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I was just about to come and post this exact thing. Looking left and back with trackiR is very weird.

Also been looking for Mosquito updates. Not seeing them. Still haven't bought despite wanting to. Until the aircraft can be flown by an AI pilot so I can do navigator tasks in single player, I likely won't buy without a 50% off. Not asking for much from an AI pilot either. Altitude hold, that's all, just the ability to hold altitude, preferably capable of a level orbit but straight and level would do nicely.

Ah, it's coop, that explains why I haven't been able to beat it single player. I've taken to way overloading the harrier for FOB operations and just taking a run up down the middle of the FOB to take off. At one point I damaged the nose gear but just flew the mission with it hanging out. My best so far is to destroy the bridge, destroy the AAA, destroy two of the tanks holding at the destroyed bridge, strafe and rocket run infantry and kill one of the amphibious armored vehicles fording the river. I always lose when the armored vehicles cross the river, I need to rearm too much and don't have the loiter time to carry enough weapons to get them all even with massive overloading. Cool mission tho.

Last day of summer sale. Held off juuuussst in case there was some kind of meaningful response here. There wasn't. Maybe next sale.

I'll freely admit I don't know what exact jobs a Mosquito navigator did but I could probably find out. I do know a reasonable amount about multi-crew aircraft operation however. Just my opinion but I would think the following would be reasonable tasks that a pilot could ask a navigator to do (perhaps through a 'George' or 'Jester' style interface in this case): -Tune a particular frequency -Select a particular track -Manipulate the armament panel -Feather an engine (Some of the Mosquitos controls are better suited to input from the crewmember not actually handling the aircraft, but again I don't know what was done real world with this aircraft). -Spot threats or targets When it comes to this module, I could live without all of those things. But what I really need the module to have to push me from sitting on the fence to actually buying it is either a reduction in price or the ability for an AI pilot to orbit in level flight, or continue straight in level flight. If an AI pilot could manage that, then I'd find operating the aircraft single player much more enjoyable than I did when I trialed the aircraft.

Cheers Nineline, I've bought most the modules, and often during early access. With the Mosquito, it's just quite pricey and as I said above, that's not a barrier to getting it but its been nearly 2 years and that inability to have your pilot hold level flight for you while you tune direction finding and radios is a real killer. If you're able to comment, how come it went on 50% sale last year but all the sales this year, it's stayed at that 30% mark?

I like the Mosquito so much I'd probably pay the asking price for it but I've been watching it longer than any other module without buying it and it's development seems to have ceased. I'm not putting money into that.

Have had my eye on this aircraft for maybe 6 months or so. I've trialed it twice. Was sure I'd be buying it this summer sale but frustratingly it still hasn't hit the 50% discount mark (I think it did once last year but I missed it). I know it's only $7 difference but the lack of AI (or development in general) is sufficient for me to hold out. What's going on with this warbird?

Crossing into Syria, took machine gun fire crossing the border. Struck SA-5 target. Pilot killed by ground fire crossing back over the border. CPG made emergency landing.

Same here, just tried the mission. Wingmen spin around on the ground, take out ground units and blow up. I tried taking off by myself and orbited for ages at H52. No F-16s showed up.

Oh nah I wouldn't say I've had a bad experience. The performance is still fine, as I say, I'm getting around 90FPS in the midst of a massive bomber formation, I certainly wouldn't expect to still be achieving 180fps with what I think is 90 aircraft in that mission. I'm more just looking to understand what I'm seeing in my own system. I would've thought my GPU and CPU would be working harder under those conditions but instead it's usage reduces. More just looking to learn really. Hey maybe it is a bug, I think possibly not tho but I wasn't sure where else to ask this question.

Hi All, Just looking for help understanding what I'm seeing please. System specs: i7 9700k, MSI RTX 4070, 32GB RAM (Ripjaws Gskill), DCS installed on it's on 1TB Nvme SSD, air cooled, 850 watt power supply. I'm playing through Reflected's Jagdflieger campaign up against those large bomber formations. At those parts of the mission where the bombers are yet to be triggered, I'm getting normal GPU utilisation of circa 100% with a few dips. CPU usage is quite high too (sometimes also 100% but generally decreasing to 70% then increasing again). I'm fairly certain I'm CPU limited at this point. I get 180FPS on Normandy 2.0 at high level with reductions down to 80fps or so low level over Paris. When the bombers spawn in, GPU and CPU Usage will be cut in half or thereabouts. I've seen GPU usage get as low as 30% while CPU usage is sitting at circa 60%. Framerate is around 90-100 with a few dips while engaging bombers. GPU usage returns to normal once I am away from the bombers. I'm more than happy with how the game is playing on my system but I'm so confused about this utilisation. At first I wondered if things were getting hot and throttling back but a check of temperatures doesn't reveal anything remarkable. I don't have it in the screenshots but GPU temp is around 50 degrees. (EDIT: I do note two of the cores are beyond 100% usage, 'Core 0' averaging very high) I've attached a series of screenshots for reference if anybody can give some input. I'm playing on Beta multi thread

Reporting back for anybody interested. I run mostly high settings but I keep some stuff like grass loading radius down and I only run at 1080p. The increase in performance from the 4070 is incredible. I've gone from getting a stuttering 35 frames low level over Paris to generally being above 100 frames with some reductions to 90. High level over Syria and Normandy I'm getting 180 frames. Marianas is still pretty intense though, that drops to 60 frames low level but it's smooth. Where I'm still confused is my CPU spiking to 100% then dropping to 70% then spiking to 100% again and repeating that cycle. Definitely CPU limited now tho, that'll be next years job.

