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do 50 cals really banish you to the shadow realm?

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Damn, we really completed a whole bump limit thread.

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>>572186171
Kino.

>>572180765
Thread: ruined

>>572190543
Great place to overcome a fear of sharks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cagHvhZ6DwI [Embed]

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>>572193040
But I love sharks.

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>>572194585
>>572193040
Fear of sharks is healthy, it keeps you from swimming in places where a beam riding missile could hit you.

>>572196185
Counterrotation

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Hard to describe what I like about this game without seeming like a paid shill

>>572198362
Could it be the fact that it was built as a complete experience, instead of autistically simulating the switch covers for the oil pump priming test switch or whatever (that you will never use)?

>>572198362
>war thunder auto-fly wobble
it's dead

>>572193040
>>572194585
I used to work for a company who does fixed-wing Cat 1 search and rescue with Challenger 604s, I shit you not, they have one of their search and rescue jets with a goddamned shark artwork down the side of it.

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>>572199429
I would be stoked to be rescued by rad meme livery aircraft.

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>>572194585
Me too, anon.

Okay I bought MSFS 2024.

Which plane is good for "adventuring"? Like if I wanna LARP as visiting my friends around the world or land on grassy/dirt strips.

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>>572200848
Any kind of bush plane : Cub, Draco X, Zlin Savage, etc.

>>572200848
Which edition did you get?

>>572200446
>slav squat paratroopers

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korea so good oughh . . . >>572198362

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>>572200848
Don't listen to anyone else, and get the fucking Quasar.

>>572211769
they are just straight up copying the scam shittizen business model now

>>572214092
The trailer looked terrible too, the planet textures look dogshit.

>>572200848
I want to get it as well since it's 25% off, but lately I've been using only Xplane12 and very rarely 2020. I'm tempted to buy a non simming game with these sales.

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>>572179870 (OP)
>>Boat- and subfag pastebin
>http://pastebin.com/JqTQWFFE
>Silent Hunter 3 pastebin:
>http://pastebin.com/jNSvhFfY
>Dangerous Waters pastebin:
>http://pastebin.com/qvxk755r
both 404'd
archive.org only archived the 404 page
halp pls

>>572218512
you don't need a DW guide, the manual and tutorial videos that come with the game are excellent

>>572218512
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOSvzqNmdX71x2COOyM-p2qHIpRNOvpGQ

>>572221741
>>572224449
alright, thanks, I thought there may be more in the pastebins

>>572180130
I mean, getting blasted by 6 nose mounted M3s must at least turn you into fucking ground beef.

>>572218512
Someone fixed them a while ago but at some point someone stopped copying the current OP and used the pastebin instead, not their fault, and it's been lost.

wings over flander's fields 2, how is it? apparently IL-2 flying circus has dogshit AI but I remember the older rise of flight having a decent campaign.

>>572200502
fuck those liveries are cool.

>>572244398
It's a CFS3 mod, basically. I tried Wings Over the Reich (same dev / engine) but it just didn't want to run on my system

don't know how to convert it to gay 4chan compatible format

https://files.catbox.moe/7yd3el.mp4

>French plane crash
>Saudi helicopter crash
The past few months have been bad for aviation incidents.

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>>572261184
>>572203986
I appreciate that this one is still technically an IL-2 game even if it's the Korean War. Sturmovik undefeated.

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I really wanted to try the Mirage2k and the Harrier modules in DCS, but they were pulled off the store.
Is there any way to play them, through piracy or something?

>>572254584
gotta remove the audio track

>>572217297
It is an upgrade from 2020, and does look great, the game also comes with lots of planes. It is still expensive though.

>>572263504
You have to come to my house and clean up some of this mess, and then I'll let you play them for a bit.

Speaking of is it true ED cucked a said they'll make razbam modules work post-vulkan now?

>>572268950
I think they said they managed to patch some things for the F-15E for compatibility with recent updates by changing things in the DCS source code instead of the traditional way of doing it through the module source code. Not sure if that will work with the Vulkan update though.

>>572180130
>>572186171
>>572198362
>>572203986
>>572211183
>>572261184
>>572263049
Are there any negatives to this so far, or is it really living up to the hype?

>>572200446
>I would be stoked to be rescued by rad meme livery aircraft.
Haha fair enough, I always just used to chuckle that some poor bastard was lost at sea kicking around in his life jacket and when help arrives, it reminds him of what's swimming below him haha

>>572204158
I picked the TBM for now.
>>572209472
Standard.
>>572212669
I actually may meme about in a hot air balloon since my state hosts the world's biggest international hot air balloon festival.
>>572217297
For what you get/what I've seen so far in the game in terms of systems, planes and just flying around the world I think it's worth it.

I've been flying since I bought it and it's low intensity enough for me to play while working.

>>572270597
>Are there any negatives to this so far
Yes, buying it perpetuates the Ukraine war, possibly until there are no Hohols left.

