09-06-2014, 12:36 AM
(09-05-2014, 01:17 AM)Misha link Wrote:As for the day, Tuesday is still Arma 2/Iron Front day so we have to look for another. Fridays are not possible for me which leaves us with only three other days to chose from. I think Wednesday or Sunday would be best for me.
We chose the day by voting using site like this one: http://doodle.com/
But how about making some kind of calendar with CiA events where people can announce if they are coming, I think it may be useful for sessions where we do not expect a lots of players, like Arma 2? What's best way to do it, can it be implemented on web site or do we need to use something like google calendar?
Well Sunday is already an Arma3 night. Wednesday is OK for me though.
I don't know if we need a calendar, we could just have a thread where those who are going to be able to make it can post, like we've done for the Forgotten Few ArmA2 event.
I asked on the forums whether those charts I posted earlier are still accurate with the current version of DCS. No-one said either way but they pointed out that in the install folder\Bazar\Terrain there are pngs of the charts which are up-to-date (these can be viewed in-game on the Kneeboard - Rshift+K to turn On/Off and [ ] for previous/next page -Â but you might find it more convenient to print them out for reference). Someone from the 476th vFG also posted some charts which they said are also up-to-date, which I've uploaded.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1fDI89...sp=sharing
So you might want to use either of those rather than the previously posted charts, although they may be accurate as well, I just can't be sure.
I've also uploaded a couple of mods for the SU-25T, as that's what we're starting with. One converts all the in-cockpit labels into English for those of us who don't read RussianÂ
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1fDI89...sp=sharing
http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=127158
and the other leaves it as Russian but fixes up a few things
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1fDI89...sp=sharing
http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=96829
I've attached them as JSGME-compatible mods, as the original downloads aren't setup with the correct folder layout for that. If you're not familiar with it, there's a good post here which explains how to install and use it http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98607 I'm using a folder in my DCS install folder named JSGME for the mods but you name it anything as long as it's not already used by DCS. Then you just unzip the mods into that JSGME (or whatever you name it) folder and when you run JSGME, you'll see them listed and can easily enable them, disable them before updating DCS and re-enable them again after.
Another mod I highly recommend is Mustang's Clouds & Sky, which also incorporates PeterP's fix for a bug that causes annoying flashing white dots when enabling HDR with ATI 69xx cards
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1fDI89...sp=sharing
http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=113374
Also useful is using Snapviews, which you view by holding Num0 and pressing one of the other Num keys, or pressing RCtrl+Num0 to switch into Snapview mode and then you can just press the other Num keys to switch between the views and RCtrl+Num0 again to leave Snapview mode. This mod will enable Custom Snapviews, which as the name implies, will allow you to overwrite the default ones with ones you set to suit yourself.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1fDI89...sp=sharing
The mod doesn't set the custom Snapviews, so they'll still be set to the defaults until you set your own like so:
1. Toggle Snapviews: Rctrl+Num0
2. Press the Snapview you want to change: e.g. Num5
3. Untoggle Snapviews: Rctrl+Num0
4. Move/pan/zoom your view to where you want it with the mouse/keyboard
5. Save current view: RAlt+Num0
One more thing to check. With my keyboard, for some reason DCS doesn't see my \ key as \ but as OEM102, so with the default keymappings, any key that's mapped to \ (e.g. Comms menu) doesn't work. It might only be specific to my MS Sidewinder X4 keyboard but you can check by going into controls SU25-T - Communications and next to Communication Menu double-click where it shows \ and with the Assignment screen open, press your \ key. If it shows \, then you're fine and you can click cancel but if it shows something else, like OEM102, then you need to click OK to set that as an extra assignment and do likewise for the other two commands that use \ at the bottom of the list, Switch dialog and Switch to main menu.