This is the best tutorial of SRS I have ever seen. Those install and conf vids are what they are. This shows how to use. For me it is still mysterious what means msin channel, guard channels and which channels I should use. The server documentation differs alot.
As always brotha, great video......from new DCS user(less than 1yr. Exp)! To answer your? About multiplayer, there are probably a number of factors why some dont join those games! Some of these things maybe, but are not limited to the following as I've experienced. -Difficulty in setting up things within DCS... -Not sure who how to do some things, communicate, landing, takeoff, aa, ag, using radar or other necessary functions in cockpit! -May not be able to land, cold, start or take off from hot, etc.... -May not be sure how to use radar, and or weapons! -Some may not want to be humiliated or have to go through a long startup if shot down, in seconds!! -Others may just think there not good enough and dont want to offend or compete, necessarily against others. -I think alot of newbs spend alot of time on there own just trying to learn those things above I mentioned. _______ Hope some of this helps from new user! I enjoy the detail of your videos, I do alot of mission editing- hours every day, and I have watched probably all your mission editor videos as well!! Thx again. Mongoose-
Great video. Very helpful. Why I don't play Multi player? I can fly, take-off, land, navigate etc. But I don't have loads of time to fly, and I tend to be pretty unknowledgeable when it comes to a lot of the systems. I am not worried about going in and getting shot down, but more that my presence would annoy people who would feel like the immersion factor is broken if I do something (or don't). I need to find someone that I can just go practice basic 1v1 stuff, or some duo missions.
Totally understand that mate, but in terms of being annoying I don’t think you will come into contact with that much mate, most people in the community are really generous and helpful as long as you tell people that you’re new and don’t do things that you have no idea what you’re doing… ie telling a friendly A-10 that you will fly CAP and protect them from enemy fighters when you actually have no idea how to do that job and then they get shot down because they thought they were safe. If you know how to do a specific role with your aircraft you can definitely just carry out that role… if you know how to use mavericks then just do maverick strikes on targets and nothing else kinda thing if that makes sense. It is a shame to hear that so many people are hesitant in getting into multiplayer as that is where the best immersion comes from, working as a team to achieve goals together.
I’d definitely recommend joining Torni’s and Virgin Australia’s discord groups. People they are SUPER friendly and more than happy to help out new players. Been in for about 3 weeks and not had a bad experience yet. Had a guy design me a livery for free after knowing him for literally 2 minutes, offered to pay him and he said don’t worry about it. Had others ask if I needed help learning & before I could even say yes, they were loading in to the same plane to walk me through it.
Join virgin Australia server foothold Caucasus map. No one cares what u do there of course don't team kill and stuff just type "inbound airport" when u land that is all you just use f10 to look at map anyway haha. It's a pve map so humans versus computers. So don't worry .just chill. Come escort me I wanna go kill Sam sites. Lezzz go .
Hey Torni, thanks for this really informative video. In my now two years DCS career. I go MP since about one year and I can say, it's real fun. But the thing for me is, that I am not native english speaking and so I rarely use SRS. Most time I play with people speaking my own language or just do my own thing on the server with a minimum of radio calls (taxi,takeoff,landing). Yes of course I do understand englisch and I can say what I need to but in stressfull situations this is really getting worse for me and I have to use so much brainspace for understanding what people want from me that I even forget how to proper fly my aircraft 😅 Then I think that people could get pissed and that scares me a bit. I'm not so self confident no matter if IRL or online 🤷♂️
Yeah the language barrier would definitely be a big hurdle… big respect to you for even coming into an English speaking server and trying to understand and communicate with everyone mate!! No way I could go into a server that spoke another language and try to communicate with them so hats off to you for sure mate! The basics is all you really need to say to be honest, let people know where you’re going if you will be in a high traffic area and let people know what your intentions are if you’re operating in the same area as others also and you will be golden. Sometimes the less said on comms is better
Excellent tutorial, long but clear and definitive. Reason I have not been on a multiplayer is I want to make sure I do the research on the ethics of MP servers (don't mind being a noob, just don't want to be a party pooper...) Almost there and may even try to connect today! Liked and subscribed mate!
