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Well, I'll be darned Just after my previous post, I happen to look at the change log as listed here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=245165 And wouldn't you know it says: "8. CAN and MAGIC can only be selected via HOTAS." I have to say, trying to figure out why it wasn't working had me spinning my head around. Perhaps my fault for not reading about it first, but I have to say its about as counter intuitive as one can get. I wonder how many other heads out there are close to exploding. I can select it fine now via hotus. !!!!@@@##^!%!!!

I know I must be doing something wrong. I've watched the tutorials on how to select the magic II missles, but when I click on its button there is no change to the hud, no "p" showing up on the selector button below MAG. I tried in VR, outside of VR, in several different missions. I tried with clicking and with Lctrl-1. I can select and shoot the 530 no problem, and guns as well. Any suggestions?

Is there a way to arrange the order of the various airplane and add-on buttons at the bottom of the dcs home screen? I want to put my owned planes together and make my life a bit more joyful when I load DCS up. Right now, its just a mess and sends bad vibes every time I load it up. I know its a small thing, and I can live with it, but if there was a way to manage that I'd be delighted.

I have the rift S, and I was actually admiring how easy it was to read the gauges today, before I saw this thread... go figure.... I am running pixel density around 2.

cm this gave me the idea to use voiceattack to play a song. easy to use, set up phrases like... song goodbye yellow brick road and it starts playing my mp3 of it. you have to experiment what volume to set, this is done in voice atttack i normally set it at 25%... but salt to taste.

I find VR along with strategic use of voice attack highly immersive. Flying the F-14, which relegates much of the button flipping to Jester and leaves the pilot to concentrate on flying, is super immersive. That being said I can see why some would prefer a physical cockpit for the tactile feel of button switch, but that's not for me. However, if I did get into civilian simms like flying a 747, that is about buttons and switches. I have a Rift S, and that is viewed as a bridge to whatever next generation VR sets arrive next year or two. Then I will switch up. I'd rather put the money in that than a physical cockpit. Again, each salt to taste.

Of course, salt to taste. To me, F/A-18 is easier and quite fun... but the F-14 is immensely satisfying to learn and fly. The more you learn about the F-14 the more exciting it is and the satisfying it is just to learn something new about it each day. Heatblur, in my opinion, not only hit it out of the ball park. They hit it so hard and fast that it shot out of the ball park and over two adjacent parks 10 miles away! Easy, no. Satisfying and enjoyable, absolutely.

I have been enjoying the F-15, F-14 and F-18. Of these, F-15 is the most relaxing to fly - far less to know to get it off the ground. Visually its on par with the 14 and 18. Especially in VR which I fly exclusively. Since I fly VR, F-15 became a lot more fun and immersive after offloading a number of commands to VoiceAttack. If you are unfamiliar Voiceattack is an easy to use and program program for converting words you speak yp actions. For example, "lower flaps". You need something like this if in VR to use F-15 because as mentioned, the cockpit is not clickable. But I also use voice attack in F-14 (Jester, Loud and Clear..) and F/A-18. But getting back to which plane - F-15 to me is casual and fun, and F-14/18 is when I want to learn systems in great detail. I like them all.

I just want to echo how FANTASTIC the F-14 is. It was a little daunting at first, and I still have miles and miles to go to mastering it, but I'm having a ball in the '14. BTW I'm in VR which makes it doubly so. I've never felt so "into" a flight sim - it's a GREAT and BTW mentally active way to spend time. Now back to the sim. If you are new and haven't pressed forward in the 14', keep at it it will pay off like no other. Wow.

Hey Rudel_chw & Breaklight: So helpful! Thank you!!!

I wanted to set up a mission to bomb a nuke plan. I am in Caracas. When I clicked on "Add Static Object", and selected Structures, I did not see any Nuke plants. I may not be doing something right, not sure. Any advice? All appreciated.

I love the inserts I have, which were purchased for the Oculus Go for about $80 but work perfectly for the S (I own both). Frames direct. I'm sure VR-lens.com will also be good. So much nicer without wearing glasses.

Just Added an F-14 Poster (36" x 24") - Love It So I made another large poster out of DCS - this time the F-14. I discussed how I did it in the top post of this thread. It looks out-friggin-standing....

Just a question to any who might know - is there a way to shut off the narrow bottom of screen status bar one gets after hitting f2? I want to do screen shots without it.

