LupinYonder

Massive FPS spikes Double post

I will try that but i doubt its the problem, thanks anyway. Will report back if this is a solution This did not solve the problem but a helpful fellow DCS player told me he had similar problems when running in windowed mode. Simple question = Can I run dual monitors in full screen mode to improve performance and cure these fps spikes?

Hi there. I recently got a second monitor and am running DSC on both with the ABRIS and Shval camera on the smaller right hand monitor. Now I've been playing around with my ATI CCC settings trying to find a sweet compromise between FPS and GFX. When I'm flying in uncluttered air space with few buildings I run a glorious 55-60fps ( with DCS max affinity and phantom monitor fix ) but I often get massive FPS spikes on some missions, with fps dropping down to 15 or even 5 fps for a few moments or longer, sometimes settling around 25fps. I have been trying to nail down what gfx setting ( AA, AF etc.. ) or game artefact is causing these huge slowdowns, I at first thought it was buildings but no, or possibly other Helis, don’t think so... Here is my system and my ATI CCC settings for your expert eyes ;-) and my ATI CCC settings 8X Anti Aliasing 8X Anisotropic Filtering Standard Catalyist AI Mipmap Detail lvl = Quality Wait for vertical refresh On Adaptive Anti Aliasing off Triple Buffering On and as is shown in my system specs my card is Over clocked but also heavy cooled, under full load it never gets above 55c My in game DCS Black shark Gfx settings are Textures = High Scenes = Medium Civ Traffic = Yes Water = Normal Visb Range = High Heat Blur = On Shadows = Full Resolution = 1920x1080 ( i also have a second monitor running at 1280X1024 ) Res of cockpit displays = 512 Any ideas where i might cure this FPS spike issue? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hi there, just wondering if anyone has come across an eng subbed version of this doc on the KA50 ? http://www.veoh.com/group/RussianWeapons#watch%3Dv1355954K4qREKCY would love to hear more info about this machine strait from the horses mouth as it were :-)

When you go to start your car and cant find the APU

Thought i'd just post this link as its a little relavent http://www.totimm.com/air_combat_environment.html

That would be amazing, mentioned a wish for something like this in my Foward Air command thread in general discussion.

Hi there, I have a specific ATI Catalyst control centre profile for DCS Black shark and have set it to activate via a desktop shortcut. Is there any way I can execute the shortcut together with the DCS shortcut in one click?

I don't really see how you can be effective as a FAC using only your eyes. For one your suck on the ground and have no birds eye view of whats going on, and It all way's shocks me how small things get at distance while flying. I think Jim you can see what im getting at when you mentioned AWACS feeds and terminals, i dont have much of an idea how things work IRL and I am in know way criticising ED for not implimenting such a system.

Would it be possible to give only the FAC access to see enimies on the map screen so that he could then guide players to targets? Has anyone played the Battlefield 2 mod Project reality ? I would love to see something similar to the way the commander works in MP on that brought into DCS.

Hi there, I just wanted to throw some ideas and comments around about the use of the Ka-50 online specifically. I feel that because this game/sim is all about realism there should be a greater emphasis on the support and control of air units so that individual Ka-50's can focus on the task at hand (I.E. flying, killing, surviving) while a FAC could give them situational awareness of the larger battlefield, co-ordinate their movements with other groups (Heli’s, ground units, Fast movers etc..) erm, am I making sense here? Its just for me, it spoils the realism of the excellent flight model and systems of the Ka-50 to have pilots blindly flying around a battlefield looking for targets of opportunity and not working together for common objectives. If such a thing could be implemented, a mod that would allow a player to be the FAC would be perfect. Giving him/her access to map data, allowing him to communicate with different groups and pilots, maybe even sending out Data link information on new targets and objectives. As a side note, wouldn’t it be amazing and very useful if there was an in game voice communication system allowing pilots and my idea of a FAC to communicate using the radio systems already modelled in the cockpit! Now I know I may well sound like "I want THIS I want THAT" and I’m sure I’ll get responses telling me to make it myself but I can’t/wont. As I said, just some ideas that are important to me, please discuss.:huh:

afraid not, i read somewhere that those are "artwork" pictures and have been shopped so they dont represent any updates to the gfx engine :-(

Im deff running it in the correct rez and aspect, maybe its just me or the fact that its wide screen so less height is shown ? now all i need to do is fiddle the second monitor to show shval, shame its not simple.

