DCS Discussion

[Jarhead0331]

Mighty Wings! 

[GDS_Starfury]

damn!  \m/

[Skoop]

That's kinda what I was saying in the Microsoft flight sim thread, nothing is more top gun than dcs.  The top gun dlc in msfs is just marketing gimmick, but dcs is the real deal.

[Jarhead0331]

South Atlantic map released today...hopefully, the F-15E is not too far behind.

[JudgeDredd]

I'm just about to fire up the F14 and take her for a spin round the islands. Having been there in 1985, I'll be looking for at least some authenticity.

[Jarhead0331]

I'm just about to fire up the F14 and take her for a spin round the islands. Having been there in 1985, I'll be looking for at least some authenticity.

Just remember, it's early access, so some parts are still rough around the edges. It's a HUGE map.

[JudgeDredd]

Yep  O0

Unfortunately my F14 is borked. The rudder and throttle assignments are showing as red circles with an exclamation mark in them. I assumed this meant a conflict but I can't see anything they conflict with.

It's not just graphical either. They do not work in game.i haven't played in a while but this wasn't a problem last time I played the F14. F18 worked fine, so I'm thinking there might be an issue with the module.

Can you check for me JH please? See if your F14 assignments show any issues or don't work?

[Jarhead0331]

Yep  O0

Unfortunately my F14 is borked. The rudder and throttle assignments are showing as red circles with an exclamation mark in them. I assumed this meant a conflict but I can't see anything they conflict with.

It's not just graphical either. They do not work in game.i haven't played in a while but this wasn't a problem last time I played the F14. F18 worked fine, so I'm thinking there might be an issue with the module.

Can you check for me JH please? See if your F14 assignments show any issues or don't work?

JD, I get those exclamation marks sometimes. I believe it means you have the setting mapped with more than one device. Look around really closely to make sure you don't have the setting mapped with multiple devices.  If so, it will prevent the control from working.  I bet that is the problem!

[JudgeDredd]

I'll check it out again. Thanks. There's definitely no other AXIS assigned, but maybe there's a key binding or something.

I'll go investigate. Thanks

[Lowenstaat]

Here's a collection of online flight sim books that might interest some of you:

https://www.flightsimbooks.com/

Gunship Academy and Jet Fighter School (I and II) by Richard Sheffield in particular could be helpful in some of your flying forays in DCS. He wrote them for older games, but the same principles apply to modern sims.

Hat tip to Real and Simulated Wars who posted a link to Gunship Academy in his DCS AH-64D Apache - Tactics Primer https://kriegsimulation.blogspot.com/2022/04/dcs-ah-64d-apache-tactics-primer.html .

[Jarhead0331]

Nice! Thanks for the link.

[Sigwolf]

That makes me feel really old... I have about half those books still sitting on my shelves.   :nerd:

[Jarhead0331]

Not the most exciting aircraft for me personally, but I'm a DCS slut, so it will be a day one purchase for me. I also dig the cold war era stuff and this jet was operated by some interesting customers.

Due for release this Thursday...

[Dammit Carl!]

(gets hot-flashes and am not even a female)

:D

[JasonPratt]

Not a study sim yet.