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Has anyone made or does anyone know of a tutorial which covers basic procedures for general activity in DCS World for the hard-of-learning noob? I'm talking about things which are common to all modules and missions. Things like : - When/how/whether/from whom to request permission for startup/taxi/take off/landing. - What the runway IDs indicate and how to navigate to the right end of the runway. - What ATC, JTAC, etc stand for and what to contact them for. I understand Air Traffic Control, but am shaky about Jair Traffic Control. :unsure: - Tips such as remember to Turn Off ground power before taxi otherwise you get yelled at!:poster_oops: And all the other bits and bobs which make the DCS World go round but aren't specifically discussed in the tutorials for every (any?) module. There seems to be an assumption that everyone knows this stuff, or will figure it out through hours and hours and hours of game play. I'm used to hitting a single button to start the engine, looking for the green flare, taking off, and using a map and eyeballs to find my way to a bulls-eye and back. And when the mission is over, just rolling my way into the first empty parking spot I see. As a newcomer to DCS I find it far easier to become proficient in a particular aircraft than it is to learn these basic procedures for integrating into the DCS way of doing things. Thanks for any guidance or pointers to guidance. And Happy Holidays to everyone. :holiday:

Okay, I'm pretty new here and didn't realize it was a long standing gripe. Seems an easy thing to fix, at least from a non-coder, outside perspective. At least I know my time limit now. :book: Cheers guys. Happy Holidays / Wesołych Świąt

Is there is a way to keep the instructions on-screen until the space bar is pressed or the control is clicked? Often times the instructions just time out and fade away while I'm looking something up on my tablet or have spent time setting up controls.

Awesome! Thanks much for the input and the ongoing support. You are one of the best bits of the DCS world. Wesołych Świąt :holiday:

Thanks for the advice. I have heard lots of good things about the Museum Relic campaign too. I think I am a bit closed minded, because whenever I see the 50's jets flying along side much more modern aircraft the illusion seems to disappear in my mind. To be honest, the Museum Relic campaign is the only reason I'm even considering picking up the Mig or the F-86 since I have no idea what else I would do with them. I don't fly/race online - too difficult with kids etc. EDIT: sorry, I know that sounds like I'm complaining that there aren't enough campaigns and then I find fault with one that is available. I just meant that apart from the MR campaign there seems to be nothing else at all to do with the 50's jets - virutally no user made missions either. And the slightly dubious premise of the MR serves to drive that point home even harder. But I'll keep thinking about it during the sale. Anyway, apologies for getting so off topic. /Edit For now I will stick with the Mirage, AV-8B, and AJS-37. I'm totally chuffed that the Mirage is still getting lots of love from it's maker.

This is the reason I bought the Mirage. I repeatedly heard that the campaigns were both very good. Furthermore, when I found out that Baltic Dragon was also planning a campaign for the Harrier and working on the training tutorials as well, it became an instant impulse buy for me - when before I had little interest in it. I wish ED (and other developers) would learn that good content = purchase. Right now I'm looking at the Mig-15 and/or Sabre during the current sale (as I did in the last sale), but given the paucity of content for them I can't see myself buying them. There are so many modules I would consider if there was more that I could use them for. I hope the Mirage gets a Gulf campaign, which BD has suggested might happen. And please give the Harrier just as much love when it comes to post release content support. I don't understand why all the modules don't have new campaigns for them every year. Seems like good business sense to me since the majority of DCS players are reportedly single-players like myself.

Brilliant! That's great to hear. Thanks for the quick reply, and the Mirage update news.

Very cool news. I got the Mirage a few weeks ago, ran through the tutorials, and was just about to fire up the first campaign mission this weekend. Lovely little aircraft! I guess that this is long term project, but with the first changes scheduled to appear already in January, I'm wondering if these changes will keep breaking the campaign as they appear, and if it will be better to wait until most things are overhauled before getting stuck in to the two campaigns. Any thoughts from anyone?