I’m looking forward to trying it out tomorrow. It’s been over 3 years since a new GPU. Frustratingly, I can never afford to do a whole build at the same time so I get a new GPU but the processor is ageing (in this case I’ve got a 9700k). The next year I’ll replace the CPU and then I maybe get a year of having a decent combination of CPU and GPU before they fall out of sync again. My RAM is getting old too. I’ve got 32Gb worth but it’s in four 8gb sticks. Fingers crossed when I have time tomorrow I can fly low level over Paris without dropping to 35fps as I have been. It’s silly really, nothing else I play pushes my Pc, DCS is always the reason I upgrade.

I think I’ve been quite lucky with my supply. It’s a cooler master bronze 750w. I’ve ended up going with a Corsair RM850x. The guy at the store was pretty adamant the Corsair brand isn’t very good anymore, poor quality build. He tried to sell me on an EVGA 850watt which I understand is a very good supply but it’s the old 8 pin connections. I only ever buy Nvidia and it’s looking like 16 pin is where things are headed. I really don’t like the idea of being stuck with adapters so figured I’d bite the bullet and get an ATX 3.0 supply. To be fair tho any power supply I buy is likely to be a big upgrade on what I had in there. Man it’s been pricey tho.

Thanks for the input. I've left PC upgrades for a while now mostly due to the mad prices. Unfortunately what I'm finding is lots needs doing at once. In the end it's looking like 12 VHPWR is the future and ultimately that'll be what everything will require. My PSU is 10 years old now. I last had it tested in 2020 and it was still going really well but if I'm getting a new card, it's probably a good time to replace that PSU. Thinking I'll go with a corsair ATX 3.0 supply. Me being me, even tho I'm going with a 4070 I'm going to get an 850 watt PSU since it's on sale and the 750 isn't so they work out about the same price. What started as me just upgrading a GPU has now morphed into a new case, a new GPU and a new power supply. It's frustratingly expensive but that's the hobby. The 2060 is really showing it's age and my i7 9700k won't be good for a whole lot longer so I may as well enjoy that processor with a decent GPU while I can.

About to buy an RTX 4070 card. id like to get the MSI X trio but I note it’s a 16 pin connection. MSI supply a 2x 8 pin adapter for older power supplies (which is me). Does anybody know if this compromises the performance at all? im running an RTX 2060 at the moment with a 6+2 pin and a 6 pin connection. My power supply only has three 6+2 connections.

Oh man I wouldve bought it at the $30 mark way back. That's a good website, haven't seen that one before cheers.

I flew in formation with these bombers for a while. They really didn't shoot at me so I decided to drop in for a lovely cup of tea. I was carried for some time.

I don't understand your petulance. I was merely commenting that it was legal, I don't give a damn whether it's in game or not. Just commenting for interests sake.

Legal where I am. A little while back we had an Indian chap paint a massive swastika on his roof, although obviously for him the symbol isn't a nazi one. Strangely, there is a reenactment group here that reenacts the 1st SS panzer division (the one that carries hitlers name). They fly the flags and everything. Several years ago they held a "regimental dinner" where they all dressed up in officers uniforms, arm bands and all and got together for a themed dinner. They even had a portrait of hitler at the head of the table. That one made it to the news as being particularly bizarre.

Yea this bugs me too, seems a silly thing to find annoying but it does restrict vision just that little bit more and it's just not very appealing to the eye either. The padded cover on the dash looks unnatural.

I’ve now trialed both the Anton and the Dora and all I’ve discovered after a bit of air to air in both of them is that I want them both. Personally, I think the Anton is iconic and the Dora just isn’t but at least in game the extra power the Dora has just gives you options. After a short time in the Anton I’ve found one technique that does seem to give me a bit more chance of survival when I don’t have an altitude advantage (such as instant action head on). I use manual propeller during aerobatics, particularly on the way up in a loop. It helps a lot.

Man, you guys weren't kidding about the lack of performance. The limited boost certainly makes things difficult air to air without an altitude advantage. The furball instant action against mustangs is a disaster. I bleed energy immediately and am shot down. I try to gain an altitude advantage but am immediately pursued by two of the AI P-51s and shot down. I try weaving low level until the P-51s tangle with my own flight. That does help me get a couple of snap shots but not enough to turn the tide. Loss of energy, shot down. Very cool module though, it's much better looking than the 109 and the Spit so from that point of view I quite like flying it. Nice and easy to take off and land. Air to ground also nice and easy. Great sounds, just enough systems for it to have a little bit to do even tho it is largely automated. Stable aircraft. Probably wonderful to fly real world. On the fence about buying tho, nothing against the module as such but I've spent A LOT since 2017 on DCS and other than Reflected's campaign, it's yet another module with very little single player content.

Yea I get that. I'm not very knowledgeable on the Focke Wulfs, or any German aircraft for that matter. It is a shame that the WW2 aircraft don't get the attention of the seemingly more popular modern jets but in any case what we have here I think is significantly better than the competitor in terms of fidelity.