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Wouldn't it be wonderful to implement hand tracking from quest 2 to DCS to interact with your own hands on buttons and MFDs? It would be a game changer to enjoy VR even more!! We need this to get to the higher bosses, I think it's an incredible idea!! PD: I saw some options on YouTube but they seemed expensive or did not work very well. PD: I saw some options on YouTube but they seemed expensive or did not work very well. ----------------------------------------------------- Not so precise... ------------------------------------------------------ Expensive

I have a DCS dedicated server running in a Windows 10 Hyper-V host. Everything runs just fine when using a wired connection but when I try to run it via a wireless connection the server becomes unreachable. I make only two changes: 1) I unplug the wired Ethernet cable, and 2) I change port fowarding on my router from the wired IP static address to the wireless IP static address. Reboot the router, and done. On the wired connection everything is good. When I change to the wireless connection the server doesn't appear in the DCS multiplayer list (WAN) or as a local DCS server (LAN.) Any help, perspective, or avenues to investigate to provide more information are most appreciated. Thank you!

Hi there, After running DCS_updater.exe, my computer downloaded what I thought was 2.7 which was around 7GB and installed it. After the install ran DCS and it said 2.5.6. and got stuck on a blank page and won't open just stuck at the blank page. I've rebooted a few times that didn't help. Any help will be appreciated. Thx Windows Version 1909 OS build 18363.1500 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5800x RAM: 32GB 3200 GPU: MSI Radeo RX580 8GB

Heyo, I found a reproducible bug: The server web GUI of the dedicated server v2.7 is not responding when the server window is minimized. It still appears to be online tho. The connect to server popup will eventually time out and show an error. When the minimized window is restored visible the console imediatley connects. When words aren't enouth: youtu.be/AfqMHJeSYm8 (Similar things happen whenever you keep the window in move mode - for example while moving the window to the side, afterwards not actually sending a button release to the window, so tecnically the window would follow your cursor forever. happened to me once when the remote connection to the physical machine was lost - anyway, in this case not only the web GUI but the whole server is not responding any more) server owners: don't minimize dedicated server windows atm, happy bug fixing ED, have a nice day everybody, Eld0r - fixed with openbeta dedicated server 2.7.0.5118

New Forest and Scenery Factor settings. How do they interact with each other, how are they different from 2.5 Settings? @BIGNEWY How would Forest Visibility and Forest Details Factor interplay or interoperate together? Pic for reference:

