Jarhead0331

As it states in my post, I contacted support and opened a ticket. But thank you for your otherwise very helpful reply.

I have had my Virpil Mongoose T-50CM3 for about two years. It is connected to a back-up computer that I do not use often. The throttle is in like new condition and only slightly used. I was using it tonight briefly and noticed that I was unable to release the throttle locking pin. The magnetic button seems to have detached and is loose. The button is still inside of the track, but it is loose and it moves from side to side, without sliding the pin so the axis throttles are stuck together in the locked position. I'm pretty disappointed by this. I have had the Trustmaster Warthog for close to an decade and have not had any problems like this. I also have many winwing products and have not had quality issues. For a $450 throttle, I would not expect a problem like this. The button that controls the locking pin feels cheap. Do you guys know of any way to fix this? Is there some way to unlock the pin other than with the button which is clearly broken, at least temporarily? Any advice or recommendations appreciated. I’ve opened a support ticket with Virpil.

It wouldn’t be the first time, nor the last, that a party to a contract breached confidentiality or non-disparagement provisions. As a lawyer and commercial litigator, I see it all the time and it’s no indicator of who is in the legal right here with respect to the underlying dispute. Furthermore, and largely depending on the language of the contractual provisions, even if ED breached first in some way with respect to payment, it would most likely not permit Razbam to violate any other provision of the contract, nor serve as any meritorious defense to such a claim.

Agreed. The only real losers will be the dedicated fans...ie. us.

This sounds like personality and ego driving this fight in my personal opinion. ED most certainly has contracts with these TPDs that also most certainly contain payment provisions and dispute resolution provisions. I bet they even contain non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions. Thus, the whole public airing of this grievance is just rubbing me the wrong way, and to then state you're simply "done" developing for DCS in response to Nick's initial public response...Pretty unprofessional I think.

Yeah...ED better get ahead of this or else there could be significant PR consequences.

This is going to explode.

What are the chances this gets released on April 3? Slim or none?

+1. I don't expect F-4, Afghanistan or anything else like that, but Kiowa, perhaps? That would be dope.

This all gives me flashbacks to the F-15E release debacle. I made this video then, and it still makes me laugh. https://www.captiongenerator.com/v/2289848/the-fuhrer-learns-that-the-f15e-is-delayed

I'm having trouble calibrating the Orion 2. I don't have the finger lift kit (long story) and the Orion 2 has no physical detents. This makes it very hard to judge off, idle, max mil and AB positions. I tried calibrating the RY axis and now the software detents seem to be messed up. Moving the axis all the way back used to trigger button 2. Now it seems stuck in 31 and I'm not sure how to reset that button, which is pretty important, as it is the detent for off. In DCS, the max throttle setting for both engines seemed to be 96%, so even though AB was triggered, it didn't seem to get to max AB. Can someone please explain this as if I was a 5 year old? Apologies in advance and thanks. EDIT: PROBLEM SOLVED

My big brother died in June at the age of 51 after a year long courageous struggle against AML. His loss has rocked me to my core and I've been fluctuating between being in denial, filled with rage, desperate, anxious and deeply sad. I've suffered tremendous loss before. Friends, comrades, my father...nothing has hit me like the loss of my brother. I'm haunted by the memories of past times and crushed by the loss of future hopes and dreams. My grief has stripped me of all desire to fly like never before. I think about climbing into my rig to take flight, but I cannot find the desire, motivation or excitement that I once had. While my love for DCS will never subside, my passion for it seems to be at its lowest ebb and I've been flying since the Flanker and earliest of LOMAC days. I hope this is temporary and is only a symptom of my general lack of focus and apathy toward pretty much everything in the world. I wonder how long I'll be adrift like this. I'm not sure why I'm posting this. Maybe I just need to vent? Maybe there is someone else out there feeling as lost and hopeless as I am? Maybe some of you will find this dark road I am on familiar?

https://www.captiongenerator.com/v/2289848/the-fuhrer-learns-that-the-f15e-is-delayed

The part about me complaining about it. Are we finished here yet?

