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3 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:
I'm using the tiny triangle in my icon mod. and I'm using the no other planes on the map mod 'cause Uncle Siddley told me to
I'm laughing so much because no fecker else does as they are told.... 😀....apart from some....
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12 minutes ago, Friar said:
I dont have a MODS folder or JGMSE - could some nice fellow point me in the right direction. I have found the post with the icon modding files but have no where to put them?
Have you downloaded the JSGME executable?
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1 hour ago, DD_Arthur said:
So.....I won't have to stop wearing my wife's underwear whilst flying will I?
You know the answer to that one 😏
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24 minutes ago, Painless said:
Like a handicap system such as in golf the less accomplished have the “Wonder Woman” standard settings and the more accomplished have more challenging settings, that is fine because it makes for a good and fair competition. What you can’t have is the top boys using easy settings to dominate. That would be unsporting. I think (correct me if I’m wrong Sidly) that is what Sid is getting at ?
Painless, that is one of my points, yes
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@Delta I think very much like you in that I want the flying to be fun, in fact that is my main focus. Ultimately, if you feel you want to fly with the settings you want then that is your choice.
I posted this topic to highlight an issue that is present in our flying together ie. names, icons and spotting, and in my opinion this issue takes some of the fun out of flying. In my first post I proposed that we adopt the Mods but there is no compulsion on anyone to do it, I can only suggest it. I'm not after flying with full real SEOW settings, that is a personal choice to have no speedbar and locked cockpit etc, I am suggesting that having planes visible on 'radar' via the maps is an immersion killer and takes away any element of surprise if someone is flying on the opposite side - this is what the second Mod gets rid of. Your plane is still visible on the maps so you can see where you are to navigate. There is some work involved to keep allies in view and know where they are because you can't see them on the map.
Getting rid of the names would be a good idea because you are flying against an unknown pilot rather than a pilot with a known skill level...you will probably soon find out whether it was a mistake I'm sure. This is what the first Mod does.
With regard to VR advantage I don't know if that is true in my case. To use VR my resolution has been lowered so that the view I get to fly with is like a crap version of 46...ask Painless, he's seen it. Compared to flying without VR the quality of view is a backward step but I like the immersion. I have no idea if dots are easier to spot so I can't comment on that, there may be evidence to show they are but I haven't paid any attention to it and haven't changed settings to get a better dot view. I use the default settings and get what I'm given.
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4 hours ago, Friar said:
I would plead for my plane only on the maps as I am useless at navigation.
Don't need to plead for that Friar, the intention is to keep individual 'Plane only' as that what the second Mod mentioned does.
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Morning all
During our flying sessions over the past few months I have been picking up feelings of slight annoyance through to deep frustration over how some of us have been singled out, shot down or spotted way before we should by other flyers. I am not talking about the AI doing this, but other human flyers. It is fair to say that all of us have been flying together for many years so I think I am able to speak freely. We flew 46 together too and got used to a set of icons that did away with a lot of unrealistic indicators so I now think it is time to get that sort of set up in GBS.
I understand that there are flyers coming back to us and finding GBS something new and different and that is fully understandable so what I am suggesting is that we work towards a situation where we are all given a chance to fly more fairly and more realistically. There are flyers here that are more than capable of flying with limited icons and I think they should do so and there are also those that could work up to this position. Please note I am not saying that flyers should use the game setting that removes all icons (although that is what I am getting used to doing) because I am aware that an individuals' screen or eyesight can make spotting aircraft and ground targets difficult. As one who flys mostly ground attack it can be frustrating when I can't fly low to escape attacking fighters because I have a triangle permanently attached that says to fighters 'Here he is!!' I understand this is what happens when flyers use icons but for me, I am setting myself a challenge by switching them off. The only information I have displayed on screen is the small mini map (because pilots carry maps) and the technical information on the right because it allows me to see bomb and rocket settings for a short period before they disappear by default.
However, if we as a group use the Mods below:
- we keep flyers' names off the screen
- we keep other aircraft off maps and prevent the spotting of enemy aircraft when they are many kms away. This can be a particular PITA!
- we keep aircraft (particularly enemy) out of view in the virtual sky until they are in a realistic spotting distance from in the cockpit ie. 10km
- we still can hear AI tactical spotting information so enemy flights can be picked up by other aircraft not by map icons...much better I think
I suggest that we all work towards using these two Mods:
Number one
Number two
I believe that most are using the first one. The second one works perfectly. When in use, on the minimap and briefing map a lot of us use in flight the only aircraft visible is the pilot's own so you can still use maps for navigation. No other aircraft appear on them at all and the first time you see them is when they get within 10k and their icon appears in the virtual sky. All in all, much more realistic, achievable and fun!! Would be nice to see more than seven downloads considering our numbers last night.....;)
I would like to see these Mods adopted as standard use for the Dogz.
What do you think?
