DCS 2.5

Let's see your shots!

Runs great so far on my laptop!

Wow, those trees sure adds a lot to the terrain feel! Now if only they can stretch it out more towards the horizon....

I have the trees set to 100% on my install and I don't notice where they stop at all. In fact, I can't even see where the trees end in my screenshots above. And with trees set to 100%, my laptop still runs the sim just fine.

Man, this new version sure does look nice! It will be nice if they follow through with some content changes as well. But for now, it's very pretty to fly around in!

Is that tree density at 100%? Is there maybe like a draw distance slider?

It may not be noticeable in your laptop or when playing when there are other things to do or catch your eye but I can see it on the screenshots.... but then again, I'm looking for that end-of-treeline

Im enjoying the feeling of speed at low level flight

I am curious, did you guys update your already installed version of DCS or did you do a fresh install of 2.5? I am waiting a while to see how everything shakes out. Great pics by the way.


Edit: Which one do you update? The 1.5... or the 2.0... ?

S!Blade<><

I updated Blade_Meister

Ok, I updated to 2.5... . It really looks good in game and my frame rates are decent for my old system, but the ram use is ridiculous. I am posting a pic from Process Lasso which I use while running most of my CFSs. DCS 2.5 is using every bit of my 16 GBs of ram in a mission I made a longtime ago with like either 14 or 16 WWII fighters in a big scrap. There is a little bit of Stutter here and there, I am assuming because the Ram is bottle necked. My Cpu is running like 40% of max. I am assuming they have a bad Memory leak. The graphics look pretty good to me, but when I pause for a picture, it looks perfect in game, but the picture comes out with some very small jaggies if you look close. I think I am going to try Reshade like I had in 1.5 plus 2 or 4 times Sparse Grid Super Sampling and see what happens. Here are some pics from the Aerial Scrap Mission on the Caucasus Map. Enjoy, hopefully the next ones will be better.

S!Blade<><

Great shots. Mine doesn't look quite that good, but it's good. I like the aluminum finish effect, now. It always looked more greyish than metalic. My F-86 looks terrific. Getting some stutering, though, when the guns fire. Guess I need to turn something down.

Going to need to upload to SimHQ or find another image hosting site bisher. All I see is the image telling you to upgrade your photobucket account.


Wheels

Well I finally have spent a little more time in DCS 2.5. It really looks stunning. I sure hope they work at optimizing it better because stutters are a problem.
It is a shame because I was going to build a new rig, but with all the CPU compromises and the GPU shortage and high prices, along with Ram high prices,
I really can't afford to build now. Well, I am thankful for my present rig and I will just have to wait it out. Here are a few pics from a recent excursion of P51s
and Spits vs Fw190s and Bf109s. Enjoy.

S!Blade<><

Blade_Meister @ have you ssd ?


I got some stutters first in my system: I5 8500 6core 4ghz / 16gb DDR4 3000mhz / 1070 8 Gb

Fisrt i have dcs in my System / games SSD drive = stutters

Now i have dcs in its own SSD = no more stutters , also setting preload to MIN or least 1/3 from max take those away.

There is still bad memory leak , ED is fixing it. Preload is bugged with it. And its gets crazy in MP


But sure dcs, runs great fps .

My 1060 with same system got 100-120fps in big missions , now i have 1070 and get 120-180fps in big missions


My settings: Ultra vis range, textures high , water high, cicilian traffic low, shadows low / flat terrain shadows / tree slider max / grass 1000 / AF4 / 2xmsaa in monitor use, no msaa in VR use PD 1.4 for now.

And here is nice video from MP play. (it works quite ok, mem leaks sometimes force server restart but even long sessions are ok)






Hellreing makes nice videos , not too short/long or full of #%&*$# music.

The Midas Touch

Haukka81, no SSD here, old school HDD. thanks for your suggestions but I have an old AMD system with a GTX770 4GB. I think when ED optimizes and fixes the memory leak , then DCS will work better for me.
Here are a few more I took the other night.

S!Blade<><

Great pictures, Blade. Mine doesn't really look all that differently from that at high altitude. That's where I am most of the time, anyway. I knocked it back to Medium. Then I put the Cockpit at 1024. Gotta have the cockpit looking good. Looks fine and runs a whole lot better, now. But I have a 4 year old I7 processor with 2.4 GH and 8 GB of RAMM. 2GB Nvidia card. So, even after they fix that memory leak I'm most likely not gonna be able to max this out.

Boy, that Harrier looks like fun.

Darn it I forgot I can't use photobucket to post pics

Here is what I'd originally meant to post

F-5E-3

Do you guys know how to load up a skin without the decals showing? I assume the red star on the tail and nose number is a default decal??
thanks

Don't know the answer to that one Bisher. A few recent ones.
Edit: Bisher I see your F5 and I up you a Mig29!
S!Blade<><

Been working on my A2A skills in the F-15C using the instant action mission. Today I was able to clear the sky of all hostile fighters, but lost an engine in the process. Still managed to limp back for a landing.

Also - I have to admit, I'm using labels for dogfighting. Just too hard to see the bad guys otherwise...

Showing off at the end there, eh?

Drifting.. for the kids.

Good one!

