is $79.99.

I have another flight simulator with "way too many planes" in my hangar that I have purchased over the last many years and I activate them by entering very lengthy activation codes during the installation process. No activation code = improper simulator startup (ctd) or the plane will not be installed. This process allows me to fly these planes whether I have internet access or not. If I were to have another computer with these planes installed (which I do not), prior to successful activation upon installation process I would have to answer simple security question that only I would know the answer to.

Due to weather, the internet has been on and off. So why is it that when the internet is down, I cannot use any of the modules or terrains that I have purchased? The error screen basically says that in order for me to use offline mode, that I have to be logged in. Confused because I am always automatically logged in whenever I run DCS as administrator.