I am very happy with the Rift S, it's not a perfect VR experience, but it's a heck of a lot of fun. Also... it makes DCS VR no longer a novelty. You will want to use it for flying. Wearing headphones unfortunately is needed to get both full immersion and to hear everything well. But that's ok.

I just ordered this F-14 pic for a 36 x 24 Poster.

I can't remember the exact numbers, but I have run fpsVR on my new I-9900 which has a lower end 1080 card, and am surprised at hour leisurely the CPU chugs along. On my system, its the 1080 card (8 Gig card, non-ti) that is the bottleneck in VR.

Just wanted to mention, related but unrelated, that if you by chance have prescription lenses for the oculus Go, they snap in and work perfectly with the rift S. I can confirm.

I built my PC from this newegg kit: https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.3893618&Description=i7%209700k%20combo Just over $1000 for a 9700K processor. I had a graphics card already (1080), and an extra SSD. I bought this only for gaming. Very happy with it. My graphics card was a zotak 1080 mini, which when I bought it was something like $600 off amazon. But as I said I alreday had it. Took 5 hours to build it and to my surprise fired up first time. Also purchased a new copy of Windows 10, USB version. The darn thing installed in under 15 minutes, I think it was closer to 10. I have never seen that....

>>> I have to tell ya Emmy - but a distance of 1-2 feet away is all that is needed, not 'across the room'. And for those with lessor eyes they may not see it at all. I'm retired Navy ('tho not a pilot) and have seen some excellent camera work over the years - and I am flat out amazed at how close this comes. The key I think is the 2560 x 1440 res - sure I'd love it even sharper but it really does look spectacular in 36" x 24" poster size plus a little overall adjustment to light levels in photoshop (darks a bit darker and lights a bit lighter - I used "levels" plus a small amount of increased saturation). I never expected it to look this great. Really - it's kick butt. It does *not* look like a game screen shot grab at all. Don't forget to turn on all the bells and whistles in settings to get the most textures etc. BTW, I added an additional "tip" to my first post. Do your screenshots by "watching the track". Do that, and you can exactly control the camera, zoom etc. And it adds to the fun.

Don't mean to state the obvious, but a call to your eye doctor might yield the IPD on file. They also might simply invite you in for a quick (free) measurement once you explain what you need. Miracles happen!

If the "list" is waiting list to get the PointClick, please add me!!!!!

Not sure if this particular forum is the right one so please move this if needed. I am just so excited and wanted to share what I had done with DCS with my fellow DCS'ers. It's doable by just about anyone. I took a screenshot from a DCS mission, and as a test, sent it to an online printer (there are a zillion of them...) and had them print up a 36" x 24" poster. It's just for my room. When I took teh screenshot I made sure everything was turned up max. Really, it turned out pretty great I just got the poster in the mail today. If I examine the cockpit edges I can see the anti aliasing but stand back a few feet from the poster and it looks absolutely real! So it costs me $14 for the poster itself, and about $6 for shipping. I ordered 4 poster frames (Amazon) under $10 each - I thought they would be junky but I got to say the whole thing looks OUTSTANDING. I have attached the pic I used below. I plan on doing more, starting with my new fav DCS/Heatblur plane the F14. Tips: 1. Don't do screenshots in VR, use regular screen. 2. The higher res your monitor the better. I created my screenshots on a 2640 x 1440 monitor; it worked perfectly for the 36 x 24 poster. If you are running on a 1900 x 1080 the clarity on that size poster won't be as good. You might have to downshift to teh next size down. 'Tho I don't have any real data to say one way or another. 3. When I took the screenshot from the external view there is a bar at the bottom of the screen with data like altitude etc. I pulled the image in my graphics program and cropped that out. 4. I also turned up teh saturation just a touch and used "levels" a little in Photoshop.. basically to brighten colors and image - but only a little. It might have been fine without it... not sure. 5. ADDED TIP 18 JUNE 2019: Use the "Watch Track" feature to screenshot your exploits... using it you can control camera positions etc. 6. ADDED TIP 6 JUL 2019 - Use sticky stuff like https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A8AYO4 when mounting the poster, really makes it hold much flatter. Next time I am going to super impose my name on teh side of the plane and impress the grand kids.... :) For about $30, I got a kick butt wall decoration for my game room. - Fameoutme

no problem with 430.86 here on my 1080 card.

I don't have a neck issue per say save for being older... but I use an armless office chair for exactly this reason. Even a 5-15 degree spin either side adds a lot. It really helps horizontally, but of course not vertically. I hope you can get the snap views to work.