Raven (Elysian Angel)

And yet I managed just fine…

Ooooh I’m going to try this in the afternoon! Thanks!

Sounds like a key feature to have on Day One of EA then, rather than “later during early access” (TM).

I’ll send you a pm

I don't 8 years of flying in VR and I never had any use for a keyboard. It would just get in the way... It's what HOTAS and control panels are for. Just bind the few keys you actually need (ESC, SPACE, 1 and 2) and there's zero need for a keyboard. It's just like binding anything else, really...

Shame: I'll pass on this campaign, then. I'm not going to buy a second keyboard, a mounting solution and drill holes in my wall just for this 1 campaign. I know about that option. As as said in my post, it is turned on and works just fine in all other missions/campaigns (including your own Mi-24 campaign).

Hey, Lately I have noticed the download speed from the user files seems to be capped at 28-29Mb/s (megabit per second). This is not due to my connection: I double-checked my network adapter properties (which are correct), and speedtest.net gives me my usual 550Mb/s as advertised by my ISP. I cleared my dns cache a few times and winsock too, but still the speed is hard capped at 30mbps. Is there a way to fix that on my end that I don't know about? Thanks!

https://forum.dcs.world/forum/63-military-and-aviation/

For US-made helicopters it's standard procedure to hold the force trim release (or CD REL in this particular case) until the new position is reached and then let go. For Russian helicopters it is standard procedure to use short-presses to relieve tension while moving the cyclic. It goes beyond procedure in fact as the actual hardware / flight control system assumes that's how pilots fly the aircraft. In the Apache for example you'll get yourself into a lot of trouble if you don't do it that way. There are quite a few cockpit-view helicopter videos on youtube for example where you can clearly see how the pilots trim (I can recommend Mi-8 and Mi-17 videos on the subject). I personally prefer the Russian approach: I find it a lot more intuitive and easy to use - but that's just me.

Some initial feedback after trying to start this campaign: - The manual mentions there will be a mission that requires the use of a keyboard for directing artillery. For VR-users especially those with simpits (such as myself) this is very cumbersome: you have to take off the headset, climb out of the pit, walk over to the pc, sit down and re-centre the view, use the keyboard, walk over to the simpit, sit down and put the headset on again (hoping you don't get a black screen or crash - which does happen), all while (I assume) being in-flight? I flew a Mi-8 campaign years and years ago where you also had to direct artillery using map markers and I don't remember that requiring a keyboard, as I don't have a keyboard in my simpit (I'm no ME wizard so don't ask me how - I just know it works without having to use a keyboard). - Please don't force tooltips on (this is a quit-moment for me as it is highly annoying to have that floating text everywhere); - Please don't force pilot models off. I have the Gameplay option "don't force mission options use mine" selected but somehow this doesn't work here

I use both as well. Sure, being able to see what your hand is doing certainly helps, but after a while you get a sense of where everything is and can manipulate switches, knobs and levers blind just fine.

Glad I can finally disable it.

Well of course, he’s ‘playing’ DCS after all

Indefinite "this" in reverse

By ED as well in their upcoming MiG-29, so hopefully they'll port that over to every other module they have and will have :-)

Why wouldn't they? The damper is optional, after all.

No idea, as it’s not how I use them. What the name suggests: damping your inputs. And if you remove the spring and use the no-centre cam, it holds the position regardless of where in the travel range you put them - this makes flying helicopters a lot more realistic.

Exactly. Reading skills are not exactly well developed for many people here on the forum

Pedals are no meant to change heading in fixed-wing aircraft, only in helicopters and only in certain flight regimes at that.

Because unofficial mods are - as the name suggests - unofficial.

Yes I was wondering, because people seem to overcomplicate things. I just put it in the Saved Games\DCS\Missions\Campaigns\en folder, just like any other non-payware campaign

There was probably a reason for the increasing focus on limiting collateral damage and development of systems such as Small Diameter Bomb.

This actually might have been a driver bug: disabling ReBAR and then enabling it again fixed it. I'll leave this open instead of deleting it in case it helps anyone else. I had this same problem today with the AH-64D Sinai Take-off IA mission (which had always worked just fine but suddenly became unplayable with just 21 fps) until this disabling/re-enabling of ReBAR.

DCS 2.9.17.12034 introduced this: Activating the new Medium cockpit Medium Cargo hold texture option still exceeds a 16GB VRAM buffer in the Afghanistan Runway Start Instant Action mission, which makes this new option pretty much useless. Setting Medium textures in the main DCS menu doesn't, so something is going on here: You can see the stuttering for yourself as the sim constantly has to swap textures between VRAM and system memory. Keeping this special option off and using High texture quality in the main DCS menu (which I can use for any other module) results in even lower framerates and more stuttering. Medium runs fine. It is however annoying to have to dig into the menu options to reduce texture quality for just this one module. And for those who are wondering: this is after a fresh boot without anything unnecessary running in the background.

How? Why? Did I miss something? Does this campaign work differently from any other campaign? I'm confused: what mod are you talking about?