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Fly in single player, end mission, save mission then find the saved file and post it here I think the path is /Users/<you>/Saved Games/DCS/trackfiles but not at my computer.

Grover needs a game track file to troubleshoot.

Yes. I came off an ARM attack and didn’t switch the weapon selector prior to strafe. No guns. Switch from ARM to C. Guns worked. Sorry for lack of clarity.

I have the Manual (toggle) set to a button. It opens fine but will not close unless I hit ESC to open DCS menu, close that menu, then hit button to close manual. Slight annoyance.

I had this happen with Weapons Selector in ARM. Switched to C and gun operated. Probably intended behavior. Did not check gun operation with Weapons Selector elsewhere.

I tested it 2 days ago and the flight controls don' quit until somewhere less than 25% RPM's. I didn't bother with the exact number, just saw it was radically different and called it good.

The server is currently down for maintenance

His WVR callouts are super weird. Constant callouts when the bandit is in the front windshield but almost nothing when the bandit is rear hemisphere until he says “ He’s at our 6” which he wouldn’t be able to see. And no reference to high or low and you cant tell if he is referencing the clock position to the bank angle or the ground track. Mostly he is an SA drain in a fight and I usually just tell him to shut up. And I know “Its all planned to be implemented” but I don’t get why the primary purpose of the Phantom WSO was completely ignored in favor of useless chatter, repetitive humor that gets stale very quickly and the same questions every cold start.

Many avionics require localizer course to be set reasonably close to actual course for the Flight Director to function properly. Even when flying with the FD off, its easier on the brain to have the course needle where its supposed to be when its on an HSI. NOTE: May or may not apply to the Phantom.

One of the big issues with video simulation is that the human eye behaves differently than a camera. Canopy reflections are an easy example. In the real world canopy reflections are there but your eyes focus on the target and your brain essentially erases the reflections from your perception unless you consciously choose to see the reflections(unless they are really bad, which happens in low light or at night). The same is not possible with VR presentation. While it "seems" 3D, it isn't and everything is in the same plane and things like canopy reflections are incredibly overdone. They look like a photograph because that is essentially what you are viewing in VR, a flat image made to seem 3D, but they aren't what you would see in real life. I suspect glass tinting is suffering from a related issue. An aircraft a few miles away viewed through tinted glass isn't going to become invisible but rendered in VR, the tinted glass is close enough color wise to make it invisible. To make it worse is DCS does not properly light aircraft, presenting colors when aircraft are backlit and would be seen as black to the human eye, which makes it all the more likely they will become invisible against dark blue sky or through tinted glass. So while the window tint in the F-4E might be accurate it does not make it realistic from the viewpoint of visibility.

Speed callouts in BFM would be fabulous. Speed and Altitude callouts during direct bombing would also be great. Jester doing anything useful would be welcome.

I have also noticed significant darkness in the combiner glass/front window. Enough to make a bogey disappear when transitioning from other panes to the darker ones. PITA PS. I fly in VR

I have never heard Jester mention airspeed in the Phantom

+1

There was a rumor of the ability to edit him. I sure hope that appears in the short term.

It a reference to an old complaint/joke. When single seat fighter pilots transitioned to a two seat aircraft, many were skeptical of the usefulness of a second crewman. Many voiced the opinion that instead of all the weight of a second cockpit and the extra man, “Fuel would be more useful “ And y’all think I am the one with no sense of humor.

Oh, I am there already. I dug up my VoiceAttack registration key specifically to be able to tell him to shut up. And I don't bother with the radar outside of Flood mode shots. However, that doesn't fix the underlying issue. Fuel would be more useful.

Having flown professionally for thirty years, I know that trained professionals don’t deviate from training and suddenly start blabbering like an idiot just because death seems likely. His verbosity is but one example. His stupidity during critical phases of flight (takeoff and landing for example) would get him booted off the flight roster. I know you guys want to pretend he is some sort of relatable character but it is just tiresome to have to deal with the same easily correctable errors repeatedly. You can’t teach him to be better. You can only tell him to shut up. A buddy of mine, former F4 WSO, calls Jester an embarrassment so I know I am not barking up the wrong tree. If you like him, great, but there is no reason HB can’t make him more like a real WSO and less like a caricature. Make it an option as I said. I don’t care if clown mode stays available if I have the more professional version as an option.

You don't understand Comms brevity. " I got, uuuuuhhhhhh, <pause> Nails, 11 O'clock". should be "Nails, 11 "

Must be the special options tab and thus honor system. My bad.

I don't own the F-14 so this is my first experience with Jester. It turns out he is named appropriately because he is a clown. Unprofessional and useless. And his unprofessional demeanor was obviously on purpose. He doesn't do what he should do. (call airspeeds and altitudes, look for additional bandits, etc) What he does do is done badly " I got, uuuuuhhhhhh, <pause> Nails, 11 O'clock". Comms Brevity is a thing, even on the ICS. I would rather just have key binds to stuff in the backseat. Or a key binds for trained, professional WSO/Clown mode.

As the old saw goes, it’s a great landing if you can use the airplane again. In DCS, a good landing will suffice unless you want to rearm and refuel instead of respawn

As I mentioned, my YouTube is purely for my own archive or a specific training topic internal to my group. Not meant for the general public. Over the past couple decades, I have toyed with the idea of a more formal BFM school for online fighter pilots since I was taught by and regularly fly with some real world BFM guys. I always come to the same conclusion. 99.9% of online flyers are looking for magic tricks or magic airplanes. When I tell folks BFM requires lots of dedicated practice, they aren’t much interested. So we keep it in house for those actually interested. And even that isn’t much anymore. Until the Phantom release, I hadn’t flown a DCS sortie since late last year. Glad you got something out of the video. Cheers Its a little button intensive but a 40 mil depression in A/G mode works well for A/A if your gunnery skills are pretty good. I don’t bother with gyro or radar gun modes in any module TBH.

I vaguely remember the ability to disable it per slot in the options tab for the aircraft (right of radio frequencies)

Not being obtuse. Unless switching the generators to external cuts out the battery completely, it is still there doing what it does. And its not going to change the required battery replacement interval in any case.