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Using the keyboard isn´t realy practical, as you would have to take your hand off the HOTAS. On coop missions with some real life friends i´m using voice activation (don´t know if discord provides that type of transmission) instead of permanent transmission or push-to-talk in Teamspeak 3, as we´re never more than 4 and mostly only 2 ppl and no one is talking over others. When playing public ArmA with 8-12 ppl in the squad, p2t is the way to go in TS3. As for SRS, there is the option "Radio switch works as push to talk" wich i use. For the Warthog throttle, i have the CHB switch mapped as radio 2 and CHF as radio 1. Works great for me.

My words. Also there are a lot of nice plugins to customize your client. Overwolf has been mentioned and i got one installed adding radio clutter. Can´t remember the name right now, but it´s realy great to have. The DCS ingame voice chat works suprisingly well. The only problem is that there is either no one using it, or ppl don´t realise to activate push to talk and have perm transmission activated. I tested this a few days ago and had a russian guy singing polka all the time while his wife was freaking out and screaming in the background. Pretty annoying though...But besides that, it looks (or sounds) promising. Haha, yeah JF2 was fun. DOSBox is also installed on my comp to satisfy my nostalgia and i do sometimes have a few sorties in Eurofighter 2000 (got the WIN95 version as well) and Strike Commander... Those were the days back when flight sims sold better than any other game genre. So sad that they have become a niche product...

Realy? A 1080Ti is too weak?

Still a kickstarter project, but it looks promising. They said, that they will offer a mount to attach it vertically. https://totalcontrols.eu/

This is a nice construction indeed, well planned and executed. I´m still looking for a DIY MFD/display solution for my rig as it has no frame to mount them w/o modification. I will definately take a look on the displays you choosed, as these almost perfectly fit behind the TM MFDs. Thanks a lot for that hint. Just wondering what you are going to display on the third screen in the F-16. Or is this just a preparation for future Hornet usage?

+1 for that

AFAIK In RL, the curvature of the earth starts to get visible for human eyes at roughly 25.000ft. If DCS maps would have realistic curvature, there would be no need to go up to 90.000ft....

I assume left and right MFD will be placed at the same spots seen on pics 1-3. But where is the 3rd MFD case supposed to be placed in the finished pit? And are you going to mount them (spotted possible screwholes in the bottom of the cases), or are they heavy enough not to sslide around? Looks great btw.

Won´t these two modules getting uninstalled automatically after the "free-to-fly" weekend is over?

Look, i´m not a professional on that. All my knowledge is from 10-15 years ago when we sometimes painted parts for our cars back in younger days. Since the WH grip is made from metal, i would simply treat it like a car part. If you want to have it look like almost new, i would assume that there is no way around disassembling it and do the following: 1. Remove the old paint with sand paper 2. clean the surface with thinner. Must be perfectly clean 3. airbrush it with ground coating and let this dry for at least 24h 4. airbrush it with car paint of the same RAL code and let this dry for several days (3-4). 5. repeat step 4. Otherwise i doubt it would look much better than it does now and you could save your time and effort instead and just use it as it is. If you do not own an airbrush system and an air conditioning compressor, you could also use aerosol can paint, but the quality won´t be a blast with these.

I´m not an expert, but i think something is broken with vsync. Prior to 2.5.6 i had solid 60 fps in SP as well as in MP and after the update my fps dropped to 25-35 in average. I read something about vsync and that it sometimes doesen´t perfectly work and then can cause fps drops in games, so i wanted to give that a try and turned it off yesterday. Now in rare cases i still have fps drops, but not down to 25-30 and my average fps went up to 60-80 i´d say. And it looks the same, means no typical non-vsync issues... wtf? 2 days ago i would have stated that the game has become almost unplayble for me, but now i´d say the total opposite. Without vsync, it "feels" even better than before the update...

Start SRS-ClientRadio and click on "audio preview", there you can test your mic and headphones to see if they work and how other ppl will hear you. Teamspeak also has audio test functions and i´m sure discord has as well.

But only the blue, for red Loctite you will need a bunsen burner instead of a hairdryer ;)

that is certainly true. Tbh i never join dogfight servers ´cause the way it´s handled (as you said, airstart, missile spamming etc) is nothing that realy exites me. No confusion, i like dogfights pretty much, but as part of a coop mission or general PvP gameplay. What i love on proper PvP servers is sneaking at low level on the enemy AWACS, kill it and get the f**k out before shit hits the fan. Paired with the additional thrill of beeing detected by enemy players deep inside their territory (what mostly ends up in a knife fight while beeing totally outnumbered), this is realy fun. But private coop sessions with home made missions are the most satisfying type of DCS mp IMO. 2 or 4 pilots is perfect, no need for a 60 ppl cluster f**k.

