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The issue occurs only when using RADAR and even then only when the RADAR is getting lots of returns (so terrain and cloud). It ceases at high altitude or when the nose is pointed up so as to not show ground returns. I've just finished experimenting with different settings to see if I get any results. Here's what I found: I generally have my settings on high and achieve framerates in the region of about 120 fps with drops to about 70 momentarily here and there. With the RADAR selected on, the frames drop as low as 22 FPS. I reduced all settings to low, reduced clutter/grass to the minimum level, reduced trees visibility to near minimum level and reduced the preload radius to 50% of max value. I reduced anisotropic filtering (essentially I set it pretty much as low as I could). The results with RADAR OFF were an improvement to an FPS of about 190. HOWEVER, with RADAR ON the framerate still dropped to around 22 FPS. In summary: For me, settings made absolutely no difference to loss of framerate with RADAR on. I have the following hardware: CPU: i5 6600K 3.5 Ghz 32GB RAM (mid range quality, purchased in January 2020) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 500GB SSD with 260GB free space I do not have framerate issues with any other module. I'd really like to see this get fixed. I can't use the MiG 21 with this issue. EDIT: The MiG-19 RADAR has somewhat of an FPS drop too but nowhere near as bad. Reductions are noticeable at low level but only go as low as about 70FPS with the occasional drop to 60. This is at high settings. Also, RAZBAM have given us the option of changing the RADAR display in the MiG-19 from 'dynamic' to 'static' because they know ground returns cause FPS drops, particularly on low end systems. To my knowledge, this option is not available on the MiG 21, perhaps it should be. With that said, it looks like these CRT type RADAR displays are quite taxing but for whatever reason the MiG 21 seems to be the worst. I don't know anything about developing aircraft modules but if the A-10, Tomcat, F-18 etc can display complex video for targeting pods and weapons without performance issues, surely a more simple looking display such as these CRT RADARs without performance drops is achievable.

Exact same issue, also related to RADAR. I didn’t have this issue several updates ago and funnily enough I’ve doubled my RAM to 32gb and got a way better GPU since then. Unplayable with this issue. Does the MiG 19 have this issue with the RADAR?

Hi All, Upgraded my PC recently, 32GB RAM and a much more powerful GPU. Well and truly able to run DCS on reasonably high settings except for one aircraft...the MiG-21 with the RADAR on. Does anybody know what I can tweak to prevent that happening without ruining the appearance of the rest of the game? When I first bought the MiG I didn't have these issues. Thanks

Engine sound dies after engine start but engine is still running. A number of buttons such as engine start and input for the INS don't have any kind of visible response to being pressed i.e the button doesn't visually depress and you can't hear it being pressed.

Hi All, Have followed the instructions in the manual and tutorial but the INS never aligns. Just flashes forever and I have no indication of its status. Is this a known issue? Thanks

Is the flight model for this aircraft really a reasonable representation of the actual aircraft? Unlike many aircraft in DCS I think it lacks ‘feel’. The pitch and roll rate is insane and remains insane even at high speed. It’s almost arcade like once it’s in the air. Obviously I’ve never flown a mig 19 but yea I expected it to be a bit more of a challenge to fly.

Who else here suffers from the autumn sale syndrome? I came on to buy just the Bf109 which I've been waiting to come on sale for a few months. Within minutes I'd bought the 109, the M2000 and the Mig19...and I don't even know how to properly fly the other modules I already have. I long for more campaigns as that's the best way I learn.

Hanging out for a good 262. Would love to see this sim dominate the WW2 setting all round, I could uninstall all my others then.

I've only recently come back to the warbirds content for this game (got the P51 and Spitfire). It's just awesome how well the aircraft are done. The way this sim manages to give the aircraft the feeling of speed, power and inertia even with the most basic joystick really impresses me. Absolutely love both aircraft. For me, in terms of aircraft handling, this sim sets the standard all others should be aiming for. But non the less I've found myself playing other sims mostly because of the availability of a career mode, rank progression etc that achieves that level of immersion I can't get from this sim. If only I could grab the career/campaign content from other sims and insert them into this one, it'd be the only sim I'd play. I've tried to knuckle down and learn the mission editor but it's just not for me. It would take me hours to create a mission which would probably play out in 30 minutes.

I do this...well, I fly them a little more than once. I managed to resist the urge to buy the M2000c in the last sale. Love going back to modules I haven't flown for a while but I always find I have forgotten large parts of systems and have to redo the training missions. My main reason for not flying most modules is that there just isn't the single player content by way of campaigns or single missions to keep me interested (I struggle with the mission editor). As a result, the A10c continues to get my attention because of the additional mission content available.

