Jonay

Hi there, the pics on this thread have been removed by the host and the website links are dead - any info on this?

just checking that you do have Lock On (first version) installed yes? I've got FC2 working fine - never had any issues - then again i'm on a 64Bit

Why American or Russian? What about a Gripen/Rafale/Typhoon/Mirage2000 or something like that!

Electronics Boutique?! God that brings back memories! We used to have one near where i live, but its loooooong since gone, about '96-'97 I last saw that shop. Its changed to "GAME" now.

Have you got a photo album anywhere where you have posted all these pics in? I dont fancy searching through all 60pages of the thread! :P This is truely amazing, I'm soooo jealous!

I use Windows 7 too, and i must say that from power on to logging in to opening DCS and going into Instant Action probably takes about 5mins. So its definatly not Windows 7. There is a new driver from nVidia specifically for Windows 7 here http://www.nvidia.com/object/windows_7.html that should work. I've just built myself a new rig and there are no drivers around for any of my hardware for windows7 apart from that one. Are you running the sim of the DVD or is it running from HDD? Is the disk in at any point? Anti-virus settings? does it allow programmes to access files without your AV scanning each item, try disconnecting from the net, and disabling your AV and take anyhting that may be in your DVD Drive out. these may help.

Thanks ill look into it, I did start off on the windowed mode (by default) and then i quickly changed to windowed. Im not sure about the water effects, but ill check when i get home. Thanks again chaps.

I'd edit point 4 of your post: 4. As it rolls through inverted, quickly push the collective to 5-10%, keep applying rudder and stick though. reason? because when collective is at 0, there is no pitch on the blades (remember thats what the collective is, not a throttle ;) ), therefore nothing is going to happen no matter what way you wangle the stick, but if you apply just the slightest bit of pitch, then you will still keep the helo from pulling its self down to earth, and you'll still get enough agility to complete the maneuver.

ok when i turned off the 8x AA and 16x AF i got about a 8 FPS increase.. with the affinity tool, I got another 10.. so im about 38-40 FPS now.. the game is much smoother, but not that much difference in game experience tbh, you dont notice the increase as much as you do as in MSFS9/X The only thing thats still holding me back is the smoke/dust effects.. the FPS drops to about 8-10 when i'm in close proximity of it, which totally sucks

Sorry, I used to call my flying club's 152 an acrobat when i first joined it.. just out of habbit ive corrected people like i was! :P Acutally now that i think about it, I remember that the Ka-50 has shorter blades than other semi articulated rotors,so less strain is put on and also it doesn't have stubs like the AH-64 does.. it has wings which provide lift.. So totally going back on myself, the Ka-50 should be able to perform these, but not at the same rate a Lynx or BO-105 can. (these two examples can "backflip" from a hover, and have a high roll rate) The Ka-50 would have to have a minimum speed at which it can perform the maneuver. The wings would have to be providing enough lift for it to go inverted without it putting too much strain on the rotor head, it would also have to have much wider turning circle becuase of this too. eg, profile of a Lynx loop /barrelroll = o profile of a Ka-50 loop/barrelroll = O Sorry if i came across i bit snotty, no harm intended! :D

Acrobat= Gymnast (an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination) so unless your Ka-50 is swinging from cloud to cloud I think you mean Aerobat= an airplane perfoming maneuvers not necessary for normal flight, but used in air show, competition, or combat flying. Some example maneuvers would be loops, rolls ... The Ka-50 will not in real life perform any of these maneuvers that you are discussing as the rotor head is not rigid. The articulated rotor head will not support the forces and strains that the hinged blades will go through during the maneuver. The BO-105 and Westland Lynx are 2 examples of Helos that can perfom Aerobats due to the ridged or semi-ridged rotor head, where the blades are attached onto the rotor mast directly, the rotor mast is normally made of titanium in these instances.

Ohright thanks! Its not that its not playable, its pretty smooth for only being ~20FPS, the only time it bottlenecks is when im low over the ground and i kick up a lot of dust. Ill do the tweaks you've suggested when i get home, and try the affinity tweak. Thanks, ill report back.

Ive got a 2.8GHz dual core AMD X2 5600+, Biostar TA90GX128 MoBo, 512MB nVidia 9400GT GFX card, 4GB OCZ Platinum series 800MHz RAM, Windows7 64bit. But im only getting about 18-20 FPS on the default settings on a 19" monitor running at 1280x1080. Ive tried all the settings to try tweak it here and there but it doesnt make any difference? Infact im getting the same FPS on low as on high settings. Could it be my nVidia control panel and my AA and Antistophic filtering settings that are the issue? I've got them on AA-16xQ and AntiStroph- 8x i think.. I've just thought of the nVidia control panel part jsut now, and i cant do anything as im at work, could someone tell me if they think it is that? Also, Is Black Shark compatible with Freetrack? Im a cheapskate, and i look to save money as much as possible! (hence why im using Windows 7 beta on my new rig and not a full OS!) Is Blackshark more GPU or CPU intensive? I'm looking to upgrade one of these to make it run better.. It truely is amazing. Thanks

It happens for me too, i agree that it is just after a setting or mission is altered. Im running Win7 64-bit.. It CTD but when you re-start the programme its fine.. until the next change you make.