Nate--IRL--

I don't understand, can you explain? Nate

I said exactly that in my post above. Unless your hardware matches the real thing, or is at least capable of the same stick throw, you will have to use Curves to calibrate and dampen your input to the sim. So your statement of "Does your stick, or calibration make any difference = NO" is not correct at all, it is in fact Vital. Understood, but you are not flying with the same physical stick that a real pilot does. You movements are amplified because your short stick range must be translated to much larger stick range in the aircraft. Nate

Hmm, Uncalibrated I move my stick on my desk 1 inch to the left and I get, in sim, near full deflection to the left. If I move the stick once inch to the left, in the real aircraft, the stick moves one inch to the left. Same movement, very very different outcome, due to the lack of range and axis resolution in my joystick. Now, how do we bridge that gap? Nate

They did, the model is accurate - adjust your curves in the options to match your Joysticks lack of precision.. Nate

It does that when the FTP server is overloaded, try again later, or better yet use the torrent. Nate

What was wrong with them? Nate

Consider adjusting the input curves, it completely changes the feel and oversensitivity of your hardware and allows for fingertip control of the aircraft. Nate

Memory usage is becoming more demanding as texture sizes have increased, for the newer models - 4gb is cutting it pretty close for DCS these days. Minimum Memory requirement is 6gb Minimum system requirements: OS 64-bit Windows Vista, 7 or 8; CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz; RAM: 6 GB; Free hard disk space: 10 GB; Video: 512 MB RAM card, DirectX 9.0c - compatible; Sound: DirectX 9.0c - compatible; requires internet activation. Nate

The Test team are all Volunteers. Nate

EDIT - moved to other thread.

This is intentional, and has been this way for about 10 years. Screen resolution however should not be enforced by the server. Nate

I used to get horrible stutter viewing far away towns in the TGP - gone after moving DCS to an SSD. Nate

It was thought it would be beneficial to the process. Nate

The Purpose of the Open Beta isn't for your benefit - it is for aiding in testing. Nate

You Guys have it lucky - I currently have 4 (sometimes more) installs to deal with :) Nate

Does steam use the auto updater? I forget. Might be why it is done the way it is done. Nate

Might be better that you start with a new "Clean" config, from a testing perpective. But you can copy settings from 1.2.6. Nate

In order to participate in the Open Beta you must use the Open Beta Updater/installer, it will NOT touch your current 1.2.6 install. This is deliberate. The Open Beta is for Testing Purposes for those that are inclined to help. Nate

Open Beta for 1.2.7 was only announced a few hours ago - it wasn't in the initial announcement :) Nate

Because it's not ready? Nate

Not released yet. Nate

You are not installing 1.2.7, you are installing 1.2.7 Beta Which is a completely separate install. When you update 1.2.6 to 1.2.7 release, you will need to do the above for the Huey. Nate

Saved games\DCS.testing Nate

Auto Pilot control inputs are not translated to the Pilot controls in either the sim or the real thing. The Pilot has no way of knowing how much input the Autopilot is currently providing to maintain the trimmed flight attitude. Nate

1 - Yes 2 - RALT and Numpad . 3 - No - press again to unlock padlock I think. Nate