Wichid

What I generally do is: Get to the IP - it should be at a safe point for orbit with Alt hold Contact the JTAC and they will mention threats in the 9line. Often there are a bunch of ZU-23's so just run in a good 7k feet agl, if they mention sams then find them and maverick them or call in SEAD. If you get an indication of bandits then call in CAP.

Yeah wow i just did the Camp Yankee mission. The tree shadows makes the hills look amazing.

Yep it's the same roar you hear in a jumbo jet when they use speed brakes, so it must be close.

The angled view of the ground on the screen matches the angled view of the compass

Notice how the vehicles are easily spotted on the new TGP! Awesome! DCS A-10C Targeting Pod by __Wichid__, on Flickr

Wow that bittorrent is coming down fast. Can't wait!

I get blinded often by the sun when flying around early or late in the day. How about a keybind to put down the sun visor so we can see? Or does the A-10C not come with sun visor helmet?

Awesome. Cheers.

There goes my Friday night. Whats the tgp like?

Back in May it was mentioned that the end of 2011 was a hopeful release date. But who knows. I agree with Pyroflash - tweaks to the engine are required to keep it current. The way lighting hits the Nevada desert will give a much better experience than blowing out polygons or using 50gig of textures. Normal mapping and lighting effects are where its at. Frankly, Bf3 was a waste of money. Ask the Germans.

Yeah absolutely.

I'm not sure where you're getting these ideas but DCS has it's own engine. I doubt they are going to go out and license Frostbite 2 and start from the ground up again. BF3 is highly optimised, thats why it's so controlled. Arma 2 is a great game that I play often but it's not a simulator. Add a complex flight model, a HIGHLY detailed cockpit and systems and Arma 2 would explode. Take a look at performance complaints on Take On Helicopters and you'll see that people are struggling with it with very little units simply because a flight model and tweaks have been added. Arma 3 isn't out yet but I expect it to drain power plants also.

Exactly, you can't compare a corridor shooter or a plane 'on rails' to a flight simulator. The only reason they can make it look that good is that they have tightly locked down where the player can go and what you see. Similar to a movie set which appears real but is actually a bunch of card board cut outs when you walk up to them. Anyway my pick: F-15C air superiority fighter.

From memory it means the computer thinks you can't escape your own bomb blast. Go into the profile and change the escape manuveur from climb to turn or something... you should be okay if you are flying fast with the high drag bombs.

I would also mention that the first thing to do is jettison all your stores. It's much easier to fly a nice light plane.

Use manual reversion if you lose all hydraulics. It's a cable back up and you'll also need to use the emergency flaps and speed brake retraction (i think) as without hydraulics basically everything just falls apart. It's pretty unlikely you'll need to do this though. More common might be an engine fire. Set the engine to off, pull the flashing T handle and then discharge the extinguisher. You get two charges, a left and right click.

I've noticed this as well and recently I've become quite lazy in using markpoints unless I'm dropping JDAMS. Nowadays I just point the TGP at things and make them go bomb (TGP as SPI).

I believe that if you have ground crew available and the aircraft is silent & pit hatch is open you should be able to just talk to the ground crew. They can hear you as long as the APU & engines are off etc. I think that's how it works with A-10C...

Don't forget to play at 6am in Summer.

It's awesome fun and I'm only just flying around, no combat yet!! Check out that terrain, with trees and morning shadows: DCS Black Shark 2 Tree Shadows by __Wichid__, on Flickr

Here's a quick screenie: DCS Black Shark 2 by __Wichid__

I've learnt a basic startup procedure and done a circuit. It's as good as DCS A-10C, well worth the upgrade.

:book: Yay it's saturday morning here. Still reading the DCS BS2 Flight Manual...

Thanks Viper & congrats ED on an awesome release! All the best.

Wow! just loaded up the Black Shark in 1080 glory with full graphics! It looks amazing! Now I have to fly every mission at dawn. Unfortunately I've completely forgotten everything since I last played it. I'll have to read the manual again. Are there training missions available?