Great video especially for new hornet pilots and new dcs pilots. I get asked a lot about my graphics settings in dcs while im livestreaming now i can refer pilots who struggle setting up controls or video settings to this video. Ty :)
Hey Matt, new user...enjoy all your videos, appreciate the work! I still havent ironed out my Hotas issues, so I haven't flown much...but I have watched alot of videos and absolutely love what you have done with his game! I have played pc games since early 80s!! I played the original wing commander series, and never thought a sim like this would ever exist! Thank so much and looking forward to more!
9:55 I always use the Joystick Paddle switch as a modifier key. For example the DMS switches + Paddle act as activators for the NVGs plus Gain up/down. The TMS buttons plus paddle are used for activating and cycling the kneeboard, and paddle switch and NWS switch simultanisously is a substitution for CTR+E. That's actually universal for all of my modules. Another pro tip: Remap your keyboard keypad to the UFC (if you're using TrackIR of course), /, *, +, -, ENTER and , can be used to affect various other UFC functions like ENTER, MASTER CAUTION, etc. The INS/DEL, Pos1/END and PAGE UP/DOWN keys as well as arrow keys can be used for various up/down rockers (for example the UFC rockers in the A-10C; in the F-18, INSERT/DEL switches the left UFC radio channel, POS1/END the right, and POS UP/DOWN is the heading (?) select above the middle AMFCD). That's basically what you would use a Logitch G13 or Razor Orbweaver for without spending 100+ bucks. Remap the UFC bottom row to something like n m , . . - and the right UFC buttons as well, and you won't need to touch the mouse as often as you do now. Plus one of those MFCD Cougar packs for about 100 dollars and you don't touch the mouse at all outside of start-ups, which speeds your handling the plane up like nothing else and enables manouvering with hand on stick and looking outside the cockpit while manipulating your core aircraft functions.
awesome, thank you for taking the time to go through all of this. I have had mine all setup for years in a lot of different ways, but it's nice to see your setup and i will give some of your settings a try. I still rely heavily on a TrackIR profile you shared years ago, so again thank you!
@@drsal it was an attachment to a post on the ED forums a while ago, but doing a quick search i cant find the thread. If you dig a bit on the forums you might be able to find it.
I'm using TARGET software to translate warthog inputs. Nobody mentioned it yet. There are profiles to load, so you dont have to setup to much. Its still no one-key install. ;) Gives you some advantages I dont wanna miss, like multiple expressions for the same button (ie. short press, long press, modifier + short/long) and a nice Keymap for all binded functions. I use the NOiD 1.8 script found at the official website downloads/user files.
For many yrs I used Saitek Cyborg joystick with Microsoft FSX 32 bit without much problem. I suggest DCS should have a FREE FLIGHT mode like in FSX for every aircraft that you select to fly. This will help adjust and optimize your throttle and joystick settings before starting a mission. Else you have to pause the mission and keep adjusting controls. Thanks, vishkar.
I know you’re a busy man but could you do another one of these about graphics with the 2.7 settings? Not a priority but always a good reference due to the tutorials you share. Thank you for sharing the setup for Hotas.
Matt, how does cooperation with Pimax look like? Have you received the 5K+ test goggles to be able to test different DCS settings on them? Soon many DCS users will change to 5K+ and are waiting for VR improvements.
I have a specific problem. Even though I push my throttles all the way forward the F 18 does not maintain a lot of power. Is there something in the settings that is keeping it from doing that and if so, what is it?
I would love to see some kind of VR recording function being implemented in DCS +MattWagner .It is fairly complicated to say the least, in order to capture some footage when using my Oculus Rift. The weird aspect ratio of DCS in VR mode makes it really hard! Thanks!
One question I have is how critical is quantity and speed of RAM for DCS? You mention that even your lower spec rig has 32 GB RAM. Is there a significance benefit of 32 VS 16 GB RAM in the current build?
finally a detailed video about configuration, thank you so much just a question, in different forum it is mentioned DCS is more CPU dependent than graphic card dependent and having topnotch cpu improves quality of game better than GPU is that correct?
Great video helped me immensely in setting up the F/A18C hornet. however Can someone answer this question please. is the Thrustmaster M16000 able to bind / modify two actions to one button? I 've tried several times with no success and I don't want to have to spend big bucks for a hotas just to be able to do this. If someone could direct me to a video of the correct procedure of doing so I would greatly appreciate it . I've followed a few videos and upon trying to bind two actions/commands to one button it removes the action and only allows one button to be mapped leaving the other action/command blank.
