Ditching EditionPrevious thread: >>475159107A thread for all vehicle simulation games: racing sims, flight sims, train sims, submarine sims, tank sims, anything else sims which do not have enough traffic to sustain their own independent generals.>Extra attention grabbing search terms for example welcome sims/fsg/ /dcsg/ /fsxg/ /bmsg/ /shg/ /rofg/ /etsg/ /il2g/ /lfsg/ /tsg/>OP Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/TxxE74ja>Planefag pastebin:in OP pastebin>Tankfag pastebin:http://pastebin.com/EbdtnyPX>Boat- and subfag pastebinhttp://pastebin.com/JqTQWFFE>Repository of various aviation related material:https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3EQDvufMNdeTUh4SE9WV0txa0E&usp=drive_web>Example of welcome simsFalcon BMS, DCS World, Rise of Flight, IL-2, Combat Helo, Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane, Euro truck sim, Assetto Corsa, rFactor 2, Live for Speed, SAM Simulator, Steel Beasts Pro, Steel Armor: Blaze of War, Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942, Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs Hokum, Silent Hunter, Dangerous Waters, Train Simulator, Farming Simulator 201X, OMSI 2, DiRT: Rally, Ship Simulator, NoLimits2>Example of non-welcome games:Arm*, Ac* C*mbat, W*r Th*nder, W*rld of _____, The S*ms, S*m C*ty, G*at S*mulat*r
>>475255216Him wet
More FC3 planes, and ones we already have in FF at that... ED is going under fellas,
>totally didn't even see the other thread existingwhy are you asking what pilot certificates I may, or do not have?
dedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO6NasoDsfM
>>475265284According to Wags they were for another game that got canceled so they're just throwing them in DCS to try and remake some of the dev cost.
Stop being dead
>>475278749Based B307 enjoyerI still can't believe they haven't fixed the typo on the altimeter yet.
Are the dust filters necessary on the Hind? Like, if i don't activate it, will it actually fuck up my engine if i'm on grass instead of a proper landing pad/air strip ?Can't find any actual answer to the question besides niggers guessing it and i can't access the game right now.
>>475287479I've died in the hip landing in sandy/dusty environments repeatedly w/o dust protection, eventually setting my engines on fire. Probably also modeled in the hind. Icing on the other hand never seems to cause any real issues.
>>475285775The audio also sounds like shit.
>>475289008Thanks anon
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9bx-O5h0mo8Helicopter pilots are nuts
>>475292626that was cool, not a fan of every cool video having unnecessary music d3su. Specially when I want to hear the vehicle
Also I posted the same on /n/gag/:Is there a way to setup a server and organize RENO like races online? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZFK8sA7cEAim talking about Xplane or MSFS. Maybe with anons from here would be nice
>thread is backI thought we'd given up this time
>>475294474MSFS has some sort of Reno race thing built-in, right? I never paid much attention to it
>>475298705Don't forget: you're here forever.
>>475298705We're gonna make it bro, i got my collective and i'm waiting for my Tobii Eye tracker. I hope its decent enough. And before someone tells me "bro' just use trackIR/VR/whatever" i just want something i can use without strapping something to my head. Hopefully its alright. Otherwise i'll just send it back.
>>475265284I would pay $20 for a FC3 level Su-34 that has the combined avionics of the Su-25T and Su-27 and a few extra weapons.
>>475300440too bad, you're getting the same F-5 that's been neglected for 8 years, but now with no clicky cockpit.
>kola textures looks like shit because of DCS limitations>have to wait until ED ups the limitations for the map to look goodhow long?and what happened with the entire ED vs razbam epic rap battle thingamajig? everyone forgot about it already?
>>475308435Apparently Kola map is reaching size limits. Maps already take 60 gigs, my SSD can't take any more if they further up the texture sizes (and neither can my VRAM)>and what happened with the entire ED vs razbam epic rap battle thingamajig?pic is from earlier this week
>>475308435>everyone forgot about it already?We're just waiting until Razscam retards start yapping again
>sim update 2025
>you can fly the wreckage brother in msfsamazing. where do i get an all black skin for it?
Fuck I thought the new flaming cliff aircraft would be modern jets that they are not allowed to simulate yet. And then I read the announcement.>F-5>F-86>MiG-15Literally NO ONE asked for this.
>>475265284>>475319368what the fuck is ED thinking?hopefully not a lot of resources goes into this because ED definitely needs to put their priorities elsewhere. >>475273208that makes more sense
Curious about one thing, does the DCS F-16C flight model need a buff or is it this weak in real life?>can't rate like the hornet or mirage>even the jf-17 outrates itit feels wrong is all I can say.
>>475319368Yeah, a FC3-level F-22 or F-35 would sell like hot cakes, maybe even to some normies that then get converted
>>475324230They are probably worried about completely destroying multiplayer balance.F-15 vs Su-27 is bad enough already.
>>475324337I find tomcats, vipers, the jeff and the chink flanker scarier than those two.
>>475319247probably outdatedhttps://flightsim.to/file/29174/cia-official-liveries
>>475324949>scarier than those two.Lots of things are scarier than the Su-27.The point I was trying to make was that F-15 vs Su-27 is already imbalanced and favoring the blue side because of AMRAAM. If you add F-22 or F-35 PvP servers will either have to ban those or red side will never have a chance.
>>475319247I screwed every single fucking fastener back on a Bandierante wing fuel tank inspection panel when I was 14 during high school work experience. I assume nothing bad happened
>>475325161oh sorry misread your post, I completely agree.so how does ED even fix it? the FF fulcrum sure as hell won't be able to, and we're getting the typhoon for blue soon.
>>475319368probably are the favorite aircraft from some suite guy and added them because of this
>>475332696Those full fidelity aircraft are super simple in cockpit function and probably the easiest to convert.
What do you suppose the chances are of the Phantom or Kiowa releasing on the same day as Kola?
>>475324337>>475325161Good points, although they could be counter balanced by FC3 J-20 and Su-57 and in the end it's still up to the server host. A simulation, like real life doesn't necessarily have to be balancedand for the sake of gameplay it cani just want the cool sims of the late 90s/early 2000s back
>>475324337>the way servers currently balance modern servers in DCS is to put the f-16 on redfor
I’m unreasonably tempted to buy the CS C-130 simply because I want a quad turbo prop but $40 for a plane I wish was an L-188 instead seems dumb. I wouldn’t even mind the default king air sounds on an airliner as much.
>>475265284Lightning when?
>>475300032>i got my collectiveAre you the lad who ordered the Virpil one the other week? How is it? There is a cheap webcam head tracker on steam I can't remember the name of which apparently is 'Okay but not as good as trackir'
>>475349378Don't buy Captain Sim anything, please. Wait for Milviz/Blackbird Simulations to finish theirs, or even longer for DCS to have one.Have a look at AzurPoly's C-160 if you want a turboprop military transport plane.
>>475349378Have you considered the banana plane?
Low altitude flying really tests my PC, sadly it'll be a few months until I upgrade my GPU from a 980ti.>>475365810How is the banana plane quality wise? I'm planning on getting it at some point.
>>475369670Also I love the Alouette but it's hard work, I'm tempted to get the Robinson R22 as a more laid back heli.
Thinking of flying to distract myself from the near suicidal level of pain from my toothachefuck you codeine why did you stop workingi think i'm actually going insane
>>475376640Do a bombing run on your local dentist
>>475376640>fuck you codeine why did you stop workingyou got selected for the placebo test
>>475365810>banana planespoonfeed me?
>>475382218DHC-4 Caribou, STOL cargo plane that saw a lot of use in Vietnam,
need a new stickis the gladiator NXT evo space edition decent for combat flight simming?
>>475385752Yeah, one of the best price/performance.It has twist rudder so you don't need pedals, but a separate throttle would be nice.
kiowa warrior coming end of may / beginning of june. devs just said on the qna stream
>>475391734hyped but man is it going to feel surreal when it's actually out, I've been waiting for that thing for long as I can remember and they spent the last 4 years acting like release was close, it's like that gif of the truck never crashing into the post
>>4753929284U
>>475382563Alright that's totally different than what I'm looking for but also how did I miss this it looks awesome.I just want to move large amounts of cargo at 300ktas+ but also fuck jets. Turbo props are cool, L-188 Electra would be sick. If I had to go military something like an A400M or in my fucking dreams an An-70 would be nice, but the avionics are going to be all modern and boring.
>>475398403*teleports behind you*
>>475391734I've been looking forward to it for however many years now. But just like when it was first announced, I have no idea what to do with it... I already know how to fly a jet ranger, and I don't really do MP so buddy-lasing isn't really in the cards for me. Low level ground action is just as terrible as it was when this game was announced, maybe worse since the AI are forehead seeking missiles at anything under 10,000 feet.
>>475385752The NXT Premium was my first stick I got for DCS. It's probably the best bang for your buck stick on the market. I would still get a throttle (like the scalable stecs for example) and pedals but you can manage with them.
>>475399654if we're just fantasy posting
Just got my Tobii Eye tracker. Its not as sharp as VR or IR tracking, but having your head movements AND eye movements tracked is pretty cool. Downside being when i'm looking at something else than the screen, the camera goes to shit. But you can lock anything just with your gaze and its pretty impressive.Also the red eyes from the cameras look like the T-90 meme
>>475385752>need a new stickLet me guess, X52?