Same here, learning to fly the F 15 with labels on

Here's a quick video I did in the latest 2.5 - performance was pretty good

Selected "create quick mission" for the F-15C, and got an interesting choice of camo for the Caucasus map...

That is a cool skin!!

That is a nice skin
lol Arthonon, nothing like driving a hog down mainstreet

AFAIK you can control the bort numbers as decals in the liveries description.lua but roundels and other details are part of the base skin.
That's what I did for my Swedish Airforce P-51 Mustangs.
(that file will also let you control what countries the skin can be used with)

Thanks theOden, I will give that a try

A-10 doing what A-10 does...

So nice to see the A-10 at reasonable altitudes!

No one's been this close to a Mig 28 before...

Classic!!

Some A-10A screens...

[img]https://i.imgur.com/Irl0Z8A.png?1[/img]

Nice shots, malibu! That top one could be hanging on a wall - very artsy

Very true!

Nice shots malibu

Hunting down some mig 21s in my F 15, labels on of course




Sidewinder tracks target. A hapless mig 21Bis

Cruising down main street

So this happened last night after a 2 v 4 and they all lost and we all won...

Lol . What brakes.

Man I love the Eagle! It just gracefully proclaims both American and fighter jet to me. A beautiful airplane in its own way.

Campaign designer had high expectations on this mission... I only got 3 mavericks off before I was a massive fireball in a field.

Some A-10A shots from one of the canned missions:

Nice low level..

Thanks, probably lower than I should have been, but it was fun

I thought Hog pilots weren't supposed to overfly their targets?

Eagle loosing an AIM 9

Had to look twice there, I thought it was a Tomcat!! Interesting angle!

Yes, and the word "Marines" underneath the wing helped with the misidentification, too.

Keeping it low...a little too low.

Yeah that is tooooo low..

Clipped a tree, landed with a broken wing...






Repaired and repainted in another skin, taking the Ka-50 up for another spin...

Practicing startup, hover check, taxi, takeoff, that crazy trim/flight system, landing...

Very nice, love the lighting! I bought the original Black Shark game, but never upgraded, so I think I'm out of luck at this point.

I'm in a love/hate relationship with the Shark. Might help if I had my stick center-mounted and with an extension, but currently on a side-stick configuration Just getting the thing to fly as you want is an accomplishment in itself!!

I don't know if the flight model changed, but in the version I had, I was able to fly it around pretty well, even landing on buildings (including the airfield tower) and flying under bridges. The problem I had was I got used to hiding behind trees and popping up to strike, and in the version I had, the trees had no affect on the AI. That meant if I were hiding behind the trees, I couldn't see anything, but AI enemy units could see me just fine, and their weapons passed right through the trees and hit me, so it was a little frustrating. I had been flying Gunship!, and it has collidable trees that would block weapons, and had gotten used to that and I had a hard time adapting to Black Shark.

Ah yes, Gunship! Is that the one where some "forests" were a box of trees you can fly into to hide? I loved that game as I had better depth perception compared to EECH so I could fly lower and faster!

They were bunches of trees, and I think treated as a single object, but I thought that was fine because in reality, any two trees closer together than the width of the chopper was basically a single obstacle, and I thought they did a pretty good job of breaking them up, so you had dense areas with gaps in between, and they seemed fairly naturally shaped (i.e., not rectangular). Its biggest issue was it was billed as being a Longbow sim but it lacked the high-end features. I tried to think of it as more of an AH-64A simulator, and in that I thought it wasn't bad. It even supported multiplayer in the same helo, so you could have a human team of pilot and CP/G in the same bird.

Here's an old video I made of it:

https://youtu.be/RTcpYJeyaCQ

Yep! That's the one! I used to practice going inside those clumps of trees Not very successful! But the trees blocked LOS and also blocked enemy missiles which was good! Being able to weave between tree clumps was so cool after EECH's block forests

Some new, some old.

S!Blade<><

I love the Spitfire, but it's completely outclassed in this sim, isn't it? Must be frustrating to fly it. Nice screenies, though.

Nice pics Blade_M

Fuel dump. Wingman follows at a distance

First app I fire up on my computer is my trusty FRAPS

Same here...

FRAPS
TrackIR
TARGET GUI
and
Saitek SST for rudder pedals (depending on which aircraft)

then
TS
SRS

used to start VAC for radio commands but don't have settings anymore...

I love that F-15 pic, bisher!

Yes same for me FRAPS first TrackIR second Mdwa

Thanks Arthonon. I actually rotated the screenshot 180 degrees as the aircraft is actually inverted in flight. It just looked better I thought

bisher, that's a great shot!! Now can't wait to have the same shot but with the Tomcat as the subject! Wallpaper material for sure!

Thanks Ice, and I agree about the Tomcat

Back to the Georgian Oil War campaign...

SAM launch! SA-18 Igla!












Revenge on the Igla operator with a Vikhr...






RTB:

Putting out the airbrakes:








Bombed up for another sortie in the Georgian Oil War Campaign:







RTB:

I would like to have a system that could run DCS as pretty as that....smoothly.

Ya Pooch same for me. This is a pretty sterile environment , me and four bandits. I have only 8 Gbs of ram and need to upgrade as I experience pauses during explosions and such

This aircraft is a real joy to drive

You got a great eye for cool shots, bisher!