Thanks for the video Matt. Can you explain why you set your "Res. of Cockpit Displays" setting to 512 when your system can obviously handle 1024? Does 1024 make the text any sharper on the displays? I use VR so I need things as sharp as possible.
Question about the F 18 flaps. Is there a way to use the warthog flap switch to do the following? Up would do auto, middle is half and down is full? Like would the flaps in the jet default to half to make it possible?
I have a question and it may be self explanatory but I have not seen it anywhere. If I do formation flying and combat flying, can I save a profile for, say the F/A-18, formation flying and another for combat and select between these two based on what I'm flying as opposed to remapping my hotas before every flight?
SSAA Is definitely not recommended for lower end systems. It is super sampling anti-aliasing. It will make your edges much beter if used with MSAA but almost no system can run it well.
Hello, Waggs, thx for this usefull video, 2 questions, do you keep same settings for both pc that you have? What about the nvvidia drivers version and setup from the control panel? Thank you
When I go to engage my A/P modes I can only get attitude mode to select however it doesn’t hold my attitude. If I look over at the left DDI once I engage any A/P mode it says that A/P is active but it does not do anything. I’ve tried reinstalling the module,repairing my dcs and setting a deadline on my stick with no luck. I use a TM HOTAS warthog If someone could help that would be amazing.
Just to be sure (I do this a lot with my friends) you level the aircraft off, hit "BALT" or "RALT" depending on how high/low you are ND if you're using radalt or not, and you're not moving the stick forward or back? Not trying to say you don't understand what you're doing, it's just easier to figure out if it's pilot error or not by walking back through the steps taken.
Canopy yeah I make sure the plane is level before trying to engage the A/P and I am definitely not moving the stick as the hand I use for my stick is on my mouse. I only have this problem in the hornet. I have most other aircraft and I have never encountered this issue before
@@aslowsin interesting. My last suggestion without looking elsewhere might be to look at your FCS to see what's going on with your trim. From my understanding, nothing should be wrong in this front due to the way the Hornet's flight control systems work. But perhaps something with your trim for pitch is messed up and is keeping it from staying in AP. Other than that, look around for some video tutorials, as they may point out something that you might have missed, or even subconsciously have done. I'm speaking from my own rather idiotic experience here in the A-10. After that, it's like Matt said; there's not much anyone can really do without a video of precisely what's wrong. Hope it's fixed man, as that's gotta be really annoying.
Canopy well thanks for the help. I’ll let you know how it goes. In the meantime I should be able to upload a short video tomorrow as my internet is out right now. (Using 4G on my phone right now)
I don’t think it’s good to add an axis curve to a throttle axis. The thing that I finally figured out in regards to adding a curve to your axis, is that for every degree of positive curve that you add to your axis, it flattens out and lessens the control response early in the range of motion of the control, but later in the range motion, the curve gets steeper with provides more drastic control response. You can’t add curve flatting out the axis early in the range of motion of your control and still maintain a 1 to 1 response curve later in the range of motion. For example, if I have N axis with a 1 to 1 ratio with no curve added, throughout the entire range of motion of the control, I will get 1 unit of response in the aircraft for a 1 unit of movement of my physical control. But if I add a 25% curve to my throttle, in the first part of the range of motion of my throttle, 1 unit of movement of the throttle will give me 0.75 units of response in the aircraft and towards the end of the range of motion of the throttle, 1 unit of movement will give me 1.25 units of response in the aircraft. This might be a good thing for your flight stick, so that you can have more precise fine control around the center of the X/Y axis, but that also means that you will less precise, more drastic response later in the range of motion for your flight stick. With a flight stick, this is a good thing because it enables you to make small, precise adjustments for landing and air to air refueling. And when your in a dogfight or evading a SAM, so moving your stick far to the extremes of it’s range of motion, your usually wanting an extreme response from the aircraft, so it’s not a bad thing that your stick has more drastic response the farther out you move it from center. However with a throttle, I feel that’s it’s better to have a consistent 1 to 1 axis ratio with no curve, so you get an even and predictable response throughout the entire range of motion of the throttle. If you have a high quality throttle like a Virpil or VPK, even with a straight 1:1 axis with no curve, you can still make little fine adjustments to your throttle. Your throttle is different from your stick, in that you don’t just need fine precise control early in the range of motion of the throttle, like you do with a flight stick. With a throttle, you have just as much need for precise fine control in the far end of the range of motion of the throttle near the high end of mil power, as you do when your throttle is near idle. For example, when trying to connect to a tanker for air to air refueling, you aren’t going to have your throttle near idle most of the time. When your trying to maintain a speed around 300 knots., your throttle will be a lot closer to max mil power than idle. If you have a curve on your throttle axis, your throttle will have less drastic more precise response with more fine control when it’s near idle, but it will have a steeper curve with more drastic response, when it’s near max mil power. That’s exactly what you don’t want for air to air refueling. I think the best bet is to keep your throttle axis with no curve and just invest in a high quality throttle. I just recently switched from the Thrustmaster Warthog throttle & Warthog F-16/A-10 flight stick to the Virpil VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Throttle, the VPC Constellation ALPHA Flight Stick, and the Virpil VPC MongoosT-50CM2 Base. The difference is night and day. When I was flying the F/A-18 in DCS with the Warthog controls, I had an extremely hard time maintaining constant speed level flight and constant decent and climb rates. I tried every suggestion for dead zones and curves, but noting helped. I know everyone says the F/A-18C is so easy to fly because it’s fly-by-wire and has the FCS, but for me with the TM Warthog controls, I felt like I was flying a really unstable difficult to fly Warbird like the Spitfire. I thought I was just a crappy pilot, because everyone raves about the TM Warthog stick and throttle. I had previously upgraded from some really cheap
Hey Matt. Very informative video, thank you! I don’t have rudder pedal for various reasons. Will I be able to fly the F-14 or will it support rudder assist ?
