Zimmerdylan

LOL....I stand corrected. However, you hit the nail on the head. The cities are most probably all there as you say but again, all generic buildings. And I'm not trying to bash DCS or ED. I completely understand that it's just not possible to reproduce every building and have functionality. It's a common issue with all flight sims. And FSX and Xplane both have the cities where they're suppose to be. But....landmarks are again Generic. And OK....there probably is a "parade park with a monument" somewhere. But I'm not going out of my way to find one or two landmarks in a land full of generic landmarks just to sight see. I have 0 issues with how DCS has set up this place. I love it. But......when it comes down to reality VS fiction, 90% of DCS users don't really know or care about the scenery here. If they did, it would be posted all over the forums like many of the other alleged "short comings" that people think DCS may have. I think that they understand completely, as do I. It's just not practical or really even possible. As for the VFR routes and such. Again, not really relevant as you could plaster any names on the charts and mark them and people could follow them. People can follow fake names of fake places created the same way just as easily. And again....I have never heard of 99% of the places mentioned in the map so I'm none the wiser. It's pretty much a non issue. So again...And it's only one person's OPINION in a sea of OPINIONS. It would make no difference to me at all. And as I said before, you could put me on Mars and call it anything you like because I have never been to most ( ok...lets be honest....any) of these places and would not know the difference anyway. And I doubt that many who come here would. And why would they??? It's a sim, not a real world mission.........It's for fun.

I have 2 flight simulators. DCS and Xplane. DCS focuses on a country that I have never been to and I don't really know where it to find it on a map (Georgia is my only reference point). All of the man made scenery is fictional and in all probability, nothing like what I would see if I were actually flying over this country. I give that a 100% fact. In Xplane, you are flying over scenery that is geographically accurate to a point and it encompasses the globe. However, all of the scenery and geographic specifics in areas that I know are not detailed all that greatly and if I did not know what I was looking at, I probably could not really tell you where I was on the map. The buildings are all generic, and the configuration of vegetation and landmarks are vastly different from it's real world counterpart. And even though the roads are taken from Google Earth, you still cannot tell the area because of the lack of landmarks. It is hard to distinguish anything unless you actually know the area your in from memory or whatever. I cannot imagine that it would matter to me one way or another as far as reality or fantasy. I know that the Nevada map is suppose to be pretty spot on ( a few copyright issues aside) so maybe it might change my mind on this. But as it stands......I'm not particular. I own the custom Xplane Las Vegas scenery but it's so cartoony that it's hard to take seriously unless you fly it in the late part of the day to hide the overstressed colors and boxy look of the buildings. On a last note: I got to fly several commercial flight simulators that a company called Arizona Flight Safety owns. They are designed to simulate any and all situations that commercial pilots might face. They are complete cockpits on hydraulic systems that are insanely accurate. However, the ones that I flew had scenery from all over the world, but it was very vague and other than the geography, you absolutely could not make heads or tails of the city you were landing or taking off in. They did have a Bell 400 scenario where you could land on an L.A. Freeway that was so realistic that it was intense. But it was a small geographic location and each scenario from a different location had to be loaded into the simulator. I imagine it would take a boatload of memory to have all scenarios and locations loaded up, It was the only sim that I had ever flown in, Including the $40 million ones from Arizona Flight Safety that I could actually go to the location and easily identify the area. So I'm not particular. Imaginary or not. You could locate the sim on Mars, call it Russia and I would be none the wiser. Don't get me wrong on this. I understand that technology cannot recreate this stuff without eating tons of memory and making even the fastest gaming rig run like a brick. I get that. So until that technology is available. I'm perfectly content flying in Easter land, or that crazy country in "Duck Soup" so long as the planes are making me feel warm and fuzzy inside...... Ah....Freedonia. That's the country from Duck Soup. If your a kid and haven't seen it. Great comedy.

Yeah....pretty awesome now. Thanks Belsimtek!!!!! You guys have really come through with the goods!!!!

Yeah......when you are in a tank or vehicle while playing CA, you notice this kind of stuff, but it's been like that from the beginning so far as I remember.

