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Every AI airplane's behavior is messed up right now - they all fly like UFOs. But, like TOViper said, I do look forward to trying the Mig-21 vs. F-4 contest (from both sides) against human opponents.

"Stiffer" and "more susceptible to damage" are not necessarily correlated. The LG may indeed have been stiff, but I can't imagine that the real aircraft was all that fragile given the rigors of war and the brief training of the average ww2 pilot... But my beef is with how irritating taxiing is now. You can't really make it out in the video, but with the VR headset on, it's very annoying. It's understandable that the stiff LG would make taxiing more bumpy, but in the real aircraft your whole body was bouncing around while, in VR, my body stays comfy in my chair but my eyesight is being subjected to a rapid vibration. It seems more pronounced on harder surfaces than on grass (which makes sense). I'm not sure if there's something they can do about it if it's realistic systems modeling they are after...

I hadn't flown the Mossy in a long time - probably over a year. I do remember when they announced that the LG has been re-worked, but didn't really think it'd make that much of a difference until I started reading about people experiences. So, I found a 1/2 hr today to try it out - made a quick video too. Honestly, I don't find it all that different - maybe I just don't remember how it used to be. It's not hard to land, but after landing, the bouncing and vibrations during taxiing are intolerable in VR.

I I-16 is my favorite warbird. It's the one that gives me the most feeling of flight and, after landing, the most sense of accomplishment. Just raising and lower that LG is a chore, so is keeping an eye on the temp gauges and rpm during dogfight. I just wish they had the variant with the 20mm cannon - right now it literally takes all the ammo at close range to bring anything down. On a similar note, while waiting for the F-4E, I rediscovered the Hornet. I'm mostly an A2A guy, so I never bothered to learn any A2G stuff. It's a whole new world! It will certainly keep me occupied until the F-4 drops in.

Beautiful plane. Interesting that he is flying it from the front cockpit. Usually, bipes are flown solo from the rear cockpit.

Understood. Thank you for the clarification.

To be honest, what rubbed me the wrong way was that the F-4E preorder was announced in late fall (with winter release), then all of a sudden Youtube was flooded with videos of the F-14 released for MSFS. It felt like HB put their effort into a holiday release of the other product and put the F-4 on the back burner. Maybe it's not so, but it felt wrong... Either way, I'm in no rush: Right now I can't even play DCS because of the Oculus issue, which kills DCS on startup. For me, it's more important to get an ED fix, so I can at least use the other modules while waiting for the F-4.

Had this issue a few weeks ago and switching off PTC on the Oculus app seemed to do the trick then. I was out of town last week and hadn't touched DCS. Just tried to start it today and now the problem is back (even with PTC off). I'm trying to read through the threads, but there doesn't seem to be a universal solution. I'm guessing that the majority of people playing VR use Oculus, so this affects not an insignificant number of DCS players. So, my question is simple: When do we expect a reliable ED fix for this issue?

I guess we got our answer this morning. Thank you ED for the update! I'm so looking forward to this bird!!

It's been a long time since there have been any posts about the La-7. Just curious if it's already been submitted to ED for evaluation...

My biggest problem is the AI warbird invulnerability. I hadn't flown warbirds in a while, so I'd forgotten what it's like to try to shoot down an FW or a 109. Yesterday, I literally emptied all my Spit ammo from a point-blank range into an A-8 - huge holes all over it, missing the left aileron and half the horizontal stab and it kept on flying on its merry way...

Same here. DCS quits on startup with the log file as described by the OP. Oculus/Meta Quest Pro headset. VERY frustrating!!

Perhaps Jester assistance callouts can help you out a bit Oh yeah, just like the Tomcat Jester: "Use the Force, Luke"... LoL!

Ouch. I hate the boom refueling. I can refuel anything with a probe and drogue, but I still struggle with the AF jets. Part of it is that I fly exclusively in VR, which makes it difficult to see the lights on the tanker. The other part is, of course, lack of practice on my part... Maybe the F-4 will motivate me...

You summed up what I was going to type: It's not so much that the enemy AI aircraft do loops - they simply fly circles higher and higher and higher without loosing any energy. And, yes, they hardly ever engage even when they are in a perfect firing position. That and the infinite chaff and flares, which they continually dispense, has made flying against AI a waste of time for me. And since I don't really enjoy online play, I have pretty much stayed away from DCS for almost a year now. Every now and then, I get the itch, but as soon as I play one round against the AI, I lose interest. I hope ED can bring back whatever enemy AI model they were using back in 2.7, because that was actually a lot of fun to fly against.

Well.... here's the Happy New Year message from Dec. 2022 : "Happy New Year 2023! The outgoing year released "Ishak" into the DCS virtual sky, the coming one will give way to "Lavka". " For my part, I can't wait for the La-7. If it's anything like the I-16 (and I'm sure it will be), it'll be phenomenal. I love the Po-2 and would jump on it, too, whenever it is Octopus-G releases it, but I'm not gonna hold my breadth.

Funny how everyone gets excited about a tail sticking out of Santa's bag in a cartoon video, yet we are still waiting for the La-7 that we expected to come last year...

I think it comes down to financial planning: The big F-4E release is imminent. I don't think ED will release two planes simultaneously - most people will have to choose which one to buy and it'll eat into the profits of ED and the developers. If they release the La-7 (or whichever is next) a month or two later, then there will be no competition for the F-4E and eventually people will most likely end up buying both. So many models were supposed to come out in 2023 - the F-4E, the F-4U Corsair, the A-6 (???), the La-7. Let's hope 2024 will be more bountiful. :)

Stop teasing us and give us the plane!!! LoL!

Can the "spotting dots" be disabled? I never had a problem spotting things before. These are just ridiculous and totally ruin the gameplay. They remind me of the old "dot-labels", but even they were done less obtrusively. These new "spotting dots" are everywhere: Just played a WWII bomber intercept mission and when all these B-17 got shot down, the sky was covered with black dots representing parachutes at a distance...

And why is this posted in the La-7 thread???

My best wishes to CubanAce for success in all his future endeavors! Thank you for the wonderful mod - it's been fun!

The latest "future of DCS" post talks about the F-4E, the F4U, the UH47 and what not, but not a word about the La-7. I'm starting to wonder if we'll see it this year at all...

Yup. I was just coming here to report the same problem. Cannot communicate with my flight/wingman, but ATC/Tower comms work fine.

Every time ED announces a new Open Beta update, I keep hoping to see the La-7 release announcement. How close are you to release (next few weeks, next few months, next year)????