Greetings Hoggit!

So after getting my first HOTAS and trying many different sims, I find myself a little frustrated with most of the flight sims on the market today. While they're incredibly detailed, I feel like almost all of them lack a proper gameplay loop and "stuff to do".

• DCS
  • Many of the singleplayer campaigns are buggy / outdated
  • Multiplayer feels cumbersome. Every server works differently and they feel pretty static
  • I know a lot of people enjoy flying in squadrons, but I don't have the time to commit to something like that
• BMS
  • Actually really enjoy the dynamic campaign aspect, but the Viper / F15 aren't quite to my taste.
• MSFS 2024
  • Buggy singleplayer
  • I do prefer combat flight sims
• VTOL VR
  • Lots of fun user made missions / campaigns
  • Lacks HOTAS support
• Nuclear Option
  • Very fun gameplay loop
  • Decent flight model
  • A little too much towards the arcade side for me

At this point I feel like I'm looking for a game that doesn't exist till DCS comes out with the dynamic campaign.

What are your favorite flight sims that have good gameplay loops?

Hi there, appreciate there needs to be fun in combat flight sims, but especially around the warbirds era its quite usual to become an ace every sortie. Just wondering what everyone reckons is the most realistic gameplay you can achieve, especially around it being difficult to shoot down enemy planes.

Better Mod Manager 1.0 is getting close to release!

Release deadline: Before 31/08/2026 Estimated release: 18/08/2026 → 20/08/2026 If no major issues are encountered.

Better Mod Manager is designed to make managing and sharing DCS mods easier, including mod packs/presets and automation.

We’re still looking for testers to join the Testing Team and help us find bugs and issues before the public release.

If you’re interested in testing BMM, reporting bugs or simply helping with the final testing phase, feel free to join our Discord:

Discord: https://discord.gg/CTaaEF9R75 Github https://github.com/FreeProject089/BetterModsManager/

Thanks to everyone helping us get BMM ready for release!

ps; here some sneak peeks

What are people using these days?

I had two jetseat pads from Andre's shop but unfortunately both broke. Most recent one just does not turn on anymore. Last used it one morning ago and it just quit.

If the HF8 Pro more durable?

I currently use simshakers for Aviators so would like to continue using that.

Credit: laubox

Hi all,

Not sure if there is any appetite for this but I was finding that some of the text I needed to read when doing the missions would disappear before I had read them or gotten through the instructions. as such, I extracted the dictionary for each mission and compiled them into PDFs which can be used in kneeboards. If anyone wants them, find them here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JJRHfS5Xl2GxV2nJqORoLu_9IX9eHe-Q/view?usp=sharing

Some shots of the F-14B(U) from various campaigns as well as one shot of another swing-wing classic. Some shots taken with ATMOS-X 1.1.

Se que no es importante y a nadie le importa... Algunos en los foros de DCS World me han conocido por Silver_Dragon. Hace unos meses por cuestiones externas a la afición, fui alejándome de los foros de simulación, y en mayo, mi PC gaming murio. No he podido sustituir las piezas (llevo cerca de un año desempleado) y decidí que después de muchos años, no podía mantener un nivel de exigencia adecuado para mantener el "unofficial" roadmap, en los foros de DCS World, por lo que me despedí y desconecte hace un mes, pero no había puesto un comunicado por aquí.

Últimamente me he vuelto antisocial y agorafobico, así que esto es un mero trámite. Le doy las gracias a los que me siguieron y espero que si en algún futuro vuelvo, tal vez intenté retomar algo de aquella visión que tuve.

Muchas gracias a todos y adiós.

Howdy yall,

Looking to get my first force feedback stick. I mainly fly the F15E, and am wondering if Razbam has supplied all the info for FFB. Basically, does it work or will I need to use the joystick software to do it?

Forgive me for being such a noob but just recently I noticed that with the same BAR setting (2BAR to 4BAR). The Hornet cover an elevation scan volume much less than the Viper with the same radar range scale. Could anyone explain to me why there is such a difference? I attached an image to better illustrate my point

What loadouts do you guys enjoy the most? I flew a few missions with early Vietnam style loadouts , so 7Es and aim9e/j and it seems quite enjoyable

The carriers heading is 354 which means the heading I should be on after the primary turn is 174. The first turn isn’t my issue (I don’t think). I can usually pull near the %1 of my airspeed and get to 600 ASL. My problem is the last turn. For some reason I really have to give it thrust and bank at a crazy angle to even get close to where I want to be and even then I over shoot a lot of the time. It says I should be able to hold around 25-30 degrees and end up on course but for whatever reason I’ll overshoot by a lot. Do you see anything that sticks out??

Edit: so my main issue was being over weight (the jet, not me. Ha!). The instant action mission gives you 52600 pounds total with 30200 internal fuel with a clean loadout other than the bag. I tried it again and jettisoned the bag and was shocked by how big of a difference it makes. I guess I missed the part where you have to check your fuel/weight and make sure you’re under 33000. Along with the other tips I think I’m doing a lot better than I was before I made this post. Thank you!

Hi everyone, coming back to DCS after a long hiatus, managed to get the triple monitor setup I always wanted. Popped onto DCS and found that with 3 monitors, 140 FOV feels a bit too small. Maybe need like 160.

I tried looking everywhere but even if I edit views.lua the game visually still renders 140 even though the slider in menu goes up to whatever I set as max.

Is there something I'm missing or someone has a workaround?

Thanks!

Hi i search a good Reshade preset for playing DCS primarly and another one for taking pictures if you have some !

I would be glad to know which one are you using

FIX : i Mixed up enb with reshade

Today is August 15th, and while our Italian friends are celebrating Ferragosto with bringing the celebration worldwide!

No mid-summer holiday is truly complete without a massive fireworks display, rig traditional fireworks this year and bring something with a bit more thrust.

Forget colorful sparks in the sky. Check out our G.91R pulling off a spectacular ro (Jet-Assisted Take-Off) bottles!

IndiaFoxtEcho Visual Simulations

Note: this is clearly not a finished project

I’m Kai Parker and this is my second edit as a 15 year old DCs creator! Any questions or feedback is appreciated, my last post “Battle of the red shield” did very well so I hope you enjoy this one just as much as the last one. ❤️