Thanks Ice

Now THAT has to be photoshopped? Edited in some way? SweetFX?

All these cool shots of the Hornet but the plain skin just feels lacking to me. Like a sweet muscle car but in old-computer-beige color Where are the cool, cool skins ED was bragging about?

That's a great screenshot bish!!!

More skins would be nice Ice

I've cropped out the info bar on the bottom of the screen, but otherwise it's unedited. It's just a matter of catching the lighting just right

Thanks piper

Oh? I thought they shipped with more skins? I remember reading about this on a newsletter:


Source

Are these not available?

There's quite a few skins. I'll count them later...

edit - it come with 19 skins. 4 are high-vis, plus the Blue Angles skin.

Yup, keep in might they included other nations too.

SkateZilla also uploaded several pro-quality "fictional" skins based on Tomcat squadrons to the ED File share site.

Thanks for confirming, malibu!



Okay, somebody needs to get on this ASAP!!

Ask and yee shall receive

Edit, linked images aren't working for this many files I guess.

Ah, I see that the Rusky cloning project is coming along quite nicely.

S!Blade<><

Thanks AggressorBLUE! Amazing how a couple of black stripes can make stuff look cool!

WTH is happening in that shot with a pilot ejecting beside your Hornet?

No problem. And that's me flying over another unwitting russkie bomber at just the right time

AWACS calls that a "Pop Up Group"

I'm trying to get some formation flying shots. It's difficult, I had to chase this ai around

Wow these are some beautiful shots fellas. I've been a long time away from DCS stuff. Do the hornets come with any campaign and are carriers in the future? Sorry if its a silly question but I've not played DCS in a long time and on top of that ED's way of doing things I find confusing.

Hey Coot

There are no silly questions, however I do give silly answers

No campaign yet, there are carriers though

how much are these in dollars, cos they are ridiculously expensive here, like 4 full price AAA games

@bisher: YESSSSS!!!! THANK YOU!! Sweet shots!! MOAR!!




Are these part of ED's release or are these Skate's fictional skins?

If DCS is to be a screenshot generator, might as well get the most out of it! On an unrelated note, anyone know how far along the Tomcat module is?

I was just checking on the modules on Steam and they are pricey! Maybe one day in the future when they are on sale I could get a couple. Everything, planes and maps are 50-80 dollars a piece! I think what I would want the most are the Nevada map, F-5E Tiger and the Hornet. The Tomcat is defitately a must too whenever that comes out but man they need to start making some meaningful campaigns and carrier ops or something else to get away from the old Crimea map. Do they have any intentions on revamping campaigns, maybe making them more dynamic? It would be cool to see some intrepid third party group come out with a module that does one thing, changes the interface and injects some old school combat sim personality with interactive planning rooms/briefing/debriefing screens. Maybe make some sort of XCOM-like pilot generator with roster management to breath some fun into the campaign scenarios. Not sure how that would work but it would be nice.

The skins are skatezilla's yes

DCS has elements that make it a great screenshot platform. I would like to have the ability to manipulate aircraft more in the mission editor, but still learning




So I'm following this ai and suddenly it drops its landing gear




I set only one waypoint for the ai and eventually it lands

That top shot is great bisher!

Thanks for that Arthonon, the lighting in this sim can be very good

Yes. I've discovered the free camera mode. I'd like to have the ability to move the camera anywhere I want. So far I've only been able to rotate on the axis

Beautiful shot bisher and a nice cloud backdrop.

Thanks Coot

Nice sensation of flight zipping through the clouds

Hitting the wire

What?? Those previous shots were done without this? Can't wait to see what else you'd "shoot" with free camera! Thanks for the screenshots, they look great!

I'm glad you like them Ice, Thanks



[img]https://ibb.co/hod0sy[/img]



Contrails of my aircraft and an AIM 9 air to air missile. Immediately after launch the missile ascends and then dives for it's target.



[img]https://ibb.co/nuLP08[/img]

You've got an eye for good shots, bisher! I especially like the 2nd one, looks like you took a page out of Macross Zero

Damn there are some fantastic shots in here!

That's cool Ice, thanks for the share


Snakeyes!! And an odd loadout, I seem to have missed a set of air to air missiles



[img]https://ibb.co/g3Mqed[/img]

A bit high to be dropping Snake Eyes, I think?

I think he's trying to ripple a slow MiG21, you know - Canadians.

He might be worried it'll be too noisy if he gets down too slow. Don't want to wake the target up before the surpise kabooms!

I want to see that screen shot!

And Bisher, regarding your AI buddy suddenly landing, the AI is lazy, and I've found once it's out of tasks, it'll pack it in and go home. In this case, it hit it's waypoint, so that's all she wrote.

Actually I think I was too low, I was at 13,000 feet. The mountains too were up to 13,000 feet. I believed I slammed into the side of a mountain when I unpaused




Pffff, please. It was a mig 15

That's not a bad idea, I'm always looking for something different

High Alpha Research Vehicle(HARV)



[img]https://ibb.co/cWHQfJ[/img]

skin by TheNikPlay

And again



[img]https://ibb.co/bWH5Ed[/img]

Is it just me who thinks that a clean Hornet looks wrong? Especially one that does afterburner with no fuel tanks on? I feel like it's just asking for trouble!