My group always found that SRS would crash too much and was always a major pain to set up each game. When the built in comms came out it’s made it generally easier (although it wasn’t easy to set up). Problem now is that no one else uses it. Go into any MP server and listen in to the built in comms: silence………
It is a bit tricky to setup server side but most of the popular multiplayer servers generally don’t have too many issues with SRS crashing out these days *touch wood* I’ve not even tried to use built in voice comms as everyone uses either discord or SRS
Excellent video. I am just starting in DCS and this video have been extremely useful. MP is a thing in any game, I think the most important is find a couple mates to play with, maybe in FB groups, that is what I did.
I think I can speak for a lot of people when I say that I love playing Multiplayer, just not PvP. Many players I talk to seem to seek the Co-Op fun factor of trying and beating the enemy AI, and not exactly the challenge of fighting other players. So whenever we just want to enjoy a more relaxed gameplay or simply practice our skills without bothering other people or risking accidents, we just stick to Singleplayer.
Good video on SRS. Have been flying DCS since it's first module came out and now have many aircraft and maps. Ended up building a really nice rig specifically for DCS (which became awesome for ARMA, Elite, Star Citizen etc) which has all the options for modern gaming other than VR. TM Warthog, Tobieye 5, Track IR (if I want), pedals, cougar mfd's, two 8" tablets for use in gameglass or ufc, multi monitors etc etc. Configuring the set up is like an unending hobby and never seem to have it complete enough to go online and have enough hrs in a particular aircraft to fly with people who have so many more hours in. I have the hours in but most of them are configuration testing not really enjoying and learning a particular plane. I went online lots at the start and it was fun but my setup either for the plane or rig was never complete. It seems like my setup was a little ahead of it's time and things in DCS have caught up so I'm able to nail things down. e.g multiscreen or tablet set up used to be a complete chore but now they've made it easier. Now that I can finish what I envisioned it's time to nail down my favorite aircraft and actually get good and then join some multiplayer action. Also not a fan of running several extra programs in the background so I'm hoping this updated "in game radio system" works like a charm.
Only thing is, you don't have to turn on "Radio Switch works as PTT". You can simply choose a PTT button in the controls. Just depends on your preferences.
Thanks for the video bud. Awesomely informative. As for your question regarding not trying multiplayer - for me there's a simple reason... I am an absolute noob. Just started playing DCS and I cannot even cold start my aircraft. So until I get the hang of all the terminologies etc. I will not ruin the game or anyone else. It is quite lonely but I hope to join other serious guys some day. I last played Flight sims back in the day when Jane's USAF was out. Loved it. Since then I have been an avid Sim Racers but Flying is where my heart is at.
Very informative video, I appreciate your hard work and sharing your time helping others. I have not played Multi-player and the main reason is - ??? maybe I am not very good, I am not sure about getting my feet wet, not sure about what time I should/can play (I'm retired), and I have had some bad experiences playing on line with my console with a bunch of jack wads who are pretty childish but have big egos. I hate that, I just want to have fun and relax with a bit of a challenge with no B.S. I am edging towards the MP Universe, so this little bit helps - - :)
There is definitely a minority of players who think they are “actual” pilots and carry on like a child throwing a tantrum when something doesn’t go their way but for the most part the online community is very understandable and generous with their time to help new players find their feet in multiplayer. In terms of finding a server, just sort the list by populated first and then find one with a ping of 250 or less and jump on in and say hello. Ideally finding one with SRS is better as you can then talk to people and tell them it’s your first day kinda thing and they can help you out and point you in the right direction to find info on how the server mission works and where to fly and what to do etc.
Like TQHD said, joining populated servers and hopping on comms is a good way to start. The DCS community as a whole is the best I've ever seen in gaming. If you want, you'll be able to find a group in the right time zone with the right attitude.
hello dude i have just started to play multi player. but am really still learning the f-18. at this moment in time i just flown once. main reason i havent been on multi player missions is not knowing enough and feeling confident enough to fly with other plp incase i f..k up and piss plp off lol. so much to learn with f-18. but getting there actually thanks to your tutorials
Very thorough and very helpful. Thanks very much. The reason that I haven’t worked on Multiplayer as much as I would like is because I haven’t been able to talk to anyone, so I don’t know what’s going on. Hopefully after this I will have more success.
