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will do Friar, might be free later this week to do something...

I need a tour of it really, I loaded it up and theres a lot to take in, plus I would need to test it on VR, but not before mapping it all out, as I understand its a bit more involved than GBS with key binds etc. also is it better to get the game direct or is the Steam version adequate? I know GBS is not cross compatible with Steam/or direct.

Im a bit reticent still about the whole DCS thing, as rightly or wrongly I have the impresson that it is a bit of a money pit. (regardless how good it is) in any case, modern jets and choppers hold no interest for me at all. I'd be interested in anything Korean War, possibly up to Vietnam and those that predate though. I just dont have a lot of cash to spare atm, and defintiely void of having much time as I explained earlier. 😕 Looking at a lot of the DLC, they are about £40 each... I installed it and never loaded it up. The idea does intrigue me though.

Hi Folks, Got your email, about schedules etc, and thought I would pop on and say Hi! I wont vote as it doesnt seem approriate since I havent been around for quite a while, reason being, Sunday nights are very difficult, and Tuesdays are impossible for me now due to kids activities, and other crap. I hope to fly with you when I can as I do still play GBS, Although my schedule is unchanged for the time being., Thursdays however I could potentially do depending on start time if that was a chosen night for GBS. Anyway, needless to say, I hope you are all well. T.

Same, mine is also missing. I logged into expect to read an angry reply at my request to add yet more planes the DF server. lol.

KIA. 😆 Its actually the first time i've been killed in combat in the P38. My streak has ended. lol

OK I appear to have solved the issue. after several un-necessary reinstalls and a lot of searching, I appear to have stumbled across the fault by accident. so it may have been this or a combination of things I had setup that it didnt like. My IL2 game is on steam. Just for the record. I reset and re-installed Oculus Tray tool, and made sure ASW was 'off', (supersampling on OTT is PC dependent, but I have that set to 1.5 in any case) still wasnt working, adjusting IL2 settings provided a few extra frames on its own by configuring settings, but not enough for smooth play. Seeing as there are many ways to boot a VR/VR supported game, and Oculus software relies on Steam Vr also. I started experimenting with different boot up methods. instead of booting through Oculus and allowing that to open steam, I loaded steam and Steam VR, and booted it IL2 through Steam VR. instead of relying on Oculus to start the process. Seems Oculus software failed to load Steam VR correctly somehow (Just for IL2, all my other games and apps work fine booting through Oculus), my PC appears to have been treating IL2 as a background task. even though in task manager, it was on the primary list. I have reset all my Steam VR settings to default, and am using OTT now to configure the sampling and graphics., so VR resolution in Steam is just set to 100% even though my PC can totally handle more. So the process I followed was: Open OTT (Tray Tool) Open Oculus Boot up Steam VR in Oculus Load IL2. Its a faff, but that process appears to be working. happy 80FPS all day today... I have also managed to max out the settings in IL2 as well, and it still runs 80fps, so its 100% a software issue and not hardware. However, and I never fully understood this, but in the IL2 settings I am now using MSAA, instead of FSAA.

a new update came out for Nvidia today, im praying that might help

I claim 3 ground kills, 2x Howitzer, 1 Truck. ( I believe) may have all been Howies though, I was too excited to be back to notice, lol.

its not so much the time slots, you cant beat sunday evening for availability usually, but alas, thats also the most popular day for family gatherings., things are a little unpredictable. Tuesdays were always difficult for me, due to my job as are any week night to commit to regularly. for my part at least i hadnt planned to be away so long as I really enjoyed the last sessions I attended, I just fell off and then got distracted by other things. and after all this, I have still only decorated half the house. lol. been here a year now. but hey ho, marathon, not a sprint...

Oh yes... one other thing, as BluBear rightly points out, having been under house arrest for 2 years pretty much, I have been catching up on the things I couldnt do, but with 2 kids im obliged to also encourage them to do the same, as they wont choose to do this by themselves. and thats a massive disruptor for me. as its usually the weekends that take the beating.

HI Folks, sorry for being away so long... I had pretty much lost track of time, I only went out for the papers. I sort of left for a spell and never found my way back. And here come the excuses... Like BadAim says above, I'd love to fly more, but times of the meets dont always work with everyday life. having 2 kids is not helping, plus theres a whole list of other things that tend to get in the way. as is normal with life I guess. Another thing getting in thw way is my eldest son, who is now of an age where PC is cooler than Xbox, so I have to fight him off my comp when he wants to play Banner Lord 2 for 17 hours at a stretch, he doesnt have his own rig and I cant afford to buy him one atm, I was going to get myself a new rig and donate this one to him, but thats sadly been mothballed thanks to Herr Putin, and BOJO De Pfeffel... That said I have had urges to do some flying, but I havent got to a point where I set up the VR and actually do it. I too also prefer the more casual co-op missions to event or campaign flying. not interested so much in tanks, its 100% flying for me. The campaigns, while fun, are perhaps a bit too long winded for me. Both in mission length and campaign length. and for a creature who likes flying a variety of planes, being stuck on one can get a bit tedious. There are plus sides, having taken part in the P38 campaign for a spell, it taught me how to really fly the machine, and it wasnt necesarily one I would pick from the list if I was casually flying. I would definitely like to learn to fly some of the other planes better... there are some I love but havent quite mastered, and they arent necesarily all of the glamourous ones... Besides this, the campaign nights can be a bit 'too' serious. and thats a bit of a buzz kill at times. even if my focus generally is at a higher level. I'd like to do more campaigns, but maybe with a slightly different format, perhaps on a shorter campaign, that allows us to fly more aircraft, learn them, have some fun then move on to the next. I know its a difficult one to cater for, but I far prefer flying the early/mid war planes as well, whereas a lot of guys here like the later war gear. I just find the early and mid war planes are a bit more hands on, and thats fun for me. and also dare I say, I also love WW1 as well, which I've never got to fly with the dogz, well not entirely true, but only for a few minutes before being raped by an FW190 A4. lol The Co-op nights, I have no complaints about. the missions are good and I've had fun times taking part in them. and realistically if the session is too long I have the opportunity to leave earlier, Not that I ever have. Just a small note though, on the warmup DF server, it would be nice to have most if not all planes unlocked, as some that I own as DLC are often excluded such as the Macchi Fulgore and Yak 9. I know its done in the interest of 'theme' for whatever the map is, but I dont think thats entirely necesarry in a casual DF scenario. I will pop on on Sunday evening, and have a fly, dont mind what we do... I guess a large part of this for me is getting the buzz and the addication back. just to wrap up, I know how much work goes in behind the scenes, to create events, missions and campaigns, and to cater for as many people as possible, and I also know thats a nearly impossible task. So I tip my hat to those of you that take on this burden. My suggestions above are in no way intended to cause offence to those who create and run this fabulous club. Tbone.

TBone: Air Claims: 2x Bf 109K-4 Destroyed. Successful RTB, all bits attached, guns hot and empty.

yes thats pretty much what Ive managed to do, I figured if I load the game through Steam with VR support Open composite bypasses steam VR for me. However, fo some reason, if I boot from the Oculus app, it doesnt work... so I guess this is going to be about a boot up process. but I was getting a good 80fps last night, which is the best i've ever had it running, so I have been able to dial up some of the graphics settings as well and still have good performance.

OK well the good news is Im winning! I have managed to remap all my keys today, and got the game running as smooth as a babys bottom. but its taken a few hours of tinkering and reloading the game, which was frustrating. So... I just need a little help with the mods and also CHSkins is no longer working. so need a hand with that too. With any luck I can do some flying soon., going to have a quick session the blast off some of the cobwebs.