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I noticed a while ago that the fuel selector switch works perfectly if you use the mouse to move it, but I have it mapped to a 5 position switch, and when I use that to change settings the dial is out of position. I've included a video with the mouse moved off the switch (yellow cross) and I use the mapped control to change position, then the last run I bring the mouse over and cycle through again. Video here

I don't think there's a time limit given I can fly the length of Lebanon, part of Syria, and into Turkey before I successfully fail to refuel. The probe is out the whole way. :thumbup:

Lavochkin La-7 or even the La-5/La-5FN from осьминог-г?? First day buy. Heck, I'll pre-order. Want to kick start? La-5FN was an all time favorite from a different sim. Absolute beast on the deck as long as there was no failure/poor manufacturing modeling. Yes, I know, I buy all my mods first day, but I'd actually fly this one! Two (or three) 20mm cannon, accelerates like it has an afterburner, good visibility (in non-Soviet versions). The only one I've ever seen is a replica at the Nizhney Novgorod Kremlin museum, and it was still beautiful...

I'd bet money this will positively be brought up when... Just kidding :). They'll release it when it's done, I'll buy it the same day.

That's exactly what I did. About as rusty as you can get, but I did manage a (very bad) landing at Ramat David the other day. Like riding a bicycle; you get it all back pretty quick.

Well. Good news is by the time it's done downloading the Hind, Apache, Mosquito, F4U-1D, Zero, Essex class aircraft carrier, F-4J, and F-22 will have all been released!

Very, very cool stuff. Thanks! <completely off topic, but the horse is already dead, so...> All the threads around here with real people who've done the real job starts to explain where all those thousands of dollars per hour to operate these machines go, and why it takes so many people to maintain an aircraft. You 'know' it, but it makes a lot more sense now. As for 4 HARMs...I just use those realistic red parachutes with weapon power-ups to get more missiles in flight. If it wasn't for the purple parachutes with gas I'd be in trouble... :thumbup: :pilotfly: :joystick: <we now return you to your regularly scheduled equine carcass beating>

I've seen exactly one stutter, and I think that was my fault. Are you using VR? Motorola 6845 CGA chip? This is the graphical equivalent of 'the internet is broken' and makes troubleshooting, and assistance, challenging.

If the radio menu is open the mouse won't work. Have to close that first.

So...pardon the dumb question. If loading up to ferry equipment, do they bother to hook it up? Can you have an AGM-88 on the rails as just dead weight, then tell the jet that weight is there by other means for the FCS to whip out the slide rule and do whatever it does? And a follow up question, does it matter that the dead weight can't be jettisoned in an emergency situation if it's on a rail that can't fire it? This is all nit-pick operations stuff, I'm just curious how it works.

I just learned takeoff was under ground crew and not ATC a few days ago (because it never really mattered until then, I guess). Land, taxi to some free part of the flight deck, rearm/refuel. Radio menu->ground crew->request launch. Take off. Wash, rinse, repeat. The good news is you can do that all day without maintenance getting on you, and by the time they know what you did you've already closed the program.

Um...I'm not sure you understand the International Trade in Arms Regulations. There may be all kinds of security restrictions on the transmission of information to anyone without a security clearance and a need to know, but ITAR only applies to export, and even that's still possible with a license. I have all kinds of ITAR controlled items in and around my house, including, and I know everyone will be scandalized, a...telescopic sight! I can show these to any private citizen I want because none of them are classified, but I better not pack them in my bag if I cross the border! It's also worth noting that the SMEs have to be somewhat careful on these boards because everything they say is exported. It might not be classified, but some IP may fall under ITAR. This is part of the dance ED has to do, and why they tend to be very, very careful. :thumbup: :pilotfly: :joystick:

Is this a test? Do we get a stuffed Air Force pilot if we guess right? Is she outrageously intelligent and worth spending a few hours buying drinks and talking with? I'd love to get some quality chat time with a female military pilot for a project I'm working on... :) Some data might be useful. Start with the monitor setups, extend that into ~/DCS World\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Cockpit\Scripts\Multipurpose_Display_Group\Common\indicator\MDGstrokesDefs.lua (I think that's right, anyway).

