correct as-is HUD Refresh Rate

[C3PO]

Hi - coming from the Harrier to the Hornet, the HUD on the Hornet seems a little less smooth ... as if the update rate is 20 FPS v the equivalent of 30 or more for the Harrier. Is there a reason for this - am I missing a setting?

[dresoccer4]

On 3/29/2021 at 3:23 AM, C3PO said:

Hi - coming from the Harrier to the Hornet, the HUD on the Hornet seems a little less smooth ... as if the update rate is 20 FPS v the equivalent of 30 or more for the Harrier. Is there a reason for this - am I missing a setting?

 

yup, that's just how it is. Especially coming from the JF-17, it feels like you're flying on a Super Nintendo. You'd think they would have made the frame rate as high as possible to allow for more accurate, well, everything. 

[Santi871]

Real HUDs depending on their technology have limitations. Not only in the display's refresh rate but also in the rate at which the data is transmitted to the unit.

As far as the Hornet is concerned we are talking at least 2-3 decades old tech, the data rate limit of the avmux is modeled and that's probably what you're noticing.

 

 

And in a Rhino

 

 

Can't speak for other modules, you'll have to ask their developers if they're modeling things like that.

Edited March 30, 2021 by Santi871

[Bunny Clark]

The HUD on our Hornets is driven by the DDI symbiology computer, which I think is unchanged from the very first Hornets? Which would mean the computer is from the 70s. 

 

It's way better than the F-14 HUD though; using the Tomcat's flight path marker to land feels like flying drunk. 

[C3PO]

Thanks guys - but I mean compared to the AV-8B in-game, whose HUD looks a lot smoother to my eyes.

[some1]

It's not simulated in most DCS airplanes. In real life It's also not super smooth in the Harrier, although hard to tell if It's better in the Hornet or the same. Also various elements can have different refresh rates.

 

 

Edited March 31, 2021 by some1

[Swift.]

3 hours ago, C3PO said:

Thanks guys - but I mean compared to the AV-8B in-game, whose HUD looks a lot smoother to my eyes.

The thing to remember is that harrier in dcs is still just a simulation. Without saying anything about the reputation of the dev, any simulation makes a poor reference source.

[Brun]

Fly the Tomcat for a few hours and then tell us the Hornet's HUD isn't smooth

[gorzasty]

Any fix for this? Especially in VR the F-18 and F-16 are really pain to flight with this hud. Real life reference is so much smoother.