MichaelJWP15

Great news, @BIGNEWY thanks for the update. And of course thank you to @mbucchia for all the work he's done previously, even though you're understandably stepping away from this kind of open source work I just hope you will occassionally dip in with your helpful contributions. I have used VR with DCS since it was possible to do so, and will never go back to a flat screen.

I’ve found in some training missions there is no F10 menu when opening the comms menu so I couldn’t turn it off. Not sure if there’s another way?

I've been in the F-4E with my Pimax Crystal, it was OK once I turned the gamma up to 2, but I agree it would be nice to have the option of a clean cockpit as well. I also find in my setup that the pilot's (hairy) arms are weirdly shaded, it's almost like they are self-illuminated (glowing). Not sure what's causing that as all other surfaces/textures seem super-real. Find it distracting so I turn him off!

Thanks! will have a go with that tonight

Ok, firstly I am loving this remarkable module and have had a lot of fun just flying around looking at the amazing internal and external models! So I have tried the training missions, first 4 great, but getting further on, my head is spinning when the instructor is basically reading out reams of the manual and switchology. I think my preferred way of learning is to read the procedure and manual, then use an appropriate practice mission configured to practice that particular technique. Anyone know of anything like this available? I guess it is still early days, there are excellent ones available for the older modules like the F-16, F-18 etc.

One thing I've discovered is just how many DCS Youtubers there are! I only really knew of Grim Reapers, Spudknocker and Reflected, but so many more have popped up on my Youtube feed owing to them having got hold of early release F4-E modules.. amazing..

Sad to see that some Youtubers have even put out videos just on this 24 hours delay, come on guys, you are better than that, it's just one sentence and not enough for a 10 minute video is it.

This way we are getting it as fast as possible. For a risk free date, ED/HB would have to aim for a final build probably the week before, then hold on to it if it passed all testing, would people really prefer that? I was in the videogames business a long time, going back to the days when the only way to get fix patches to your users was on the cover disk of magazines!! (Ok this is a bit of a 'back in my day post sorry)

Disappointing as I also had the afternoon free but I am sure there are good reasons, ED would not delay things unnecessarily.

We shouldn't forget also that DCS module developers are tiny and ephemeral by most software studio standards. The team members are also usually geographically disparate and the employees usually only short-term contract, despite some members having grand job titles like CEO. They could disappear overnight and we should not expect them to have the stability of a larger developer. Certainly if I pay for an "early access" module (and I have paid for many) I have zero expectations of it ever being "final", whatever that means.

Anyone got any idea what is going on with these wide FOV lenses? I was told last year they would be shipping September 2023. I asked again in November and they said still testing. Now we are 6 months later, and still no Wide FOV lenses, are we to assume some kind of production difficulties? Perhaps the ones being tested on YouTube are one-off hand crafted versions...

I agree, also I jump around between many modules in DCS, aircraft in MSFS, cars in various racing sims, so I could never settle on one cockpit to build and sit in. Leap motion is good but it will be great if better haptic gloves become available so you get some kind of touch feedback when you interact with switches, even if it's never going to be like the real thing in terms of not putting your hand through things.

I have my pre-order in and no problem with the delay. Best for them to get it as ready as possible. In the meantime, I only really know fully the F/A-18 and the A-10 II in DCS, I have in my collection the F-16, F-15E, AV8 and Viggen, none of which I am close to properly mastering so plenty to do and not complaining

Just wondering, those thinking about using pass through so they can see real-world cockpits, won't it be super-jarring to be in the DCS environment with it's realistic lighting and shadows, then combine that with your cockpit lit by your room lighting? Or maybe they will come up with a linked "sun" light on a robot arm swivelling round, the light colours being variable and with an LCD mask in front of the lamps to simulate clouds. Just musing....

I have tried that, I bought the F-15E a while ago and really want to learn it but every time I try a tutorial or a training mission I literally find myself falling asleep with all the nested menus and submenus and subpages etc. etc. Maybe one day after I've retired from work

I don't mind Youtuber previews/tutorials, as long as not more than 48hrs before the release.. otherwise it is super-frustrating

! I've not seen this anywhere @Silver_, where did you read that QV is no longer necessary?

I came from the G2, which served me very well, but the Pimax Crystal is playing in a higher league, for the first time I can clearly read all instruments and MFDs without having to zoom. I have an Apache strap but only use it for long sessions. I also tried the Q3 as I had a Q2 for a while. Certainly good value but otherwise not on the same level as the Crystal. I only play flight and racing sims though.

Nice - if you get the chance, photos of that support leg underneath the Rhino would be cool, but no rush, I am on a long waiting list for the device!

Other thought is, if this is one of perhaps 10 short videos leading up to release, and the next one comes in say 3 days, can we assume are 30 days away from release? Or perhaps I am overthinking this

Cool. That may be the solution, can I see also a support leg underneath the Rhino, is that non-standard?

Nice work though while you're hiding everything away you're still using up the floor area of a full seat and pit. In my case I need to use my normal office chair, rudder pedals under the desk. Not ideal but been doing it for years and it's an ok compromise so far..

It's interesting. I wonder if the workload of running 1000's of separate 'mini-sims' as each component is updated is going to be hard on the CPU. Perhaps there will be an update frequency setting for those with lower level hardware, similar to the one for MFDs

Main issue for me is I don't have a man cave unfortunately, so all my gear has to go on my regular desktop. This is fine with a standard base but the FFB base would make the stick too high... hmm at the moment I am thinking I may need a custom work desk with a recess and cover where the Rhino can hide during the day.

Ok, you may have emptied my wallet a bit more as I checked out some of the videos on the Rhino and I have to say it looks very good May have to give it a try… Personally I justify all this money as I used to fly GA for real at a cost of well over $2000 per month, this is all cheap in comparison!