JamesRothwell

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3913866&postcount=1 Yes.

So how much better is the new card compared to your old 980?

Welcome, I'm quite a casual DCS'er and not using VR but my comments would be, 32Gb of RAM is a must, I was until a few months ago using 16Gb and regulalry sitting with my RAM at max capacity, since I upgraded to 32Gb I am running about 18-22Gb usage depending on map and other specifics. I went for the X56 Hotas because it was cheaper and I didn't need separate rudder pedals like on the Warthog, despite being a casual player I really regret this and wish I went with the Warthog. 1080Ti just about maintains 60fps at 4K, occasionally get some micro stutters though, waiting for whatever supersedes the 2080Ti to upgrade and a hopefully higher refresh rate 4k monitor too. DCS doesn't scale across many cores too well so you'll need a CPU with a very fast single core performance, typically Intel is superior in this however the latest gen from AMD is very, very and would be better for you to have the extra cores if you want to stream also.

Ooh, thanks for confirming those dates. I think we are further in the development cycle than the Hornet was at the time of first video then, since we should almost certainly be able to fly the Viper by the end of the year. As another mentioned, a little teaser video would be really great. Keeps me happy to see more and to know that we're not being forgot about. :)

I would imagine that once the academic videos start to drop we're 8 weeks or less from being able to fly it for ourselves? It was around that with the Hornet wasn't it?

Anyone else itching for the first of the Viper academic videos to drop? I didn't board the hype train for any other module on DCS, actually I'm pretty newb (sub 2 years) in the sim. I didn't follow the progress of the F14 at all and it was only when I logged into my favorite server on launch day and the regulars were all testing out the Tomcat and I thought 'oh that looks cool' and bought it. Anyway, properly hyped for the F16C, pre-ordered it ages ago and thoroughly looking forward to this new module. Come on, give us some more videos to appease us! :)

It's a great idea, I think it would only work well for the majority with AI and some kind of dynamic campaign system.

It's launched me off the carrier at a very low speed several times and never understood what it was that I did wrong.

If you want to learn navigation using radios starting off with something very simple and slow moving is the easiest option. in my humble opinion of course!. A sim using civilian aircraft Xplane11 for example using the default Cessna is a great place to learn the basics. I find that military aircraft generally fly so fast that it's difficult to keep pace and go through the checklist/procedure without being rushed. I'm sure that you could get a suitable module in DCS though, just I'm not too familiar with which one would be best. Navigating using only radios is quite challenging and really makes you wonder how some of the pilots at the dawn of aviation ever managed to land where they were expected! :)

Do you get the 'hot trigger' indicator?

I'm really hoping the hype around TopGun2 generates a lot of newcomers to the sim which should put some more money into the DCS 'economy' and hopefully speed up development of new modules and updates. What I'd really love is dynamic campaign engine and to improve the combined arms module to make it more attractive to players who like that sort of thing, it would be very cool to have real players solely focusing on the ground calling in air support etc.

They've used it in their trailer and teasers so perhaps it's close to being ready and will launch shortly after the F16, perhaps to coincide with the carrier operations upgrade.

I fly with a human RIO sometimes and until recently I had no real idea exactly what is going on back there, watch some of the in-depth videos explaining how to use the radar and you'll soon realize it isn't Jester that is dropping lock but it's just the limitation of the old hardware. But also I don't especially like flying with Jester, a real human that you can interact is a totally different experience.

Yes I noticed that now I can ask Jester to switch between RWS and TWS in the Jester command wheel. But I select TWS and the 'v' on the TID repeater narrows so I can see it's in TWS and still I have trouble picking off targets. Like others have said BVR is still WIP etc so it'll change for better or worse as times goes on to presumably get more realistic.

In PAL scan or Jester locks ships himself?

When the F14 was first available I found the TWS mode to be very good, could take out four tightly packed mig15 from 50 miles easily. Since the recent updates I can't even get a tws lock on a lone mig21 at 40 miles.

Ah ok, so if I have Jester enter as waypoint as Surface Target, it should automatically be stored on the LANTIRN? I didn't realise this I thought you had to enter the waypoint information separately directly into the pod system, I'll have a go at this. Sorry, I should have read the handbook a few times to fully understand it.

Hi folks, I've searched on the forum and the Heatblur manual and can't find the answer. As I understand it you can input a target location into the LANTIRN system whilst on the ground so that when you are approaching the target area the RIO isn't having to scan around trying to locate little dots on the FLIR feed, at 20k feet because of some SAM threats. How do you input these co-ordinates into the LANTIRN? I get the co-ordinates from F10 map of where I want the LANTIRN to point and then once we are in the area I presume QDES brings up the designated stored point?

Just happened to me for the second time. I only play in MP.

I seem to have regular issues with Tacan in MP. Sometimes just doesn't work at all, and isn't even in the Jester menu to select. Putting it in manually as the pilot doesn't work either.

For me the menu has become huge and centered.

Master Arm ON.

Look down at your TID, the seconds until impact will countdown. I don't know how to tell if the missile has gone pitbull or not, I would like to know though!

Please make it so CTRL+U with gear up initiates giving the bird animation.

Same as happened to me twice on MP server.