MikeVNE

I have a slight variation on this theme. I downloaded 2.9 to my brand new PC (Stormforce 4090 + Intel 14k), DCS becoming hard to play in VR on my old 2080 PC. On logging on, however, I got the "unauthorised" message related to my AV8B. Initial tinkering revealed that my McAfee AV did not like the AV8B_FM.dll from the root Mods Folder i.e. DCS/Mods/aircraft/AV8BNA/bin/AV8B_FM.dll McAfee had the file quarantined and would not allow me to exclude it! So I switched off McAfee and DCS loaded normally! All well and good but I prefer to have some AV protection, so I uninstalled McAfee and duly excluded all the relevant folders from Windows Defender thinking I would rely on the Microsoft native AV instead of McAfee. But, guesse what? I got the unauthorised AV8B message on loading, despite the DCS exclusions I had made. I tried excluding all sorts of folders but could not fix it. After doing a clean and a repair I went through the whole process again. But everything went exactly the same as above. So, I reinstalled McAfee and, as before, with it switched off DCS loaded normally and I could fly my beloved AV8B. It just seems to mean that I can't have McAfee (or Windows Defender) switched on when I fly DCS. So for that period of time I am unprotected. Other sims, eg Great Battles, CoD, MSFS etc work fine with McAfee switched on. Any ideas? I

Yes indeed - Devs, please unlock the torpedoes

Many thanks for your hard work Hawkeye. You have done DCS Pacific Theatre a great service - the models are superb

Using Winzip or similar, extract each individual ship from the "Japanese Fleet" file Drill down through the hierarchy of folders of each ship to find the actual ship folder that you will install For example IJN Battleship Nagato/Mods/Tech/IJN Battleship Nagato (this last is the ship file that you will install) Then install each ship file as follows; Windows (C)/Users/(Your named folder)/Saved Games/DCS.openbeta (or DCS)/Mods/Tech/IJN Battleship Nagato You should then find the ship in your DCS installation when you open it

That's great news Hawkeye I and most of the Pacific Theatre community I'm sure would be happy with less than perfect damage models. It would be great to get the ships out there in the game so that testing and evaluation in missions can begin, and only 2 days left until the end of October

Many thanks @Hawkeye60 for your collaboration with the Grim Reapers. Their YouTube videos featuring your ships are excellent. The light cruiser in the IJN selection of ships is a beautiful model. Do you have plans to release it in the near future? Best regards and thanks for your amazing work

C/Users/(Your Named Folder)/Saved Games/DCS.openbeta/Mods/Tech

Excellent range of WWII Naval assets already available from Hawkeye & Co These are very much WIP with varying levels of working armament and damage models - the ships are generally very good quality, but I suggest anyone interested should thoroughly read the threads before using. WWII Axis Naval Assets - Page 5 - Mods and Apps - ED Forums (eagle.ru) WWII Pacific Allied Assets - Page 2 - Mods and Apps - ED Forums (eagle.ru) WWII Atlantic French Fleet - Mods and Apps - ED Forums (eagle.ru) - Unfortunately these models seem to crash the 2.7 game at the moment - Waiting for a fix WWII Allied Atlantic Naval Assets - Mods and Apps - ED Forums (eagle.ru) WWII Allied Carriers Pacific Fleet - Mods and Apps - ED Forums (eagle.ru)

Nice review from HIP Games here DCS Free to play l Apache Update l WWII Navy Assets pack l JAS-39 Gripen Mod l ON THE SPOT NEWS - YouTube

It's a standard problem at the moment since Hawkeye added working torpedoes - the non-torpedo version worked fine - waiting for a fix - see previous posts

Yes the Yamato damage model does not seem to be correct - it sinks far too easily - I'm sure Hawkeye will fix it in due course.

You are putting ALL THE EXTRACTED FILES into the tech folder!!! When you open the download, you have the folder path INCLUDED!!! So, you are DOUBLING UP (2x) the file path. Put ONLY the SHIP FOLDER (WWII Japanese Yamato Class) into YOUR TECH FOLDER

Windows(C) > Users > Your Windows Name (eg "Chompski") > Saved Games > DCS.openbeta> Mods > Tech If you do not have any of the folders then just make them!

