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We had a survey on the website http://dcsworld.pl/ (its not the official ED website for sure but focused on DCS in Poland too). The survey was conducted in a Facebook group, in Polish, but Im posting its results here. They are very interesting. Nearly 350 people took part in the survey. It may be useful to someone. 

I'm uploading the Google translate version into English: 

Survey of the Polish DCS World community - results - DCS World Flying School (dcsworld-pl.translate.goog)

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Very interesting!  The results mirror many of my personal preferences such as the popularity of the F-16 and the general lack of interest in the SA map - good job!

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Just now, freehand said:

No English ?

 

Sorry but no, it was on our part of community, you can translate by Google (as its on this link), however pictures cant be translated by Google (not yet 😁).

Btw. I'm surprised by the number of people in VR, it's already near 24%. This part is growing fast, not so long ago it was below 10%

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This answer surprised me the most:

"I create my own content in the editor – 61.9%"

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Thank you - very interesting. Larger sample size than most surveys regarding DCS.

7 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:

This answer surprised me the most:

"I create my own content in the editor – 61.9%"

Surprisingly low, or surprisingly high?

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I guess "high" since the Editor Tool is anything but easy to work with, it's a study job that you need a lot of patience for imho.

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1 hour ago, Hiob said:

Surprisingly low, or surprisingly high?

I'm guessing high, but that figure doesn't surprise me, I assumed most (SP) people created their own content.

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This is a very well structured survey. Although I am not Polish, I was intrigued by its results. I did however found a very important relevant question missing:
How long were you involved with DCS
This question was essential to correlate the depth of involvement with the sim with the answers in a meta analysis fashion. It is nonetheless a huge undertaking and I am sure it will benefit somebody. Thanks for sharing!

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2 hours ago, YoYo said:

Btw. I'm surprised by the number of people in VR, it's already near 24%. This part is growing fast, not so long ago it was below 10%

Given the big increase with the "help I'm new to VR posts" I'm not surprised. It's all good for us who already play VR. It will hopefully reinforce the need for ED to develop the VR experience.

Great survey BTW. Is it worth running this out to the whole community? 

1 hour ago, BitMaster said:

I guess "high" since the Editor Tool is anything but easy to work with, it's a study job that you need a lot of patience for imho.

It's easy for simple scenarios. So perhaps this question could be broken down to represent how much and how deeply people are using it. 

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1 hour ago, buceador said:

I'm guessing high, but that figure doesn't surprise me, I assumed most (SP) people created their own content.

Yeah, me too. That’s why I asked. Even though most stuff I do is pretty basic or „borrowed“ from the user-files.

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3 hours ago, Hiob said:

Thank you - very interesting. Larger sample size than most surveys regarding DCS.

Surprisingly low, or surprisingly high?

 

Yes, surprisingly high ... previously I would have thought that only a minority of DCS players edited their own missions.

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56 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

Yes, surprisingly high ... previously I would have thought that only a minority of DCS players edited their own missions.

Well I guess, even though one could get a different impression around here sometimes, most people are aware that it is a sandbox game after all.

But one of strongest features of DCS is its user files, I‘d say. Double so when taking into account how cumbersome the ME can be.

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4 hours ago, BitMaster said:

I guess "high" since the Editor Tool is anything but easy to work with, it's a study job that you need a lot of patience for imho.

Depends how they define 'create your own content'. I very rarely throw up fully fledged and heavily populated missions (because it is indeed hard and time-consuming to do well) but lots of times i'll throw up very basic scenarios with a handful of assets and waypoints just because I feel like blowing something up (or even just having a guided joyride) in a particular location.

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2 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

Yes, surprisingly high ... previously I would have thought that only a minority of DCS players edited their own missions.

 

That's one of the best things about DCS: a great in-game easy to use mission editor. 

 

In my years of DCS, 99.99% of my flights have been through the mission editor. Every flight is my flight. It's the only way I want to fly.

 

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17 minutes ago, Beirut said:

In my years of DCS, 99.99% of my flights have been through the mission editor. Every flight is my flight. It's the only way I want to fly.

Maybe not 99% for me, but I'm sure it's around 50, maybe 60%. The rest are campaigns, missions or online mode.

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45 minutes ago, draconus said:

Oh yes, they can:

https://translate.google.com/;)?sl=auto&tl=en&op=images

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The most interesting number in this particular pie chart is, that 20% fly without any head tracking whatsoever….

I can’t imagine flying without, even for strictly ground pounding.

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43 minutes ago, Hiob said:

The most interesting number in this particular pie chart is, that 20% fly without any head tracking whatsoever….

Everybody starts somewhere. I got my first tracking device after 1-2 years of flying. Joy hat was definitely not for trimming those days 😉

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1 minute ago, draconus said:

Everybody starts somewhere.

Of course, and it's no shame to fly without head tracking. But it's one of those things that really propels flight-simming to the next level. I was just amazed about the size of the number, not that it exists.

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2 hours ago, draconus said:

Oh yes, they can:

https://translate.google.com/;)?sl=auto&tl=en&op=images

Wow, nice! Good to know :), thx.

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On 4/8/2024 at 11:46 PM, Beirut said:

That's one of the best things about DCS: a great in-game easy to use mission editor. 

When I first started DCS I found the ME cumbersome, inflexible and archaic in design, now, 4 years later I can make it do what I want but my description of it would remain the same...

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3 hours ago, Hiob said:

The most interesting number in this particular pie chart is, that 20% fly without any head tracking whatsoever….

I can’t imagine flying without, even for strictly ground pounding.

 

I just got it and I find it very hard to get used to. Old dogs, new tricks, and all that.

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