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...someone thinks I'm going to get work done when there's a new module queued up on the sim? Seriously? ...AND they fixed the AIM-9 on the Murder Hornet. Watched a track of an AIM-9X shot and the missile went straight into the ground. The MiG-29 that was killed the first time flew off and was lining up for a shot of its own when the track ended. I should have flown back to the CV, just to see if I got shot down in the alternate universe of the track file.

This.

P/INS means you're in NAV rather than IFA on the INS HEAT is engine icing Oops...Tholozor already got this... Anyone know what the FPAS advisory is?

Patch notes are up: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/

It's just a difference in implementation. Speaking strictly for myself I use on-on switches (a single switch with two on positions) to map those functions, which requires two bindings. One for "Fuel dump on" and another for "Fuel dump off" as an example. To use fuel dump with only the existing binding and my switch it would be like using a wall switch to turn on the lights when you enter a room, then you have turn the switch off and back on again to turn the lights off when you leave. APU was mentioned, and just to shoot myself in the foot I use a momentary switch for that one. You push it up and and APU starts, but then it automatically returns to a neutral position. That way when the APU auto-stops I don't have a switch out of position. Because the mapping is on/off if I move the APU switch to the on position again it will turn off manually. Since I don't use any kind of joystick software there's no way to programmatically perform the same task with my latched on-on switches, so I have to manually create the extra bindings and rebind the controls on every update. On the grand scheme of horrible problems in the world it's not that highly rated, but asking DCS to add six lines of code to the default, which adds the functionality I need without changing the existing option seems semi-reasonable. I could easily be wrong about that, however. Heck, make it 8 lines of code and we can make the APU on, off, or on/off as well.

I run into this as well, but only the exported displays are dim. If I look into the cockpit they're readable, but everything seems to export dim. It's especially noticeable on the Viper, where I need 7 or 8 hits on the brightness rocker. No idea if, or how, that might be related to VR.

This. Cubed. Realism can be over-rated; the perception of realism is enough.

I did not, but I did wonder about it. very cool little tidbit! If you're looking back around the head rest do you need to recenter before you pull the stick or risk tendon/muscle damage? Is this one of those things you just learn to do and don't really think about it during the doing? The last head I picked up (it was still inside a motorcycle helmet, but not attached to the torso) weighed, maybe, 10, 15 pounds? Call it 80 or 90 pounds at 8G? I'm impressed you can move it at 7g! You guys must have neck muscles of steel.

Apart from the DSW going on this has been interesting in some ways. I grew up as a sim pilot (with 20/400 vision they don't say no, they fall on the floor laughing) and I've always wondered how much seat of the pants feeling makes a difference. As I suspected, a lot. I had no idea it wasn't a panacea. It would be nicer if these little tidbits could be learned without the rest of it. But, as I explained to GB, sim pilots are far superior. Just today at 15 miles from a head-on merge with a bad guy I got one last drink of tea before putting my mug back in the cup holder. It never spills a drop, even at 7G. :thumbup: :pilotfly: :joystick:

I have all the modules, only missing a couple campaigns (I'll pick up Raven 1 when I pay for the A-10). That's a lot of money, and it's peanuts compared to what I paid for the SimPit in terms of time, energy, and parts. Especially parts. Given it has a dedicated machine and monitor... ...and then, of course, I'm going to build a Mk 2 simpit once I decide how I want it done. Buying modules is the least of the expense. As someone eloquently pointed out, it's the most expensive free game you've ever played. Also the most fun.

...except the TGP was active, not the MAV... <edit> Oh..Mav on a DDI, period, not Mav on a DDI and SOI. Gots! Okay! I can work with all this! Thanks! </edit>

IR Mav and TGP Redux This might well be operator error (I knew calling the operator was a mistake), but... IR Mav and TGP. If I have the MAV up on the stores page and the TGP as SOI, then change FOV using the HOTAS, the MAV FOV changes, not the TGP. Also, I can't select a target with the TGP and get the MAV to lock onto it. Out of frustration I just turned the TGP off and was able to slew the MAV onto the target (still insanely dark, but much better than before) and lock on. Using the TGP with IR Mavs is an exercise in frustration. I've never had good luck with IR Mavs and the TGP; the last time I seem to recall it was at least partly work in progress/bugs, and if that's still the case then no harm, no foul. Just wondering if the pilot needs more training or if we move on to the next chapter in the syllabus. Thanks!

