MadTommy

Last sortie i flew.. i got hit by a Russian MBT 72... i was amazingly lucky.. the round passed through my rotors only breaking one blade, i saw it fire at me through the shkval.. i manged to limp off and make an emergency landing. Tanks are dangerous as hell.

Dear ED.. please make the DCS series into a single instance / game. This has two big advantages for users: Save space on HDD; There are 1000s of files that are shared by A10c & BS2. Probably all the artwork & sounds are shared and core engine files. Must be 95% by size shared. This problem will only get worse as new modules are added. Image DSC; A10c, BS2, FC3 & Flying Legends all with their own set of files..all 7 GB each..that is 28GB just for DCS!! Allow users to launch whatever module they want to fly in multiplayer without having to restart their games. This is especially important to people hosting servers. presently they can't switch between A10c & BlackShark and maintain the server running. I'm not talking about how you sell the game or its modules, just how it is packaged. For player like myself with limited HD space (SSD) who want to host servers on their game rig and be able to switch modules this would be a god send. Thanks Tommy

With the announcement of FC3.. I've decided to reinstall FC2 to refresh myself to it......flying CAP & SEAD for A10c/BlackShark :thumbup: I have limited space on my SSD and am debating if i should install FC2 on it. DCS is on it.. but i'm guessing FC2 probably wont need its speed. What do you think? (I will end up with FC3 on it no doubt) Also quick question about FC2 install..is the following correct? Install LockOn original Install FC2 Patch FC2 Add Mods Fly...crash.. burn. :P Can i uninstall LockOn original.. or is it either incorporated or overwritten? And what is your install size? Thanks

I do have some major concerns.... How the hell a i meant to remember all the HOTAS and other commands... one module; no problem, two modules; difficult... 3 or more... not sure how i'll cope.. add FC3 and i'll be totally lost.. :(

Great news, thanks for the press release.. its very nice to have a peek into what is planed. I'm clueless to what DCS Legends Aircraft is meant to mean.. Looks like i'll need to dust off FC2 to remind me how the hell to fly faster than 400 knots! :)

:( Removal of the pilot of a massive loss for me.. i hate not having a pilot in BS now as well as A10c. For me it is one of the most important graphical features in the games.. looking down and seeing no legs just sucks big time. I'd much prefer to have a pilot that was invisible to shadows than no pilot at all!!

Thanks ED, great looking patch, hell of a change log. Great work.

Thanks but that list is far from complete, seems to be missing all rockets, unless i'm being blind. It was trying to understand the different rocket options on the Su25T that prompted me to make this thread. Thanks, i actually forgot this had weapons in it :doh:. It's not ideal as i find it a PITA to have to constantly refer to the encyclopedia to make missions... but i do know all the info is there now thanks, ... i think i'll make my own list from the game files :smilewink: Edit: ...\Eagle Dynamics\DCS Black Shark 2\MissionEditor\data\images\Encyclopedia\weapon

Hello, I'm looking for a list of all the weapons in game.. i suppose really just for all the planes & choppers, to ease mission creation. Between all the manuals i have i cant find one! Really appreciate a point in the right direction. Thanks

I can think of two good reasons that this is being discussed.. Rightly people probably fear there will be no word prior to its release. ED have a track record for this. And people rightly would like to have their opinion heard by ED prior to the release / decision being made. While i agree one does not need to act like a dog with a bone... but the initiative is clearly in ED hands, they could simply let us know what they plan to do.. they must have had long enough to decide, and if they haven't decided the community should be making its feeling heard on this subject.

You need to check out HawgTouch.. Incorporating Hawg Touch: Clear Dark's Hawg Touch program: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=71729 My Hawg Touch profiles: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=70364 Here is what my setup looks like on my 2nd monitor:

I agree editor is great, can get lost for hours in it... just wish there was a satellite map.. would make it soooooooo much better.

I assume you are mapping all your keys in the profile software? I gave up using the Saitek profile software for DCS a long time ago.. i also found it temperamental, which is annoying.. if you map the keys in the game options i bet you'll have no such issues.

