wilbur81

Still no NCTR print... No NCTR with proper range and aspect: No NCTR.trk

Hey, Daz. Quick question: Have you ever tried running your DCS at full 4K with that 2070 Super? Curious because I've thought about upgrading from my 1070. Thanks, Nate

Nah, the night shots look fantastic. Adding night shadows would be a piece of cake for them, and drag us down to 10 FPS in the process. They're being conservative and wise with the eye-candy.

Anyone willing to run this test at full 4K with some different cards, particularly the 2070 ot 2070 Super? Thanks!

I agree with your post... the illumination of the moon in 2.5.6 is too bright when using a reasonable gamma that looks good in daylight hours (I use 1.8 per Wags' suggestion). A gamma of 1.2 through 1.4 with moon shining looks more realistic, but I then tend to get some pretty unsightly color banding in the sky and the cockpits get pretty dark.

Good stuff, ExNus! Keep them coming. :thumbup: Let's get this already impressive radar even better.

Seriously, folks. Don't expect a fix for this stuff if you aren't willing to provide a track. The Devs have a million things going on, I'd imagine. Help them out and provide a track or the problem likely won't get addressed. Thanks. :thumbup:

bump. :thumbup: Especially at night, the F-15C has much less effect on the eyes. Thanks! *Edit* - This MOD (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3303009) gets closer to what I'm talking about.

Can I make another humble suggestion? Looking at your signature, it appears that you don't yet have the Hornet. Try the Hornet out (or buy it) during this free for all sale. Really try to master it. Watch some good Youtube videos about the Hornet. Read Orr Kelly's book "Hornet." Etc. I think, after having tasted the Hornet, you might feel more inclined to purchase the Supercarrier. Plus, by the time you're proficient at the Hornet, Supercarrier will be ready to rock. Growing up: these were my favorite fighters (in this order) - 1. F-15C 2. F-16C 3. F-14D ----------- 4. The ugly, wimpy Hornet As I've read books, articles, studied, watched documentaries, played the old Graphsim Hornet PC game, gone to see the Blue Angels many times, and finally delved into DCS's Hornet, my list now goes: 1. Hornet 1b. F-15C --------------- The others. :-)

I bought the Super Carrier on Day 1 of the pre-sale... at that time, it was clearly not anywhere close to ready. I bought it i Pre-Sale because: 1. ED will do their best to deliver their product when it's ready. 2. I only fly the Hornet... I own the Viper, A-10C, P-51D and FC3. But I'm a dig-down-deep simmer and have not the time to master anything else. 3. I only fly the Hornet... Super Carrier? A no brainer. 4. ED will do their best to deliver their product when it's ready.

Agreed, Buzz. This jet is absolutely spectacular, even in its current, unfinished form. It probably doesn't occur to many of us here that, in many ways, ED Devs have it harder than some of the real life jet software developers. Hughes, for example, "only" has to develop all things radar hardware/software. ED has to develop all the software, then model everything else (sunlight, physics, ground AI, air AI, sounds, clouds, radio chatter, the carrier, missiles, tire screetching sounds, etc. etc.) Heck, Hughes doesn't have to paint the jet in real life... ED's team kind of does. Is ED over committed to projects? Absolutely, 100% they are. Are they spread too thin? Of course they are. Do I wish they'd just focus on my favorite project items? (the Hornet, Vulkan API, and Dynamic Campaign) Of course I do. With all that said: They have created a simulation that is impossible for military aviation enthusiasts (like myself) to resist Keep up the hard work, ED! It's not perfect... it's just spectacular. :thumbup:

Regarding the ED Hornet development poll that came out on Friday (Thanks, by the way. :thumbup:): Which if any of those poll items would potentially include the TWS AMRAAM bug of the missing mid-course guidance correction in the Hornet? Thanks!

Curious: Are you guys making sure that you are in full screen mode when you test the health bar on/off performance? Again, when i use the "LargeTest1" mission with ground unit movement, alt+entered to fullscreen mode, the health bars on or off don't seem to have any marked effect on my PC. Just curious.

Thanks, NL. :thumbup:

Weird request, maybe. But, if it were possible and not a pain for the devs, I think it'd be nice if they took the "high" water setting from 2.5.5 and made it the "medium" setting for 2.5.6. Why? The new (2.5.6) water looks amazing on high, but it is a bit of a FPS killer now. I thought the 'high' setting 2.5.5 looked great, and I took no performance penalty. Now, in 2.5.6, if you choose "medium," it doesn't look as good as "high" in 2.5.5. Hence, the humble request. :thumbup: Of course, perhaps with some tweaking, the new 'high' setting won't take as much of a FPS penalty in the future... but Super Carrier. :)

Yeah, I did some more testing with other missions (with moving ground units) and the FPS drops are still pretty bad after yesterday's (4-22) patch. I'm getting sudden drops from about 40 fps to about 16 fps (and then sticking at 16 for 5 or 10 seconds) when vehicles start moving... which is pretty jarring. So, on my end, yesterday's patch gave me about a 10 fps improvement over how it was in the previous 2.5.6 with moving ground units.

Quick question regarding my original 'bug' report: If I put TWS in "AUTO," does that negate rdr elv in the real Hornet? If so, it seems that my problem might be that I'm in "AUTO" in TWS and that's why I'm not getting rdr elv control. But here's the kicker: rdr elv control stops working, then, when I'm in normal RWS mode, which doesn't seem right. Hope that helps narrow down if this is a DCS problem or ham-fisted-user-problem. :thumbup:

Since the latest 2.5.6 patch or two, when flying the hornet, the radar elevation will stop functioning completely on me during a mission. The elevation function works great at the beginning. But something happens after the radar gets put through its paces (i.e. - switching b/w RWS and TWS, going in and out of ACM modes, switching weapons, Undesignating/designating, etc.) I have two tracks here where it happens (but they're really long. I'll try and create a shorter one when I get a chance). No RDR elev B.trk No RDR elev C.trk Three caveats about the situation to rule some things out: - Radar page is sensor of interest - I'm not in an ACM mode when trying - I'm in RWS and TWS (not in BIAS or STT'ing a target) It happened during the 8v8 instant action hornet mission, in the F-16C "overwhelming force" mission (which I switched the PLAYER aircraft to the Hornet instead for some mission variety), and in other missions. I'm not sure what the culprit is? If it is something about a combo of going into TWS and back to RWS? Going from one search to ACM mode? Not sure. It's currently happening most of the time I use the Hornet Radar in air to air... Elevation just ceases to work. Again, in every case, Radar Elev. works at the beginning of the mission, though. Thanks! :thumbup:

Just tried the health bars 'off' idea... it had no apparent effect for me in game.

Indeed, it is. :thumbup:

Regarding this thread and today's line from the change log notes: "Reducing the CPU load when path finding a group of infantry." ... Our test mission with moving vehicles improved a little. Instead of grinding to a halt around 6-8 FPS with moving vehicles, it now "only" dips down to about 15 or 16 FPS from steady highs around 40 FPS (with all the same test conditions of course). And the overall FPS performance averages are now, apparently for me, higher. It's still not very playable due to the fairly dramatic stutter of going from 40ish to 18ish FPS... but it is DEFINITELY an improvement for this issue in 2.5.6. Feel free, anyone, to run the test mission again and post results after today's patch. Good steps in the right direction. :thumbup:

Good stuff! Thanks, Matt! I'm in love with this jet. :thumbup:

Thanks, Derneuemann. :thumbup:

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100 % correct.