The LSOs already don't like me. I don't think things like this are going to alter their opinion...

CV Ops

I'm curious why everyone thinks a tactical nuke would end the mission? It might make parts of the map more difficult to use...or not; how much do you like your troops? With a 20KT blast the 1psi radius is maybe 3 or 4 kilometers, and the 20 PSI range is around half a kilometer. On a 200KM map that's not a huge footprint. That's not to suggest DCS should model them; doing so is a fluid dynamics nightmare. And apart from single player fireworks who wants one anyway? They're extremely interesting from a physics and that fluid dynamics perspective, but not much else.

Actually there are three I have to edit and re-bind at every update. I volunteer to provide the default.lua if ED could please, please, please add it to the branch: D:\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Input\FA-18C\joystick\default.lua Line 458: { down = gear_commands.LaunchBarSw, up = gear_commands.LaunchBarSw, cockpit_device_id = devices.GEAR_INTERFACE, value_down = 1.0, value_up = 0.0, name = _('Launch Bar Control Switch - EXTEND/RETRACT'), category = {_('Left Vertical 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')}}, Line 462 { down = cptlights_commands.HookBypass, up = cptlights_commands.HookBypass, cockpit_device_id = devices.CPT_LIGTHS, value_down = 1.0, value_up = 0.0, name = _('HOOK BYPASS Switch - FIELD/CARRIER'), category = {_('Left Vertical Panel')}}, { down = cptlights_commands.HookBypass, cockpit_device_id = devices.CPT_LIGTHS, value_down = 1.0, name = _('HOOK BYPASS Switch - FIELD'), category = {_('Left Vertical Panel')}}, { down = cptlights_commands.HookBypass, cockpit_device_id = devices.CPT_LIGTHS, value_down = -1.0, name = _('HOOK BYPASS Switch - CARRIER'), category = {_('Left Vertical Panel')}}, Line 579: { down = fuel_commands.DumpSw, up = fuel_commands.DumpSw, cockpit_device_id = devices.FUEL_INTERFACE, value_down = 1.0, value_up = 0.0, name = _('Fuel Dump Switch - ON/OFF'), category = {_('Left Console'), _('Fuel Control Panel')}}, { 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')}},

Also successfully getting off the cat once it's set up. Checked bindings? Manually used the KB command? Said nasty things about the shooter's dog?

Some of the Russian used in cockpits is pretty awesome. 'Small Gas' for 'idle' on throttles is a classic, but even though I can read Cyrillic I don't read it fast enough to find something in a hurry. Given a choice I'll take English; that's where I do what little thinking I do.

There wasn't a point, other than two exceptional pilots, whose reputations managed to get noticed outside aviation, going head to head. Well...Hoser was a little bigger than life, and Snodgrass spanked him at his own game... That's not meant to imply Satrapa wasn't very good, just that he wasn't the only very good driver in the hanger. As for Mouse...I keep that book at my desk. It's not the only signed first edition I own, but he was pretty amazing. Always had a good answer for all my questions and never looked down on someone who was never a part of that community.

I've never used Discord (and not hugely interested in learning), but flying an I-16 in this match might make it worth while... We have to land, do we have to re-use the aircraft? Operating the I-16 landing gear is not one of my stronger skills.

Or else I'll say his father was a hamster and his mother smelt of elderberries. In Russian. After I figure out what an 'elderberry' is in Russian. I'll ask my wife. Then I will taunt him a second time-a. Ongoing development or not, has anyone else noticed what an unexpectedly fun little beast this thing is to fly?

I hate drifting off-topic^h^h^h^h^hpissing contest like this, but didn't Snodgrass beat Satrapa in a guns-only duel 2 out of three for one or the other of Satrapa's retirements? I seem to remember Mouse talking about that when I met him years ago (and he signed my book).

And here I'm thinking I should wait a month because $10 for all the work they've done doesn't seem fair. I'll go ahead and get it and let them worry about the business side of things, mostly because I don't want to wait a month to play with it, but still. ...pre-release the controls settings so I can get the pit configured, though. Least they could do.

Oh, sure! All that PIO is MY fault now! Blame the victim! :music_whistling: :joystick: :pilotfly: This is on my short list of skills to develop. I find the better I am at hovering and traps and AAR the better I am at everything else, too. You'd think it's all related or something.

There are no cows in Russia (you think I'm kidding...go buy dairy anywhere but Moscow and see what you get). This would need to be a cold war mod with retro cows.