grinch2020 Posted August 13, 2011 Posted August 13, 2011 Recently picked up this sim and wanted to say how impressed I am by the realism that I have seen so far. I am an E-2C Hawkeye NFO and, being fairly new to military flight sims, hearing a CAS 9-line line from the JTAC was pretty crazy. Working in the ABCCC world, I was interested to see how a flight simulator would handle it and so far I am pretty optimistic. In fact it will be interesting to see how far it will go before hitting the classified ceiling. Again, I am loving what I am seeing so far and look forward to seeing more. Now all I have to do is figure out how to configure my controller to handle all these key commands! Look forward to hearing from you all. 1
slowhand Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 Welcome to the Farm,If you look around depending on what type of setup you run there may be a profile for your key cmds..:pilotfly: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] SMOKE'M:smoke: IF YA GOT'M!:gun_rifle: H2o Cooler I7 9700k GA 390x MB Win 10 pro Evga RTX 2070 8Gig DD5 32 Gig Corsair Vengence, 2T SSD. TM.Warthog:joystick: :punk:, CV-1:matrix:,3x23" monitors, Tm MFD's, Saitek pro rudders wrapped up in 2 sheets of plywood:megalol:
EtherealN Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 Welcome to the forum. :) Obviously, there are actually a few cases where it already hit the "classified ceiling" - some things have had to be done with "educated guesses" (ECM, MLWS, RWR, IFF, datalink and such sensitive areas). Fortunately, with a military contract done for this very airplane, ED was able to make educated guesses instead of just guesses. :) (Though it's my understanding that some things are known in how they actually work by key staff, but had to be left out due to the classification.) Modern PC tech is awesome, letting military simulation needs and consumer entertainment gain from each other. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
Harzach Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 Welcome! You'll quickly find that this is a very helpful and friendly community. As for the overwhelming number of commands, it's actually a lot simpler than it looks. The main things to focus on (as far as mapping your stick) are the HOTAS commands, whose functions largely depend upon what your sensor-of-interest (SOI) is. Being an NFO, I'll assume you are already clear on the concepts of SOI/SPI... Happy flying!
grinch2020 Posted August 17, 2011 Author Posted August 17, 2011 I actually went ahead and ordered a track IR set since it seems as if a lot of the setups assume you have it. Why not spend a couple hundred dollars! Either way, I'm starting to get much more comfortable with the setup. The tutorials are excellent in showing you what you need to know to get you started. I have been focusing primarily on the quick missions just to get used to setting things up in flight. Anything tips on what I should expect when I get the Track IR set? I see it mentioned all the time but I don't know one that actually owns it so I haven't been able to check it out myself. Being and E-2C NFO, acronyms such as SOI and SPI are actually new to me. In my years in Naval Aviation I have found that a lot of brevity terms really don't carry across from service to service. We were actually talking to a tanker on the boulevard during OEF and he hadn't even heard of a 99 call. Things are becoming much more "Combined" and "Joint" oriented though so brevity terms are quickly becoming more and more common. Hopefully I can spread some Naval Aviation love to the forums if you don't already have someone here. Look forward to talking to you all.
rud Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Sometimes when someone tries TrackIR for the first time everything works fine right away, but for myself and from some of the posts I have read the first feeling is buyer's remorse. Probably, at first it won't work as well as you think it should and it will feel anything but natural. With practice and some tuning of the TrackIR profile it really does become an intuitive and indispensable controller. So expect some teething problems, but I don't know anyone who's practiced with one more than a few hours and didn't fall in love with it.
grinch2020 Posted August 17, 2011 Author Posted August 17, 2011 Thanks for the advice, I will definitely give it some extra time. Should be here tomorrow or the day after so we will see what happens.
walker450 Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Welcome! Thank you for your military service! Speedpad for Inputs | My Simpit | Joystick Damper Mod
Tailspin45 Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Brevity codes available here. :music_whistling: Blue Skies & Tailwinds tailspinstales.blogspot.com
Yskonyn Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Welcome to the fray, grinch. I hope you will enjoy your time around here. Don't mind the looneys. ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Asus Z390-E, 32GB Crucial Ballistix 2400Mhz, Intel i7 9700K 5.0Ghz, Asus GTX1080 8GB, SoundBlaster AE-5, G15, Streamdeck, DSD Flight, TM Warthog, VirPil BRD, MFG Crosswind CAM5, TrackIR 5, KW-908 Jetseat, Win 10 64-bit ”Pilots do not get paid for what they do daily, but they get paid for what they are capable of doing. However, if pilots would need to do daily what they are capable of doing, nobody would dare to fly anymore.”
112th_Rossi Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 It's great gaining information from real world forces guys!
sam777777 Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 Welcome! If you have any questions... be sure to ask! :thumbup: <VAAF> Virtual Australian Air-Force :thumbup::joystick::pilotfly:
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