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Ok thanks guys. That little tiny light no wonder I didn't see it. Wish I knew about the saving track. I landed my su-25 in fc campaign with nose wheel only and 1 engine destroyed and apache firing 30mm over my head. For some reason he left me alone when I landed so I repaired then busted his ass up. On the missions isn't there any way with triggers to simulate resupply by activating units after 24 hours passes? Surely this would help to be like a short dynamic campaign. Triggers could have condition of base structures existing to work. So knock out ports means no ship resupply

Hi Dev Guys, The Mig looks fantastic over the DCS landscape. Do you think we could please get another update with some screenshots of another Russian aircraft? Would be much appreciated :D Many Thanks!

Hi All, I've come to lockon from DCS, there's two things I don't understand yet: 1. With ECM pods on the Su-25t, how do I tell if they are on or off? The IRCM has a light in the cockpit. But when I push the ECM on button, there is no way to tell if it's on or off? 2. How do I record/save tracks of my flights? DCS has a button to save track on debrief but I didn't see this in lockon. 3. The online campaigns/missions, do the units respawn or get resupplied as time progresses? if so, does the briefing screen represent what has been killed yet or is it static? Thanks

People still fly the Su-25 for olden day missions though.. but then that did get the same AFM of the Su-25t. Where the A-10A will not have AFM even, compared to very high fidelity A-10C there will be a big difference. When DCS:A10C is released, maybe A10A should not be included as an option in multiplayer missions, as all other ground attack aircraft will be either AFM or DCS, requiring more skill to fly and bomb.

I don't think the KA-50 was operational at the time of the original Soviet Afghan war. A fictional campaign set maybe 2 years in the future where NATO withdraws from Afghanistan could work, but the Taliban would have to somehow get NATO to leave in a hurry and leave behind some of their western weaponry and tanks :) Difficult to do since it's normal procedure to task missions with destruction of friendly equipment left in enemy regions to deny it to the enemy. A better scenario - Pakistan has an Islamic Coup and the new government sides with Afghanistan, providing fighters, weaponry, and tanks. The NATO coalition could have KA-50s from India or another member of the future coalition. Bring on Afghanistan :megalol:

Thanks for the mods goldfinger, I have been using some for a long time. I run 3,5,6,7 and play online all the time. However the T55 one weakens a units armour, so I don't think this would be allowed, however the server should dictate the units armour but not sure?

This is a dir of the mods I've downloaded and installed in order of install: 01. SIMMOD_LoReload_Terrain_Mod.zip 02. DEC 1808 ENHANCED TERRAIN MOD for BS by Ruggbutt EXE LOF.zip 03. APR 2209 Ancient Airbase Texture v3.0_MODMAN.rar 04. Dragons_BattlefieldFX.zip 06. Visual_Update_2.zip 07. Dragons_Sharkpit V3x.zip 08. allways draw_pilot.rar 09. skill levels modified.rar 10. AI can detect Stinger and Igla.rar 11. Mig-31 chaff and flares.rar 12. SHKVAL+texture+MOD Default+Head+Movement+Off.zip FPS+Flare+Tail+by+Olsiv.zip NoCloudShadows.zip REMOVE_DIRTY_COCKPIT_FROM_SHARKPIT.txt Head movement and flare tail are meant to be good for FPS. I also have some skins, but I find it a pain to change them so I don't use them much. Plus config file tweaks and third party missions/campaigns to download as well.

