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Maybe there's an issue with the trees. However I lowered my "clutter/grass" setting, not my "tree visibility" setting. The latter one is still maxed out. I'm seeing plenty of trees in Normandy, actually neither more or fewer than when I had my clutter/grass setting maxed out.

Replying to my own question here, if it can be of any help to others. After fiddling with the different graphic settings, I found one, which for my computer, bring the most dramatic fps increase on this map: the "ground clutter". After reducing it to 500, I consistently have fps above 40 fps when flying close to the ground, and over 60 fps at high altitudes. I could even increase the "visibility range" one notch. Now, I'm quite happy with the Normandy map and I can finally use it for flying.

Here are a few answers to the posts above. BTW, I'm NOT the author of this map. I'm just someone who found it by chance. To install it, pretty easy: - download the archive - unzip it in your DCS Saved games folder (something like C:\Users\<userxxxxx>\Saved Games\DCS - launch DCS You get the Alphajet mod plane which you can fly anywhere like a regular DCS plane and a few other non-flyable planes like a Concorde. You get this small map which you can get access to by: - go to Missions - select Map VFA - at start of the mission, you can select the plane you like I agree this map is very small and feel like flying over GoogleMaps images, but ... it's free. It looks like they're working on a larger and much nicer map, not available so far.

Just read about this map made publicly available to DCS users. La Ferté-Alais is a town located 40 km SW from Paris known for its annual air show. You can download this free map here: http://virtualferte.fr/carte-publique-pour-dcs-mod-gratuit/

As read in several posts from others here, I have very poor fps on this map, often less than 10 fps if I fly low, whereas on all the other maps I get around 60 fps most of the time and 30 fps in worst cases. I understood that it was not really useful complaining about this poor fps in this forum. However, does anybody know which graphic settings have the most impact on this map to make it "flyable"?

It would be great if you could define different graphic settings per map. For example, you could choose higher settings for maps like Caucasus and Nevada, and lower graphic settings for poorly optimised maps like Normandy.

Today, I was trying the A4 weapons by following Chuck's guide instructions. Everything worked, except for the guns. I couldn't fire the internal gun nor the gun pods. Is there anything special to do to fire the internal gun, besides "master arm: ON" and "gun arm: ON"?

Thanks Draconus!

Thanks BackPixxel! That explains why the containers stay on the plane. But why are both containers content released even if my ripple quantity is 1?

Thanks AeriaGloria and Ironhand! Will try it again this weekend.

I have been trying all combinations of RBK cluster bombs (AO, PTAB, 250, 500, etc..). Even if I'm spot on a bunch of targets (soft and hard), I don't get any damage, not even like 5% damage like I get when I have a FAB 250 land a few meters off the target. My speed is between 500 and 600 km/h and altitude around 2000 meters. Am I doing something wrong here?

If I load 2 KMGU-2 on my SU-25T, select them and then push release, both bombs are released and they don't disappear in the external view. Note that I double-checked that my ripple quantity was 1 and NOT 2. Is this normal behavior?

Doesn't seem anybody faces my issue. What's the easiest way to skip to mission 4?

On the settings page of the Illumination Flare, you should be able to set the Height On Target (HOT). Any number I enter on the UFC followed by pushing OSB16 (HOT) result in an input error.

I did a search on the forum but couldn't find any thread related to this issue. When I load AIM 9L missiles, they don't appear in the DSMS page. However, I can still use them when putting master mode into A2A. When I load AIM 9M missiles, they appear in the DSMS. Is that a known issue?

Each time I end mission 3 in the A10C Georgian Hammer campaign, whether I succeed or not, DCS freezes on the "loading..." screen. Has anybody already faced the same issue?

I'm probably late to the game but thanks a lot "Home Fries" for these Target profiles! I hesitated a long time before installing them because my first attempt with Target left me with unusable controls in DCS... This weekend, I decided to give it a try, following carefully your excellent documentation.... and it works GREAT!!!! :clap_2: :clap_2: :clap_2:

Thanks all for your suggestions! I finally decided to buy the Tomcat... It's not on sale, but it was definitely worth it. Just a note regarding my question about the fps hit earlier in this thread. The Tomcat definitely is demanding. With any other plane I have, including the F/A 18, I had 60 fps on average on Caucasus. With the F 14, I lose between 10 and 15 fps!

> try the free TF-51D and see for yourself if you like this type of plane Actually, I wasn't too thrilled by it. I don't know whether it was because of the lack of weapon or something else > What about helicopters? I already have the 4 DCS helicopters (got them in a bundle for a past sale). I don't fly them very often because I still haven't managed to properly hover and land with them. I think I'm now leaning towards: - either a trainer/light fighter: L39, C101 - either Mig15/F86 - either just bite the bullet and get the Tomcat Would the Tomcat be an FPS killer? I read that the Tomcat could be very demanding. I don't have the best-suited rig for gaming (I know), although I get between 30 and 60 fps with all my current planes and current maps (except Normandy).

For these Easter sales, it's the first time I hesitate about which module to add to my list... Maybe it's because I already have quite a few modules (see my signature), but usually, it never stopped me from picking a new one in the past sales :) If the Tomcat was on sale, I would have no hesitation, but it's not. So which one should I pick on sale? Among the planes I own, I think I prefer the ones with HUD, MFDs, a good variety of weapons (A10, F18, AV8, M2000...), but I'm not yet impressed by the Viggen. I also enjoy the MiG21, but the F5 less. A good manual and training missions help too. I'm also thinking about Combined Arms for something completely different, but I'm worried that I could get disappointed from it, thinking that it would simulate ground vehicles accurately. And finally, I was wondering about the WWII planes, but system-wise, would they be challenging enough? Any recommendation will certainly help me choose!

Thanks for this tool Avantar! I've been using it with my TM Warthog for all my planes for a month and I wouldn't go back. Do you already know when the new version will be available? I'm especially eager to use the Left-Win key as a modifier, like several others here. How hard would it be to have one button go through several keys and optionally cycle? For example, each time you push the same button, you go like A->B->C and stop at C or A->B->C->A->B->C->etc... and cycle? Thanks!

Is it just me feeling only 6 motors out of 8 vibrating on the Realteus ForceFeel with SSA?

First of all, a big thanks for making SSA work with the ForceFeel :thumbup: I got my seat 2 months ago and it was just sitting there useless until now. I tried it with several planes and helicopters and it works fine. However, I noticed that only the 6 lower motors are used and not the 2 upper ones. I tested the seat with the ForceFeel control application and all 8 motors work. Maybe you're aware of this, but I preferred to mention it here. Thanks again for great work F4l0