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Thanks so VERY much for your reply - truly appreciated Your explanation of the seat positioning is perfect, and I kind-of did reasoned that way when fumbling my way through the installation of the rig. I thought my seat was actually positioned so that the 4 motors drive the back, and the front of the cockpit is over the apex of the triangle formed by the 2 motors. I realise now that the front should be over the apex of the BASE. I just had confirmation from Lukasz at MoSy and they have updated the manual to give clear instructions, so wil swing the rig around and secure it 180 degrees opposite where it currently is at. I will also definitely will try your suggestion with the LUA-file for DCS and hope that sorts the problem with no telemetry. I will also reach out to Pawel on Discord, and get this show on the road. Stay tuned - I’ll keep you posted - it’s so very exciting to get this working right. I’ve had the 2-axis motion seat made by MoSy for NextLevel Racing for a number of years, and it has functioned flawlessly, but the 6-axis upgrade seems to be the “holy grail”. I jump in a 6-axis Level D simulator every six months for my day-job, so getting this for my home-sim is a dream come true! Warm regards - Eivind

Hi MadMonty, Hello from Australia. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences with MotionSystems 6-DOF platforms. I have also recently taken delivery of a 6-axis system from MotionSystems, the PS-6TL-350. Had a great customer experience with Lukasz, and cannot recommend their customer service and build quality high enough. What a great company to deal with!!! I got everything connected yesterday, and I’m in the early phase of getting the settings right. I started out with X-plane 11, and have had to severely dial down all the sliders, as it was way too jerky and violent at the default settings. So, I’m slowly working my way through tweaking the settings for maximum realism and immersion. I fired up DCS late last night, and activated the DCS-profile in ForceSeatPM, but got absolutely no response from the motion platform, leading me to believe there is no telemetry being supplied to ForceSeatPM from DCS, or perhaps there’s something else basic I’ve done wrong? I’d be hugely appreciative if you can share your slider-settings in ForceSeatPM, as the -150 and -350 should be reasonably similar in their characteristics. I’ve included a couple of pictures of my rig, so you can see what I have. Essentially, a Trak Racer TR-8 Pro with a customised electric seat from a scrapped Nissan 370Z. For controls, I have the Brunner CLS-E joystick with a Thrustmaster F/A-18 grip, a set of VKB anti-torque pedals (turned out my Thrustmaster TKS pedals was too wide to fit inside the frame of the TR-8 Pro), Thrustmaster Warthog throttle and a collective (for heli flying) from OE-XAM. I’ve also just upgraded my VR-headset from the Pimax 5k to the Varjo Aero, so pretty excited I should end up with an excellent result, once I have it all dialled in correctly. Hope to hear back from you - your videos are great and so nice to see that you have taken the time to make them, and share them with the community. Ohh - and please tell me I’ve oriented the cockpit in the correct direction. I did seem to notice that deceleration forces seemed to pitch the front UP, rather than DOWN, as I’d expect it to to, but the manuals from MotionSystems offered no direction, and I just observed the motion on the platform in a roller coaster game run before I installed the rig. Your cables enter from the front, leading me to believe I might have made a boo-boo, as my cables enter in the back;-) Easy to turn it 180 degrees if needed Best regards - from Melbourne Sun, 16 Oct 2022, 07:05.pdf Sun, 16 Oct 2022, 07:05 3.pdf Sun, 16 Oct 2022, 07:05.pdf

Thanks for all your feedback guys, (and for not shouting a noobie down in flames;-)) My mistake was not turning on the A/C inverter in the overheadpanel. I also had to click and turn on the throttle, as for some reason my OE-XAM collective (that works in all other scenarioes) is non-responsive until the engine is started and on speed. So, I'm on my way and got the first mission in "Worlds Apart" well underway. At least until I got to the first bridge inspection, where I did my thing low level while Wolf-1 decided to fly around in endless circles overhead and decided not to talk to me anymore;-) That however, is for a different thread....;-)

Thanks very much - setting selector dial to interphone is most likely the crucial bit I've missed! Cheers and thanks

Thanks - and how do I find out what frequency is required for each airfield?

Sorry - I'm new to DCS coming from other sim platforms. What is a "proper" radio setting to get fuelling! Again - have tried my best to study the HUEY manual but am none-the-wiser:(

I have searched the forums in vain, so hope someone can point me in the right direction? I have purchased both the Argo and the new Worlds Apart Campaigns and find that upon starting the campaign the fuel tank is empty, and hence the chopper won't start. I have only flown the HUEY in Quick Missions where you hop in and get going with fuel and arms loaded. So - how can I get fuel and weapons quickly, and preferably while remaining in VR? Thanks for your help - Eivind

update - problem is sorted. Turned out that using interchangeable software from NextLevel and Motion Systems is not a good thing. NextLevels tech-support (that is second to none BTW;-)) set me straight, and DCS is all singing and dancing in motion again!

HELP PLEASE! No idea what's going on, but have lost motion in DCS to the NL v3. Im getting the following message in "Action Centre": Log file: C:/Users/Eivind's VR-rig/Saved Games/DCS.openbeta/Logs\dcs.log Errors: 2019-01-23 07:28:32.080 ALERT EDCORE: Can't execute Lua file C:\Users\Eivind's VR-rig\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Scripts\Export.lua - can't open 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Next Level Racing/Platform Manager/DCS/MotionSystems_Export_Wrapper.lua' I have checked out the links - the folder structure and files exist. I then moved them out of their directories - run Action Centre again and the Platform Manager re-generated the files in the same place. Still doesn't work, and I get the same error message when re-running "Action Centre" within Platform Manager. Any help hugely appreciated! Thanks - Eivind

Just checked it on my Motion platform and it works perfectly for me. Using NextLevels latest software 2.70 updated to include support for DCS 2.5Beta. Before I updated the NextLevel software, ALL DCS aircraft and choppers were “broken” in motion output. HotTom - what we are talking about is the output from a simulator to a motion platform, so that pitch, roll and yaw (as well as sway, heave and surge if you have gone the whole hog and got a 6 DoF Motion platform) is sensed. My rig has the seat actuated in pitch and roll only, but the level of immersion in VR when combined with a Buttkicker is incredible!!

Just downloading the Spitfire now and will let you know after I install it. I'm using a NextLevel v3 motion platform. Cheers