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Too many unknown factors to determine exactly what the max IAS was at that point depending on temp , fuel, weapons etc. Maybe now that the temp gauge is working you have to use it :P

VTA usually flys on weekends but several people had to work etc. I didn't get a chance to do much flying at all... VTA does formation flying on weekends and combat missions on Wed.

Yeah pretty sure that the EU passed a law that says software is transferable regardless of what the software company says :) Now if only the US would pass the same kind of law. Applause to ED for allowing transfer

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1488942&postcount=26 You can change the eyepoint and make TIR work better using his tips. Also don't forget to remove the Z axis under axis for track IR zoom in axis commands.

Maybe the long load times / stuttering is something to do with compiling shaders or something? Seems like this happened on another beta version. Then FPS returns to normal after a few runs of the game or had to delete temptextures or something? my memory is fuzzy on this... Is there a way to repair start menu shortcuts? BS1 removal deleted mine too.....annoying

My bad. I fired up the ME and checked. Yup fog was added to the two previously mentioned missions. I just didn't expect it as usually they don't tinker with the old BS quick start missions but aparently they did..

Aparently I'm not the only one....This guys screenshot shows it too in the first post. The water is covered in a white blanket of haze..... http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1565174#post1565174

Guess he was dead nuts on after all lol....

Of course i dont have screenshots from yesterday but you can see the problem.....not going to reinstall yet again

Did a clean install of all modules All settings on high/ sliders max and there is an atmospheric haze everywhere. Instant action mission KA-50 "Take off from Beslan" - Last night I was trying this mission and was admiring the mountains off in the distance....now everything is shrouded in fog you can barely see the edge of the airport. Instant action mission KA-50 "Free flight over suhkumi"- There's so much haze over the water you can't see the aircraft carrier anymore, even once you are out over the ocean you still can't see it. I've tried every possible combination of settings within the game. Tried resetting the Nvidia profile to defaults and tried diff stuff in there too to no avail. Not a big fan of the fog/haze everywhere.

A big problem I see with a FSX wargame is that there is no damage models on any aircraft. Yes some have system failures implemented but can pieces break off and will the flight model reflect this? All warplane need to be retooled. No FSX@ war mod can make that happen. They just put an animation of smoke and fire on the plane and it looks like garbage. Who will decide how weapons operate and how powerful or accurate they can be? Any type of competitive play would be out also. Don't get me wrong I like FSX for what it is but since MS killed CFS so long ago it just doesn't seem like a viable endeavor. Combat pilot might succeed but I have yet to see a screenshot or video of actual combat or damage modeling. It seems all about pilot training and pay 2 play. I doubt ED has anything to worry about for several years....if ever.

We will be lucky to see FC3 before the end of November now if they decided to retool and add features during beta. Most software companies feature freeze during beta and just focus on quashing bugs...so beta is really alpha....

I had wondered how RAZBAM were going to proceed with DCS development with so many irons in the fire on other platforms. It is good to know you have a dedicated team for DCS thanks for giving us a glimpse inside.

Isn't there going to be an 8900 like an 8970 or 8990 or is this just a refresh of their midrange parts?

Well I finally recieved my EVGA 680 GTX SC and have done some tests. Maxed out is just about 2GB @5880x1080. I'm using MSI afterburner which shows total video mem in use and have it pinned to my logitech keyboard LCD. That leaves nearly nothing left. Performance is still great though getting steady 60 FPS and sometimes drops to 45 with lots of explosions etc. I'm thinking I should have gotten a 4GB card to run max settings. On a side note the biggest way to lower VRAM usage seems to be to lower the preload radius slider. If I drop it from 150000 to 100000 the VRAM usage drops from nearly 2GB to 1800MB with no noticeable difference in graphics. I just like to play with max settings. The performance is roughly equal to my 480GTX SLI setup except I have another 500MB of video mem to play with and it uses about half the wattage of the SLI setup. The 480's made it unbearable to play during the summer without running the AC nonstop. This new 680 hardly breaks a sweat, nor does it heat up the room anymore. Was it worth it? to me it was...I got the card for cheap on ebay so when the new 4GB 780's hit next year I can resell this and not take a big loss.