Hey everyone, I built my PC in 2017 to run DCS 1.5 and it ran it perfectly with no problems or FPS drops at Highest Graphic settings but then 2.5 came and I couldn't run my game at highest settings anymore so I had to downgrade the graphic settings and I still managed play the game/simulator with the same computer with good FPS for 4 years. I was bored today and decided to go on DCS World and see which graphics settings have most impact on FPS so I did quick tests and on each option during testing my game kept crashing after loading few missions(Fixed in an update) so I hope it was worth it and here are my results and findings and what configuration I use. This is my first time creating a guide so don't expect much from it. Here are my computer specs: CPU: i5-7600K 4 Cores Overclocked to 4.5GHz. Memory: 2x8GB(16) DDR4 2400MHz. SSD: Crucial M.2 1TB SSD 2400MB/s Reading Speed and 1800MB/s Writing Speed. <---Highly Recommended if you are using a hard drive GPU: MSI GTX1060 6GB X VR Ready. Screen: 1080p 240Hz 27Inch Curved AOC. VR Headset: Oculus Quest 2 via Air Link 5408x2736 90Hz. (25-45FPS with same settings as 2D) Here are my current graphic settings with how my computer handled it: Lowest Frames Per Second: 45 FPS Average Frames Per Second: 60 FPS Highest Frames Per Second: 90 FPS CPU Usage: 45-100% GPU Usage: 99-100% Memory Usage: 14.1-15.1 GB out of 16 GB (Turns out game uses SSD as Virtual Memory when RAM usage is almost full check out this guide and make sure you only enable file paging on SSD I set my to 32000/64000MB) Note^: (Depending on the situation from being on the carrier on multiplayer with rainy weather to being 30,000ft in the Air) How it looks like in game: Here are my results and findings tested on Caucasus map with the F/A-18C: Textures: Low to High, About 1FPS decrease and cockpit looks way better I wouldn't recommend switching to Low unless you need every single FPS. Terrain Textures: Low to High, I didn't notice any FPS or Graphical change even though the game restarted when changing the option so I don't know about this one so I kept it at High. Civ. Traffic: Off to High, No FPS loss just low detailed vehicles driving on the road and going through tanks and anything placed with mission editor so I keep it OFF to not ruin my immersion when doing Air to Ground Missions. Water: Low to High, 20FPS decrease and didn't notice any water quality change high in the air so I put it on Low. (Only noticeable when comparing side to side images) Visibility Range: Low to Ultra, 5-6FPS decrease buildings and objects can be seen from far away without needing to zoom to make them magically appear I recommend setting it to Ultra or Extreme. Heat Blur: OFF to High, Didn't notice any FPS decrease so I switched it to High to have the realistic After Burner/Engine Heat Blur at the back of the Jet. Shadows: OFF to High, About 6FPS decrease it isn't that much of a performance hit from no Aircraft Shadows to having a high detailed Aircraft Shadows. Resolution of Cockpit Displays(Mirrors): 256 to 1024 Every Frame, Didn't notice any performance difference so I kept it at 1024 Every Frame. MSAA(Anti-Aliasing): OFF to 4x, About 15FPS Decrease I prefer to have this option on 2X to not have obvious jagged pixelated edges without having much of performance decrease. Depth of Field: OFF to Simple/Bokeh, 20-40FPS Decrease on external view, I prefer to have it OFF to not have any Blurriness or performance decrease. Lens Effects: None to Dirt+Flare, 1FPS Decrease I prefer to have it on None to not get blinded by the sun. Motion Blur: I prefer to have it OFF to not have any Blur and have good visibility. Clouds: Low to Ultra, 5FPS Decrease with Minor Quality change I chose Standard for optimal performance. SSAA(Anti-Aliasing): OFF to 2X, 35FPS Decrease it becomes unplayable for me with this option so I recommend having it OFF if you don't want massive performance decrease. This option removes jagged or pixelated edges. SSLR(Light Reflections): OFF to ON, About 8FPS Decrease so I prefer to have it ON for better lighting and light reflections. SSAO(Ambient Occlusion): OFF to ON, About 10-15FPS Decrease I prefer to have it OFF, no major difference the only thing I noticed was the reflection of the screens and better reflections off the instruments and it wasn't that noticeable. Also it's suppose to make scenery blend more such as shadows and look more natural. (Only noticeable when comparing side to side) Clutter/Grass: 0 to 1500, Up to 30FPS Decrease in a very grass dense area, It's best to not max out the setting, also Grass is not noticeable from the Air and doesn't decrease performance when flying High above 7000ft. Forest Visibility: 30% to 100%, 5FPS Decrease, on 30% trees don't load until you get close so I prefer to have it on 70% to be able to see all Trees around me and not render insignificant unnoticeable far away Trees. Forest Details Factor: 0.1 to 1, 1FPS Decrease, Trees Textures look better and detailed. Scenery Details Factor: 0.1 to 1, 1FPS Decrease, Buildings and Structures Textures look better and detailed. Preload Radius: 100 to 100000, Didn't notice any performance difference probably because I'm using an SSD but this may effect people on HDD, Slow CPUs and low RAM. (Do not use above 75,000 if you have 16GB of RAM or less, Use less Preload Radius if you start experiencing random crashes specially on multiplayer.) Gamma(Brightness): Doesn't really effect FPS I prefer to have it on 1.6 for dark and not bright atmosphere. You can increase it depending on how you prefer it. Anisotropic Filtering: OFF to 16x, 18FPS Decrease I prefer to have it on 8x to see distanced objects with high detail if you want performance over quality turn it OFF. Terrain Objects Shadows: Flat to Default, 10FPS Decrease Shadows look better and more detailed and not pixelated. Flat to OFF, 3FPS increase not much increase so I chose to have it on Flat to at least have Shadows on Trees and Buildings. Cockpit Global Illumination: Makes Lighting in the cockpit dynamic I prefer to have it ON. Rain Droplets: OFF to ON, 2-3 FPS Decrease, I prefer to have it ON to see water droplets on canopy if you want bit more FPS have it OFF. Vsync: Limits or Syncs Frames Per Second(FPS) to Monitor/Screen Refresh Rate(Hz), I prefer to have it OFF to not limit my performance. Note: I just realized some of my tests aren't the most accurate but they are precise they should give a good idea on which options have the most impact on FPS. Also here's a very useful Video made by "Commander Steinsch" shows how much visual difference each option does, I don't recommended doing same settings as the Video though. Note: For Mariana Islands scroll down below. Thank you for checking out my post and hope it helped you out, if you have any suggestions or questions go ahead and ask I would happily reply.

