tdar

yeah, in the english version there are 4 possible campaigns and i get the same message for all except the first one(deployment). however, a few missions into the first "incompatible" campaign i have no issues to report so far!

my goodness these skins look amazing.

yeah, i used to play bf2 a LOT but even then i used a joystick for the helos!

yeah, as dragon said you need to activate the above switch. if you cant find it just give a shout i took a screenshot of its location which i can put up here if needed.

great checklist, instantly downloaded and printed :)

there is a switch hidden from view by the cyclic underneath the weapon arming panel. you can activate the landing light and also choose between "main" and "backup" landing lights. not sure about the key combo to activate it, though. you can look it up in the key configurations in the game menu.

i have a feeling that it is not possible to operate that door, but i obviously may be wrong

I am really impressed by the level of contact between developers and product users here at ED. in all other PC games i have played it seems the developers couldnt care less about the feedback from the people playing their games. OH and awesome looking A-10! cant wait.

looks like a robotic, talking companion for the bored pilot. the two small red dots are the eyes, the black thing is the mouth and the..

I wasnt involved in the crash, my heli was about 2 km behind the 3 AI helis that managed to kill each other!

yeah i always hit the pause game button when i hear a long-ish sentence coming up! i personally like the russian voiceover because of the immersion aspect but it would be nice to have the option to hear the english version.

no i believe it was a simple 'RTB' command. upon watching the .trk file it seems like 55 creeped up on the other helis very slowly, as if he 'misjudged' the very small speed difference between his and the other pilots aircraft. it was pretty hilarious though. good thing i didnt get a mission failed because of this, because this was my 3rd attempt at that mission and i was literally a minute away from landing at the base!

i like to park where other helis can be found on the airstrip. of course, if you're landing at a FARP then you should sit still at the helipad with the 'H'.

So I was flying in the campaign mode the other day. after a lengthy mission, I ordered my wingmen in a 4-ship flight to return to base. I fell back, watching as they went low above a town next to the airfield, as if they were celebrating the end of a successful mission. Suddenly, an explosion. My wingman 54 was down in a split second and his wreckage smacked into the ground right next to a building. I popped flares, assuming my wingmen came under SAM fire - I was surely next. A few seconds passed, then a minute. No further fire. Then suddenly, another small explosion where my two remaining wingmen were. And then a massive fireball. They were surely dead! 55 and 54 In close formation: 54 is going down: eject! whats this? and now 53 and 55 make contact! you can see 54's crashsite in the plume of smoke in the background. I am the small speck of black just below the lowest clouds. looks like 55 is definitely dead. look at the mess on the cockpit windows! err...boom! I guess this is a good study on the damage model of DCS:BS, but what the hell was the AI thinking?! Aircraft #55 caused both mid-air collisions by chopping the tails off its two different formation leaders. I guess justice was served as the pilot of 55 was the only one to get killed!

yeah, its hard to see on a screenshot but the heat blurr pretty darn beautiful when viewing the aircraft in F2/F3 modes. it goes sideways and slightly downwards due to the configuration of the exhausts.

ahh even better! thanks for the help both of you.

thanks for that op4! makes navigating around the office so much easier :)

Hi guys, I just got Black Shark the other day and am amazed at the level of detail in here. I do have one problem that I hope one of you guys could help resolve. When a start a flight, my default view is in the cockpit where moving the mouse allows me to the direction I am looking at. If i change to the F2 view, and then change back to the cockpit (F1) view, i am now unable to change the direction i am looking at using the mouse. The only mouse function that works is the ability to click where the small yellow cross is. I have to use my joystick hat switch or keyboard keys to change the direction i am looking at. is there any way to "re-enable" the mouse view mode in-game? Thanks tdar