What happens in the simulator stays in the simulator
Okay, I definitely need to unpack my TrackIR. Itās a bit cumbersome trying to look around the cockpit with the keyboard.
Also, I donāt seem to be great at following the tutorials.
Yeah they are brittle scripts. Need to be on point and stick to it. I never get them right first go. Just shut the server down, had a blast going after harriers and a mirage F1 in a MiG-21.
Yeah, I typically try to follow the tutorials as best as I can, but end up watching a YouTube tutorial as well
Quickest way to find out how to do things is in a multiplayer environment with open comms. But the best way to actually ingrain the knowledge is those tutorials followed by regular exercise until it becomes āthe way of doing thingsā.
Its funny how across different machines some lessons and systems stay relevant. Certain navigation systems, or the way you activate weapons on the MiGs. Of course lining up a runway and greasing a touchdown is only marginally different between different fighters. If you can land a viper, you certainly can land a hog or a hornet.
So, yeah.
I just spent another 90 bucks on DCS.
Basically had to buy the Syria map, as a lot of things use it, and it is supposedly super great. And the super-carrier was 40% off (probably still is) so I got a new baby to launch my F-18 from.
Flash sale on the DCS store!
I already picked up Syria and an F-18 campaign, and Iām pretty keen on getting a campaign for Harrier too.
Does anyone have any experience with either of the available campaigns, Hormuz Freedom and Sky Warrior?
I found Hormuz Freedom ā¦ not very good. Itās ok I guess, but nowhere near the stuff Baltic Dragon and Ground Pounder Sims put out. But those donāt have harrier campaigns out (yet) afaik. Very good ones for Hog and Hornet though!
A shame. I grabbed Hormuz anyway as I wanted one of them while on sale, and pickings are slim for AV-8B. :(
Not for long, and itās workable. I got about five flights in until I hit a refuelling wall. Too rusty to do it reliably, and the script depends on it.
AFAIK thereās a bunch of scripted campaigns in the works for the harrier, and itās a natural fit for the (still in dev) dynamic campaign. I wonder if theyāll ever solve some of the weird performance bottlenecks in the ancient DCS code, straighten out AI, if you could code āCarrier Commandā in DCS mission script. I wouldnāt be surprised if you can.
Awful if true. Hopefully they will be utilized for their skills and not sent to the front as cannon fodder.
Goddammit. I want this shit to be over, Putin be gone and Russia rejoining the free world again :(
That really blows. I hope the best for them.
Bought a couple campaigns, the Persian gulf map and Combined Arms during the sale.
Still wondering what other modules I should pick up. I am hesitant to buy more, as I have FC3 and the F/A-18 right now. I am still learning to use those, I got flight/landing down, but now is the very complicated part of learning radar etc.
Seeing a lot of the hype around Cold War stuff makes me want to check out the MiG-21 and F-5, they are both 30$ each now. (50% off)
I suppose I could wait for the winter sale, butā¦
There are some great arguments here, as well as a bunch of really popular PvP/PvE servers set up in the cold war era. I really want to try out the Enigma PvP server, but I only have the A-10C and SU-25 that are allowed on that server.
I love the F-5. A relatively simple little hot rod. The MiG-21 is a good buy if you want to test your landing skills. :) Thereās a learning curve for that one. I need to go back and fly it some more.
I am really looking forward to the F-4 coming out.
The MiG by a country mile. It oozes character.
Same! But as an Australian Iād be most keen on an F-111, which was an icon of the skies around here before they were phased out. Iām sure one was rumoured as being in development at some point.