Matt a QUESTION please,why my T.16000 fcs hotas the controller does not stabilize, rises or falls on its own,mast keep it always to horizontal,thank you for your time .
Are there any plans to implement an absolute mode option to the radar elevation axis? I understand that the real aircraft uses a spring return to centre, but an absolute value would be far more useful for the types of HOTAS setups users actually have.
Hey Wags, thanks for posting these videos. Had a question about computer setup, I’ve got a Dell Inspiron with anAMD FX-8800 P. I was wondering if this processor would work great or if I need to upgrade to a newer / better computer? Any input would be appreciated.
Was this pre DCS visual overhaul? Because i have the same system and cant nearly raise my settings like you show here. I9900k at 5ghz (what is orifinal), RTX 2080, 32 GB Ram at 3200 mhz. If i use all high like you here, i get 15 fps in some missions... Especiallyin the AH64D this is unflyable with action happening. I have all the other sims and quite a few games that all run fine, when i compare it to our communities systems. Most often especially fine in that regard, as a dev i know how to keep my pc in a clean state. So what could be wrong? Did the demands got raised in the last years? I mean, i can get 60 fps here and there but only in some freeflight missions, where nothing is happening. But lets say Syria, in dusk/dawn, with 15 tanks and some infantry etc, and it goes down to stutter amounts like low 20ties of fps. What could be the reason? I play in wqhd wit mentioned system
Hi Matt quick question, you say you have a 4K monitor and you have set 1440p on the graphic setting but I notice you have not select the full screen. Are you playing in window mode? and why?
He answered your question in the video, didn't you watch it ? He has a 4K screen and DCS Games in windowed mode set to 1440p so he can have other windows up at the same time - Twitch i would guess for instance
Interesting that you have SSAA turned off. Did I hear right that if you have a lower end system then turn it on? I’m running an 8700k @ 4.9ghz and a Strix 1080Ti but if I turn SSAA off and leave MSAA on things look blurry? Am I missing something?
I recently updated Dcs World to the most current version on 05-28-2020 and somehow now my aircraft are all very short and stubby. apparently the aspect ratio has been changed my aircraft now look like wide short buses with wings and tails . it's very frustrating and no matter how many times I go in and attempt to correct it and click okay I shut my pc down and restart once I log back in and its the same. the system under Options allows me to change it to what I remember it was 4:3 , 17777777777777777777 etc …..and click okay . If there is anyone who has run into this same problem I would really appreciate any assistance you can give me to resolve this issue. Thank you ...Frustrated!
Hallo Matt, I have a brand new Warthog for FA18. I do not use the pedal for the Rudder, which slider do You suggest for setting control fo the Rudder? Thanks a lot in advance.
I have a question for you. How can I slave the right or the left MFD? I mean how can I change the setup and use one or the other one? I mean having the "diamond" on one screen or the other?
@@MattWagner Humm, so you don't use the throttle stop on the warthog? I added a curve to reach the afterburner point at the same time of the warthog's trottle stop...
@@Rafikigame you can file down the stop to make it a push through detent. Meaning you dont have to lift the throttle to get over the stop, just push harder.
