Hawkeye_UK

Rift S for me was a big jump in clarity in all the pits and game in general. Best £400 spent - DCS looks so much better i wasn't expecting much and was more than pleasantly surprised, no more leaning in. For me its what VR needed (i had the rift since dev kit, then the standard release yet still preferred to play for the immersion and 1-1 tracking which i think is a huge tactical SA plus). Rift S everything is better especially visually ID A2A and A2G CAS is like a different game. I've not been back to the original rift - its sat gathering dust!

Second that - i noticed when i booted up the A2A its a good edition. Roll on TWS...

Guys this should help as noted it wasn't mentioned in the release video or on the general post. AGM 62 is only available on Station 2 & 8 and can be located within the bombs category not missile! Hope this helps - double check it will be there, top of the list. Enjoy!

Completely agree the F14 is exquisite, not just in model but visuals and also sounds specifically the cockpit give's the feedback required. In VR its a masterpiece. The multicrew - superb. Hard to find a negative except the AIM54 model which i believe is more down to ED. As for other modules FM wise, L39 is not to be overlooked.

@Hawgdog / @BigNewy - one thing i should note though I'm pretty confident i've not had it when going back into SA - only the first time i attempt to load the screen. I was thinking perhaps its the contents of that screen that is causing the crash and perhaps when its looking for the A2G threats (to draw the threat circles on) that if it cant get the information quick enough it causes the crash, just an idea?

@HawgDog im afraid so as per my last post - It is frustrating i've not been able to narrow it down yet myself either.

Thankful for finding this as keep a pretty keen eye on the individual plane forums and nothing noted. On the multiplayer server i play on, i get this quite a bit and not the only one to have the issue but couldn't track the problem down - still can't. First noticed it mid / end August. It is very intermittent and note i've only had this when SA is on the right MFD. It cannot be my pagefile (its sat unique on a m2 SSD with a 32GB pagefile size, which is overkill i know - i only use this 500GB drive for DCS and windows boot so have lots of free space) I also have 32GB of system DDR RAM running at 3200mhz - i don't run out of virtual memory, GPU is RTX2080 ultra. I do not use steam - only direct OB from ED. I've not been able to narrow down - the only other thing worth mentioning is i only fly VR and don't use mods.

Yes this wasn't about looking backwards at the historical context it was looking more at the quality of information in their latest customer update. It was very thorough compared to what we get from the community managers within ED normally.

when you look behind you or in exterior view can you see it upright between the fins? If so it will be slowing you down! Note - for rapid speed loss nothing beats a high alpha sustained break turn!

Maybe its the fact that you don't have to align the JHMCS to the HUD/BRU alignment cross in the start up whilst pushing the cage/uncage button....... ED missed it on their start up process for the hornet. Sorry doesn't help i know, work's fine for me in VR. Some say wait for VR, which i don't understand at all anymore. DCS looks amazing in VR and that's only on the Rift S. People talk about immersion which is impressive and does feel like being in a real aircraft, but its more the situational awareness you get close in on CAS or AA makes a huge difference and you will note yourself working out attack angles better using topography etc. If you play DCS and enjoy it, invest in VR. I have a 55inch 4k screen that never gets used anymore because of the Rift at a fraction of the price. I was skeptical until i played in VR, when my original rift lead died i had to revert back briefly to monitor and it seemed very mundane, actually tuned it off until my rift s arrived 3 days later - no going back and that was on the original rift!

New Video, i only found by chance via youtube! As someone else who got fed up with facebook about 5 years ago and no longer uses it - please can the community managers post links or even acknowledge a new video has been released on this forum thread. The earlier comment re discord and facebook very valid - they should be posted in the main site forum also. Thanks PS - Looking forward to JDAMS do you perceive this will be a Q4 2019 release?

Certainly the weekend news was an improvement given my last post on the subject (although don't understand why it wasn't posted in the F18 specific forum also) - my criticism is that the last post on this subject was closed by BigNewy ( https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=251027 ) for some reason and therefore didn't allow any further feedback from the community. It did make me feel quite skeptical on whether the feedback was indeed welcomed as the issue certainly wasn't resolved and thought at the time the response of "when we have an update for you we will let you know" was shockingly poor, a lesson in how not to deal with PR. For me the best product update / customer relations I've seen recently from any of the community manager's is Heatblur with this ( https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=251618 ). ED could / should lead by example given its their intellectual property however its often not the case it would seem and refuse to get drawn into milestone discussions. I do believe it isn't much for the community to ask for a roadmap and an approximation of timescales for that to be completed along the lines of what quarter they expect to complete - surely they must have an internal project management procedure for this, its just they choose not to share. I hold by my original statement that ED's approach in 2019 with the hornet development has been detrimental to sales with numerous people not buying into Viper EA due to poor communication on the hornet development. The communication since July has been frankly as clear as mud and non existent. I stated at the time i was skeptical of ED's commitment to their customers stating the Viper would not delay the Hornet development. I think deep down not many actually believed this comment when it was released, which with time has proven to be incorrect. Noted today another OB concentrating on the Viper with no development showing for the Hornet. Someone mentioned on one of the posts about AG radar, i note that was missing entirely from the press release today.