Nice shots as always, bisher!

And I remember playing MS Flight Simulator when it was a wire frame...

I did not see a single HARV with fuel tanks(after one minute of research). I see I left one pylon on, meant to remove all. So I could have housed a fuel tank

Whaddya mean, wrong? She's beautiful Ice!

Lookin' good piper!

I turned the brightness down on this shot



[img]https://ibb.co/evrT2y[/img]

Just a matter of preference, really, I think. Like your last pic, again with no fuel tanks. Just looks wrong. I think of fighter aircraft like a mean machine, a beast with sharp teeth and fangs. A clean aircraft, with nary a fuel bag, looks like an old granny who forgot to put her dentures in

This shot by piper, clean but with a fuel bag (and a Sidey), looks better. It looks like it's going home after a good mission, hence the empty pylons, but needed some extra fuel and that's why it has a centerline fuel bag. A totally clean fighter looks like "I'm just doing touch-and-goes and practicing my traffic pattern approaches"


picture not mine, credits to piper

That's purdy too

Hollywood shot!



[img]https://ibb.co/fyHuUd[/img]

If you zoom in real close, you can see Tom Cruise.

Firing three Sidewinders? That is indeed a Hollywood shot!!

............'tis so

rockets. !



[img]https://ibb.co/mgjgAJ[/img



Same shot, different angle.



[img]https://ibb.co/gthjVJ[/img]

It's official. While the shots look cool, the plain skin just doesnt' do it for me.

The default skins can be a bit.........drab.



[img]https://ibb.co/b8rMfJ[/img]


Fun with numbers



[img]https://ibb.co/n70Tud[/img]

You take beautiful screenshots Mr Bisher! They have always inspired me to play these simulations.

Thanks man!

Close up



[img]https://ibb.co/kFEieo[/img]

Kind words piper

thanks

Glad you agree with me! The screenshot angles/camera work is awesome though. Like I said, you have a great eye for these things!

I've also realized that while I don't like clean aircraft, one with empty pylons looks okay. I guess it just hints at the fighter being RTB after a successful mission.

Yes



Incoming!

Amazing shots, Bisher

Thanks trindade

I'm just trying to enjoy flying the Hornet but all these photo ops keep presenting themselves

Can I request a remake of this shot? But this time with a cool skin aaaaand maybe with the guns firing?

.

Very cool skin there AgressorBLUE! Cool shots too!

I like this idea Ice

Great shots Aggressor, that skin is really nice, I want one

Speaking on skins...

The CAG Dambuster's skin was my favorite playing Jane's F/A-18. And many years ago, I got a tour of Oceana when the Jolly Rogers were there.

And how do you enlarge the pics now???

Like so:









So basically you upload them and then edit the post to copy the links in {img} brackets.

Is it just me or does green just look wrong on a fighter aircraft? Jolly Rogers skin though.... wow!




Make it so!

Green was traditionally seen as unlucky on race cars, so the same psychology is probably bleeding over onto jet fighters too.

That frontal gun shot is more of a challenge than I'd originally thought it would be . Still have not captured the right shot






[img]https://ibb.co/jk6jMd[/img]

incoming!



[img]https://ibb.co/kEK2rd[/img]

[img]https://ibb.co/fCGwjy[/img]

I'm imagining something like your previous shot, but with bullets coming out or at least some smoke from the gun port

Cool shots as always!

Nice image Ice

Man, even mention having fun with a particular aircraft and I just gotta try it



[img]https://ibb.co/kgMqzy[/img]

Flashlight mode



[img]https://ibb.co/cDXPCJ[/img]

Spitfire

I see that you got your bombs. They still haven't fixed the Steam version so I'm still waiting.

Yes I have my bombs I figured it out lol

DCS is pretty.

Awesome picture Mr. Bisher! Love the composition of that one!

Pooch, I agree DCS is very eye pleasing, it distracts me from my flight time as I can't resist screenshooting

That shot caught my eye as well piper, the clouds in the background made it stand out for me


I call this shot 'bug56'






The cloud generator has apparently been tweaked in the latest patch and I wanted to have a look

'bug57'

And now for something completely different

[img]https://ibb.co/nEWyio[/img]

I'm attempting to learn how to fly the Hornet from start to finish

Playing around with cold start

Sitting on a cold rainy tarmack


Still sitting. As I continue to push buttons


Lift off. A few sensors still not activated I'm sure

So many buttons, so little time...

For sure piper

Now more bells and whistles as well. The cockpit is becoming livelier and livelier in a combat environment with audio and visual cues

AMRAAM

Really like this skin

I'm able to get the Hornet into the air with most systems up and running


ADF and TACAN navigation training mission

No doubting that........unfortunately it does much better static screenshots than it does combat

[img]https://ibb.co/ekkOQz[/img]

That is one hell of a shot!

Thanks Ironroad

Pullin' Gs

Nice picture bisher, but bud, you set the bar pretty high with your previous submission.

lol piper. Fortunately this sim gives us lots of bling to play with, so plenty of opportunity

Just some amazing screenies of the sim....

And yes I landed those wounded Eagles.

Well, I walked away from the landings of those Eagles.

Ouch IamFritz! Battle damage.........

