wilbur81

Hey, fellas. Am I doing something wrong here? No NCTR print on the SA page from dead on rear aspect, under 10 miles in STT. No NCTR.trk

Just tried this again and the drop from 60fps to 7-10 fps (at sim time 08:04:22) coincided exactly with the enemy 120C going pitbull and my RWR sounding the CW alarm in the headset. 080422.trk

And here's a really good episode on the F-15: https://omegataupodcast.net/224-flying-the-f-15-eagle/ And the F-16: https://omegataupodcast.net/251-flying-the-f-16-viper/ And the F-35: https://omegataupodcast.net/343-flying-and-testing-the-f-35/ Seriously, Markus' interviews provide an amazing, in depth, and fun (Especially Jeff Fellmeth's Eagle Interview) perspective on the jets. And the BEST part about each episode: They're nice and long.

I'm getting (since one of the last two most recent updates) a very significant, sudden, and very repeatable FPS drop in the Hornet. (See the three tracks below). Here's the scenario: - Frames go from a steady 58-60 fps to 6-12 very suddenly and the sim becomes unplayable. -Syria Map -Player in Hornet w/ one AI wingman at around 34K feet. -Three opposing AI Vipers -Seems to be associated with multiple AIM-120C launches (by me) or possibly my RWR warnings when enemy 120s go pitbull? Or maybe something to do with TWS support of 120c launches in quick succession? - The FPS drop moments happen at sim times 08:03:22; 08:06:09; and 08:03:49 (as noted in track file titles) roughly speaking. ** Maybe of interest: I just flew again and with FPS having dropped to 6 FPS, an enemy 120C struck my Hornet and instantly frames went back up to 60 FPS as my jet was destroyed. Again this is a recent update that introduced the current bug. MajorFPSdrop080322.trk MajorFPSdrop080609.trk MajorFPSdrop080349.trk

Having flown Syria now for a couple of months, I'd say it is the ugliest map I own. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it just doesn't hold up to PG, NTTR, or even Caucasus in appearance in my opinion. Don't get me wrong: Syria is the most AMAZINGLY detailed map in all of DCS... and a HUGE achievement from that aspect. It just doesn't look as good to my eye. The textures (set to the highest possible) just don't look good to me, on the terrain and on structures. The colors seem more 'cartoonish' than the other maps as well. Again, it's hard to put a finger on... and this is certainly my opinion as I know many other think it's the best map. Maybe the other maps that I own are more optimized to the non-use of MSAA (I use '0' as I play at full 4K) than Syria? I'll never know as Syria+4K+MSAA+gtx1070=not happening.

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Nice!

I would love to see more mission builders creating fast mover missions that have realistic infantry movements on the ground. A player flying CAP at 35K feet in a Tomcat may never see any of it, but it adds an INCREDIBLE level of realism, interest, and sense of purpose for the fast-mover missions. Before kids when there was a bit more time I used to create little intimate scenarios such as having a terrorist group occupying a 'safe-house' and adding triggers that caused Special Forces to start attacking the house... and then more triggers that led to the terrorists driving away in a truck convoy that some Warthogs needed to neutralize. I flew CAP for this while it was all happening. People know this, I think, but the mission editor is a remarkably powerful tool. But the big limitation for most of us is time and the fact that after creating cool missions, there's no surprise. All that said, 'boots on the ground' make all missions in DCS (including pure air-to-air) much more interesting in my opinion.

No, it was a 250 GB SSD totally dedicated to DCS alone... nothing else on it. I keep my Win10 install on a separate 128GB SSD. I had to upgrade to a 1TB 860 EVO to accommodate for future DCS updates and the Marinas map.

I 100% agree. My only beef with this whole discussion is the suggestion that ED would put their precious resources towards earlier models of jets they're already in-very-deep developing.

Fair enough. I strongly disagree. I'm one who comes to DCS for the most modern simulation that is possible given man-hour and military classification restraints. And ED has given us that quite reasonably in the blk 20 Hornet and blk 50 Viper. I certainly don't think many at Eagle Dynamics would sympathize with your comment that "[the earlier, older models of these aircraft] should have been the ones to be developed from the get go." So we'll agree to disagree.

My goodness... 19 FPS aside, this is AMAZING!

Are you kidding me? You're absolutely wrong. I only own PG, NTTR, Syria, Hornet, Viper, and the P-51D modules (there a LOT more, you know) and that maxed me out my 250 GB Samsung 850 PRO SSD.

And I yours. We'll agree to disagree.

Want Desert Storm era? Leave Datalink off and only carry Sparrows and Dumb Munitions. I have ZERO interest in ED spending precious time and resources on nuanced old-models. I think many (Most?) of us are ready to move on to completion of what we already have and continued focus on what will make this a great(er) game/sim: i.e. Weather, ATC, and the Dynamic Campaign. People bring up Heatblur all the time with their B and A model Tomcats... forgetting that they had ONE job: and they did a BRILLIANT one at that! ED has so much more on their plate than wasted ((in my opinion) time on 90s vs 2000s models of the aircraft we already have.

PLEASE, ED.... give us a real option to turn off the FLOLS! It is ROYALLY hated by many. Merry Christmas and Thank you.

Indeed. This was quite a positive patch from my perspective...not perfect, but ambitious and comprehensive in several key areas for me.

From this full 4K user: THANK YOU!

You're silly... listen to the podcast.

His episodes on the F-15 and the Viper are really good, too!

Since yesterday's update, the white mouse cursor will not go away in the cockpit... even when I've not brought up the radio menus or engaged the clickable cockpit yellow-plus cursor.

**LOUD APPLAUSE** **SMILES**

MY GOODNESS, Guys!! My goodness!

Before yesterday's update, we were getting the beautiful Heatblur F-14A model when we flew against an Iranian F-14A. Now, it's back to the 2003 Lomac F-14A model.

As a 4K player, I'm VERY thankful for spotting improvements to be sure... but testing out the new patch last night, I could see a single F-14 as a black dot over 34 miles away... so my guess is that it isn't here to stay in the form that we just got it in. I'm surprised no one has mentioned this?