bofhlusr Posted January 9, 2023 Posted January 9, 2023 I'd like to convert and transfer them to my cell phone and TV so I can watch them anytime anywhere. Thank you Win Pro 10, A-10c (rarely used, but started with Falcon AT!), P3D v4 (100+ add-ons mostly ORBX), i7-8700k, 16 GB 3200 Mhz RAM, Gigabyte Z370M DS3H, Corsair water cooler, EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 650W, PNY GTX 1070ti, Dell 27" G-sync monitor, Logitech 3D Pro, NVMe OS drive, TB's of free space on SSD.
Rudel_chw Posted January 9, 2023 Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, bofhlusr said: I'd like to convert and transfer them to my cell phone and TV so I can watch them anytime anywhere. Thank you The A-10C has no training videos, but rather training missions .. you have to fly them. They are located at "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\A-10C_2\Missions\Training" Edited January 9, 2023 by Rudel_chw 1 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
bofhlusr Posted January 10, 2023 Author Posted January 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Rudel_chw said: The A-10C has no training videos, but rather training missions .. you have to fly them. They are located at "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\A-10C_2\Missions\Training" Thank you. I tried renaming the file extensions as well as playing the miz files with VLC. The former doesn't work and for the latter I only get audio (from ogg files inside the *.miz files). Short of doing a video or screen capture and converting them to mp4s or mkvs, is there any way to view these files without using DCS? Maybe there are YouTube versions somewhere? Win Pro 10, A-10c (rarely used, but started with Falcon AT!), P3D v4 (100+ add-ons mostly ORBX), i7-8700k, 16 GB 3200 Mhz RAM, Gigabyte Z370M DS3H, Corsair water cooler, EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 650W, PNY GTX 1070ti, Dell 27" G-sync monitor, Logitech 3D Pro, NVMe OS drive, TB's of free space on SSD.
Yurgon Posted January 10, 2023 Posted January 10, 2023 59 minutes ago, bofhlusr said: I tried renaming the file extensions as well as playing the miz files with VLC. What part of "you have to fly them" did you not understand? 1 hour ago, bofhlusr said: Maybe there are YouTube versions somewhere? Maybe. Have you tried searching? Someone once put videos of the old Ka-50 trainings on Youtube, but that was a workaround because they no longer worked in DCS after an update. The A-10C trainings are interactive. Players are supposed to click buttons and actuate switches. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to watch someone do that for you, at least in my opinion it doesn't. However, there are hours and hours of guides, tutorials and recorded missions on Youtube that you can learn from and that are not meant to be interactive. Plus you can always download the manual and take that with you. 1
bofhlusr Posted January 10, 2023 Author Posted January 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, Yurgon said: ... The A-10C trainings are interactive. Players are supposed to click buttons and actuate switches. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to watch someone do that for you, at least in my opinion it doesn't. ... Thank you. "Interactive" is the key word. With regards to YouTube videos, the problem with them is that they may have inaccuracies if done by 3rd parties. Some of them are quite old too. I've seen some of Matt Wagner's YouTube videos but I did not see any for the A-10C II. Win Pro 10, A-10c (rarely used, but started with Falcon AT!), P3D v4 (100+ add-ons mostly ORBX), i7-8700k, 16 GB 3200 Mhz RAM, Gigabyte Z370M DS3H, Corsair water cooler, EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 650W, PNY GTX 1070ti, Dell 27" G-sync monitor, Logitech 3D Pro, NVMe OS drive, TB's of free space on SSD.