Pulling hard on the stick to vap; over-wing vap that is

Took some time off from practicing carrier traps to actually learn how to fight a little...

Yes lots to do with the Hornet. Nice shot

Thought I had a legit lock, let a few missiles go



Turns out my target was from the wrong era

Incoming!

Load times are significantly quicker with the latest update

I like the new label system as in the dots below, each bomb once released gets it's own dot. It's rather subtle but seems effective. It was cool to watch as bombs fell away from my aircraft with no lettering and track them to the ground

This pic reminds me of a round of golf I had at the Carberry Golf Club in the 90s

We were on the eighth hole when I looked up and there were two CF 18s flying at tree top level. They made three passes at low altitude and it was amazing to watch. I believe the Canadians and Germans were conducting training exercises. CFB Shilo at the time had a German Army Training Establishment ('74 to 2000ish) and military land bordered the golf course

And I'd just uninstalled a few weeks ago because of the loading times!

Fantastic shots by the way, love this thread.

I know, eh? I used to walk away from my computer while it loaded

Yes this sim provides many photo opportunities, that's for sure. Hard to focus on mission goals lol

My favorite era for military aircraft. The B 17 is a real beauty









Nice look at the defensive weapons on the B 17. I like how the ball turret stands out in this pic

Gave one of the Hornet missions that came with the update a go. Nice easy mission. Long load times back in effect

A command post is the target at waypoint 3




Setting up my HSI for waypoint navigation; sequence and auto enabled




Ready to go




take off





Enroute





Cross hairs on target. It took several passes to identify the target. The HSI helped confirm the target




Release! It appears surface to air threats have been taken care of given the black plumes of smoke




Target destroyed!




Returning to base
This is when things get really interesting




Coming in




As I ham-fist my way out of my failed landing attempt I get two warnings, landing gear down and low fuel




Second attempt; fuel is a concern




Miss!




My third and what appears to be my final attempt given my fuel




Hard landing with some damage on my third attempt. Wow! That was quite the ride

The Mig 29 received some loving in the latest update with the addition of the professional flight model

Mirrors on

Nice shots bisher. I especially like the carrier takeoff and landing shots. There must have been some anxiety knowing you were on a third landing attempt. I probably would have missed them all and would have needed a helicopter ride back to the ship.

Yes it was a bit of a white knuckler Coot, but a lot of fun and challenging

E-2 Hawkeye




Too much bouncing on take off, blew all tires and I may have a fire problem

The Hawkeye screenshot is gorgeous. Darkening blue background, puffy cloud, reflected light beneath the surface of the wing and radar dome. I just love naval aviation. Another great shot.

I really like that shot as well Coot. I was cycling through aircraft when I came upon the Hawkeye


Su 33

Flying the Huey. I like this pic as I have seen the underside of the Bell 204, from this altitude, quite a bit while I worked for an oil exploration company. The 204 would roll out tv antenna wire from a large spool that sat by the opening of the side door. I was on the ground splicing the wire together.




Ground fire

Nice, I like the camo. And I like the Su-33 in the prev post - I think my favourite DCS aircraft at the moment...

Yes, I've recently started flying some of the russian aircraft and I am enjoying it

The new MiG-29 is cool too!



Here are from some of my latest flight (or attempts)...





Trying to work out the cockpit gauges:





Giving up...





What are you looking at...

lol ya I know that feeling, so many aircraft to learn to drive

That's a bloody cool skin

Going in. Tracers getting closer and closer to our aircraft




Next thing I know I'm sitting in the co pilots seat




I look to my right, and there I am. I fly on hoping it's only a flesh wound




Pressing on

Nice pics and im love with new MIG-29, fun plane to fly and fight.

The Mig is a lot of fun to fly

Just started flying the A-4E

A few more shots

One more

Great last pic... I'm sure I had an airfix kit like that when I was a kid!

Cool!

Now that you mention it Trooper, I believe I had the same model when I was a kid

Learning to drop bombs

Ghostrider 11, Johnny Blaze at the controls...

I was able to set the A4 up today in a JSGME install so that I can remove it easily for future updates. I generated a quick mission today and was sort of amazed at what the generator made. I only got one good pic of the A4, but I snapped a few of the Mig29s in the mission. I also threw in 2 from a WWII mission I flew.
I sure hate turning the graphics down but with my old rig I have to. The only way I get pretty good pics anymore is to turn the graphics back up and run the mission at around 20FPS and take pics, LOL. I think they still come out pretty good though. Enjoy!

S!Blade<><

Nice screens , im intrested what was amazing in that mission that generator made ?

i ask because im really fan of mission generators etc.. just hope that ed would give bit more love to generator and ability to generate campaings , so after mission it would generate next mission based even bit how last one was going

I have just never tried it. In the QMG I found that when I used the advance button and opened it in the full mission editor that it was quite complex. It had ground units, A10s, Helos, F16s, A4s(player + wing man), Mig29s and SU25s. I made my adjustments for skins and load outs and quite frankly could have just used this as a quick template to make whatever I wanted. I am not that familiar with creating complete missions from scratch in the FME and honestly don't have time so this might be a good way for me to create missions and be able to fly quickly. I just found it interesting that after all of these years that I had never really tried this and that I had mostly only flew canned missions or Campaigns. I guess that was amazing to me, but is probably not to most. LOL! Glad you liked the pics.
Couldn't resist, here are a few more.

