JasBird

I set my monitor screen resolution to 1360x768 since it's displayed while playing in VR? I assume the GPU has to work harder if I leave it in 2560x1440 since it renders the 2d screen at same time as VR? Is it possible to deactivate the 2d screen when in VR, or no effect on performance?

Very happy with MT boost performance in VR. Is it just me, or does the flying feel more responsive and smoother? Only tested F-5, Mirage 2000C and Viggen. More CPU power to the flight model? Haven't played for over a month, before the MT patch, so maybe just forgotten how nice it is to fly in DCS?

Excellent!! Thanks for great guide.

Didn't mean better than Nvidia, but more equal to Nvidia, with new EDGE engine. Last year I upgraded from older Nvidia card to a newer AMD, but almost no increase in performance when comparing graphics cards. Considering swithcing to Nvidia if they continue to perform better in DCS.

I understand that Nvidia performs better tham AMD cards because of better DirectX9 support? EDGE being DirectX11, will this make AMD cards perform better?

If we move over to Steam does that mean you don't have to worry about running out of activations?

Just a little tip for all you test pilots out there. Back in the good old days I used to play Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer. In the manual it had some manouvers/test you should go through to find the limits of the aircraft. The manual also provided a data sheet to record the numbers. Was quite fun to compare the different aircrafts. Since we have several aircrafts in Lock on I taught perhaps someone would find it interesting to compare the performance of the different aircrafts. It's also I nice way to learn about the aircraft you are flying. I have the original game lying around somewhere, but if you do a google search for: chuck yeager's advanced flight trainer manual you should be able to find the manual in PDF format. Cheers

I've had similar problem in DSC World both in the Black Shark and FC3. The coms button stops responding. I think it happens after I use F12 to exit the comms menu.

Might be and idea to set visibilty range for trees to 0 then, to save framerate? No point in having them blocking your view if they don't block enemies view. I guess that also means you don't crash when flying through trees? Been a while since I played, needed a computer upgrade, but I always try and position myself behind a hill and move out to the side and get a shot in and then sideways back in for cover. Feel so "naked" when popping up behind a hill :)

Vortex Ring State means you sink in your on turbulent air. Only happens in a hover or slow airspeed. To get out of it gain speed to move in to "clean" air. Basically you loose lift and stall the rotor blades, so it's advised to lower collective aswell. Raising the collective only stalls the rotor even more and worsen the situation.

I'm up for some Black Shark. How about this weekend? Not sure where you guys usually play? I did a few missions a couple of days ago on the 104th server with TS3, was a blast. Also have FC2, but have only flown the Mig29 and SU27, but enjoying BS at the moment. Runs pretty smooth with the new patch and after I upgraded to Win 7.

Finally managed to download the iPod version :) Paused and restarted the download a couple of times(Firefox) and that seemed to do the trick. Just watched the lesson and have to say it's brilliant! Very impressive and professional made. I can't imagine all the work and planning required to make this lesson. Look forward to the next lessons.

In the game enemy helicopters has given me a lot of trouble. They are very hard to see and you need to scan a big area really quickly or I seem to get shot down fast. It's usually my wingman that sees them first and calls it out. I usually give them order to attack and at the same time try and find them and take them out with a Vikhr. I often find the wingmen doing a poor job taking out enemy helos and I think enemy helicopters is the reason for about 40% of my deaths. Wingmen also seems to follow enemy helos over enemy ground units which is also a problem engaging with the gun. Problems is that they always show up at worst possible moment. You are set up low and slow trying to avoid AA and SAM.

Come to think of it I updated my sound drivers a few days ago, so maybe problem started after that. Uninstalled some codecs I've had aswell and reinstalled sound drivers, so I'll give it a go later. Had so much trouble installing the soundcards drivers again, that I got so mad and ordered WIN 7. After that I off course figured it out :) Anyways a normal uninstall off FC2 and BS will give me a deactivation code or do I have to go through Starforce? Thanks again.

I had a feeling that it was sound aswell all along, but assumed graphics cards, since I get error message that graphics cards no longer responds and screen changes to VGA 640x480. I have a lot of codec & sound applications installed :) I'll try and uninstall them. Thanks for tip. EDIT: No overclocking here, and like to keep all my drivers up to date.