Friar

I know it all depends on what day / time we run this but if you would like to take part can I have some indication of what you would like to fly. I know some people are a given i.e. Fenrir F14, myself Apache but what would others like? It will help me to see if I need to add some more targets suitable for the attacking plane. I will then build up a list of who is what and could then perhaps also organise some command structure?

Salute, I am pleased to present my first scenario based DCS mission "Downed Pilot". I have tried to incorporate planes for all roles (Really sorry FT but I could not find anything for the I-16 can we tempt you into something else? happy to adjust the mission for you). All we need to do is to find a night to host it on? Suggestions welcome. Thanks to DD_Fenrir for assistance with some of the techie bits. I hope the scenario works, but as it is my first go at this sort of thing I am sure you will forgive me if it does not quite go as I think it will....... The full mission briefing is shown below; PILOT DOWN Last night whilst returning from a mission, Captain Bruce Williams (call sign "Brewster") was shot down but ejected safely. His data shows that his plane crashed North East of Pokyesh (Grid Ref GH1141). Captain Williams also activated his personal tracker which shows he headed South East during the night covering approximatley 12km. His track is availble on the mission map. His last reported position was at 04:00 this morning just North East of Achigvara (Grid Ref GH12). No further track has been recorded so we can only assume that as light started to break he has gone to ground in this area. We will therefore focus our seach in this location. A search zone has been marked on the mission map. The Captain is one of our most senior and experienced pilots and know he will deploy SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) training. He will fire 2 ORANGE flairs when he has visual contact with the search teams and also set off an ORANGE smoke canister. The recovery helicopters should land close to this position. Capt Williams may also place some sort of ground marker to assist with the pick-up point. Look out for anything unusual in the area. Once you have landed, Captain Williams will break cover and come out to the LZ. He must be recovered at all costs. The enemy are active in this zone both in the air and on the ground and will be out to stop his return. Good luck Gentlemen. High Command and Captain Williams are counting on you to pull this off. TASK ASSIGNMENTS ============ F14's from CVN-75 "Harry S Truman" and will provide air intercept protection. F16's from Senaki-Kolkhi will be tasked with air intercept and ground attack to remove the threat from the ground to air defence systems. OV-10 "Bronco" to provide close air support to the recovery team and tasked with surpressing enemy ground search teams. F5-E "Tiger" is tasked with hitting local area HQ's and assisting with attacking ground targets. AH-64D "Apache" will escort the Huey recovery team and offer additional protection. UH-1H "Huey" will be the main recovery team that lands and picks-up Captain Williams. MISSION TIME ======== Start: 05:30 Sunrise 05:50 AIRFIELD ===== Take off using runway 09 AIRCRAFT CODE / DESIGNATIONS ==================== F16 x 4 - Falcon-1 Senaki-Kolkhi (cold start) F16 x 4 - Falcon-2 Senaki-Kolkhi (hot start) F14 x 4 - Eagle-2 CVN-75 Harry S. Truman (hot start) OV-10 x 3 - Merlin-1 Senaki-Kolkhi (cold start) OV-10 x 3 - Merlin-2 Senaki-Kolkhi (hot start) F5-E x 1 - Kestrel-1 Senaki-Kolhi (hot start) AH-64D x 3 - Osprey-1 Senaki-Kolkhi (hot start) UH-1H x 2 - Hawk-1 Senaki-Kolkhi (hot start) LOCAL ENEMY HQ =========== Gali HQ N 42 37.743 E 41.42.995 (Grid: GH2223) OCHAMCHIRA HQ N 42 43.557 E 41 28.483 (Grid: GH0233) LABRA HQ N 42 47.768 E 41 21.640 (Grid: FH9340)

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I Made it...

Salute Following the recent Teamspeak update that came out, some Dangerdogz have been having issues with binding hotkeys directly to their HOTAS. Deacon at 352nd and some of his guys have been having the same issue. He has kindly provided a roll back to the previous version. https://www.dropbox.com/s/xbylq3igy5nuqzd/TeamSpeak3-Client-win32-3.5.3.exe?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/fto434kp4itdwwx/TeamSpeak3-Client-win64-3.5.3.exe?dl=0

I found this video today. Could be used for example on the F16 for the "Valley Run" loadout with just a couple of missiles on the wing.

I got a helicopter.....