Hey Matt, I was flying today and I started to get locked onto. I put replaced my navigation with my EW page on the lower screen. I glanced down at it and I saw that it sad something along the lines of; “The fox jumped over the last dog”. Not sure what’s going on. Please explain?
DCS aviators, I need help with the clickable radio menu. When I look up at the menu (VR) and move my mouse I get a "cross" cursor that won't activate any options. The cockpit and pause menu work fine. What am I missing?
When you are using the clickable radio, DCS creates a separate curser (small white dot) in the middle of your screen (difficult to see in VR) and it doesnt rely on your crosshair. Hope this helps :)
@@Ryan-pm5ss 👍Thanks. Got up in the air and there it is! It's about -45 degrees from the crosshair. I guess I never moved my mouse that far over. No more feeling for function keys. Game changer!
I just purchased the plane and love it. I have a CH throttle and stick. I have tried different control axis curves and dead zones, but find the plane oscillates in pitch. Is this normal for the Hornet?...thanks for the fine product.
Thanks. That seems like high settings for 90fps (especially the visib range). I have 9900k & 1080 ti. Maybe I should just lower my super sampling . I don't know if it's really helping, because it's still pretty difficult to read the DDIs. I'm really considering the Odyssey (normal or Plus) over the Rift. Have you tried either, and are the the DDIs more readable on them?
I use the Od.plus and have no problems reading the digits. All in all if you have to identify visually like looking for AAA in the KA-50, its still hard in VR.
@@Hanfkrokette it's only the mig -15 f86 - f-5 and I think a few others and are gonna be sold as a bundle like fc3 the full fidelity ones will still be available
Ohhh this is VERY helpful especially for new users! DCS golden years right around the corner I can feel it.
Great video especially for new hornet pilots and new dcs pilots. I get asked a lot about my graphics settings in dcs while im livestreaming now i can refer pilots who struggle setting up controls or video settings to this video. Ty :)
Hey Matt, new user...enjoy all your videos, appreciate the work! I still havent ironed out my Hotas issues, so I haven't flown much...but I have watched alot of videos and absolutely love what you have done with his game! I have played pc games since early 80s!! I played the original wing commander series, and never thought a sim like this would ever exist! Thank so much and looking forward to more!
Hello Matt, sorry just saw this....didnt know how to reply! 😂
I sent you a message on another post!😁 sorry it was so long!
9:55 I always use the Joystick Paddle switch as a modifier key. For example the DMS switches + Paddle act as activators for the NVGs plus Gain up/down. The TMS buttons plus paddle are used for activating and cycling the kneeboard, and paddle switch and NWS switch simultanisously is a substitution for CTR+E. That's actually universal for all of my modules.
Another pro tip: Remap your keyboard keypad to the UFC (if you're using TrackIR of course), /, *, +, -, ENTER and , can be used to affect various other UFC functions like ENTER, MASTER CAUTION, etc. The INS/DEL, Pos1/END and PAGE UP/DOWN keys as well as arrow keys can be used for various up/down rockers (for example the UFC rockers in the A-10C; in the F-18, INSERT/DEL switches the left UFC radio channel, POS1/END the right, and POS UP/DOWN is the heading (?) select above the middle AMFCD).
That's basically what you would use a Logitch G13 or Razor Orbweaver for without spending 100+ bucks.
Remap the UFC bottom row to something like n m , . . - and the right UFC buttons as well, and you won't need to touch the mouse as often as you do now. Plus one of those MFCD Cougar packs for about 100 dollars and you don't touch the mouse at all outside of start-ups, which speeds your handling the plane up like nothing else and enables manouvering with hand on stick and looking outside the cockpit while manipulating your core aircraft functions.
One single thing that keeps people form playing DCS is controlls, I got my full Virpil setup ready and this video helps a lot.
awesome, thank you for taking the time to go through all of this.
I have had mine all setup for years in a lot of different ways, but it's nice to see your setup and i will give some of your settings a try.
I still rely heavily on a TrackIR profile you shared years ago, so again thank you!
Excellent, I'll need to track down that video.
@@drsal it was an attachment to a post on the ED forums a while ago, but doing a quick search i cant find the thread. If you dig a bit on the forums you might be able to find it.
In Wags we trust! (the subtle hyping of upcoming modules intended or not is epic)
I'm using TARGET software to translate warthog inputs. Nobody mentioned it yet. There are profiles to load, so you dont have to setup to much. Its still no one-key install. ;) Gives you some advantages I dont wanna miss, like multiple expressions for the same button (ie. short press, long press, modifier + short/long) and a nice Keymap for all binded functions. I use the NOiD 1.8 script found at the official website downloads/user files.
