Capn Penguin

Good morning all. Do y'all recommend any Mods that enhance the sim?

Understood Fri. I would be happy with a simple mission that has many "Bogeys" flying at different altitudes but same basic direction and I start x miles behind. Then a simple "Otto" (My apologies on the mis-name :) ) pilot and I could crawl in the back seat and play with the controls and such to learn them. I tried to figure it out on the mission builder last night but I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed... Heck I'm more like the rusty hoe leaning up against the fence.

Any missions out there specifically designed for RIO practice? I'm interested in running back seat but would prefer to just plant and stay there and let Robo-pilot fly.

Outstanding work HB. Based on what I have experienced with the F-14 I will eagerly pre-purchase whatever your next aircraft is.

Don't think it's me but the cat keeps dropping out of afterburner when I am engaged in ACM. Anyone else seeing this? It's happening in the Dissimilar AIM-9 training mission. Heatblur team. Fantastic job on this module. Absolutely fantastic

Bingo Etirion. Thank you all for your assistance. I promise no more annoying questions from me until April.

Thanks so much guys. I tried to update to the open beta version but again as your friendly neighborhood rain man I failed. I tried the DCS updater last night and just now per the advice received I tried the command prompt thing-a-ma-bobby, the score is now DCS update 2, frumpy old man 0. :smilewink: I'll keep trying. Thank you all for the advice and for your time.

I preface that I have watched the Wags video twice. I have watched Spudknockers thrice. I ran the DCS updater and I am still at version 2.5.4.27430. I have been trying to figure this out since 11:37 and it's now 2:16 so I am finally parking my pride and asking for wisdom. Somehow I killed my Hornets SA page. I follow the videos and instructions to the T. Pausing, alt-tabbing, rewinding etc :huh: yet when I activate the SA page, it's just... dead. No waypoint or bullseye data. No icons of any sort. No lights, no phones, no motor cars. Not a single luxury. Please help me understand what I am missing. I have tried it in 5 or 6 different missions thinking maybe it had to be a new mission but still no joy. The screenshot below show the settings and such and you can clearly see the lifeless hulk of my SA screen lying there comatose on the right. I apologize for being such a maroon, but I really have tried and the secret is eluding me. :doh: Thank you all: Capn Penguin p.s. sorry the image is so wide, my exported mfds are stretching it to the right.

Miles, I shot you a PM. What a brilliant idea and if you decide to go big with this and need an investor............. Now where do I send my 200 clams? :megalol:

Well good sir. Commence to coding and when you build it... We will come. :)

I have never had a better timed 4 day weekend. :) Thanks for the update and here's hoping it's ironed out by Friday :)

I'm not mistaking. Those are harms. We have been on WW duty since the mid 90's. Just saw "F-16 Payload" and thought I would throw out a bone on what I hope for, pods and all. So just ignore me, I was just passing through........ :)

:)

A-10 but possibly the Gazelle.

Hmmmmmmm. I have a ponderance. (I know that's not a word but I'm a product of the South Carolina public education system so forgive me). I'm certain it's not 100% but it seems much higher than it should be. The many videos and photos I have seen from the Mach Loop or Star Wars canyon the F-35 is almost always in AB while everything else is scooting along nicely without it. Even going through this guys photos pages, the 35 is busting AB in virtually all but other than one F-18 and maybe one F-16 none of the other birds are. I wonder why. It's definitely indicative of something but I don't know what. Just odd I guess.

:: Donning flame retardant suit:: :: Positioning fire extinguisher:: :: Chiming in:: I have both and my hardware can run both very smoothly. When I started flying I was VR only and it is still a fantastic experience that I enjoy immensely when I am heloing or just toodling around. However the resolution difference and the ability to use Cougars instead of trying to mouse my way through tiny unreadable MFD buttons is great. I will occasionally throw the Rift on but I find myself on the 55" "monitor" with the exported MFDs and Track IR every bit as engaged. I'm certain I will get flamed for my opinion, and it's just that, my opinion and should be taken as such, but I have no issues with the Trackir setup I am using. I find it less "Immersive" but much easier to use, fly and fight with. For me, trying to do all of the MFD work needed in an A-10 was driving my wonkers in the VR. So for me, I VR in the Helos and WWII crates, and Tackir and Cougars in the fixed wing birds. Fire away.

Truth be told original the F-14 video is the one that drove me to buy a system and start flying DCS. I had watched some Reaper videos and was envious but when I saw the F-14 video and the carrier battle, I flashed to Red Storm Rising and made the call. The system below, 55 inch TV, Rift, second monitor with exported MFDs (I know the F-14 won't have that but I had fallen and gravity was in control) So to answer your question............. I dropped everything for the F-14 :)

Birka, I too took the Helicopter plunge with this sale. I didn't get the Mi-8 but grabbed the others. My experience level is nowhere near these other gentlemen but I'll throw it out just in case. If I could only keep one, it absolutely would be the Gazelle. The others are neat but, for me, the Gaze is a blast! I logged 8.75 hours in it today alone and have enjoyed every minute. Granted the first two hours I was digging ditches with my rotor blades and spent more time clicking the "fly again" button than actually flying. However once we came to an agreement that I would stop smacking into everything within sight and she would stop coming apart when I did so, it became a true love story. Just 2 cents worth of input from an irrelevant old man :)

touché :)

Black shark 2 and F5-E. I feel like the guy P.T. Barnum described :). Now I have to take a months vacation. :pilotfly:

Outstanding!!!

By the beard of Zeus I curse you Zius!!! http://www.amazonprime..............

Unfortunately Zius I have to defend Yurgon because he is absolutely correct. I was very happy with my TMaster 1600 FCS set for 8 days until I saw a Warthog in the store. I was very happy with my Warthog until I started missing the pedals so I went back to the store. I was very happy with my Warthog and my shiny new pedals until I saw VR so I went back back to the store. I was very happy with my Warthog and my shiny new pedals and my VR until I saw exported working MFDs so I went back back back to the store. ::sigh:: I hang my head in shame

...and baby got me home. :smilewink: P.s. I know the paint scheme isn't authentic, but I found it on the DCS page and well, chicks dig pirates so I went with it :)

Trust me Dehuman. If I can get her to the alter before she realizes how much better she could do, I'm locking this one up.