S!Blade<><

I see

Mission generator is quite nice. I adjust advanced settings in gen and genereate then open it in editor , adjust AI settings , flight plans etc.. and i have mission quite fast ready.

In the QMG there is an "advanced edit" button that will open it directly into the FME. You can then make any FME adjustments you want and you can "Save As" and them go fly it through missions if you do not want to fly it directly from the FME. To me, that is a pretty good set up. I wish IL2 The Great Battle Series had this sort of QMG.

S!Blade<><

Love the pics of the MiG-29 with that green grey camo. Nice Scooter too.

Yes I just gave the Create Fast Mission a go and it is pretty cool. You can edit the missions so I loaded up F 4s, Mig21s, F 14s, etc





Next mission edit; load weapons lol

You know, I went into the FME to look at the available skins for the A4, as I had read there are a lot, and I noticed there was no load out. So I changed this obviously while I was there. I wonder how many people find this out and never go in the FME to add a loadout thinking it is just a bug in the QMG?

S!Blade<><

hmmm, could be Blade_M. I uploaded weapons and fuel for this mission

Me and the boys chasing down a mig


Next step: learn how to drop my fuel bag. Then go air-to-air

Are they AIM-7s?

I believe those are shrike missiles on the outer pylons and AIM 9s on inner mdwa

As seen here

Ack, rgr.

lol

I think I almost flew into space...

The sky went dark and I could see stars...

Wowzers. Now that's (alti)tude!

Ground attack

Argentinian Navy aircraft suppressing ground-to-air defenses

bomb run

Beautiful shots folks. I used to try and hit that altitude with the F-15 in Loch On many times. It made me feel like Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff when he pushes his Starfighter to the limit and just as he barely glimpses stars, he falls back to earth.

Yes, this sim is pretty Coot

P 51D-25-NA. She's a beauty

A few more shots





For whatever reason my zoom view has changed. For the better.

B-17 ghost ship, no crew Bish!

Good eye Trooper. Undamaged aircraft, no crew. Odd

I think I read a good while ago that they haven't even modelled any crew for them... typical unfinished, no crew to bailout of damaged or doomed aircraft.
I suppose they they will say that the game can't deal with that many crew members or it would grind to a halt or something

Yes I believe that is correct re crew Trooper

I plan to introduce enemy aircraft to this mission and see what happens. I'm tempted to purchase a WW2 aircraft module to add to my mustang and spitfire. 109 or 190 would be a nice addition

You can get them both for the price of one since they are having a 50% off sale again. Think the sale runs until Jan 7th?


Wheels

Thanks Wheels, I picked up the 190 and considering the 109 at these prices

Well, I've got all their WWII stuff, but although I enjoy flying the planes, that is about it...

I suspect there was a catastrophic merge shortly after that shot was taken bisher


Wheels

It was close Wheels, however I was able to avoid contact. The zoomed-in view distorts things a bit

It appears the 17's do have crew. They must be hiding until it's time to bail

Dora. The explorer





Red/green tracers



Moving in for the kill

Nice pics mate... atmospheric!

Thanks Trooper. I've recently discovered a zoom view that really does add atmosphere.

Control + * ---> that is old hat Bisher. Where have you been Mate???

Pic from 2012 I think.


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You are right though, it is very cinematic being able to get ultra close on some shots. Cheers!

Indeed!

Hermann Graf 1943

190 in action

Flying into the firestorm



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Lovely shots Gents!

Glad to hear you're are enjoying the pics Ratcatcher. This sim is definitely a looker

One more WW2

Where's the refueling boom bisher?


Wheels

he he. It's there, you just can't see it Wheels

Wow, so vertical pics are not downsized? This could be fun.

In the screenshot above, the original pic is of a harrier in the horizontal. I rotated the pic to make the aircraft appear to be in the vertical. Interesting, the pic may even be too large. I did not think I'd ever say that in a screenshot forum

That's nice.. are they Shrikes or HARMs outboard?

Hey mdwa yes those are shrikes loaded up

Cool, I must try the A-4 sometime...

Yes, she is fun to fly mdwa

Really like those Skyhawk shots bisher!

Thanks Coot. She is a beauty

Your nose-on closeups are great bish!

Thanks piper


I seem to be getting some jaggies on the outline of my aircraft. The leading edge of the right wing is jagged, the left not so

[img]https://ibb.co/x8WdbG7[/img]

So I was coming in to land on the LHA and noticed this:

That comes under the heading of, "Well, there's something you don't see every day!"
Really though, graphics anomolies aside, the detail on those ships is impressive. The Harrier really tempts me. I'm just not sure that I want another complex airplane, because I hardly fly the A-10 anymore. I sure like it , though. It interests me more than the F-18, actually.

Apparently they are modeling the ships collision avoidance systems after the modern Navy.


Wheels

Well, then, you have to admit that it's very effective. Neither ship appears to have been damaged.

Pooch, it is nice but still suffers from a lot of bugs and unfinished and incomplete features as everything in DCS, which may be fixed very slowly or never at all... The most frustrating at the moment is the CCRP ASL (steering line): it's wonky, unrealistic, sways all over the place and useless. They tried fixing it in the last update but failed.