If I remember right there wee issues with the Nvidia profiler and FC2. Here is a rundown: Original lockon: lockon.exe uses built in Nvidia profile (does not work for FC2) FC2: simulator.exe - You must manually make a profile, can't remember if there is a conflict with any other program called simulator.exe

Looks like someone did a terrible job of exporting their MFD's , maybe they should hire PeterP to get them squared away...

When I stayed with my GF for a time at her old house she had no internet. Too far off the road for cable or DSL and they refuse to pull a wire. I just connected a USB cable to my phone and use it for wireless internet...about as fast as a 56k modem but good enough to check email and for me to switch steam into offline mode. There's always satellite too. No phone required these days. Does anyone know will we have to purchase the upgrade through the lockon.co.uk website or will it be available off the DCS website? I think those are seperate accounts and forsee trouble with DCS world. I'm sure they have thought of that already but can't seem to find any infor on it..

No need to dig up this old argument again. In the end it only ends up screwing pitbuilders and people with exotic setups. I use multimonitors and MFDs etc and remember the problems of servers blocking then nothing works in multiplayer... but this was BS1 things are a bit different now. If someone wants to cheat they are going to cheat no matter what you do. This has been proven time and time again in just about every computer game made. But this is all digressing off topic. I still think game mode is good so kids can get their feet wet or for people that don't want to sink huge amounts of time into simming but still like to fly. I wonder in the context of 3rd party aircraft. Are they even going to have game mode controls? Is it optional for the developer or mandatory for compatibility?

But can it play Crysis? I'm sure Microsoft pushed this to Boeing so it can run their Metro UI..... Call me old fashioned but isn't it stupid to put all your eggs in one basket? I mean where's the redundancy and backup gauges should that one screen fail.

Keep up the hard work. You guys will get it done, you are very close now. ED has done some work on the X-52 display, you can see the trail of evidence in their files but I have never seen it work nor is there any documentation for it. I believe it is due to the buggy DirectOutput and them not wanting another support headache. Maybe if you send a private message to some ED devs they can offer some advice or will take an interest in this thread and provide some help to facilitate this. I have always wished to use the FIP in the DCS series, It is a shame that Saitek has ignored it. If you get this working I will finally buy one as I don't fly enough FSX or X-Plane to justify the cost. I'm sure many will be watching this thread with interest even if they don't post.

3.3 Is a voltage rail off your PSU +3.3 V Chipsets, some DIMMs, PCI/AGP/PCIe cards, miscellaneous chips Maybe try a different power connector off your PSU for your graphics card?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQnoH4_OkbU&feature=player_detailpage#t=406s And here we have some tool asking a stupid question: http://www.ask.com/answers/209859801/can-you-really-test-a-bullet-by-hitting-the-tip-of-it-instead-of-hitting-the-bottom-where-it-makes-the-bullet-fire

Boss to programmers: " Everybody stop what you are doing this instant, there's a multiplayer bug" Not realistic at all. Should the graphics guy go help him? How about the other guy who is working on flight models? No, because that's not their job and probably very little idea of what the network coding guys are doing.... The whole team doesn't stop because there is 1 bug we would never anything new because nothing would ever get done. I'm sure there are literally dozens of bugs some of which we have no clue about. ED has put out hotfixes in the past but sometimes not everything can be hotfixed because it requires major rework. Honestly multiplayer is probably lower on their list priority because according to research they have done in the past MOST people that buy their games don't even go on multiplayer. Just be patient they will get it sorted. If you guys keep beating a dead dog this place will end up like bananna forums.....

Alt tab in DCSW seems to cause random crashes sometimes. Don't have this problem with A-10C 1.1.1.1 Someone blamed Nvidia video driver but it seems ATI can crash with alt tab too. Hopefully They will get it sorted with the next release of DCSW.