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Does anyone know if the saitek X45 throttle connector can be converted to USB and used stand alone? Im going to buy a CH stick, but thaught i might be able to use my X45 throttle for a while (not the wealthiest man atm) by just get a converter plug to USB. Regards Alex

Ofcourse i'll buy. All of the modules as they give so much detail. Will look awesome after a couple of years in my "sim-shelf". And the diversity of flyables...! Ofcourse i'll by em all. ;)

I will wait for the english version as my russian language skills at the time being is limited to "da", "niet", "privet", "spaciba", "brat"... Thats about it. Maybe "da" and "niet" comes handy in BS, but i doubt it. I will however support ED by buying all modules even though some modules arent on the top of my list. This level of realism will make any vehicle fun though. :) Regards Alex

Argh, 2009 (maybe) for the boxed version, wich i want. I thaught i would be flying this year. :( Its all good though, it gives me time to ugrade my computer. Well its not all good as it will leave me with some extra months of cravings. :) Regards Alex

If you think thats much then i envy you. In sweden that is the normal game price. Even more is usual.

The many years of waiting is over... Congrats ED!! And yiii-f**king-haa to all of us! :) :) About other entertainment besides BS for 2009, the only thing i will get is ArmA2. ArmA2 for the gaming fun and BS for the serious sim fun. This is all i need. ;) Regards Alex

Ah ok, thaught it was something like that. Nice! Very good news then. :) So, we are close to a manual then hehe? Regards Alex

Sorry for being a bit thick here, but what does "go gold" mean? I take it's a good thing though. :)

Dont know if it was the patch, but i played it with latest patch in DX10 and my game flowed very good with most things on max. Looked amazing. But yeah, i think that particle effect together with a sim like BS will be too much at this moment. Wind AND heli props affecting smoke pillars here and there. Well i dont know coding, but i guess it would need a lot of power from the cpu.

If my mind isnt failing me i think WIC (World In Conflict) has that effect when using DX10. I think i saw it in some spec list and then tested. I might have dreamed it too. :) Found it (check down middle of the page): http://hothardware.com/articles/The_State_of_DirectX_10__Image_Quality__Performance/Default.aspx?page=11 "soft particles in World in Conflict also exist in-game, which means that particles are effected by other in-game objects. For example, in DX9, if a helicopter flew through a plume of smoke, it would simply go directly through the smoke effect. That same scenario would play out much more realistically in DX10 since soft particles would be effected by the presence of the helicopter, resulting in the smoke being dispersed by the helicopter's passing" And yes, it looks bloody fantastic. Its a RTS though. Might eat a huge quantity of CPU if added in a sim. But in the future... Next engine... :)

Thanks Red Tiger and Aeroscout for the clarification! Talking about TrackIR i gotta admit im without one myself. I have managed to play well using the POV for "thumb-look-around" until now. TrackIR is on the buy-list and i will have one when BS pops out on the market. This is though one other thing you need to know MIP, that without a POV HAT on a joystick (a "hat" button that you can move 4 or 8 directions), you will fly without the ability to turn your head. At least not reasonable intuitive. Move your fingers from throttle or stick to look around... Not a good deal my friend. ;) You want to keep your eyes on the bad guys when you chasing them through that canyon! Regards Alex

Ah sounds great, thanks Aeroscout. CH it is! :) How can you use the X52 throttle with the CH stick btw? Do they run on separate USB's? My X45 has a cable that goes into the stick, but maybe the X52 is different. Regards Alex

How many are using/have used the CH HOTAS? Im thinking of buying those but a bit offensive towards it because it has less buttons than the Saitek X series. I wont have the money to spend on touch screens and such for a while, but i feel i need to step up a bit from the named ones wich have served me for years. :) The CH seems to have the buttons better placed and i love that thumb POV on the middle of the stick. Cougar is a little too expensive atm, but i need to get something new for BS. Do you think the CH will serve me well? Ill have to place the keyboard a bit smarter with that stick i guess. And to you MIP, the X45 or X52 joysticks (HOTAS) with throttle is very nice for starters. You get some 90 functions at your finger tips. You start out with the essential buttons and then add new functions as you go with the great programming software. They are 100€ but it is worth it (unless you find a used one for less money). I had my X45 for many years now and i only just now had a small hickup. I emailed Saitek about it and they sended a spare part for free. So you get good support on these babies. ;) The cyborg and its likes dont have the throttle control you want to have in a real sim. They have throttle, but i mean that you dont get the long range for better control when throttling with that little throttle peg. Regards Alex

Thanks for all the help guys! Yes i use modman and i have some addons installed. I never touched modmans gfx settings. And my comp is always tip top ;) defragged and all cleaned up. I was going to post pics about the texture loading problem, and ill do that when i get home in an hour. LOL about the sound going away... yeah over mach... so its as it should be then i guess hah? Yeah ok, my bad on that one. Does that apply to shooting a missile off too when over mach:ing? Those disapear as well sometimes. EDIT: Heres a screenshot of the texture problem: http://web.comhem.se/aphex/low_res.jpg Regards Alex

