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Raisuli

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  1. The ability to edit a .lua file to create custom ranks and forces. US Navy comes to mind (I know, there's a MOD, it's a pita with all the updates), but this is about as international as anything I've ever seen and it would be nice if people could belong to the force structure they associate with, and a .lua could make that possible. Keep track of shipboard launches and landings. Traps and cat shots. TO&L for helos and VSTOL.
  2. Don't forget the armor on the fantail. 16" class B should do the trick. And tell Nineline to STOP flying that P-47 we don't have yet off the carrier we don't have yet. He's just being mean. <edit> Forgot the whole tongue in cheek emoticon set there since none of this was meant as anything but humor :thumbup: :joystick::pilotfly: </edit>
  3. It's only funny after everyone gets to the ground safely. Have to feel sorry for the poor guy shoved into that situation, though.
  4. 2 encoders, one button, and common. Looks reasonable to me.
  5. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/09/frenchman_ejected_fighter_jet_retirement_jolly/
  6. You really have a knack for taking all the fun out of our meaningless speculation. :thumbup::joystick:
  7. If we don't I'm going to crash into the fantail of the Stennis to show my displeasure. If we do I'll crash into the faintail of the SC to show my lack of landing skills. I mean, the jet needs work, so I was just going to land in the hanger deck and save time shuffling it around. That's really what I'm doing.
  8. 1M 40 for me. (Or 55 inches since I live in a country that decided to stick to Roman era measurements back in the 70s because logical measurement systems are discriminatory. Thanks, Jimmy.)
  9. Yup...sorry. Edited the original; my fingers were wondering if Lufthansa was planning to fly me to Munich (and on to Lisbon) in a few weeks. Still want to go on that vacation, darn it!
  10. Sorry...I have a mission that puts me on the CV downwind; hit fly, active pause, clean everything up, then fly the pattern and crash into the back of the boat. I've done that so many times I've forgotten what it's like to start up and fly away with everything pre-set... :)
  11. It doesn't look like the HUD has its own display properties. For the F/A-18 I see (~\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Cockpit\IndicationResources): HMD IFIE MDG RWR UFC Given MDG also has an SVG for HUD symbology I'm thinking that's the right directory. You can probably edit the stroke_font.svg file to change the font, but you're doing it for more than the HUD. The short answer is I think there is more to changing font size than editing a number in a lua file, and you're going to change the size on the MFDs at the same time. If you want to test this edit that SVG and do something radical to a letter (4 comes to mind) then see how wacky the 4 in 48 looks sitting on the ground. <edit> stoke_fold.svg? What the heck was on my finger's mind when I typed that??? </edit>
  12. Only the Corsair can start with a 3 bladed prop and land with a 4 bladed prop. And vice versa. The good old Hamilton Standard Vari-Blade system. Far more advanced than merely adjusting pitch... Great show. Stupid, but still great.
  13. At the risk of sounding snarky, which is not what this is about, the Hornet is missing a few things in the control department. So far I've just updated the default.lua in ..\input\joysticks (every time they update) and re-map the controls as needed, but it might be worth a canonical list of useful additions for the day ED is ready to put on that final coat of wax and call it done. The first things that come to mind are launch bar and fuel dump, not counting the radar altimiter being labeled 'Push to Test'. Thanks to LeCuvier I've got these ironed out. It seems to me there are a few more here and there, though. { down = fuel_commands.DumpSw, cockpit_device_id = devices.FUEL_INTERFACE, value_down = 1.0, name = _('Fuel Dump Switch - ON'), category = {_('Left Console'), _('Fuel Control Panel')}}, { down = fuel_commands.DumpSw, cockpit_device_id = devices.FUEL_INTERFACE, value_down = -1.0, name = _('Fuel Dump Switch - OFF'), category = {_('Left Console'), _('Fuel Control Panel')}}, { down = gear_commands.LaunchBarSw, cockpit_device_id = devices.GEAR_INTERFACE, value_down = 1.0, name = _('Launch Bar Control Switch - EXTEND'), category = {_('Left Vertical Panel')}}, { down = gear_commands.LaunchBarSw, cockpit_device_id = devices.GEAR_INTERFACE, value_down = -1.0, name = _('Launch Bar Control Switch - RETRACT'), category = {_('Left Vertical Panel')}}, <edit> OOPS! What a derp...copied the wrong launch bar commands </edit>
  14. I work in IT. DCS runs on a computer. IT works with computers. Work sucks. I suck at DCS. Therefore, DCS qualifies as work.