Just got my tickets come through. Link to latest confirmed aircraft flying and static https://www.airtattoo.com/airshow/aircraft/confirmed-aircraft

If you can help, please review the below from the chat bar.... I have pasted the chat (excluding a couple of links to videos) The story so far....... xTbonex: Well, ive not been able to fix my IL2 issue, Ive tried all kinds of configurations, I suspect the VR tether cable may be damaged, although odd that its just IL2 with the issues. seeing as a new tehert is about £130, (yep, for a cable) thats me out... cant justify paying that for a cable. xTbonex: only other thing I can think it might be is an issue with the GPU drivers. but not sure how to revert back to the older ones. Friar: @Tbone - do you get the same low rates when using the flat screen? Friar: anything on the forums - if a gpu driver has screwed stuff a lot of people will be moaning xTbonex: im just having a look with VR not active. xTbonex: no its just the VR by the look of it, im getting 80-90fps on the monitor with no VR plugged in, I will try and rol back the GPU drivers, come to think of it there was an Nvidia update a few days ago that I installed., but I will have to do that later as I have to work today. xTbonex: when I boot up in VR, the loading screen stutters a lot and im getting artifacts all over th screen around the edges of the black box that comes up with IL2 logo in it, the VR just doesnt pan smoothy at all, its definitely the display thats causing the lag. the PC isnt breaking a sweat at all. xTbonex: ive also tried reseating the cable into the headset but thats not fixed it either, gave it another test with the driver roolback also and its still a problem. xTbonex: it does appear to be the headset I have to say, I ran it for 15 mins earlier on screen, and was getting a staggering 235fps. if the green digits were accurate, and that was maxed out settings xTbonex: its not a hardware issue, as I have an i9 129000, and an RTX 2080 with 32Gb DDR5 Beagle: I finally resolved my VR issues by re flashing my headset to an earlier firmware version. All good now. xTbonex: I may try re-installing the Oculus app a bit later. but im running out of ideas atm. at the very least im going to have another tweak of the settings in it Beagle: Tbone try working your way through this guy’s recommendations in your set up. I found his guides for IL2 and DCS setting up in VR to be very helpful. It’s worth a shot if you find yourself running around in circles with the VR stuff. Beagle: Oops sorry. Forgot to add the link. https://www.gamersbynight.com/il2-vr-settings-optimization/ xTbonex: I think I have fixed it, I wiped every trace of IL2 off my system and did a clean re-install, it must have been something in the settings or mods folder screwing things up. I manually deleted everything this time and started over xTbonex: had to remap everything, but thats fine, at least its working and im back up to 80-90 fps. xTbonex: that was frustrating. and sorry for the whingefest chaps. its only taken 3 days to locate and fix the issue. just glad it wasnt the VR set that had the issue. hard to believe one or 2 corrupt files could create so much havoc xTbonex: on 2nd thoughts maybe not, but... I thinnk its the icons mod messing it up, i installed it and its playing up again xTbonex: it wasnt that, I have no idea what it is, it worked for a while, I tried a restart and the problem re-occured, im going to try one more clean install of Oculus and IL2 after that Im done I think xTbonex: I ran a diag on Steam VR yesterday, and I can literally see the frame rates tanking on boot up, they never recover or go above 30FPS after that, something is clearly hapening on boot up. I tried to get open composite working but the game wont load, I used to use that on my old rig to bypass Steam VR Friar: Do you have any other games? are they the same? xTbonex: No its just IL2 thats playing up, everything else is fine. which is very frustrating I have to say xTbonex: teh weird thing is I didnt actually change any settings, it just decided the other day to not play along

A bit of noise about if it will be a completely new game and not linked to the current version or just an update. People concerned for the money invested that will not carry over if it is a new game. It does look very good though. The career idea is quite good also.

FT told me, it was the @ key

A satisfying evenings work...

I assume everyone who plays on the server will need to put this update in as it will go on the sever and versions must match?

Can we merge the two threads together. would be easier to follow. text updates then pictures?

What identified it for you - did you run one of the monitoring programmes fruitbat mentioned or did it just go completely?

Pictures or it never happened...

I put up this video because a)it is well made and b) I can find the links to the mods for the scenery easily

Salute, We are looking at JUNE 25th. Please post here IF YOU CAN NOT make this date

The landing zone around the bridge needs to have a few trees removed first. Nearer the time I could contact the guy that did the North Africa map changes and see if you would be willing to clear a few trees out for us to make a landing zone?

@DD_Fenrir - Spoke to Fruitbat last night and he helped me to get it sorted, thanks.

What do I have to do to install them please? I have downloaded them. Do they need a Spitfire folder in Liveries?

@Zukker Thanks for chipping in. It would be great to have your expertise on board with this. I am learning the editor as I go and would like to lean quite a bit on the likes of @DD_Fenrir and @fruitbat so having you available as well will be a bonus. I am planning my mission on the Caucuses map as everyone has it. I do not have the Syria map. Persian Gulf might be an option.

I have downloaded the excel utility. I have started work on the home base adding plane and helicopter slots. However when I try and open the .miz file it seems all encoded and not plain english like the video. I have tried using notepad and Notepad++, both are the same. Any thoughts? EDIT: just re-watched the video. You do not edit the mission but I save the statics as a template and then edit that to get the details....then plug then into the excel tool to make the script that will remove it.

Seems to delete a static item it has to be done with a triggered script - The below video seems to explain how to do it and also provide a tool to assist...