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Good Online Vendor for TrackIR?
reece146 replied to reece146's topic in PC Hardware and Related Software
yeah - I have laptop that does the same thing. So, I dunno. -
Good Online Vendor for TrackIR?
reece146 replied to reece146's topic in PC Hardware and Related Software
Same version. -
Good Online Vendor for TrackIR?
reece146 replied to reece146's topic in PC Hardware and Related Software
yeah - install the cl drivers, reboot, then plug in the device. -
SWAPR - SWeet Automatic Player Replacement script
reece146 replied to Hardcard's topic in Mission Editor
It does the same thing whether v1.2 or v1.3 - and maddeningly it does it when the system is only running DCS now too (i.e. not only when heavily loaded with other jobs like before). I sent you an email with the files you requested. I did notice that if I start the mission in one aircraft, as it loads it puts me in the seat. I can see the other aircraft pop in but they are black like when the livery doesn't load in time. It eventually loads all the aircraft with their liveries but by then I'm on fire! LOL To me it "smells" like timing issues - stuff not being loaded just in time before the spawn into the seat. But that's an uneducated guess. I'd really like to get this fixed - this is a fantastic mod/script/whatever. If you need someone to test for you just say the word. Keep peppering me with new lua. :) -
Good Online Vendor for TrackIR?
reece146 replied to reece146's topic in PC Hardware and Related Software
Nope - does not appear in Device Manager. I have two - neither one shows up. Tried all the USB ports - added another USB/PCIe card even. I have a crappy old web cam that is picked up and configured as soon as it is plugged in. It's very annoying. -
Good Online Vendor for TrackIR?
reece146 replied to reece146's topic in PC Hardware and Related Software
That is one of those PS3 camera setups. I have two of those cameras - bought for this purpose - have yet to be able to get one working with my system (Win 10). CL-Eye Test always says 'no camera found'. I'm basically at the point of giving up and buying a TrackIR. Maybe you can suggest some troubleshooting ideas? -
Good Online Vendor for TrackIR?
reece146 replied to reece146's topic in PC Hardware and Related Software
Thanks, I'll check it out. -
*** Still Looking *** Looking to buy a TrackIR. Buying direct from naturalpoint.com gives a $75 shipping fee (WTF?!). Amazon and ebay are currently equally lame. Newegg has none or doesn't stock. Suggestions?
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SWAPR - SWeet Automatic Player Replacement script
reece146 replied to Hardcard's topic in Mission Editor
I installed MOOSE and SWAPR for the first time about an hour ago. v1.2 and moose as comes in the archive file. I'm having the same issue where picking a slot at mission start makes the new AC spawn into the existing AI simultaneously and explode. IT seems to happen only on the initial misison start / choose a slot operation. I was designing/testing a mission while the computer itself was busy doing other things (GPUs and CPUs pinned doing non-DCS work). Once I paused those workloads and restarted the mission it worked as it is supposed to work. For people having this issue I think it might be a busy system or a weak system in general. My mission is simplistic - just a dozen planes/helis sitting on the tarmac at Batumi. Single player. I am wondering if there is a timing loop that can be added to the script to prevent this? I dunno. One thing I did notice was that at mission start I am presented with the slot pick screen but none of the aircraft in the mission are rendered on the tarmac behind the pick dialog. Maybe if there was a way to render before presenting the pick dialog this might be a work around. I don't know much about how this works at a nuts and bolts level - don't know if that is practical. $0.02 -
Great skin - downloaded.