Oh fuck they're really doing this potato.
>>475385752kek, I have this ancient one and it still works fine. Im more worried about upgrading my pc setup d3su
Any good freeware STOL aircraft in Xplane 11 with fat tyres? i want to larp as a cartel/gasoline smuggler pilot.
>>475426201https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/79609-dhc-2-beaver-by-soulmade-simulations/
Hit the supercharger and this thing flies high.
>>475376640wash your mouth in oil
>>475432256>GPSsoulless>Gyropilotsoul
bum p
>>475416814they really wish it was the il-2
>>475298705Hold my QuickFl!p fountain beverage
>>475455771WHEEEEEEEEEE
>>475389305>>475403359good to hear that, going to pair it with a STECS mini, probably.>>475423946t.16000m
>>475458497I like the crust too, snail, I like the crust too.
>>475300032Works fine in DCS and Elite dangerous.In DCS with the eyetracker you will have to get used to not moving your focus while you are trying to click on a button/control in the cockpit ohter wise it's case of 'chase the control'. To a lesser extent you get the same thing with trackir, but it's easier to hold your head still than it is to keep looking at the same point
Favorite DCS main menu theme music?For me it's the Mi-8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H28cmQxIZUU
Don't sink.
>>475363290I already got a bootleg trackIR. And its good but i wanted something that i could use without having to put something on my head.Also, its very fucking nice. Same as all the other Virpil gear i own. If i wanted to nit pick, i'd say the buttons feel a bit cheap on the Shark-a handle. But otherwise, its solid stuff.
>>475468137Yeah i gave it a quick try. Its a bit jarring at first but i think i'm gonna love it.
I tried this bitch and its actually pretty cool.
is there a release date for afghanistan?
>>475516119June 2024 for the first third (still can't believe this is actually how they're doing it) and then 3 months each for the other 2 thirds
>>475458497update: boughted, getted, payed, orded and buyed the stick but>STECS doesn't have analog pedals but instead just some trigger pedalscome on man, it was perfect but you had to ruin it with this one thing.
fags
>>475513846I might just have to grab one myself. Took me months to try out the beaver after hearing nothing but good things about it and it’s fucking phenomenal. Shame the DHC-7 is so shitty.
>>475513846They're a pretty rad aeroplane. I used to enjoy watching them occasionally come and go at the aerodrome I got my first job at.
when are they going to fix the atc randomly cutting out
>>475535963you could be describing literally all flight sims, whichstht
>>475535963Azure voices bug is supposed to be fixed in SU15 (May 7th)In the meantime keep the voice setting on Offline
>>475536551happens with offline too, it's not the voicegen since azure voices keep working for the pilot/copilotso they may be "fixing" an issue that has nothing to do with voices cutting out, and then they'll literally never ever fix it because they already "fixed" it
>>475536827>happens with offline tooReally? I've never had it happen so long as it's on offline the entire session from the beginning (switching to offline after Azure ATC cuts out doesn't work though)
F-4E when
>>475544173the coral snake said if it's now out by may 31st he will assassinate joe bidden
>>475513846Based.
>2 weeks vacations>finally have time and energy to sim>get sick and barely have the energy to get up and pissNot like this
>>475570212how about you simulate a better immune system lmao
>>475571214
Man why is MFS so slow and shit. 10 years to unpack something
Its crazy how shit MFS feels like compared to DCS. I swear fucking war thunder has more realistic flight models.
>>475588057
>>475588057birds of steel unironically has the best feeling aerodynamics out of any sim
>>475570212get a doctors note and get your vacation days backat least that's how it works here
That's just plane wrong
>>475616426that bombed
>>475603396how the hell can you tell when you're flying with a ps3 controller?
>>475602914Best XPlane>GA single>GA twin>Commercial turboprop>Vintage civilian airlinerGo!
Kiowa over Kola when?
>>475627782despite that it's the only flight game where you can feel the g forces just from the animation
What kind of data download rate is needed for dcs? I moved countries for work and I'm now stuck with 8 Mbit/s until I get fibre later this year.Is it worth spending a week downloading dcs or should I not bother until I get faster speeds?
>>4756407958 Mbit/s = 1 MB/s150000 MB / 3600s = 41.67 hoursguess you could download it over a weekend?
>>475641224Assuming the connection isn't used for anything else over that weekend.But yes, it shouldn't take a week
>>475605967Yeah i'll do that but still
>>475659346I peed my pants close to that statue
>>475674995>not peeing on the statue
>>475676903I was like 7 or some shit at the time, 7 year olds do not understand the concept of pure unfiltered ludokino acts, so pants it was
I keep getting lost in the mach loopwhy isn't it marked :/
bunp
plen
does msfs not cover China or are there just fuck all runways there?
is there somewhere a pic of a real hsd or fcr page from the f16? all the games have it simulated better or worse but i cant find anything in the manuals or the web?
>>475779005lots of chink airports are broken yes, it's easiest to see in littlenavmap what's missing because it overlays the runways and taxiways on openstreetmap
>>475779674ICN is the best airport ive ever been to. but the customs line is so fucking long
>>475255216I wanted to dip my toes into sims. I wanted to ask what HOTAS controllers people use, and if they have any recommendations. I was going to get it used because most of them are much cheaper if you buy used.>What kind of sims do you want to play?Flight sims and Mech sims. I have a reasonably powerful computer. Not sure what Flight Sim to start with. Probably Microsoft Flight Sim. Regarding the latter, I'll also ask /&tg/ about what HOTAS setup they use (if any), but I figured there would be some overlap with this general.
>>475781000>hotasjust use a 3D pro like austin
>>475781000very cheap: what this guy said >>475784567cheap: Thrustmaster T16000 + TWCS setmedium: VKB Gladiator NXT Space Combat Edtition with a throttle like Thrustmaster TWCS or take a pick from VKB or Winwingsomewhat pricey: Winwing Orion 2 setexpensive: anything from Virpil
>>475785082Thanks for the info, Anon!
>>475785082>>475785874I'll throw in the VelocityOne Flight Stick as another cheap option. The throttle/flaps axes aren't super high precision but it's not a huge bother at that price point.
>>475785082Keep in mind that combat/space combat throttles (e.g. the TWCS) are designed for left-handed use (fighter jet/single-seater/tandem style).Some civilian planes are like that but the majority in MSFS at least are side-by-side seating with the throttle in the middle between the two seats, and the standard main/solo pilot position is the left seat, putting the throttle on your right.If you care about matching that, or simply want to be able to keep your left hand on the stick while operating the mouse with your right hand, you may want to investigate right-handed/ambidextrous throttles.
>>475787209I almost went with that but ended up going with the Airbus stick instead because it has a better reputation for not lifting up off the desk by accident as much (Velocity One has stiffer springs it seems).But if you're going to clamp/screw your stick down then that doesn't matter.
>>475798081I have both and you're right the V1 definitely has stiffer springs. I have a tendency to always be putting some sort of downforce on the stick whenever I have my hand on it so personally I haven't noticed, but I could absolutely see lifting being a problem with a lighter grip.
>>475779674How do I get littlenavmap to display the whole world map in english? I appreciate why its not by default but I can't read moon runes and I want to fly asia
>>475809650it uses online maps, so whatever language they are in is what gets shown, an online map is just a bunch of image filesI think with openstreetmap it only shows the moon runes at maximum zoom level
>>475781000If you're into the combat side of things, IL-2 1946 has a great wealth of content and is a good entry pointIt's only ww2 but there's plenty of modpacks that add stuff like jets (if a little janky to install)
Is there a specific reason for why DCS doesn't have maps like Vietnam, Fulda Gap, and Korea already? I'm assuming it's because Eagle Dynamics is retarded
>>475850228we're not buying Vietnam, we have Vietnam at home
>>475850228pls understand, small indy warbird collector
>>475850228you will of get fifth desert map and you will of like it rasist(((((((((
>>475850228114gb, 142gb, 97gbyou want more map?
>>475850228trees are fucked
>PULL UP PULL UP>wtf im 30 degrees nose up>look at the ADI>im invertednight flying is fun
kiowa kola when?
>>475909928That's how several real life pilots died who thought they could fly at night without IFR practice. Something that DCS players (including me) rarely bother doing. Get into the habit of constantly checking your instruments when you fly at night or in a cloud.
>>475935768honestly it's pretty neat that flight sims are good enough especially in vr to reveal some of the well known dangers and illusory effects in aviation
>>475928085Flight Accompanied by Gun Simulators
>>475941758In video games you miss feedback from gravity, though.It's pretty hard to not realize that you're flying inverted in real life, especially if you're in a civilian plane and not strapped to the seat.
>>475935768I've can imagine in a military aircraft it's possible to boil the frog so slowly you don't notice you're inverted, but in a civilian aircraft? Would you not notice that all the shit you brought with you in the cockpit is now on the ceiling hitting you in the head?