Great explanation fella thanks. Just a note - You will not Hot mic with 'radio switch works as PTT' set to off if you designate a PTT button, it will just select different radios until you press PTT.
Late add. Just found your channel, which is great btw. Came for a refueling tutorial, stayed for liberation and now Greyflag. Didn’t know those even existed. I would offer my reasons for not joining MP are similar to others: fear and confidence. The farther down the learning curve you are, the steeper the climb. Getting my hands around all this has been a challenge, but one I’m enjoying. But, I’m here watching your SRS vid so I can cure something that is wearing on me in DCS tho, isolation. I’m going to hop on Greyflag, take off in the one airframe I know and just fly around and listen and check it out. Now I just need to find a video that explains what Discord is and what it does…. My kids are off to college or I’d ask them. Keep the content coming, you’re killing it from where I sit.
Welcome to the channel mate! Glad you are finding your way in DCS. I hope the videos help you out. Thanks for the info on the lack of multiplayer flying, awesome to hear you jumped in grayflag and had a fly around. How did you find it? Hopefully some of the guys have you a hand if you asked for it 🤞🏻
Also discord is just a newer version of TeamSpeak… you join a server that has text and voice channels that you can talk with people in the same server and make new friends etc
@@TorniQuetHD on my first flight in Grayflag I had someone pull up in formation in hornet like me, coached me through how to switch to a mids channel and set it up as a 3rd radio so we could still listen to AWACS calls and chat privately off TACCOM. I confessed I was brand new and he spent a couple hours on my wing coaching me. Tonight there was a human controller so that was pretty intimidating and added a whole new level of complexity and stress (good stress). For those reading this, give it a shot I can say it’s been worth the risk. There’s a lot to learn, but if you’ve already figured out how to start a jet, load it up with stuff and fly it…the folks in the hercs, warthogs, harriers and helos appreciate having someone (even the noobs like me) flying top cover so they can do their thing. If you see Grumpy 1-1 on GF, check in with me and we’ll work it out together.
I have been playing DCS since Lock on. I just haven’t got into MP. I find enough in single player to keep me busy. I will have to give it a go I just don’t know anyone to fly with. The only thing I play on line is a bit of sim racing that can be toxic as fuck & Hell let loose with my young bloke & a bunch of blokes on a Friday night. & it’s a time thing I haven’t been playing a lot of DCS for the last 12months or so I just got sick of having to rebind all of my controls after every update it had been an issue for some time & every time you would mention it in the forum you would just get hammered by toxic fuckwits accusing you of making it up. That issue seems to be fixed now though. So I guess the toxic nature of of the forum has put me off MP. Excellent video. The bloody adds are getting out of control. Kind of makes it hard to follow. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃
Cheers for the insight mate 👌🏻 I’ll look into the ads thing too… YT does that shit automatically so I’ll see if I can get to calm the F down… or on the flip side I use an ad blocker which takes care of that for me… no more ads haha
They do earn me a bit of coin, but I’d rather it not be just an ad fest for those trying to watch and learn things. Gotta find the happy balance I guess. I don’t have the ad issue as I use an ad blocker so never had to deal with them
Heyy, great Video M8... Answer to your Question - Why dont more people use Multiplayer - My reason - Intimidation from other users, being constantly shot down and not being allowed to learn what everyone else knows... This is NOT and advertisement for my servers - However I set up a Discord and 4 Servers because of this issue... I have trained more people to fly the F18 and 16 than i can remember .. Enjoy your Video's M8 - Keep up the Great Wirk...
Thanks for the insight mate, that’s good to hear that you’ve setup some servers and a discord for brand new players!! Feel free to post the link in here for others to join and come and fly with yourself and others too. I do understand that some people are for lack of a better word a big old C#!T in this game for sure, but for the most part everyone is generally very helpful and considerate towards new players to multiplayer servers.
Honestly wish I could play multiplayer because the only thing really stopping me rn is my computer's performance :(( I play the game in VR but in singleplayer or with friends my game really doesn't lag too bad but whenever I go into a multiplayer server it just immediately tanks.. I think I'll have to upgrade my rig before I get serious with playing DCS multiplayer, or wait for the long awaited multi-threading/engine update buuuut knowing ED's release schedule I don't know if I'll see that anytime soon..
