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Yes, you can change the level of the boresight... gimme a minute to come up with a screenshot and description. Whoops, no you cant!! You can change the Rocket and GunPod ballistic data settings so they will hit higher or lower, but not your Cannon... My bad.

A hidden secret the developers put into games/movies... secret items, levels or maps, etc... Like eggs at an Easter Egg Hunt for children!!

thats a beauty Mitch, keep up the good work!

i noticed the same thing watching a track of a pair of kiowa's... they swivel their heads around looking!

Using CPU Z, it shows me my cpu is; Stepping A, Revision E0... But i will definately take your advise and slowly take it up, I may quit at 3.8 or go a little further. It is a new chip, and I am going to upgrade it soon again anyway, I just want to play with it a little, as its my first time OC'ing!

It probably saves trying to find switches behind your elbow in the dark!! I know I've mapped mine to my stick for that very reason.

I *think* that installing as administrator and placing the game outside of 'program files' directory is what fixed my problems...when i had placed the sim in 'prog files' dir. i could not even alter the graphics.cfg or the sim would crash on startup. (Does your DCS shortcut have that little 'shield' icon on the lower right hand side?? My shortcut does not because I installed with admin rights.) I cannot run the sim with the GFX-'fullscreen' box checked either...not sure why! I hear talk that the UAC headaches will be handled better in Windows7....

I think the key command for shaky cam is Alt + J; its there, and it works...

Perhaps the reason is that the wind is perpendicular to your aircraft/you are not facing the wind. If your track is set up the same as Shrubbo's, and the wind is moving to your right side (east if you are facing north) and you are pulling a lot of power and dropping it back off...when you pull that power your blades still go through gyroscopic precession; do they not?? Maybe an experienced RL rotary wing pilot could explain better... This is a curiosity, I can hardly wait for an informative answer!

I would like to add: i need an 'all of the above' button!! lol, nice poll btw, rep incoming

nice vid shrubbo, gonna hafta try that myself!! I notice you had all dampeners off; does having them on make it nigh on impossible?

Personally, i installed BS using 'run as administrator', but i do not click on shortcut and 'run as administrator', that works fine for me. (I did not install in C:\program files tho, I installed in C:\1C\EagleDynamics.) @ BTTW-DratsaB; have you right-clicked the shortcut and click 'properties', then select Shortcut--there is an option there to run in windowed or normal...check that first.

I just ordered an OCZ Vendetta 2 today, hopefully it will be here before next weekend... I think 3.8ghz will be a good start to OC my E8500!

Hey good idea popov!! One with a faux cockpit painted on the bottom!!

Thanks blitzhawk, very much appreciated!! Rep incoming

Ok, so in this clip I come down the side of a mountain... Notice the first thing i do when i start to gain to much velocity is lower my throttle levers. You can hear the engine wind down, and see my RPM% needle drop.... Of course this may be completely WRONG....it is the way i do it. Next i pull the throttles back up to 'auto' position and hit the RPM switch to the 'low' position on the collective. It doesn't seem to slow my rpms as much.... but oh well... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek_vLxRGn7I oh, and watch in highquality

gimme a couple minutes Uhoh7, I recorded a clip of what i do in fraps, may help you to understand.... will upload to yt and post back here.

This drop down menu... [ATTACH]22779[/ATTACH]

where is your startup checklist Alpha, please and thankyou?!

Go to the options menu in Blackshark, go to axis commands... do not have your SST loaded at this point. I do not remember exactly how i did it, but i believe i clicked on the Throttle space under X52 column, went to add, moved my rotary, (Joy_RY) and saved it. I have not mapped left or right throttle to a rotary, as i felt that in an emergency one engine would be lost and raising that lever could do no more harm! Exit game, load profile in SST software, start game; test. That's all the help i can be... The free turbine switch is a 2 position switch, its either in low or nominal; nowhere else. The switch is located on the collective, on the top left side. I have this mapped to my Nav mode on my X52; I use the Hat3 on my throttle/collective to click up or down. Before today, (i just learned that setting this switch to 'low' is the proper way to descend with forward airspeed quickly with lower RPM's) I would use my rotary to lower my throttle levers to lessen RPM's. Don't know if thats a good idea or not....