>>475942962it's happened to huge civilian airliners many times, a constant 1g load into a roll and dive can trick the inner ear pretty hard
damn, kola is looking good
>>475935768>enter cloud>exit cloud in a steep bank 45deg nose downmany such cases
I remember a mission from one of the F-18 or A-10 campaigns. You had to protect ships from Iranian motorboat attacks. At night.It took an insane amount of effort to not crash into the sea, while trying to spot those tiny dots of motorboats on my targeting pod and doing rocket and gun runs of them.
>>475948030motorboating iranians all night while I shoot deep into them with my rocket pod...
>>475947358How does this happen? im just starting but its very clear how the fake horizon tells you enough to not do that. is it because the plane is too fast?
>>475963280because you start playing with your navigation, look away from your attitude indicator for 5 seconds and when you look back you're upside down
>>475976204click the mirror once
911 sim
>>475976204I promise you the performance hit from the mirror is not that bad.
>>475987913That was cool, reminded me of vid rel
>>475991986what are you watching there?
>>475992296bit of Hogan's Heroes
>>475999920baste
>>476000417posted in wrong thread sorryDragon's Crown is fun though
massive anime titties will save /simg/
>>475991814I said damn, looks like that round(s) threaded the needle and went out the gunner door.
>>475976437>>475987913>performance hit from the mirror is not that bad.my old ass 1080ti hates the mirrors. it's not awful with them on, but it's just enough difference to be annoying, especially if it's a full MP server.
>>476004905Oh now you've reminded me of that one Vietnam vid with the pilot I think describing a .50 cal going the copilots armored seat and then hitting the door gunner in the head and then it zooms out so you can see the Huey's entire tail covered in blood.
>>475991986Lmao how do you do that ?
Luv me GBU-12s
JDAM more like GAYDAM
>>476018606just a bit of keyframing in premiere pro
>>475976204>>475909098Man, am I an old man or is it actually incredible that games can look like this now?
Any of you have some of those old aviation geek videos they used to sell for $50 out of the back of magazines back in the 90s?I've ended up down a youtube rabbithole, and considering planes and vintage media are two big interests I'm surprised I've never run into one in the wild at a goodwill or something.
>>476073071Nah, you're right. As someone who's young(er than most in these hobbies) we went from PS2 era to a whole generation where everything looked like plastic, and suddenly we got photo realism. MFSF especially looks very good (usually) and makes me kind of jealous with how shit DCS terrain looks.
SIMUPDATEWHEN
>>476085797Please understand
Fuck sims
>>476088348what sim would (You) fuck?
>>476105497https://store.steampowered.com/app/1085750/Sex_with_Stalin/
>>476073071it is incredible, first time I tried msfs2020 in VR, i teared up a bit because it felt so realistic and caught me off guard.the most recent generation of sims was a really big step up from what was available previously. it's really the first time we have ground details that make low level/ground exploration worth doing. looking forward to the performance enhancements and improved graphics that will be coming with msfs2024.
>>476122237>waa I cried from google maps projected in VRjesus christ you boomers are cringe>>475963280irl it's worse because the g-forces of a turn can make it feel like you're not tumbling out of control, so you get a false sense of security
Do you like beam.ng?I like beam.ng
>>476130949I only like bean.ng!
am i retarded or is there no throttle on the gazelle?
>>476130949I've been meaning to get into it for years now, finally bought it on the last steam sale but haven't installed it yet. What am I in for?
>>476137769You are not retarded, no throttle on the gazelle.
I fuckin love the Stationair. I would like to formally apologize to Cessnas everywhere for calling them shitboxes.
>>476152395>this thing can go to the stratosphere>the literal spaceship can'tpelican rework when
>>476073071Both, MSFS still amazes me.
>>4760857977th of May, they've delayed it three times now, I think mostly because of the A320.
>>476180050I would shit my pants flying that, it doesn't look safe
>>475992463>>475991986>the tiger episodeI want to go back to the time I watched that on TV with my sibling and we snacked and laughed while enjoying the comfort the show provided us.
>>476161568are you stalking me? I used to live in the town upper middle in this picture.that island to the upper right there gave me the worst allergies of my life and can't wait to bomb it with cluster munitions when kola releases today in DCS.
>Dangerous Waters pastebin is gone...If anyone knows - is Reinforce Alert mod all what is needed in terms of most up-to-date gameplay?Was surprised to find everything on>https://coldhunter.ru/en/Dangerous-Waters-RA
>>476190312for me its the one where Klink tries to become a painter
>>476187968Bundle up, it's cold out
>>476196683Bush Trip goes right over it, your town is a flight sim attraction now>can't wait to bomb it kek
we were never REALLY getting kola today, were we. bamboozled again
>>476215586see ya in 6 weeks retard hahahahaha
>>476215763okay :*(
>>476215586shut up doomfag it's UP*stabs your tummy**brings you to a hospital because I don't want to be a murderer*
>the tunnel is going to be a texture and not an actual tunnel>the bridge you see is a texture and not a bridge that can be destroyed>the town is a flat texture and units cannot hide there or anywhere elseKinda disappointing. The bridge thing will probably get fixed, but the other stuff is disappointing.
>>476220861>I want a 300gb mapno thank you sperg
Wake the fuck up /simg/ Kola just droppedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAwPOjgonqg
>>476221026It decreases the air-to-ground immersion. It's so easy to spot targets driving on flat, barren land. Especially with the TGP and when they drive in perfect formation across hills and water.
>>476220861What's more disturbing is that there was not a single frame of a Razbam product in that trailer.
>>476201082>Dangerous Waters is a 2023 American thriller film directed and written by John Barr>A sailing holiday spirals out of control when a teenage daughter uncovers the dark past of her mother's new boyfriend.
What do new maps allow you to do in DCS?
>>476224767bomb different countries(in this case: sweden)
>>476223246Yeah, that's the game! It's a movie license game.
>>476224767Fly somewhere different.
>>475781000
>>476228151you don't need more
>>475787209Has anybody actually purchased one of these things?
>>476161568>>476196683nothing there to bomb and svolvær isn't even modeled in the map(yet)though the mountains and the lakes in them are pretty accurate to how they are in real life.
>>476235386>he bought
>>476236009tried to recreate a childhood memory of a viper flying overhead at this exact location :(I boughted and losted HARD brose
>>476221094>Wake the fuck up /simg/ Kola just droppedit's 140 fucking gigs and it's only 1/3 in high res, get fucked.
>>476237853at least the buildings are nice for DCS standards :(
>I want every rock on this craggy ridge modeled at standing height>I can't figure out how fast I'm going if I'm not counting the boulders zooming by the cockpit
It doesn't even look good at 30000 feet altitude.
How do the DCS maps compare to MSFS, I presume they're better quality?
>>476241916>MSFSI dont think any flight sim comes close to their maps quality, not even moded XP12 sadly.
>>476241916Frankly I'm relatively sure that ORBX moved their map(terrain mesh) making team to DCS because Asobo started to get too good.After MS managed to get the government of NZ to give them access to their like 3 meter (I think) accuracy topographical scans of the country it was over.
>>476243167Their stuff was great for FSX, there was no point flying in the UK without their packs. Now I hear they just do landmark packs and meshes which change very little.
>>476243167Kiwiland looks pretty fuckin good I must say.
I like kola but it does not look good at the heights you should be flying at and it's not that the ground textures are bad, it's more like they are "ugly" and flat which makes ground units especially stand out.Can't wait for the 300GB update.
>>476241916>>476243137msfs graphics are literally just bing maps though
>>476254189ORBX have outdone themselves
>>476254189kola looks like THAT?
>>476241126this but unironically
>>476254189 i miss xplane 10
I like kola so fardefinitely is unfinished and the texture quality is kinda shit but it's nice, northern scandinavia is very hard to model because of the various terrains and terrain features but ORBX did it, when flying you can very easily feel that you're flying into new areas and makes VFR navigation very easy as opposed to other DCS maps.just hope that they'll put in the necessary work and I'll gladly dedicate 500GB of disk space for kola.
>>476270767it's only 144 GB
>buy the new early access map, goy>oh the Mavericks that we broke on the F-16 a month ago? sorry, didn't make it to the patch xD
>>476243458Whereabouts is that mate. North or South Island Keith
>>476271359>muh mavricksamerica lost chud
>>476271359what's wrong with the mavericks?
>>476272652Boresight alignment while the F-16 is moving (ie. doing it in the air while not in active pause) permanently breaks them and makes them point to entirely different directions than your HUD or TGP symbologythey are still kinda usable if you never touch boresighting but in default alignment they are a bit off and TGP handoff doesn't work
>>476271220i had to download 153GB
worst shilling i've ever seen dumb anime poster
>>476234035>>475799662Yeah I’ve got one
>>476275964What made you decide to buy it, compared to it's competition?It seemed to be universally panned by the community when it was revealed.Do you like it?
>>476284645Already had the Airbus stick. Wanted something relatively mobile to go with the laptop so it needed to be all in one. 2 slider axes, 2 hats, a trim wheel, and a shitload of buttons fit the bill.I paid a hundred bucks which I think is a pretty fair deal, wouldn't pay much more than that. I don't recall but I feel like it was significantly more at launch. The throttle/flaps axes aren't super high precision but for what I fly it doesn't really matter. They just tend to be a little sticky when doing fine adjustments.It does have a tendency to rock on the pitch axis, especially nose down, which didn't even bother me until another anon mentioned it and now its mildly irritating.