  15. You are now officially a display export master, and can help the next person. I'm not sure who originally came up with that (the link I used is over 10 years old and for the A-10), but none of it was my doing.
  16. Be prepared for devastating disappointment. The 'Nuke" switch in the F-18 isn't modeled. Says the former (is there such a thing?) Nuke. :joystick::pilotfly::thumbup:
  17. Everything is hard...until it's easy. As dooom said, take it one step at a time. the communications piece is probably the last one you need to worry about. The gibberish in the multiplayer screen is easily tamed by clicking on the number of players column. Then look at the ping times, then look at the server. Don't bother with player vs player; look for training, or the acrobatics server dooom mentioned. Join, read the briefing, and try to find your way around. Low "ping" is good; that means the server is close to you from a network perspective. A few players are good so you can learn to work with and around other people. Not being afraid to apologize is priceless, because (most) of the people here are pretty gentle with new pilots, and the ones that aren't are either having a bad day or not worth knowing in the first place. This is a game, after all, and everyone started on the ground floor. Don't expect to be a pro your first time, or your second, or your third. Easy steps, when you get one thing down, tackle the next one.
  18. ...and after enough practice I hit a 3 wire on the centerline. At 810 FPS. Still plenty of work to do. Actually got several centerlines tonight, but I still tend to be low. Need better descent control.
  19. That would be SO awesome! Thank you so much! I'm sure everyone appreciates the time people like you and G B and Mover give us. Looking forward to it!
  20. 90% of my time is spent gear down (or about to be down) flying around runways and ships. Heck, once I'm down I taxi to the farthest corner of the field and park with my wheels on the line. Still feel like a derp when I roll out long or short, or high, or low, or look like I'm three beers past my limit on a taxiway...then one time I land on the centerline, roll out like a pro, and park like someone who knows what they're doing. Brief moments of awe surrounded on all sides by inadequacy. Any time I start to feel too good about myself I have an aircraft in my do-everything multi training mission on the CV downwind. Always, always, always short and left. I know, the runway is crabbing sideways at 45.6 feet per second, but I haven't found the trick to adjust for that in the groove. <edit> I have two ships lined up at 1.2 miles port of the carrier, one abeam of the stern and another 3/4 mile aft so I have reference points. Nice to know I hit those points well, still can't cross the threshold without the LSOs diving for cover. </edit>
  21. I manually do that long before I'm in the groove. As far as I know there's no automagic way to clean up the HUD. EW -> HUD off HSI -> TIMEUFC -> remove time from the HUD (makes bank angle easier to see) HSI -> ILS and TCN on, distance to 10 CRS to BRC Make sure TCN and ILS are on and on the right channel Hook down RALT to 370 or so NOW you can worry about IPs and patterns and on-speed and all that stuff
  22. That guy? Total android. Not even human. The whole thing is probably CGI. Real people can't do things like that! :joystick::pilotfly: Seriously, I wish you'd do a couple more. Lots of theory, which is wonderful and extremely helpful (I've got copious notes), but it's like Nuke School. Once you have the theory down you're half done. Another video with the practical side of things would be great. A track file would be better, so we can see what it's supposed to look like, and can work on the muscle memory without ironing in bad habits.
  23. Ah, the elusive 'flying the ball'. Sounds easy. My specialty is taxing to the one wire. I'll get it some day. Sometimes I hook-skip and catch the 3 or 4 wire, but that's the exception. I'm hoping to stay to the right of the left foul line some day as well.
  24. Which is why I am so happy to see yours. Never worked on a carrier, aviation was my first choice until I got talked into splitting atoms. Apparently nearly acing the ASVAB puts a target on your back. I heard about the ban in '85 when we were AW while doing quals up in CIC (and pissing everyone off - I set a precedent). The TAO mentioned it while we discussed flight ops. Lex mentioned something like that in one of his videos as well, so I just assumed the TAO (from 35 years ago) knew what he was talking about. Should have known better...he wasn't real bright in general. We sent a pair of F-14s to check on an Egypt Air flight that was off the paring line. Being F-14 drivers they did so a little energetically, and the airline pilot must have thought they were Iranian. He turned around and went home.
  25. Well, THAT'S good to hear. Nice that some people are still allowed to have fun. They got really wrapped around the shaft when we did. Might have been the nature of our job, but still...no sense of humor at all.
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