В какой-то момент мой дым на 2.5 и на 2.7 превратился вот в это подобие дыма. Переустанавливал игру 3 раза, ставил пресет настроек на ультра, ничего. В чем проблема и как ее решить? (Проблема в клиенте)

I love this campaign so I went to try it from the beginning with the new clouds in 2.7, but I didn't get very far. I called for ground power on mission 1 in the MiG-15 and there was no response. The F10 map showed Anapa as neutral but the mission editor showed it as red. Huh? Based on this thread I tried adding 10 Russian tanks nearby in the ME. Then Anapa showed up red in-sim and I got a ground crew response. So for some reason, the airfield doesn't seem to have enough red forces around for DCS to consider it properly red. I didn't see any non-red forces around so I'm not sure why, but it seems this mission needs a little help to work again out of the box. I checked the first F-86 mission and the second MiG-15 mission and neither of them had this problem. I also tried creating a minimal test mission from scratch where I just added one cold start red MiG-15 to Anapa, and that worked fine.

Greetings all, Just a quick one here, given the recent announcement of the new free to play program, how do we actually use it or get access to it? I was under the impression it took effect immediately and have since seen nothing on the ED website or the module manager along the lines of "Begin free trial" or something similar. Thanks in advance,

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Hi Everyone, One of the changes that was made in the outstanding 2.7.0 update is now the F6 camera copies the F2 camera setting (found under settings -> misc), before the F6 camera would be fixed and would not shake or float. Would it be possible for this to be a separate setting in a future update?

I got a strange behaviour on my dedicated server. Whichever mission I choose in the list, it is the "mission 1" (according to the numbering of mission list in optionsServer.lua) that is launched. (Look at the current mission on server details, and the one which is tagged as running in the server list...) If I modify myself the [1] mission in the list, to change the mission, the behaviour is the same. I cannot either remove line in the mission list. I can only add... I have fully reinstall the server, including the saved games, top start with a clean setup -> same behaviour. Everything was OK in last OB.

Sens 2.7 came out cant you press fly on a Viggen when you are on a server. It just makes your game crash 2 seconds afther. Works fine in the ED. Pleas fix

Hi Everyone, As part of DCS 2.7 @NineLine said on reddit that we will be seeing a 'FARP Zone'. Does anybody know what this actually is? Or is this just referring to the invisible FARP we also got in 2.7?

dcs.log I am getting consistent screen freezing in multiplayer, but in single I can run missions with 50+ b17s and up to 20 other aircraft at the same time with no issue help and a fix to this issue would be much appreciated specs: (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER (CPU) i7-8700k @ 3.7GHz 16GB Memory Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB p.s. I have only had this issue from 2.7

