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Excellent post Rosy…. I’ll try some tweaks tonight no way my rx570 8gb will run smoothly on your setting… going to try but im thinking AMD and DCS are not bedfellows.

right.... think i found the sweet spot thanks to the following youtube vid... Fantastic stuff from Commander Steinsch now averaging 50-60 fps @1080p with no graphical issues both large scale missions and multiplayer......happy camper again... settings are as follows: whats ur settings Kings..? think the 1060 is a little better than the rx570 but not by much

AMD RX570 8GB _ Ryzen 5 1600AF _ 16GB DDR4 _ NVME SSD + SSD storage @1080p Hi. Ive posted a few time on these forums to say that my performance with 2.7 and the new clouds was really good , however after trying to fly various missions its obvious that the clouds on budget spec GPU is a huge issue. My previous performance on the above system with a mixture of high/Medium LoD textures, low water, Vis range High, heat blur off, low cockpit shadows, cockpit res 512, 2xMSAA, flair+dirt + rain i was getting a solid 45-65 fps in campaigns/missions and multiplayer. Yes at lower settings with trackIR and at 45fps looking out the window wasnt as smooth as I would have liked but its an older card and i was content. Bring on the clouds..... Firstly 2.7 is AMAZING. Free flight around the various maps it looks amazing with not a huge drop in frames 45-55fps (well it didnt seem so bad at first) however once i started doing campains/missions and mutlplayer things have become frustrating. Ive spend many a night over the past week trying all sorts of setting combinations to try and keep the game looking as good as possible but the impact of the clouds has meant that i need to nerf every other setting to low or off, switch off MSAA, cockpit shadows and change cockpit res to 256 to get a decent smooth fps. Needless to say my graphics settings look bloody awfull just to get the clouds. This has reduce the immersion that i had previously and to be perfectly honest im not enjoying this new ver. Visuals for me seems like step back to 1.5 with clouds. (Edit i know they arn’t and its my GPU thats the issue but visualy thats the comparison) ED if your reading this i REALLY appreciate where DCS is going and i WILL be buying a new GPU if they ever come back in stock but some additional optimisation for lower spec pc’s would be greatly appreciated so i can enjoy the wonderful clouds

I noticed it but im trying to run on an RX570 lol. if it had a LoD slider like tree's scenery objects it would be perfect.....and permenantly set at 0.1 PS Phil... love your vids

F-16 has always been a stressfull task.... strangly first time i tried on 2.7 it only disconnected once and lasted the full session. in 2.5.6 i only ever managed a few seconds plugged in at a time. ?? might just be me but still really stressful especialy on the way back from a long mission.....

i run a RX570 8Gb (because im forced to with GPU shortage) and my performance is down slightly. F-16 Free flight on Caucasus with fairly medium/low settings as you can imagine on 2.5.6 i was getting 55-70fps avg. with a similiar medium/low LoD MSAAx2 clouds Standard etc im getting a lower 45-65fps avg. on the up side the fps lows are massivley better and even with TrackIR its imersive and smooth. doing a low level canyon run on 2.5.6 my fps lows could drop to 25fps easy. 2.7 its stuck on 45fps solid.

lol this thread is funny personaly ive got all i need..... well until the mosquito and apache release ..... then its "ED have some more £££££" Same.... F-16 and Spitfire is all I can start up....my F-18/A-10/Harrier/P-51 etc etc is all "some day i'll get around to it"

ok after initial install I was getting 20 fps on my rx570...... initial thoughs oh shit. after playing about with the settings im getting 45-70 fps hahahaha. with Ultra Clouds and a solid 40-50fps on [4YA] PVE full war training multiplayer server Im realistic with my settings but I recon im getting better fps than 2.5.6 with better visuals. Happy Camper AMD Ryzen 5 1600af / rx570 8Gb GRAM / 16Gb 2800Mhz DDR4 / 500Gb SSD / 1080p & Delan head tracker

Im so scared to upgrade now.....only have rx570 and i dont have 30fps to lose..... on fairly low settings i get a solid 40-60 fps @1080p which is still playable to me..... i take it we can roll back to 2.5.6 if i find issues ?

Pmsl. Performance hit on a gtx 2080. ......... im hoping my RX570 8gb is still playable.

