TobiasA Posted Wednesday at 03:28 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:28 PM Is there an optional overlay for the boom direction lights up / down and forward / aft whenever you are cleared for contact and the AAR door is open? Just like that stick input overlay? They are incredible hard to see in daylight, and almost impossible at night. At least on my system. Link to post Share on other sites
Xavven Posted Wednesday at 06:25 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:25 PM I'm not aware of an overlay that you can bring up currently. I believe IRL military pilots have commented that the lights on the real KC-135 are quite dim and hard to see, so most pilots refuel based on sight picture. That said, in DCS we have the limitations that come with a computer simulation, like limited field of view, limited depth perception, etc. that make sight picture a little harder than normal, so I think it would be a fair compromise to have an optional overlay, IMO. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
TobiasA Posted Wednesday at 07:59 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 07:59 PM Alright so then somebody may move it to the wishlist... Link to post Share on other sites
VampireNZ Posted Wednesday at 08:01 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:01 PM Hopefully the lights won't be so dim once ED sorts out its lighting - maybe coming with 2.7? Asus Maximus VIII Hero Alpha| i7-6700K @ 4.60GHz | nVidia GTX 1080ti Strix OC 11GB @ 2075MHz| 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3200Mhz DDR4 CL14 | Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2 SSD | Corsair Force LE 480GB SSD | Windows 10 64-Bit | TM Warthog with FSSB R3 Lighting Base | VKB Gunfighter Pro + MCG | TM MFD's | Oculus Rift S | Jetseat FSE [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to post Share on other sites
Monkwolf Posted Wednesday at 08:26 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:26 PM It would be really cool for the lights to appear in a popup like with carrier landings. Link to post Share on other sites
Furiz Posted Wednesday at 09:04 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:04 PM 9 minutes ago, Monkwolf said: It would be really cool for the lights to appear in a popup like with carrier landings. Yea and it would also be cool if we had the option turn it off 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Monkwolf Posted Wednesday at 09:08 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:08 PM 3 minutes ago, Furiz said: Yea and it would also be cool if we had the option turn it off Ha, agreed! Link to post Share on other sites
Cupra Posted Thursday at 07:30 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:30 PM And mybe we can talk with the boom operator.. so he can tell us forward, back, up or down... DCS F-16C Blk. 40/42 :helpsmilie: Candidate - 480th VFS - Cupra | 06 Link to post Share on other sites
Xavven Posted Thursday at 08:13 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:13 PM 41 minutes ago, Cupra said: And mybe we can talk with the boom operator.. so he can tell us forward, back, up or down... Oooorrrrr... or, and hear me out on this one, we could have the boom operator just say "return pre-contact" 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Machalot Posted Thursday at 09:49 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:49 PM 1 hour ago, Xavven said: Oooorrrrr... or, and hear me out on this one, we could have the boom operator just say "return pre-contact" Oh, if I could just take your idea and tweak it a little, maybe after you have just struggled through several minutes of frustrating overcorrection and maybe an unannounced turn by the tanker and you finally got the jet stabilized and on speed and then just the moment before you're about to connect, "Return precontact" and he retracts the boom! 1 "Subsonic is below Mach 1, supersonic is up to Mach 5. Above Mach 5 is hypersonic. And reentry from space, well, that's like Mach a lot." Link to post Share on other sites
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