Hi, Im experience some problems with some addons that i thaught i would ask you LO pros about. I have a sound and texture problem and i know the sound mod problem is because of the mod, but im not sure about the textures, but almost certain. Sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this in, but im kinda fresh when it comes to the LO community, and i figured you're the LO old timers and might have heard or stumble onto this yourselves. :) I installed the RELOADED textures mod wich enhance the ground textures plus airbases, and many times i fly i see that very much of the ground textures havent loaded. So i see very low res ground from a bit away from me and all the way to the end of my view distance. When i come closer it loads into high res, Sometimes it stays like that for a longer time before loading though. Was wondering if this is known and/or if there is something i can do? Second issue is with Z8 complete soundmod (or zzzz8 lol) where i loose the A/C engine sound (my own) when i go AB. The only way to get my engine sound back is to make F3 flyby camera or F2 and go behind the A/C. Sometimes that doesnt work either though. Same thing here, is this a known issue or is it only me? LO Vanilla 1.02 CPU: 2.2GHZ X2 AMD GC: 8800GTS 320MB SC: Audigy 2 RAM: 2GB Thank you & regards Alex

Like i said, i aint no super pilot and lazyness made me miss where i really needed to go lol. I attacked the first group of T80's on the way thinking those were the targets... :doh: I will study the briefings more seriously from now on. :D On a side note, i baught a new copy of LO today as my old CD was very worn and hard to install. This new discovery of LO is so awesome to me (could never fly with full GFX - stuttering) and i decided to get FC as well. I think LO:FC will be good to have on the side to DCS:BS for those moments i want to fly a fast jet. At least until DCS releases some jets in the future. I went to HL last night, and the guys there told me FC is whats being used and vanilla LO is very rare. And seeing there were activity there the desicion to get FC was easy. So thanks to this community i discovered how super LO is. Thanks guys! :thumbup: Regards Alex

My problem is that i didnt see the rest of those BMP´s + the Shilka you'r mentioning. Not on my route anyway. :huh: But ill throw myself in there and give it a go again. :) Thanks guys!

I reinstalled LOMAC after a long time and i begun doing the campaign for the first time ever. I havent done it before because at the time LOMAC lagged too much on my comp and i got used to falcon. Now i cant stop fly LOMAC, its so damn fun and looks amazing. :) I got a problem though with the A-10 campaign, second mission. Maybe im just stupid, (probably) as im no super pilot but here goes: Mission is about reach and take out a group of T-80's before they reach a town. In the mix is 2 mobile SAM's and 2 BRDM's. Also on the way towards my airbase is a single(!) BMP. I fly along the set steerpoints and take out the T80's plus the SAM's and the BRDM's. On RTB i also take out that BMP. So there is nothing alive when i come back to the airbase. Yet i get FAILED. Please help. What am i missing? Its LOMAC v1.2 if that matters. Regards Alex

Did i miss something or did the guy above me burn a fuse or two?

LOL! :music_whistling: Yeah i tried to make a point to the first posters after OP that didnt seem to know what he meant. But theres been the same "best helis ever" that didnt have the AH64 at top. I tried hard and long before posting to remember but i couldnt. For example in one episode with fighter jets the P-51 won over many of todays most advanced fighters as P-51 had seen most action and had best ratio kill/death i think. And dont forget that one about tanks where Leopard 2 won over M1A1 even though it hasnt seen as much action... In that episode they went on technical stuff, speed etc. Very confusing, yet fun program :D But yeah: Where the HELL is the KA50? It should have been in that show and won, or at least score high in their "fear factor" point thingy. They have that too sometimes, and i think seeing a KA50 coming with its sleek aggressive profile towards you with that payload hanging on the wings... would make me crap in my pants anyway. :lol:

That list i presume is from discovery channel/history channel and the tv show adds how long the heli has been in service, kills, fire power etc etc. So sometimes they win in that list for have been in service the longest with the least shot downs for example.

Very nice! Awesome looking encyclopedia too :)

I installed EECH back into my comp some days ago and remembered that i didnt have a profile for my saitek X45. Ive been scouting like mad on the net but didnt find anything that worked (dead links or other weirdness). I tried making my own but for some reason the pinkie didnt works for some buttons. Was wondering if anyone of you got a profile lying around i can try, DAT or PR0? I installed EECH up to latest patch 1.10.2 with the Modpack + Arneh's pit. Thanks in advance! Regards Alex

The Tiger is sweet. Hopefully Europe's mil will order a Eurocopter module from DCS ...and then DCS release it to us. :) Hey, i can dream right?! :D

Welcome nightflyer23! :) Mostly everything is already covered about Black Shark in this forum so by using the search function and read the Q&A + FAQ and go through the posts you will get up to speed with most things. People get a bit annoyed as some been here for a long time and have answer same things over and over, but they are really good guys. :thumbup: Dont get beaten down over it and do please post if there is something on your mind. (but use search first :D ) Regards Alex