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Yup, these AI voice capabilities are pretty cool. I subscribed to Play.ht for this campaign I’m working on. Mission quality, after Audacity tweaks, is soooo much better. It takes some experimenting to get them to say the right words sometimes. For example, I have to type “Oozey” to hear it say “Uzi.” Or “are tee bee” for “RTB.” I have also learned that large paragraphs (I.e. lots of precious characters) are best broken into smaller chunks and files, and then combined in Audacity. It’s super annoying to have typed out/used hundreds of characters only to hear it mispronounce a single word… Texaco. “Tex-AH-co” instead of “Tex-uh-co.” Shoot me, lol.

Same here, and my poll vote.

Hey all, I feel like I remember seeing someone use this in a campaign/mission...maybe Raven One? You start up on the carrier, then have to use the F10 menu to tell your AI wingman you're ready to taxi. Any ideas how to go about this? I know how to add Radio Commands in the F10 menu, how to use AI Task Push (Start) for Uncontrolled AI, but I'm trying to figure out how I can start my own plane, program my plane and prep it for taxi while my AI wingman (NOT part of my group; a completely separate Group using "Follow" triggered actions) is starting on his own. I want him to start up and be ready, but not taxi until I tell him I'm ready. Scratching my head. Maybe I'm completely wrong and misremembering... the Lagavulin is probably preventing some of my synapses from firing... Thanks!

I just moved my install to a new drive. Copy and paste worked fine, just had to update where everything is linked (I.e. change your DCS paths from the old C:xxxxx to D:xxxx, for example).

Thanks again for the replies, guys, I appreciate it. I can't remember if I ever updated the thread (haven't read back, only saw the recent notifications). I went ahead and bought a 2TB WD Black 850 for all my DCS stuff. Figured whenever I build a new PC I'll just drop that drive in it. I also replaced my 9600k with a 9900k, and replaced my 2080Ti with a 3090 my buddy sold me. It has been great so far! Really loving the setup. Haven't played much VR lately since the change, but I've been playing a lot of flat panel w/TrackIR on maxed out settings and, wow, DCS is just beautiful! Really getting back into the Editor. Working on a little mini-campaign at the moment. Glad to be enjoying DCS again.

Update: Well, I actually won an auction in eBay. Have a 9900K on the way now. Gonna grab my buddies 3090, too!

Thanks for the explanation, LucShep. I’ll browse around eBay. Having a few more cores/threads would be nice for OBS and editing.

I’ve never bought used PC equipment. Anything to watch out for if I were to buy a used 9900k? My same buddy had a 9900k with this 3090 he’s selling, but he’s already moved that chip into something else (I asked if he was selling it…maybe I already mentioned that?).

Sorry for the late reply, guys. Been out visiting family. The rad is top mounted, and temps only got high during stress testing….pushed 90ish if I remember. Been quite a while. I bet I could put it back up to 5.0 for DCS and it would run fine. I think temps only get into the mid-60s when playing right now. I’ve been wondering about this AIO anyway and wondering if it’s working right. The LED on the pump head failed early on when I bought it, but AFAIK it’s still working…probably worth a look! It’s a Thermaltake Ring Flow something or other lol. Gotta run, about to push off the gate.

I've got a 360 AIO on it now. My build is several years old. I should probably clean the old paste off and reapply...good idea?

Hmm, you guys have given me some things to consider. Yes, the seller is a good friend/former coworker of mine, and he takes excellent care of his stuff. I wouldn't give that part a second thought. And, if it did die, I could still put my 2080Ti back in I suppose. Guess I'll chew on this a little while. Oh, and as far as power supply goes, I think I have an 850W in there; might be a 1000W, but can't remember. I'll check my build list on PCPartpicker, and I'll also edit the list with the 3090 to see what it says. Also, I do have my 9600k OC'd to 4.9 GHz. I have had it up to 5.0, but didn't like how hot it was running.

Yeah, I was planning on building a new system with a 13700k/13900k and, at least, a 4080. Just when the wife will let me is the question! I think having two capable PCs would be pretty handy though. My son wants to learn to fly, so I'm thinking of putting MSFS on to start teaching him the basics before he starts taking lessons. Who knows...maybe I'll have a new DCS wingman soon, too! Edit: As for VR, future VR actually, I think I would probably go with something like a Quest 3 at least. Admittedly though, I'm a bit out of the loop on VR. I plan to build a PC decent enough that it shouldn't be an issue.

Thank you guys for your previous help with the M.2 thread. I have a different situation now. A buddy offered to sell me his 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming for $650 US. If you remember from my other thread, I’m kinda trying to limp this PC along until I do a new build. It’s not a bad PC and runs DCS great on flat screen, and I’m pretty happy with my VR performance as well, other than it being an old Rift S. Current specs are 9600K (4.9 GHz), 2080Ti, and 64 GB RAM, after a recent step up from 32. I feel the 9600k just barely makes it with the 2080Ti right now. The CPU definitely maxes out often. Do you think stepping to the 3090 would be better or worse at this point? The best I can do on this board would be a 9900k, but I don’t want to put too much of a bandaid on ($$) vs just going for a new build. Thoughts?

Nice. Yeah, I'm for sure going to put the OS on a fast drive, too, lol. It's already quick on this SSD, which blew me away coming from HDDs on my old PCs, but looking forward to having better stuff in the next PC.

Right on. I think I'll spend the money on a Samsung 990 or WD 850 once our contract passes (I hope)! I'm thinking at least 2TB, but even toyed with a 4TB drive for DCS. 4TB overkill though? Just hard to forsee the next few years with new maps and modules coming.