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I totally agree, the Cougar is the best HOTAS I have ever bought, it feels like the real thing. A mate of mine (twobells in the forums) has had his for some time, I didn't buy before because I thought £250 was a little much just for a joystick, but since they have come down in price to £170 i thought I would take the plung and I would recommend these to anyone, I also bought the Track IR Pro 4 system which makes the game even more real :) Thanks Mithandra

is anyone using a Cougar HOTAS with winodws 7? I cannot seem to get the drivers. thanks Mithandra

whole thing is silly if you ask me - thats that a HOTAS is for. Also this would cause problems with voice chat in multiplayer i am guessing. Mithandra

Are you running the latest GFX drivers for your card? if not update them and try that. Mithandra

Nice work mate will test this tonight when i get home :) Mithandra

Personally I prefer never to overclock a CPU, reduces the life of the CPU. Just a personal preference. If i want a faster CPU i will buy the one i want :) Thanks Mithandra

Hi Guys, Well I have just purchased my Cougar HOTAS and has a Saitek X45 System spare which I would like to sell for £30 + postage. If you are interested please send me a pm. I thought I would offer this to the DCS community before putting it on ebay at a higher price. You can also collect the X45 from me which would cancel out the postage obviously, I am in the UK just outside Basingstoke. Thanks Mithandra

would it be possible for ED to list all the new features in the up and coming realease of the patch or have they not been finalised yet? Mithandra

Mate of mine has just tested this with his setup (havent confirmed this with mine yet but he said when using the gui based one trackIR does not work. Anyoine else experienced this? Mithandra

get a quad core cpu and use the tweak to run on all cores within the forum. Video card does will not show that much improvment. currently running 2 x 8800GTX 768MB in SLI and get the same frame rate as a mate with a 280 Mithandra

Hi All, Well after reading this post I am very tempted to pull out my second 19" monitor. I have a question though: I dont really want to buy a touch screen monitor kit (would prefer a real touch screen without a kit) so could this setup be used for people who just use the mouse? What I want to do is have my game running on my main monitor at 1920 x 1200 and then have the rest of the stuff on the other 19" screen at 1600 x 1200. Thanks Mithandra

One thing I have found when flying in Sim mode is that straight away the heli starts to rotate from the second you lift most of the load off of the wheels, what i found is that if you increase cyclic just enough to take a little weight from the wheels the heli will normally start to pull that way (note wheels still on the ground just about) you can then either use the trim to correct this or use the rudder to correct this. I tend to use the rudder myself not played with the trim enough. once you have it perfect then you can take off and then it will stay pretty much in a straight line. I sometimes have to tweak the rudder in very very small amounts in game, I have my rudder mapped to my rotary switch on my Cougar so can do this. Thanks Mithandra

I thought F12 was the re-centre in TIR. Why change it? Thanks Clarke

Currently running Vista Ultimate x64 with 4Gig of Ram. Completed the first 2 missions of the first campaign without any issues. Hope things go smooth as I just spent £300 to play this game right: bought: Cougar HOTAS + TrackIR 4 Pro with Track Clip Pro :) Mithandra

are people still really using windows XP :megalol: Mithandra

Yep worked a treat on my system also. Custom Built Quad Core Q9550 2.8ghz 2 x 8800 GTX 768MB GFX Cards in SLI Galaxy 1000watt PSU Striker Extreme MB 4Gig RAM Sweet as... Mithandra

Hi Guys, Just reading some of the links ED posted in Announcements and one of the reviews shows an image without a cockpit just the HUD. Anyone know if this is possible? its the 7th image down http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/01/18/matt-wagner-on-black-shark/ Thanks Mithandra

Hi Guys, I just downloaded the 2009 skin from the DCS site and copied over the files that it asks (over righting where necessary) . When entering the first campaign I do not see the new skin, is there anything else that I need to be aware of appart from copy and replace? Thanks Mithandra

As stated above there are 2 firing modes. One for Cannon (SPACE BAR) and one for missiles / Rockets (RCTRL+SPACE BAR) Also when locked into a target you need to move your reticle over or near the targetet reticle. Mithandra

Pressing the quite button when you get the missions success notification is a little off putting for me. I have just completed the first missions after the FAM mission ( first campaign )and the successful mission notification comes up while your still over the convoy which would negate the need for fly back to the base and land, which IMHO would remove the immersion within the game. Just a thought. Mithandra

Hi Guys, I am thinking of putting another screen on my system to have a dedicated ABRIS display, just wondering if its quite easy to get tis running? My main display plays the game at 1920x1200 the new display will be 1600x1200. Will this cause a problem? Thanks Mithandra

Hi Guys, Just completed my first missions from the UK campain. Just wanted peoples opinion on flight lines. First part was a little weird i was having to use rudder straight away to compensate for spin. Thanks Mithandra missions_one_success.trk

I have just got my TrackIR and Pro clip about 2 weeks ago and would not go back to anything else. I would definatly recommend the pro click as I have used both and I hate wearing hats to play a game lol Mithandra

Hi and Welcome to the site :) My view on this is when you get the game you really dont want to start learning everything so the WIN + HOME start sequence helps a lot if you just want to get flying and see what the game has to offer. Personnal if you run through the start sequence a few time (see videos on youtube) you will get the hang of it. I am currently in the process of learning the start sequence because it adds more immersion to the game. I do not believe that you can automate part of the startup proceedure. BTW TrackIR Pro 4 is a MUST, just got mine the other day and boy does it make a hudge difference to the play. Thanks Mithandra

Hi Guys, Just been looking round amazon and have seen DCS Black Shark listed as a pre-order for £25.99. http://www.amazon.co.uk/DCS-Black-Shark-PC-CD/dp/B001UE7N8C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1236275790&sr=8-1 If we take the dollar rate that the game is selling only on download and covert it to pounds then it works out just over £10 more expensive to buy the game from this site, are they going to reduce the price? I am going to stick with the Russian version for now until it is released. Thanks Mithandra