Hi Hawkeye You get a mention by Grim Reapers in their recent YouTube vid (around about 8 minutes into the video) Can A WWII Battleship Super Fleet Beat A US Carrier Group? (Vid 13) | DCS WORLD - YouTube They also feature your mods here WWII: US, British, German, Italian & French Navies - General Guide | DCS WORLD - YouTube I think they would love to chat with you about the ship mods

Interesting video from CAP & Co on YouTube WWII: US, British, German, Italian & French Navies - General Guide | DCS WORLD - YouTube

I have been testing all the Naval mods. adding one unit at a time to see which mods are incompatible with 2.7 For me the Z39 without the torpedo fix works ok. All the other DKM German Naval Squadron also work fine and look fantastic. I have some older German Naval Mods from Hawkeye from a few years ago - These are great models and also work in 2.7 but with the following problems; WWII German Cruiser Emden - sails and shoots but explodes amidships about every thirty seconds - eventually starts to burn - it would be nice to have this ship fixed as it is a good model WWII Deutschland pocket Battleship - brilliant model but same problem as Emden WWII Admiral Hipper - a different model to the Hipper in DKM Squadron - but it launches RIM-7 anti-aircraft missiles?? WWII Battleship Scharnhorst - another good model slightly different the DKM version - but also has the same problem as Emden All of the Italian Naval Squadron work fine and look great The Yamato and Musashi work very well. I also have several IJN ships, again from Hawkeye's links from a few years ago. These also work fine and look fantastic Battleship Kongo Battleship Amagi Heavy Cruiser Atago - superb looking ship but no damage model Destroyers - Mutsuki, Fumizuki, Uzuki Aircraft Carriers - Soryu, Hiryu, Ryujo, and of course Zuikaku Sadly with the French Naval Ships installed, DCS will not start- they have to be removed from the Tech folder - pity because they are such great models. I am testing the USN ships and will report these in the WWII Pacific Naval assets thread. After that I will try the Royal Navy assets

It seems there are a number of ship mods still available including USS Brooklyn NAVAL MOD COLLECTION (digitalcombatsimulator.com)

I got an excellent Brooklyn Class, and a Pensacola via Hawkeye a few years ago, before the links were removed by ED. They still work in the latest beta. The models are excellent and they will set ablaze and sink but the guns don't appear to work. There are also some very detailed IJN cruisers destroyers and battleships out there, that work fine in DCS. Let's hope Hawkeye will make them available again soon

I did the repair but to no avail. However, I had a hunch that it may be a conflict with one of the many mods I have installed. By a process of elimination I discovered it was the ship mods USS Peleliu and USS Saipan. Don't ask me why but once I removed these two ship files, the F-16 loaded and flew perfectly both in Vr and monitor.

Thanks Buzz and Juli I will try the repair

Thanks File uploaded dcs.log-20200328-111454.zip

Just updated to latest version of open beta, then purchased the F-16 When opening an F-16 Instant Action Mission it loads to approximately 50% then crashes with "Unfortunately DCS has Crashed" message. Tried many times with no luck. All other aircraft are fine. Non-Steam Version NVidia 2080Ti i7 Pimax VR Warthog HOTAS Great performance on all other modules, including F-18, F-14, etc Anyone else experienced this?

Is it possible to make Map Mods for DCS and if so are there any tutorials on how to do it? If new maps could be made, it would seem to be a simple process to load them into the "Terrain" folder and thence to open in the game. If anyone has any information about what software is used and the basic process, I would love to attempt making a map for DCS Regards Mike

Thanks to the team for these wonderful ships - I've been an IL2 Sturmovik, series of sims, enthusiast for some years, thinking that DCS was all about modern jets - I never realised what I was missing. Really good quality work guys. Thanks very much. regards Mike