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  1. DCS F-14 Speed & Angels campaign is finally over, and I feel proud and a bit sad that its over. Took me a month and probably replayed every mission 2-3 times (except last), in some cases i had issues with mission triggers on my machine, while some missions i felt like i could do better. Started playing this just after fear the bones and zone 5, so I had been sitting in tomcat for quite some time now, and was even familiar around Nellis AFB. First mission was straight forward, I answered question correctly and did what was expected of me, carrier break, on speed landing, taxi... just to get a reality check with "below average" score and a big list of things i did wrong. Sad part was that I knew and ignored half of those as "its a game" and like Paco is not going to care... So from that moment it was time to cover my ears, listen and do it right. I was learning and giving my best in every mission, completing part one with 3.62 Second part was fun, I wish DCS AI was a bit more cooperative but was working good enough for me to complete the campaign. I knew how to fly F14 but this campaign thought me how to fly it right, and I highly recommend it. Good voice acting and scripting, overall great job. I would love to see a quick mission variant of Case 1 mission not just for Tomcat with life like voices and complex scoring and log on landing, something that i can fly daily as part of my training.
  2. Thanks, now it seems that its working fine. Did slow repair, then removed user settings, let the game recreate the default folders and files, copied logbook back, keybinding and graphic settings back ( copied diff content of files back to new files like its code, did not want to override if there are some new settings), Noticed one difference at first that when i spawn on deck, tomcat like falls to the ground from 10cm alt, I know that is normal in games to give time for colliders to react, but i have not had that before. (the game has just been updating since 2.7, i did run full repair few times thou) After cat lunch i had gear up, flaps up accelerating voiceover, mission worked without a problem Next two missions worked fine also p.s. Paco still taxi the shortest way to cat 1 trough planes, but i guess thats ED's problem
  3. Hi, I have another strange trigger bug, this time on mission 12, restarted it couple of times but without luck When comparing to some You-Tube playthrough, there are some differences: I don't have gear up flaps up accelerating voiceover ... just stay below 500ft... I am flying 7nm out same as in video then joined under Paco 500ft same as in training, just paco is flying way faster this time, parade or cruise formation on right wing, paco stays in right turn endlessly flying like this, tried to fly again 7nm out parallel to brc and rejoin, same result. On one attempt after i was instructed to tax to cat III ground crew did not navigate me to the cat. Also Paco is taxing directly trough other planes on deck. No mods installed, no voice attack or anything similar using open beta multithreading version, flying in VR, windows 11, standalone version same issue on single core version I went back to check few other campaigns, picking random mission in Fear the bones and zone 5, everything seems to work just fine there. In part 1 i had also some triggers issues but nothing blocking me to eventually complete the mission I will try to repair the game, remove and rebuild all settings, and I am also looking for any ideas or speculations what could be the issue or what else to try, Thanks
  4. Sure, I have attached a 3D model, some additional info, When you add a plastic washer, the screw and hole will probably not align ( depend on a printer, the thin plate should be lower for ~0.1mm in my case, you can sand it down that if you want ) so i did not put back the small screw as friction with washer was holding the grip quite nicely form twisting. I am 99% confident that cable is to blame in the bottom part of winwing base where female connector is. I would also suggest to open bottom cover and just press all connectors with a finger and push cables a bit toward inside (so there is more cable under connector). CE3E3V2_WinWingWasher v5.zip
  5. I have the similar issue, tried 4 times, hit bandit right away with missile every time but seems that trigger was not working. No mods and viacom I will also try non MT version (flying in VR but i hope its not that)
  6. Was able to complete it now, no mods or viacom installed. Replayed the mission, landed, exited on Bravo, stopped for a second then trigger was activated saying that I vacated via Bravo, and ATC responded. I cant recall I have heard it before in previous missions but was still able to finish. Thanks for feedback, this is not an issue for me and I understand it something ED need to fix.
  7. Sorry an error in my previous post, I landed on 21R, will try next time to exit B and wait 2-3 sec on taxiway before entering the F and taxing to south pad.
  8. Hi, I also had the same problem (flown the mission 3 times, and eventually decide to come here and seek for help), completed the tasks by the book, landed at 21L on speed, turned to taxi, normal speed, parked at same spot etc... like missions before. I am also on MT version, flying in VR, no mods. So if i understand correctly the trigger failed, and it should be somewhere on a taxiway bravo, then next one on a parking spot or holding line? So taxi again to the runway then bravo then back to spot should trigger it again and popup mission complete message? I have also noticed in previous missions like g-warm, tac turns and in-place turns that i lost points on a first try due not reacting fast enough (got average), and i started the moment voice acting completed, so i think MT version could be messing up with the triggers.
  9. Hi, just finished my third mission (the night Formation and AAR), did all the task with above average, however at the end I did get 80 (i guess out of 100), are there penalties if we use F10 menu and restart a task? I've got the same 80 on previous two missions, however there I had at least one thing that I messed up with average score.