I'm late to the party here, but you're a legend. Thank you!
For many yrs I used Saitek Cyborg joystick with Microsoft FSX 32 bit without much problem.
I suggest DCS should have a FREE FLIGHT mode like in FSX for every aircraft that you select to fly. This will help adjust and optimize your throttle and joystick settings before starting a mission. Else you have to pause the mission and keep adjusting controls. Thanks, vishkar.
An image of the binding would be super just to visualise it on the controller as a whole. Tested the graphics works good for me.
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos!! Very helpful.
I know you’re a busy man but could you do another one of these about graphics with the 2.7 settings? Not a priority but always a good reference due to the tutorials you share. Thank you for sharing the setup for Hotas.
Hey Mac thanks you for showing this i think now imma play abit more with the f18 with your setup than mine.
Thanks, Wags. This video was so helpful, especially the control setup.
You may wish to link this in the description of future videos to inform newcomers thank you Wags.
Daaaaamn, Wags has all the new toys, very jealous!!
… including that TM grip.
Thank you, great insight Wags.
Keep the videos coming!
Now I can't buy new stick. Confirmed f/a-18 thrustmaster super stoked!
It'll be worth the wait.
Very useful, Thanks you very much Matt !! I have a dude, what is the "The RECCE Event Mark Switch" function for?
Matt, how does cooperation with Pimax look like? Have you received the 5K+ test goggles to be able to test different DCS settings on them? Soon many DCS users will change to 5K+ and are waiting for VR improvements.
They dropped off the radar and have not responded to us.
Matt Wagner This is very bad information. Because half of their clients are probably virtual DCS pilots ...
@@krzysztofjankowski7698. We are disappointed too.
Thanks to those the notified Pimax, they reached back out to us today.
@@MattWagner You're welcome Matt :)
Great video. Helped me a lot
Thanks
Just here to look for the Mi-24P teaser
Good info Matt Thanks
Thanks Mr Wags
Yep and i barely keep this running on low/medium settings
First :) big thanks for the config settings. Greets
Hey Wags, had always wondered what you use as a rudder axis, now I know. Am currently on the search for a new stick as my X52P is dead.
Thank you, a lot of things to take! 👍
I have a specific problem. Even though I push my throttles all the way forward the F 18 does not maintain a lot of power. Is there something in the settings that is keeping it from doing that and if so, what is it?
One day.. one day i ll achieve this graphics settings.. i believe
I would love to see some kind of VR recording function being implemented in DCS +MattWagner .It is fairly complicated to say the least, in order to capture some footage when using my Oculus Rift. The weird aspect ratio of DCS in VR mode makes it really hard! Thanks!
One question I have is how critical is quantity and speed of RAM for DCS? You mention that even your lower spec rig has 32 GB RAM. Is there a significance benefit of 32 VS 16 GB RAM in the current build?
yes
I’m jelly of his setups
Can we get an update for the Graphic Settings with the newest clouds, etc? :P
finally a detailed video about configuration, thank you so much
just a question, in different forum it is mentioned DCS is more CPU dependent than graphic card dependent and having topnotch cpu improves quality of game better than GPU is that correct?
sounds like you already know the answer lol
Great video helped me immensely in setting up the F/A18C hornet. however Can someone answer this question please. is the Thrustmaster M16000 able to bind / modify two actions to one button? I 've tried several times with no success and I don't want to have to spend big bucks for a hotas just to be able to do this. If someone could direct me to a video of the correct procedure of doing so I would greatly appreciate it . I've followed a few videos and upon trying to bind two actions/commands to one button it removes the action and only allows one button to be mapped leaving the other action/command blank.
Thanks a lot Matt
Brilliant ! Thank you
Thanks for the video Matt. Can you explain why you set your "Res. of Cockpit Displays" setting to 512 when your system can obviously handle 1024? Does 1024 make the text any sharper on the displays? I use VR so I need things as sharp as possible.
Question about the F 18 flaps. Is there a way to use the warthog flap switch to do the following? Up would do auto, middle is half and down is full? Like would the flaps in the jet default to half to make it possible?
I have a question and it may be self explanatory but I have not seen it anywhere. If I do formation flying and combat flying, can I save a profile for, say the F/A-18, formation flying and another for combat and select between these two based on what I'm flying as opposed to remapping my hotas before every flight?
SSAA Is definitely not recommended for lower end systems. It is super sampling anti-aliasing. It will make your edges much beter if used with MSAA but almost no system can run it well.
Thank you. Graeat video!!