Sinai had major hype by YouTubers before Normandy 2.0 was released. Then nothing. Also, maps usually go straight to release without pre-order period, so, no. You’re wrong.

My apologies. I didn't know it meant I couldn't have an opinion anymore.

...and another week goes by with a worthless end of week recap. No updates. No news. Not even a mention of the Strike Eagle or even the Sinai Map that they also built tremendous hype behind only to go silent. ED always thanks us for our passion, while seemingly doing everything they can to kill it. At least, that's how i'm feeling at the moment.

The hype train died for me. As if the razbam cold start video “tease” of a July EA date after being told “it’s coming in hot” wasn’t bad enough, ED coming into the forums after the fact stating there still isn’t a date and they’ll let us know when they have one, was the nail in the coffin for me. There is such a disconnect between ED, Razbam and the community. I’ve moved on. I’m relearning the A10. The strike eagle will just be another picture on the bottom of my main page when it finally comes. They totally killed my excitement for the module.

Brother...I'm not trying to argue with you. I appreciate everything you and the ED team do and I know you have a very difficult and often times thankless job. However, your response just doesn't make any sense. I wish you and the team could just acknowledge that the communication has been confusing at best and conflicting at worst. Starting with "imminent" in December 2022 and going downhill since then. Finally, RAZBAM teases a ridiculous (under the circumstances) July 2023 EA date in the official Cold Start video, followed by you coming here to say, in essence, "there is no date and when we feel comfortable with one, we'll tell you." Can't you see objectively how crazy, misleading, and as a result - frustrating that is? Seriously, by any objective standard it's a total goat rope. I make these points because I love DCS and I want to see ED improve. I'm not angry, I'm not shouting and I'm not pointing any fingers. I'm not demanding a refund and what else am I going to continue to do, but wait, like everyone else...except for all those youtubers. I just ask that you try to view the situation from outside the sandbox and see it from our perspective. I know that is sometimes difficult to do.

This just adds to the state of confusion and frustration. If you don't have a date yet, why on earth did Razbam tease a July date in the Cold Start video? That July tease is what has triggered this crap-storm. Yet here you are saying once a date is known it will be revealed. By saying there is no date, what exactly are you now suggesting? Could it be June? Could it be August? September? I guess anything goes. Regardless, this conflicting messaging is what drives everyone up a proverbial, and I guess in some instances, a literal wall. it is simply mystifying. The left hand needs to figure out what the right hand is doing and they both need to get on the same page before anything is communicated. ED has been failing at this for years. Its either done on purpose or is a result of utter incompetence. I'm not sure which would be worse.

Not at all. I'm happy to see the content. The problem is in the reveal of the date. RAZBAM is clearly aware of the intense anticipation for this module, the long road it has been, the clamoring for release date information and the expectation that upon release of the official cold start video, the wait would not be long. Revealing that the release is still some ways off to a date in July, possibly even toward the end of that month, was callous and not very thoughtful. I think some form of a press release, giving details of the state of the module, acknowledging the long wait and perhaps explaining the reason why release must still be more than two months away, would have been much more prudent, understandable and would have assuaged some of the frustration over such a surprising reveal.

RAZBAM really needs to brush up on the art of the tease. Typically, you want a teaser to excite and motivate your target audience, not deject and piss them off. Did they really think revealing a July release date in this manner through the official Cold Start video would make anybody gleeful with anticipation? They really weren't joking when they said this was the "year" of the Strike Eagle. However, it would have been more accurate if they said, "you'll be waiting another year for the Strike Eagle".

It looks like Spud's video has been taken down or made private. Perhaps he jumped the gun and stole their thunder?

Yeah...no way. A highly anticipated release like this will be announced in advance to squeeze the max out of pre-orders. Perhaps Sinai Map? But that may be wishful thinking too...

We've gone from "imminent" to "getting close" to "very soon" ...translation... Two weeks.