  10. My F16EX was also disconnecting, customer support is useless, and took them one to two days to reply at each of my messages. Even though i send videos and stated right away what i have tried, like replacing usb cable, first reply was can you change the usb cable and try again and is the light on... Disconnect was happening when pulling the stick all the way back, you could noticed also some button press, vibration motor would stop etc. Pinpointed the issue to ps2 port for the grip on the base part, if you disconnect the grip and move the base around its working as designed. I would say the problem is most likely in base part of the cable when its moving. As a quick fix I simply 3d printed a small washer like ring that holds the cable in place and push it down. I would say this fixed 95% of the disconnects, so the next obvious step would be to replace the cable. I would probably make cable myself, even thou winwing offered to "sell" me both upper and lower part...
  11. Hi, I gave zone 5 a try, playing one mission a day and just finished it up. As requested in graduation, here is my feedback: Learned a few new things on the way and overall had fun. DCS AI being DCS AI would occasionally hit the hardeck or do some other stupid thing (my wingman included). This was my second campaign after Fear the bones so to be honest i did not know what to expect, it was supposed to be realistic but i think i carried over some fear the bones vibe so just wanted to make sure my name / score was always on top, and ofc i had to buzz the tower... Giggled a bit when listening showtime on a way back hearing bandits *** my competition, and jester making joke. Next in queue is speed and angels
  12. I have not seen Topgun 2, but now it makes sense why there is an F14 in movie trailer . Maybe I should give that movie a chance too. ... just purchased Zone5 and Speed and Angles to have that F14 feel for a bit longer.
  13. After watching Reflected's DCS Campaign Buyers Guide" youtube video (and me never tried a single DCS campaign in my life) I purchased a few. Couple of days ago (when MP cold war server was full and couldn't join) I decided to give Fear the bones a try more like f14 training. I ended up flying one mission a day and it felt like watching TV series in 80s when I was a kid... and looking forward what is going to happen tomorrow. AI was behaving nicely, never felt like it was behaving unrealistically that usually kept me from flying in single-player. Learned few things about F14 that i didn't know before, and overall it was fun.
  14. Have anyone played with codecs recently, the VD dev said that for racing sims, hard to compress images or any fast moving stuff H.264+ would be better choice than HEVC and with fast enough bitrate can reduce the image compression having it as close to native resolution.
  15. The VDXR is not downloaded from Virtual desktop site but from discord (or its Git MSBuild list, but I would suggest picking it up from Discord as dev working on it picked that specific build for a reason). Edit : i stand corrected, so beta VD has VDXR build in. I was play-testing yesterday having i5 10600k, RTX4700ti, 32gb ram DCS settings are mostly to high with visible range to medium and DLSS balanced gave me stable 60fps with 1.4 in vr settings. Virtual desktop streaming to high, sharpening 75%, bit rate 150, everything else off. Connected with USB cable. There are some artefacts like motion blur behind fast planes, but in example Apache Syria start on ramp mission its smooth with shadows that was previously impossible. There is probably more room for improvement and tweak those settings. I have noticed that having on ultra or godlike currently plane dots are diapering on a horizon. I have cerated a test mission with couple of enemy places at various distances 15nm, 20nm, 25nm etc... with medium or high and bitrate over 80 i should be able to see ~25nm a small dot, rolling 90deg a dot should still be visible (on ultra i think the dot would disappear banking 90deg, and on GodLike i am starting to see the dots at ~10nm or less).
  16. I was not downloading it from discord but from github: https://github.com/mbucchia/VirtualDesktop-OpenXR . You can find some intermediate MSBuild(s) in actions tab and dev comments what is wrong with each. Installed it then with xr runtime picker selected open xr and started the game.
  17. I was using gnirehtet reverse tether with usb cable and remote desktop, but since last update (steam vr or VD or maybe NVidia drivers when you open a steam VR it was just reconnecting. (It is working with wifi). I tried VDXR (build 0.7) and bypassed steam vr and so far it looks like its working as expected. Now i have to find again good settings for VR spotting, previously it was VD high settings, ~120 bit rate, 100% steam vr resolution, no aa or sharpening would give me ~25nm black dot on horizon, on higher settings the dot is visible at ~10nm gone and its a big issue in mp.
  18. Something went wrong with your embedded picture but i was able to open it as a link, yes this looks like the one ive seen in an E manual, but google results were confusing I was browsing different F4 phantoms versions, couldn't find one with AN/ARC-52, but interesting to see that radio was also on left in some variants
  19. So if i am correct ARC52 is the first image (while 159 is second) and AN/ARC 52 should be the one in DCS version of F4 AN / ARC 52 AN / ARC 159
  20. Hi, a noob question, can someone tell me what radio model will our F4E have?
  21. Hello, is it possible to use built in Pico 4 hand tracking in DCS?
  22. I see big improvement in multiplayer with PICO4, but running with --force_OpenXR gives me ~5 fps less than running without command line option (I am simply clicking on an dcs mt icon, its starts steam vr with open xr, ctrl + f1 i can see xr menu)
  23. One question regarding F16ex rumble, If you remove the top add-on, also the shaker doesn't work, however the motor itself seems to be in the stick itself. Is there some workaround to make it work without grip top add-on?
  24. Are there any existing mods for Orion base V1, to prevent this return to middle option like in V2?
  25. Hi, I am wondering what is a process if you want to build pice of hardware based on a military aircraft, in example UFC or gear panel and sell it? I guess some kind of licenses should be obtained?
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