Mad Dog 7.62

You have to line up the two circles in the HUD and get the "C" to appear, then hold the button down for a bit until the missle comes out. MD

I think its a question best left to ED. If they feel it will boost sales and revenue, then certainly they should do a demo. The more $$$ they make the more motivated and able they are to develop the next module of DCS. We ALL want them to do well with BS, because how well they do with it determines how many more modules we all get. MD

I have the Russian version, but I have my X52 programmed through the SST software and the pinkie button works fine. Most everything I need is on Mode 1....Shkval slew, zoom, and target brackets, uncage, center, trim and trim reset, hat views (in case I am not running my TIR4), inside and outside views and zoom, target lock, track IR center, flare dispenser, weapons selection.....works great. I would be happy to send you my profile if you want it. MD

This has been discussed before. I had the same problem as well. For some strange reason, I had to use photoshop elements to view the files, even though they are regular .jpg files, they would not show up in any other image browser or in windows explorer, but I could view them in photoshop. Now, for some reason, I can see them in explorer. Not sure what the deal is, but the files are there on your machine too I bet. MD

You can specify the side number in the mission editor. Not sure yet if there is way to change the color of the number, but I expect that may come down the pike in a mod at some time in the future. Also, I have read that on at least one of the skins (the Shark skin with side number 22) the number cannot be changed. HTH MD

All you need to do to install the driver with admin rights is to right click on it, and select "run as administrator" from the drop down menu. A lot of things in Vista do not install right unless they are installed that way. You should probably have installed BS the same way too, I know there have been posts from some people who did not and had problems with the install. HTH. MD

Mine works fine, I use the SST programming software with it and BS, and I am running Vista. The SST software does fine with all the modifiers except [right shift], the only command that caused a issue for for me was the one for the landing light, and I just reassigned it to the right Windows key instead. I think either something has gone haywire in the stick or your driver is not installing properly. Did you run the driver setup with admin privileges? MD

Wow, I have never used the collective brake....but now I know why I am always "chasing" the VSI with the collective! Guess it helps to RTFM doesn't it? (Actually I am reading but its a big manual and a lot to absorb.....)!

I had to take the brand new X52 I bought apart and fix it.....bad connection inside. They are not very well made so I think a used one would be a shot in the dark. MD

You can change the Abris brightness with the mouse wheel.....put the cursor on the knob and use the mouse wheel to turn it. As far as flying with the collective controlled by the keyboard I don't know....but it would be well worth your $$$ to get a joystick with a throttle to use as the collective...even a simple one like a Logitech Wingman would be much better than trying to run the collective through the keyboard. MD

Shkval movement is smooth for me....I am getting the sequence of uncage, move, lock, fire, uncage, move again down pretty good.....it does move quicker on 7x than on 23x.....and the "Shkval Center" key is pretty handy sometimes.... It would be handy if there was a way to recenter and end ground stabilization without having to do the reset on the weapons control panel but I haven't found it yet....the only bad thing about hitting the "reset" is it clears the ground moving target and auto turn to target settings also.

I thought that was interesting too...no RWR, no IR jammer, no FLIR.....but ED's focus was on modeling the *actual* aircraft, not all the neato stuff we might like to have. I guess we wait for the Apache for that stuff. :-) There is a option in the payload screen to load chaff....I haven't tried it yet and I am not sure how its "mixed" in the dispensers....hopefully if you load 64 of each and dispense two cartridges at a time you would get one flare and one chaff....but I haven't tried it yet. In any case, I prefer to focus on what we DO have in this sim....and thats a lot of really well modeled systems to learn..... MD

Thanks, I am not sure what caused the problem though...I created the exact same mission again with exactly the same parameters, and when I fly that mission the results go into the logbook....but on the other one they still don't. It has something to do with that particular mission apparently and not the log book itself....so for now I will just delete the mission that is the problem. If I run into it again I will try to isolate the issue further but for now I am just....stumped. MD

Well, this is getting wierder and wierder....I now notice that a mission I made for the USA side is giving credit for flight hours etc to my Russian pilot.....apparently he defected to the west?

Have you got the key commands list? I haven't tried the bombs but it should just be a matter of selecting the pylons they are on and pickling them off....just like firing rockets. MD

Well, that didn't work....neither did deleting my helo and starting over with a new one....maybe this is a bug? MD

I have seen a video where the gunner called "Missle Out" but I don't know if it was a radio call or just over the intercom to the pilot. MD

Yes, checked that first thing....Russian side in the mission, pilot from Russia in the log book. I looked at one of the pre-build missions in the editor and in the "Pilot" box it says Новый позывной .....maybe I will try putting that in mine and see what happens. ?

Hmm...still not working, I have tried putting the pilot name and callsign both in the mission editor.....

I have found that the spiraling flight path of the Vikhr sometimes puts it into the ground short of the target if launched from tree top height as well. I came to the same conclusion...had to climb a bit to give it more angle. It also seems to take two of them to kill some MBT's including the M1 Abrams. Oh well...eventually ED will give us the AH-64..... :-)

I'll give that a try, thanks! MD

According to the flight manual, the INU heater should be on at all times. The EGT temp check is done with the buttons by the EGT guage, there is a high end a low end check button. AFAIK no announcement has been made by ED regarding the "correct" release date of the English version.

Are the results of user created missions supposed to show up in the pilot log book? I created a mission in the mission editor and as far as I can find everything is set right....my log book pilot is Russian, the player side in the mission is Russian....but the flight time, landings etc from the mission do not reflect in the pilot log book. Instant action mission results show up there though. Any idea if this is supposed to be this way or am I doing something wrong in the mission creation? MD

I ordered it on Oct. 30 and received it yesterday. They sent it airmail but they take a long time to ship. I went ahead and bought the download version several weeks ago. MD

Uhm, wild guess....TrackIR4!! I just got mine not too long ago....works great but it does take some getting used to. If you can map the "center" key to a button on your HOTAS I would recommend you do so. And yes, I have all the Shkval functions including uncage, lock, zoom and frame size mapped to the X52 and it makes it much easier to work with it. I need to get more used to the TrackIR and start using the HMS to point the Shkval.....I think that will make it really quick to get on target. Congrats on the TrackIR! MD