Ronin

Guys, Thanks for the pointers, I finally managed to join a server this evening. I do have another questions are you able to communicate with other players? I can't seem to get the radio to work.

Hi Everyone, Hoping someone can assist an old noob! I've had DCS for about a week, I installed 1.5 and have been flying the F15 in single player mode - wow, things have really moved on since I played my last flight sim, F22 by DiD in 1998, lol. I'd really like to play multiplayer, however I just can't seem to join a server, clearly I'm doing something wrong. Here's what I'm doing; click multiplayer option, look for a server which isn't locked and has a ping below 200. Click join, wait for a couple of minutes, once the multiplayer screen appears I click players pool which takes me into another screen, I see my callsign although it doesn't have a plane assigned to it. I think I'm in spectator mode, although all I can see is a helipad and grass, no planes. I would be really grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.