>>476284645>>476288876>Do you like it?Forgot to say, yeah actually I really enjoy it. Maybe not 10/10 but would recommend.
Took the senpai to air schoolthey were not impressed
morning nerds
>>476220861As expected, this recent development screenshot confirms that it will look equally bad when viewed from the ground. Notice the painted building on the ground.
>>476341252
Is DiRT Rally 2.0 enjoyable with a gamepad? Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask I don't think we have a racing general anymre...
>>476350509I enjoyed the first game with a pad, I play truck sim with a pad too. I don't fancy spending money on a peripheral I'll only use for one game.
>>476350509> I don't think we have a racing general anymre...Sad days, gacha destroyed the classic gaming market. now kids wont want to be a pilot, driver, businessman or astronaut anymore.
>>476350509there's a racing video games general over at >>>/o/
try living
any decent cheap hotas chair/desk mounting solutions? or will I have to /diy/ one on my own?
what is the biggest airport we have in dcs right now?
>>476372609depends, what kind of airplanes do you pilot the most? GA, combat, commercial, heli?
>>476372837everything but mostly combat, I want a sidestick layout at a height similar to this
>>476372704Probably Harry Reid
>>476373796DIY will be the cheapest, vkb and virpil sell desk mounts of the right height. Monstertech too but all three of these are pricey.
>>476373796Virpil sell mounts but they're expensive
>>475255216LIVE
>>476271371I believe that to be the North end of the South Island. Canvastown, I reckon.>>476254189Kino.
Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, CO.
>>476418705Do you install handmade scenery packs and just check them out and fly around them?
>>476418921No, this is all organic based on whatever the retard devs decide in world updates. Like everyone, I fly where I live and know, which is Colorado.
>>476379867Are they worth what they ask?
Will the X56 fall apart on me? I found an okay deal
>>476444962depends on the vintageOG Saitek? lasts forevermadcatz era? probably already brokennewer logitech build? might be okay
morning dweebs
preflight check
>>476467136plane: onweapons: onweird screen you use to shoot weapons: onokay let's go
>>476457646Goedemorgen/Bonjour
it's out
I love this retarded machine so much it's unreal.
unwise financial decisions
>>476480413????
wake up fags
p̵̢̜͇̜̱̜͖̫̠͍̺̪̃̑̔̕̕͠l̴̢̙͇͎͓̭̳͙͍̐̽̈́͂a̸͖̖̮̼̝̖̞̱̟͖̣͒̄̽͝͝n̷̨̖̩̙͖̱̻̪̗̙͔̣̤̓̒̐͗ẻ̵̪͊̈́̎͋͆̕͠s̵̬̍̃̿̆̀̾̊̉̂̀̎̊̈́ ̴͎͇̂̐͑w̴̞̘̠͇͇͕͈͑͆̐́̓̌̈́͐͌̕i̴̮̬̭̰̱̳͕̰̊̐̆l̴̺͍͈̹̻̪̍́̀̃̒͘͘l̵̯̗͍͙̺̰̥͔̎͑̈̌̈͛͊͗̇̓̚ ̶̬͉̎͗̀f̴̢̧̱̠͚̼̌̐͋̌͝a̵̛͇̦ͅl̷̡̛̛̼̪͍̯̺̺̒̄̎̃̉l̵̥̝̼͇̤̩͎̼͗ ̵͓̗̹̻͔͚̙̓f̶̧͕̥͂̃̾r̷̖̜̝̙̪̾͐̈́̏́̕͠ȍ̴̡̨̼͚͖̖̭̘̝͇̗͗̽̏͑̎̇̉̚̚m̶̡̛̪̬͙͈̙͍̣̪͖͗̑̾̕͠ ̶̖̙̑͒͒͝ţ̸̨̧̛̖̻̓̎̋̀̊̽̽̍̈́̎̿ḩ̸̤͇͈̙̗̑̽̊͒̽͋͌́͋̕̚͜͠ͅͅe̸͔̹̰͊̔̈́ ̸̳̰͔̬͕͠ș̶̨͍̳̞͕̗̺̰̱͕͈̎ͅk̷͎͉̯͉͎̺̜̝͌͌͒̏i̸͖̦͕̾͒̂͆͜é̶͚̍̎̆͊̚ś̶͓̺̪̞̏͌̈́̚͝
pull up
This airport is bullshit.
Appalachia lookin good.
>poor as shit>found a "good" "deal" on some taiwanese hotas >reviews for it are mixed>decided to order anyway since there is a refund period>even X52 Pros are over 250 leafs nowFuck it, lets see if it works
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friendship ended with airplanesjust kidding, I love airplanes
>>476569783i love cold war planes like the HarrierI've been reading the manual for the 1993 Tornado game, and it's amazing what they could simulate back then. The mission planner looks really cool and it even has a dynamic campagin
>>476557446Fun fact you've bought what is effectively vkb's old king cobra design. At least the stick is.Back before vkb built their own factory in China they contracted other factories to make their sticks. Being a newcomer, they didn't fully understand the extent to which ip theft could occur.
cya fags, stay alive
>>476585964>it's amazing what they could simulate back then.>The mission planner looks really cool and it even has a dynamic campaginthat's because sims back in the day weren't made by lazy, greedy slavs. I honestly can't imagine what those flight sim developers from the late 80s to mid 90s would do with today's technology. Unfortunately, by the time the tech caught up, the flight sim genre dried up and died.
>>476421732>Like everyone, I fly where I livebut that's boring? I can look out my window and get more realistic graphicsI want to see the world
ten
>>476601210some of us like airplanes
>decide to fly plens again>cannot find my grassmonkey headtracker set anywhereMaybe I just tossed it or something. How is the neuralnet face tracker on Opentrack?
>>475363060sex
>>476350509I've played the first Dirt rally and EA WRC with a gamepad and both are excellent so 2.0 is probably great too
>>476589509>BVR>NAV>VISI guess I could use this switch for>navigation>combat>takeoff/landing/taxi
>>476657014really depends on the lighting conditions, with good light and a good webcam it's okay, in low light it's like flying an earthquake
>>476638598what is that
morning fags
Sick of my shite T Flight Hotas, no idea how I've put up with it for so long. I've ordered a T16000M, I know it's still a cheaper stick and throttle but should be an improvement. I don't fancy spending £500 on stuff (yet).
>>476724630>yetjust spend it now, it'll be cheaper than stepping up slight increments of garbage in the long run
>>476724998No I am not in a position to spend that much and I don't want to dump hundreds and then get bored of simming for a bit and do something else.
>>476724630Pros:>good sensor on stick>throttle has some of the best ergonomics out thereCons:>stick has way too few buttons and it's kinda shit outside of the sensor>throttle has jittery sensors>spring on the t.16000m stick is kinda weird close to the center? so it's hard to do more subtle stuff like AARPersonal opinion:Decent stick and throttle combo but it leaves something to be desired, for me it was no double-detented trigger, few buttons and the throttle has the analog stick on the front instead of the sides.Hope you enjoy it.
>>476725424Thanks mate I'm sure it'll be an upgrade even if it isn't amazing.
>>476716472Interceptor light.
>>476729850>Interceptor light.interesting, what does it do?
>>476712694MegabasedIs the An-225 the only lift nose freighter we have in msfs?
>>476731569intercepts light, it's stealth technology
>>476732146Just Flight are working on an A300, I suppose there's a chance we might get a Beluga update for it.
>>476732621tfw no swing tail DC-6
>>476733007BRAAAP
>>476732426>All Danish F-16s are equipped with a search light, mounted on the port forward fuselage, in front of and just beneath the canopy. The search light is used for identification during nighttime interceptionsoh I see.
>>476733406I was taking the piss I had no idea but that's interesting.
>>476731569you are on an intercept missionat nightyou can make out the shape of your target but can't see anything betteryou drive up close turn on the interceptor lightit shines out the side of your interceptor onto his aircraftallows you to see any identifying markslikeregistration tactical number state flag operator nameor anything else
>>476733548you weren't that far from the truth.>>476733762finns along with norwegians and danes seems to use it too.>it shines out the side of your interceptor onto his aircraftsuper cool.
>>476734395Yeah I didn't learn about that light until we got the M-2000C in DCS, which has a binding for it on the pilot stick.
>>476736975There's some guy that's made a standalone QRA mission and then a campaign of similar missions for the F-16 where there's a certain amount of random events that happens with what aircraft and what they do when you form up on them, they're also quite stable if you change out the F-16 for other planes. I've done that mission at night with both Mirages and the police light works quite well. The dude that made those missions did a very solid job.
>>476750241Link?I've always wondered why nobody made a mission about one of the primary duties of these aircraft.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3uvo2OhesgF-4E RELEASES THE 21
oh? it's ready huh?lets see the full cold start video thenoh? what's that?that's what I thought
>>476764030how can other 3rd party devs compete with such trailer quality
A4?? But we already have a free F4....
>one step closer to the typhooncan someone kill heatblur please?I don't want to be dealing with meteors, that's just gonna shut down redfor completely once and for all.
