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Why isnt ED using AI to write its code? They could 10x the output with the same staff?

why does simshaker not work in some multiplayer servers? I was on the 'longshot' server yesterday and simshaker was silent although it worked in other servers as well as SP missions.

Downloaded the new DCS. Did an entire install and bound the keys for the gazelle AGAIN. It still happens

too many clicks. What if you want to clear an entire row of assignments? Like when the gun is assigned to button 1 for every controller you have? And also clearing the defaults requires clicking and dragging to clear category for each controller individually. Having checkboxes along the rows and columns would allow faster clearing of many default bindings which are oftern wrong

often an entire row is populated by a button (like button 1 for guns). having a checkbox in front of that row and a 'delete' button somewhere on the page would facilitate the deletion of errant default entries likewise if I could have checkboxes for each column, then I could delete all the 'bad' columns. For example I always have to go through and delete the view entries

Thank you for your insight and answers. I noticed that if I bind the cyclic and collective controls for the WSO, the aircraft is much more squirrely than if I leave the WSO controls unbound, yet they still work. I think there is some craziness going on with the control code with crosstalk of data from the WSO and Pilot.

is there any indicator on the dash that autohover is engaged? I can get into a stable hover (0 kts and steady altitude on the ipad in cockpit), press autohover but then when I move to copilot's seat, everything goes awry.

Is this expected? In the EUFD the left triangle moves when I move the RTS rocker but the asterisk in SRS doesnt budge

@bloomsterim having the same problem w trim forward. did you ever resolve the issue?

When a hat is assigned to trim nose down in the SA342 pilot controls, a red question mark appears (see attached). There are no other buttons assigned to this function. Even when the button is deleted, a red question mark remains next to the label 'trim nose down'. How do I resolve this?

Microsoft is going to a subscription model for its OS https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/12/05/232218/windows-10-gets-three-more-years-of-security-updates-if-you-can-afford-them Can we get a linux distro for DCS?

Is that a french coffee maker?

thanks. will do.

I know you are trying to help but your words are a surreal poetic stream that do not seem to address my question. Kittens, aunties, kebabs? Presets for communication with tower-? Im setting up datalink and the dl switch will be used to select which preset will b used for datalink.

Following WAGs video, 1) comm page: set origin ID 2) comm page: select preset, then edit 'preset edit' (B6) - now I can select unit ID (my group), call sign, and 'PRIMARY' My Preset 4 has the text 'FM2' in it as default. Boxing 'PRIMARY' brings me to a frequency selection table. If i selecta different frequency (for example FM1 SC') I jump back to the 'preset edit' page and now 'FM1 SC' appears under the word 'PRIMARY' If however, I unbox Preset edit, I come back to the main comm page which says FM2 in PRESET 4. FM1 seems to have not been selected. How can a primary channel be selected when it is not shown on the preset on the main comm page? I CAN add FM1 by going to the main comm page, selecting preset 4, and selecting FM1 from the top row (T3). This pops up a selector box at the bottom right where I can specify FH,FH/M,SC using B4 to B6. Now preset 4 has FM1 and FM2. But if I hit the Primary button, it still says FM1. In fact I can assign any channel to primary and the the preset will still only show FM1 and FM2. Ultimately, I can add a whole bunch of channel frequencies to preset 4 using the buttons in the top row. But then how can I delete them? It seems preset 4 has those channels forever unless I assign one of them to another preset.

Very nice. Additional topics to consider adding: creating, sending, receiving firezones jtac/afac w nine line trainer (there already is such a simple mission in user files) buddy lasing for an AI

Thank you good fellows. I wasnt waiting for the cleared hot

There are many generous members and talented mission makers here and i was using the bfm trainer by sedlo which has a jtac https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3331603/ but i am doing something fundamentally wrong. I do the nine line and create a target at the coords, set it as acquisition source I see the targets and I ask for laser on then I ask for 'spot' I action the laser hellfires which are default set at channel A (1688) I fire and then hear 'abort you do not have clearance' The missile overflies the target and misses totally. What am i missing?

I recently saw this video https://youtu.be/xtOeenDK1O0?si=3KNxRxFyLhk9bFEC where drones and units are created in mission simply by placing a little circle on the map. Is there a lua file needed for this?

@NeedzWD40Thank you. I am unfamiliar with the difference between FCR and RFHO( radio freq handoff). I thought they are one and the same. Could you elaborate? BTW, this article: https://premium.globalsecurity.org/military/library/budget/fy1997/dot-e/army/97hellfire.html states: 'Longbow flight crews frequently elected to override the system's automatic mode selection logic and fire missiles from a masked position. This powerful technique can significantly increase the helicopter's survivability, but has not been validated with missile firings during developmental or operational testing' That article strictly discusses early kilo model hellfires that were SAL. So I assume it is referring to the preference of the crews to go into LOAL mode, unmask, and lase for the last 10secs of flight. But it seems that philosophy was extended to the LIMAs as well.

@Raptor9 thank you. So is the 2500 meter limitation valid for both targetting modes with the LIMAs? (FCR and TADS w George) Any suggestion for when to usde LOBL inhibit?

From Wags videos, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeovzU78uVg I see that targets on the FCR can be attacked simply by firing LIMA hellfires with the FCR doing all the work. So what is a use case for asking george to select a target and giving him consent to fire a LIMA? (This was the way LIMAs could be used before the FCR-presumably, George was identifying the target with TADS, lasing to get ranging info which is then handed off to the LIMA) With FCR targetting, LOBL is used for targets less than 2500 meters, and LOAL for targets at greater ranges-this means the hellfire has to use its own radar to find something for those further targets. Is this limitation also true for Hellfires launched by George using the TADS? ALSO, what is the benefit of LOBL inhibit? isnt LOBL a more accurate solution since the target is provided to the missile before it leaves the rail?

Thank you. I had the 476 vFG - Air Weapons Range Objects folder in the tech folder. Turns out you have to open that folder and drill down to 476RangeTargets folder and move THAT into tech folder. Now I am remembering all my other noob errors. Who knew that even playing DCS is a perishable skill, let alone fying the aircraft

after a long hiatus I came back to this mission but got an 'add target' error when starting. see attached pic