Bartacomus

Its the most capable plane in DCS. It out flies the f16, fa18, f14, f5, mig21, fulcrum and flanker. those planes have to press exploits to gain an advantage against the Mirage. the Mirage can easily counter its own disadvantages. Its the best dogfighter. If you havent noticed by now alot of the DCS community complain about dogfighting calling it "Air-Quake".. Personally i find this hilarious since the alternative is starting your fights at 10,000, facing each other, at 60 nm. This is called "Cheese-Dick Air-Quake". Starting a flight with complete tactical awareness outside of your opponents missile range. (fun eh?) Unfortunately, its difficult to find a 'fog of war' experience in DCS. That includes search, ambush, ground utilization, all those factors that give a complete experience. SO! You are relegated to Close in Fighting using the stick, or BVR fighting using the buttons, or joining a group who custom build missions. Honestly, any fighter you get and dedicate time to is going to grow on you. Each appeals to different personality. If you are honest about what you want, you will have a better experience. Immersion, Fighting edge, Ability, Buttons, Tech, Crush on Tom Cruise.. whatever. The Mirage is as good as any, and better than most. All the planes are fun and great.. Except the Black Shark. Faaaaaaack the Black Shark

Chaff set to 999 has the same result

Once you "Get it" its a little like riding a bike. It just clicks. Man, i started in the Warthog. And it frustrated me damn near to crying. Grown man crying. (yall think im joking) Once i got it. I understood i had to make stick movements before i needed them. I could get to the boom everysingle time. never again did i chase the boom. After practicing that, i finally "got it" in regard to the throttle. (i use the airbrakes in the a10). Now it still, makes your palms sweat, but you know how to nail it. I can over shoot the tanker now in the Harrier, and flip around, bleed off enough speed, and level out right behind the tanker. If i havent flown for a while you are talking about 5 minutes to nail the basket but it happens. Mirage was the hardest for me. Because its FBW corrects your movements. So you have to learn move stick before you need it. throttle before you need it. and over/under steer to beat FBW. Once you realize the trick.. over and over. Stick with it. till you fill once, youll be able to do it every time after that.

Crash to Desktop Bug Report for the A10c Warthog CMS system. I was playing around with manual CMS loadouts. Pushing the selections to their max and mins to see what would happen. CMS system set to Manual. Flare Flare # set to 999 (000 to 999. not 999 individual clicks. *see below) Interval # set to 0.25 Number of Cycles set to 1 Triggering this program Freezes the game. Permanently. If you leave the window, you cannot reopen. *** EDIT *** More Weird behavior. CMS programs deleted. Interval at 000. (not previously possible to make 0 interval timing) Once i take flares past 160+ units. CMS system automatically changed Cycle of 001 to 010. Then rewound flare from 160 to 000. This time Flare can go up to 240 (240 flares onboard). When i change Cycle back to 1. All Flare Programmed data is deleted. Programs A through Z: 000 chaff 000 flare 000 interval 000 cycle. When triggered. all 240 flares fire immediately (no interval. i tried setting both latest attempts at 0.25 and 1.00) This has been tested half dozen times. Before and After todays update. Im sorry, i didnt know where to directly report this. If one of the staff could report this itd be great.

