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Personally I think you are pretty close to the truth here. ED has to take into consideration hardware and what it can run reasonably for maps in use like what we do with a flight simulation. I would also add making maps with large bodies of "water" to be easier on hardware and performance as well. Look at the aircraft modelled in DCS. The star performers are naval in nature. ED has stated they will be redoing the whole carrier operations aspect of the game. There is a new third party developer (DEKA) who is making Chinese equipment, both naval assets and playable aircraft. What's next beside the new desert maps coming? South China Sea? I'd put money on that. :smilewink:

Yep, noticed that myself the other day.

Beautiful list of tactics. Well done sir! However you forgot one last tactic. Be sure the skies between you and your opponent are filled with comrades flying lesser quality aircraft so they can divert the ENY's attention and soak up his missiles while you sneak in for the kill. :smilewink:

Most helpful Grimes. Thanks. Was wondering about this issue myself as I've started making missions and trying to create atmosphere on the carrier for the players.

So I remapped those buttons discussed and with the knowledge from this thread I tried out the Mig-29 autopilot again and it worked beautifully. It is actually quite useful, helpful now that I know how it works and how to use it. Thanks again @Ironhand.

Thanks for clearing that up. :thumbup:

Thank you for the clarification.

What does "Alarm State: Green do?

Most helpful. Got one question though; in the key commands for autopilot, there is the "autopilot" A key or as you've mentioned the reset the "damper" mode command. The other one you mention here is the "autopilot reset" mode and I can't remember the key commands but one does see both in the autopilot section of the controls menu. I have both mapped to my HOTAS. I'm confused a bit as to when to use each one. If I I'm using the autopilot for level flight let's say and I want to cancel that, do I use the "autopilot reset" button or the "damper reset" button to give me back command of the airplane? Perhaps I need to re-watch the video but those two things have confused me as I've begun learning the system.

It really is a fun bird. Enjoying it myself along with the higher fidelity stuff.

Just what I was looking for. Thanks.

I will chime in here as well and say the Mirage is one of my top 4 modules I fly in DCS. So much fun with the systems, good looking bird. Interesting systems and the fact one can do both A2G and A2A along with Air2Air refueling just makes it plain fun.

Not a question but just a thank you to the people at Eagle Dynamics etc., for this wonderful tool and gift in the mission editor to be able to create "static templates" for mission creation. The ability for me to make an airport look like it is being used and then save that airport for use in other missions is phenomenally helpful. I've been working on templates for almost every airport, at least major ones I like to use and the fact that I don't have to redo this time and time again just makes me cry with joy. :smilewink: Mission making is so much faster and creative now only having to concentrate on actual AI stuff and not worry about whether an airport or target area looks real and immersive enough. Again, thank you to whomever at ED for creating this. :thumbup: Cheers.

Thank you.

I've just gotten the Mig-29 module myself the last week and have been reading up, testing how the autopilot works, still confused a bit. Been reading through this thread and was wondering if anyone knows of a video or tutorial on how to use this aircraft feature?

Nicely done. I myself have just finally acquired the Mig-29 module and I'm surprised and happy with all the nice changes they put in from the old module. Quite interesting stuff.

Well I tried it and wow! It did work and solved all my issues I had with DCS. Who would have thought. Everything is now smooth as silk, lowest FPS I'm getting is 60 which includes flying down in the weeds in the big cities. I'm running everything on high, visibility on Ultra at resolution of 2560X1440. Thank you for this thread and this find. I can now enjoy DCS on this new rig.

Interesting thread gents. I will have to give this a try and see if it works for me as well.

In the mission editor, there is a trigger where you can make a city or village show damage etc. Same goes for static objects and such, you can set them as destroyed. You also can create fires and the smoke billowing up into the air from them.

Go to the tab for setting up way-points. Make sure you are on the very first way-point, way-point zero (0) and then take a look and see if you have the "uncontrolled" checkbox. Also make sure that way-point is set for ramp start.

I second your request for optimization of the Persian Gulf map. There is something going on in that map which causes some serious performance issues.

Well you and Grimes keep beating those heads, both of you are most helpful. I know I've learned a thing or two from you both with respect to doing things in the missions I create. :)

feefifofum, I'm going to start calling you the "Gandolf of DCS!" ;) You speak magic when it comes to the mission editor. :thumbup:

FYI: It is my understanding all AI wingmen have issues with ground pounding at the moment so it is not just related to the F/A-18C module. I can't get my Su-33 comrades to hit targets on the ground. When I go into the mission editor to set up targets via waypoints, I noticed some "advanced waypoint actions" were missing so my guess is either a bug or ED may be working on new AI routines and it just hasn't hit beta or stable release yet.

Are you using a ramp start with your aircraft or are you and your AI wing-man starting from the runway?