I'm kind of thinking......this is what he was posting about........... That being said: Myself, being a person who has behaved very poorly on this forum at one time or another cannot say enough good things about ED, the 3rd party developers, and the mods here. Having been permanently banned at some point, am very fortunate to have been allowed back here. And after writing a long apology letter to the people at EA for my unacceptable behavior, not asking to be unbanned at all, they lifted my ban. Hey........you can't beat that kind of professionalism. I have seen some pretty terrible replies to perfectly innocent posts and questions here. But I have also seen the way these things are professionally handled and dealt with. You cannot ask for a better team of people to be around. Many other forums for games or products do not have the support that this forum has. You don't get your questions answered by developers and testers. So I really appreciate and value this forum. And am very glad to be a part of it. DCS is the best sim out there and they do their best to address problems and issues. The forum itself is also a great source of information and knowledge about how to have the most fun and be the best you can with the planes. So my hat goes off the ED, the developers, the mods, and people who give so much to those of us who can't offer a lot in the way of knowhow. More power to the OP for his words. I get it...........

Mark as solved or delete. It was a button assignment issue on my X52. I was just using the in cockpit cursor and had no clue that it was also assigned to a slider that I accidentally bumped.

The wingspan adjust is at 120 ft and cannot be adjusted. Anyone else have this issue: P51 problem.trk

I was told that activations are added or renewed over a certain period of time. Is this true? Something like every 90 days. I could be completely wrong but have been told that several times by different people. I guess I just want to hear the real deal from the horses mouth. If this is really the case.....you guys have nothing to apologize for as far as I am concerned. WOW!!!! I just went into the user agreement section and read the whole document and it does not address the issue. So now I'm really curious.

I never pay attention to those red boxes anyway. I have gotten several because I expressed myself about certain problems and issues with modules and indeed I must have been correct because these issues were all addressed through updates over time. But there were people who did not seem to agree with me. Or I had asked questions that some found to be silly so they berated me and gave me a "box". The whole system of giving just anyone the ability to rate others based on disagreement or how they feel that day is just juvenile IMO. I have never given anyone any kind of rating in this forum, or in life for that matter unless they gave me a very good reason. Disagreement on a forum is never a good reason. It's just a way to create tension and alienate people. Good moderators are the key to that, not any Tom Dick or Harry that comes to the forum. Thus far, I feel that ED can trust the current mods with this task. So the rating system is beyond me. I don't know you from Adam, but you say that you made a mistake and admit it. That's good enough for me. It's more than most do in their lives. :music_whistling:

Yeah...I sure wish they could or would fix the whole semi invincible AI problem. I went round and round with a Mig until it finally ran me out of fuel. I was right down on the deck with this thing.There were times that I wanted to see just how hard I could push it and I was cutting in so tight that 80% of the screen was totally black and I could barely see the Mig in the center of the screen. I sustained these turns for 20 seconds at a time and the d@mn mig was still cutting to my inside. It's crazy. All of that while he was streaming white and black smoke. I am guessing that to give the AI a more complex model would seriously cut into game performance. So I suppose it's a sacrifice I'm willing to live with. But It's pretty disheartening at times.

Finally, after years of resisting the temptation, I made the jump to Trackir. I do not think that I can even begin to come up with words to describe the difference. Well.....yeah, I can. Where's my DCS???? The flight sim that I have been flying for 4 or 5 years now is gone and has been replaced with an intense, fun experience. I have never enjoyed any computer sim or game this much. I am however a little curious about a few things though. There are some differences that I cannot figure out. First, when in any combat situation when I'm gunning something. No matter the AC I'm flying, I am probably at least 50% more accurate. I can't quite grasp the reason for this. I put the star or pip on the target and let fly. It seems (to me anyway) that it would be identical with the mouse. The dot is on my target no matter whether I'm using the mouse or head tracking, but more rounds seem to land on the target with the head tracking. I can easily see this happening, and I'm using fewer rounds to take out targets. I never would have thought that it would make this much of a difference. In air to air it is like night and day. In the P-51 especially, the target lines up much quicker and in the past few days, it seems that I'm using much less ammo to take out other planes. The first time I got up and took out a 109, it took a very quick burst and the plane was on it's way down. I thought the guy was taking evasive action when in fact he was dead. But again, when I use the mouse, the flower lines up on the target but it just doesn't seem or feel accurate. I guess that I'm just stumped because in my mind, when it's lined up, it's lined up but head tracking seems to line everything up much more efficiently. Also, I got all of the adjustments down pretty well and have the software working pretty nicely. I was just wondering if there are folks out there who set up their X, and Y axis completely different from their Yaw, and pitch. Having that much freedom on all of them makes it extremely easy to get completely disoriented from time to time. None the less, DCS just completely changed for me. Such an awesome experience.

