Stumble at the first hurdle

Got home last night from working offshore. Excited to begin my DCS journey.

Installed DCS normal version from ED website. So not steam. When it first loaded it was in half screen so i clicked full screen in settings. then it reopened, when i hover over a command from the right of the main screen the mouse curser is there but the command click is where the half screen was, so to click a command i have to put the mouse curser about 6 inches high and about 45 degrees to the left, then the command is highlighted.

Also i have my monitor resolution's set but still get a warning to change the resolution to the recommended setting, but it already is. Any help please, i want to play:)

See some explanations here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=161463

"...when first installing DCS, the intial menu is rather small and not full screen, however, you will have to first adjust the in-game resolution to match the resolution you run Windows with, and only then go full screen in DCS..."

And welcome to DCS :)

If you only clicked full screen then it's on the default Rez. 1280 x 768

Set the in sim rez to your windows default.

See the second video I did here on options. (7:00 min mark) I show how to set rez and log back in to DCS.

Notes: lol

Add a shortcut to the save games folder C:\Users\(YOUR USER NAME)\Saved Games\DCS (Beta / stable etc)

Many here delete the contents of the FXO and metashaders2 folders (after each update), this rebuilds the DCS shader files. Can help sometimes if you see low FPS in sim.

You will also find a folder called config

C:\Users\(YOUR USER NAME)\Saved Games\DCS\Config

In this folder is a file called (options.lua) Delete this file to reset all the game options (Not Joystick) DCS will build a new one.

You will also find you controller profiles "per aircraft" (Good to backup from time to time just in case)

C:\Users\(YOUR USER NAME)\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input

You are going the VR route I believe, so you may be interested at some point.

Switching between VR an non VR Mode

If full screen and wonky, hit alt+enter to enter window mode and the menus align up again,

Then adjust settings as needed.