Hello, Waggs, thx for this usefull video, 2 questions, do you keep same settings for both pc that you have? What about the nvvidia drivers version and setup from the control panel? Thank you
Great video, however if you purchase the Hornet now and use a warthog Hotas setup, all these are already pre programmed in settings. Kinda nice :-)
When I go to engage my A/P modes I can only get attitude mode to select however it doesn’t hold my attitude. If I look over at the left DDI once I engage any A/P mode it says that A/P is active but it does not do anything.
I’ve tried reinstalling the module,repairing my dcs and setting a deadline on my stick with no luck.
I use a TM HOTAS warthog
If someone could help that would be amazing.
Without a video, it's difficult to diagnose where you are going wrong.
Just to be sure (I do this a lot with my friends) you level the aircraft off, hit "BALT" or "RALT" depending on how high/low you are ND if you're using radalt or not, and you're not moving the stick forward or back? Not trying to say you don't understand what you're doing, it's just easier to figure out if it's pilot error or not by walking back through the steps taken.
Canopy yeah I make sure the plane is level before trying to engage the A/P and I am definitely not moving the stick as the hand I use for my stick is on my mouse.
I only have this problem in the hornet. I have most other aircraft and I have never encountered this issue before
@@aslowsin interesting. My last suggestion without looking elsewhere might be to look at your FCS to see what's going on with your trim. From my understanding, nothing should be wrong in this front due to the way the Hornet's flight control systems work. But perhaps something with your trim for pitch is messed up and is keeping it from staying in AP. Other than that, look around for some video tutorials, as they may point out something that you might have missed, or even subconsciously have done. I'm speaking from my own rather idiotic experience here in the A-10. After that, it's like Matt said; there's not much anyone can really do without a video of precisely what's wrong. Hope it's fixed man, as that's gotta be really annoying.
Canopy well thanks for the help. I’ll let you know how it goes. In the meantime I should be able to upload a short video tomorrow as my internet is out right now. (Using 4G on my phone right now)
I don’t think it’s good to add an axis curve to a throttle axis. The thing that I finally figured out in regards to adding a curve to your axis, is that for every degree of positive curve that you add to your axis, it flattens out and lessens the control response early in the range of motion of the control, but later in the range motion, the curve gets steeper with provides more drastic control response. You can’t add curve flatting out the axis early in the range of motion of your control and still maintain a 1 to 1 response curve later in the range of motion.
For example, if I have N axis with a 1 to 1 ratio with no curve added, throughout the entire range of motion of the control, I will get 1 unit of response in the aircraft for a 1 unit of movement of my physical control.
But if I add a 25% curve to my throttle, in the first part of the range of motion of my throttle, 1 unit of movement of the throttle will give me 0.75 units of response in the aircraft and towards the end of the range of motion of the throttle, 1 unit of movement will give me 1.25 units of response in the aircraft.
This might be a good thing for your flight stick, so that you can have more precise fine control around the center of the X/Y axis, but that also means that you will less precise, more drastic response later in the range of motion for your flight stick. With a flight stick, this is a good thing because it enables you to make small, precise adjustments for landing and air to air refueling. And when your in a dogfight or evading a SAM, so moving your stick far to the extremes of it’s range of motion, your usually wanting an extreme response from the aircraft, so it’s not a bad thing that your stick has more drastic response the farther out you move it from center.
However with a throttle, I feel that’s it’s better to have a consistent 1 to 1 axis ratio with no curve, so you get an even and predictable response throughout the entire range of motion of the throttle. If you have a high quality throttle like a Virpil or VPK, even with a straight 1:1 axis with no curve, you can still make little fine adjustments to your throttle. Your throttle is different from your stick, in that you don’t just need fine precise control early in the range of motion of the throttle, like you do with a flight stick.
With a throttle, you have just as much need for precise fine control in the far end of the range of motion of the throttle near the high end of mil power, as you do when your throttle is near idle. For example, when trying to connect to a tanker for air to air refueling, you aren’t going to have your throttle near idle most of the time. When your trying to maintain a speed around 300 knots., your throttle will be a lot closer to max mil power than idle.
If you have a curve on your throttle axis, your throttle will have less drastic more precise response with more fine control when it’s near idle, but it will have a steeper curve with more drastic response, when it’s near max mil power. That’s exactly what you don’t want for air to air refueling. I think the best bet is to keep your throttle axis with no curve and just invest in a high quality throttle.
