TheOtherSider

VR and Track IR are like comparing apples to oranges. The level of immersion in VR is so....it is really hard to put into words for some one that has never experienced it. But Track Ir is great too. Though it can get really squirly sometimes. I now fly almost exclusively in vr but when I am training or messing with a new add on like voice attack/viacom I fly in track IR so I can look at tutorials. Either or though beat flying with keyboard or hat switches hands down.

Double, single its still ugly.

Alright, I am getting tired of flying double ugly any one know where in the LUA I can set the TGP to be mounted on a cheek mount under the hornet. I know there is a way to modify it but I am not sure were the LUA is or what lines to change.

I recommend getting kneeboard builder too. It easily makes Knee boards for you if you have the PDFs.

Ah, thank you. these really help. I went a head and bought a pro license since the aircraft I fly are locked out in the free version. The hornet and the hog. Now that it is working properly this add on might be the single handiest thing for any game or sim I have ever played.

I seem to have gotten it running. I am not sure but I thinking voice attack has to be installed on the same drive as your save file for viacom to actually work. it was the only thing I changed and it now works...kinda. Anyone happen to have a reference list for phrases to say? I can get my wingman to do almost anything with 2, engage bandit. Colt 4-2, rejoin formation. I can't seem to get AWACS or ATC to respond. When I say something like Magic, Colt 4-1, requesting big picture.... I get nothing.

Howdy. So I down loaded Viacom free in hopes of trying it with voice attack before buying it. I for the life of me can not make this thing work at all. I have DCS world steam edition installed on a separate ssd. I got the pathing error and tried to custom config the path. I have tried all the trouble shooting suggestions in both hollywoods videos and the dedicated sticky thread. Voice attack is recognizing the propmts push to talk making all the beeps and noises just nothing is happening. I also noticed it is not displaying my aircraft in the PTT window it just says easy coms. I was hoping to buy the pro version since I moved over to DCS vr so this is really frustrating.

Hmmm, Not to dash your hopes but I am running really not that great RAM. Corsair vengence....16g at I think 2400mhz. It is why I don't play with multi player, anything over 4 human pilots and a few dozen A.I and DCS turns into a slide show. But in single player missions it is enough to keep me in the 50-80 range. Do you over clock at all ? If you are not OC'ed( and if your comfortable doing it don't do anything that could damage your computer) try pushing up the clock speeds on you i7 closer to5mhz if you can get it stable and don't see at least a 10-15 frame improvement I would be supersized. Also means a cpu upgrade would get you into that sweet spot. * JoJo, Not sneazing at the i7 7700k. But they are more comparable to current gen i5's than current gen i7's http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/502/Intel_Core_i5_i5-8400_vs_Intel_Core_i7_i7-7700K.html *

I have found that DCS responds better to a CPU upgrade vs a GFX upgrade. It is just the nature of simulators. They crunch a lot of numbers on the back end before they even get to your graphics card. The 1080 is more than enough card to run DCS. The i7 7700 is an older generation and while still a capable chip you would have seen a bigger jump in preformance in DCS if you had upgraded the cpu instead. I for example am running a i5 8400 and a gtx 1080. with a oculus rift s. I have everything but water maxed(oddly that is my frame rate killer) and am getting betwen 50 and 80 fps depending on what is going on. The i5 8400 is a newer and depending on whos bench marks you look at better cpu than the i7 7700. Swapping my old gtx 970 back in barely affects my frame rate at all. But you should still be doing better than 20 fps. The i7 7700 is old but it ain't that old.

ALVR the program I use to stream DCS to my Oculus go works with The Quest so I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work for DCS. the quest would likely work better since it has 6 dof.

Ah, thanks it took alot of the chop out of it :)

As an aside what are your DCS setting for VR? I have exactly the same system as you PC wise. I am having trouble gettiing a smooth frame rate in DCS in VR

You cant use the Head set to play DCS with out your PC. What you are instead doing is running a program that streams Steam vr to your head set. My PC is still running everything my HOTAS and DCS world its self.

I had notice the question of " can I use an oculus go to play DCS world" around the internet. There seems to be only one school of thought on this "NOOOO!" But the answer should be yes, yes you can use a $200( I got mine for 150 for prime days)Oculus go to play DCS world on steam. That is the Steam version I don't know how to do t for the stand alone version. If any one is interested in how to fly DCS world in vr kinda on the cheap. This is how you do it. and this is proof that it does work in DCS world.

As I stated, it works fine DCS world. Points to above post with accompanying youtube vids on how to do it and to demonstrate it working. I literally just flew a hornet and a black shark for like 5 hours with an Oculus go.