Ahh sorry guys I misunderstood which one you were talking about. I should have read the thread properly :lol: The graphics.cfg lines I provided above are actually for BOTH mods to work. SIMMOD Lo-Reload is for summer. Ruggbutt's enhanced terrain is for winter/autumn/spring. Here's a better complete method to get them working: 1. Download and install SIMMOD Lo-Reload: http://www.lockonfiles.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&cid=239&lid=1387&ttitle=DCS-BS_SIMMOD_LoReload_Terrain_Mod#dldetails 2. Download and extract Ruggbutts Enhanced Terrain, but do not let it install the graphics.cfg or it will overwrite your graphics.cfg and you will lose all your mod and skin references! Just copy the texture files to the subfolders manually: http://www.lockonfiles.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&cid=239&lid=1258&ttitle=DCS-BS_Enhanced_Terrain_Mod_v1.02#dldetails 3. Edit your graphics.cfg and place these up the top: common = ".\\Bazar\\Terrain\\Surface\\R1L.cdds"; common = ".\\Bazar\\Terrain\\Surface\\R2.cdds"; summer = ".\\Bazar\\Terrain\\Surface\\R1L.cdds"; summer = ".\\Bazar\\Terrain\\Surface\\R2.cdds"; spring = ".\\Bazar\\Terrain\\Surface\\SprBMP.cdds"; spring = ".\\Bazar\\Terrain\\Surface\\SprTGA.cdds"; autumn = ".\\Bazar\\Terrain\\Surface\\AutBMP.cdds"; autumn = ".\\Bazar\\Terrain\\Surface\\AutTGA.cdds"; winter = ".\\Bazar\\Terrain\\Surface\\WinBMP.cdds"; winter = ".\\Bazar\\Terrain\\Surface\\WinTGA.cdds"; 4. Install Dragon's airbase textures with modman last. Or any other airbase texture you would like. Now, if there's anyone with spare time, you could create a modman package to do all of the above, and load it onto lockonfiles. As you can see from the forum on lockonfiles, the mods were there but nobody knew how to use them. Lockonfiles mod uploaders could do better to explain how to install the files and which graphics.cfg entries to use, even so, I appreciate the work of the mod creators :thumbup: Cheers Taipan

EDIT: Ignore this post, refer to my CORRECT post below for both terrain mods.

Dynamic campaigns are what's needed.

Yeah my shkval is on my second screen, just by creating a monitor config lua and changing options.lua. Search on this, there's lots of posts. Also I think I saw something on touchbuddy too.

If you want something in the meantime EECH with all mods gives you mi24 and mi28. A but old but still fun with mods

Great news, enjoy the multi monitor :)

I use CTL+F10, CTL+F11, CTL+F12 for trackir in all games.

Could be my setup. I have 2 monitor. Core i7 and nvidia 295

Try uninstall, remove all DCS directory. Then reinstall. Test 1.0 If works, add patches and test again. If that works, then try your mods one by one.

My last quote wasn't clear, let me make the changes for you. See below in bold:

Since flaming cliffs 2 will be upgrading to the DCS engine, does this mean modders will be able to mod a clickable cockpit? Or even ED might give us a clickable cockpit one day?

I will pay :) But I won't wait :megalol: Seriously I love FC2 just for the Su-25T, that has the AFM and that's what I'll fly. It will be my DCS: Su-25T while DCS doesn't yet have fixed wing. :pilotfly:

Can I offer another option? You can pickup a 17inch flat panel on ebay for about $70, then you can sell your laptop. Like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/1-Dell-17-Inch-Flat-Panel-LCD-Monitor-Screen-TFT-black_W0QQitemZ390116563861QQcmdZViewItemQQptZComputer_Monitors?hash=item5ad4c25b95 It will be a much cleaner setup. Then get a multi monitor stand, or build one yourself

Options lua - Change back the AVI settings to default, you don't want the res and width to 3200 in AVI. Only the normal width do you set to 3200. MonitorSetup lua - The center section is your cockpit, so it should be only width = 1920

I also had the same problem, it started when I setup multi monitor. Wags - I have a different fix, if you want to keep Multi-GPU configuration. All I did was change the DCS graphics settings to set the cockpit to 1024 every frame, instead of 1024. Fixed immediately :)

Change the second monitors res to 1280x960 like you wanted to. Update these lines in your options file: ["multiMonitorSetup"] = <you need to insert the name of the correct monitor setup file here that has shkval and abris.> ["width"] = 3200, ["resolution"] = "3200x1080", ["water"] = 1 -- You will double your frame rate without using water = 2 Then you will need to increase the width and height of the shkval and abris in your monitor config. I'm getting kicked off the computer so that's all for now :)

42 inch!! Awesome :pilotfly: I have a config I was using, with second monitor showing a shkval + abris. There was a small strip of wasted space at the bottom. I also have a config I prefer better, with shkval full second monitor, and a small abris in the bottom right of the main screen, since you rarely need to look at the back right panel, just turn your head further. Attach your monitor and options config and I will update them for you.

Thanks Dragon this looks great. I'll ask Jay to put this on the AEF server, hope to seeyou on there again. Cheers