I will never abandon my I-16. When you get tired of electric jets the I-16 is a breath of fresh(ish) air with that open cockpit. I'm Navy so I never got the silk scarf, but it's still awesome. Some day I'll get energetic and figure out how to actually land one. From the reports on this forum she's (he, actually. I believe they're referred to by the masculine) quite a beast on the runway in both directions.

Great stuff. Ok, no APKWS for the F-18... ...but what about the F-5E-III? (sorry, couldn't resist) I'm honestly pretty ambivalent about this; there's already so many things to drop off the F/A-18s wings already. Whatever needs doing there's probably a way. If not, there's the A-10. If that can't kill it, on to the MiG-21...

According to BAE this is a screw-on addition. Set the laser code on the guidance section and slide it into the tube. There's no modification to anything but the missile itself. If you have a hydra pod and a laser you can use APKWS. (this was from a different thread):

The inability to map MFDs is looking less and less uncommon.

Are the MFDs completely greyed out? We might be able to fix that... Control Panel > Devices and Printers Right click an MFD > Properties Select the Hardware tab Click Properties Select the Details tab Under Property select Hardware Ids from the dropdown box Note the IT. In my case HID\VID_044F&PID_B531 In Regedit: Go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM Select that Hardware ID Right click OEMName and select Modify Change the name. I used F16 MFD 3 Go to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM Same deal. Select the Hardware ID, change the OEMName to the same name you used above I don't know if a reboot is required at this point, but that's the best way to be sure the HID devices are all re-read and registered Fire up DCS and see if that device is usable in the A-10C II See? So simple, I can understand why ED doesn't think this is a problem.

I'm trying to understand why you're having trouble binding them. It was like binding anything else; double click the control on that controller, press the button. There's magic you can do in the registry to get the LDDI and RDDI working, and they work again. It's beyond crazy ED makes this so hard. The only modules affected are A-10C, A-10C2, and AV8BNA. The A-10A doesn't have this problem. The other interesting thing is how studiously BN and 9L are not saying anything about it.

That REALLY blew everything up. Now the A-10C II will only allow me to use one of the three. This is becoming very annoying (and probably one of those minor things the mods pretend don't exist). <edit> It gets better...now I can't use ANY of my MFDs with the A-10. This is awesome! </edit>

Yup. Left switch became ARM/SAFE and right switch whatever that was. The A-10C was the first module I bought, but for some reason I was drawn to the second module, which had a pointy nose (F-5E), and I still don't remember the nomenclature for the gun/stability augment switch. :) I really got into DCS for the F/A-18, but it was pre-order so I had to wait quite a while for it.

From my perspective this seems like something arranged between Thrustmaster and DCS. I've heard the TMWH was released specifically for the A-10C, which may not be true. If it is then only allowing the module to talk to the Thrustmaster hardware in a specific way seems like the sort of provision you would find in a contract like that.

Worked for me (at least on the MFDs the A-10C II has blessed as appropriate for use).

Still happening as of Sept 30 as well (without so much as an ack, which is why I don't often report bugs.

Nice call. It's a bit concerning, though, because left and right MFDs were both "F16 MFD 1" even though they're different names in DCS. They also have the same hardware ID. I changed the names from F16 MFD 1 to F-16 MFD 3 using regedit, and when I restarted DCS the two F16 MFD 3 devices were there, and in the A-10C II it was now the AMPCD it won't let me use. Which is semi-fine. I will need to re-bind all three MFDs in the F-18, but it recognizes all three and I can assign buttons (I think; nothing is greyed out). The question is why A-10C II is blocking one of the three MFDs? It's not that they have the same hardware ID (two of the three do, the F-18 is fine with it, and the A-10C II is using the two with the same ID now). There's something else odd about this new module's controller code.