Great Tutorial, thanks!! I'm trying to get involved in MP, but its so overwhelming. so many moving parts and long starts to just get splashed immediately. but it helps the obvious skill issue lmao
Well, I am here because I want to learn and play multiplayer. Once you are in, it's hard to imagine what is like to try to learn and get on the servers. Even following this video, I could not connect to the game. I am sure it is something silly but it goes to show the difficulty. Eventually, I'll figure it out. I am sure that there are a lot of folks out there trying to learn to play multiplayer since playing against AI can never be as good. Thank you for the video. Also, how does this work if you are VR. It's not easy to leave VR and look and web pages and SRS screens. I have been looking for a tutorial that covers SRS and VR
Problem with SRS, is nobody is using it. I have it up and running everytime I join a multiplayer sever. It says that its active, and some of the people connected, but nobody is talking. I just got into a server, and one of the pilots, was telling everyone to go on his discord and communicate that way. I don't have discord, and dont know how that works. It just seems like extra work for communicating.
I play multiplayer games with my friends and or family... No one I know plays DCS, so I have no reason to play online yet. I'm gonna take the dive into multiplayer and see what it's all about when I get home from this exercise though!
Anyone know why audio preview and input/output tabs are grayed out for me? When I talk the bare is moving but i cannot test it. Dosn't work ingame either
I fly Single exclusively since I have to go AFK frequently because of the twin 2-year olds :P I flew a 45 minute campaign mission yesterday and had to do it over three sessions. I basically cannot be relied upon in a team environment....but when they go to Kindergarten in 2 years I am going to take at least a week off and do nothing but play DCS, starting with getting comfortable with comms on the Hoggit training server then trying GAW/PGAW :D\ By the way the bell glides have helped my helo flying immensely!! How are you liking your new rudder pedals now that you've had them a few months? Mine current shitty TFRPs are at death's door
@@TorniQuetHD do you do any a2g in the F5? After following your Su25 series I've been trying to relearn doing everything manual in the F5...rockets are easy but bombing is so hard
How did you “bring up my SRS again” at 29:35? It looked like you first went to desktop from DCS real , and then maybe selected an SRS icon from desktop? Or is there a way to bring us SRS directly from within DCS?
i love multiplayer, i just have crippling social enxiety so finding someone to actually fly with is super scary and for me very difficult. but if anyone here wants to hop in the Enigma cold war server and show me the ropes im 100% down
This seems like a lot of work, when DCS already has VOIP built into the radio. I’m new to multiplayer, could someone tell me why we don’t use the built in VOIP so it works just like the real jet? Thanks.
I've never tried multiplayer. I can fly my F5 but still learning the weapons etc. I just recently downloaded SRS. I set up two radio channels. You've set up four. I don't understand the other two, AI and intercomm. Then, you were switching and forth between all these frequencies, totally lost me. As it stands I am trying to find someone to help me out. Someday, I hope to try ECW.
I have a question : is there a way to record the audio from SRS during gameplay, like a server-side recording of a session or something ? I'm okay with recording footage to get the audio (w/ sfx) from other players , but I can't figure out how to get my voice (w/ sfx) recorded.
To be honest I’ve never even tried the in built VOIP feature as all of the multiplayer servers use SRS so that’s why I guess. If you’re flying with a buddy you’re probably going to be using discord to chat mainly and have SRS going to be able to talk with other players in the server
More realism I guess. You can press the radio button and it's got frequency and stuff, more like the real thing perhaps. Also maybe it's custom server so more stability based on region I guess. Like if u play in aus u want aus server comes and not the one from usa coz high latency but I don't know is just my guess.
I don't think there's full feature parity between SRS and builtin comms. Hooking into LotATC is a big one. I'm sure DCS comms will improve over time, it's nice that they've gotten the basics in at least.
@@josefwitt9772 Good point, and there are popular servers like Enigma's Cold War server that uses Overlord Bot, which doesn't work with built in VOIP. And I'm pretty sure, if using Mids A/B in the Hornet for secure comms, it also doesn't work in VOIP. The VOIP just doesn't match the same features as in SRS. Maybe someday, but for now not enough for people to be using it often.