>>476764030Fuck Yeah!
asseto corsa content manager full where?
Convince me not to buy the VPC throttle.
>>476772634For DCS or MSFS?
>>476773086Neither. Klingon Academy.
>>476772634It's more extravagant than a 3D Pro, and thus unnecessary
sex with planes
>>476784450Explain to me, how would you have sex with a plane ?
>>476784821
>>476784821ask the crew chief to drill a hole and install an onahole onto the belly of the fuselage?
For those that have the MSFS PMDG 737, is it worth it? I would rather pay full price for the -800 instead of the -600 because the -600 doesn't come with the cargo or business jet versions. I was also considering the Fenix A320, but given that the FBW exists for free and the Inibuilds one is coming maybe someday. I tried the Inibuilds in the last patch, not today's, but it wouldn't move on the ground. I think it conflicts with the Toolbar Pushback add-on. For those that have tried the Inibuilds in the beta, how does it compare to the FBW and the Fenix?
>8th>no update
>>476806674anon you got a hype traileralso we're on a six week schedule now
>>476806674you wanted to pwn amatard? what did you expect?
>>476795904The pmdg 737's are very good, the 600 is really fun bit it was barely produced irl, the 700 is common in the US only, the 800 is the most common and the 900er is also globally very common. You can always borrow on simplaza pmdg uses minimal easily bypassed drm.
After finally getting a controller for my PC I've been playing through the Star Wars Squadrons campaign and enjoying it, what are some other fun space flight/combat sims, or aerial combat sims in general that I should try? It's been a genre I've never really got into until now, so if there's a couple of go-to games people recommend I'd be interested to try them. More interested in singleplayer campaign stuff, at least to start with.
>>476820672squadrons doesn't really belong here anymore than ace combat does>tfw no x-wing study sim
>May 21st Phantom release>all these pilots trying out a new aircraftTHE MIGS SHALL FEAST
>>476820672Freespace 2 is great. There's an open source remake called Freespace Open with modern engine and a shitload of user made campaigns for single player.
>>476822409Considering how janky the F-4's radar is, I expect a lot of buyer's remorse.
>>476822768and by janky you mean a client slideshow
>>476784821What a virgin
Thinking about buying Farming Simulator 22 premium edition, it looks comfy enough. I played the base version on gamepass for a few minutes to see if i might like it.you start with several machines if you choose easy mode and that one map, i want to know if it's feasible for a beginner to start without these freebies? during the tutorial i saw that you need numerous machines to get the crops going so naturally it helps to start out with some equipment, but it also feels very cheat-y to me. i usually wanna start from nothing in these kinds of games. but how do you even start off without machines, i doubt the starting money is enough for tractor + seed machine, soil plowing tool etc.you any tips / input on this matter? thanks
so why do shitboxes like cessnas have push/pull throttles and fighters/airliners/business jets have like sliding or whatever? it looks like you're wanking somebody off 2bh
>his throttle is tiny
>>476846612It's all about how you use it.
>>476806674>latest beta build of SU15, version 1.37.15.0, introduced new critical issues that necessitated further delays. Jayne highlighted two main problems: a WebAssembly (WASM) “missing content” error and performance issues on the Xbox platform, including stuttering and freezingThey've really made a pig's ear of this update, we'll get MSFS 2024 before SU 15
>>476845159I can't remember, I think you can hire stuff or buy enough cheap vehicles to get started.
>>476846612>$199It looks cheap and nasty for that price
>>476848026It's not unlikely that '24 will get released in 2025It's already late because every series entry with a year in title was released the prior year
Does MSFS have that "sterile" feels that IL2:GB and DCS have? I remember playing FSX and there was a unpretentious fun vibe to some of the missions
>>476846612Ugly as fuck... but this is honestly exactly what I want.
>>476851581No you can just sit and watch the traffic go past in some random place if you want to and chill out.
Ten.
>>476848809Why did they even announce it as FS2024? I knew as soon as I heard about it they'd miss that deadline. Will they rename it to FS2025? FS12?
>>476863389I suppose they can just change the name to whatever, it's not set in stone.
>>476851581there's some missions but they're all from earlier FS games, so if you want to play the same ones again, sure
>>476845159I played this in like 2012 and it had no seasons, but was comfy.
>>476845551you probably have to go back in history and find the first aircraft to use a plunger style throttleI feel like they don't even exist in new single engine designs like the cirrus or whatever
>>476851581I feel like they tried to capture some of that vibe in Microsoft Flight and failed.I believe a lot of the community thought those types of missions were campy when it was released.Some of them are incredibly cringeworthy.
>>476868098I miss driving wheels instead of all of those gay sticks
>>476868334It's funny, early airplanes were designed to mimic carsthen they became more utilitarian and deviated from the automobile aestheticthen cars started adopting airplane style cockpitsthen airplanes went back to mimicking car design to appeal to buyers
>>476868617Glass cockpits are gay too
>>476868334Which exquisite flying machine is this photograph depicting?
>>476871658A Sikorsky Ilya Muromets
>>476872272Badass.
Running a coin mission in the Apache, 130 knots 200 feet off the ground in high walled canyons. Making a turn come up directly (probably within 100 yards) on a convoy of 4, with 2 toytas with aa strapped on. I light up as soon as I see them and take out the first 3 of 4, as I'm buzzing over them, the trailing truck saws my tail off before my trailing ai wingman can even get a shot on them. I'm talking this is like 5 seconds at best. These fuckers are moving in the bed of a pickup truck and deadeye me with 200mph closing speed in literally 2 seconds. I fucking hate the DCS AI. This shit is so retarded.
>>476875897Did you land it?
>>476877201>Did you land it?I did, actually. My wingman eventually killed the last truck but I was left sitting there out in the middle of nowhere without a tail.
>>476877318Nice one
How is Il-2 great battles? Is the multi still alive? Is there any kind of voice communications? How fucking arcadey are the flight models/is the engine management?
>>476764030HB trailers are always so kino, do they as third party developers get access to special camera tools that us plebs don't get?also I heard that improved camera and cinematic tools are coming soon?
>>476882863>How is Il-2 great battles? good game>Is the multi still alive? don't know don't play multi>How fucking arcadey are the flight models/is the engine management?flight models are fine to good, engine management is meh since it's just timers based on flight manuals. The damage model is fantastic in the game though.
>>476895110>engine management is meh since it's just timers based on flight manuals.I fucking hate that shit
>>476895408Yeah it knda sucks. But I don't care that much because when I play GB I just want to enjoy the combat/campaign/career aspect of it. It's not a study sim, it's a combat sim.
>>476875897>This shit is so retarded.nigger you flew into a curtain on bullets what the fuck are you expecting
>>476877318You can eject to climb out from the Apache. Maybe in 5 years we'll see a dismounted M4 feature similar to what we're getting for the Kiowa copilot.
>>476912961>you flew into aRead my post again, I was the one that was firing first, they didn't fire until I was past the convoy, the last guy flipped a 180 in the span of 2-3 seconds and hit me with the first shot sawing my tail off. They were caught completely off guard (as off guard as dcs shit AI ground units can be since they see through mountains/trees/buildings).I ran the mission a few more times after, and this time I keep getting insta-nuked by a fucking RPG while I'm flying at 120 knots. 2 different missions in a row, it's like a hitscan or something it insta-gibbed me directly through the center of the cockpit both times. From about 800-1000 yards away. Pretty good shot for an unguided weapon. This game's AI is a complete shitshow.
>>476923174>as I'm buzzing over them, the trailing truck saws my tail offI read your post again.lmao at the battlefield rpgfuck helifags
>>476868334>>476872272>777 makes Ilya Muromets for Rise of Flight>A decade later 1C partners with 777 to incorporate Rise of Flight content into the Great Battles series, a la DCS World>Somehow end up worse than where we started because Great Battles engine can't handle planes with more than two engines, not even in AI>Ilya Muromets never
>>476868318never played MFS missions, what is cringy about them? how can missions be cringe anyway?
>>476808649Thanks for the review. I just purchased the -800. Hope it works on MSFS2024.
>>476923174https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAnSxj-74pg&t=126sHelicopters are loud, real human beans can hear, see, and react just as fast as you can. Also skilled haji's irl have been known to use the automatic safeing of the rpg-7 which detonates at about 900 meters as a kind of impromptu flak burst so get feked lmoa.
