OverDhill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF6yJ47sXgY

I read somewhere that turning down your resolution to help spot planes easier. So what are you guys running at?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byyNSFI_xVs Navigational... sorry...LOL

Well I decided to create some help screens (sorta like a kneeboard) for my 19" monitor that can pop up full screen with a push of a button on my throttle. Here is the first one which I got off the ATAG site and modified it to show landmarks. I will look for more possible ones and then tackle the other coast line on another map.

IMHO I doubt the memory will be comparable. Most likely the only things usable in a new PC build are the case, power supply (if high enough wattage), and drives. The MB, CPU and memory are usually changed out together and the video card because it too is probably slow compared to today's standard. One reason I always just handed down my older computers and built a new one. I also look at the break point from a cost/performance point of view. Better to buy a decent PC now and then later replace it with another decent one down the road than to spend big bucks on a cutting edge one now (unless what you are running software wise needs that extra 20-30% performance). For gaming there is not much difference between an i5 and an i7. So unless your doing video editing you can save about $100 US there. Not sure about over the pond pricing.

This was posted on the DCS forum Originally Posted by LeadDoctor Back in September I was in contact with TM about the gimbal. Pictures and part numbers were exchanged then I got the email of doom. "Kindly be informed there is no misunderstanding regarding the part. This part is no longer available, we don't offer it as a spare part any more." So Yeah been flying with the broken gimbal and just cant handle it any more. Going to use the strongest panel bonding glue around tomorrow as a last hope. Any thoughts, suggestions or what have you I'm open to listening. New post: Lead Doctor I got onto their (Thrustmaster's) Facebook page and asked them the following question: Any truth in the rumour that Thrustmaster are no longer supporting (making spares for) the Warthog? To which their answer was: Thrustmaster Hi, false rumour. We of course support all our Warthog owners. So it would appear that someone somewhere in the customer service/support/parts foodchain either does not know what is available or just doesn't want to supply the part for some reason. I would suggest that all members of the forum that read this topic should go over to the facebook page and begin asking about this en masse

Well I managed to get the Radar on the second monitor but no go on the RWR as of yet.

Anyone have a simple take off and landing mission? I am using the Spitfire 100oc at the moment.

For the last time, your flight sim doesn’t count as the mile high club. Now, are you coming to bed or not? http://aviationhumor.net/for-the-last-time-your-flight-sim-doesnt-count/#

Well here is what some say to do Locate launcher.exe in the main Cliffs of Dover directory under steamapps/common. Right click, compatability tab, check disable desktop composition. Other say they experience tearing when panning with Aero off. We shall see

So what are your feelings about Windows 7 Aero? Turn if off when flying COD? Sometime I get a message that it doesn't like it.

Not sure I have seen this posted here but Airwarfare.com has a lot of COD files including missions and campaigns. Check out their downloads section. They have one for me a mission that typically start out with just take-off, do a loop, then land. http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php

What is the thing to the left of the keyboard? Looks like a big knob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVxTH7JHUGo

I was thinking of making my own kneeboard paged for Cliffs of Dover. Just need to find detailed maps and base information, ect.

Thanks... worked like a champ after ajusting to my monitor setup. I will look into any F15C kneeboard MODs

Now I need to figure out one last thing. I have the radar displaying on the second monitor along with Helios for gauges. That all works fine with Helios set to be Always on Top. However when I try and bring up the Kneeboard map it doesn't show up. If I turn off Always on Top for Helios then I don't see the gauges but rather just the radar and the rest is black. I presume that DCS is filling the second monitor space with this black. Not sure there is a way to change that. One possible work around might be to have all the gauges on a panel that can be programmatically hidden when the kneeboard is brought up. I will try that. Update: That works great. I toggle the kneeboard and the gauges hide. Now to fix the position of the kneeboard. Anyone play around with any of the kneeboard MODs I see. Most are for older DCS World versions.

Well I reworked my FC3 setup to include the Radar to be extracted to the second monitor. It seems that is the only one that is currently supported in FC3. Wish the would fix the RWR export to second monitor

Well for those that are interested These are updated links to get XWing Alliance running on Windows 7 64 bit as well as upgrading the graphics You can get XWA running on Windows 7 64 bit with this tutorial. www.moddb.com/mods/the-x-wing-alliance-upgrade-project/tutorials/x-wing-alliance-installation-on-modern-operat ing-systems Then after that head over to Darksaber's webpage and get DSUCPv2.1 This will upgrade the graphics as well as as do a full install for no CD's (must have XWA installed per above first) www.darksaber.xwaupgrade.com/#ds010812 Grab the Reimer's XWAHacker and after you have it upgraded use it to change the resolution Get the X Wing Conversion pack 3.1 here www.maxgames.it/xwc/ For the TIE Fighter Total Conversion v1.0 yet but Darksaber's get this here www.darksaber.xwaupgrade.com/craftpacktftc2.html XWA Upgraded https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5609/15500134240_843c7fdce4_c.jpg X Wing ToTal Conversion https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/15499081689_92d62c43c5_c.jpg Tie Fighter Total Conversion https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7553/15686536072_13090dda12_c.jpg

Well I had to see what it looked like on a 39" monitor

http://vimeo.com/109662377

Also check this out then http://www.pcgamer.com/play-x-wing-with-upgraded-graphics-trust-us-you-should/ http://www.xwaupgrade.com/ http://www.maxgames.it/xwc/ For me I still like Freespace 2 Open for its graphics and TrackIR support http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=87011.msg1738715#msg1738715

http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/27/7080179/star-wars-x-wing-tie-fighter-games-digital-release

These videos were posted in the Facebook IL-2 COD room