“Sound like a pilot?” Seriously????? Here is the ugly truth… If you are not pilot, you are not gonna become one by downloading SRS. And if you are an actual pilot casually playing DCS you don’t get anything by downloading it. DCS has an in-house VoIP. It is slightly inferior, to the extend that it doesn’t distort sound to imitate real life chatter… but it works just fine. However by installing and setting SRS , you are DISABLING the in-house VoIP. So…are you guys very excited to mod your game with a third party, unofficial freeware THAT WILL EXCLUDE YOU FROM THE OFFICIAL VOIP…only to get a: “……..hhhhhhhssssss…Fox twohhhhhhsssssssssssdd……….” Lmao!
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This is the best tutorial of SRS I have ever seen. Those install and conf vids are what they are.
This shows how to use. For me it is still mysterious what means msin channel, guard channels and which channels I should use.
The server documentation differs alot.
As always brotha, great video......from new DCS user(less than 1yr. Exp)!
To answer your? About multiplayer, there are probably a number of factors why some dont join those games!
Some of these things maybe, but are not limited to the following as I've experienced.
-Difficulty in setting up things within DCS...
-Not sure who how to do some things, communicate, landing, takeoff, aa, ag, using radar or other necessary functions in cockpit!
-May not be able to land, cold, start or take off from hot, etc....
-May not be sure how to use radar, and or weapons!
-Some may not want to be humiliated or have to go through a long startup if shot down, in seconds!!
-Others may just think there not good enough and dont want to offend or compete, necessarily against others.
-I think alot of newbs spend alot of time on there own just trying to learn those things above I mentioned.
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Hope some of this helps from new user! I enjoy the detail of your videos, I do alot of mission editing- hours every day, and I have watched probably all your mission editor videos as well!! Thx again. Mongoose-
Great video. Very helpful. Why I don't play Multi player? I can fly, take-off, land, navigate etc. But I don't have loads of time to fly, and I tend to be pretty unknowledgeable when it comes to a lot of the systems. I am not worried about going in and getting shot down, but more that my presence would annoy people who would feel like the immersion factor is broken if I do something (or don't). I need to find someone that I can just go practice basic 1v1 stuff, or some duo missions.
Totally understand that mate, but in terms of being annoying I don’t think you will come into contact with that much mate, most people in the community are really generous and helpful as long as you tell people that you’re new and don’t do things that you have no idea what you’re doing… ie telling a friendly A-10 that you will fly CAP and protect them from enemy fighters when you actually have no idea how to do that job and then they get shot down because they thought they were safe.
If you know how to do a specific role with your aircraft you can definitely just carry out that role… if you know how to use mavericks then just do maverick strikes on targets and nothing else kinda thing if that makes sense.
It is a shame to hear that so many people are hesitant in getting into multiplayer as that is where the best immersion comes from, working as a team to achieve goals together.
I’d definitely recommend joining Torni’s and Virgin Australia’s discord groups. People they are SUPER friendly and more than happy to help out new players. Been in for about 3 weeks and not had a bad experience yet. Had a guy design me a livery for free after knowing him for literally 2 minutes, offered to pay him and he said don’t worry about it. Had others ask if I needed help learning & before I could even say yes, they were loading in to the same plane to walk me through it.
Join virgin Australia server foothold Caucasus map. No one cares what u do there of course don't team kill and stuff just type "inbound airport" when u land that is all you just use f10 to look at map anyway haha. It's a pve map so humans versus computers. So don't worry .just chill. Come escort me I wanna go kill Sam sites. Lezzz go .
Hey Torni, thanks for this really informative video.
In my now two years DCS career. I go MP since about one year and I can say, it's real fun. But the thing for me is, that I am not native english speaking and so I rarely use SRS. Most time I play with people speaking my own language or just do my own thing on the server with a minimum of radio calls (taxi,takeoff,landing). Yes of course I do understand englisch and I can say what I need to but in stressfull situations this is really getting worse for me and I have to use so much brainspace for understanding what people want from me that I even forget how to proper fly my aircraft 😅 Then I think that people could get pissed and that scares me a bit. I'm not so self confident no matter if IRL or online 🤷♂️
Yeah the language barrier would definitely be a big hurdle… big respect to you for even coming into an English speaking server and trying to understand and communicate with everyone mate!! No way I could go into a server that spoke another language and try to communicate with them so hats off to you for sure mate!