>>572270907
Buy two copies of stalker 2 to offset it

>>572261184
Not an easy job.

>>572270994
Stalker 2 funds the zelensraeli regime as well though.

>>572270660
TBM's kinda cool because it's got a high top speed for getting places but can still fly slowly enough to look at things
And doesn't seem too ridiculous to larp as a personal plane

>>572271196
Buy some EA (about to be bought by the Saudis) to offset that

>>572271550
>doesn't seem too ridiculous to larp as a personal plane
Don't they cost a million each?

>>572270597
I hate the AI slop voice for American radio calls. Obvious eastern euro accent with a few nonsensical words.

>>572272253
like 5+ million
But I mean compared to a Boeing Business Jet or a Concorde or SR-71 or something

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TBM

>>572270907
>>572270994
>>572271196
>>572272023
Founders Edition plus $150 in Lockmart and Boeing stock ought to do it

Gentleman, I am delivered of pain. The cockpit I had made from MDF was great, but it was also great at fucking my lower back.
I might have fucked something in the geometry of the back rest, or, in placing some padding, I fucked something that directly impacted my spine. I dismantled it whole and placed a regular car seat I got from a scrap yard.
You cannot believe how good it feels, the pain the strain the suffering after every session, all gone. I can dunk the breaks without feeling my spine tearing in two and then get up without cracking every vertebrae like a whip.
It's so good, to feel no pain is so good.
Installing that half rotten shit was a god sent inferno.

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>>572285628
Bought a new wheel and got this seat off a old FIAT at my local scrap yard. The under side is rusted and I nailed two planks together and made an ad hock base for it. I've busted my back in the past months using that cockpit and I had enough when racing at brand. Two and half long race and by halfway through I was howling inside my room every time I tried to apply the breaks somewhat competently. I whacked a porsche into the wall and quited because I couldn't physically stand anymore.
Ever felt a pain like your spine sides being crush within themselves? It was like that, like someone was choke holding my spinal cord.
It took me four hours to get the old cockpit parts off and put the new chair, and figure out to NOT bolt a half rusted out seat base and have it secure. It took so long because I kept loosing my tools and I had to stop to lay down and decompress my back.
Here's the final result. a DD wheel and a car seat. It feels GREAT, great I tell you. So good I don't want to get up from it, I've played a bit of AC with it and it was so comfy. The bad part was the dude who sold me the seat wouldn't sell me just the one I needed, so now I own an entire set of seats, front and rear, nearly all clawed to ribbons and littered with cat hair. Might make a couch out of it.

>>572289101
Nice that it even has a removable headrest for when you want to switch to VR.

>>572290581
It can bet forwards to adjust head distance, compared to the other front seat, this one is pristine. The wheel is good but I feel that it might have some cogging issue. I can feel the force kicking in when the car shakes too hard, like it hits some stopper and moves in the opposite direction. I'm reluctant about warranty because I want to test the issue's coming from the wood base I got going right now, it feels like softly hitting wood with mallet. I'll order a metal frame to replace it and see if solves it.
I've also stripped two bolts from the support base, need to replace those as well.

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I have a Thrustmaster TX Leather. No complaints, but I'm curious what advantages I'd get from upgrading to direct drive. Other than stronger feedback, what advantages are there? I mostly play iRacing and Assetto Corsa.

>>572300382
No notchy feeling/more precision. Also, you can pick how many ° you want on the fly.

In taildraggers should I let my tail rise first, or aim to have all 3 tires leave the pavement simultaneously

>>572303123
Let the tail rise first on take off, go for all three wheels touching down together on landing.

>>572300382
>>572302074
To add, you can also buy different wheel rims for you base, GT/F1, rally, regular round wheels, even modded one based off real car wheel rims.

RIP Eurosimmers.

>>572281310
>>572289101
based and huepilled

>>572303123
https://forum.dcs.world/topic/151154-essay-part-1-why-taildraggers-are-tricky-and-how-to-overcome-it/

>>572303938
>you can also buy different wheel rims for you base

So far this seems like the biggest advantage. I would like to be able to use an F1 style wheel and a larger regular style wheel.

>>572302074

I've never noticed the "notchy" feeling. Maybe because it's belt driven?

>>572263504
you can find v2.5.5.41371 and all modules available at that time on torrents. Nothing newer though as far as I'm aware.

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IT WAS JUST A JOKE!
IT WAS JUST A JOKE!

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RUN

>>572300382
I bought a logitech wheel but it rots in my closet. It's way too noisy, feels like I'm operating power drill or something.

>>572325136
Is that Gook Nukem in the background?

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just picked up assetto corsa
the brakes don't work in this game

>virpil R1 falcon
>5 week back order
>going to buy second hand t flights
>sell once Falcons arrive for practically zero loss
The depriciation of flight sim hardware is so good, you can do this sort of thing. Based autist hobby.