Hi there, just got a new monitor :-) a loverly Samsung 2494HS 24inch 16:9. Now im finding that my zoom out in cockpit view feels less with the new monitor and that instead of having a larger viewing area, i have less. It could be just me, im not sure... I was wondering if anyone had similar problems or a possible solution + any thoughts and suggestions on using 16:9 with black shark would be kewl..:huh:

I havnt seen this switch, will have to look for it because i often want to decend faster without picking up too much forward speed.

Quick question, forgive me for not reading 42 pages of trim discussion:-/ When holding down the trim butting say during a turn ( to negate the undesired effects of heading trim on rudder ) are the auto pilot systems turned off temporarily and then re-engage when you lift off the trim button?

How much are you thinking of spending. Do you like Glossy or Matt finish on your panel. What size are you thinking of ? Here are a few monitors that i am considering, although im in the market for a 24" you might be tempted to go bigger than 21" when you start looking around ;-) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158381 samsung 2494HS- Good specs, basic stand, nice price, quite new model. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158551 Dell 2209WS e-IPS panel to really good viewing angles and nice bright and crisp colours. http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3508399/Acer-P243W-24-Widescreen-LCD-Monitor/Product.html mate of mine has just got one of these and he's really pleased though i aint seen it myself yet, i think this is what i will be going for.

Wow guys, thanks for all the replys, has made the KA50 community seem not quite so cold :-) I think i may well take some of you PM guys up on some flights sometime this weekend or next week, im UK GMT btw. I think i might well start a new thread though in the MP section about online tactics involving a lead and an overwatch heli as i really think the way people are flying ( myself included ) online missions is unrealistic and much more difficult.

Just to give people an idea of what lvl im at, im competent at flying and navigating using standard sytems like PVI and abris map and arc modes though i dont know the more adavanced abris functions cos i figure when am i gonna use it ?! bascially im tottaly able to fly a standard combat mission though i am weak in heli tactics and finding targets, also my flying may be rough but its functional ;-)

hmm, this thread title does look a little pathetic on second thoughts, like a russian airforce lonely hearts column

As i understand it, we should really be flying the helis in two's, one to watch the others back and scan for missile launches etc.. I love to play online but itevitably turns into a Rambo situation with people not working as a team and i think the main reason for this is lack of voice communiaction. Now maybe im just not flying on the right servers but even servers that do offer vent or TS servers, they are allways empty ( imho ). I think i could learn much faster with others to talk with, talk tactics ( espeically co-ordinating 2 or more helis ), any suggestions ? thoughts? is this just a rant ?;)

Erm Lionpride, i was not trying to piss anyone off its just the impression i got from your first post sounded like you came in half way through the dicussion because you where arguing how easy it would be to model ka-52. Anyway plz explain how I am naive ? :huh:i never said they got all their info from Kamov but what are you implying? that they had some secret agent inteligence devision at ED? ( actually that would be kinda cool ):D

I really don't think they will model the longbow or the Ka-52 for the reasons stated at the beginning of this thread if anyone bothered to read it ( im looking at you LIONPRIDE ). These systems are in use by the military of various countries and obviously it would be a mistake to make the most intimate knowlage of these aircraft available to anyone. That is why IMHO ED will only model aircraft that are not current ( or at least a little out of date ) or not considered sensitive by their respective military and governments.

I think we should really be talking about the lack of an IR camera for the shval or the lack of radar for detecting ground targets both of which im sure would be more useful than RWR ;-) <jokes>