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Is this your first high heat load mini-ITX build? Depending on the hardware chosen (case and other) this can be a vexxing configuration to get right and be able to shed the heat when under high-load. If you haven't already I suggest doing some research on your particular case and combination of components to see if there are any "gotchas". Air flow will be king - even across the radiator(s) if you go water cooled. Edit/P.S.: FWIW, for a gaming rig that tends to have a lot of changes made to it regularly I'd suggest a larger format case/motherboard. Maybe it's just me but I'm always adding/removing cards and components to mine (USB3 PCIe, additional GTX660 for second screen lately). Going in and out of a mini-ITX box can be another PITA and can be limiting (# of slots, SSD connectors, AIRFLOW!, etc.). Now if you are looking for something that is small, coordinated, cute in a corner of your studio apartment that is a different matter. My gaming rig is half apart (more of a cage) and sitting beside my welder with the half disassembled project truck in my "dirty" lab/garage so my perspectives are different. Hehe HTH
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The issue is that the difference in performance is mostly imperceptible to us humans AND getting the data off the drive is one thing - having the app actually do something with it in a timely manner is another thing. Just because it is fast doesn't translate to something meaningful when sitting in front of the terminal. There's a place for M.2. I use them for database filesystems (was SSD) to keep them from bogging under load - although I think even that is more of a use case looking for an application thing if you follow my meaning. I had M.2 drives in about half the machines in my lab (Linux). Due to size/budget/projects some of them grew and the M.2's were replaced with larger SSDs. No really perceptible differences from a "seat of the pants" view but no benchmarking was done. Maybe some of these huge image datasets I am working on for ML training will be useful to be on M.2 - we'll see. For the convenience factor I'd just do SSD and be done with it. Sure you can benchmark these things and "prove" one is faster than the other but is it worth it to reduce load times from 2.2s to say 1.95 s? For me, the convenience would say no. Sure, when loading a mission on my SSD system (old, decrepit, overclocked i7-3770 system w/ 2070 Super) the loading screens take a few dozen seconds sometimes but that's really not much of a burden while getting 'comfy' with the controls. In flight I never notice anything attributable to disk seek/load times. Now, if in the future you are finding performance on your swap file sucks because you didn't buy enough ram, you could add a small M.2 just for the page file. Or just install 64GB-128GB and turn off the pagefile and be done with it. :) If you are just getting into this I'd suggest taking the more practical approach and see if this app "takes" for you. After a few months you might be bored with DCS and have a massively weird, over built machine OR you may be hard core and looking for even more upgrades. Alternatively, forget all the above - buy a single 1TB M.2 and move on. :) $0.02
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Btw, you may want to wait for the new i[7,9]-10XXX CPUs. There's a bunch of good, approachable youtube vids out there. On paper it looks like the new CPU's are only a minor step compared to the existing but the draw is more cores (4 vs 8 with no HT for example). This could be decent for Vulkan if it ever happens within this generation of CPUs. Added to this you might get another say... 10% on the single core performance. In it's current state DCS is single core bound. Here is a good chart for a ballpark idea of how the CPUs compare. (benchmarks should be taken with a grain of salt). https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html These new CPUs will not be backwards compatible with the current Z390 motherboards.
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FWIW, I have a 1TB SSD and between Windows, DCS, and Assetto Corsa plus a few other games that I mostly ignore I have around 350GB free. I have everything available for DCS installed and many, many mods, skins, etc. This is a dedicated gaming rig - none of my work files and data is on this machine (wouldn't fit anyway plus workstations run Linux only). Drive space is cheap. Save yourself the hassle of upgrading later. $0.02
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Latest stable, 2070 Super, LG 43UH6100-UH, 1440p I've noticed that DCS seems to want to keep flipping back and forth between HDR and non HDR. I'll get a black screen that is a few seconds long (always at the worst possible time it seems!). When it returns the HDR notification from my physical screen set will either flash on or off. Is this a known problem? Tweaks to fix? I took a look around the forums but nothing obvious. Thanks.
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Been a Linux admin since the 1990s - really couldn't give a rat's whether DCS was ported to Linux. Windows 10 works well enough once you rip out / block the spyware portion. That plus the benefits of having the gaming rig totally separate from the systems that do actual work is nice. If there was to be some Linux in DCS's future let it be a Docker container for the multi-player server setups (.NET Core potentially an easy port?). I have a VM running Windows on one of my bigger DMZ hosts now and it bugs me that it is a full VM and not a simple container. Such a waste of resources. Anwyay, for the front end the existing Windows stuff is plenty fine. $0.02
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I got it for that purpose originally. It works fine - work loads are relatively low and logical. Also consider the L-39. The F-86 is good also from a simplicity point of view. I didn't like the C-101 very well either. Between the buffeting noise at/near stall and the horrible engine noise above ~85% throttle I decided to take a pass on that one. Speaking of trainers - Yak-52 is pretty cool. Working from '52 to T-38 and/or L-39 to the heavy metal is a logical progression I'd say. Spitfire and/or Mustang will teach you a lot also.
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Nice! Thanks for sharing.
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I haven't re-read the thread if this has been covered already... I struggled a lot with the Spit in ground handling, take-off and landing. It was really frustrating but I stuck with it - probably have several dozen hours into it - no combat - just ground ops, touch and goes, take-off, etc. Still not consistent: sometimes great for a number of operations and then all of a sudden it felt like back to square one. Reviewing tacview data - nothing really obvious... Yesterday I upgraded my AMD RX580 to a 2070 Super. Night and day difference after maybe 20-30 mins of experimenting. Much more consistent on all counts - aircraft feels like it's doing what it's told, in the groove if you know what I mean. So, for those struggling - if you are tolerating low FPS while trying to master this beastie then that might be a part of the problem. Turn down all the detail, reduce res and try it out to see if it makes a difference. HTH