>>572303123
You can do both.
A 3-point take off gives you the shortest takeoff distance, it is good for smaller bush planes.
A 2-point one gives you more speed (with assorted rudder control) and is to be preferred on heavier warbirds or in crosswind.

Very good video to understand it all :

https://youtu.be/vXustupZ4TE [Embed]

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This thing out-turns warbirds at 30% fuel. Italians are cracked.

>>572289101
Forgive me for being a brainlet, but why do this over just sitting at a desk?

>>572314692
being able to swap rims on a whim was the whole reason for slurging money on a DD wheel.

>>572342745
Practicality. The effort needed of getting the wheel and base off the it's case and set it up is discouraging.
And, mostly, autism.

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>>572342987
Don't tell me you now wank in there

>>572343784
WOULD NEVER, ABHORRENT BEHAVIOUR!
Ever tried to clean cum stains off a couch? It sucks ass.
I wank at the shower, like all men should do.

>>572326175
>power drill
certified G29 experience.

>>572345938
maybe if you are circumcised

>>572342591
The problem is everyone else can simply pull a vertical on you.

>>572345938
>shower wank
poor pipes
>>572352643
what do uncut people do?

>>572353508
Wank anywhere we want

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>doing the F-5E navigation tutorial
>learning about TACAN
>set it to the example airport beacon given, 31X
>set to TACAN navigation, switch to transmit
>HSI needle moves in slow circles, no beacon sound
Did I do something wrong here

>>572358086
I don't know the plane, but is it definitely X?

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>>572359557
It's X, yeah.
Looking through the manual and I've set the UHF knob to 'both' and bearing on HSI to 180 and hit the test button, and it seems to do... something.

Oh, I think I figured out. I THINK it just didn't have LOS to the beacon. The tutorial text is kind of weird because it doesn't explain you need to take off FIRST so your plane can 'see' the beacon.
Now it's doing the beepy thing.

Oh hey a rainbow!
Many sticking to altitudes and bearings and stuff is HARD, I'm constantly going back and forth before I can dial it in enough to get it consistent. Is that normal?

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>>572362058
fuck
forgot pic

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Fighter jets are for casuals

>>572363662
this but unironically, 8/10 ultralight chads can read the wind and thermals like some kind of freakish bird-human hybrid and are almost always also wizards at navigation

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>>572364382
I'm not at that level yet, this thing is very strange to fly.

>>572353571
how? you still need to release

>>572365073
>tie your foreskin in a knot
>bash one out
>you can now go about your day with no mess
>release it later on in the toilet

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>you have damaged the aircraft!
GET OFF MY TAXIWAY BLYAT

>being wheelchair bound for life wasn't enough, now he has cancer too
What did Wags do in a previous life?

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The fuel gauge is looking to see how much is in the tank.

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When is DCS releasing the Tempest module? Now the german, french and spanish (why even involve them in anything) project has FLOPPED I think it's high time the UK and Italy invades europe. Japan can have some spoils too.

>>572367651
I have noted your mistakes.

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Every flight in this game impresses me, it looks so good lads.

>>572369401
thanks anon

>Haptic Feedback: The virtual cockpit includes "haptic" technology that provides the pilot with the physical sensation of touch while using the augmented reality controls.

The tempest will have capabilities of effectively being a high end DCS rig. So get practicing lads. Prove yourselves on DCS and there might just be a role for you in WW3 that isn't digging trenches and getting killed by a drone. If you don't have a full FFB and a buttkicker on your rig in 2026 then it's the infantry meat grinder for you.

>>572362058
Following routes is a skill to be developed. Most common errors are over correcting instead of letting the plane fly itself as much as possible, and not trimming to keep altitude and/or deal with crosswind. It's normal to err a bit along the line but don't try to recover as fast as possible, aim for a long and straight shot.

There are some exercise to grok TACAN nav such as doing orbits as a constant distance from the station, or arriving a bearing A and leaving at bearing B and going from A to B either in a straight line at the same angle with each route, or by flying an arc keeping the same distance with the station.

Also do some ILS landings in complete fog if you want some good beacon "fun".

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I have decided to land on this beach

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>>572370168
It wasn't as flat as it looked

>>572365419
I tought I was the only one who did this. no joke

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>>572369319
>tfw you're going to be the only european 6th gen fighter

>>572370538
I've just found a bizarre incident from the other week involving this plane
>An Eurofly Twinfox with two occupants, while returning to the Goito airfield, was forced to make an emergency landing in a floodplain area near Borgo Virgilio due to an electrical failure. Once the malfunction was repaired (an accidental detachment of the spark plug connection contacts),
Fine
>the pilot took off alone toward Goito, leaving the passenger on the ground
wat
>After returning to the landing site by car and being unable to locate the stranded passenger, the pilot notified the authorities. The passenger was subsequently located and rescued by the Carabinieri.
Maybe he purposely left his wife behind in an attempt to get rid of her.

