Baldrick33

VR and specifically VR once I got a Reverb G1 three years ago is what has got me into DCS. That maybe an advantage as I never got into the more complex and detailed missions. Having tried to use monitors and tracking a few times it simply doesn't work out for me so I am committed to using VR and compromise on the types of missions I use DCS for. Three years on and I am still pretty enthralled with it (having tried several other sims with arguably better performance). I dabble a bit with the mission editor to create some pretty simple missions which make it easier with the limitations of both VR and my own ability and am pretty happy with VR in DCS. Or I use the lighter instant missions. Yes, it would be nice to be able to do more but I am still able to have a darn lot of fun with it right now.

No matter the size of the monitor it is still 2D and this is always the deal breaker for me trying monitors again after experiencing flying in VR. I have multiple button boxes which are surprisingly easy to locate switches and buttons after a very short period even without seeing them. The lack of depth perception is really highlighted in flying more so than sim racing, I can perform equally well (or badly) in sim racing flitting between monitors and VR, where the latter just adds immersion. Flying feels different between them with VR feeling like flying in an aircraft and monitors like remote controlling it with a camera on board.

I use Windows symbolic links so I have my DCS installation on my 500Gb M2 drive with a couple of the larger terrains (currently Falklands & Syria) on another SSD drive. The DCS installation sees it as all on one drive. https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/ In my case: mklink /J "g:\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\terrains\Falklands" "f:\DCS\LinkedFolders\Falklands" mklink /J "g:\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\terrains\Syria" "f:\DCS\LinkedFolders\Syria"

I use JoyPro to bind all my controls and overwrite anything created in DCS. There are a few options, create a relation that has multiple functions - e.g. call it throttle button 1 - which does one thing for one aircraft and something else for another. Or create multiple relations which bind to the same controls. E.g. Collective and Thrust which both bind to the throttle axis. The profiler validation function will tell you if you have bound the same control to multiple functions for the same aircraft.

I would just bind the new controls to each relation in JoyPro. It won’t take that long for a single controller and then apply it to all your modules.

The G2 has its own power supply though, unlike the G1

My initial thought is the HP cable but that wouldn't explain the monitor screen losing connection when not using VR. FWIW I get the odd fail to connect and not able to run at 90Hz message with my G1, unplugging and replugging the cable always fixes it, It happens once in a while and seems to be just one of those things! I have got through four G1s and a replacement cable under a two year warranty so I hope the G2 is more reliable. Regarding the monitor losing connection and needing a reset that sounds more like a PC freeze which could a number of things, temps, bad memory stick, drivers, bios needs updating and so on. Of course it maybe related to the issues with VR if it only happens with the G2 connected?

The point is you can switch and have your licenses transferred at zero cost to you. I have done just that in the past. Steam has its own rules around sales so there may be discrepancies between sales on Steam and Standalone from time to time

I think sometimes people get carried away with forums as a representation of the customer base when it is often a tiny subset who desire something and quite often the same few people repeating the request over and over. However, I don't think we should dismiss suggestions as having no value to developers. Sometimes there is genuine consensus and a steer for developers of potential options and content that the wider community would appreciate - the feedback through discussions like these is far more accessible than surveying the customer base on a regular basis. I see no issue in throwing ideas out and seeing what the community reaction is. The risk is that it becomes somewhat repetitive but every now and then one will get some decent numbers supporting it.

Mine shows 50% initially in axis tuning until I move the controller but I don’t have any issue when I click on fly now like @FalcoGeris describing, the virtual collective matches my physical one at 0. I don’t get the game freeze at start up either though.

I think it was pretty clear what @buceador suggested. A well known racing sim gives you the option to prompt to save replays on exit. That way you can choose whether to be prompted and if it does prompt you have the choice whether to save or not. It gives it a unique session name so the saving is simply a matter of clicking Yes and either accepting the default replay name or calling it something you want. It works really well and would seem a good option for DCS.

Looks fine. My only observation is the EDTracker pro assignments to collective & cyclic but I have no idea if they could cause any issue. Pretty sure I inverted the collective to make it increase when I pulled the WH throttle back but that was just preference (I don't use the WH throttle for collective any more preferring a makeshift collective setup with an old CH Pro joystick with the spring removed but that is another topic!)

When you get a chance can you screen shot your axis tuning settings? I used a WH throttle as a collective and didn’t see this issue and am intrigued!

It should be a slider. You may also need to invert it to work correctly with the WH throttle I cannot recall.

I don't get that. Have you tried turning on/off the synch HOTAS controls in the Misc options? Is your collective axis set as a slider?

I think that is a pretty bad example. There is a massive enthusiast market for people that prefer older cars but want the benefits of technological improvements (and in many cases the benefit of hindsight on some manufacturing decision choices!). They simply don't want a new one and will spend countless hours tinkering with their old one. What people want to spend their time and money on is their choice. Whether that creates a sufficient market to make it a worthwhile venture for a company is determined by what people are prepared to pay and how many.

I think the key point is that there is already way too much content to support the relatively small multiplayer base across all terrains and aircraft era without some considerable degree of community organisation that it makes any further fragmentation irrelevant. I wouldn't even consider it as an issue.

With everything I have learnt with Joy2Key, joystick gremlin and how the A10 and others use context sensitive controls plus long and short press variants I yearn to be able to program the steering wheel buttons on my car in the same manner!

I agree with all of that. I use JoyPro which manages to do quite a lot of what you suggest without ever needing to use the DCS controls screens. https://github.com/Holdi601/JoystickProfiler

I would highly recommend this mission for getting to grips with helicopters. Agility Training for all Helicopters (Apache, Huey, Gazelle, Mi-8, Mi-24P, KA-50) https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3309227/ Just fly around where you want, land on FARP & buildings, weave in an out of obstacles, fly in and out of hangars etc.

You probably need to assign the twist axis to the rudder in axis assign. Just go into the axis assign screen and double click on the box against rudder and your joystick and then twist the joystick and it should register the axis. When done you should see a bar move in the box as you twist the joystick.

I am far from a good helicopter pilot but I can pretty much put the AH64D where I want it. When I first tried to hover the Huey I was all over the place, I kept flying backwards. Now it seems quite easy. With practice it will come, be patient. If you are hooked though I would recommend getting some rudder pedals.

To set up a slider, in AH64D Pilot controls click on Axis Assign, then click on your throttle axis and then click on Axis Tune. Then tick slider. You may need to invert the axis if the collective goes the opposite way to what you want.

I use pedals for yaw. Does the X56 not have a twist function for yaw? A throttle needs to be set as a slider in the DCS controls axis tuning screen to be used as a collective.

One of my pet peeves with DCS controls is it will automatically assign pitch, roll and yaw to pretty much any controller with an analog axis or more. So the OP may need to remove the spurious binds as suggested. A collective needs to be set as a slider so it has has 0% at one end of travel and 100% at the other rather than having a centre like a joystick axis. This will probably need to be set. Don't despair @AH64Dthere are many people here with vast knowledge of the controls system who will help.