DCS addict and new player

[morgon]

hi all, i have always liked combat sims i remember playing them even on my amiga500!! (f-18 interceptor) when i was 12 lol, i came across the video of black shark on utube which led me on to black shark 2 and a10c and now i have both i have lost many hours of my life in 2 weeks and i am loving it. the graphics are amazing and smooth like a video (thanks my mate for perfect beast of a pc build)

 

now being new i have a couple of things i cant seem to find a direct answer for or any links to so a push in the direction or a link would be great.

 

firstly how do i use my ipad 2 with the a10c and black shark 2 as have seen some great vids of people having virtual cockpit control on their ipads!?!?

 

secondly i have my graphics right up and on a 50" 1080 HD tv the pic and graphics are smooth and amazing but whats with the clouds? when you get near them they become jerky and have a rolling effect then once your a little closer they become smooth and you just glide through them??

 

just wondwered what is was with the clouds as i like things to be perfect and if they cant be i like to find out why not

 

anyway hope you can answer the above and im off to read some more threads on here

[Wichid]

Getting that damn life raft to drop on target in F-18 Interceptor was such a pain!

 

I got touchIR for my ipad but I've never set it up with DCS. I use a TrackIR head tracking and am more than happy to mouse click in the virtual cockpit. I do use my ipad and iphone to load iWarthog http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/iwarthog/id441020577?mt=8. Get this for referencing airfield frequencies, procedures, anything. Highly recommended.

 

I'm not sure what's wrong with your clouds sorry.

Edited May 1, 2012 by Wichid

[morgon]

I think I remember that rescue mission with the raft, always struggled with finding the sub that was the tough mission for me lol.

 

I will take a look at the link and I prefer using the little thumb stick on flight stick to look around cock pit, not sure about the head tracker stuff.

 

As for the clouds am wondering if it's a bug in latest patch? I assume since have game via steam they keep my games up to date automatically as showing vers 1.1.1.1 on warthog.

[jacksos101]

If you haven't tried head-tracking before, you really should try it. Makes for a far more enjoyable experience in my opinion. Plus you can free up the thumb stick for something else, trim for example.

 

If you're worried about the price of the ridiculously expensive TrackIR, you should check out FreeTrack. Does the same thing as TrackIR except the software is free. All you need to do is get a webcam, make a small modification to it, then build yourself a simple hat/clip with infra-red LEDs on it and presto - head tracking for the masses.

 

:D

[secret1962]

You could also try freetrack, facetracknoIR for head-tracking, iControl DCS or touchIR profiles for your ipads etc.

 

P.S. where the hell the wishlist section gone ?!!!!

 

EDIT: Wishlist section is in DCS world section.

Edited May 2, 2012 by secret1962

[morgon]

sounds interesting i will take a look at the face track noir have seen a few threads of people using ps3 eye cam which i happen to have still in its box.

 

i have almost finished setting up the dual mdf on ipad using touchIR, looks amazing. just sorting out the screen grabber bit. my question is once this is set up wont the images on my ipad showing the mdf display move on the ipad should i move the view around in cock pit on actual game? seems a bit of a pain in the ass.

 

also RE skins for warthog i have downloaded and installed a few but where the hell in the game do i find them to use them :huh: seen a few threads which helped me get as far as installing them into correct folders but cant see a thread saying about selecting them in game.

[Jimmytime]

also RE skins for warthog i have downloaded and installed a few but where the hell in the game do i find them to use them :huh: seen a few threads which helped me get as far as installing them into correct folders but cant see a thread saying about selecting them in game.

 

You select the skins from the mission editor, bottom right. Same place you change your load out.

[morgon]

hmmm i looked on there and could not find the skin i added will have to re try adding the skin to the bazar file i think it was called, followed instructions from a thread i found must be me and my webbed fingers making a mistake.

 

i still cant find anything about these damn clouds they act so strange on my game. i have graphics at max and shadows, game is smooth as a video even with lots of action on the screen but when flying towards a cloud it does a weird jerking rolling action until you get real close then the outer part of the cloud vanishes and then the inner part of the cloud is smooth no juttering looks so damn real apart from this. could this be a prob that occured during download via steam anyone? i cant find a post anywhere about couds doing this :book: is it possible to turn clouds off?