>>572370987
most likely she was scared and didn't want to risk it. depending on where we landed I would rather hitchhike back to civilization than risk a failure during takeoff.

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>>572369443
It's really impressive how close it is to the real thing.

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>>572371270
https://www.ilgiorno.it/mantova/cronaca/ultraleggero-avaria-borgo-virgilio-atterraggio-campo-volo-goito-uea1itbd
It doesn't sound as bad from the (translated) article, he returned on his own for safety reasons but couldn't find her when he got back as she went off to look for help.
>>572371337
I always expect the lesser known places to a look a bit shit but they still look great. Even autogen can look decent. Admittedly the UK has had a few world updates, I should fly somewhere that hasn't had any and see what it's like.

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>>572368478
That reminds me, the Whittaker MW6 shows how much you've squeezed the primer bulb before engine start by visually filling up a doohickey with green liquid, hadn't see that before

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primarily IL-2, msfs24 and occasionally some space shit

is the risk of the chinkstick worth it over the vkb/virpil?
I want to be under 500 bucks, is there anything else I should look at?

>>572372986
You'll want rudder pedals, twist rudder is aids

>>572372374
The MW6 also has a working choke/enricher simulation for starting a cold engine. Nice to see devs implementing that since MSFS doesn't seem to have it built in.
Of the planes I've gotten recently:
Mini-Max 1500R -- choke is simulated, needed for cold start and also kills engine power if you leave it on too long as engine heats up
Whittaker MW6 -- choke is simulated for starting (binary on/off rather than variable), but leaving choke on after start doesn't seem to have any effect
Rans S-6S -- choke is fake, lever moves but doesn't have any effect and isn't needed for start (default MSFS standard)

>>572373376
I've got an old set of basic pedals that I'll keep using, right now I've got a 15 year old x52 that is giving up
for the ~150 I paid for it I've got my money's worth out of it and am due for an upgrade

>>572373961
The Twinfox has a choke too, I haven't tested whether it's required or not as it's a warm day.

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>>572372374
>doohickey
fuel filter

>>572374459
Umm sweaty, doohicky is actually the technical term okay?

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>>572368478
I like how the J3 Cub does it with the bobber stick
The shorter the stick, the less fuel you have

Kind of surprised that DCS doesn't let you make axes relative instead of absolute. The rocker on the T Flight's throttle would be good as a way to vertically sweep the radar on the F-5 but by default it's absolute so you have to hold it at a certain elevation.
I should probably just upgrade my HOTAS at this point - definitely feeling the pinch on buttons I should be able to access without taking my hands off.

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>>572373961
The S6S is still a pretty cool plane though, with the oil dipstick and engine burping and visual coolant level check and CAS J3C-like gas can animation for both wing tanks independently, gas can contents persistence, circuit breaker tripping, oil pressure/oil temp/CHT/coolant temp-based engine wear and oil & coolant leaks, doors that break off if you leave them open at high speed, trike, trail dragger, and amphibious versions, wheel pants, bush tires, optional autopilot, Aera or TDS GTNXi GPS options, a user-editable fold-out paper map to put in the glove box if you opt for no GPS, and state saving for all of the above

>>572377529
I've heard it's a really good addon, it's great when devs care and put the effort in.

long shot but
anyone gotten trackir to work with il-2 great battles on linux? I got it working with DCS using https://github.com/fwfa123/linuxtrackx-ir but nothing I try will make it work with IL-2. Really don't want to play war thunder for my fix of plane cas.

>>572375954
There's no way I would be able to fly this thing IRL because I have this thing where anything pokey looking in my face makes my nose tickle and itch thinking about making sure it doesn't contact my nostrils.
I have to either break the offending poker, or leave the area altogether, maybe it has something to do with my gigahomophobia.

>>572379228
You're terrified of anything phallic

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>>572373961
I made a Lua script in FSUIPC7 that does choke simulation for the S6S (might work with other planes with dummy chokes too). It's probably not very realistic but I figure it's better than nothing. Feels neat to have to manage the choke when starting.

>>572379542
It's true, I want to destroy every penis on earth except mine.

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I've been critical of the Starship but after some nice long flight over China I got to like her better.

Found that one of the issue I had with her, too aggressive pitch change in autopilot, was due to using the controls on the climb indicator instead of the autopilot pitch change rocker back of the pedestal.

Didn't experience the weird pitch runaway issue I had been having, maybe SU5 smoothed some stuff out.

Holy fuck, the warbirds are so good. Why does the rest of the sim have to suck so badly? This is a peak virtual flight experience.
Off to plink more non-reactive static targets, I guess. Sure hope they don't shoot back with terminator aim and that I don't miss the target by more than 12 inches with my 2,500lbs of splash-less and fragment-less WW2 ordnance.

