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is this the issue you're discussing ? Buddy lasing for my maverick - target in a different location cam : mav seeker :

i'm getting a crash as well. Seems to be when i fly near another F14. Errors in the log are sound related : 2019-04-12 19:12:23.574 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110rearclose): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:23.574 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110reardistant): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:23.574 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110_front_flyby): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:23.574 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110_side_flyby): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:23.574 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110_rear_flyby): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:23.574 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110rearclose): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:23.574 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110reardistant): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:23.574 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110_front_flyby): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:23.574 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110_side_flyby): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:23.574 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110_rear_flyby): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:46.988 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110enginesidel): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:46.988 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110enginesider): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:46.988 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110afterburnerrearclose): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:46.988 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110enginesidel): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:46.988 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110enginesider): gain 2019-04-12 19:12:46.988 ERROR SOUND: invalid source_params(woLA-16777472:aircrafts\engines\f110afterburnerrearclose): gain

I'm getting ctds in the f14 since last patch as well. It will happen even with jester silenced but it was fine prior to last patch.

Well summed up cake

Thanks nineline. Appreciated you weighing in on this. I'd love to hear about eds work towards vulkan and anything they're working on in a news letter at some point down the line. Things like reflection, engine smoke density, contrails would all really help with visibility but I hear what you're saying about having to work within the constraints of the majorities hardware and I certainly wouldn't want to lose the depth and accuracy that makes us all love dcs. this is principally why I think slight aid is necessary even if it must be artificial. Labels solve all issues, but things like being able to see them through the aircraft frame really break the immersion so I avoid them.

I agree the imposter system was flawed, nobody wants 2 mile wide tanks :) Your whole point about the view starting too zoomed out and then zooming in to match your normal vision (minus peripheral) is exactly the thing we're all talking about. It's unrealistic when compared to a real pilots vision and some vision enhancing should be put into the game to allow us to play with the information a real pilot would have and help us circumvent hardware limitations.

That would be a workable argument if not for the fact that warplanes exist in dcs and spotting is usually sighted as a significant problem when compared to il2. What about games like falcon bms? Spotting is inarguably easier in that and it's jets

I accept that every sim sees a degree of complaints of this nature but you must agree that dcs is the hardest of all of the major Sims by quite a margin and in my opinion is difficult to the point of it detracting from the realism of the game

Man you're an angry guy. You're assuming we all play with a wide fov..based on what? How do assumptions like that help anyone?Watch people play the game on YouTube, they lose track of targets in places that they clearly shouldn't be There are solutions to this. I have no where near the same problems spotting in other Sims and I'm very clearly not alone in this

Surely you concede then, that this is unrealistic in terms of what a real pilot with good vision would be aware of by comparison? End of the day I want to play a realistic game and that means some spotting enhancements to circumvent the limitations of the 2d monitor with no peripheral vision that 99% of us are using. I'd really like to see a eds stance on this and a few comments from someone in the team. This issue has been around forever and you'll see even the most experienced players lose track of targets that are a few miles straight in front of them.

I'd love to see this addressed as well. I have a high quality 1080p gaming monitor. It's big, it has good colour definition and spotting is an absolute nightmare in dcs and it really can ruin the fun at times