I just recently switched from the Thrustmaster Warthog throttle & Warthog F-16/A-10 flight stick to the Virpil VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Throttle, the VPC Constellation ALPHA Flight Stick, and the Virpil VPC MongoosT-50CM2 Base. The difference is night and day. When I was flying the F/A-18 in DCS with the Warthog controls, I had an extremely hard time maintaining constant speed level flight and constant decent and climb rates. I tried every suggestion for dead zones and curves, but noting helped.
I know everyone says the F/A-18C is so easy to fly because it’s fly-by-wire and has the FCS, but for me with the TM Warthog controls, I felt like I was flying a really unstable difficult to fly Warbird like the Spitfire. I thought I was just a crappy pilot, because everyone raves about the TM Warthog stick and throttle. I had previously upgraded from some really cheap
What encoding settings do you recommend for recording from DCS? CZcams compression does a number on screen captures.
Trim never seems to work on the FA-18, any reasons why?
Hey Matt. Very informative video, thank you! I don’t have rudder pedal for various reasons. Will I be able to fly the F-14 or will it support rudder assist ?
You will need to ask my friends at Heat Blur, the developer of the F-14
Matt a QUESTION please,why my T.16000 fcs hotas the controller does not stabilize, rises or falls on its own,mast keep it always to horizontal,thank you for your time .
Are there any plans to implement an absolute mode option to the radar elevation axis? I understand that the real aircraft uses a spring return to centre, but an absolute value would be far more useful for the types of HOTAS setups users actually have.
Is there any word on the F/A-18 Thrustmaster Stick? its been very silent about that and havent heard much about it since it was announced
Only TM can comment on that.
@@MattWagner Alright no worries, thanks!
Hey Wags, thanks for posting these videos. Had a question about computer setup, I’ve got a Dell Inspiron with anAMD FX-8800 P. I was wondering if this processor would work great or if I need to upgrade to a newer / better computer? Any input would be appreciated.
You can find min specs and recommended specs on the DCS website
Thank you
Why doesnt zoom work for my Oculus? Am I missing an option in game that enables it?
You using toggle vr zoom?
In VR you can't use the normal zoom, you have to use a separate button called "VR Zoom" in the UI Layer tab of controls.
Was this pre DCS visual overhaul? Because i have the same system and cant nearly raise my settings like you show here. I9900k at 5ghz (what is orifinal), RTX 2080, 32 GB Ram at 3200 mhz.
If i use all high like you here, i get 15 fps in some missions... Especiallyin the AH64D this is unflyable with action happening.
I have all the other sims and quite a few games that all run fine, when i compare it to our communities systems. Most often especially fine in that regard, as a dev i know how to keep my pc in a clean state.
So what could be wrong? Did the demands got raised in the last years? I mean, i can get 60 fps here and there but only in some freeflight missions, where nothing is happening. But lets say Syria, in dusk/dawn, with 15 tanks and some infantry etc, and it goes down to stutter amounts like low 20ties of fps.
What could be the reason? I play in wqhd wit mentioned system
Hi Matt quick question, you say you have a 4K monitor and you have set 1440p on the graphic setting but I notice you have not select the full screen. Are you playing in window mode? and why?
He answered your question in the video, didn't you watch it ?
He has a 4K screen and DCS Games in windowed mode set to 1440p so he can have other windows up at the same time - Twitch i would guess for instance
Thanks, a lot of good info there!
I'm curious, why don't you use Vsync?
I don't see any screen tearing, so no need.
Interesting that you have SSAA turned off. Did I hear right that if you have a lower end system then turn it on? I’m running an 8700k @ 4.9ghz and a Strix 1080Ti but if I turn SSAA off and leave MSAA on things look blurry? Am I missing something?
For most high-end systems it shuold not be used, but if it's working well for you, that's awesome.
I recently updated Dcs World to the most current version on 05-28-2020 and somehow now my aircraft are all very short and stubby. apparently the aspect ratio has been changed my aircraft now look like wide short buses with wings and tails . it's very frustrating and no matter how many times I go in and attempt to correct it and click okay I shut my pc down and restart once I log back in and its the same. the system under Options allows me to change it to what I remember it was 4:3 , 17777777777777777777 etc …..and click okay . If there is anyone who has run into this same problem I would really appreciate any assistance you can give me to resolve this issue. Thank you ...Frustrated!
Why don't you use a rudder???? I didn't think the warthog stick had a twist axis
Legs no worky.
Cool.
Hallo Matt, I have a brand new Warthog for FA18. I do not use the pedal for the Rudder, which slider do You suggest for setting control fo the Rudder? Thanks a lot in advance.
He uses a button on the throttle, I’ll leave a time stamp when I found the part where he binds it.