>>572384718
>DCS WWII has shit air-to-ground combat and no real cohesive vision
>IL2 GB has terrible aerial AI and no clickable cockpits
People sleeping on IL2 Blitz & Tobruk. Great AI, decent A2G, clickable cockpits. The UI is absolute ass and there is no real career / dynamic campaign outside of a lackluster mod, unfortunately.

>>572384134
What was the pitch issue anyway? I can't remember what the problem was. The dev responds to every post on the forums so you can ask him there if you're not sure.

>>572385610
DCS flight physics feel great, IL-2 just can't compete. It's ruined other sims for me, especially with props and helicopters.
AI is always going to be dogshit compared to human players in any game, it all gets stale eventually whether it's on the ground or in the air. Flight dynamics are what keep you coming back to fuck around for the sake of fucking around.

>>572372986
No FFB? I just bought Moza AB9 and Moza FFB throttle. From research the difference it can make is enormous. Cost me just under a grand for the set up because I got a grip too. Especially with those two games it'd come in handy I'm sure. Only 500 more and if you've used yours for 15 years already then it's a good investment to have a good experience for many years to come. AB6 is even cheaper and it comes with a grip.

My experiences with various things, dealing directly with SEA companies is always a risk, even companies based in the west which don't have solid retail stores or sites are the same. There is an issue and you could be hung out to dry. IDK if moza have operations in the US, they do in GB and that's what made it a safe purchase. Worth spending more for your hobby if you sink a lot of hours into it.

>>572386786
IL2 CloD definitely has the best flight models out of the entire series, but yeah, still below DCS

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That's what MSFS does to my PC

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>Sim Update 5.1 for MSFS 2024 is here to fix the avionics reboots and console crashes SU5 introduced
Not an interesting update, the SU6 beta should start soon.

Ok here's where I give up, got close but il-2 decided to cuck me at last step:
>remove everything related to linuxtrackxir, reinstall by building from source, do the usual steps of installing the necessary shit in the ltr_gui, install to the experimental prefix I'm using for il-2
>start up il-2, verify that trackir is bound to control something (pitch and yaw of plane in my case lol) and working
>figure out which bindings you need to edit for your trackir (in my case it was bc_head_pitch and bc_head_yaw bound to joy0_axis_x and joy0_axis_y) (I spent way too long at an impasse because I thought "Camera control horizontal" or whatever was what I had to bind to, but turns out that can't take an axis (thanks for telling me slavs))
>open global.actions in notepad++ under wine (I tried every other text editor, could not get the game to not freeze if I used anything else)
>edit your binds, save as whatever.action under custom folder, make sure it doesn't add a .txt or anything
>change to your new whatever profile and enjoy (and then change it to whatever again when you actually get in a mission)

>>572396373
sorry I wrote that first line when I gave up but I actually did manage it in the end if you read and I forgot to quote >>572378332

Caved and pre-ordered the Virpil Atlas Pro.
I hope more sims actually invest in quality FFB modelling.

Man i fucking HATE selling my shit online. Fucking browns trying to lowball you everywhere.

>>572406680
What brown people are buying flightsim equipment?

>>572407440
I've had a jeet buy my old saitek hotas back then. But he was ok. I mean, i'm selling multiple things, also my Ps5 pro and some DDR5 ram. I already got some arab dude calling me names because my prices were fucked, when i'm well bellow prices.

>>572352643
I'm a huemonke my cock is not clipped. I just like the warm water and the feel of cleanliness of the act.

>>572401964
>I hope more sims actually invest in quality FFB modelling.
A lot can happen during our two year wait!

>>572407862
Just tell them the price is now 50% higher every time they try to haggle.

>>572406704
No corn?

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I am smitten with MSFS24.

Are there any third party tools that maybe handle ATC or add more traffic or things like birds/animals on the ground?

Also which plane has the most full-featured/functional Avionics systems that I can fiddle with?

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>>572415737
・Traffic in Sight for misc traffic like hangliders and hot air balloons -- this addon creates them as terrain objects with collision instead of as aircraft injection
・FS Birds
・SayIntentions is an expensive subscription but is the best ATC addon at the moment, includes VFR/GA traffic
・BeyondATC or FSHud for cheaper ATC addons, IFR only at the moment
・GAmod for free GA traffic addon if not using SayIntentions
・Re: animals on the ground, there's actually a decent amount of that already in FS2024 though they can be hard to spot from the air

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>>572415737
FS Trains

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>>572415737
Get yourself a good niche peripheral. Radio panel will make GA navigation fun.
If you're here for the ATC and procedural stuff, all roads lead to VATSIM, may God have mercy upon ye.

Do people actually use the gyro gunsights "properly" by setting up the wingspan and range manually? I just shoot my instinct and prefer fixed sights honestly

>>572421848
I don't ever bother with wingspan, just find a range that works for where you usually like to shoot from and go with that.
It will probably be around the range that your guns converge at.