OMG man.....who wrote that crazy script!!! anyway, that .miz is definately the workout for my CPU. With the resolution set to 1280x1024, my FPS didn't do too well, probably because its not the native res of my monitor. 1280x1024 FPS: min=15 max=42 avg=21 I was a little disappointed with this....that minimum was at the Arty fire you mentioned. I tried it at my screen resolution and got a little better results. 1680x1050 FPS: min=17 (again at the arty strike.) max=45 avg=24 anyhow, I cant wait to try this once i have my new CPU cooler installed and my CPU OC'd to about 3.8 and up!!

Yeah, or it could be a 'broken' cloaking device. My dad is into UFO books and stories...he has always talked about them, and given me books to read; so far I've shrugged it off as mostly wishful thinking and phenomenon.... Entering the age of hightech, HD camera's in the hands of every Turkish security guard.....it makes you wonder how much more we will see/discover about what may be watching us, or living right beside us. I think it is profound that over the decades (or centuries, or millenia) of UFO sitings, many of the basic saucer/tube shape sitings are the same.

O.K. I've got some initial findings for you. My Rig Intel C2D E8500, OC'd with stock fan to 3.40ghz. (FSB somewhere around 1450 i believe) 2x2GB Kinston Ram 800mhz Nvidia Nforce 750i FTW edition MoBo Nvidia GTX 260 Core216 Superclocked edition GPU LG 22" monitor @ 1680x1050 Windows Vista Ultimate Keep in mind: 1. I'm also running TrackIR4, 2. I am NOT using the affinity trick, so BS is only using Core #0 of my CPU. 3. I used Fraps to record my Min/max/avg fps, dont know how accurate it is... 4. I'm on my 4th beer and things are starting to look fuzzy! 5. While I disabled my HDR mod, i left 'RuggButts Terrain Mod' installed as i didn't want to mess with it... In my previous tests this mod actually increased FPS by a couple of units. This may not be the most scientific approach to benchmarking, and all complaints may be forwarded to www.idontcare.com! As I could not find the Battle.miz you spoke of, I used one of my own missions. The mission includes; taking of from FARP, flying 12km to an enemy convoy that includes 4 humvees, (2 TOWS, 2 MG) - 2 M113 Antiair, and a Bradley. The convoy also has an OH-58 and 2 chinooks tailing it, and I intercept it in a small town. Once in range of the AAA, lots of lead fly's, and the FPS drops. Here are some results... ______________________________________________________________ HIGH SETTINGS textures: high scenes: high civ traffic: yes water: high visib range: high heat blur: on shadows: full resolution: 1680x1050 aspect: 16:10 monitors: 1camera res.of cockpit displays: 1024 every frame FPS low: 14 high: 32 avg: 20 IMHO: This was like playing FSX, pretty to look at but a rough ride. _________________________________________ MEDIUM SETTINGS textures: med scenes: med civ traffic: yes water: med visib range: med heat blur: off shadows: all planar resolution: 1680x1050 aspect: 16:10 monitors: 1camera res.of cockpit displays: 512 every frame FPS low: 17 high: 60 avg: 43 IMHO: This was buttery smooth, most of the time my FPS was around 45-50. Downside was the blurry cockpit textures. _________________________________________ My Ideal Settings. textures: high scenes: high civ traffic: yes water: med visib range: high heat blur: on shadows: all planar resolution: 1680x1050 aspect: 16:10 monitors: 1camera res.of cockpit displays: 1024 FPS low: 19 high: 60 avg: 38 IMHO: For some reason setting the res. of cockpit displays to 512 every frame has a huge impact on performance. My advise is to keep it on regular 1024.

Argghh, i have the russian version, and i cannot find the Battle.miz... will translate and find it in a minute. I cant wait to push this cpu to 4.0ghz!! I have the HDR mod installed with this game, which takes away approx. 8-10 fps, so I would really like to gain that back!! Edit: cannot find the battle.miz you refer to....Will use my own.

Wow, good footage of that.....thing! I dont think anyone has the foggiest clue as to what that could be...! The site mentioned it as mettalic, but the way the lights on the object fade in and out made it look almost biological, to me anyway. Very good UFO sighting...