DD_Friar Posted June 20 Posted June 20 Salute, Not had a chance to explore this yet but has anyone else found what it all means to us Hook Jockeys? null Visit the Dangerdogz at www.dangerdogz.com. We are a group based on having fun (no command structure, no expectations of attendance, no formal skills required, that is not to say we can not get serious for special events, of which we have many). We play DCS and IL2 GBS. We have two groups one based in North America / Canada and one UK / Europe. Come check us out.
Gabreil Posted June 20 Posted June 20 (edited) I've not updated as yet.. So, no idea if the install has updated doucmenation embedded. @BIGNEWY is there documentation to explain the new features please? Edited June 20 by Gabreil
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted June 20 ED Team Posted June 20 20 minutes ago, Gabreil said: I've not updated as yet.. So, no idea if the install has updated doucmenation embedded. @BIGNEWY is there documentation to explain the new features please? Hi, we will be updating the manual in the future, we still have some refining to do on the CDU pages that we want to complete before the manual is updated. thank you 1 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
fjacobsen Posted June 21 Posted June 21 How about progress on the AFCS modes ? 1 | i7-10700K 3.8-5.1Ghz | 64GB RAM | RTX 4070 12GB | 1x1TB M.2. NVMe SSD | 1x2TB M.2. NVMe SSD | 2x2TB SATA SSD | 1x2TB HDD 7200 RPM | Win10 Home 64bit | Meta Quest 3 |
DD_Friar Posted June 24 Author Posted June 24 (edited) Salute I set out last night to look into this new feature, but going in blind I knew it was not going to be easy! I managed to get the new display to appear on the MFD for one flight. It contains a much larger VSI arc that is easier to read. There was another graphic that I could not work out what it showed me. The annoying thing is that on my second flight I could not get it to appear again (the first time it appeared on the display was when I must have been within some flight parameters, eg very slow level speed and very little change in altitude). I did add a waypoint to the flight plan (and tried to change its type to "HOV" but could not) for my first flight and did the same for the second. This really is frustrating that we have been given this new feature and absolutely no clue how to use it. @BIGNEWY I get that ED is working on a fully detailed update for the controls but could we at least just have some screen shots and simple notes explaining what it does and how to enable it to tide us over and get us started? Edit: How rude of me, I forgot to say please...and keep up the excellent work you are doing on this module. Edited June 24 by DD_Friar 3 Visit the Dangerdogz at www.dangerdogz.com. We are a group based on having fun (no command structure, no expectations of attendance, no formal skills required, that is not to say we can not get serious for special events, of which we have many). We play DCS and IL2 GBS. We have two groups one based in North America / Canada and one UK / Europe. Come check us out.
Raffi75 Posted June 24 Posted June 24 (edited) On 6/20/2025 at 2:33 PM, BIGNEWY said: Hi, we will be updating the manual in the future, we still have some refining to do on the CDU pages that we want to complete before the manual is updated. thank you @BIGNEWY Hi, It will take place before the official manual for the Mi-24 or after that? Thank you Edited June 24 by Raffi75
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted June 24 ED Team Posted June 24 2 hours ago, Raffi75 said: @BIGNEWY Hi, It will take place before the official manual for the Mi-24 or after that? Thank you I dont have timelines to share currently, it just depends on work load, but please keep the discussion here for the CH-47F thank you 3 hours ago, DD_Friar said: @BIGNEWY I get that ED is working on a fully detailed update for the controls but could we at least just have some screen shots and simple notes explaining what it does and how to enable it to tide us over and get us started? I have asked the team if we can share something before it is finished. thanks 1 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