I got mine in 2011.. i should get mine for $1.92

You guys need to get objective. No one.. is ever critical about Heatblur. Ever. Its one huge circle jerk (and dont get offended, because thats exactly what it is. A bunch of people bullshitting each other). let get objective about this. Weve been talking about the Intruder for years now. Heatblur just announced its AI release to be this month. Along with a Super Carrier alternative and the Tomcat A. Apparently there is a licensing problem to get the Intruder Full Fido. The Changelog is full of problems on ED side. HB couldnt join free month because... yada yada Eagle Dynamics issue. Quite frankly, i dont think they can afford to put the F14 Tomcat on sale. This community gives ED and 3rdDevs a hard time. Releasing things too soon, ganky code, missing systems. But when you compare changelogs.. they are just as numerous as Heatblurs. Yet our competitors are working a multiple new modules, terrain, rewritting old modules, all while honoring sales and free trials.. We are coming up on 2 years old, the Tomcat is still 80 dollars. The F16is about to go on 50% sales, we are getting a brand spanking new Strike Eagle! a Crusader, a Mosquito, a Typhoon, another Mirage, a Hind, an Apache, a Kiowa, Flogger, a Pucara (probably missing 1 or 2) And the hype after two years is a new AI skin, and a F14 Variant? (hell they rework the entire a10 ka50 every few years, they are writing an entirely new harrier, the Mirage has been reworked, etc etc.) Im sorry, but Heatblur is either poorly managed, or they are in trouble. Heat BLurs competitors have made a fortune with the sales (i bought 5, during the sales, not 1 off sale, and not 1 Heatblur product) All the developer houses expanded their worker base, started new projects, moved as many units as they could, and are actively cleaning up programs and adapting through the changes in world tech. Something aint right. Which sucks, because i would totally like to see an intruder in Heatblur style attention to detail. I think they spent too much developing the F14, and now they are paying for it. Or Sweden, is it?, is just eating them alive like cancer (all you utopian fantasists take note). Or.. someone is making bad decisions When these changes come to DCS, if Heatblur hasnt adapted.. they never will. BY the time they take part in the sales, there will a dozen newer planes to be had and what sales they do have will only trickle in. Everytime Topgun comes on the Movie Channel

..you know you be doin it..

What do you do to deal with this?

Thats a pretty big bummer. I guess ill have to figure out something for the Korea server.. we were literally setting up fights in PVE. "Where are you?" You know its bad when youre popping flares to get the enemies attention. (I will check out the NVIDIA sharpening Kat)

thats pretty neat, what did you base you threshold on? distance and evironmental condition?

Well Darnit. Is there a way to.. take advantage of the video settings? Could you turn off specific settings, to trick the rendering into more visible shapes? Could you turn off edge smoothing, or some sort of filtering? If the visual mechanics are fundamentally sketchy.. is there a way to take advantage of this? Without downloading mods, like ESP/Wall hacks. Not that im disinterested, but i prefer an even playing field

Ive been flying in a Cold War era Multiplayer Map. No Labels, No Dots. I cannot make visual contact. I need to determine if im blind or my settings are bad. Im worried the pixels are getting lost in jitter, or i have some setting thats smearing or washing out planes when they are further away. When i look left and right, there is almost an imperceptible jitter? Choppy? just barely noticeable. I do not know much about video settings, id appreciate any hints. My game settings are: Texture Med, Terrain Low Civ Low Water Med Visible Range Ultra Heatblur off, Flat only Shadows 1920x1080 Res, 16:10 Aspect, 1024 Cockpit display 4x MSAA Depth of Field OFF Lens and motion blur OFF SSAA x1.5 SSLR ON Grass/Clutter off, Tree Vis 80%, Preload Radius 150,000 (max), Smoke dens max gamma 2.5 Ansiotropic Filtering 16x Terrain Object shadow default, global illumination on, VSYNC ON Full Screen OFF My System: Intel i7-7700 3.6 GHz 16gb Installed RAM 64bit, x64 processor win10 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Vizio 40' FHD LED 1080p 60hz D-series tv, connected by HDMI

Sorry, im sure this has been asked before. I need help with set-up. I fly the warthog. These are my settings: DCS HOTAS mic rocker switch set to : Capslock + Joystick Buttons 3, 4, 5, 6 SRS Radios 1, 2, 3, set to : Capslock + Joystick Buttons 3, 4, 5 SRS PTT set to : Capslock + Joystick Thumb Button SRS Next Radio set to : Capslock + Joystick button 6 SRS Overlay Toggle set to : Capslock + Joystick button 8 IN GAME. When i trigger Radios 1, 2, and 3 The radio channel gets a *+TR and people can hear me. (i cannot hear myself and as soon as i let go the *+TR disappears) the PTT push to talk, thumb button does nothing. the Next Radio button, does nothing. Everytime i trigger radios 1, 2 and 3.. the DCS ATC radio pops up in the top right corner (f5 ATC. f6 Tanker. etc.) I CANNOT hear anyone else. I SEE the radio channel in the SRS window turn white when they transmit. But i cannot hear them. The SRS overlay. All three radios have an amber light, all three turn green when i transmit. Please Help! I cannot fly with my group until i get this sorted out.

