Let’s make a thread and save all. 38 shots we’ve seen so far! Nice to have them all in one place.

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.

Coop flight - successful return after taking out two SA-2 sites. Almost home. Lead visible slightly ahead of me.

@VIPER-0 We also have this video :

Nice! Can we include them in 37.4?

@jayb

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

@MaxWaldorf
If you need offloading, help from the community in updating the maps (along with instructions) I’d be glad to assist.

I’m very happy with Quest 3. Great lenses and resolution, mature product and software. Goos price for what you get.

@sheref can you make a version that works for 4.37?

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.

@kv I use hotas for hotas stuff, mouse and keyboard and buttonboxes for the rest. It’s a pain in the ass finding the exact button sometimes (VR) so that makes me fly the sim mainly with trackIR.

@Luca-Accardo That modifed NVG file, where can I get my hands on it? I rather have this than wait for this to be a priority

@EMTEC46 It’s a bit of a system hog, if you’re willing to look into alternatives, the quest 3 works good but ofc lacks the sweet FOV.

Exciting work! Someone should complement that future cockpit with updated audio. Currently is very luck luster.

@tiag
Here’s the log from the server side to start with. My mates are offline currently so no client logs.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-W_4iKmJFNewqCHoJE6e2LyYzCbiHCzC/view?usp=sharing

Let me know if the link is unavailable.

We’ve been flying together for a long time and our conclusion is that the latest version .4 and possibly the hotfix is more unstable the previous versions. Both clients connected was using VR.

We noticed a few server and client related issues while flying in MP yesterday that we don’t usually have issues with.

I was hosting the sorties on the latest available version.

Here’ s a few of the issues we detected.

-a server side crash and ctd when returning to 2d after closing down the mission debrief window. Happened after me (host) being shot down in Balkans (balkans running latest released version)

-client side drop outs during mission start, restart of the server allowed clients back in

-a few client disconnects and ctds when hosting dogfight flights. Only option was to restart server and host the session again.

I don’t know why and what reasoning lay behind the AAR difficulty adjustment. It’s just way too finicky to refuel since the update. Even the easy option is dodgy. I had much less issues and disconnects in the previous version and on the hardest it doesn’t feel realistic, just difficult for the sake of being difficult.

@Mike-Serds

What key commands do I use to toggle them? Thanks for info Mike

@Mike-Serds

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.

@Mike-Serds Thanks!