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Why is it that watching PLAT cam footage is so addicting for Naval Aviation fans!!! Really enjoyed the latest uploads JAR. In case any of you addicts need a fix, here is 30 minutes of unedited PLAT footage from my private stash. USCTaylor, you can see your VFA-37 CAG bird (#300) get stuck in the wires at ~8:00 mark.

All good stuff JAR, and great to see the two squadrons get together and seamlessly fly using NATOPS procedures. As far as the LSO team, it is always a learning experience, and I was very impressed with the folks you had 'waving'. Keep the videos coming!

JAR really enjoy all of the new PLAT footage from your recent CQ events. Also glad to see you back on the forums! I take this as a sign the Hornet release is imminent :) For your CASE 3 ops, have you added "needles" that simulate a ICLS to the carrier? Are these displayed on your HUD? As you know, I work with Serge on the vLSO for P3D/FSX, link here; https://vlso.blogspot.com/ So always enjoy watching sim PLAT footage! Question on LSO technique, I noticed a lot of "you're high" calls versus "easy with it". Is this correct to give 'informative' calls when in close to at the ramp? I always thought 'imperative' calls were required. Anyways thanks again for all of your contributions to naval aviation in DCS!

Thanks for the heads up! I tried ASW with 1.9 using the reg edit and didn't like it. Experienced the same things you all are talking about (weird distortions and artifacts), so I disabled it. My Oculus is set for auto-update, but I disconnected my DCS PC from the internet before launching yesterday to make sure that it was disabled and didn't get the 1.10 update. Hope they get it sorted soon.

Just tried a night time carrier flight with the latest 1.5 release today. The stars and sky look great now at night with Oculus Rift, might want to give it a try VR!

How do you remove or hide the various pop up screens (upper left and right of cockpit) that come up while flying a mission (e.g. mission brief, mission status, wingman/atc comms)? Most of them just show what you can hear in your headset, so I would like to hide them when flying in VR (pop ups take away from the immersion). I checked the settings, but it doesn't seem to impact what happens. Any help?

Is ASW implemented yet by Oculus runtime, or do you still have to manually enable it (numpad 3)?

@Neil, will have to give that a try, thanks. @Cripple, when using VR I don't use a lot of the Pit button and switches now (besides HOTAS and gear). I have heard some are having success if they align with the virtual world with the Pit (e.g. MFDs). When DCS releases the F/A-18 I plan to incorporate more of the cockpit with VR. I thought I read that real world military pilots have to find/locate all switches blindfolded, so VR is just making us pit builders do this all the time :)

Man, I get the same thing, any solutions you know about? I am hesitant to spray something on the lenses, usually I just wait for the temperatures to even out and fogging goes away. Also, just wanted to say I am a huge VR fan with DCS. Doing ACM and BFM while actually checking your six o'clock it beyond words. I recently added a Gametrix seat with Simshaker, now I feel like I am actually in the jet with VR on(G force bumps and missile/gun feedback felt by Gametrix). I also like the fact with VR on your head, it feels like you have an helmet on like you do while flying a real jet.

Hey Sage, on your setup, does the mouse dot show up in your center field of view (like flyinside) for mouse selection? Can you turn off the dot when you are not using it in the sim and back on when you need it (dynamic)? so it is not there all the time. Thanks

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Thought folks on this thread would enjoy this read can't wait to fly the F-14 in the break https://fightersweep.com/6173/f-14-tomcat-tales-in-the-break-at-nas-key-west/

Has anyone tried SFX with oculus rift? Any thoughts?

When I update the star size in the .fx file, dcs keeps throwing an error on opening because the file won't compile. I changed it from 1500 to 250 and just saved the file. Anything special you need to do when modding an .fx file?

Thanks Hollywood that worked. Another question, does Voice Attack work with DCS's new F-5E? Do you need a specific profile or can it use another profile?

How do you change the Auto_ATC_Select to True in the .vap profile? Do you just change all of the falses to true in the following lines? <CommandAction> <PairingSet>false</PairingSet> <PairingSetElse>false</PairingSetElse> <Ordinal>0</Ordinal> <ConditionMet xsi:nil="true" /> <IndentLevel>0</IndentLevel> <Id>22c1cb2d-14e8-4b8d-8ad4-2cfaa236fd3f</Id> <ActionType>BooleanSet</ActionType> <Duration>0</Duration> <Delay>0</Delay> <KeyCodes /> <Context>Auto_ATC_Select</Context> <Context2 /> <Context3 /> <Context4 /> <X>0</X> <Y>0</Y> <Z>0</Z> <InputMode>1</InputMode> <ConditionPairing>0</ConditionPairing> <ConditionGroup>0</ConditionGroup> <ConditionStartOperator>0</ConditionStartOperator> <ConditionStartValue>0</ConditionStartValue> <ConditionStartValueType>0</ConditionStartValueType> <ConditionStartType>0</ConditionStartType> <DecimalContext1>0</DecimalContext1> <DecimalContext2>0</DecimalContext2> <Disabled>false</Disabled> <RandomSounds /> <IsSuffixAction>false</IsSuffixAction>

Thanks much!

Thanks for the input. We will see if Hollywood has any insight on the rift at night with NVG and mini HUD. Look forward to more pics!

Rico, Can you give some details on what privacy and bloat services you deactivated? Thanks!

Really like the new night shots. Were you guys flying with the Oculus Rift at night using the night vision? How was it? Also, I noticed a HMD (HUD symbols where you look), is that part of night vision and how does that work with the Rift? Do you fly CASE III CV1 approaches for your night traps? Thanks for the info.

Are you guys using the Caucasus Texture DLC by Starway? Nice pics as usual. Love the attention to detail on the CAG and Skipper birds, plus the line jets.

Nice pics! Curious, do you guys fly your carrier ops in DCS 1.5, then have to swtich to DCS 2.0 to fly the bombing and air to air sorties? Any reason you don't fly all MP mission in 1.5? When DCS moves to 2.5 or 3.0, it will allow selection of the theater, so I guess that will help with this right?

Thanks, Bullet. Thought I was missing out on the F/A-18 secret release.

Where did you get the F/A-18 cockpit mod? I've seen the F-15 cockpit with the F/A-18 external, but not the F/A-18 cockpit with F-15 displays. Thanks for the help!

Nice idea Hannibal. I am also waiting for the 1080, going with the Zotac AMP version. What did you select? I will be using voice attack as it seems to be the best option for VR. Another thing to add to this list are suggestions from VR users for mods and system settings that are helpful for VR users (subjective of course). Examples would be Object display size, dynamic labels, shadows, details, HUD symbology size, etc.