Kula66

All, Where is the best place to find quick simple 1v1 or similar BVR or BFM pick up games? Is there a forum or Discord group? I'm not after 2hr missions with multiple AARs and mission briefings or the anarchy of 5v5 BFM with blue-on-blues and midairs, I have neither the time or available brain power, just a quick find opponent, hop in, fly a few rounds and enjoy in the 1hr I have available? I appreciate that we're all after something different from this fantastic sim, some want air quake, others to have ranks, RL SOPs and long mission, I'm not knocking what others enjoy. Thanks

Given the limited computer power available, the developers of the RL HUD had to decide what was most important to the pilot in various situations - I'm sure they did a ton of research and were pretty smart people (not that smart people can't get it wrong). So, in a dogfight, its closure and range (with AOA close by). Who cares how fast you're going, what matters is how quickly you are closing the bandit!

Me too ... joking aside, I'd pay for a full fidelity 15C with DL and proper TWS in a flash! ED now have all the pieces in place.

Thanks for the update, have a great break and Happy New Year to you too!

IMHO BVR with Jester is really hard work (verging on broken) ... try following a low flying target in TWS with from 40k. People say driving the radar from the front seat is 'unrealistic', but going through that Jester wheel doing '100 miles at 10k', then '75 miles ...' then '50 miles ...' is not exactly NATOPs either! How menu 'clicks' does that take? And yes, I use voice control, but that isn't how a 'Real' pilot works either. I know TWS auto is planned, but Jester, bless him is never going to cut it! HB did a great job with him and I actually miss him in other aircraft, but in IFF'ing he is slow, in BFM he seems to be a maddening few seconds delayed in his bogie callouts and in BVR he is soooo frustrating, losing track at critical moments for no apparent reason! Also, I've not really noticed him improve much ... and yes I know he is WIP, although that term has developed a meaning of its own in the DCS universe!

6 dots must have been a 2 and a 4 = Hind!

6 dots? That’s a one and a five! F-15c confirmed! Thanks bignewy ;)

Name: kula Squadron: none Country: England EDIT: I may be flying with a RIO

Event: 1v1 Squadron Name: Lone puppy Contact person Discord ID: Kula#2989 Aircraft Selection. TBD Pilots: England - Kula

Name: kula Squadron: none Country:England Role: aircrew

Great news on the Sea Harrier RAZBAM!

My Rift-S has started switching off after 10-20mins flying since the latest up was pushed to the device ... working fine before. Now, head tracking stops working and on exiting DCS, the background shows noise rather than via via on-board cameras - thanks a million facebook, broken the device again!!

Knowing almost nothing of the technical details: How about volume of propellant? Isn't it an 8" diameter missile compared to AMRAAMs 7" diameter, so assuming the propellant has similar 'thrust/lb', therefore the SD has x times (you can work it out) more? You may also be able to work out the length of the motor section from external photos ... too simplistic I know, but at least a base on something tangible!

From my very basic understanding, in your video of the second shot, you didn't appear to be notching the missile ... it was at roughly 90degs (87deg) on your beam, but you were approx 30degs off its nose as it closed in using PN. This would give it a non-zero relative speed to you, ie. not be in its doppler filter speed range. Shouldn't you be at 90 to it, ie. forming a 'T' to the missile?? Do 54s use doppler radar or non-doppler radar? Was the missile closing from an uphill or downhill shot?

First, I love the Tomcat - I own almost all the DCS jets, but fly it most of the time. It is great fun to fly and from my armchair pilot point of view is only missing a few critical radar features, the primary being auto-TWS, which unfortunately creates an issue with multi-target BVR - the Tomcats forte; I'm sure this will come when ED sorts out TWS. My only major concern is that given the current and future blocking of 'reach back' functionality (no radar controls and removal of TP controls), and inevitable and understandable limitations of Jester, you will only be able to get the best out of the jet in BVR with a human RIO. This is a luxury that many will not have and for me, this is looking like the 14 will be limited in serious play to BFM - a great shame.

+1 ... all good points, especially (1)! Not all of us have the luxury of a human RIO, and multi-target BVR (the 14s raison d'être) is very frustrating at the moment, with Jester invariably loosing lock at critical moments.

Great news. Thanks for taking the time to respond and developing such a great module, much appreciated!

Any update on how progress of TWS auto is doing? Currently TWS is very frustrating in a multi-target environment - the 14s supposed forte.

Twice the fuel, but twice the fuel consumption (2 engines v 1) and more drag :(

Oooo, we're getting a full fidelity F-15C next ;) 'The Phantom is such a legendary aircraft that we will certainly simulate it. For now, we already have another aircraft (an EAGLEy awaited one) to work on after the Viper.'

Not sure why this is got moved to 'mods' ... even without SRS, I can't hear the audio on 245 - guess I wait and hope it gets fixed.

Flying on the Hoggit GAW server, I can't hear the ATIS recording ... but I can in other a/c (AV-8B and F-14). Tried using both the backup and DED radio tuning - turning 245, but nothing seems to work - I tried flicking every switch and turning every knob in the cockpit! I've tried also using <Rctl></> to transmit (on 249.50) but nobody seems to hear. I can hear the AWACS making calls on 133. What am I doing wrong??? Anyone else having issues with the Viper's radios in MP? Thanks,

+1 for old way .... now feels like I’m about to get smacked in the face!

Defintely fuzzy compared to the F-14 on the Oculus S.

Hi Bailey, suddenly started having some issues with 1.90 of your profile - Jester commands are working fine; however, comms are not. They used to work ok in 1.89. When I say a command, the menu flashes up, then a beep, and depending on the command, I get switched to F2 view or similar. The commands correctly are recognised - in VA logs F11 & F12 are not bound I've tried the 'Wingman on Radio 1' etc ... no apparent change. I can manually press \, F keys and get the command to run and the wingman to respond. Anything else I can try?? Delving into the 'code', it looks like '{CMDSEGMENT:0}' isn't doing anything .. Many thanks, James UPDATE: Strangely, hopped on the Hoggit server with SRS loaded and it started working :(