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I just restarted Persian Lion I-so well done. Just hard enough each level to keep me "evolving"- each one a tiny bit more complex than the previous mission. No giant jumps in knowledge with a focus on the one larger change (eg JDAMS, or inputting info for an inserted waypoint). All the triggers seem to work, and comms works well (no problems like my previous complaint). Clear orders, and confirmatory dialogue. Never lost. These are my favorites so far.

No - you explained it well. So many times the problems have been "user error" so I wouldn't be surprised if I am messing it up. The kneepad has the frequency for the 'scripted AWAC' so I may not be contacting the 'generic AWAC' but I am not sure how I would find that frequency if the developer has not integrated it into the game....I will give another example in campaign Cereberus North-I cannot even find the correct ATC in the available ATC menu ( I also use Vaicom-but use the "options" menu very often) I see in others video clips there is interaction on the radio but I can't seem figure it out. Once again most probably user error. So much to learn...

Hi, Yes all communications need to go through the F10 menu-and are pre-scripted responses (usually)- meaning if I just want to get an AWACs "picture" or "bogey dope" I can't. To get a "generic" evaluation of the battle etc is impossible. I'm not sure if there is a solution-i.e. campaign specific AWACS, and also "generic" AWACS that can give me information at will. Not sure if I explained it very well. Ultimately the BIG problem is the one I stated above-45 minutes of flight, 5 minutes of "heat" and then f**cking it up. I have seen some missions that are broken up into 2 sections (with the latter mission being just prior to the "heat" - which is very respectful of my time.

Another issue is the F10 menu option and the inability to select generic AWACS or ATC even when on the correct frequency. I can't get "picture" etc. This just makes everything harder in missions-thus another reason I die so often.

Simplest solution- though Voice attack Vaicom had arctic pro as the microphone, windows did not. Sheeesh.

Well damn that is VERY awesome of you. I'll do some further troubleshooting first. But seriously nice of you.

The microphone works perfectly in windows,, voice attack and vaicom when speech recognition is enabled-It's an Arctis Nova headset and mic.

Hi-thanks for the response-This is for DCS. When I disable speech recognition, and after setting up the PTT and the plug in, Whisper attack acknowledges the PTT, but returns "Silence" or a couple times something like "loud music".

I (think) I have installed everything correctly-when installing and integrating Whisper Attack, it says to "disable speech recognition" in Voice Attack (or duplicate messages would be sent. When I disable speech recognition in Voice Attack it basically disables my microphone. Voice Attack no longer "hears" anything from my mic. What am I doing wrong?

That does sound cool. I'd probably have some of the same issues-but maybe a "loss" would be part of the overall model and acceptable. The dynamic campaign will definitely be game changer-campaign creators could follow your idea-make some specific events happen, and then the player responds. I remember in ancient times playing Falcon 4.0 and that dynamic mission.

Don't get me wrong I keep coming back to campaigns. I don't play multiplayer, and single missions don't satisfy that "I am a real combat pilot" feeling. But here are some of my criticisms-with some solutions that I think are feasible. I know there are a bunch of solutions that really boil down to "put more time and energy into the game" but sheeeesh I have spent more time learning this game than I spent with my kids (who are all in jail and addicted to various drugs due to my parental negligence-kidding they're pretty badass) 1. I don't know what the other pilots/FAC/AWAC are saying-I have figured out the F-18 generally, but when I drop into a campaign, and the FAC, AWACs are telling me stuff I don't get it- I LOVE the succinctness and specificity of military parlance-but many times (I'm talking to you Arctic Thunder) I don't understand what I am being tasked to do-esp if I have to fly off pre-planned flightplan-SOLUTION-put a dumb downed Text message next to the message texts with simple language; 2. I spend A LOT of time getting to the interesting part of the mission, screw it up then die. Then have to reload and (at minimum) watch the whole boring part at 3 x speed -which seems to take longer than just manually flying it. I absolutely want that "boring" part-it adds so much to the game and is fun ONCE (maybe twice) but I'm that terrible of a pilot and it can take 5-6 times to complete. Solution-Quick Save-Once per mission you should be able to do a Quick Save-then after failing the mission the game should give you an option to start at that point. 3. I LOVE DCS-and I love campaigns and will always buy and play them-but the fun is mitigated sometimes by the above.

I have such a hard time understanding the military parlance. But I am an idiot. I wish there was sub-set of information available maybe on the kneeboard or your flight kind of clarifying what we are doing "OK Devil 32 let's look for that Fulcrum at bearing 270" - I know dumbing it down negates the verisimilitude but KNOWING what I am actually doing would really make this campaign more accessible. To be fair, I find a lot of campaigns have the same issue (Persian Lion 1 &2 are the exception)

I will try it. Thanks.

Hi, Thanks for that. Yea it's weird-for some reason DCS is seeing the Aero as not being on or something. I'll keep troubleshooting. Re-booting the system works so I can still play when needed. Again appreciate the help.

Hi, Thanks for any insight: dcs1.log was a failed VR load; dcs.log was a successful VR load. dcs1.log dcs.log