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>>572421848
You want to think ahead of the sight either way, but learning to use the gyro will absolutely make you a better gunner.
Old-timey pilots also drilled by sight picture and feel, but you can't feel g-force in the sim the way your instruments can.

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another great patch, ETA on nuclear option patch?

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I'm surprised XP12 doesn't have a single Yak-52. Had to get it on DCS. Also is Caucasus Map that simple and empty or i just need to increase object number settings?

>>572430183
That's just what the Caucasus map looks like it's a poverty zone IRL, and built for poverty PCs in DCS.

>>572431176
> DCS
> Poverty PCs
I cant imagine a shittier experience desu. At that point is best to invest that time on getting a better job

Is trackir actually worth it compared to getting a good webcam and using face tracking?

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>>572430183
>>572431176
Based Yak, unironically a great module to putter around in and/or abuse the damage model with.
If you're flying VFR here you want to be in Abkhazia. Caucasus always kind of looks like shit, but finding a region with better terrain goes a long way.
There are a couple of ground texture and tree overhaul mods on the forums that help this one a lot too, it's getting quite long in the tooth now.
Syria is the best-looking map and gets a lot of multiplayer rotation. Germany is great too, but it turns high-end rigs into space heaters and gets no online play because of it.
Don't forget to raise your landing gear next time.

>>572431368
On 1080p, with the settings turned down all the way, I can get an acceptable 30fps on my laptop with some God awful GPU like a 620 or something like that.
My main rig is a 9850X3D with a 5090, and that gets a rock solid 90fps with my Crystal Super even on Marianas after tuning my RAM a bit, so the laptop is just for tutorial videos and the manuals really.

Which DCS warbird has the most campaign content?

>>572406704
Poo-2030 multi role sky shitter

>>572415737
There supposedly are animals in 2024 but I've never seen any, admittedly I haven't properly looked, maybe I should do some safari flights.
>>572417248
Isn't that broken in 24?

>>572434771
trackir is probably the best head tracking you can get, but expensive new. You can use a webcam and face tracking, it's cheap but not as good. I used opentrack on my phone for a while which was still so much better than not having head tracking, but getting trackir was a huge jump.

The only issue with head tracking for me is it can give me neck ache, I sit in weird positions with it on for some reason.

Why are throttles so expensive... It's just buttons and two potentiometers

>>572469496
Simming gear is still niche. Most people won't go beyond thrustmaster stuff.

>>572469496
>>572469775
Some DIY solutions are better than their off-the-shelf equivalents too, hall sensors and load cells have never been cheaper.
The whole current force feedback wave was kicked off by hobbyists building shit like the FFbeast and Rhino with cheap components and an open-source BOM.

>>572471641
Force feedback flight simming gear is very niche even with flight simming. It's fucking expensive. MSFS doesn't support it, according to Asobo it's not down to them but down to manufacturers, I can't remember what their reason was. X Plane probably supports it and DCS does, maybe Condor glider sim too.

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Truck sims are my comfort games, when i get burnt out of playing 4x, gsg, rts and generally strategy games i take a comfy trip and everything goes back to baseline :^)

>>572472371
Based sim and strategy enjoyer

>>572472782
I still have my issues though. I want to play 1 (ONE) strategy game and then when i get sloggy switch to a sim (probably truck) but i end up playing lots of games. ADHD sucks.

>>572437419
Thanks m8, yes is pretty fun. So far I have Persian Gulf as the only paid map. I was going to get Syria but wasn't on sale at the moment. Too bad Caucasus is like that, hope with the mod it looks better. If Im flying Russian airplanes I would like them to fly well, on Russia or adjacent territory. Sadly ED wont release an Ukrainian map anytime soon so Caucasus is the closest thing.

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>>572472956
I have too many hobbies I have to juggle, at the moment I'll sim in the day if at all and play other games at night, I'm currently playing King's Bounty The Legend again because it's a classic. The issue I find with flight sims specifically is I need to allocate a bit of time for a session otherwise it feels rushed, at least an hour.

>>572473248
my only hobby is gym and gaming, i stay at the gym for roughly an hour, then play some cRPG, sRPG, aRPG, gsg, RTS etc.... the ones i mentioned and then when brain gets tired i play FFXIV or ETS2 or ATS

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>>572473582
>FFXIV

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Found a place to explore next

>>572473652
I always waste away my life on an MMO during summertime, i hate the heat and the sea so i stay indoors and play either WoW or FFXIV, FFXIV is more to my liking because it's not as sweaty as wow.

Bought T.Flight One hotas with pedals for £50 local to me. Literally a few mile drive. All works perfectly, a few scratches. My first taste of a hotas and I've got the full set up all on its way, this was just in case the R1 Falcon pedals took months to arrive because then I'd have the T.Master rudders.

