Baldrick33

On my PC it doesn't work with Firefox but does with Edge

I have the mouse left & right clicks and mouse wheel up/down mapped to a hotas 4 way. To get the mouse to immediately appear I just click one of the mouse commands, I normally use a wheel up or down to avoid inadvertently clicking on a switch.

With "use mouse" ticked, the cursor disappears after a short period of mouse inactivity. Any mouse movement or click brings it back. With it unticked it remains on as far as I recall.

A few thoughts: Jostick Gremlin would work but you would still need to reassign the controls to the 40+ aircraft to the vjoy device. If the bindings are the same (axis and button numbers) you could create a batch file to rename the existing controller ID to the new one and run this in each aircraft input folder. Best option (IMHO) is to bite the bullet and install Joystick profiler https://github.com/Holdi601/JoystickProfiler set up all your controls using this and then you can change individual controls for all aircraft in one click. You can also exchange devices using this utility. It will involve some work to set up but then you are future proofed for changing devices or which buttons do common tasks.

Going a bit OT but third party utilities like joy2key & Joystick Gremlin can convert axis movements to keystrokes or button presses so you can use analog levers to operate landing gear, flaps etc. on modules that don't have axis support. The problem with control mapping is to make it both comprehensive for those building cockpits and simple. In my experience owning a number of modules is that Joystick Profiler is brilliant although it does take a bit of initial setup which could prove daunting. Once comfortable with it then it handles all those issue like having common controls across modules and changing devices superbly. https://github.com/Holdi601/JoystickProfiler

This article states it applies to Zen3,4&5 architecture https://www.techpowerup.com/326010/amd-ryzen-branch-prediction-optimizations-now-available-to-windows-11-23h2 Plus a number report gains on Reddit with 5000 series testing.

Thanks for the info, very valuable

I believe you can opt in to get early updates. My quandary is I use Windows 10 for my gaming PC with a Reverb G1 but have a Ryzen CPU that 24H2 Win 11 is reporting to improve gaming performance by up to 10%

Whilst hardly by the book, I prefer to turn for the runway very short, never bother with trimming and put it down by the seat of the pants. This is an aircraft that feels alive in a sim and feels like an extension of your hands. Somehow breaking it down into numbers and angles seems somewhat cold but maybe that is just me and my romantic notion of flying warbirds.

Boomps-a-daisy, it’s enough to make you weep… I relived that scene from the Battle of Britain movie several times in my early Spit career, it seems relatively easy now with experience.

Just a thought but have you tried options.graphics.stereo_mode_use_shared_parser = true or false in autoexec.cfg? If this is still a thing.

I believe it is referring to this utility: https://simshaker.com/attachments/get/11/simshaker_mods_support_gear_v.0.0.zip

Windows will name the devices differently on the two PCs. This thread may help you automate the process of copying them and renaming them using batch files:

Although some investment in initial setup is required, Joystick Profiler is an excellent utility for managing controls across multiple aircraft. Changing a common control across all modules takes a couple of mouse clicks for example. It can also manage swapping devices and moving to a new PC where the device name changes. https://github.com/Holdi601/JoystickProfiler

+1 here too!

The risk is that without any agreement the third party product ceases to work and people get cross because they have paid good money. If ED know that upcoming projects may make the third party product obsolete or require significant work they can avoid the customer unhappiness by not approving it or at least having a discussion with the third party of its longevity. How well that process works is another matter but it isn’t that uncommon for paid third party utilities to require endorsement from the developer of the main product.

I believe the issue is that charging for a program utility requires prior ED approval as per the license.

Ah, I misunderstood it too. A rather scary 30+ years ago I was playing Formula 1 GP by Microprose. The most challenging level was full length Grand Prix which I did over many evenings as and when I could, I had three young children at the time. Being restricted to short gaming periods with no save option would have prevented that. I think a save option would open up many opportunities for running missions and campaigns that simply don’t work for many lifestyles currently.

Life. Many of us simply don't know how long we will have to dedicate to playing games. Also though I know some won't like it but a key aspect is the ability to save progress and pick up from the last save if things go horribly wrong. It may not be realistic but neither is being magically reborn to start the mission all over again from scratch.

I would imagine the Phantom guide would be in greater demand!

Same here! I find his guides essential.

A well known racing sim regularly releases new tracks and typically even if the track is of little personal interest they tend to raise the bar in terms of quality with each release, occasionally they go back and update the old tracks but in general the new ones are the best. I have kind of fallen in the trap of buying each new map in DCS in the belief the latest will be the greatest. Also to see what new third party developers bring who the party in some cases. I share Mark’s disappointment to some extent with the recent releases.

I prefer a slight twist but extensions usually make that an easy option. I would floor mount and use an extension so doubt this would be an issue.

Having worked in IT for over 30 years in a Corporate environment and having been behind the scenes on several Alpha and Beta simulation games development (not DCS for the avoidance of doubt) the games development world couldn't seem more different. If customers were prepared to pay business rates for software and wait for near bug free (fully tested for months on all variations of hardware) releases then maybe developers could increase the coding staff and employ corporate development methodologies but I don't see either happening. Also your IBM 360/370 wasn't connected to a zillion different home computers with full admin rights devolved to your users!

Or is simply means the guys in sales don’t have the info from the guys in manufacturing, someone could be just waiting for a reply to an email, this stuff happens even in small companies, who knows?