>>476930672>how can missions be cringe anyway?
a group of ruskichad modders have created the holy fucking grail of DCS moddingthey managed to combine Su-33 and Su-25T avionics into a single multirole Su-30 without having to switch between AA and AG versions, so radar, targeting pod, radar missiles and guided AG weapons work at the same time, it's a true multirole moduleit also has clicky cockpit and MFD screens with multiple pagesdiscord: https://discord.gg/codename-flanker-community-839196573228335185I grabbed the download link in case anon really hates discordFAQ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l8FGKYQ_10yV9RSYot-bxn8-ueVq7iw2/viewmain mod, you only need ONE of theseLink 1 - [Google Drive] : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1un6OX4ZhP04RW4LBvE3kPIhX2GzVdnZU/view?usp=sharingLink 2 - [Google Drive] : https://drive.google.com/file/d/127H6PNdv_EV521adAzPDUYRpwu5jvVqe/view?usp=sharingLink 3 - [Google Drive] : https://drive.google.com/file/d/10yQ07NKgAiudxDy9ZS-GZ1CF6oDhqT1y/view?usp=sharingLink 4 - [Google Drive] : https://drive.google.com/file/d/12X6BXiloY1-CvLGmrCHTUVr4mVP3z1sT/view?usp=sharingLink 5 - [Google Drive] : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tx5CLBsbejO0W2OP-Xqc2cBUdZqkH1NN/view?usp=drive_linkLink 6 - [Google Drive] : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IQVsXaep4HifUepEPnh_YqqniF2IbjTu/view?usp=drive_linkLink 7 - [Google Drive] : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iMqvwSs20THaWm2DJ2-MyaK9ZTIDxBN6/view?usp=drive_linkmultirole hack, extract this into the main mod's folder (you only need one)Link 1 - [Google Drive] : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J5j3Kf-AYqj81GwSm1sz6a_IrTQ4UELq/view?usp=sharingLink 2 - [Google Drive] : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q05toH7QH4pV8cix9xXiI2HJkuTaGtPn/view?usp=drive_linkLink 3 - [Google Drive] : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XVgKx2iJQzBFOgVjneQnEwf5yJXnX7pk/view?usp=sharing
>>476958605Combining FC avionics is cool and all, but what caught my attention was the apparently custom avionics in the mfds and ufc. I thought mods couldn't include custom avionics?
>>476959309they got that figured out quite a while ago I think
>>476958605this is nice to see but it makes me wish the core game aspects were better
>>475255216
>T16000 arrives today>broadband gets switched on tomorrowCan't wait to play MSFS again, two weeks is too long to not fly.
>>476958605all 3 links for the multirole hack are dead, can someone reupload?
>>476958605>can't even download a fucking pdfThis is the most cancerous uploader ever. Is there a proper torrent or something?
>>476765247I can't find the original Viggen trailer that has no music - only the signature distant bell.
>>476954541>happy_merchant.jpg
>>476954541>some ARV at groom lakewhat's cringe about that?
>>476765247by paying the same contractor heatblur uses lmao
>>476974242https://www.mediafire.com/file/1hqzqod7gywpqpu/CWS_1.8.zip/file
documentation for the Su-30 modhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/10Wizz9DWP5JgMpf2AnRbC-pFWPbxN3bP/viewhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/18a-cxNn8zlh_as3ynpZqWp_7Rw4R7eAT/view
>>476990520oy vey
>we figured out how to copy the paste the avionics of one FC3 jet and combine it with the copy and paste avionics of another FC3 jet, revolutionary!Why do people even bother with this shit, I'd legit rather just close my eyes and pretend the F-15E is an Su-30 than play with reskinned FC3 jets which is what 99% of DCS mods are
>>477011471The mod is pretty cool though.They somehow hacked the radar to detect ships and you can use it to fire anti-ship missiles which no FC3 aircraft can do. They also added additional zoom to the targeting pod which lets you fire long range cruise missiles.It also has its own navigation computer, RWR, etc. The only thing they borrowed from FC3 is the radar and TGP symbology and its ability to pass coordinates to guided weapons which cannot be modded.
>it's just an FC3 reskin
>>477011471never forget you're playing Lock On
>>476958605https://files.catbox.moe/3t1jx4.webmthanks bro I had forgotten about this mod.
It even has the FAB-500 UMPK glide bomb, a.k.a. piggie killerukraine lost
>>477015642
@477011471>zoomer cancer "meme"Yeah, opinion discarded.>>476929757RoF is still great
>>477022953RoF is better than nuIL2 in every single way
>>477011471Don't be so negative
>>477043634good lord I hate AI slop
How the fuck do I fly a glider?
>>477052161beeps go higher goodboops go lower bad
>>477043634god, I love Miku
thou shalt not AI generate my wife
>>477052161SIDESLIP THE PLANET
These fuckin FMS are wild.
>>477015440what are they bombing? can't see anything there
Your move, bridge barnstorming anon.
>>477081221Maybe I'll find some bridges when I get to New Zealand
>>477085830Hell yeah.
>>477011471>>477011938Anyone who downloads mods for DCS is a tranny/v/ /aceg/ tourist
>intelligence level lower>average age of /simg/er lower>amount of anime pics higherSo long degenerates. I'm done here
>>477081221>>477086286https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/april/22/aviation-writer-martha-lunkens-pilot-certificates-revoked
>>477101584Loli
>>477052161>>477052690This or float around near hills and mountains. It's very weather dependent, I would also recommend getting GotFriends Discusn as the default gliders are very meh.
me like plane, plane fly fast
>>477101139wtf
any decent nude mods for DCS?
>>477122583exploitan http://www.ericbrasseur.org/gamma.html
>>477123138
>>477135146JANNY
>bridge barnstorming anon>bridge barnstorming
Forgot to post this yesterdayhttps://msfsaddons.com/2024/05/09/black-square-releases-highly-anticipated-turbine-and-piston-dukes-for-microsoft-flight-simulator/>Black Square releases highly anticipated Turbine and Piston Dukes for Microsoft Flight Simulator
>>477145786It’s a great plane and I highly recommend itGreased it into Rapid City last night while off my shit on liquor
>>477135146blue board you sick fuck
is xplane12 worth it? from civ sims i only played msfs and i heard that xp12 is better in terms of physics and whatnot. i have xp11 but the graphics are off putting and performance is dogshit even with a 4090 on lowest.
>>477150373X Plane is a horribly optimized mess and at the end of the day not a ton better than MSFSReally the only reason to get it is if you’re interested in the third party addons that aren’t available in MSFS
>>477150373xp12 isn't a huge upgrade from 11 reallytry using xworld + autoortho with xp11 see if you like the visuals better
>>477150730>>477150718is there vr support in xp11? honestly playing sims without vr is so bad after getting it lol
>>477106140Criminally based.
>>477149848Sexy cockpit, I'm not sure whether to get the TBM 850 or the Duke though.
>>477106140I hope she gets her license back and does it again kek
>>477106140based meemaw
why so many chink servers in dcs?what do they use them for?
>>477162531Depends on what you want, do you want a single engine turboprop with more modern equipment, or an older twin piston/turbopropPersonally I prefer the Duke but it’s entirely up to preference
Wow already the T16000M is so much better and smoother than the T flight, no idea how I put up with that for so long.
>>477174710I've been leaning more towards the TBM but I love the cockpit of the Duke, I'll probably get both it's just which to get first.
>>477175298I’d suggest getting the TBM first in that case, it’s what you want and it’s cheaper
>>477175298You won't regret the TBM, it's a sweet little plane>>477174710I already have the TBM and the Analog Baron, sell me on the Duke
God bless the USA
>>477180708Well the tablet is great and arguably better than A2A’s in a lot of ways, the aircraft is just plain fun to fly, looks great, sounds great, and the KNS-81 analog RNAV system can finally be tracked by the autopilot instead of just showing up on the CDIAlso all proceeds will be going to the greatest rendition of the Beechcraft Starship ever that is hopefully coming out before the end of the year which admittedly there isn’t a high bar because nobody’s ever done it justice, but considering you’re already a customer of Black Square’s, it should be obvious how great of a simulation it will be
>>477195672>Do you want the mustache on or off?Oh shit I had no idea this was even in development. Tempted to buy just to donate.
>>477196019Yep, he announced it back in 2022 when he released the first analog aircraft(caravan and king air) but it’s been slowly being developed in the background while he gains more knowledge on sim development, but going off what someone I know said talking to him IRL last year at FSExpo, he said once the Dukes were out it would be nothing but the Starship so that should be out before the end of the year if things go to planI’ve loved the Starship since I was a child, especially that mass array of CRT displays, and I am unbelievably hyped for itIt’s really weird how nobody has done a good Starship for any flight sim before this but there is genuinely no better developer for it, I can only imagine what new features are going to come with it as well
>>477015642does it work like irl with gps coords?
>>477202331No coords, you select the target with the usual targeting pod, ie. visually. This goes for all the GPS guided weapons in the mod. But they added another layer of zooming for the targeting pod, so you can easily select a vehicle from tens of kilometers away.
I was thinking into trying out DCS, but i don't own a joystick nor do i plan on ever getting one. Is it possible to play that game at any reasonable level with just mouse+keyboard? And if not, is there any similar game where it is possible?
>>477215436At the very least get a gamepad controller. You really want an analogue stick for smoother controls. With some of the aircraft you can literally tear off the wings with a sudden full flight stick input which is the result of using keyboard buttons. DCS doesn't have mouse controls for flying, but if you really, really want to there are plenty of virtual joystick software out there that let you turn your mouse into a controller that can be used in DCS.Anyway trial is free if you download it from the official site (and not Steam), so give it a shot.
>>477215436let me guess, you just want to see how it looks in VR?had to think why somebody would want to get a flight simulator without flight simulator peripheralsyou can fly the default free aircraft with either the mouse or keyboard, it will be somewhat awkward, but should be doablesomebody made a feature request in regards to these control schemes, and the developer basically said "we don't give a fuck about people who don't use joysticks."I replied that this shit has been a feature of flight sims since the fucking beginning.
