SharpeXB Posted September 15, 2023 Posted September 15, 2023 I know totally nothing about helicopters but took a dive into this when it went on sale. It’s great. It’s like a wonky WWI biplane which won’t fly straight but it’s got laser guided missiles and MFDs 3 i9-14900KS | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO | 64GB DDR5 5600MHz | iCUE H150i Liquid CPU Cooler | ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4090 OC | Windows 11 Home | 2TB Samsung 980 PRO NVMe | Corsair RM1000x | LG 48GQ900-B 4K OLED Monitor | CH Fighterstick | Ch Pro Throttle | CH Pro Pedals | TrackIR 5
Leg2ion Posted September 16, 2023 Posted September 16, 2023 On 9/15/2023 at 9:30 AM, Watari said: In the apache you mostly hover and snipe. Oh cripes - a year in and I'm still trying to control the beast! Think I have used the gun 2-3 times. Just think you're getting there - update - back to square one. Have now dropped back on to stable so updates are few and far between. Admittedly due to occupation can only get 1-2 hours a week in, so if I want to 'kill stuff' resort back to the A10. Back 'in the day' loved Gunship! and Tornado (Digital Integration)...sigh... AMD Ryzen 5 5600X; ASUS ROG Strix X570-F, Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2x 32GB) 3600MHz; Seagate FireCuda 510 500GB M.2-2280 (OS); Samsung 860 EVO 2TB M.2-2280 (DCS); MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X 24GB OC GPU. TM Warthog Hotas; T.Flight Pedals; DelanClip/Trackhat.
Pizmo Posted September 17, 2023 Posted September 17, 2023 This is a great post. Opens up a lot of memories. Remembering 3dfx made me smile I was a Jane's Longbow 2 fanatic (and Jane's F-15, F-18). Also F-18 Korea So I am very happy to be around for the Apache and the rest in VR. I liked the mention of Apache/Havoc. Remember Commanche/Hokum? Yes for sure the Apache (especially in VR) is better than I would have have believed. All of DCS really. 2
pii Posted September 30, 2023 Posted September 30, 2023 On 8/30/2023 at 12:52 PM, Gorn557 said: It's definitely doable, though of course not ideal (same thing I say to people who want to fly without VR ) I don't fly in VR because it's just not clear enough for my liking and it was slow as dirt in the AH64 the last time I even tried it. As for the ops question it will work but its nowhere near as good as a pair of peddles.
Gorn557 Posted September 30, 2023 Author Posted September 30, 2023 4 hours ago, pii said: I don't fly in VR because it's just not clear enough for my liking and it was slow as dirt in the AH64 the last time I even tried it. It's all in your hardware setup- I get rock solid 90 fps with maxed out settings, though admittedly I have a 4090.
martinistripes Posted October 1, 2023 Posted October 1, 2023 I dream of the day I can have smooth framerates in VR. I'm on a 3070 Ti laptop and it's just not enough. Sometimes, I look forward to my retirement (when I no longer need a laptop). It will include spending £1k+ on a video card and hopefully buying a VKB or Virpil AH-64 cyclic replica, with the sole aim of having smooth VR gameplay in DCS. Valve Index | RTX 4080 (Mobile) | i9-14900HX @ 2.20 GHz | 32GB RAM
pii Posted October 1, 2023 Posted October 1, 2023 17 hours ago, Gorn557 said: It's all in your hardware setup- I get rock solid 90 fps with maxed out settings, though admittedly I have a 4090. That is always the case but I'm not buying an overpriced GPU for the principle. I have a 2080 ti. All my other mods do fine in VR so I'm assuming it's just because it's still in beta. I also just don't really like it for flight swimming other than a quick fly around. It's too blurry for a real mission and I also need to see the keyboard from time to time. I'd like to see DCS put a popup keyboard in VR to solve that. I also get a little dizzy after a short while so ....... Maybe if I hit the lottery I'll buy a 5090ti (when they come) and 8k VR headset. The porn on that would be amazing...opps I mean flight sims
hannibal Posted October 1, 2023 Posted October 1, 2023 is there any DLC or user missions that resemble the micropose gunship missions? or janes longbow? find me on steam! username: Hannibal_A101A http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197969447179
pii Posted October 1, 2023 Posted October 1, 2023 On 9/16/2023 at 2:09 PM, Leg2ion said: Oh cripes - a year in and I'm still trying to control the beast! Think I have used the gun 2-3 times. Just think you're getting there - update - back to square one. Have now dropped back on to stable so updates are few and far between. Admittedly due to occupation can only get 1-2 hours a week in, so if I want to 'kill stuff' resort back to the A10. Back 'in the day' loved Gunship! and Tornado (Digital Integration)...sigh... Do you have good controls? They are essential to getting this bird under control. Did I mention they are essential this ain't no easy to fly airo-plane 1
Gorn557 Posted October 1, 2023 Author Posted October 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, hannibal said: is there any DLC or user missions that resemble the micropose gunship missions? or janes longbow? I've been looking desperately, but not that I've seen. I hope one day someone does some conversions (there have been DCS conversions for the Jane's F-15 and USNF campaigns, for example). 1
pii Posted November 4, 2023 Posted November 4, 2023 On 9/30/2023 at 4:02 PM, Gorn557 said: It's all in your hardware setup- I get rock solid 90 fps with maxed out settings, though admittedly I have a 4090. It's more about hardware than the setup. On 10/1/2023 at 9:39 AM, Gorn557 said: I've been looking desperately, but not that I've seen. I hope one day someone does some conversions (there have been DCS conversions for the Jane's F-15 and USNF campaigns, for example). Heck, I don't even remember them.
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