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I am seeing this issue also but I’m also getting flickering black on the screen when taxing. Has anyone else reported flickering black as well as the Saturn rings?

Hi all, I have noticed that since I believe the above update I am seeing black flickering on half the screen of my monitor and also insane artefacts in game. Eventually they go. Black flickering is half the whole display. Attached is a photo of the artefacting taken today. I have had it verified that others in my group have seen the same artefacts recently as well. I have tested the following: - it happens in all modules - it happens on all maps - I’m using track ir - I have nuked and redone my drivers (AMD 7800XT) - have nuked DXO/Meta and tried reshade on/off - happens on both MSAA and FSR - have changed resolutions - black flickering mainly happens on the ground when taxiing and artefacting mainly in the air - issue persists after todays (5/2/25) mini update - have ensured W11 is up to date and has no GPU power management settings affecting it. - it happens with and without reshade. - it does not happen in other games. - have tried other monitors and cables just in case.

So you recommend MFAA in AMD software and MSAA X4 in DCS? Any sharpening? In DCS or AMD Software?

I could have mandella’d myself here but I swear there was an official ED video using Reuben and the Dark ‘What a wonderful world’ cover as the soundtrack?? I cannot for the life of me find it. Am I crazy?

Is there an export script to get the airspeed on a stream deck for the F4?

I fully concur with you on the MSAA shimmering. It’s so bad I had to move to TAA + FSR with scaling of 0.9 (doesn’t make any frame difference regardless of setting for me) and sharpening at 1.0. Those are the only settings on a 7800XT I can ever get remotely looking good and sharp. But it suffers with horrendous ghosting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for your reply - interesting you haven’t had issues. I’m finding its worse on Syria map and the most lagging comes from using the multi select tool and copy and pasting. Even just a few units causes lag. If I restart DCS then the lag goes and then builds up again over time. There is nothing standing out in my logs.

I have noticed that on all maps and regardless of size of miz file that gets created, complexity or mods or not that over time (a few hours) the mission editor gets very laggy. Laggy to scroll, laggy to zoom, saving is laggy and copy 'n' pasta literally makes the blue wheel spin. Have confirmed with some squads mates this is the same across different systems. Anyone else?

I haven’t had a deep dive and retweak of my AMD graphics settings since the past few updates. About 6 months ago I made a jump from a 3070Ti to a 7800XT. Whilst the extra VRAM and sheer grunt was much appreciated I felt the DLAA on the nvidia gives a better image than the FSR AMD card. Has much changed in the recent updates or has anyone got any combo of AMD settings in game that can match DLAA better? For ref I have the following: 1440p monitor 7800xt 64Gb system ram Not touched the AMD driver app or settings. Everything on ultra in DCS and FSR set to 0.9 sharpening. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sand storm only shows on Syria for me at 23000ft and above viz set on the slider. Anything set below that and no dust is shown. I also get random miz files where despite setting orret altitude of fog you do not get the fog. It feels like dust and fog is somewhat inconsistent or broken.

Hi all, Have noticed since the most recent update inconsistent or not working at all - no dust storm effects are working. Have tried 3 different desert maps - with cloud and without loud. Set dust to 984ft viz and 23000ft viz and the max 65000ft viz. No dust storm effects no show in game. No mods, no scripts. Fresh miz. No other weather. Anyone else?

Have come across this issue. Just building a standard AI SEAD mission - done the same way that has always worked for years. Issue is when the AI are set to take off from the boat they will not proceed to their next waypoint and then fly their route and launch harms. But if you set them to fly over point just over the boat they will carry on and execute the route and strike. Have tried different maps, new jets, new locations, new targets, new fuel states etc. trk attached. LastMissionTrack.trk