Loch89 Posted Tuesday at 01:38 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:38 PM 5 hours ago, DD_Friar said: Salute I set out last night to look into this new feature, but going in blind I knew it was not going to be easy! I managed to get the new display to appear on the MFD for one flight. It contains a much larger VSI arc that is easier to read. There was another graphic that I could not work out what it showed me. The annoying thing is that on my second flight I could not get it to appear again (the first time it appeared on the display was when I must have been within some flight parameters, eg very slow level speed and very little change in altitude). I did add a waypoint to the flight plan (and tried to change its type to "HOV" but could not) for my first flight and did the same for the second. This really is frustrating that we have been given this new feature and absolutely no clue how to use it. @BIGNEWY I get that ED is working on a fully detailed update for the controls but could we at least just have some screen shots and simple notes explaining what it does and how to enable it to tide us over and get us started? Edit: How rude of me, I forgot to say please...and keep up the excellent work you are doing on this module. So, I was messing around with it myself. And I believe it's a landing / hover graphic. Have your MFD set to the HSD, and after you take off and as long as you are below 40kn it should display. Like a more detailed version of the VSD. 2
DD_Friar Posted Tuesday at 02:00 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 02:00 PM 21 minutes ago, Loch89 said: And I believe it's a landing / hover graphic Yep, I concur with that. 21 minutes ago, Loch89 said: Have your MFD set to the HSD I think it was this step that I only managed to complete on my first trip - but can not remember what I did? can you confirm the process to get to this mode? 1 Visit the Dangerdogz at www.dangerdogz.com. We are a group based on having fun (no command structure, no expectations of attendance, no formal skills required, that is not to say we can not get serious for special events, of which we have many). We play DCS and IL2 GBS. We have two groups one based in North America / Canada and one UK / Europe. Come check us out.
Loch89 Posted Tuesday at 04:32 PM Posted Tuesday at 04:32 PM (edited) I was able to get it to show up while grounded, by pushing the B1 button on the MFD until HSDH showed. It does go away above 40 knots, and comes back below. It transitions to the previous mode. Edited Tuesday at 04:44 PM by Loch89 3 1
DD_Friar Posted Tuesday at 06:47 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 06:47 PM @Loch89 Many thanks for that. We now just need to work out what L6, L7, L8 and L9 do to the function. Cheers Friar 1 Visit the Dangerdogz at www.dangerdogz.com. We are a group based on having fun (no command structure, no expectations of attendance, no formal skills required, that is not to say we can not get serious for special events, of which we have many). We play DCS and IL2 GBS. We have two groups one based in North America / Canada and one UK / Europe. Come check us out.
muniman69 Posted Tuesday at 08:33 PM Posted Tuesday at 08:33 PM I was playing with the hover display mode a little bit...Take it with a pinch of salt L6 draws a line to the reference "hover" ACP (for example, the landing waypoint you set in the ME — I don't know how to change to other waypoint types for the Chinook via the CDU). L7 changes the scale, L8 sets the reference "hover" point right below you, L9 and R6 do nothing at the moment, I think. 1 CPU: Core I9 13900K GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4080 RAM: 96 GB DDR5 @ 6600MHZ Joystick: Winwing URSA Minor (L) Pedals: Winwing Orion Metal Flight Rudder Pedals (with damper) TrackIR 5
ChrisUK27 Posted Wednesday at 06:52 PM Posted Wednesday at 06:52 PM Hoping to have some time later this week to have a nose at the new updates, this is probably the largest one for a while, even if it is restricted to the cockpit. It's good that we're getting tweaks here and there, but there's still loads to do! 4
ChrisUK27 Posted Wednesday at 09:32 PM Posted Wednesday at 09:32 PM On 6/24/2025 at 5:32 PM, Loch89 said: I was able to get it to show up while grounded, by pushing the B1 button on the MFD until HSDH showed. It does go away above 40 knots, and comes back below. It transitions to the previous mode. Yeah that would make sense as the hover range is around 0 to ~40knots, beyond that you're transitioning into forward flight. 2
DD_Friar Posted Thursday at 08:27 AM Author Posted Thursday at 08:27 AM I spent some time button bashing last night trying to set the attribute for a waypoint to HOV and LND but no matter where I went I could not seem to change it? Adding waypoints is a joy now we have the keyboard mappings so thank you ED devs for adding that. Visit the Dangerdogz at www.dangerdogz.com. We are a group based on having fun (no command structure, no expectations of attendance, no formal skills required, that is not to say we can not get serious for special events, of which we have many). We play DCS and IL2 GBS. We have two groups one based in North America / Canada and one UK / Europe. Come check us out.
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