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Nice, thanks. I'm also downloading the manuals from the main site too - i was using the quick start guide - which wasn't much good

I guess not! Where are they?

Has someone recorded the training and put it on youtube? that would be handy

OK - nice, thanks. Now - i'm going through the startup training and trying to write it all down too - i keep missing bits. Can i wind fwd and back in training to check stuff?

I'd like to get on the runway with the engines off in order to practice starting up. Instant Action doesn't do it, training makes me wait forever and the missions either start engines on or in some other state. It's only my second day, so go easy on me :)

OK cool - i'm on it :) Love it already

+1 pre-order

Dear all, I have just finishing building my first rig (i7 + gtx 285), which i bought because I thought BS looked amazing. I have been playing for about an hour and have run into an annoying problem.... I want the collective to be manually controllable using the slider on my joystick but i need all the help i can get with the avioncis. If i select Easy Avionics it seems to make the collective automatic but if i deselect Easy Avionics then the collective is controlled by the slider but i have no clue how to use any of the weapons aiming kit. Any ideas? Sorry for being a total noob. :) Cheers Jimbo

Perfect - i have removed it and also clicked 'slider' on the axis tuner screen. Annoyingly the 'Easy avionics' setting seems to give you auto collective if i've understood well. I want to learn how to fly the aircraft but i need a lot of help on the weapons/nav front given that it's day one. Is there a way to get help on the weapons/aiming/nav but leave the collective manual or have i missed something?

Hi guys, i literally just finished building my first PC and have got Black Shark installed as my first sim. Everything is awesome apart from not being able to control the collective with the throttle slider. I've tried various axis configs in the options and i can see the slider responding, so i know it works. Any ideas? I'm running W7 64bit RC. Everything else seems PERFECT. Loving Black Shark so far.

All really good input - thanks everyone. Given that i'm starting from scratch - i think i'll go for i7. Still not sure about what gfx card to go for - could go for 4870 for £200 or gtx 285 for £320 - seems like 285 would be more future proof but have no idea. Thinking of a 24" LCD - is this decent or is everyone using much bigger? 5ms response time ok? It's a sammy.

Not tooooo worried about the cost but at the same time, i'm interested in value/performance, for ex, i understand that the 920 is good value because it can be OC'd up to 940/965 performance (pretty much). Presume more and more games will start to utilise quad core over the coming months, so guessing i7 is best future proof. Also understand that GTX 280 better value than 285 beacuse you can OC 280 up to 285 performance. However, don't understand if dual GPU cards are better/worse for BS. Thoughts?

I'm a total noob to rig building and i'm planning on building one for Black Shark. I've heard that for a new build it's best to go i7 920 and overclock. Assume this is better than dual core in terms of future proofing? Thinking of Asus p6t deluxe on mobo front but suggestions welcome. From what i've read the 4870X2 gives higher 3dmark scores than GTX 280 but can suffer from microbursts, which cause stutter whilst gaming. What is the best value/performance GPU for Black Shark? All info welcome. Cheers, Jim