>>477220758>I replied that this shit has been a feature of flight sims since the fucking beginning.No it hasn't. You couldn't play Jane's F-18 without a controller, and the devs back then said the exact same thing. So fuck off.
>>477221821>2000shut the fuck up you stupid faggot
Any chuds here playing nuclear option?
>>477222890maybe it'll be good in 10 months time
>>477135146Whore
>>477222019>>477220758Tell me you weren't alive in the 90s without telling me you weren't alive in the 90s
>>477215436>thinking into trying out DCSDCS is fucking free. You just download and try it, ffs. People even "play" it without fucking anything by setting up massive AI battles and stuff, just like with arma. Also the free plane has so many autopilot options that it flies itself anyway.
what are we doing tonight fine gentlemen
>>477240174Flying noisily over Australia
>>477240470nicemy fucking glareshield light died
well I made it into FSD safe and sound, love the KNS-81
>>477233261>>477240470Where is this guys house? I’ve been meaning to learn how to fly Concorde.
Seoul Incheon -> Shanghai Pudong. did that a month ago IRL and wanted to fly it again :(
>>477195672Personally I cannot wait for A2A's Piper Aerostar which is clearly one of the sexiest planes of all time, I think I will be waiting a while unfortunately.
>>477251845I want to fly a dreamliner irl but I really don't need to go to canada.
It's a lovely day /simg/, why are you not indoors flying?
>>475324337If only this game wasn't run by fucking Russians they could actually make REDFOR aircraft with data gleaned by OSINT without their staff being sent to the gulag forever. Like it used to be back in the 80s and 90s.
>>477011471Razbam should stealth release the SDK out of spite. It would save DCS to let actual sane people develop for it.
Not all who wander are lost, but I sure am.
>>477233261>complaining 60 times per daydid he do anything else that year? christ
>>477273484probably retired, and retarded
>>477251856A2A has more employees yet still works slower than what I’m pretty sure is still one guy lmfao
>>477283642They are bloody slow, their addons are superb but still.
>>477233860swing and a miss
>>477015642Oooh does its got the russians suck putler cum like vodka missile ?
>>477296002>ukraine's army is getting obliterated by a bomb loaded with Putin's cumnice
>>477273484Der boomer strikes.
what are the best airshows to visit around the world? on my list i have most of bigger EU and US ones as well as dubai and china
>>477309175the local no-name airshow without massive crowds, a close display line, and unique and local equipment
The hills are alive with the sound of music.
>>477286487Yeah, and it’s good nothing they make is a direct competitor to a Black Square product and I hope it stays that way, because the moment they’re in direct competition I’ll probably have to go with Black Square over A2A
>>477311342>local no-name airshow>2mi straight shot from my house>$65 a head>no local discount>same boring military shit we've all seen a thousand timesI'll sit out in my backyard with a pair of binoculars but that's all I'm dealing with.
POV: You get jumped by a migger but you've already dropped your loadI'm gonna miss this thing come the 21st
>>477081221>>477085830>>477321990Stopped in Tasmania to refuel the jet on the way to New Zealand and saw there was a bridge nearby named Batman Bridge, so had to go visit that
>>477337675what happens to that thing on the 21st?
>>477347608he's not skilled enough to kill iranian f-4's like a chad iraqi ready to score the first kill of a f-15c with an aa-6 acrid off his mig-25takbir
>>477337784Should've used the proper plane
My hand hurts after gripping a joystick for like 30 secondswhat do
>>477355943Ask around your local glory hole for professional tips.
>>477355943stop fucking grasping it so god damn hard, it's not gonna fly away
>>477287847t. admitting he wasn't alive in the 90s without saying itLmao, he fell right for it
Nick was so real for including this interior
>>477347608Poor thing gets replaced by a much sexier mav truck.
do you have a photocard of the love of your life in your jet anon?
>>477363908>he replied
I don't care what you fags say: synthetic vision is kino.
>>477411527maybe learn how to read a chart faggot
>>477411943But I'm illiterate.
>>477400714no, shameful, only cold flares for you
Anyone bought the Kola map?Looking at the pictures on the store page it really doesn't look good
>>477414157>the texture quality is downscaled to 33%>the trees are wrong and look bad>geometry is very simplistic but sharpI have hope for it but it's the earliest of early accesses, feels like they released it way too early.
>>477411527relying on your garbagemin smartphone gps 3d map is a surefire way to die or get your pilot license revoked
>>477415193Then why are we taking down all our radio navaids with the only excuse being "you have a gps tho?"
>>477415603airports still have themit's okay to rely on gps when you're flying high and safe, but if you want to land in low visibility near elevated terrain you absolutely need more reliable radio nav that doesn't make oopsies if someone decides to jam gps nearby
>>477415193Damn bro it's video games calm down.
>>477309175RIAT
>>477416385garmin can already land the plane better than you can bwo?
>>477414959Silly river
>>477374065
Cessna Grand Caravan heading towards Los Angeles.
>>477309175I recommend not taking any buses up from Brienz to Axalp, and not taking any ski-lifts from Axalp up to right before the viewing areas of the air demonstrations.
>>477445959The forbidden candy cane...
>>477415603because they're expensive you stupid fuckhead
>>477453305Chemtrail simulator.
>flying over the open water>suddenly lost orientation and cant figure out where up or down is>stall and crash into the water head first300 flight simulator npc people died in that crash and nobody survived
>>477464430bro your ADI?
>>477464430And you guys were talking mad shit about synthetic vision.
>>477464430it's okay air france will still hire you
>>477464852>>477465270>>477465432the Plane was suddenly upside down and I I was trying to correct but that was what put the plane into a dangerous position to begin with. my vision was fucked and I totally couldnt orient myself. my eyes and brain told me its upside down but all instruments had somehow failed or did they wtf?it was a long distance flight too.I feel terrible
>>477466278>my eyes and brain told me its upside down but all instruments had somehow failedthis is why you need special training to trust your instruments to fly IFR
>>477445959>two navmaps + separate trafficFor what purpose
>>476846612For about a third of that price (70 bucks), webm related lets you emulate the entire top of flight stick found on any aircraft in DCS. The catch is that it has no throttle slider and its triggers are digital, but you can just use right stick for rudder/anti-torque pedals
>>477445959more maps more better
>>477482840meant for >>477482609
>>477482769for half of that price (35 bucks), pic related does all that plus has a throttle slider
Invasion of Yugoslavia was a bit of a diversion.. back to our operations in Malta. Been pretty tricky playing without the labels on enemy craft. Buggers really blend into the terrain. Either that or i get in a quick burst and tear my mates wing off. Not on Haha.Still enjoying this campaign though. Using the 109E-7. Good little kite, really getting accustomed to it now. Even started thinking in German now! Just a bit of fun LOL Keith
>>477465432kek
mornin fags
>>477486050what a fucking nightmare
Been doing some rotorops generated missions. I've completed this escort mission a few different times and keep getting the fratricide message despite no friendly fire during the entire conflict. Pour through the logs on 3 different 1.5 hour+ missions, zero friendly fire. Finally filter through the events to see that when I'm shot down (random triggered zsu that catches you on spawn), MY OWN hellfires count as fratricide when I crash. I'm guessing because they're armed or something? Everything in dcs outside the cockpit is embarrassing.
SU15 never fucking EVER
>>477510182At what point do you get the message?
>>477511429Oddly, you don't get it until you've completed the mission (or given up). I've watched the track files, sorted logs and even watched tacview just to make sure, no friendly fire other than my chopper crashing (at which point it lists all of the remaining hellfies as "hits" on my own vehicle. One mission I had 3 left, another I had 2 left, both times it counted them as hits on my own aircraft. Pretty stupid shit.
>>477511623Have you started and then instantly given up to see if it still says the same?
>>477513252Yeah, even started and cratered to see if it would produce the result. No luck. It seems to only happen after combat/triggers happen. Though I'm not sure if I armed/was'd the weapons before I crashed on purpose. I'll have to try that later as well. It's just so annoying to finish a 2 hour mission successfully just to see that stupid error and have the results taken from you.
Fellas I have a question. With DCS getting a full fidelity Mig29 I've been a bit interested but I want to see how it turns out before I get too excited. I saw some guys mention features the model coming would have and some were mentioning a Russian data link. Are they on crack or was there really a Russian DL? I can't seem to find anything on it.
>>477513252Tried it again 2 more times. The last time I actually completed the mission fully (trying to crater with hellfires armed did not reproduce). I ended up completing the mission without a single loss on the blue side, STILL got fucking fratracided. I give the fuck up, this shit is beyond retarded.
>>477524974Maybe you have a suicidal co-pilot who an heroes at the end of the mission.
>>477523674I don't know much about it, but I believe that its more of a pseudo datalink with GCI input. The FF Fulcrum is supposed to come with a new GCI system.
>>477523674they could display and lock onto tracks provided remotely by AWACS I'm pretty sure, but it's not a datalink in the same sense as sharing between jets
>>477523674>Are they on crack or was there really a Russian DL?It's eagle dynamics, they'll just make it up and say 'it's this way because we we can't show you how it aaactually is' ala Airwolf.