I've just noticed that you have included on the weekend news - perhaps worth posting on here - finally some substance on the update. Better!

Couldn't find this on the forum so apologise if raising again. The rio cockpit white internal flood lamp switch, both dim and bright on the right side panel do not switch on any lights. Please can you update. Thanks

Excellent update thanks HB - great to read the road map along with timescales, the ED team should take stock of updates of this calibre.

Just curious - why is it not realistic? Do you think pilots don't carry binoculars? You would be surprised how many cockpits you'd find a pair of image stabilized cannons/zeiss stowed, especially pre lantirn / lightening pod days. The spyglass zoom / VR zoom is a way to replicate that, although that said the zoom is actually less! As for the new vr zoom speed - such a great improvement!!

As per post re OB released some days ago - hornet development has been slowed down due to Viper release.

Sorry Reflected - Yes as per above :thumbup:

I also use a Rift S - I use centre VR zoom alot, so much so i have it bound to hotas along with VR zoom. Wherever you have your head when you push the recenter VR view it will hold that position, a very very simple solution is lean back your head in the chair and your view will be closer to the HUD. Lean forward and recenter press and you will be further back in your chair. Its that simple.

ps apologies for the two above i was already typing reply when posted.

AIM 7 is a Semi Active Radar Missile that does not lock onto the target itself it follows the radar return to target and thus if you lose a lock the missile will not hit its target. You will have heard fox 1 these are AIM7's being fired. They do have some positives in that when firing into an area that contains friendlies they will not acquire a non hostile target. Generally you will want to fire at close to max range, then crank a little left or right to maximize F-Pole on the hostile your engaging whilst maintaining radar lock. AIM 120 , these are fire and forget and thus more reflect your original point, you can lock, fire, undesiginate, lock another hostile, fire very quickly with practice. Note you will here online people calling Fox 3 - more than likely a 120 being fired if a hornet's around. Note you can also launch if the enemy contact is within the circa 10nm range and within the boresight of the hud a fox 3 "mad dog". No radar lock but launching as a last resort for self defence if hostile on nose before extending. This is not be be done if friendly aircraft in the AO. Hope this helps a little!

I was an original owner of the rift and recently upgraded to the rift s after much consideration of the other options and competition. Wasn't expecting much given the spec etc but i thought any bump in visuals for the low price is worthwhile. Let me say i was pleasantly shocked! Everything is clear in the cockpit, target aquisition is much better especially combined with the VR spyglass zoom feature released on the OB this week for A2G - A2A. People slate the sound, i have used it when i first got it but to be fair even with the original rift i still used my steel series 7. I don't understand people discounting the rift for the sound when it comes with a input jack on the actual headpiece anyway for those that don't have wireless. For me the Rift purchase came down to one thing - software and smoothness, its fully supported with ED DCS. For that reason alone and hearing some horror stories of WMR and other hardware i stayed with oculus, i've not been dissapointed. I don't understand people that say they are waiting for next gen headsets - the immersion, 1 to 1 tracking and visuals are amazing now (i have a 55inch 4k high end screen that never gets used for DCS anymore). Run my rift on a RTX2080 - brilliant performance. So for £400 what more is there to think about - in visuals alone i fail to see any difference in the Vive Pro etc and certainly not £700 worth.

lol this made me laugh, the fact this has had 55 replies in less than 24 hours and is a busy post i think people do care some of which like myself have been in the online sphere since 98 with Janes F15 and falcon 4 etc. I never said i was a spokesman and it is a fair assessment that we as a community are patient, i stand by what i said. This was a discussion i raised to actually assist ED in their approach - you know 360 feedback. If you think their is not a growing resentment i advise you to go and discuss across various leading pvp MP servers and their communities either in voicecomms or their discord general chat these last few months.

As in 2 seat aircraft the RIO's normally complete most of the radio traffic. Or in Civ's pilot not in command would have radio's in his workflow.

Comm 2 generally.