Damn that’s a shame. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bump - did the last update resolve this? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After the last update does the Apache still have the well known trim and level flight issues? I’m still seeing and hearing that the Apache constantly yaws right despite trim and is very hard to get nose-tail trim or aero trim so she flies straight. My own experience is that it’s almost impossible to get the Apache flying straight without A crabbing or B yawing right and unable to stop that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I agree it’s all subjective really and hardware dependent. Like I said previously my experience of upscaling is the opposite on both cards and the same with MSAA or non-upscaling. I use Reshade as well. Adding a little sharpening and contrast definitely helps with upscaling but it doesn’t quite bring back the sharpness of the characters on mfds etc. Anyways thanks all for your inputs. I’ll keep tweaking and testing as I go. So far AMD seems a great experience. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for your reply. So you’re using the AMD software rather than in-game? Has anyone found an in game equivalent setting of Nvidia DLAA yet? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi all, Recently swapped to an AMD card from an Nvidia and straight out the box I’m finding the non upscaled MSAA x4 horrendous compared to the same on nvidia. Not sure why but AMDs implementation is terrible in comparison. On the flip side though the upscaled FSR image is SIGNIFICANTLY better than any of the DLSS upscaling I could ever get to work. I don’t get any ghosting except some F3 flyby views and on some nav lighting and some of the mfd text can be soft, sometimes. So it’s a 180 opposite for me with the new AMD card versus the nvidia. I will just say the FSR image is awesome and buttery smooth. Probably best looking I’ve played with yet on DCS. It’s seriously that much better than on my nvidia. Almost perfect. But….. I don’t want to upscale really as I have a system that can play my 1440p natively and on the nvidia I actually played in DLAA only with no upscaling and every other setting turned on/max/ultra. I notice there is no “DLAA equivalent” option on AMD. Am I missing something or is there an FSR combo that is directly equivalent to DLAA on nvidia? If not then I won’t complain as like I said above the FSR upscaling for me is almost ‘perfect’. Thanks in advance guys. PS - system specs for reference: 5600x OC’d 64Gb DDR NVME AMD 7800XT 16gb (upgraded from 3070Ti) 32” Curved 1440p Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Maybe I can provide a little fresh context on this as I have upgraded from nvidia to amd in the last 48 hrs. I have gone from a 3070Ti to a 7800XT. On the nvidia card I only ever used DLAA (no upscaling obvs) - the blurring on any form of DLSS upscaling was horrendous regardless of the settings. Ghosting on external views. Dials all blurred when spinning etc. MSAA was OK but always looked too ‘shiny’ and sharp. Like overly sharp. All the panel lines would shimmer also. Swap to my AMD and it’s the complete 180 opposite. MSAA is AWFUL. Flickering everywhere - specifically on shadows (light coming through trees, shadows cast by bushes, buildings and objects) it was literally like a strobe effect. Horrendous. Also all the panel gaps, texture lines and edges on cockpit details like frames, edges of dials and mfds almost flickered and shone like white lines. I thought I would try FSR and went for upscaling 0.9 and sharpening 0.9 and it is SUPERIOR to nvidia upscaling and made DCS look really good. Slightly softer on the graphics and some of the numbers on mfds and the fonts are not quite as sharp as non-upscaling but much better overall. No more strobing or flickering of shadows. No overly ‘crunchy’ image and I have yet to see any ghosting on dials and spinning numbers in the cockpit and the only ghosting is F3 flybys and leading edges and sometimes the collision/nav lights. Anyways I hope that gives a little perspective - not sure if MSAA is currently bugged or if I can further enhance my FSR experience. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi all, As per the subject Ive just moved to an AMD card - I have got the screen recording to work but unlike the nvidia screen record icon that comes up in the bottom right corner (green icon) the AMD one stays on the recording? How do i get it to not bake into the screen recording? I want to see that Im still recording but dont want the timer on my videos? Cheers all.

Bump bump.

Same - I've posted this also. Grey Flag and Buddyspike are the most affected for me. Every time you try and slot you get a spinning load symbol and then CTD.

When trying to join multiple different servers with dynamic slots the game hangs and freezes and often CTD. Repaired. No mods.

I had the same red exclamation mark as everyone else and I couldn’t even reload my saved input files or my backed up version after last weeks update. Even after restarting and loading the input file it kept red exclamation marks everywhere so I had to rebind them all. but the issue that persists is none of my hotas, keyboards or steam decks are seen or picked up in DCS axis and controls but yet they work. normally when you flick a switch on a hotas in controls it jumps to that command - mine and many of my colleagues in our group it does not and weird ghost inputs happen on all modules.

Hi all - Our helicopter-centric milsim group is looking for a few dedicated operators to join our ranks! We are a newly created group built from seasoned DCS players who have created a new helicopter and combined arms only group. We are looking to initially increase the ranks before full on recruitment after the summer with the specific aim of finding a few key players that are very experienced in the Kiowa/Apache/Gazelle/Huey etc and have squadron and flight lead experience. Because this is a limited recruitment drive I’m looking for some pilots who have a genuine interest in training structure and milsim procedures and who also would like to help run the community. We need a few, mature players to help kick start off the group and to play a key part in its future and are experienced enough to be part of the recruitment and instructor team. We are UK/Euro based and train and fly missions in the evenings. Please DM if interested!