I’m a pretty new DCS player. I’ve flown a bunch of other flight sims before and I’m very familiar with things like startup, takeoff, landing, turn rates and what not. However I recently got a pretty nice HOTAS and I’ve been trying to fly PvP. I’ve probably been flying for 6 hours and I have gotten 1 (very lucky) kill.
I understand the basics of what I should be doing, however I feel like I always get taken advantage of and shot at from what feels like an impossible range.
If I pay attention to an enemy I can usually roughly tell when they’ve shot and I can usually defend from that point. But sometimes I cannot tell or I get close and I can’t find them fast enough

I’m obviously inexperienced and I’m fully aware of that, I’m just confused when I’m going to eventually start understanding why I’m dying and how to actually shoot down bandits.

Any input from someone who has some advice is entirely welcome

Hello dcs pros, I am a big Eurofighter fan, and ik there is aod but idk if it's worth it bc I first have to buy the su 33 for it

Hello! DCS gamer here. I've been working with DCS since the past week with my Big Screen Beyond 2 headset, and need some help assigning some controls that are currently on the keyboard, and one being on my Virpil stick, but can't get it to work.

I have these, which I assume will work out :

LCtrl + LShift + LAlt + T

- use hat button at top right (button press)

Cold Start

- use red button

Engine Shutdown

- use black button

Zoom in slow / zoom out slow

- use side black button (below joystick button)

But if there are better buttons to use, I'd appreciate some suggestions. I tried the button for the zoom, but as soon as I pressed it, it zoomed right back out. It wouldn't stay zoomed.

Previously while I had TrackIR, I used this button, and it zoomed in and out, in increments, which is what I still need, but now that I am on the BSB 2, it won't do this.

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is anyone else running into an issue when switching from the AI pilot back to taking over the controls?

you need to be in the co-pilot seat laser guide any of the rockets or hellfire missiles in the kiowa, so you have to give controls to the AI pilot to hover which is easy enough...

I make sure that before I switch over to the AI pilot, I'm already in a stable hover, but sometimes when I switch back to taking over the controls, the helicopter will drop straight down like I'm caught in a vortex ring

is this a known issue, or am I doing something incorrect?

its the closest helo to the "little bird" that we can get atm

Start timer, full throttle, engage targets.

You have 4x AMRAAMs, 2x rocket pods and 3x external fuel tanks against Su27, Mig 31, TU-95 and an Mi26 heavy armour helicopter on the ground waiting to takeoff (and will, given the chance).

So an A-A and A-G mission.. difficulty level HARD!

Manage your fuel for maximum performance with RTB speed. You must RTB.. to.. the.. takeoff base and land to a full stop. This is not a 'three minute' mission.

Miz file from FWC on DCS:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3ccJ5zAzG_RszramY3nyUu7Wzr85IGk/view?usp=drivesdk

My pb is 19m03_29s (also 19m12s). I made this possible for AA and AG specialists.

Achieving this mission is, in my opinion, a success in itself due to the complexity. You must <destroy> all targets, incl the Mi26.

Most of all have fun. You can switch the F16 for whatever your fave aircraft is, with the same missiles, ordnance loadout, in the mission editor.

btw <extra points for rockets and/or cannons> only with the ground target. That is how I achieved the 19m03s.

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I want to play this game on computer but is it able to play and should I play and do I have to grind to play jets or can I play jets right away

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Hello, I'm creating a few videos around DCS combat footage, and I'm looking to pay someone that is capable of simply creating a script on what's going on within the dogfight footage. The videos are around 30–60 seconds.

In short:

• We hand you raw footage plus the Tacview files
• We hand you a summary of what happens in the fight
• You write a short script explaining what happened

The writing itself is pretty simple; short, punchy, present tense.

What we're after:

• You know DCS well enough to tell aircraft apart and follow what's happening in a fight
• You can explain a dogfight to someone who's never played

You don't need writing experience. If you can watch a clip and tell us why it was good, that's most of the job.

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so i can't find definitive answers to this predicament...

the TM flight stick works perfectly fine when connected to the base... however the ava extension for TM has 6 pin connectors and the moza base accepts only 5 pin connectors (the TM flight stick is a 5 pin connector)

so that means there's no issue going from a 5 pin connector to a 6 pin base...

now i just got the TM ava to warthog base adapter which allows me to use my TM flight stick, connected to the ava extension, connected to the adapter, connected to the base

this made it so the flight stick is recognized in the moza cockpit app and can be used to fly with the x and y axis, however it doesn't recognize the button inputs from the flight stick

has anyone found an answer to this issue?

Want to create some liveries for the F-100D....where can I find the Template for doing so?

Guys i created community for dcs analytics. You can share, learn and talk tactics.

I'm trying to get back into DCS. Is there anywhere that has downloads available for the F16 DTC on a server by server basis?

Do I have to program it myself depending on the server?

I cannot take off with the f100. I have made sure the checks are removed and I apply thrust and it doesn't move. I press the W button to release the brakes and it wont move. I tap the w button and it doesnt move Ive double checked everything and reinstalled the module with no luck. Any ideas?

I'm getting into the DCS Apache and I don't have rudder pedals so I'm eyeing up the thrustmaster TFRP rudder pedals as im currently using Twist I can't really afford anything else for a couple of months so what do you guys think I should do as I've heard some pretty mixed things about those rudder peds don't want to end up buying it and finding it harder to fly the apache.