Johnny Dioxin

Yeah, and if the Spitfire was such a fantastic fighter, why did they dump that, too?

Thanks - very kind, but as I said, my travelling days are over. I used to live not far from Hanover, back in the 80's - in Verden/Aller - it's where my ex-wife came from. Went there many times, but can't remember much about the city. We used to head more North to Bremen (discos & night clubs)and Hamburg (well, Reeperbahn, of course! Specially the Liverpool Bar) most of the time.

I live in a rural area - in fact one of the least populated counties in England ;) Also - it's a low-eduction area. All the PC shops have gone bust - consoles rule here amongst the many. I used to work as a self-employed PC tech when it was still the main gaming platform and you wouldn't believe the sort of things I came across here. Ist schon 14 Jahre seit meiner letzten Reise nach Deutschland - die Sprache leidet unter solche längerer "trennungen". Leider, glaub' ich nicht daß ich wieder im Ausland reisen kann (aus gesundheitlichen Gründen). Mein Sohn und ex-Ehefrau wohnen in Köln.

Wäre schön solch' eine Gruppe in meiner Umgebung zu haben. Leider gibt's sowat nit und wird's auch nie geben. Erstens hat keine bock sowas zu erstellen, weil, zweitens, die Leute zu unzuverlässig seid. (I just put that in Google translate, Deutsch zu englisch and nearly peed myself laughing at what came up!)

These look better than my two torn in half t-shirt bits and an old sock! :) edit - just looked at them in your shop - price is very reasonable, too. Had an education, too - I was going to advise that esthic is spelled with an a"" - "aesthic" but when I looked it up I see there is one with an "e" - ya learn something new every day! Must be the foreign version! :)

Well said, that man :thumbup: Unfortunately this is an all too common occurence in this forum. I would have an O-2 because it's something different and though it's an easy plane to fly (if other sims and reports are accurate enough) it could be something of a challenge in a combat environment, trying to get back home in one piece. I'd love to try using this for sneaky FARP raids, too :devil_2:

Do I keep my BS1 code? I logged in to my account and saw the link to change my upgrade from BS1 to BS2 - if I do that, will I still be able to activate my BS1? If not, I'll leave it - I bought a full BS2 code anyway, so I currently have both.

Doesn't matter - aircraft is flying at speed at low altitude - you saying it can be done with a helicopter but not with a fixed-wing aircraft? You can't possibly know that because you don't have access to ED's code. ;)

Strange, because I know the AI can do it (fly very low). I was gobasmacked at the weekend, when I flew the first mission in the Black Shark Deployment campaign. You follow a pilot in a Hind and I can tell you he flies so low (most of the time) it is ridiculous. I was always waiting for him to hit the trees or the ground. So it can definitely be done. Unfortunately the rest of the time he was up and down like a big dipper at a fairground, as well as coming to an almost complete stop, then accelerating away, repeatedly, when we were supposed to be holding 250 km/h.

We used to have a group organised by Eddie in this very forum. The Rookie Meet was loads of fun and a very merry group it was, too. I often think back to those happy times and miss them very much. Guys like Eddie, HiJack, Skumbee, Tomten and others, whose callsigns I have forgotten - this was with Black Shark 1. I still have a couple of dozen screenshots from our antics - there were some fun missions, and we all learned how to screw up as a group and individually! :D Just needs someone to organise it (and put up a server) and a few guys to turn up and you could have the same.

Didn't intend buying this anyway, due to the requirement for Lighthouse tracking (and therefore extra cost), but if the minimum requirement is a 1070 I definitely won't have one - I have no intention of wasting money 'upgrading' to another 1k series card. I'spect I'll upgrade my 1060 with a 12 or 1300 series one, by which time hopefully Rift CV2 will be near release and we'll know what we are getting with it. Hopefully the PiMax spec will at least mean that Rift CV2 will hopefully trump it's performance.

