Kula66

Logs attached Logs.zip

Ok, will do ... yes, I'm fairly sure I was flying in the previous 1.5 release and also in 2.0.

Hi, not sure where this should be reported, but when I start the F-5 intercept mission with the latest 1.5.4 beta I start in F10 view and can't get into the cockpit :( This is also the case when I create a mission and set the plane as Player, when I start, I'm in map view and can F2 to the plane but not into it ... controls don't work either. I created a mission with a different plane and that works ok, eg Sabre.

Hi, Running v2 without issues really on the Rift, but having just installed 1.5.4, its unplayable - the entire screen flashes (appears/disappears) :( Rgds, James PS> Awesome work integrating with Rift guys, flying v2 is just amazing!

Just upgraded from a 5 year old, once state of the art 480GTX (virtually unplayable) to a 6GB 980Ti ... wow :)

Absolutely worth it ... I haven't played it as much as I'd like to, but the missiles modelling is better (and set to improve), the 6DOF and the general look is much improved. Plus its still in beta so things will only get better :) Only down side is no more Crimea.

Its not a "notion" its whats written on the page ... just saying "read the document again" over and over again gets us nowhere. Personally I don't care what the thing does ... the Russians systems have their strengths (look at the Archer, way ahead of the AIM-9 in many ways) and so do the US (money, electronics and miniaturization). Like ECM and radar, the DCS implementation of missile systems will never give us all the modes in the real systems on either side. I don't even want it to be fair, the US invested billions, while the Russians didn't have money to invest .... this should be reflected. As long as its believable. So please don't tell me that I see what I want to see! Back on subject, so what is the difference between "Multiple Target Attack" (which I believe is what you are referring to) and "Clustered target assignment" aka SPAM Mode? Launch a bunch of missiles and they will sort out which missile gets assigned to which target?

What sort of reply is that, if I read it 5 times, it won't change the words on the page ... it says what it says. If there is a section that contradicts that sentence, please tell me what it is.

Perhaps you should re-read the part I referred to: The MISSILE is capable of SORTING multiple targets and picking individual targets for each missile launched against and UNRESOLVED group of targets. This states that its the missile that has the intelligence even when the launch a/c has yet to resolve the target ... this implies that you can just 'spam' a bunch of missiles and they will sort out which missile goes after which target ;)

Maybe ... I'd love to know what is meant on P4 of http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a355385.pdf by "The missile is capable of sorting ... ". Does this mean a group of missiles in flight communicate with each other?

They advertise it as a feature on the Meteor in the marketing glossy (http://www.mbda-systems.com/mediagallery/files/Meteor_ds.pdf), so I'd assume its been in the 120 for a while!

Its more a "Fox 3 ... boom!" :( My BFM isn't that good!

Although twice now I have been shot down by my wingman with 120s firing from behind me ... so much for a smart missile! Is the arming mechanism linked to the locked target?

I'm just so pleased to see the terrible FC2 hi-lo/lo-hi missile ranges start to reflect the physics! :)

Thanks Viper, I'll give that a go.

This is driving me nuts! I've suddenly lost my keyboard and buttons while in the sim ... In the menus, they work, enter 'flight' and all gone. Axes still work ok, so I can increase thrust, roll etc, but nothing else - can't un-pause at start or Esc to quit. I can go into Options and assign key presses to options ok, even press Esc to exit. Keyboard works in OS and Command box just fine. Tried changing ports etc, no help. Running latest 1.2.2 on Win7x64, TM Warthog, SSD, gobs of RAM etc - problem just started to and happens in A-10C and F-15C. Previous ly working fine. I assume some config file has become corrupt - any ideas which ones to look into? Thanks, James

No response from ED? Or to my ticket? http://support.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/17356

Thanks Pilotasso, I did try that couldn't find the activation code for LO quickly ... I'l have a further hunt around!

Not sure where to post FC3 problems so ... Downloaded FC3 and noted it required FC2 to be installed, so I re-installed this and re-activated it. It runs ok. However, I still get the error that I can't install because FC2 not installed. Attached is a screen cap shoing problem. Hope you can help me get this working! Thanks, James

Try and get your wingman to engage the target and see where he shoots ... he has uber-vision!

Great vid ... I'd love to see explosions like that in DCS!

Many thanks Smokey, I'll have a look at that.

Thanks mwd2, I was hoping for a quick solution for such a simple problem - without resorting to script. Regards, James

In small missions is there an easy way of randomising the placement of each vehicle in a group, so give a vehicle 4 possible start positions and say 10/10/10/70 chance of being placed in them .... This would be neat as after playing a mission a few times, you kind of know where the key AAA unit are placed and this would add to the replayability! If this is not possible, can I do this for each group and have one unit per group?

One of the few videos I've found from the cockpit of the receiver - about 24mins in: Interestingly, the boom doesn't swing out of the way as you approach AND the rate of closure seems quite fast compared with DCS.