The basics is all you really need to say to be honest, let people know where you’re going if you will be in a high traffic area and let people know what your intentions are if you’re operating in the same area as others also and you will be golden. Sometimes the less said on comms is better
Thanks mate, I really appreciate your words. I'll keep them in mind and try to learn from the other pilots behaviour on comms.
Awesome video man. I'm new to DCS and this is great.
Excellent tutorial, long but clear and definitive. Reason I have not been on a multiplayer is I want to make sure I do the research on the ethics of MP servers (don't mind being a noob, just don't want to be a party pooper...) Almost there and may even try to connect today! Liked and subscribed mate!
Same
My group always found that SRS would crash too much and was always a major pain to set up each game. When the built in comms came out it’s made it generally easier (although it wasn’t easy to set up). Problem now is that no one else uses it. Go into any MP server and listen in to the built in comms: silence………
It is a bit tricky to setup server side but most of the popular multiplayer servers generally don’t have too many issues with SRS crashing out these days *touch wood* I’ve not even tried to use built in voice comms as everyone uses either discord or SRS
SRS use to crash on me also, but I've been using for the last few months now with no crashes. They must have fixed a lot of the problems.
It’s definitely worth giving it another try. I don’t think I’ve had an SRS crash in recent memory.
Excellent video. I am just starting in DCS and this video have been extremely useful. MP is a thing in any game, I think the most important is find a couple mates to play with, maybe in FB groups, that is what I did.
Just now learning how to do the MultiPlayer. Thanks for the SRS tips.
I think I can speak for a lot of people when I say that I love playing Multiplayer, just not PvP. Many players I talk to seem to seek the Co-Op fun factor of trying and beating the enemy AI, and not exactly the challenge of fighting other players. So whenever we just want to enjoy a more relaxed gameplay or simply practice our skills without bothering other people or risking accidents, we just stick to Singleplayer.
PvP is where its at. You're just bad. and that's ok to.
Good video on SRS. Have been flying DCS since it's first module came out and now have many aircraft and maps. Ended up building a really nice rig specifically for DCS (which became awesome for ARMA, Elite, Star Citizen etc) which has all the options for modern gaming other than VR. TM Warthog, Tobieye 5, Track IR (if I want), pedals, cougar mfd's, two 8" tablets for use in gameglass or ufc, multi monitors etc etc. Configuring the set up is like an unending hobby and never seem to have it complete enough to go online and have enough hrs in a particular aircraft to fly with people who have so many more hours in. I have the hours in but most of them are configuration testing not really enjoying and learning a particular plane. I went online lots at the start and it was fun but my setup either for the plane or rig was never complete. It seems like my setup was a little ahead of it's time and things in DCS have caught up so I'm able to nail things down. e.g multiscreen or tablet set up used to be a complete chore but now they've made it easier. Now that I can finish what I envisioned it's time to nail down my favorite aircraft and actually get good and then join some multiplayer action. Also not a fan of running several extra programs in the background so I'm hoping this updated "in game radio system" works like a charm.
nice video, very helpful
Only thing is, you don't have to turn on "Radio Switch works as PTT". You can simply choose a PTT button in the controls. Just depends on your preferences.
Thanks for the video bud. Awesomely informative. As for your question regarding not trying multiplayer - for me there's a simple reason... I am an absolute noob. Just started playing DCS and I cannot even cold start my aircraft. So until I get the hang of all the terminologies etc. I will not ruin the game or anyone else. It is quite lonely but I hope to join other serious guys some day. I last played Flight sims back in the day when Jane's USAF was out. Loved it. Since then I have been an avid Sim Racers but Flying is where my heart is at.