It feels strange honestly, only ever flown games with a keyboard and mouse, prefer keyboard mostly. Trying to chase down another Su25 in DCS to fly behind and learn to match distance and speed. Couple deadspots I noticed in this hotas but £50 for a hotas and pedals, it's illegal to complain.

>>572474571
Where from? Gumtree? The t flight one will be an okay entry point but if you get into simming you'll want to upgrade, even to the t16000m.

>>572474695
Local ads, it's a good deal. Ebay I bid for a few for around 70-80, lost them. So this in my mind is an absolute steal.

>>572474695
Also, this is the set up, all ordered except the head tracking because I'm still undecided between delanclip or trackIR.

>Moza AB9 (FFB)
>Moza MH16 grip
>Moza MTP throttle (FFB)
>Virpil R1 Falcon pedals with hydraulic kit

Next couple of months I'll get a rig, buttkicker and some key switches, might get some mechanical key pads this week though. In a year if I feel it's worth it I'll get VR but I'm not spending more than 4k a year on gaming hardware which is where I am already considering I bought this new PC with DCS in mind.

GO TO PAGE 1, YOU'RE 404ING YOURSELF

>>572461653
>Isn't that broken in 24?
Works on my machine

>>572461653
I found cows and sheep west of Astoria Regional in Oregon the other day

>>572475385
Hijacking this guy's post to ask about Moza FFBs, they feel decent? I'm neither shelling out money nor do I have the space for a floor mount earthquaker FFB. As nice as it sounds I dunno if the fancy virpil one coming out would be any good for me.

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>>572390006
>>572372986
ok, after thinking about it and reading more about it now I'm looking at ffb

anyone have any opinions on ab6 vs ab9?
is it really worth the extra 300 bucks for the extra torque/build quality?

>>572493068
>500 dollarydoos just for the base
Ouch, it'd be better be good for that much.

>>572493068
I have literally 1 hour experience with flying with a hotas because I bought the T.Master One today as a stop gap for my order to arrive. I'll make some unlisted videos on the set up once it's arrived so people can see if it's worth it or not, they'll know better than I do. I chose the AB9 for a few reasons based off what people said and my own thought process.

>people seem to consistently cite feeling the gears with the AB6
>AB6 has 6Nm of torque, which is half the torque of the AB9
>better build quality, more metal parts
>AB6 isn't really that much cheaper
I paid £667 for the AB9, desk mount and the MH16 flight stick. The AB6 comes with a flightstick, which isn't as nice as the MH16. So you're also paying for a middle of the road stick. The AB6 is £400(includes mount and stick) and the AB9 was £667 for the 3 items, so is it worth £270 more? Absolutely. And if you're not buying the flightstick because you've got one, that's £520 vs £400 for a much superior product. When there's such a small price gap, you'd be a fool not to go straight to the AB9.

Another thing I've heard is people seem to have more issues with the AB6 and then when they send it back to Moza, the majority of people I've seen online have opted to upgrade to the AB9 instead of getting an AB6 replacement. Only thing the AB6 has going for it is le buttons.

Other thing I don't understand that I read when I made my decision:

>The AB9 offers a stationary "Force Sensing" mode (like an F-16 sidestick), which the smaller motors of the AB6 cannot support.
? but I guess it's another +

TLDR get the AB9 and bonus points for the Moza MTP throttle with vibration feedback for the larp.

>>572474571
Those will serve you just fine, especially for the price. Now see if you can dig up a Quest 3 for a similar discount.

>>572495916
Already ordered AB9, moza MTP throttle, the virpil pedals. This was just a stopgap because I might need pedals if it takes too long for virpil to ship, but they already made the shipping number so idk maybe it's coming this week. Probably gifting the thrust master set up to someone if I can find someone who wants it, if not I'll contact the seller and give it back to his son.

>>572496629
You've really gone all in on this, I hope you don't get bored after having spent a grand on all the kit.

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Latest news from the Finnish front
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng0_PZqTa5c [Embed]

>>572494781
Also you can use the AB9 as a synthetic gated manual gear shift for racisming not sure if you can do that with the AB6.

>>572496915
I'm an obsessive autist neet. Always been obsessed with planes, used to live close to an RAF museum and my dad would buy me die cast models. Had a harrier that was so cool. Built the PC with dcs in mind as I retired my previous PC. Never been more ready to delve into DCS, always had an excuse of some sort. It'll consume my entire life for the next 6 months.

>>572498060
Never knew this. Imagine if you fuck a gear up and it simulates the gears crunching. I'd sit and money shift from 6th to 1st for hours if that's the case. Hope new cogs are cheap.

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>>572501973
>It'll consume my entire life for the next 6 months.
LOL, nope! You're fucked for life!

>>572496915
>>572501973
The solution to getting bored is to throw more money at the hobby.
Sick of jets? Try pistons. Bored with BVR? Try heaters and gunnery. Dogfights feeling stale? Consider some ground-pounding.
Don't want to fight? Try some GA radio navigation. Want to LARP as a bus driver, but with extra radiation? Tubeliners are there for you. Hate the laws of physics? Time to try rotorcraft!
There's no end to this shit once you get the bug.