But if the Harrier module is on sale for 1/2 price then it's worth the buy (this is what I did), but otherwise an unfinished product with bugs is not worth the full price. That's why I haven't got the Hornet I guess.

Vertical landings on the LHA are nice (and stressful)...

And it's not really complex at all! I think it's easier and less complex than the A-10C!

Yes the Harrier is a lot of fun to fly

[img]https://ibb.co/DfnVVcG[/img]

C-101

The C-101 looks interesting..

It is mdwa

Lots of nice shots bisher.


Wheels

Thanks Wheels. It's a nice looking sim



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[img]https://ibb.co/H780K34[/img]

Ok Bisher, back away from the cntrl + * button or the Ed police will be forced to neutralize your keyboard and Ban you for a month! SwineLine is watching you!

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I know, eh?

As well, I've come to understand how vertical pics are not downsized as much as those presented in the horizontal. Makes sense

Original screenshot. Cropped


Same screenshot with the image rotated

Bisher, I've got to ask you, how on earth were you able to pull this much weight and NOT have the vortices show up? I'm trying so hard to get back into this sim but the over-modeled vortices have ruined it for me. I'm hoping there's a mod I've missed or a line of code perhaps? Beautiful shots, as always.

Hello SilverStang

I do not recall what exactly I was doing in that shot

No mods or code change

Fantastic shots Mr. Bisher!!!

Can't wait to see your Tomcat pics!

Thanks piper

Looking forward to the tomcat for sure

Wow. Impressive, really.

Definitely a great looking sim Pooch. And the Farmer is a blast to fly

It shouldn't.

If it was a real mig 19 you mean theOden? Yes the real Mig 19 was perhaps not a blast to fly, seems to have been a bit of a nasty aircraft.

Plus I exagerated a bit, it can be tiring and confusing getting the aircraft into the air

Great pic!

Last couple look like art. Great shots bisher. I'll always remember my grandfather (a Korean War Army veteran) telling me after telling him I saw an F-86 at an airshow, "You didn't see them do what I saw them do".

Thanks Trooper. Nice looking sim for sure

Coot, thanks. Interesting about your grandfather. I watched 'Battle for Chosin' on netflix. Wow!

[img]https://ibb.co/93SwkPY[/img]

Same pic, image rotated

I keep forgetting to put spoilers and antiskid switch to off for carrier landings... after having it in spoiler only for cat shot...

Spoiler only for taxi
Spoiler only for cat shot
Off for carrier trap
Spoiler and antiskid (both) for runway takeoff
Spoiler and antiskid (both) for runway landing

Is this correct?

Why are spoilers open for a cat shot when you need every bit of speed you can get? They don't supply lift, as far as I know. They just slow you down, don't they? Jaw dropping detail, though. One of the best looking flight simulators, ever.

Spoilers are only up at idle, as soon as you move throttle they drop.

Don't know why but it's in NATOPS .

(This is different to maneouvre flaps...

and again different to DLC -direct lift control - which uses just the inboard spoilers on aproach for fine flight path adjustment up and down just like the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar)

Also spoilers aid a lot with taxiing, not having to use as much wheelbrake..

Yes here I'm opening and closing throttle

Nice shots Bisher! You need to find a Fitter and get some shots of that - the whole Gulf of Sidra thing

Thanks Arthonon

Of course I had to google the Gulf of Sidra thing. Interesting

Nice Maverick. She is a beauty

What glue did you use to keep that lot together?

Ha! The zoom-in in external view distorts distances significantly

I like to play with it

Bisher, the Harrier in the dark is really nice Sir.

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Thanks Blade_Meister. I really liked that shot as well. I hope to do similar pics with other aircraft

Fantastic shots, bisher!

Thanks elephant!

Bisher, you really have eye to screen shots.

Really nice , i may have to use some of these as wallpaper.

how does it run now ? i heard of performances issues when they made the dcs world packages.
fps and resolution please.

thanks Haukka I appreciate that

As for fps, currently I average 44 fps(1920X1080) en-route to target, dropping to 38 fps over target and release of ordnance, flying a standard mission. A few pauses and micro stutters along the way.

Thanks bisher, guess it didnt change much nor it will untill a new engine is made.
loved that ace shot in this page.

Thanks Blade

bish, you have really taken the art of screenshots to a higher level.

The pictures you've been posting lately are great!

Thanks piper I appreciate that. I'm attempting to learn how to fly these aircraft but bloody hell, I keep getting distracted.

I look forward to my retirement and having more time on my hands for silly things like DCS

Some beauty shots from DCS with my F-15C

I'm enjoying the F 15 currently as well

Bro you missin sumpin! Whered ya boy go?!

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lol ya Blade_Meister. My RIO was threatening to bail, I tried to talk him out of it telling him the aircraft is fine. But he insisted

Beautiful shots fellers. I like those low light Hornet pictures bisher. They're kind of spooky cool.

Iamfritz, I really like this screenshot of yours:

errrh. Nevermind. I can't figure out how to post a single picture. I keep forgetting how. I miss when it was much easier to do. The one with the F-15 from behind with just blue sky.

Thanks Coot, spooky cool, I like that

Bish, just love your screenshots!

piper, thanks

[img]https://ibb.co/NLL2YWh[/img]

The Mig shots are excellent. The texture work of the metal fuselage is just great. Makes me want to have a pick nick on the wing.