Very informative video, I appreciate your hard work and sharing your time helping others. I have not played Multi-player and the main reason is - ??? maybe I am not very good, I am not sure about getting my feet wet, not sure about what time I should/can play (I'm retired), and I have had some bad experiences playing on line with my console with a bunch of jack wads who are pretty childish but have big egos. I hate that, I just want to have fun and relax with a bit of a challenge with no B.S. I am edging towards the MP Universe, so this little bit helps - - :)
There is definitely a minority of players who think they are “actual” pilots and carry on like a child throwing a tantrum when something doesn’t go their way but for the most part the online community is very understandable and generous with their time to help new players find their feet in multiplayer.
In terms of finding a server, just sort the list by populated first and then find one with a ping of 250 or less and jump on in and say hello. Ideally finding one with SRS is better as you can then talk to people and tell them it’s your first day kinda thing and they can help you out and point you in the right direction to find info on how the server mission works and where to fly and what to do etc.
Like TQHD said, joining populated servers and hopping on comms is a good way to start. The DCS community as a whole is the best I've ever seen in gaming. If you want, you'll be able to find a group in the right time zone with the right attitude.
hello dude i have just started to play multi player. but am really still learning the f-18. at this moment in time i just flown once. main reason i havent been on multi player missions is not knowing enough and feeling confident enough to fly with other plp incase i f..k up and piss plp off lol. so much to learn with f-18. but getting there actually thanks to your tutorials
Very helpful tutorial, thanks a lot for sharing. Reason why I haven't started palying MP till now cause I was learning how to start up and fly F-16 😅
Very thorough and very helpful. Thanks very much. The reason that I haven’t worked on Multiplayer as much as I would like is because I haven’t been able to talk to anyone, so I don’t know what’s going on.
Hopefully after this I will have more success.
Hope you are getting into multiplayer now mate
Great explanation fella thanks. Just a note - You will not Hot mic with 'radio switch works as PTT' set to off if you designate a PTT button, it will just select different radios until you press PTT.
Late add. Just found your channel, which is great btw. Came for a refueling tutorial, stayed for liberation and now Greyflag. Didn’t know those even existed. I would offer my reasons for not joining MP are similar to others: fear and confidence. The farther down the learning curve you are, the steeper the climb. Getting my hands around all this has been a challenge, but one I’m enjoying.
But, I’m here watching your SRS vid so I can cure something that is wearing on me in DCS tho, isolation. I’m going to hop on Greyflag, take off in the one airframe I know and just fly around and listen and check it out.
Now I just need to find a video that explains what Discord is and what it does…. My kids are off to college or I’d ask them. Keep the content coming, you’re killing it from where I sit.
Welcome to the channel mate! Glad you are finding your way in DCS. I hope the videos help you out.
Thanks for the info on the lack of multiplayer flying, awesome to hear you jumped in grayflag and had a fly around. How did you find it? Hopefully some of the guys have you a hand if you asked for it 🤞🏻
Also discord is just a newer version of TeamSpeak… you join a server that has text and voice channels that you can talk with people in the same server and make new friends etc
@@TorniQuetHD on my first flight in Grayflag I had someone pull up in formation in hornet like me, coached me through how to switch to a mids channel and set it up as a 3rd radio so we could still listen to AWACS calls and chat privately off TACCOM. I confessed I was brand new and he spent a couple hours on my wing coaching me. Tonight there was a human controller so that was pretty intimidating and added a whole new level of complexity and stress (good stress). For those reading this, give it a shot I can say it’s been worth the risk. There’s a lot to learn, but if you’ve already figured out how to start a jet, load it up with stuff and fly it…the folks in the hercs, warthogs, harriers and helos appreciate having someone (even the noobs like me) flying top cover so they can do their thing. If you see Grumpy 1-1 on GF, check in with me and we’ll work it out together.
I have been playing DCS since Lock on. I just haven’t got into MP. I find enough in single player to keep me busy. I will have to give it a go I just don’t know anyone to fly with. The only thing I play on line is a bit of sim racing that can be toxic as fuck & Hell let loose with my young bloke & a bunch of blokes on a Friday night. & it’s a time thing I haven’t been playing a lot of DCS for the last 12months or so I just got sick of having to rebind all of my controls after every update it had been an issue for some time & every time you would mention it in the forum you would just get hammered by toxic fuckwits accusing you of making it up. That issue seems to be fixed now though. So I guess the toxic nature of of the forum has put me off MP. Excellent video. The bloody adds are getting out of control. Kind of makes it hard to follow. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃
Cheers for the insight mate 👌🏻 I’ll look into the ads thing too… YT does that shit automatically so I’ll see if I can get to calm the F down… or on the flip side I use an ad blocker which takes care of that for me… no more ads haha
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If the adds are making you some coin awesome. It’s just that there were about 15 of them.