I do not care for twist rudders
>>477555531I’ve been satisfied since I moved to rudder pedals, but I’m still getting used to it after using twist rudders for like 15 years
>>477556387For me it's fine for helicopters but for planes I'm really not a fan and it doesn't feel right.
>>477555531>>477556387I love throttle rudders but there are so few throttles with a decent rudder solution.
>>477558209>throttle ruddera whatis this a hover homo thing
>>477564024
>>477564123personally I feel like that would be better used as a tiller axis nglwouldn't want to use that in flight but on the ground it seems interesting
>>477564312how about both? it's super comfortable during flight, one of the reasons I haven't switched from the t.16000m throttle yet.
>>477564653I enjoy using rudder pedals, it's quite nice and gives my feet something to do
>>477564823oh I'm switching to proper rudders as soon as I my financial situation is more stable.my point is throttle rudder > twist rudders
>>477565203this is true, just rare as fuckthe turtle beach pedals are nice, it's a shame honeycomb shit the bed because I was really looking forward to the charlies from them to go with my alpha and bravo
>>477568502What happened to them anyway? Are they even still around?I wish I loved my bravo as much as I wanted to. The levers are really nice but configuring it for anything other than msfs defaults is a chore, and the trim wheel is a fucking joke. Also the switch placement at the top of the throttles never jived for me but that could be a personal thing.
uppity
My favorite part of train simulators is buying the same DLC over and over again when a new version releases.
>>477587085have you considered getting into fifa ultimate team?
>>477587776does the DLC cost as much as hiring a real football team?
sniff
>say word, money stolen
>>477590998ew
>>477595361>greet my copilot friend, Jack>Hi, Jack!>account stolen
>>477602501https://youtu.be/WeQ-aeJd-Kk?si=xFb_-8dFBIuSq7vS
>>477577481I think they went bust, which I find odd because they sold tonnes and were very popular.
>>477577481seems like incredibly poor management and possibly embezzlement
>>477564653I'm doing the same with t16000m, something about having to twist the joystick during flight doesn't seem right, especially on approach it's the last thing I want to do.
>>477414959>feels like they released it way too early.wonder if they released kola early because ED urgently needs money
>>477620125It's because it's from the same guys at razscam that "made" SA.
ded
haha oh fuck
Folks ! Hope we are well. Taking a break from that rather large user campaign I've been playing. Thought I'd do a pilot career in a good old IL-2. Been doing some ground attack.. First couple of campaigns were a pain in the arse till we started flying the field modded ones with the gunners in. Still doesn't stop you getting a hole in your arse from AA. Still have no clue how bombing works in 1946 with the IL-2s. At least in Great Battles you'd line the crosshair up with the lines painted on the nose... worked great in VR.. Just eyeballing it really. Keith
yeah we vipe
>>477638332>Just eyeballing it really.Look at mister Russian pilot Keith here with true Russian bombing procedures.
>>477650060Yuh
>>477687616>NVRVoops*NZRV
the hell is the taxiway a steep inclineit broke my propeller :(
And now some guy's stuck behind me
Fixed the propeller and pulled the plane up the hill, but is this even a taxiway? It's smaller than my plane, and this is a tiny plane
cute kiwi though
where the fuck am I taxiing
>>477708223Careful in Queenstown mate. Tourist town. Prices out the arse up there. LOL. Keith
>>477708890There's kiwis all over the taxiways, they're gonna get run over
>>477707950>>477708223https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iDgMuLFyHQ
Attention Australians you MUST present your internet ID card to me upon request it's the law.
Just wanted to say had a nice sortie in the a-10, gunned some trucks, collapsed building, almost killed a friendly Huey who was flying too close to it. Had fun and landed just as sun came down
>>477687616Fuck yeah Porter.
>>477707950>>477709357audibly keked
>>477715861New Zealand bush trip assigned me the G950 cockpit version so not quite as classy looking
>>477725076I still do not know what is the point of bush trips with glass cockpit, isn't the point to navigate visually?
>>477727812yeah it's a bit odd they didn't use the gps-less planes more, I think there's just one or twoAlso thought it was odd the bush trip section of the flight training activities uses the Icon A5 and is about water takeoffs/landings, while none of the bush trips use that plane or any water planes
>>477728091>I think there's just one or twoone or two bush trips I mean
How long until precipitation causes downdrafts in MSFS
>>477733774Is in 20th place or so on the wishlist
>>477727812I suppose having a huge map is useful
>>477725076I've yet to upgrade my old 980ti but have a beast of everything else, on Blackbird's site it's recommending 8gb minimum VRAM for the porter, is that just because of the glass cockpits? I'd love to get it but don't want it to run like arse.
>>477751615dunno I just have the one that comes with MSFS
>>477751698Ah right I think that one is a bit basic in comparison so probably runs fine.
>>477735165I love that nowhere on that list is "improve the dreadful on-rails flight models". Screenshot simulator indeed.
I wasn't really all that hyped for the phantom but this actually looks pretty cool.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mbhueNPEZo
>>477758360The funny thing is the aerodynamic modeling in MSFS is actually really complex. Like they are actually continuously simulating packets of air being affected by props and the wing. The problem is the calculations when you get out of profile become too hard and the system falls apart. So you end up with worse flight dynamics than spagget LUA scripting.
>>477746939the route is pre-programmed into the gps though so it's not just map, it's map with a bright magenta line showing where to fly, you can't get lost, you could fly these bush flights entirely IFR, defeating the purpose
>>477758360>dreadful on rails flight modelsYou’ve obviously never flown in a MS flight sim before MSFSOr you’re some XPlane faggot who thinks getting constantly thrown about by that spastic flight model is realistic
>>477762129>>477784336X-plane is a CFD flight model same as NASA uses, it literally doesn't get more realistic than that
>>477784628And yet it still somehow feels completely retarded compared to a real planeMSFS feels the most well balanced out of any sim, even though it’s obviously not true to life either
>>477784874well, austin disagreesx-plane exists solely to satisfy his autism of how it feels to sim his irl plane
>>477786526And Austin is a spastic who can’t optimize his game worth a damn
better bomb truck than the eagle
>>477784628I'll take good scenery over flight models desu
>>477797804Not even trying to beat the screenshot simulator allegations, are we?
>>477784336>You’ve obviously never flown in a MS flight sim before MSFSWhat the hell are you even trying to say here?I've played flight simulator since 2.0. I've never tried X-Plane. MSFS20's flight models are trash compared to DCS.
>>477784874>MSFS feels the most well balanced out of any simDCS has the best flight model for any non-commercial/millitary simulator, but probably not much fun for a civvie.
>>477797804>I'll take good scenery over flight models desuI wish they'd just make microsoft aircraft/aerial photographer simulator for you people so we can actually have some real *flight* simulation.
simulated bump
>>477802854That kid could be the next Juan Trippe
Why have I only just discovered the IAI Westwind/1121 Jet Commander. It's gorgeous. Old business jets are pure sex.
>>477802854Why is X Plane not popular if the flight model is good?
After 6 years of playing DCS finally decide to upload some simming videos. >upload a video made a month ago>zero views>try to record some flying after work, gf makes several long phone calls, interrupting and ruining the recordings.>at half past midnight finally get the opportunity to record me fighting some miggers in my F-5>Keep getting shot downalright fuck it for tonight lads. try again tomorrow. I really want to livestream the F-4's debut but the way this is going I dont have a bloody chance in hell
>>477832756I've been brainstorming a machinima sort of thing with my mate for 1946, going for a comedy of sorts. Since we're kiwis we'll probably focus mostly on us getting up to no good in the pacific/south east asiaStill not sure about the tone, whether to go for complete comedy or to keep it grounded somewhatThe biggest challenge is actually figuring out how to script it. Since a mission itself can be pretty random in its outcome, i guess the best course is to build maybe a framework of a script around it, play the mission, and then maybe write most of the dialogue around that
>>477832756I got 3k views on a DCS videoI'm so happy
>>477811843There's nothing realistic about the FM in Xplane, or MSFS. The only other sim that comes close to realistic flight modeling to DCS is RoF
>>477839413Give me Digital Civvie Simulator and I’ll switch in a heartbeat
>>477842614then fly the Christen Eagle in DCS and make laps around Syria
>>477842614I literally fly nothing but the warbirds over the Nevada map 99.9% of the time and simply pretend I'm a multi millionaire warbird owner.I'd kill for another US state to fly over. Something on the east coast, Florida, Virginia, something with a NAS to justify it.
>>477811843bad graphicsthat's literally it
>>477847020Can't you imagine that you're a millionaire warbird owner and decided to take a trip to the Marianas or something?
niggas we going down
>>477848989Why the FUCK would I take my imaginary warbird apart, put it in shipping containers and have it shipped to a small island on the other side of the world?! Get your shit together, man. I'm a millionaire who lives in a mcmansion just outside of Las Vegas
>>477795860the phantom only wins in unguided bombsstill excited to blanket a whole field with 24 mk-82s, but where it counts for praticality the streakle carries 11 gbu-12s to the phantom's 6
>>477860194did ED ever fix the blast radius for bombs fucking sucking total ass?
>>477863827lol no
who gonna bake