15:19
Thanks Wags...What about your NVIDIA Control Panel settings?
Default settings
I have a question for you. How can I slave the right or the left MFD? I mean how can I change the setup and use one or the other one? I mean having the "diamond" on one screen or the other?
Press left or right Sensor Control Switch to the DDI or MPCD you want to set to the TDC.
Hello Matt, thanks for all your videos. What settings do you use for the throttles axis please ? (how do you manage the wrathog's PC stop)
Default
@@MattWagner Humm, so you don't use the throttle stop on the warthog? I added a curve to reach the afterburner point at the same time of the warthog's trottle stop...
@@Rafikigame you can file down the stop to make it a push through detent. Meaning you dont have to lift the throttle to get over the stop, just push harder.
@@Matt_10203 Now i'm using a cursor curve to setup my "detent". Working good :)
oh my glob. MI24P!
Hey Matt, I was flying today and I started to get locked onto. I put replaced my navigation with my EW page on the lower screen. I glanced down at it and I saw that it sad something along the lines of; “The fox jumped over the last dog”. Not sure what’s going on. Please explain?
Jim Halpert l. You ran the EW BIT.
Matt Wagner Many thanks
How do you save the profiles?
It auto saves when you exit.
@@MattWagner Thanks!
DCS aviators, I need help with the clickable radio menu. When I look up at the menu (VR) and move my mouse I get a "cross" cursor that won't activate any options. The cockpit and pause menu work fine. What am I missing?
When you are using the clickable radio, DCS creates a separate curser (small white dot) in the middle of your screen (difficult to see in VR) and it doesnt rely on your crosshair. Hope this helps :)
@@Ryan-pm5ss 👍Thanks. Got up in the air and there it is! It's about -45 degrees from the crosshair. I guess I never moved my mouse that far over. No more feeling for function keys. Game changer!
Hi .. what about SSLR ?.. ..
DCS made me realize that being a fighter pilot isn't that fun. It's quite the tedious pain in the ass.
Hi Matt did you also mention in another video that you use Mustangs Caucasus texture mod?
Yes, I do. In fact, the ONLY mod I use.
@@MattWagner Thanks for confirming, such a great mod. As always thanks for the videos/mini updates. Much obliged!
Is there an official f14 release date?
Nope, when it's ready
HB have said at most March 21. So between now and then.
are you going to update your control scheme now that data-link and the Targeting Pod have been added?
There is nothing that needs to be updated, the configuration does not change with these systems.
@@MattWagner Thanks for clarifying, what i meant was show where you bound the controls you "skipped" over in the video.
great a sensor switch press, with no thrustmaster hornet for the foreseeable future. guess ill have to find some janky bind somewhere else :(
You can just assign it to a different button on the meantime, not a big deal.
@@MattWagner Mmm … meantime. Can't wait.
Wrong forum exactly but... I can't get DCS to run for last 3mths... I heard we need 32GB now to do so??
Running just fine on two systems (desktop & notebook) w/ 16Gb ram everything on "max" settings. Some other issue w/ your system !
I’ve only got 8gb and running fine
I just purchased the plane and love it. I have a CH throttle and stick. I have tried different control axis curves and dead zones, but find the plane oscillates in pitch. Is this normal for the Hornet?...thanks for the fine product.
What framerate do you aim for in VR on both your 1080 ti and 2080 ti? 45 or 90 fps? And what supersampling do you usually run?
90, MSAA 2x, SSAA off.
Thanks. That seems like high settings for 90fps (especially the visib range). I have 9900k & 1080 ti. Maybe I should just lower my super sampling . I don't know if it's really helping, because it's still pretty difficult to read the DDIs. I'm really considering the Odyssey (normal or Plus) over the Rift. Have you tried either, and are the the DDIs more readable on them?
@@TheBoomotang get the plus if you're planning to get one of em.
I use the Od.plus and have no problems reading the digits. All in all if you have to identify visually like looking for AAA in the KA-50, its still hard in VR.
this is great but so blury - hard to see
F-16C!
still wondering what the "MAC" modules are and how they differ,also,seeing the F16 makes me wet AF :0
It stands for Modern Air Combat (I think). They're basically turning full modules into Flaming Cliffs fidelity modules.
@@Mauser00 OH HELL NO,PLEASE DONT TURN THE F16 INTO A FC3/4 MODULE :
@@Hanfkrokette it's only the mig -15 f86 - f-5 and I think a few others and are gonna be sold as a bundle like fc3 the full fidelity ones will still be available
Matt: *talks about his settings*
Me:*watching at 144p* what are you talking about?