jross194

I seem to recall someone saying you need to put their skill level on, I think it was, Average, not Excellent. Reduces the Ferris Wheel tactic. My experience is that this does work/help, though it also makes them too easy to kill. So I do 1 V 2 with the AI, though they ain't real good a 'teamwork'. Probably why I stick to honing my manual bombing skills instead.

Gracias!

The $1000 I would need to upgrade my GTX1080 will buy a LOT of modules. I can't do both anymore. Or more correctly, repeatedly and regularly.

Haven't seen this reported yet. So there.

Ah, ha. Don't recall changing that. Thanks.

VR - No Deck crew in right eye Haven't seen this reported yet. So there.

Thanks for this. Nice compromise.

Am I used to feeling I'm "In" the cockpit? Yes. Would I go back? No.

Yup. Good friend of mine got me some time in a Viper sim; several of them standing behind me (I'd had many Faclon 3/4 hours in by then and thought I kinda knew what to do - mid-1990's). Well, they were all "hey, good", and "not bad", until I was about mid-field rolling out. Then one said, "nice landing", then all rest, in unison, yelled, "ALL OF THEM!" - seems I bounced it slightly. Tuff crowd.

So, how to get my comms menu's back until the fix is out? I used VCP to disable them. Tried to run it, without running DCS, to RE-ENable. Didn't work. Got the 10% bug. Repaired DCS. Ran DCS again. No menus. I can't talk to my wingmen/tanker/atc now. Funny it works (ATC) on the ground however. Is there a LUA file I need to root around in to get these back up til the fix? Still looking. Thanks.

^^^ "Well... the game does look good, but it simply makes we feel like I am watching a plane on a screen. I don't even know how anyone could ever go back to that." Yup. I don't care how pretty it is, no VR, no interest, and I've been strictly a PC Flight sim guy since the 80's. MSFT's had me scratching my head at times, since way back then, over some of their decisions regarding gaming/simulation...

What does he think about people, like myself, that make a hobby out of doing something, even though simulated, he does/did for a living?

^^^ JasonJ, Good to hear. Yeah, I've been thinking I need more pucks and a bigger amp (only 70w and a single 50W Aura). No pun intended but, I think that (and this concept) has more 'bang' for the buck than most anything, esp. in VR. I hate bad-mouthing a product but the BK2 bordered on a fire hazard and just feel it's necessary to inform others in this genre. Smooth simming, J

I can't fly (VR) without this feedback anymore. But...be advised: my BK2 amp fried about a month or so after I got it (was kinda scary - sparks, flame, smoke, etc). Appears I'm not the only one who had that issue (purchased about 8 months ago). The one time I _didn't_ really research a piece of hardware, and it bit me. I ended up building my own simple system. Which, if I didn't have the outlay for the BK2, would have been cheaper. Just a heads-up. Check six, J

Just don't go tooooo far back for us really old guys: 8-Track. Hmm. Kinda what we have now, now that I think of it.

sze - mucho thanks for that, it's appreciated.

So, lets just say, for arguments sake, that I somehow found $800 bucks lying around, for a Reverb. I think that's the cost. What video card would I need to _then_ buy to get performance similar to my current setup: nVidia 1080 (not a ti) and Odyssey+? (45 FPS, or slightly more, in single player and fairly simple scenarios). Thanks ahead of time, GOFI - "Guy on fixed income"

For user with a bass shaker-type setup: single base shaker [puck] or butt-kicker 2; mono output; single amp. A simple system. Just a quick note to users concerning what levels to set for each output category in Simshaker for Aviators. Maybe more of a reminder, yet I didn't see this mentioned and I was a little slow understanding how sound output works... Seems for sounds (effects to a sound card for this hardware) that play for some period of time (G-feel, and stall fx specifically) you shouldn't have either of those above 50. More correctly the sum of these settings should == 100. If they both start 'playing' then, it seems, you get the sum of the two: in a hard turn and in buffet (F-14 shows this the best of the modules I have), if both are 100 one will 'wash out' the other. For short-duration Fx (landing, ground bumps, gear cycle, etc) then you don't notice the interruption. I had both stall buffet and G-feel at 100 and wasn't feeling much definition on one or the other. Then it dawned on me. So, in short, with my G-feel at 50 and Stall at 50 I can feel them both much better when they are 'firing' at once. 50 + 50 = 100 percent. The feels/samples are different enough to differentiate between them. Would like a larger range; seems the G-feel is mostly On/Off but may be due to my system only having 70 amps? Again, I'm not a sound guy so wasn't obvious to me. Or maybe even correct? If not then please educate me. J PS: If you don't have a device like this, and the SSA software, then you REALLY need one. Like VR I no longer can operate without it.

^^^ This

For the same reason I love the AC Cobra, the one with the big nasty engine. Only thing on 4 wheels I'd ever buy (not counting my truck). And the F-4. It, they, have personality. The Heatblur representation cinched it - you have to _fly_ this thing and that, in of itself, makes it very satisfying. And yeah, 90% of the movie TopGun sucked, except the flying cinematography. It grew on me though. It ('she') lives on via HB's dedication.

Just noticed this...created a 1 v 1, me in an F5 v F14B (AI), guns only. After a turn or two I lost it. Thought was just bugging out, even though it was only a minute into it. So I found it a ways off and closed. Snuck up behind within a plane length. Nothing, no reaction. Then I slowly eased alongside. Didn't react until my nose was near, if not in front of, its 9-O'clock. Skill was on Average? Maybe high, but not excellent (get tired of the endless loops). Maybe someday...

Can anyone tell me about this device, specifically the 'range' of feedback... Meaning, can you tell, say, the feeling between 1 G and 9 G, if set to start at 1 or 2G's? I ask because I've built my own system (from parts; puck, amp, wires laying around, and the SimShaker software bits). I'll never fly without this type of feedback again. But, I'm thinking I need to upgrade as I seem limited to about 4-G's of feedback - it peaks at an intensity, as my butt feels it, at around 4 G's = I can't really tell 4G from 8G for instance. Have it set to start at 1.5G+. May be the puck/amp output limit however... Just wishing I had a wider range here. Thanks ahead of time, J

^^^^^^ What "Notso" said. VR and DCS have culled my sim library down to one, which is good cuzz I can't afford more than one anymore... VR is the primary reason (like you I waited, literally, decades for this). And I get to blow stuff up. Flying the system-heavy [buttons/knobs/procedures-wise] platforms in P3D, X-plane, etc, even in VR, is second place now. Heck, I have purchased modules I rarely 'fly', cuzz I want these guys -- this genre -- to succeed. Sooner, rather than later, hopefully. If they/it tanks (becomes another arcade game) then, well, I take up gardening (nothing against gardeners BTW). Semi-related: If MSFT 'weaponizes' FS2020, and gets VR, maybe things will change for me? Check Six, J

Since I built a DIY feedback system, using a sound puck, amp, and the SimShaker software, I've been unable to fly without it. It does add to the 'process' of getting the sim up but, if it's missing, I notice immediately. Things feel dead without it. I have mine set to start giving me feedback at 1.5 G. The important thing is to keep this constant so your butt learns, say, what n-G's (of vibration) feels like. All the other bells & whistles (Gear, flaps, probe, etc) are cool too, but the G, and stall buffet, are the biggies, imo. Not scientific but I think I fly more smoothly. I need a bigger system (puck and amp) to make it really kick me in the arse (peaks at about 4-5 G) but, it does train you via feedback. I WISH this type of support was more deeply supported. JetSeat may be on my list if mine breaks, or I'll just rebuild it.

Plane-spotting, with a bang...