Solution Yurgon Posted January 10, 2023 Solution Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, bofhlusr said: With regards to YouTube videos, the problem with them is that they may have inaccuracies if done by 3rd parties. That is true, and there were a few changes to the A-10C over the years, so some videos nowadays may be a bit outdated in some regards (regarding for instance the default positions of some switches in the cold cockpit, or TACAN and ILS stations being audible by default, which they no longer are, or the landing gear horn sounding with the Master Caution, which it no longer does). Plus of course the updates to the A-10C II module. However, the 2 modules are like 95% identical, and everything you learn about the old A-10C module also applies to the A-10C II module in DCS. The latter just has a few additional features. On top of that, the in-game tutorials are sometimes not that accurate either, while at least some of the Youtubers go into incredible levels of detail in their explanations. The great thing about the in-game tutorials is the hands-on aspect, where you get to explore the cockpit and the systems in your own pace. I'm not aware of any of them being available on Youtube, though maybe they already are. And although I never actually did this myself, I do recommend to read the entire DCS A-10C manual - that is in depth, and you'll learn much more about the aircraft than you ever could through watching videos. There'll be tons of knowledge that comes in handy at a later time; it might not make a lot of sense initially, but eventually you'll remember reading about it. Personally, I've looked at individual chapters and use the manual as a reference all the time. Besides some of the better Youtube videos out there, the manual is one of the few places that properly explain the concepts that many newcomers get wrong, and that the in-game tutorials also fail to convey in any depth to speak of. Speaking of good videos, the content of Gerry Abbott's videos (aka Fish) is top notch, and he really helped a lot of us guys out in the early days of the A-10C module. Coming back to these videos today, I sometimes think he should have avoided some unnecessary steps, but the DCS series still holds a wealth of knowledge where, even if something should be outdated by now, you'll still get the idea because he explains it very well. Edited January 10, 2023 by Yurgon
bofhlusr Posted January 10, 2023 Author Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Yurgon said: That is true, and there were a few changes to the A-10C over the years, so some videos nowadays may be a bit outdated in some regards (regarding for instance the default positions of some switches in the cold cockpit, or TACAN and ILS stations being audible by default, which they no longer are, or the landing gear horn sounding with the Master Caution, which it no longer does). Plus of course the updates to the A-10C II module. However, the 2 modules are like 95% identical, and everything you learn about the old A-10C module also applies to the A-10C II module in DCS. The latter just has a few additional features. .... Thank you. The A-10 being what it is -- a study level aircraft, reminds me somehow of the problem they had with missing items in the 737 MAX manuals. Two real-life planes crashed killing hundreds of passengers and cost Boeing billions of dollars. Win Pro 10, A-10c (rarely used, but started with Falcon AT!), P3D v4 (100+ add-ons mostly ORBX), i7-8700k, 16 GB 3200 Mhz RAM, Gigabyte Z370M DS3H, Corsair water cooler, EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 650W, PNY GTX 1070ti, Dell 27" G-sync monitor, Logitech 3D Pro, NVMe OS drive, TB's of free space on SSD.
Ready Posted January 11, 2023 Posted January 11, 2023 If you like I recorded the Iron Flag Campaign, which was really nice story driven way of getting familiar with a lot of the systems. Since then I am in a A-10 training pipeline with the 476th vFS and post all my sorties online as well. Hope it helps. It is a great airframe ans so much to learn! 1 1 I fly an A-10C II in VR and post my DCS journey on | Subscribe to my DCS A-10C channel Come check out the 132nd Virtual Wing | My VR Performance Optimization (4090/9800X3D/Aero) SYSTEM SPECS: Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX4090, 64GB DDR5-6000, Windows 10, ROG STRIX X870E-E Gaming WIFI, Varjo Aero, VKB Gunfighter MKIII MCG Ultimate with 10cm extension, VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Throttle, VPC Control Panel #2, TM TPR Rudders. Buttkicker, Gametrix Jetseat, PointCTRL, OpenKneeboard, Wacom Intuos Pro Small.
BuzzU Posted January 11, 2023 Posted January 11, 2023 On 1/9/2023 at 7:34 PM, bofhlusr said: Thank you. "Interactive" is the key word. With regards to YouTube videos, the problem with them is that they may have inaccuracies if done by 3rd parties. Some of them are quite old too. I've seen some of Matt Wagner's YouTube videos but I did not see any for the A-10C II. Just a few threads above yours. 1 Buzz
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