Ive run across a persistent bug/crash. Is anyone having the same problem, or can recreate? A10c Counter Measures: Flares. I change a CMS program to 000 Chaff, 999 Flare, 0.25 interval, 1 cycle. When i activate the program. DCS freezes. Sometimes it hangs so bad, i cant open Task Manager. This has happened 4 or 5 times now. anyone?

What would you guys recommend? F18 or the F16.. everytime i goto buy the hornet i tihnk about that F16. Any news on major updates for the F16 and when they are coming? Why do you like the Hornet? Why do you like the Viper? Why do you like the Tiger? (i have the MiG15, Black Shark, Mi8, Warthog, Mirage and Harrier) I was holding out for the Tomcat. But i just cant afford it, even with my miles and the 17% discount. Human Nature.. is buying the best and the cheapest. Its in our DNA. Even though i want that TOmcat so bad i can taste it. I chose the Mighty 8 HIP.. over the F14. If something else is on sale at the same time, you arent going to make any sales. Time and Opportunity are both perishable commodities

I have the Black Shark and the Mi8 (i flew the Gaz and Chopper in the free trial) and im not gonna lie. The Mi-8.. is the best feeling helo in the game. Its not a fighter, but it flies nicer than the Black Shark by a long shot. It felt way better than the huey to me. Huey just felt light, almost fake. Immersion wise, the mi8 is the best. but if you want to fly combat. id recommend the Shark. just my 2 cents. i cant wait for the hind. a DCS hind at that. that kiowa looks good too.. maybe it will be a good JTAC platform. Ive been waiting on a module that would handshake with the Warthogs sadl system. SADL is such a blast.

cant you manually input one? Or is that supposed to be done by ground crew. If i remember right to use it has to be programmed into your waypoints.

I wouldnt buy modules at all if they didnt go on sale. i bought the A10 in 2012.. i didnt pay for another until ED started sales LAST YEAR and i think they learned a valuable lesson because they are regularly having sales now. As an example i bought the Harrier, Mirage, MiG15, Flanker, Black Shark. i keep expecting Heatblur to catch on. Because ive wanted that Viggen AND the Tomcat since i first saw them. Something tells me ill be getting whatever goes on sale. 80 is just too steep. Id end up buying a TigerII or Hornet or a Mi8 before what i really want. Subscription? would end my affair with DCS

no i didnt get to try that. I used the flashlight on it, had the airfield turn on the lights, and looked at some interior lights reflection. But i put the wing back on the ground too hard and bent the wheel. so i restarted.. fog was gone. i didnt get too look from the outside or try the environmental controls.

I was amazed to start a game and have FOG on my windows. Is this a Graphics Error? Is it something new? Condensation? Blonde in the Front Seat? If it is an error, its an awful attractive one. Its drawn alot of Ooo's and Aah's. I managed to backlight it with the flashlight, look through it with Airfield light, and some interiors lights. (i didnt not get to test the environmental controls on it, or see it form the outside) Can i recreate this, in game?

Hey guys i was gifted a TrackIR3 with the "Vector Code". I seem to get the same results no matter what settings i use. Jittery Movement. Jerking movements way off screen. Movement in one direction, but not the other (left and right. Yes Mirror is on). Infact, none of the axis are smooth. the last time i used it, it got confused, slammed into a completely sideways view. nothing would fix it, without rebooting the camera. Funny enough, i could turn smoothing down all the way, and it would at least center. and have good "roll" but shakey. The Camera view, is great. 3 perfect squares. I just cant seem to make any headway on it. Is there any other software? do reflectors loose reflectivity? any tricks? tips? even just getting them to jerk into snap views, something pulling my hair out, hairless in Tejas

