Plainsman

Thanks guys. I'll give it a try.

Before I spend anymore dough on DCS, I need some expert counsel from you veterans. I am on version 2.5. I've had the sim for more than a year and keep upgrading even though I rarely boot it up. My reasons are twofold: I have very little time, and I find it frustrating to play when I do have the time. I am not new to flight games or flight sims, so let's get that out of the way. I am not a hardcore, survey sim kind of gamer, but I'm not an arcade flight game either. I guess my speed is something in between, but I'd rather try hardcore than the opposite. The opposite is no fun at all. Also, I only do single player. Here is my experience with DCS up to this point.When I have a couple of hours on a Sunday, I want to boot up a quick dogfight mission with a MIG, let's say, or a US plane equivalent to the era. But I get shot down before I even get to altitude by an A.I. F/A-18 or similar more modern aircraft. The same thing happens if I choose a WWII aircraft to fly. Why can't I fly a simple dogfight mission against only identical aircraft or similar aircraft of the same era? This is so frustrating. Any pointers on setting up single-player only quick missions that include only enemy aircraft of my selection?

I purchased my first campaigns recently. The campaigns for the American and British WWII aircraft. The problem is the Torrent download never finishes, and there is no option to download any other way. It either stops at 95% and stays there even overnight, or it completes but then goes into something called "Disconnecting from the Scram." Something like that. I don't have it in front of me at the moment. Seven hours late, "Disconnecting from the Scram" is still there. This is ridiculous and discouraging me from purchasing for download anymore products from DCS. My money is gone and the Torrent won't complete. I am not a techie. I don't have any workaround skills. The purchase download is supposed to work normally, without having to be a techie. I even found a thread on it on this forum but none of the solutions (like exit out of it and it will complete) work. Any suggestions? How do I get the two campaigns I paid for?