Bluecat

Thanks! I appreciate the info!

Where do I go to learn more about JTAC and how to use it? It's referred to in a lot of videos, as if we already understand what it is and how it works in DCS. But it's never really explained that I can tell. I apologize in advance for my extreme ignorance. Thanks for any help.

Thanks everyone for the replies. I think I'm going to upgrade the GPU and go from there. With the Oculus Tray Tools, I can never quite figure out what I'm looking at. The task manager just seems so much more straightforward.

Thanks for the feedback. It's only a 7700, no k unfortunately. I'm torn between bleeding my wallet slowly by upgrading one component at a time, or just killing it in one sudden motion with a new system.

I apologize in advance for my computer illiteracy. But... If Task Manager says my CPU is at 40-50% and that my GPU is at 100%, does that definitely mean my GPU is the bottleneck? Or is it more complicated? I'm running Oculus Rift with my i7-7700 and GTX 1060 (3gb), along with 32gb of ram. I've done only single player so far, with graphics on fairly low settings, and everything runs really smooth except I'd like to add better graphics and eventually move to a Rift S. Is a better GPU what I need, or am I looking at saving up for a whole new system? Thanks for any help.

What does "mad dog" mean, as a verb? Thx

Does DCS model that?

Thanks everyone for the replies. That gives me a good starting point. Exactly the sort of information I was looking for.

I apologize in advance if this is too basic. Laugh if you must. But how do you guys determine which air-to-air weapons to use in which situations? I understand basically how to launch the A-A weapons. There's plenty of tutorials on that. But tactically, how do you work through your options in terms of weapons? That information is harder to find. Thanks for any help in advance.

I don't think so. I've done a few flights since then, including a couple from land, and now everything seems to work as intended. It's a mystery to me. But for now, all seems fine.

Update... Suddenly all the autopilot functions work. Or at least they worked on my flight just now. I don't know why. The only thing of note is that this was the longest flight I've done yet in the sim, and the AP only started working after making a flight from Kobuleti to the Stennis, landing (badly), then launching. Only on the way back from the Stennis did it begin to work, with no hassle at all.

I know the binding isn't erased because I've checked multiple times. More than that, I know an actual command is being registered by the sim because when I press the key, I can see the little button depress on the left side of the stick. As far as the key-binding being duplicated, nothing shows up in the "Currently In Use" window when I check the binding.

A few days ago I read that it was only supposed to work below 400 KIAS. So, I've tried it below 400 KIAS at least a dozen times over the last 3 days. The Autopilot engage button fails to have any effect at any speed. The button depresses visually on the stick when I hit the key-binding, so I know the command is being sent. But it's not engaging any flight control. I've tried it in basically every set of conditions I can think of. I haven't tried it while inverted yet.

SAS switches were on.

I can't get the autopilot to engage for anything other than attitude hold. Anything that requires me to press the NWS/Autopilot button on the stick doesn't work. No altitude hold, no heading hold, etc. Following the instructions, step by step, I get the the "AP Ref" light to illuminate just fine, every time, but pressing the NWS/Autopilot button has zero effect. Any help is appreciated.