I think its important we have an idea what we are voting on, and what the possibilities are. So here are some real images of the F15 in operation. So you understand whats in these MFD. (images below) I like the red text in the analog terminal. Its unique in DCS as we know it. And its very verbose. One thing i dislike about the Harrier terminal, is the terse nature of the UFC. The digital terminal is HOOGE. It really surprised me how chunky and bold the display is. Its unique as well. Appears like a constant Waypoint/Radio/NAV/Tacan display. (i couldnt find out if it had more modes or is Multi Functional). So Chunky. I highlighted a few things you may find interesting: Red Circle : This is a ROTATING tactical map. Like a digital compass rose but with a monochrome TADS. It grabbed my attention so much i thought it worth mentioning. Orange Square : Tracked Wingman Yellow Square : Better look at the Digital UFC Notice how bright it is compared to the CRTs Green Circle : Warning lights? Blue Circle : New Car Lot Sticker.. whats the Highway Mileage? no cupholder :/ There are some fueling images, and the Ready Indicator! In the cradle.. the fueling boom fins are RIGHT left of the pilots head. HOOGE. A2A fueling is going to make ya palms sweat. *excited feet tapping* And thats the best image of Analog Red LED upfront terminal. I particularly like the realism captured with lighting in my Harrier and Mirage (dim and gritty, brigh glare/halo) a Red Led display is something we havent seen in DCS. If its anything like Mirage itll look great! I also like that CHUNKY monochrome display in the latter model. Hopefully with a wealth of other modes. TBH, i think the Analog Display actually dates the F15 better.. gives it distinct authenticity. Adds Realism by being Iconic. But frankly, the digital terminal probably has more appeal to the masses. I dont think its as Pretty. BUT Functionality is my second weakness. Whatever provides the most User Interface. Side Note, Thanks Guys for the modules. Wouldnt trade my Mirage and Harrier for anything. One day im going to get that MiG19 Fb. Cant wait for the Eagle. If you ever need professional high grade opinions or a beta tester, i offer my services thanks guys, Bartacomus

The Australian F111c's were given the option to use the French Super530s. I assume being courted by arms manufacturers. At the end of it, they went with Sidewinders. I cant find anyone to ask about the Pig, what the long distance option they used. The F111 was built to carry the Phoenix, but im not sure if the Radar suite and WSO/RIO seat was equipped beyond the F111b. All the Aardvarks had state of the art radar, it was one of the strengths. But i dont know about the munitions. As for getting ass kicked in multiplayer.. dont forget this is equivalent to the Warthog. Actually, Twice the Warthog. Its a bomber. It just does Jet stuff. It will sustain a 3g turn at mach. That just below black out. AND its faster than anything in the game. thats pretty awesome, and certainly quickly into the notch. Most importantly though.. this is a 100,000 lb. plane. with reduced fuel, 2 2.8 mach engines, and 100,000 lb wings out.. i bet this thing would turn like the tomcat. if you stepped on the flaps. Similar style of turn. Thats how good the F111 is.. we compare it to fighters.

You guys are silly. The Razbam models are exquisite. The proof? It triggers OCD! Using a magnifier to question depth of the paint chipping.. *blink* I mean, if this model triggers people to start talking about the governing dynamics of paint or how many coats of paint is historically accurate, Youve got a Winner. And it is a winner. The only reason i havent gotten the MiG19 is the real world problem of ammo count (and im broke as sin) Maybe the next sale. The real area that Razbam shines is the flight model, that Harrier is awesome and the flight model had to be problematic to write. Or flip the VRILLE switch in the Mirage. I regularly down 16's and 14's in my Mirage. If that F15 and Flogger have a flight model comparable to the other modules? and it looks like the 19? ..i might have a conniption fit. a conniption fit of JOY.. that is.

Thats alright. Ill buy the Strike Eagle and Flogger for you. Not FOR YOU.. for me, but in honor i wouldnt trade my Harrier and Mirage for any other module. The only reason i dont have the MiG19, is the lack of ammo it carries. The module, is beyond good.