Tomcatter87

Since the new Iraq Map (and only this one) constantly crashes my computer (32 GB RAM, 8 GB VRAM) when I fly over urban areas, I'm wondering if compressing the textures of this map using this script might help?

Thanks for ackowledging there is a bug. I do not think it is connected to altitude or speed - I had it happen with a KC-135 MPRS at 28k and an S-3 Recovery Tanker at 16k. It strikes my eye that the Tomcat's probe does not hit the probe, but the AI just stays there and does nothing. Notice it was my AI wingman all the time - I don't know if flight of all-AI aircraft might have more success in refueling. It also happens if the tanker was straight and level, so I don't suppose it is related to angle of bank either. My guess would be that the AI planes somehow aim for a wrong spot of the basket, stay there and never finish tanking because they do not get any fuel. As you can see in my previous post, they will run low on fuel eventually. Regarding Flappie's asking for tracks: I usually refuel after quite a while of flying. With the current state of replays, I'm not sure if replays will be any helpful. Usually a mission that we've actually flown and a replay turn out to be something completely different.

I'll try out that mod - sounds good. And with a mod manager, one should be able to restore the original files if needed.

This bug can be reproduced easily, and it is NOT connected to the racetrack pattern. Just set up my tanker with normal wayponts, without circling task whatsoever, and still my wingman won't stop refueling. I'm pretty sure he does nonullt get fuel because his probe is outside the basket.

Can confirm: In the F-14, my AI wingman joins the KC-135 MPRS, connects, and then stays there without ever finishing or obeying the rejoin command. I suspect he does not get fuel at all, because on recovery, "my" pilot transmitted a fuel state to the carrier that was really low - since it was not mine, it must have been my wingman's.

For me, the Sea King works fine. Is it possible the mission you're trying to load uses the OTHER existing Sea King mod? That could explain why you can't load it.

I highly recommend you put Jester in RWS mode when you're on patrol, he can switch to TWS after detecting targets. The longest range mode would be PD Search - afaik Jester does not use this one, though. So RWS would be the choice with the second-longest range.

Dear community, I experience crashes that I can not explain. Until now, they only occured on the Iraq Map - not with every airframe, but mostly over urban areas, if some new objects come in sight. I removed all of my mods, lowered my settings, I cleaned the Metashaders2 / fxo folders, I even removed and re-installed my GPU drivers using DDU. I ran a repair with the Steam function. On other maps like Sinai or Syria, I can fly above urban areas without any problems, even with higher settings. I attached a crash log file - please, if anyone who knows more about this stuff could take a look at it? dcs.20250121-113333.log dcs.20250121-113333.trk dxdiag.txt hash dcs.20250121-113333.crash dcs.20250121-113333.dmp

I really like to place randomized civilian vehicles into my missions to make them more interesting. Those assets would really help with that - and make our maps much more alive.

Wouldn't a decent page file size help with the RAM needs? Or did I get something wrong here? I set mine to minimum size 32, max 64 GB.

Hey there @western_JPN , I love your Antonov liveries, they really add much immersion to our sim. Have you considered doing an Iraqi skin as well for the An-26? I bet it would look great.

Wow, where are those IQAF skins gone? They'd be great for the map, and in my opinion the Iraqi paintscheme looks great.

Strange thing - for me, DCS runs stable as never before. Only on the Iraq Map, I get many CTDs, it's really frustrating. First I blamed the bug in the Apache, with George slewing, but this is fixed. All other maps are running smooth. Even in empty missions (aside a player's aircraft), without anything going on, without mods. Edit: attached a crash log for a flight where the crash occured just seconds after lifting off. dcs.log-20250121-113333.zip

Took the F-5 for a quick hop yesterday - only a simple small mission, but no stuttering at all. I'll need some further testing, but up to now, I'd say the fps lag with the F-5 is gone.

Thanks for the fixes Can't wait to try out the new F-5E liveries. I hope, the performance issue with the revamped F-5 has been fixed, too? Don't see it in the changelog.

They had to do some quick work to get the JDAM to work with the F-14. There was a target list which included mainly targets assigned for JDAM strikes - to avoid becoming obsolete the F-14D squadrons had to hurry up. Recently heard a podcast about this. That being said, I hope for the JDAM together with the hinted B-upgrade.

Being into mission and base building as well, I have a specific question. Where were F-16s usually parked at Kandahar? I unterstand that Belgian Vipers were in shelters on the northern tip of the airbase. What about F-16s from the US, for example the South Carolina or Iowa ANG, which both were stationed there at some point? Did they use the same spots as the Belgians, or did they have a different place? Of course, I'm not sure if Vipers from different nations were there at the same time. I searched around a lot, but I couldn't find pictures where I could tell the location of their parking spots.

I'm happy to inform you that my S-3 Viking livery packs are working again Make sure you have the latest version of the skin packs installed, then download the fix and follow the instructions. S-3B Viking lua fix for DCS Version 2.9.11.4686

Of course that would be the best option. Knowing how long this might take I still think a livery might be a good workaround for now.

It's kinda sad to have the Stennis without crew now. What about a repaint for the Roosevelt (or whatever ship with crew is the most similar to the Stennis)? We'd then have a CVN-74 with crew, maybe some skilled livery maker can do some magic?

Hey there, I stumbled upon something very annoying. If you start at Kandahar or Camp Bastion, often the Heliport is listed first in the radio menu, even though you are definitely closer to the fixed wing airport. Not only this, but the AI jets often try to land at the heliports, which of course results in crashes.

Wow, okay. I'm used to the Tomcat, tanking for a max trap weight on recovery. Thanks, guys!

I had trouble yesterday landing on a ship, just plunged into the water, at full thrust and with water injection. Loadout was only a Tpod and two mostly empty Tanks, fuel was around 6000. Pretty sure I had heavier landings. Temperature couldn't be a factor at all, I was off the Norwegian coast at minus 20 degrees. We have so many reports about this, hope someone can look at it and provide a fix.

I had a frame drop yesterday - when flying the F-4E Phantom. So I wondered what the problem was - then I remembered I placed some static F-5E (non-FC) on the airfield. This might have been the reason.

Can confirm - the latest update causes my fps to suffer a lot in the remastered F-5 - it's about 11 to 17 now, while other modules do not cause any problems at all.