Tough Game
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Use your PPT’s to mark friendly CAP’s …SAM’s or Tanker
Didn’t even think about that. I was only marking enemy threats and the FLOT.
PtH, don’t be too concerned about how the UI “grades you” . How that happens is an arcane science that has been discussed here frequently.
Does it affect your overall campaign progress? OR, does your campaign only suffer if you don’t fly missions? How much do you have an effect on the overall way things are going on your side?
This sim impresses me more and more. I know the AI doesn’t have “feelings”, but I think they do by the way they reacted to me today. Today I finished a BarCap. Near the end of my station time I spotted a flight of 3 Mig29’s on my FCR. They were just inside enemy territory so I decided to make a short incursion and see if I could take one out. I got close enough where I thought they would be within Rtr and locked one up. At this point I started taking Flak as well. I fired the aim120 and waited for it to pitbull. It did, and I immediately made a split-S and lit the afterburner. After going supersonic I quickly returned to my side of the fence. I didn’t know until later but my missile found its mark. This is where it felt like to me the AI had feelings because those other 2 mig 29s pursued me deep into my own territory like they were seeking revenge for their lost comrade. A friendly flight engaged them. I don’t know what happened after that because I was out of missiles and decided to continue to Osan. Now I don’t know if the AI is just stupid and pursues everyone like that into certain death. Or, they just sometimes do quirky stuff like that. Either way, it felt real at the time.
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I started with the original and I am still learning/lucky. I understand.
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It seems when you are new you are so involved with just operating the jet you are literally just flying by the seat of your pants not really thinking anything out. Dragging the northerners back to my side never even occurred to me to think about doing.
Just like driving a car… at first you are thinking “clutch, gear change, ease of the clutch, gas…” As you gain experience, you stop thinking about those and you just **DO the actions. Just as that frees up your brain to have SA in your driving environment, this will also free up your brain to have SA in your flight environment.
Also I was so busy with flying/not getting killed I never turned on the ACMI.
TacView and SyncNix. You can thank me later.
I’m really glad I decided to give this a try as the control and general setup seemed daunting at first. Which, by the way, was completely worth it now. I found it easier to just start up my dcs a10 as my tm warthog was plug and play.
The setup part is called the Falcon Dance. Everyone has their own version of it and everyone has to do it one way or another. Got a new PC and installing BMS? Dancing time. New BMS version and a clean install is recommended? Get out the dancing shoes! While DCS is a great sim in it’s own right, as you have noticed, it lacks the “unknown” factor that a DC gives you so. That “unknown” gets you to keep your head in a swivel, gets you to query every radar contact, and gets you on your toes as you approach the FLOT and you don’t relax until you’re out of Indian territory again.
Does it affect your overall campaign progress? OR, does your campaign only suffer if you don’t fly missions? How much do you have an effect on the overall way things are going on your side?
I wouldn’t worry about that very much. Unless you’re one of those that likes playing the “ground game” and just flies every X amount of in-game hours to keep the game engine happy, you’ll have many, many more flights to affect the campaign.
This sim impresses me more and more. I know the AI doesn’t have “feelings”, but I think they do by the way they reacted to me today.
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This is where it felt like to me the AI had feelings because those other 2 mig 29s pursued me deep into my own territory like they were seeking revenge for their lost comrade.The AI has agents in the field and they most likely have a copy of your logbook and know exactly who you are. They have “feelings” and they have motivations… the guy you just took out? Well it was supposed to be his last flight as he was retiring on the weekend. The other two with him were his closest buddies… and there were actually 4 MiGs. Two of them went after you, one stayed to aid with the search-and-rescue. When he told your pursuers that he didn’t see a chute, I guess that just got your pursuers to see red and that’s why they chased you well past the FLOT.
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The AI has agents in the field and they most likely have a copy of your logbook and know exactly who you are. They have “feelings” and they have motivations… the guy you just took out? Well it was supposed to be his last flight as he was retiring on the weekend. The other two with him were his closest buddies… and there were actually 4 MiGs. Two of them went after you, one stayed to aid with the search-and-rescue. When he told your pursuers that he didn’t see a chute, I guess that just got your pursuers to see red and that’s why they chased you well past the FLOT.
I’d believe you if I didn’t know any better. That’s the way they reacted anyway. Nice story though. Lol.
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Why let reality get in the way of immersion and a good story??
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…I know that in the Mac version of FAF, if you gun down a guy on a parachute the sim will make a point of spanking you HARD for the next few sessions…until it “gets over it”.
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PizzaTheHutt,
Please keep the stories coming!
Awesome read! It is exactly how I feel everytime I go on a mission. Everything is planned until all hell breaks loose.
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May i ask the OP what rig is he flying?
Because adding jetseat, mfds and an external icp (soft or hard) makes the immersion that much deeper. -
May i ask the OP what rig is he flying?
