Bird settings?

[jasonstory44]

I'm curious what you guys set the bird slider at? I set mine at 1000 but I'm wondering if that's the reason I blow so many engines during take off and landing? What would a realistic setting be? Thanks jason

[Blackeye]

I'm curious what you guys set the bird slider at?

 

0. Random engine fire doesn't add that much for me.

 

I set mine at 1000 but I'm wondering if that's the reason I blow so many engines during take off and landing? What would a realistic setting be? Thanks jason

 

Definitely.

 

I guess it would depend of the location - some places with lots bird others not so much. I think I remember someone mentioning 100 as "realistic" value.

[Cik]

i set it at zero

 

as a setting it's nice to have but having to scrub missions because yours or your wingman's engine randomly detonates isn't really fun.

 

missions with maintenance failures is okay i think, better because many of those can be worked around, firewalled or fixed in flight.

 

an A-10 with an engine fire is RTB territory, an A-10 with a NAV failure or a pump on the fritz can still fight.

[Mike77]

I set mine at zero.

 

I agree with what Cik said above. Plus, I'm new to DCS, and I'm learning the A-10C so I've already got my hands full

 

 

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[jasonstory44]

But everyone believes around 100 would be realistic? At 1000 no wonder I blow out so many engines. Grr

[baltic_dragon]

I think it is % of real life chance for a bird strike. so 100 equals 100% of real life chances, which are pretty slim by the way. With 1000 you multiply that chance by 10 :)

[Yurgon]

I think it is % of real life chance for a bird strike. so 100 equals 100% of real life chances, which are pretty slim by the way. With 1000 you multiply that chance by 10 :)

 

So that's what this value means? Haha, you really learn something new every day. ;)

 

I have it at zero, but I think I was actually flying with Baltic Dragon and a few other guys when I had an engine fire right around rotate (I think the mission didn't enforce bird strikes or random failures, but the engine was definitely on fire, whatever the reason). Since I rarely train this type of emergency, the landing was quite interesting. :music_whistling: :D

[ttaylor0024]

But everyone believes around 100 would be realistic? At 1000 no wonder I blow out so many engines. Grr

 

Out of all the flights I've done IRL I've never hit a bird. I've only heard of 3 from the entire flight school over the last four years, and we had about 300 in flight training.

 

I leave my slider at 0. If you want to put it at 1, that'd probably be realistic. At your setting of 100 still going to happen 1/10th the amount of time it did before, which sounds like a lot still.

[Mike77]

Well in Nevada I set it to zero. As long as I'm not flying near dumpsters where the crows are picking through trash it's not really going to be an issue anyway.

 

Kidding.

 

Really the bird thing is a waste of time and processor power. Unless the bird is going to come through the canopy for some cool damage or effects (i.e. busted HUD, wrecked helmet, massive amount of noise, bird feathers and guts all over the cockpit) it's a non-event.

 

 

LOL! Awesome

 

 

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[v2tec]

Well, I hope they will add some settings for the bird size / kind of bird in one off the following releases. It's important for max realism...