I use X52 pro and am not experiencing the problems you have described. I do use a curve of about 25 on my pitch & roll axis.

There is no JTAC menu when flying the Ka-50 even on the US side, just tested it... so no way to communicate with JTAC, so that is a non starter. Still like to get answers to my other question though. EDIT: thanks Nate.. replied as i was too.. seems i missed quite a bit from the manual, thanks.

Regarding JTAC.. anyone tried flying as USA in Ka-50 and using a JTAC..it suddenly occurred to me this might be possible. Not sure what the results would be....

I'm wanting to understand the radio usage in BS2 with mission creation in mind. I never really used the radio in BS1, as it didn't seem to serve much of a function. Now with BS2 the radio has more functionality. I'm very familiar with the radio system in A10c, communicating with ATC, AFAC, Other flights, JTAC & your own flight. With its 3 radios and clear write up in it's manual. Now BlackShark's manual is not seemingly as complete, which leaves me with some questions: Am i correct in thinking there is one radio on the BlackShark: the R-800L1 VHF? And this radio can use both AM & FM frequencies? What are the useable frequency ranges? Am i correct in thinking that the radio can only be used to listen to other flights communications & to talk to ATC? No JTAC is similar feature. It is not needed to talk to you own flight or ground crew? Is the only reason to use different frequencies for different flights is to reduce radio chatter and add immersion? I ask these questions with mission building in mind. Any other thoughts & suggestion on radio usage would greatly received. Thanks for any help.

Great info, thanks a lot.

Good point.. presently in BS2 is quite a bit more resource intensive than A10c.. P.S my wife is Welsh :music_whistling:

This is only need to host a server, allowing your server to be seen in the server browser and allowing others to connect. Its is certainly normally not need just to view & join other peoples server.

All good stuff. Especially making the map Bullseye align with either a waypoint, nav point or target point. That will certainly help make the stream of bulleye readouts from AFAC flights actually useful. Yes please ;) (I'm very rusty on the ABRIS)

Thanks for the link airdog.. i had read that thread but it was before this part was figured. didn't realise it covered this. :) EDIT: just tried it.. works a charm, cheers mate.

Now that BS2 & A10c have the same/similar coding, i wanted to export some elements to my 2nd monitor. (as in this thread..[How To] Export ALL Indicators like MFCD via ViewPorts) The most up to date code for DCS is found here: export code I just tried using this to export the PVI-800, it did export it but it screwed up the rest of my multimonitor settings. My cockpit was stretched over both monitors and i have no idea where my Shkval & ABRIS went. Can anyone who understands this code figure out what has changed or is different. I'd love to have PVI-800 with a HawgTouch profile working for BS2. I'll make the HawgTouch profile if someone can fix the code :D(I've made a ABRIS HawgTouch profile!)I have attached my edited PVI_init.lua PVI_init.lua

Thanks Eddie.. On point 3 i should have been a little clearer.. i understand the mechanics/system in the editor for getting simulated radio messages to players.. what i was really after was the the format these message should take. E.G. Lat/long, lat/long digitial, UTM, Bullseye Offset (discounted), description (4km north west of Zugdidi) etc etc.. Thanks.

I have a few questions about AFAC & BS2. [* Disclaimer: i do need to read up & remind myself on the radio, ABRIS & PVI-800 usage in BS2] I set up a AFAC flight that was sending me Bulls location for threats. I understand what the Bulls offset distance baring jargon is, but how do i best use this in BS. Is there a way to type this info in like in A10c. Or do i have to lock up the Bulls with the abris and try and figure its location that way? (Bulls offset is not mentioned anywhere in the BS2 manual) Is this incorrectly simulated?.. should a Russian AFAC be giving offset bulls locations to a Ka-50 pilot? If as a mission designer i want to simulate a radio message to pilots giving targets what is the best system to use.. what works and what is accurate to real life? Thanks for any help.