JimMack

Provisional date is early April, hopefully before Easter. A sticky will soon be posted giving release dates in each country.

German version currently in manufacture for release on 7th March in Germany.

Is anyone using this stick? If so please could you give me an opinion, particularly on the force feedback capability and use of trim. Many thanks

Apache is under development, but it may not be the next after A-10C. We are working on a number of aircraft in parallel, but it is too early to declare the sequence of final code at this moment.

PC PILOT is now available at retail with the review of Black Shark. They seem to like it! Quote: "As far as combat flight simulators go, Black Shark probably represents the pinnacle of combat flight simulator development"

Many game review sites (Gamespot, Gamespy etc etc) have an option for readers to post their reviews/opinions - so why not post there as well. All PR helps!

Dear All I notice that some of you are getting a bit upset about some of the reviews in "Pure Gaming" magazines and websites. You should not be, their market is the "Pick up and blast for 30 minutes and then go and have a beer" market. It is to be expected. I also enjoy these types of games! However. All these sites have an option to add your own reviews and comments. As of today there are 10,878 registered members on this forum. Yet hardly anyone has taken the opportunity to add their comments on these sites, either on the Gaming sites, or those, such as IGN who have taken a more positive and thoughtful attitude. So I think if you want to make your feelings known, it might be an idea to make your comments/reviews known on these sites.

Most common issue is different makes of keyboard. Go to options, controls menu. Look up radio communications. go to clear, and then add and press / and the software should recognise command.

PC Pilot magazine will be published with a full review of "DCS:Black Shark" on the 19th February, so go out and buy a copy! However, we have been informed that " It has been given a score of 95%, and awarded a "PC Pilot Classic" Award, with the description that "DCS Black Shark contains incredible detail, gameplay, graphics, and systems modelling; this is the pinnacle of combat flight simulations!”

Once you hear that warning tone, and see flashing light - REDUCE COLLECTIVE.

Though approaching from the port side of the ship is correct procedure (in NATO at least), because of the left hand cut away window on the Ka-50, it may be easier to approach from the starboard side of the ship.

Here is the definitive training resource:- http://flankertraining.com/ironhand/index.html

There are slight variances in the 2 terrain databases used between DCS and TacView. (to match them would be an immense task and not worth the time) So sometimes your tacview shows you flying through the ground. I am sure you are all aware of this, but! If you have tacview on by default, you build up a mass of large files in the TEMP folder, so it might be an idea to delete them when no longer required.

You might like to pm URZE. He is the guru on multiple screens see - http://www.leftside-limited.com/

The printed manual is not with the DVD Retail version. Only the printed Quickstart manual.

It would be very much appreciated if the real rotary pilots on this forum (Blackhawk, Apache, Cobra, Lynx etc) would post their comments on the IGN site. Your endorsement is important. Tell the truth, where we have got it right, and where we are wrong.

You should have 2 launch icons on your desktop. Blue colour is multiplayer, Brown colour is single player. Launch Brown

Yes - this artillery feature was requested by military. To ram the point home of the need to de-conflict. In other words - ensure artillery stop firing when you go into the target to avoid fratracide.

I have noticed that there a lot of new members to the forum in the last month. They may not be aware of Tacview - http://lomac.strasoftware.com/tacview-en.php This is a very useful ACMI tool for after action review of flying a mission. You can see where you made mistakes. Also it is of great use for mission creation/testing.

I know it may not seem so - but we do have a worldwide Marketing/PR plan! Gaming magazines throughout the world will be publishing reviews in the time frame of mid Feb to mid March, to coincide with the release of the DVD boxed version into retail stores. The exact release date of the boxed version will vary between countries for logistical reasons - US English (North America), UK English (Rest of the World), German, French and Spanish. When the exact release dates are confirmed with distributors, we will make an announcement.

If you play multiplayer - FAC capability is there, you just to have to allocate one of the players as the FAC (see http://www.thebattlesim.com)

The advice above is not unrealistic. For instance, in the current Brit Apache one gets a downlink from a Nimrod or UAV on your MFD. Regarding IFF on vehicles - implemented on some USA kit, Brits still trying to decide which system to implement.

There will be a major presentation of Black Shark on the German TV streaming channel. The URL: http://www.game-tv.com/stream You can see this on 12.26.2008 - 16:30 hrs GMT on the live stream.

Gentlemen and Ladies - you are going to have to RTFM to get this lady flying!

Currently in negotiation with 2 companies. Will create a post when finalised.