Mumby

Hi all, I've really been enjoying this campain. Due to work committments it has been about 2 months between mission 9 and mission 10 for me. I was sure that I was doing my start-up exactly the same as I usually did, but today Jester would not align the INS. I figured out that I have to go into the Crew Contact menu and ask him to start alignment. What I remember from before is that I have to completely ignore jester and not respond to him, he will do everything automatically. I don't remember having to manually ask him to do the alignment before. Is this a recent change or is my memory that bad? Thanks Mumby

Known bug I think

Related to the original question: I found it really useful to learn that when the INS alignment is complete Jester will turn on the RWR. So I don’t turn that on as part of my front cockpit checklist anymore, when I see the RWR panel light up I know I can taxi. Hopefully jester continues to do that!

Thak you very much Rudel, this is the kind of info I need. Now I know it isn't normal, I will start the reinstall going and go to bed. Perhaps by Sunday afternoon I will get to fly again Thanks for the help P

Many thanks for the reply. I don't use any additional anti-virus, and I'm on Windows 10. I did find a thread where someone said that his AV had deleted a DCS.exe, not sure if that is part of my problem.

Hi everyone, TL;DR I updated tonight from .55300 to .55918 and can no longer see any of my maps or aircraft modules, all i have is the TF51, SU25 and Caucasus. I hope someone can help me with my install. I have always used openbeta, and switched to multithread trial as soon as it came out. After the update tonight, my DCS install seems to have been 'reest' in some way, I can longer access my terrains or other modules in game. I've bought a fair amount of stuff: Nevada, Persian Gulf, Syria, F/A18, Harrier, F15E, FC3, , Tiger, mig 21, Supercarrier, Phantom (which I was hoping to fly after a long week at work but oh well). I can't see any of these in my game after I updated tonight. The thing is I can still see them all installed in my C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods folder taking up hundreds of GB on my hard drive, but for some reason DCS can't see them. The whole structure of my install I find very confusing. This is a summary of what I've got, does it seem right? 1) C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin This folder has DCS_updater.exe in it but no DCS.exe I swear there was a DCS.exe in there a few hours ago but now it is gone! I noticed that the date modified on this .exe was a few days older than the ones below. 2) C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\bin This folder has a DCS.exe in it. There are no folders in this folder, just dll files and a few other exe files inluding modelviewer. 3) C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\bin-mt This folder *also* has a DCS.exe in it. There are no folders in this folder, just dll files and a few other exe files inluding modelviewer. Looks similar to the above folder. So I have these kind of 'nested' bin folders, is that normal? Both of these DCS.exe seem to point to the same DCS because when I launch either of them and change the theme/wallpaper on the DCS home screen (for example) it changes the theme in the other exe as well. They both say they are version 2.9.5.55918. Before the update from this week everything worked fine. C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods Has all my mods in it, downloaded aircraft and terrain etc. C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\Mods ...is Empty I ran .\DCS_updater.exe repair in C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin but it didn't help. \DCS_updater.exe repair does not work in C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\bin or C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\bin-mt I'm hoping I can solve this without having to download everything again or reinstall the whole thing, my internet isn't too fast. My saved games was backed up at least Thanks in advance for any help.

Glad it’s not just me

I would be more than happy with just a GR7/9 model with the extra hard point and tusks under the nose etc, even if the cockpit and systems were exactly the same. Probably would need some British weapons as well though: mark 80 series bombs on an RAF harrier just looks wrong. I can always dream and use RAF skins in the mean time

I thought it was cut off (use the cutoff switch) not idle.

I think if you are lasing for your wingman to guide his or her weapons the procedure is basically the same as if you were guiding your own weapons. The MARK laser is for pointing at stuff for people with NVGs, not for weapons guidance.

Hi,in the DCS controller settings make sure the twist axis on the stick is not set up as a slider (make sure the box is unticked). I don’t use the x56 software or windows calibration and rudder works fine for me in game. Let me know about the slider thing.

Try the real laser, not the mark laser

Working for me as normal.

I feel like I am going to get out of my depth pretty quickly here, but KG * (distance / time*2) has dimensions of momentum, not force. I'm assuming that by kn, or KN, or N you are talking about the magnitude of the thrust? And that by KG you mean the mass of the aircraft? If so, I think you might try measuring the acceleration of the jet and convert that to a force. Then make some assumptions about how the force varies with velocity, and how air resistance is going to increase with velocity. Cheers P

I want to add another +1 for the homemade track IR option. I use OpenTrack and a PlayStation web cam, it cost just a few pounds/dollars and works brilliantly. Before that I used the mouse using my throttle hand which was ok for a short while.

Hi, First of all can you say which mission you are actually flying? In the 'Canister Munition' Training mission there are no retarded bombs loaded, so it can't be that one. Is it the final 'Weapons Qualification' mission on the Nevada map? If not I can't find the mission you are talking about. What version are you running? I tried both the missions above and the Rockeyes drop ok, I am on 2.5.6.54046 Maybe take a screenshot as you dive on the target and we can take a look at the setup? Are you trying to drop in AUTO or CCIP mode? Thanks

No problem here. Could you provide a screenshot to show the problem? And maybe one of the graphics settings? Mumby

It’s on the rearm/refuel screen where you choose your bombs. Right hand side about half way up.

The only thing that really works for me is to make sure I drop the gear and flaps while still in the turn as soon as I see 250kts. By the time I roll out wings level the ballooning effect has passed and I can concentrate on getting on speed. M

Hi, That video is 6 months old, possibly something changed in the meantime? Do you get bricks as you close the range?

In addition to what people have said about the grades being shown in the debrief window, while in the cockpit you can press the ' key to get the score window, or go to your Control Options (Escape-> Adjust Controls) and find the Action "Score window" under the general category and see what key you have mapped to it by default. Now you can keep track as you fly. Also very useful in multiplayer. Cheers, P

My only comment is: very well done! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Command Launch Computer

To raise your PoV (which is very very low in the screenshot) try RCtrl-RShift-Num8. I think Num5 resets to the centre.

Totall agree with this. F5 + Cold War server = my favourite way of spending time in DCS, thanks Alpenwolf!