Let’s make a thread and save all. 38 shots we’ve seen so far! Nice to have them all in one place.
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4.38 Screenshots
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Pics of your flight setup / home cockpit
I couldn’t find a thread for this and it’s always fun seeing what other people use to fly BMS with so I’ll go first.
Here’s my little corner in the basement.
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RE: 4.37 Screenshots
Coop flight - successful return after taking out two SA-2 sites. Almost home. Lead visible slightly ahead of me.
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RE: Falcon & the New Meta Quest 3
My only real concern I have is the communications with ATC and AI flights. I use VoiceAttack which usually works great but sometimes it glitches out and I have to use the minikeyboard below my ICP
Finding the right button sometimes is not that easy
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RE: Time for a new headset -- what to choose?
I’m very happy with Quest 3. Great lenses and resolution, mature product and software. Goos price for what you get.
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Lack of ATC response when requesting departure
When requesting a departure from tower and your takeoff time is in the future, no response is given from the tower, if you ask once more, approval is given for departure.
I would like to suggest that the tower replies something related to planned take off time for the flight, just to inform the pilot. What we have today works, just that it’s a bit hard to understand for newcomers. Adding an extra voice line for this would make it more crisp.
Details below:
Background:
Auto-fragged campaign mission on Balkans, take off from Aviano AB (or any theater or air base, we’ve seen it happen many times)I’ve also seen this with manually fragged campaign missions.
Runtime - scenario 1:
This specific mission, I’m starting via “TAXI” I talk to ground controller via UFC CH 2 and get clearance to taxi to runway and hold short.When arriving at the runway threshold, where I hold short, I contact the tower UFC CH 3.
No reply is given if my take off time is in the future. If I ask the same question again, tower comes back and approves our entry on the runway and take off.
Runtime - scenario 2:
Start “Runway”, player spawns in on runway threshold and contacts tower on UFC CH 3 with request for departure.If take off time is in the future, no answer is given, if player asks again for departure, approval is given.
Unknowns:
Is ATC busy with other flights?
Assumption is that tower waits to clear you to the runway before getting close to the take off time.If you want more data, please let me know. I can run a few missions additionally to test it.
Additional info:
How close to the hold short line should I be when talking to tower? I’m close to it, but not on it. - relates to @skippermike comment.
Post made by @Amadeus75 is what I’m trying to explain.
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RE: AVCS4 Immersive Voice Control Radios for VoiceAttack
@SemlerPDX Only once! So that’s the reason it doesn’t understand me. I’ll do it a couple of more times.
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RE: Optimizing Settings for Q3
What key commands do I use to toggle them? Thanks for info Mike
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RE: Optimizing Settings for Q3
So I bought and got the VD app up and running with my PC.
How can I configure pass through to my liking? I’m mainly interested in seeing just my ICP and some other buttonboxes I have in front of me.
The options in VD doesn’t allow me to draw or customize any specific area that matches this. Please tell me more how I can configure this. I’d also like the pass-through to be visible when I press a button, like a toggle switch if possible.
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RE: Optimizing Settings for Q3
Which MR app should I buy in the Meta/Oculus store to enable passthrough so I can see my devices?
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RE: Optimizing Settings for Q3
@MCDeedle why is that? I always use a link cable, open the oculus / meta program and connect the headset. Then I simply enable the vr desktop and launch bms.
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AI Wingman mid-air collision on overhead break
Approaching Amandola in Balkans after a mission, I’m a few miles out with my wingman in overhead pattern break formation, ready for doing the break.
I notice he’s on the left side instead of right and he decides to switch side, by going right through me. AI seems to be unaware where I am and flies right into me. We both end up dead and I get court martial
This issue I didn’t see in previous versions.
Latest version of BMS 4.37.4
Balkans 4.37.4 version -
RE: Which is the best Visual VR?
@tdr With that hardware, do not invest in VR It won’t work, it wont make you happy and it will look and play horrible. VR adds some serious hardware requirements on your PC setup.
If you where to buy new hardware, I’d buy no less than the following:
RAM: 32GB
STORAGE: 1 TB SSD/NVME
GPU: Nvidia 3070 or above… alt AMD 7900 or similar
CPU: AMD 5800X3D or higher.For the VR headset itself, I recommend the Meta Quest 3. It’s has good optics, high enough res displays and a good pass through mode. It’s priced pretty good too considering what you get.
VR is an expensive approach to gaming that both requires time and knowledge to get it working well, and sometimes not even that is enough. It’s a lot more mature than it was a few years ago but is still finicky and requires patience.
With upcoming 4.37.4 we are seeing the addition of OpenXR, it allows to eliminate the usage of Steam as a middle layer and that could potentially add a few, very much needed frames per second.
Factor in the cost of a new computer, the headset itself plus the time and effort needed to get it working. If that’s OK, dive in. It’s cool when it’s working.
Just buying a large monitor and head tracking is the cheap alternative. It’s not the same, but it’s still pretty good.
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RE: Questions for Quest 3 Owners?
@Raphael said in Questions for Quest 3 Owners?:
Are you satisfied with the Quest 3, or would you now recommend a different headset?
Very much, it’s a mature product, good optics, good enough fov and no screendoor or other annoying artifacts.
What cable do you suggest? I would ideally want to get a cable that wouldn’t require charging the headset.
I found on amazon a usb 3 cable with ability to plug in an extra charger. While using that when playing I’ve yet to run out of batteries if the device is charged before I begin.
What head strap would you suggest? I am thinking of the BOBVR M3 Mini.
bobo is overkill for Flightsim use, default one works good enough
I want the headset only for BMS usage. Will the 128GB be ok, or would I need the 512GB for some reason that isn’t apparent to me?
128GB is perfectly fine even if my whole family uses the headset
Can you please confirm thate the Quest 3 can operate without an internet connection? Since I was told that it can’t, but I cannot find any data to confirm that speculation.
Unknown but I can’t see why it wouldn’t work without. For running BMS you connect the headset with the PC (pref. via cable) using the oculus program on Windows, then start BMS.
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RE: BMS Manual Search
Very slick application. 100% self explanatory and it does indeed speed up browsing in the manuals! A+
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RE: for Quest 3 users : passthrough screen readability (helios compositing)
@scottd5800 I think it’s this command, paste it in your user config:
set g_bVRNoPresent 1