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Picked up this thread today. Bloomin' marvellous seeing all these 'Gits' on the forum and getting ready to fly again
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I went from an X45 to an X52 Pro many many years ago. I replaced it last year with another X52 Pro when a rocker switch became intermittent and the stick tensioning spring wasn't doing it's job very well. I stuck with Saitek because my setup works very well for me and overall I am very happy with their hardware and software.
I, like you, expected to have to do re assigning but it wasn't necessary, replacing the X52 Pro with another one was literally Plug and Play as all key mappings and controller IDs stayed the same. I use Saitek hotas, pedal and lever quadrant profiles and most of the keys are mapped through those not via the in game key mapping however those few that ARE mapped through game remained when the new hotas was plugged in and used.
If you are used to Saitek then I would recommend staying with it. I can't say anything about the X56 but all references to the X56 'Rhino' point to it being designed for Space games more than combat aircraft....that put me off as I didn't like the look of it.
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On 1/30/2020 at 1:52 PM, Painless said:
I know what I am going to try this summer 🤓
I most definitely know what I am NOT going to be trying this summer.....the usual requests for the unusual insertions I have to put up with are enough thank you 🤨
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Probably why it was best to verify me......may have served as a reminder 😉
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Hi FT, can I be verified please
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On 12/11/2019 at 10:31 PM, T_O_A_D said:
Where is and what is this other small mod called and located?
Sorry T_O_A_D, only just seen your post. I use the 'ICON_D_D_NL_SM_T' mod found here . Others may use different ones but the idea is the same.
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Evening chaps
I have been looking for a mod that removes all aircraft on the briefing map and mini map except for the pilot's. Painless and I were talking about this a couple of weeks ago as we thought it would increase immersion and prevent the spotting of aircraft on 'radar' which can be annoying for stalking aircraft but would also still allow the map to be used as a navigation aid.
Here it is, attached below and can be found in the the vault here . Found it on BoS forums here
I have tried it on single player and mutiplayer and when combined with the small icon mod that doesn't include pilot names works a treat, other aircraft only show up in the sky when in icon range so it is down to pilots looking around for friendlies and enemies until their icon is spotted with a 'Mark 1 eyeball'. Once unzipped it is ready for use in JSGME. Would be good if everyone used it.
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Good choice of music 😂
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It was a pleasure knowing and flying with you Bill. Thanks for being a part of my life and sharing your incredibly valuable time with us Dogz. Blue skies mate.
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Hi FT, can you verify me as a DangerDog please.
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Ah yes, of course, my bad. In that case just leave them in and ignore them. Personally I think this is a great programme and gives us the same effect as we had in 46 where, due to the games network cache, we all had the same skins and could see them. In Box it needs a bit of time as it has to be done manually by pressing some buttons and waiting for the download to finish.
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16 hours ago, T_O_A_D said:
This version works fine for me, totally ran myself out of data the last two days though.
Luckily it got reset today.
I haven't spent much time playing yet, but I noticed an awful lot of the same skins in the P-51 stable, just different artist and or versions of wear.
I'd say we may need to vote or poll the scrubs out.
see above post
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1 hour ago, FoolTrottel said:
Yeah, it's a bit overwhelming now... the numbers!
Might even think of a naming convention, so if the filename does not match something like <ACModel><Army><Skinname>Name><Version> before chkskins will accept and upload it...
Naah... that'd make too much sense ... and would be way too much work!
Something needs to be done, though limiting it to 4K does already help a lot...
I don't think that duplicate skins by different artists are an issue because they are made differently and can look slightly different. If you don't like one or think there are too many similar ones why not delete them from your skin folder after downloading them through Checkskins? The good thing about the setup now is that everyone who uses Checkskins has the same ones and other flyers can see them...even deleting ones you don't like or consider surplus won't change that.
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Thanks for this FT, it is very much appreciated.
There is one skin I have found that is an anomaly. I deleted it a couple of days ago and it came back today.
After running Checkskins, '47th Bomb Group Tunisia' is downloaded into two skin folders, 'A20B' and 'P47D28'. It is an A20 skin, one I created. I didn't add anything to it to make it a P47 skin too.....honest guv'nor 😏
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I did the checkskins today and downloaded the 3700 skins. I then went through them deleting over 2000 2k skins, leaving about 1560 4k skins. The skins folder takes up about 30gb of disc space and is 4k skins only. Unsurprisingly the majority are 109, 190, P51, P38 and Spitfire. I'm happy to keep them all at the moment as it means I get to see other skins and the hakenkreuz when flying with you chaps. Assuming you use 4k skins lol
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I imagine that broken or really bad ones won't get used so will just sit there so maybe not too much of a problem. Thanks for continuing with this, it's a brilliant idea
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Is it possible to go through the Skault and take out the 2k skins? I don't mind doing that.
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No idea how you did that Friar...if you did it without a mod then you have achieved something many others wanted to do. Perhaps you placed the No Other Planes mod directly into your 'data' file before you started to use JSGME.