OPERATION DESERT STORM | FICTIONAL | INFORMATION LETTER SHORT REMINDER: THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REAL LIFE OPERATION DESERT STORM! __________________________________________________________ Singleplayer - YES Multiplayer - YES COOP - YES Each other - YES Against each other - YES __________________________________________________________ Syria Map - Required Carrier Module - Highly Recommended Tf-51 / Is Free & should be Pre Installed Gray Shark Skin - Recommended 16-32 GB Ram - Recommended Hello and welcome to the information sheet on the mission "Operation Desert Storm" Operation Desert Storm is a dynamic mission that means there are multiple possible endings! You can play Operation Desert Storm alone, in co-op or against each other! There are no limits! The main goal in Operation Desert Storm is to take out the enemy aircraft (AI) and then land! Whoever manages this first, decides the victory for his faction! If one faction wins, the other faction loses! Again, you can fight the AI with a friend and then land. Or you can fight the enemy AI on your own while your friend / enemy has to do the same against you! The first to turn off all targets wins! You can of course do 2v2 1v2 and so on, no limits! The location is on the new Syria map and starts at sunrise! Now you are setup for my first Dynamic Mission and I really hope you will enjoy it! I have also added a Airshow! So you can train with oldschool aircraft like the TF51 or BF109! (please keep in mind that this mission does not try to be realistic at all! Its a 100% Generic Fun Mission, something you just wanna throw on without thinking to much and just testing out the latest stuff of DCS!) OPERATION DESERT STORM CONTENT - 2 rival factions, each with 4 selectable airmen - Real radio messages from the political groups: USA & RUSSIA - Different endings possible (Dynamic Mission) - Audio announcements if a team member has died or an enemy player has been eliminated. - Audio announcements if an enemy is sighted in the area & warning if you are in an enemy area. - The latest carriers are available for both factions! - SAM targets available for both factions (A-10II, SU25T - to counter SAM site) - Mission briefing for each Faction! - RAM friendly, despawning of cinematic aircrafts, carrier and assets only spawn when needed (if you spawn inside a f14 it will unlock the carrier (same for russian carrier and cinematic aircraft) - Many many IF conditions for a balanced game flow - Self-made mission pictures so that you know what your task is! - Airshow (Ram friendly, if you spawn in a Neutral aircraft everything that is related with the Operation Desert Storm Mission will despawn so you save Ram and can press F2 without seeing other aircraft then yours! REAL ATC AUDIO RECORDINGS For an immersive feeling! Russian and American Voices! Alerts and kill confirmation Voice! SELECTABLE AIRCRAFT RUSSIA: - Su 33 (on Carrier) - Su 33 (on Carrier) - Mig 29 (on Airbase) - Su25T (on Airbase) - Su27 (on Airbase) SELECTABLE AIRCRAFT USA: - F14 B (on Carrier) - F18 (on Carrier) - F16 (on Airbase) - F14 A (on Airbase) - A10II (on Airbase) ------------------------------------------------------------------ SELECTABLE AIRCRAFT NEUTRAL (AIRSHOW): - BF109 (on Airbase) - Mig29 (on Airbase) - Spitfire (on Airbase) - TF 51 (on Airbase) - AV8B (on Airbase) EPIC BATTLEFIELD INTRO SONG Epic Intro for following units - F14 B - F18 Whats planned for future Update: - adding 2 Helicopters with unqiue Tasks for each Faction (Hind + Blackshark - Russia) (Apache + Huey - America) OPERATION DESERT STORM TEASER (we recommend you downloading the Gray Shark Skin for cool looking SU33 AI and Client Aircraft ( https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/de/files/3312850/ ) ENJOY OPERATION DESERT STORM ( https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/de/files/3316674/ ) | REMINDER FOR THE DOWNVOTERS | the Operation name was a mistake, i accept it. So please evaluate the mission and not the name! And for the Haters: If you are not able to read a description then i cant help you! The name is definently not a misleading Title, i wrote down like a 100 times that this mission is Fictional! With best regards BlazeXI

I'm only trying to update from 2.7.11.21408.1 to 2.7.8.16140. I am not trying install any new modules or terrains and it is telling me it needs 113GB of space. I currently only have installed the following: F-14; Harrier; Supercarrier; F-15C, Flaming Cliffs; Combined Arms Caucasus; Marianas I own the PG, Nevada, Normandy and A-10C and A-10C II but I am not trying to reinstall those. So what in the world is 113GB? How can I ensure it is not trying to install terrains/modules I don't have checked to be installed?

Hi guys, Since the new DC World 2.7 was announced I'm wandering how it is going to be with compatibility with all the missions modules etc... Does anybody know? Or what is the general expectation? Will everything break, specially the older missions/campaigns, or everything will "should" work? It will be great if some dev could answer this one... Thank you.

Hello, I had this problem for several days now WITH OR WITHOUT ANY MOD. I load a mission in the editor and after a while, randomly everything starts to flash in the map and then the game freezes and crashes. I have attached the DCS Log (As there weren't any other files in the log folder) and a simple video I just uploaded on youtube to show you. It's pretty annoying as it happens (as you can see) even after a short while and makes mission making impossible. EDIT: I just realized that this is probably not the best section, I should have posted it in the ME or Chrashes section of the forum, apologies in advance. VIDEO: dcs.log

Running DCS 2.7 but this problem is before even running DCS. DCS v2.7 and VAICOM v2.5 I've got the VAICOM profile loaded and VA detects when I press a TX hotkey or joystick button (VA window says "Joystick: Transmit TX4 press" for example). However the command doesn't seem to be forwarded to the VAICOM plugin. There is no response on the plugin PTT page. I can mouse click on the PTT page on any TX channel and it plays the sounds to open and close the channel, but commands from VA don't trigger the channel. The plugin initializes fine and says ready for commands but it doesn't hear any from the VA process. "XMIT" does not appear for example. Any idea why the plugin isn't listening to VA?