This is technically not true. I am currently using an Oculus go to vr in DCS world. it works freakishly well actually. There are a few apps and some minor tweaks but it is totally possible to stream DCS world to the go. Mind you only have 3 DOF but it is still a step up over track IR without the expense of a rift or a vive. Here is how.

Having a bit of a problem with this mod.Well it explodes when ever I try to use it. I have tried putting it into my own missions. when ever I load into it, it literally explodes I have tried reDLing it putting it in different maps. But the result is the same as soon as I hit Ok on the briefing screen it instantaneously explodes on the ramp, sooooo suggestions?

Difficulty is subjective. I know some sim pilots that find the FC3 planes hard to fly. For me the basic of any aircraft is not hard to learn. A plane is a plane they all work on the same fundamental basics. And I have flown everything from Piper Cubs to the A\10( Sim of course) The F\a 18c in DCS world seems like it is by design more flight crew friendly than most aircraft I have flown. I imagine this is due to the role of the Hornet. Carrier based fighter air craft are designed to be scrambled quickly off the deck of a ship. The cockpit is streamlined for this purpose. It is actually so streamlined that I can go full cold and dark to combat ready and off the end of the Stennis in less than 10 minutes with out a check list. It is also very stable in flight and has a full auto pilot with auto throttle which makes setting up your weapons and CM a breeze enroute to the AO. The trick to overcome with this air craft is landing. getting the AOA right and staying on speed takes a little getting used to as once you drop the landing gear you change altitude with the throttle not the flight stick. If you are at all competent with any other aircraft in DCS then the Hornet should pose little trouble to learn.

Wow I feel dumb, yeah I been trying to fly with the Auto pilot off. I wasn't understanding about the lighting bug. I thought it meant that the lights didn't work at all...which they were for me so I thought I was getting incorrect info. After reading 3WA post I set them so the channel buttons where not lit and now I have a fully stable Kamov chopper.... Thankies for all the tips and pointers...I am sure I will be back!

I have pinned down the problem but can't seem to correct it. When I get the helicopter into stable level flight and hit the trimmer switch the BS will maintain it for a second or two before developing and slight 1-2 degree bank to the left or right( it seems to be random)it seems to happen no matter were I have the stick trimmed. Dead center it will bank right. trim it left to get rid of the right bank, perfectly level hit trim and I get a 1-2 degree bank to the left. This isn't so much a problem when flying point A to B as I can correct it with a little stick and keep it flying straight. The real problem is trying to hover or attack a target, turn to target setting dosn't seem to work either as it will still drift. I have tested dead zone saturation even adjusted the spring in my flight stick flipped the auto pilots channels on and off but it will not hold heading. It feels like there is a switch or a setting that I am over looking some were.

Ah thankies both, I got the Heading tape sorted ( I had it in fallow way point mode ) But now.... it seems to be fighting me constantly and not wanting to hold heading specially if I add weapons to it, The thing is it dosn't feel like the auto pilot modes are working even though I can tell that the trimmer switch is. Like pitch and heading hold, even in a hover it will start to pitch and yaw until it nearly gets out of control. The controls seem overly sensitive when compared to the Hawg, Hornet, and Harrier. Should I adjust the saturation or curve ?

Howdy ! My hubby bought me the Black Shark for Christmas( Not sure why as I am not really a Heli girl) I only have about 5-10 hours in it now. So far it has proven to be a fun...if not finicky change of pace from the other planes I fly. I have got the basic understanding down the trimmer switch is key, but my issue is the diamond on the heading tape. When I click the trimmer switch the BS dosn't hold heading and that diamond never changes position on the heading tape...but the Heli always wants to orientate to it. I am not sure what I am doing wrong as the manual dosn't seem to cover it I have not found a trouble shooting tip for this particular problem in the forums. When watching vids and tutorials the diamond moves when the trimmer switch is clicked for me it does not ? Also even though I have the cockpit set to English. the MFCD to the right is all still in Russian, this is a problem as I don't speak Russian, anythoughts ?

Nice to know it is not just me, but it seems like something should be tweaked as it feels like you have to sprint through the start up to fallow him to the runway.

Thanks for the info everyone, with it I was able to complete the Georgian hammer missions :D with only 3 deaths... those didn't come from SAMs though, trying to land the A-10 after a MIG has shot out all your avionics...Even though it is just a sim will get your blood pumpin.

I think the take away is that the gun in DCS is functioning\modeled correctly we are just using it incorrectly. A column of tanks is better served with A CBU or a Mk 83 than the GAU.