Simulated Aerial Combat Roundtable

[Animl-AW]

Looked at dcs again last night for a bit

Channel map b17 interception...

In vr the bombers are very blurry brown smears until they are almost in firing range..

It was too blurry to enjoy

It that normal in vr?

Noticed my head can still poke out past the cockpit and you get the wind noise...that normal still?

Is that the best I can expect with a system like mine?

Eagler

In short
Its just another thing you must tweak to force it to work properly.
You’ll spend more time working on it than flying it.
How cumbersome, like everything in DCS.

AH has THE BEST implementation of VR.

I’ve never seen such a fixation on self-convincing mode.

Ya basically have 4 guys on repeat mode, working over-time keeping a thread on top.
, so they talk to themselves to do it.

(Yawn)

[CptTrips]

But it really bugs you so...

[CptTrips]

Seems to me that Iran could (with a little Russian help) probably reverse engineer  a new Tomcat if they wanted. I wonder what happened to all those phoenix missiles. I'm pretty sure that all that taxpayer money got wasted as it usually is with the government. I think it would have been cool to see the phoenix rise again on a new airframe, Maybe an "escort" version of the B1?

It turns out that Iran is shockingly inept technologically.  The russians a little less so, when they are occasionally sober.

A few years back they announced an revolutionary new attack helicopter had been developed.  Basically a Bell 206 chopped up with a welding torch and a paint job.  Hang a irrigation pipe on it to hang some rockets off and call it revolutionary.

The amazing invincible Shahed!!!!


I could see the ruskies and iranians duct taping together a walmart version F-14 clone.  But that is jsut the beginning.  It takes an entire maintenence and logistics supply capability to keep them operational that I doubt iranians are good at.

[edge12674]

Eagler (or anyone else seeking info), you might want to check out Discord.  This is one of the more current ways players communicate about games.  Not only does Discord serve as a forum, but it also has chat, voice, and video sharing.  Sad that there is no AH Discord.  Forums are left over for us old dudes!  Here is a link to VR Vive settings.

https://discord.gg/mrXQKdNz

Hope this helps.

[Animl-AW]

Eagler (or anyone else seeking info), you might want to check out Discord.  This is one of the more current ways players communicate about games.  Not only does Discord serve as a forum, but it also has chat, voice, and video sharing.  Sad that there is no AH Discord.  Forums are left over for us old dudes!  Here is a link to VR Vive settings.

https://discord.gg/mrXQKdNz

Hope this helps.

Gee, what a concept, 62 pages late.

[CptTrips]

I need to give IL2 another serious try. 

I bought all the modules on sale beginning of Covid.  At the time, it just didn't click with me.  I guess I am ambivalent on eastern front stuff.

Might at least try a campaign. 

[AKIron]

When you can see the whites of their eyes, you're too close!

[CptTrips]

When you can see the whites of their eyes, you're too close!

Chuck's guide had a nice section on bombing and using wing\target reference angles.  Also mentions minimum release altitudes.

https://chucksguides.com/aircraft/dcs/p-51d/

[CptTrips]

I saw this mentioned as a good source of video tweaks.  I saved to link to look at.  Most of these settings might be too much for VR (prolly 2d optimal for making films) but it is a good discussion and gives you things to try:

[hazmatt]

I need to give IL2 another serious try. 

I bought all the modules on sale beginning of Covid.  At the time, it just didn't click with me.  I guess I am ambivalent on eastern front stuff.

Might at least try a campaign. 

Very cool. One of the things that I think is cool that I did not see but might have missed in the film is when the tank crews bail out of the destroyed tanks.

[hazmatt]

When you can see the whites of their eyes, you're too close!

The thing that always seems to get me is when a big chunk of plane falls off at close range and you can't avoid it.

[AKIron]

How not to shoot rockets.

[Animl-AW]

Dcs could never ever pull off a scenario with 100% human pilots like AH did.

Losers!!!

LAMER DCS is an Ai game. A true sleeper

[LCADolby]

I need to give IL2 another serious try. 

I bought all the modules on sale beginning of Covid.  At the time, it just didn't click with me.  I guess I am ambivalent on eastern front stuff.

Might at least try a campaign. 

I've got loads of IL-2 vids and VODs on my channel, which may convince you to give it a fair shot..
If you can bear with my rather morbid sounding voice, you can hear there is still fun to be had in that game.

[AKIron]

This your video Trips?