New video up - take-off and landing on grass:

Well whistled! :)

I'm very sorry to report that it's working fine for me. I flew the entire route of the guns & rockets practice single mission (without bothering with the combat part) and then ejected. As I was floating under the silk, I selected RCtrl-RShift-Tab and respawned in a new Su-25T on the runway, with my HUD in ENR mode and the correct info. Took off past WP1 - which is on the runway - and it correctly switched to WP2 as the wreckage of my old plane fell around me, which was pretty funny. So it's definitely working okay for me. Maybe you need to do a repair of DCS World?

Too many party poopers around here - but then, hasn't that been the case since Black Shark 1? It's not about whether a vote is yes or no - it's the 'reasons' given.

It's well known that some HOTAS controllers work significantly better plugged into powered USB 3 hubs than USB 2 (and unpowered), so this is not necessarily the case. For this reason I have my HOTAS (X56) and pedals plugged into a powered USB 3 hub and my MFDs and home made panels plugged into a USB 2. Both are powered 7 port hubs.

I had this, too. It was simple for me - the Mods\terrains\****\misc\metacache\dcs folders had reappeared after the update (makes sense) - so I simply went through the complete mod installation procedure again and it was sorted.

Okay - I'll have a go tomorrow - I'll eject and let it crash, should get a chance to respawn then, I think. PS - uploaded that track to my Google Drive LINK

I bought two a while back, but the e-shop I bought them from doesn't have them any more. I'll try and find the make and details - it's not a well known make but mine have been great. 7 ports with on/off switches with LEDs and a charging slot that continues working with the PC off. edit: looks like they have been superceded by a new model - but they are Targus make: https://www.targus.com/uk/7port-usb-desktop-hub-ach115eu That is similar to the ones I have, but not the same. Another one I've used for years and is pretty darned good - same spec as other one, is Tendak: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tendak-Transfer-Charging-Separated-Multifunctional-Black/dp/B00VK9PRIU I've seen some negative reviews on this, but I've had zero issues and the one time I asked their support something I got a quick and professional response (and immediate offer of a new one if I wasn't happy). Look at the review ratio to see how impressed the majority are. Here's the US one (which you can order via Amazon global): https://www.amazon.com/Tendak-Charging-Adapter-Individual-Switches/dp/B00VK9PRIU

It's the dev's choice what they have in their aircraft, so not down to ED (or you for that matter).

Unfortunately, I'm not sure how the respawn works - I did try, but nothing happened. I've never used it before (only online to change airframe). Do I have to crash and choose it? As far as the rockets goes - I just flew the guns and rockets practice single mission and had no problems (track attached). Yes, if you fire when the LA first appears, the rockets usually fall short - but iirc this has always been the case. You have to wait a few seconds so that the target is well within the maximum range mark and then launch and you will hit the targets. In the attached track (which wasn't flown tactically, btw - just for testing this) on the second run I fire a pair of rockets at max range and they fall short - I then wait a few more seconds and fire off a salvo and they all land in the target area. One other bug - maybe it's just a limitation due to the scripted actions of targets under fire and this particular target location - is that most of the targets drive into the lake after they are attacked. This is an old mission - I remember flying it years ago, so maybe it simply needs updating in the ME, but as it is one that comes with the sim, I think it's not ideal to expect users to do that. *Can't upload the track file - it's being rejected. It's 10MB and forum max is 5MB. Nuff said. Even archived (7z - not permitted but just to test) it's 9MB, so...

I'd buy an O-2 straight away - zero interest in SAM simulator, though ;) Oh - and you can already man Shilka units in DCS World with Combined Arms. Furia - I agree, but such are the times we live in. Simply answering a question is no longer viable - everyone wants their view known and everyone wants what they want and not what others want :)

Absolutely - I'm convinced this is the reason we see so few user made missions compared to FC 1 days.

I did the dumb weapons tute and didn't have an issue with that particuler thing - but I'll try the respawn and see if I have the same issue. In another thread I reported issues with some weapons - the Kh-29 mission, for example, where the target lock is affected due to the time of day and target contrast and some other problems where weapons are not launching in the tutorial, but are in editor made missions.

...well, sort of.... Done the P-51D bombing tutorial mission at all? No? - I have... LINK Video is in 3D SBS recorded from Rift - if viewed in 2D then best in windowed mode as it isn't HD.