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Didn't record my first multiplayer kill in IL2

>>572508746
Do it again

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>Taog’s most ambitious helicopter is here: the AS365 Dauphin and HH-65 Dolphin land on MSFS 2024
>The full lineup runs to nine variants, covering passenger, VIP, cargo, long-nose, and SAR configurations across both types, with around 60 liveries included.
>the developer says the aircraft was tested for months and vetted by real-world AS365 pilots, and that the package introduces a true four-blade main rotor with independent per-blade flapping animation

is the career mode in FS 2024 still busted like the steam reviews say? It was the main appeal for me and I held up because of the launch. Still crap?

>>572512735
The game was fucked until about SU4, it's in a much better place now, career mode has had lots of fixes.

>>572512735
It's alright but there's a lot of 3rd-party career addons that you might like more

>>572512735
Imagination Chads are always winning in free flight mode.

>>572514909
>have a whole world to explore
>people will only play the game with a career mode
I don't get it

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No news regarding the Red Arrows replacement other than they will receive new jets. It's looking like we might go with the T-7A but I hope we don't.

>>572515334
If you spend all day making decisions, it can feel like recreation to be told what to do with no planning of your own required. Same reason cable TV hasn't died.

>>572519691
Don't ask questions just consume mission

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>selling hardware including some ram sticks
>day 2
>some dude made 3 different accounts to try to convince me my prices were too high
>told him to fuck off
>he started sending AI modified pictures of my face as a clown
>one of them had my face put on the famous painting of napoleon on his horse, as a clown
Bro' i just want to sell my shit.

>>572504309
>steam edition

>>572523070
KEK

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>>572523070

>>572519691
How about you get in your car, and let /simg/ direct you?

>>572523070
At that point, I'd offer him a lower price to set up a meeting, and THEN tell him to fuck off once you don't show up.

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Crazy how this would basically be a medium bomber from 5 years ago

>>572527716
And a few years later you got fighter jets being able to bring more bombs than literal WW2 heavy bombers.

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is this bad?

>>572529627
Its not ideal

>>572472371
Same...
>CivV
>Stellaris
>The Sims 2 or 4 (cum)
>ETS2
>AC/AMS2
I'm at the AC stage at the moment, soon I'll tired of racing and start civing.

Virpil can suck my dick. Estimated a 5 week wait to ship it a day later. That is worse than giving me a 6 month wait. I won't complain firther in the case the virpil CEO sees this post.

>>572523070
What're your prices?

>>572532698
I called and made sure you package would be shredded to pieces. Faggot.

>>572533289
Noooo it was only a joke I was trying to give good publicity in a joking manner. Can you call them back and retract the statement? It was just a prank.

>>572532923
Ram Corsair Vengeance 64gb (2x32gb) DDR5 6000mhz CL30 for 700€, considering the kit is new. This is pretty much what it sells for second hand in EU, new its around 1000€ currently.
To be honest, i'd consider going lower, but this fag offered me 300€. Just so HE can resell it 700€.

>>572533468
I called, they already sent a hitman to your house. Think twice before yapping buddy.

>>572491090
I'm heavily in on Virpil (previously a Warbrd-D, CM3 throttle, Control Panel #1) but decided to get an AB9 when it came out because it was feasible in a way that Rhino and other FFB options weren't where I live. I use my Virpil Constellation stick on the base.

Negatives first. Their software is improving over time and they update pretty regularly, but there's been some minor, weird little gremlins over the last year and a bit I've had it that have mostly been resolvable with turning effects on and off or switching between direct and telemetry a couple times. My Virpil stick is almost 100% fully functional through the AB9 - I used to use "axis to button" on the analogue stick for four more bindings and that's not possible but otherwise I haven't lost any functionality.

Positives - I'll never play without FFB again. Every single module is improved, some much less so like FBW jets - although the "F-16 mode" that makes it a force-sensing stick is kinda neat - but older steam-driven jets, especially the Mirage F1 which the devs have leaned pretty hard into FFB, are just phenomenal. Similar to when you get a load cell brake pedal in sim racing, you build a memory for how the jet feels at corner speed and what happens when you pull too hard and wash speed off, and in immersion terms it feels utterly alive. Helicopters are absolutely game-changing, you're obviously aware that it becomes a "dead stick" and you can just move the cyclic where you need and it remains there, you can pretty much fly happily all day without trim.

I've been thoroughly enthralled by it.

>>572532698
>I won't complain firther in the case the virpil CEO sees this post.
Too late, it's 8 weeks now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpE_xMRiCLE [Embed]

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>>572533472
70 fucking euros??? You are a clown, what the fuck. Lower and I'll paypal you.

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