I honestly wish that I got more out of CA. I have had it from the beginning and don't know what DCS is like without it but I have been told that it's much better with. I guess that I'm not patient enough to go through and learn all of the particulars. I know guys that spend hours creating mission and the like. I guess that I am glad that I have it but I don't know enough about using it to get the full benefit of it. When 1.5 came out, I didn't notice all that much of a difference from 1.2. This is only because I didn't really use it in 1.2.

A few tips from someone who was once in your shoes. Patience! There is a steep learning curve to many of these planes. Any of the modules that were not part of Flaming Cliffs or Cliffs of Dover , P-51, F86, any of the WWII German planes, the A10C (it's a bear), any of the helis, Migs, and the leatherneck stuff are set up to be as realistic as possible and there is a lot to remember for anyone who has not used a flight sim before. You may find yourself overwhelmed because it's not like a video game. You can't just jump in and fly. These planes have parameters that they have to follow and limitations. To a novice, it's very frustrating and you could get discouraged very easily. Luckily this forum is GREAT at helping newer pilots. But don't have a cow when whatever module you pick up doesn't work the way you think that it should based on video games. As realistic as you may think games like Battlefield and their AC may be, they're nothing to DCS. It's like comparing apples to a vegetable garden. The planes associated with the Flaming Cliffs or Cliffs of Dover are the easiest and probably the best for some beginners based on their patience and desire to really learn flying. The A10C is not a good plane to start with simply because it takes some time to learn all of the systems. Oh...The KA50 can be pretty challenging also for the same reasons as the A10C. The F15, SU27, and 25 and A10A have been simplified and are much easier to get use to. They have simple setups and everything can be done just by touching a few buttons. But as people stated earlier, it's pretty much up to you. If you just want to get in and fly, the Flaming cliffs stuff is better. If you want to take time, practically go through basic training and flight school (metaphor) the other planes are waiting for you. Of the more complicated planes, the F86 and the Mig15 have the simplest systems and dynamics. P-51 is pretty simple but there is the torque and other challenges. The German planes are much more challenging to fly. Good luck, hope to see you in a server soon. Don't shoot me down, or at least wave while your doing it.

Thanks so much!

Anyone know how or if Trackir4 will work with Windows10??

If you purchase the German fighters, they're really picky on landings. Pulling the stick back is essential for landing them. The P51 is a cakewalk to the 109. IMO anyway. I can land and stop the mustang without doing it (I prefer not to for obvious reasons) but it's almost impossible to land the 109 or 190 without it.

LOL.....OK Dr. Rumack!!!!!!!!:megalol:

Wow!!! I just left that server for the same exact reason. Was doing some air to ground. Nothing taxing at all. Wasn't driving the plane hard by any means and out of nowhere...BAM.....engine just seized. Was looking for the guy who shot me :lol:. Must be something that's set up on the server. I rarely overheat the P-51 and haven't seized an engine in quite a while. What a coincidence that I just left the server and found this thread. :music_whistling:

OK....Sorry, didn't understand. You mean because of the SST software??????

Since flying DCS I have badgered several different people who are pilots to come to take a flight and give me feedback. I had a gentleman who was a Huey pilot during Vietnam here once and he said that this is why most pilots cannot get the hang of flight sims readily. I would think that this has to be true.:pilotfly:

It's not that it doesn't work. The hardware works fine on all of the Saitek stuff. If you have it already set up or already have profiles that have been downloaded or created, everything is good. It's that the software has issues for many people wishing to program certain profile features and such.

I have contacted Saitek about this. Very frustrating that I cannot puul up the profile editor correctly. All that I can tell you is that they have a message posted on their software download page that they're working to get the Windows10 software up and running. This was as of 2 or 3 days ago.

Could you please explain to a non Trackir user what the benefit of this feature is? I dislike it very much and have read nothing but complaints about it from everyone who uses DCS. I have seen whole threads on how distracting and annoying it is. If there is a benefit to it, I would really like to understand it so that I can reap this benefit. Thx

Awesome!!! Thx a mil guys!

When I try to use multiplayer chat, I can pull up the dialogue by hitting the Tab button as I always have, but I have no ability to type or chat at all. Is something different? Did they add something? Thx: Mark:(