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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 :-))
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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
How do you interact with it? I mean I know it’s touch screen, but how do you place it so it’s all in your field of view? Do you have it mounted underneath your main display somehow? Do you have some kind of cockpit set up? Or do you just have it setting to one side of your main display? I don’t think I would like the latter option, because I think it would be hard to keep focused on flying while I was constantly looking to one side. I’m very curious to learn what you have done with it. If you do have it off to the side of your main display how is it to fly like that?
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Custom simpit.
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Custom simpit.
Very nice! Unfortunately, I don’t have a desk that would allow me to do that. My tab is underneath my main display but because I’m limited in room on my current desk I couldn’t go with anything much bigger. I have my mfcds on my tab and can switch to the ICP if I want but that’s all. You have given me some good ideas for future setups. Thanks for sharing that.
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There isn’t a desk that would allow anyone to do this. That’s why it’s a custom simpit, and that’s why I got all these non-simulation, non-PC-gaming tools at home
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There isn’t a desk that would allow anyone to do this. That’s why it’s a custom simpit, and that’s why I got all these non-simulation, non-PC-gaming tools at home
Well the exact way you have it set up true but if you get a custom monitor stand it handles 3 or a 3+1 quite easily at least on the desk I purchased for my computing goodness. Mine takes up more room than a normal computer desk by far but it does exactly what I want it to. Including my old pic since I haven’t been able to find it anywhere here as an example.
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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.
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.
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.
IMHO, Ice knows his stuff, here…
His driving a car analogy is spot on . I’ve been doing this sim for a long time. I can start the jet, borsesight Mav’s, etc. without thinking. However, I’m still learning things on how to be really good at implementation. Like, for example, when you waited for Pitbull before bugging out. That to me is what BMS brings to the table.
Ah, yes, the Falcon Dance. When I first found BMS in took two weeks to get the HOTAS working, and when I got in the 'pit the brakes were locked(the old “click the UI reverse button” thing)
Ice wrote as I did, but better. You are getting the most out of BMS. Be happy with your results.** -
IMHO, Ice knows his stuff, here…
Thanks for the acknowledgement, drtbkj!! IMHO, the “Falcon Dance” is a rite of passage, and only those worthy may proceed
Well the exact way you have it set up true but if you get a custom monitor stand it handles 3 or a 3+1 quite easily at least on the desk I purchased for my computing goodness. Mine takes up more room than a normal computer desk by far but it does exactly what I want it to. Including my old pic since I haven’t been able to find it anywhere here as an example.
Ah, yes, that’s the pic.
Personally, I’d find it quite strange to LOOK UP when you normally LOOK DOWN in the pit. That, plus touchscreens, so it not only gives more information due to cockpit extraction, it also brings the full cockpit controls to your fingertips! Full rampstart without touching the mouse or keyboard, MFD image where it’s supposed to be makes pressing the right OSB much easier, and no more pressing key combinations. I also have my HOTAS at thigh-height for a more ergonomic posture during flying.