I really enjoy flying the Viper in DCS, it's still crude (it is EA after all), but it's fun.

Familiarization flight:

https://youtu.be/_pYGqCnXtRo



CBU-97 demonstration:

https://youtu.be/cAUXzO5kRIQ

Crude, yes, but I like it too

Cool videos, really enjoyed the CBU demo damson

I'm loving this!

BTW Mr. Bisher, that pic of the Viper landing (spectacular) seemed to be coming in a little fast & steep....did it?-)

Full Red Flag mission for the Viper by Sedlo (converted from the Bug). Pretty immersive stuff:

https://youtu.be/KZB65biy-U0

lol piper, good eye. It was a scary landing, me ham-fisting all the way

Some fun with TGP and LGB

https://youtu.be/f3c_yrNB_z4

[img]https://i.ibb.co/Mngj8w5/chopper.jpg[img]

[img]https://i.ibb.co/2N3kBqF/fal.jpg[img]

Wow bisher. Top shots!

Thanks Coot, I appreciate that

Beautiful shots, love the Viper.

The Viper shot looks like box art you'd find on a plastic kit model. Wonderful.

Oy yeah bisher! Very nice!

Thanks for the vids damsom! Nice work!

Nice videos and pics, damson and bisher.

Thanks Chaz

Now that's a screenshot!

The updated Normandy map is awesome especially in VR. The amount of added detail and improved optimization makes it perfect for help ops.

I am not a big fan of DCs right now, but I have to admit that does look nice. I may have to run the update and see if the optimization helps the performance on my old AMD Phenom 955.

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Nice Chaz

I'm enjoying the update as well

Target practice

One thing they have improved on since it first came out is the Spitfires engine sound... it's pretty awesome I have to say, and probably the best sounding Merlin out there at the moment.
Nice screenshot Bish, but one thing that does not look right are those wing roundels. The red centre is too big.

Happy New Year ya''ll

Been on a Warbird kick since the Normandy map was updated.

Happy new year Chaz

Nice display of WW2 aircraft

Pulling back on the stick and on the edge of a stall. The aircraft is shaking and rattling badly, really cool

I like those skins with the black nose, I think there are a couple.

Would be good if there was a default Sundowners skin...

Nice shots bisher! I have got to order me a new computer!

Thanks Vince. I could do with some upgrading myself

Really good pics. DCS has some very good graphics.

Yes it does Sgt_Fresh and the aircraft are a blast to fly

Beautiful shots. I haven't played DCS in a long time. I'd like to get the Nevada map and the F-5 Tiger and F-14 someday!

Really nice pics Bisher. Any chance to see some planes during/after hits, round strikes/missile strikes? I haven't seen any of the fire/damage effects in over a year. I am pointedly curious to see what the fire effects look like. Thanks fro any consideration.

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Finally tried this, up to this point all of my carrier landings were during daytime and good weather.



https://youtu.be/_tKTvmg3yVo

Picked up F-16 on sale, just getting started with it.

It has been just over a year since I uninstalled DCS with a particularly bad tase in my mouth. With a new Rig that is much better suited to flying DCS, I have reinstalled it, and I must say that I had a blast in the Bf109Kürfurst today. The FM was lovely, and I landed it in spite of my rudder pedal toe brakes being inverted so that as soon as I touched down I was skidding down the runway into a tail loop. LMAO, once sorted I practiced a bit of taxing and then took off and continued my flight across Normandy. It seems like ED has done a lot of work on the War Birds and I am now intrigued as to WWII experience. This outing today ran as smooth as silk and the graphics speak for themselves. I may have just found a new best friend in the Sim Hood! Time will tell.

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I've taken it on myself to get stuck back into DCS with the Su-25T... I'd forgotten what a little gem that aircraft can be.
Relatively easy to learn and fly... getting into relearning the weapon systems at the moment.
Another good thing about the 'Rook' is that it's totally free to download with the base game, so anyone that wants to have a play with it can do so at no cost whatsoever.

Nice picks Trooper. I haven't flown the Frogfoot in a very longtime, maybe I will have to soon, but for now I am enjoying the WarBirds.

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Nice BM... Yes the WWII stuff is ok in my book. I have all the WWII stuff, maps, assets pack , campaigns, all the aircraft except the P-47, but I'll pick that up when it's cheap enough in a sale.
I'm enjoying the Su-25T again... I had all the training videos downloaded so going through them again, and with the updated Caucasus map it, and updated cockpit it's better than ever.

The situation heated up a bit for my adversaries this evening. I have to give ED credit that their fire effects are quite convincing, but the black smoke tunnel that it leaves still needs work. I had some quick mission fun tonight and got 2 kills in 2 hops. Not Bad.

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I think you got him!

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Wasting a little time in DCS.

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DCS does take purdy pictures!

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Taxing out!


Dropping off!

And 1 more.

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Nice shots BM. By the way, I like your black, grey and red borders. It looks appropriate for the SimHQ aesthetic.

Thanks Coot. Actually my boarder is only the maroon and grey. I guess SimHq thought it wasn't snazzy enough and added the black and the white.
Here are a few more from my coastal jaunt.

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