As long as time isn´t an issue (i.e. on weekend) i do always cold start the mission. I simply love taxi to the runway, especially on large and populated airbases. Only if time is limited or during ME mission testing i start from the runway.

Every color has a specific RAL code for identification. Without that code it is almost impossible to make your stick look like (almost) new. Thrustmaster should know the specific color code, so i would start with contacting TM support. Also you will not only need paint, but thinner and ground coat as well. Otherwise the new paint won´t stay on the surface. Same goes for the old paint, you need to remove it completely from the grip with sand paper. Otherwise it will look like shit and the new paint won´t hold much long. I guess you want to paint the grip? As it is made from metal, i would take nitro thinner and epoxide ground coat (EP Surfacer II from SIKKENS is pretty good) and then professional car paint on top. As i said, without the RAL code of the color it´s very difficult to say wich color to take, but i would assume something like matt finished jet black (RAL code 9005) edit: And don´t forget to clean up the complete surface of your grip. It must be perfectly clean. cheers

I realy doubt he will have a blast, as he is totally new to MP. To get the best experience when starting with MP is to start with a PvE server, as he won´t get killed all the time and will have less frustrating moments and therefore more confidence to learn the MP related stuff (comms, teamwork, tactics). Better would even be private sessions with experienced players, but this is realatively difficult to achieve without knowing some people or joining a virtual wing. Private sessions are definately the most fun of all MP experiences, but as i don´t want to join a wing i´m restricted to RL friends. So public PvE servers are mostly the best way to get into DCS MP. After beeing familiar with the MP specific procedures, i would suggest to start with PvP...

I purchased FC3 and CA in 2014 and have only played the F-15 for a couple of years, but just for fun. Never spent much time with it as i was hardcore simming a popular Falcon, uhm, F-16 sim until DCS came up with the Hornet in 2018. 99% of my DCS time is in the Hornet, while the F-16 was primarily purchased to satisfy my flightsim nostalgia as i fell in love with this beauty when i hit my first F-16 sim in 1998. Now fell in love with the Hornet and the F-16 will propably catch dust in the hangar for a long time...

Steam udates come without delay i think, but i´m not every day online and therefore can´t be 100% sure. But there have been delays in the past. Last time with 2.5.6 wich caused issues on steam installs and therefore had a 4 or 5 day delay. Not sure if you are aware of what´s the reason for beeing on OB for MP. The reason is, that most (but not all) public servers running OB and this is mostly a different DCS version than stable. After stable has been updated you are also able to join OB servers while you are running a stable install, until OB gets the next update. So if you want to play on public servers, an OB install is highly recommended. If you´re focusing on private sessions with just a buddy or a few ppl, OB is not neccessarily needed as long as the other users running a stable install (or OB of the same version as stable) as well. Just wanted to clear out, that MP is not restricted to OB.

I suggest you look for "Fighter Combat - Tactics and Maneuvering" by Robert L. Shaw. It´s relative expensive, but said to be the bible on the topic and definately worth the 50 bucks. https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0870210599/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&language=en_GB&psc=1

If you´re in open beta, DCS is named "DCS: World Steam edition [openbeta]" in your Steam libary. In order to switch to OB, you need to right ckick on DCS, klick on properties, then on "Betas" and choose "openbeta Public beta versions" for v2.5.6 or "openbeta the last 2.5.5" for the last version prior to 2.5.6.

Will this void integrity check?

Harlikwin pointed this well out. There is no need to install all 3 VoIP systems, especially if your only looking into DCS. I´d even say, that the prefered software should be game related. It highly depends on the game you´re playing, wich VoIP system is more common. I use SRS (mostly, sometimes i´m doing my own buisness similar to SP) only for DCS public servers and TS3 for private DCS coop sessions (and the other games i play). I don´t have a discord account and will propably never get one. If you are only interested in DCS online, then SRS is enough to have and discord may be a useful addition, but in no way necessary.

That works for me as well. But only for Cat 1 & 2. Cat 3 & 4 throws me away as soon as i press "U" and my plane crashes into the water. Didn´t test it in SP though, but experienced that on every MP server i joined today...

Absolutely fantastic!