I used 2 leobodnar usb game controller boards.... lots of wiring and soldering :)

love this... looks amazing and makes my desk pit look like a toy lol Gunslinger im having some resolution issues with the rotary encoders on my leobodnar boards. I need to turn the "pots" 4-5 full times to get one full rotation in DCS. any tricks to match the pots rotation to DCS 'Actual' hope that makes sense. J

Topic moved from Thrustmaster forum..... thought this area was probably be more suited. Hey all. Just wanted to post my current 3d project on here.... its a bit of work in progress but thought I would share. I will be posting the std files on Thingiverse once i’ve ironed out all the prototype issues..... rear instrument panel sized for Ipad pro 11.7 center screen sized for iphone max button controllers are LeoBodnar BBI-64s in button box and Micro-BBI in throttle also designed a afterburner finger lift

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these look amazing... well done. I'm tracking a few complete 3D printer builds on thingiverse at the moment too. some clever peeps out there...... https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4407778 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4655002

Hreich Spacedesk is another duet option that allows muliple ios device, its a bit laggy on wifi but with the ipad linked to PC on a lightning cable and the phone on wifi its great.. obviously need to use in conjuction with Helios https://spacedesk.net/

you could set up an ipad to display your kneeboard and use the map on that.... not exactly what your asking but im not clever enough to programm something like that.

Hi Hreich just putting a link to our posts

WAS MEEEE Helios F-16 based on the Captian Zeen profiles Old Ver.......before the helios change to automaticaly arranging the multiscreens Unclear how to export these to share, so i've backed up my image folder for the F-16 in case you have any issues with missing textures. most of these however are either default Helios images or from the CaptZeen f-16 profile images. v1 - first attempt with ICP and smaller MFD's Realised very quickly that the ICP was far better in game than on a second screen, MFD were too small. V2 - streamlined ver, side panels removed (except alarms) ICP dumped, instuments revised to what i see as relevent: 2xMFDs, AOA, VVI, alt, speed, RWR, LARGE launch indicator, fuel rate etc. No fuel status available. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnixvdLNASYVhbNrNKYTfMFkmN1i1A?e=iqJAYW I have a profile for the setup for the newer Helios 1.6.3425 but i've ripped all the background panel info as im using a 3D printed instrument panel cutout.. I can upload if that helps too Edit..... found a previous save version for 1.6.3425 with full backgrounds as image below. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnixvdLNASYVhpVRmurZHL-r9pH2gA?e=PtvDQC Also thanks to CaptZeen for doing all the hard work Im just rearranging his instruments to fit my ipad screen. http://www.captzeen.com/helios/index.asp Links below to software used to mirror PC screens to ipad: https://www.duetdisplay.com/ << Great with no lag.... single ios device only https://spacedesk.net/ <<< a bit more involed to set up but works with multi ios devices.... ipad and iphone ( for HSI and ADI ) can be a bit of Lag over wifi so need to tweak the resolution and image quality...

I went F-16, i have both modules but i dont have the time to put into the F-18 at the moment so the F-16 is perfect as i can enjoy DCS, get a very good grounding in the basic flight and systems and then learn the more in depth systems when ED roll them out on the F-16. Also F-18 cockpit to me is a clutter....F-16 is just perfect

Sounds like im not confirming coords or alt........ . I’ll try tonight thx Yep. Works fine Thx frederf.

Hi guys, this is probably just me but i cant seem to get STRG SEL A/P to work on a Cold startup. INS is all aligned (wait the 9min till its flashing RDY) changed to NAV mode then after takeof STRG A/P mode doesn't work ? Im just using the cold quickstart options to practice my startups so all steerpoints are in by default. seems to work fine on warm starts or Air Starts...Auto sequencing too!! What am I doing wrong during startup? Thanks in advance. Edit: Just noted the Distance to steerpoint on the EHSI has a red score through it ??

Aerobraking does not reduce the landing distance, in fact it lengthens it. The reason for aerobreaking is to reduce the total amount of energy that the wheel brakes needs to absorb. Excessive braking causes overheating and brake failure. This is called "hot break". If you use the brakes at 140 knots, you will need twice as much energy absorption than you would brake at 100 knots. By the way, landing does not feel right. It is hard to control once the nose gets a bit drifted. Even the differential braking has little help My brake is mapped to a hotas button.......dont have peddles...... so i aerobrake then 100% wheel brake at around 100-105knots.......still leave lots of rubber on the runway