I might have missed something here but what changed about locking targets in the last update. When I slew the TDC over the target I get a lot of information I didn't have before. When I attempt to lock the target, nothing seems to happen, the radar continues to scan while it attempts to lock but then gives up. I have to depress the button twice in order to lock. EDIT: Disregard, I found the info on the new functionality. I retried the training missions thinking I was missing something but Im guessing they haven't been updated yet.

Hi All, Any news on moving the F14 to stable version. At the moment I've only got open beta installed to use the F14 and it's dominating my relatively small SSD. Cheers

Thanks, I'll try that. 33 was always my go to curve for pretty much all aircraft in all sims (particularly in WW1 and WW2 aircraft for rudder). Works pretty well in all aircraft I fly in DCS but the Tomcat is just a whole different beast. I've snapped so many wings off and I've seen others win tight turn fights but it's beyond me at the moment.

Hi All, I'm having a really hard time tuning the pitch axis. I've got the curve set at 38 with a deadzone value of 10. I'm using a Logitech extreme 3d pro. The aircraft handles really well to a point but then no matter how fine I am on the controls it's entering high and low speed stalls. I'm having the hardest time dogfighting in this, still haven't been able to beat an AI MiG 29 in a guns only fight, I feel like I can't hold the aircraft in that sweet spot its either way too much elevator or nowhere near enough and the difference between those two in control input on my stick is minute. Thanks

Two unrelated questions if you have a chance to answer please. How do I re-erect the artificial horizon (The primary screen) after it has failed following aerobatics? After completing cold start on the carrier what do I set the wings to prior to taxi? At the moment I've been doing the assisted start but then returning the wings to oversweep prior to taxi then doing their test and reset on the catapult. Bonus question: I'm using a Logitech extreme 3D and I've fiddled heaps with the curves but at high speed a find I elevator control goes from subtle to extreme (airframe overstress) with very little movement and suddenly. I've not had this same issue with other aircraft as such (maybe the P51 with stalling and spinning) but I just can't work out what curves are going to be most effective for smooth flying.

Hi All, I have recently installed the open beta (and of course the Tomcat). Unfortunately, I now experience a complete crash when attempting to quit to desktop. This occurs only in open beta and it makes no difference whether I quit to desktop from the main menu or from within a mission. I am unable to get out of DCS by using alt+tab or by using task manager to end task since clicking anywhere on screen pulls me back into a black screen (the not responding DCS). Any help resolving this issue would be greatly appreciate as the only solution I have so far is to restart my PC. Obviously I'd prefer not to do this every time I use DCS. Thanks

I'll just reiterate what Sn8ke_iis said. I'm installing the open beta right now without using any command prompt. The updater detects the files I already have from stable version and then adds the ones I don't for open beta. I'd really prefer not to have both installed since it doubles the used space on my SSD but at least for now that's what I'll do and probably get rid of open beta later. If you're not confident using the command prompts then don't bother, it might mess up your whole install then you really will have to download 60gb.

Thanks for the replies, yea I wondered if it were an issue with the drive rather than anything to do with the Skyhawk. I ask in here because I often wonder if it's something I'm missing.

Hi All, Update looks great but I'm having trouble downloading it. When I right click and select download from the Drive it takes me to a document page which states the service is unavailable. This is happening regardless of which browser I use. Any ideas?

This old chestnut again. I've tried to complete mission 2 so many times I've given up on this campaign. The F16 SEAD flight gets shot down everytime by the SA-19s. I've shot down all the air threats and I've gone so far as to fly low level to draw fire from the ground threats so the F16s don't get shot down but that doesn't work either. The F16s are firing, I don't think they're hitting anything or if they are they're not hitting enough, quickly enough. I'd really rather not have to go altering mission files to be able to play this campaign. Does anybody know a way of completing this mission, preferably the way it was probably intended, by playing it.

Thanks Merker, it's still heaps of fun I was just curious as to whether I had something set wrong. Cheers for including RNZAF liveries by the way, they're so cool.

Skyhawk dogfight

Yea true, classic when you accidentally spawn in with a pilot who isn't invulnerable and he just explodes haha. Hey on another note, I've seen this on a reddit post but wondering if there's any answers here as the posts I've seen didn't give much info. I'm unable to take damage in the Skyhawk. Getting hit by several missiles and cannon fire and nothing happens at all. I see the damage values were changed in V1.02.

Hey guys, I just downloaded version 1.02. I have an issue where my aircraft keeps exploding on the ground the moment I enter mission. This occurs on both cold start mission and on instant action when I select start from ramp. I didn't have this issue with V1.01. Any ideas?

This looks amazing. Thanks for all your work and for putting in the RNZAF schemes. Just out of curiosity, did your team base the roll rate on any documentation?