Because adding jetseat, mfds and an external icp (soft or hard) makes the immersion that much deeper.I have an [email protected], EVGA GTX 980ti SC ACX 2.0, 16 gigs of gskills ripjaws ram @2133, win10 64bit and BMS falcon installed on SSD, Asus 27" 144hz 1080p monitor, Trackir 5, tm warthog hotas, tm tfrp pedals (got these for free from newegg with purchase of warthog), I use komurcu’s android app that let’s me use my mfcd’s and my ICP on my nvidia shield k1 tablet.
As for a jetseat or cockpit setup, the wife would probably murder me if I spent the money on that. It was tough enough process to get the stuff I do have. The next thing I’m sure she won’t be thrilled with is when I purchase a new CPU, motherboard, CPU cooler and RAM. I have the room for a cockpit setup, however. After the CPU upgrade though I’m thinking it might be time for VR. Then of course comes the GPU upgrade whenever the 1100 series comes out.;)
PizzaTheHutt,
Please keep the stories coming!
Awesome read! It is exactly how I feel everytime I go on a mission. Everything is planned until all hell breaks loose.
PikaI glad you liked it. I’ll see what I can do. I have to learn so much more. However, the mistakes I make, it seems, are what make playing more “interesting”, shall we say.
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Hi pizza.
I love flying the f15c eagle, you should try it.
Escort/Barcab/Tarcap missions.The 200 mile take off from kadena to clean the DMZ is (lit) or even escort f15E from Taegu AB.
ABDO
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I use komurcu’s android app that let’s me use my mfcd’s and my ICP on my nvidia shield k1 tablet.
Any more info on the app?
Cheers!
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dumba… Look here… https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?16247-Falcon-MFD-Software-for-android-tablets
This app on my old system lags too much, though.If you’re just looking for just an ICP/DED output, check out MikeJ’s app. Works great…
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?18771-Android-Falcon-ICP-DED -
Any more info on the app?
Cheers!
I also use Komurcu’s software. It may lag though if you do have a fast system and would highly recommend using a quad core tablet as well.
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Any more info on the app?
Cheers!
I also use Komurcu’s software. It may lag though if you do have a fast system and would highly recommend using a quad core tablet as well.
If you have the desktop power, dumba, I would highly recommend the nvidia shield k1 tablet. Komurcu’s software runs great on it. The price for what you get is really a good deal. It has one of, if not the fastest processor in an android tab. The same could be said of its GPU. You can also stream games straight from your desktop PC to the shield if you have a GTX GPU in your desktop. I’ve even done it remotely at friends houses that have good internet. Although I wouldn’t recommend a session of falcon on the shield. Streaming is mostly good with console ports using a gamepad and mouse controlled strategy games.
Komurcu’s app also ran pretty good on my galaxy s6 but I found the screen too small for my taste. Maybe if you have a phone with a larger screen like the note it could work. That’s why I got the shield, the larger screen you get with a tab and the fast CPU and GPU were perfect for it.
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One of my early investments was TM MFD bevels. For the price you can’t really go wrong IMHO. A lot of the functions you can do with a HOTAS (especially FCR). But switching modes, changing scales, and using laser bombs is so much easier and better. I still like it on the ramp start when you lit DTE/LOAD using the buttons.
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I glad you liked it. I’ll see what I can do. I have to learn so much more. However, the mistakes I make, it seems, are what make playing more “interesting”, shall we say.
Hey PTH,
Join a squadron and double the fun!!
My squadron, The 87th Stray Dogs extends an invitation to try a VFS.
Visit http://www.87th.org/ and ask for more help.
We fly every thursday and sunday night 20:00 EST.
Our instructors consist of some very experienced BMS pilots as well as Real Life/Military Pilots/Aviators
We look forward to hearing from you!
PS. by the looks of it, it shows you can write, so it would be nice to have stories to go with our flights! -
Why get a nVidia Shield tablet with an 8" screen when for a little more dough, you can get a 22" or 24" touchscreen and get that much more real estate?
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Why get a nVidia Shield tablet with an 8" screen when for a little more dough, you can get a 22" or 24" touchscreen and get that much more real estate?
Sure, you could go that route too and just use 2 displays. I was just recommending a fast tablet to use with Komurcu’s app. If you have the room for 2 displays that would be ideal, of course. You would be sure not to suffer from lag that way, at least. Not to mention the extra screen space, as you said.
I do like the tablet method the way I have it set up. With it only being 8 inches, I have it setting right behind my keyboard and it’s small enough not to block my main display. That way I can still keep both in my field of view. Of course, now that you mention it, the method you described would be interesting to try.
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That’s the best way to use your second display. Unfortunately, it’s hard to fit that on an 8" screen
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This is a great Sim and unfortunately my DCS titles are getting dusty. Now try the carrier campaigns with the Hornet, and surviving a mission and landing on the carrier at night is the ultimate rewarding experience :-))