They do earn me a bit of coin, but I’d rather it not be just an ad fest for those trying to watch and learn things. Gotta find the happy balance I guess. I don’t have the ad issue as I use an ad blocker so never had to deal with them
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Keep earning your coin mate PC’s $ peripherals aren’t cheap. Tell me more about this add blocker dose it work on smart TV’s?
what an intro!
Nice timing just started using this 👌🏻
Yeeeew, hopefully it made sense mate 🙏🏻
I have this but don't bother. Too shy and awkward to talk with strangers 😅
nice tutorial
Heyy, great Video M8... Answer to your Question - Why dont more people use Multiplayer - My reason - Intimidation from other users, being constantly shot down and not being allowed to learn what everyone else knows... This is NOT and advertisement for my servers - However I set up a Discord and 4 Servers because of this issue... I have trained more people to fly the F18 and 16 than i can remember .. Enjoy your Video's M8 - Keep up the Great Wirk...
Thanks for the insight mate, that’s good to hear that you’ve setup some servers and a discord for brand new players!! Feel free to post the link in here for others to join and come and fly with yourself and others too.
I do understand that some people are for lack of a better word a big old C#!T in this game for sure, but for the most part everyone is generally very helpful and considerate towards new players to multiplayer servers.
Great video!
Hope it helped mate 🙏🏻
Honestly wish I could play multiplayer because the only thing really stopping me rn is my computer's performance :((
I play the game in VR but in singleplayer or with friends my game really doesn't lag too bad but whenever I go into a multiplayer server it just immediately tanks.. I think I'll have to upgrade my rig before I get serious with playing DCS multiplayer, or wait for the long awaited multi-threading/engine update buuuut knowing ED's release schedule I don't know if I'll see that anytime soon..
Great Tutorial, thanks!! I'm trying to get involved in MP, but its so overwhelming. so many moving parts and long starts to just get splashed immediately. but it helps the obvious skill issue lmao
Well, I am here because I want to learn and play multiplayer. Once you are in, it's hard to imagine what is like to try to learn and get on the servers. Even following this video, I could not connect to the game. I am sure it is something silly but it goes to show the difficulty. Eventually, I'll figure it out. I am sure that there are a lot of folks out there trying to learn to play multiplayer since playing against AI can never be as good. Thank you for the video.
Also, how does this work if you are VR. It's not easy to leave VR and look and web pages and SRS screens. I have been looking for a tutorial that covers SRS and VR
I play dcs in VR and the srs overlay is also shown in the headset.
Problem with SRS, is nobody is using it. I have it up and running everytime I join a multiplayer sever. It says that its active, and some of the people connected, but nobody is talking. I just got into a server, and one of the pilots, was telling everyone to go on his discord and communicate that way. I don't have discord, and dont know how that works. It just seems like extra work for communicating.
I play multiplayer games with my friends and or family... No one I know plays DCS, so I have no reason to play online yet. I'm gonna take the dive into multiplayer and see what it's all about when I get home from this exercise though!
Get amongst it mate, the immersion from having other people on comms while you’re doing stuff is so good
Anyone know why audio preview and input/output tabs are grayed out for me? When I talk the bare is moving but i cannot test it. Dosn't work ingame either
Nice setup video. One question for you: how do you get to sound so distorted? My SRS preview sounds way too clean.
I fly Single exclusively since I have to go AFK frequently because of the twin 2-year olds :P I flew a 45 minute campaign mission yesterday and had to do it over three sessions. I basically cannot be relied upon in a team environment....but when they go to Kindergarten in 2 years I am going to take at least a week off and do nothing but play DCS, starting with getting comfortable with comms on the Hoggit training server then trying GAW/PGAW :D\
By the way the bell glides have helped my helo flying immensely!! How are you liking your new rudder pedals now that you've had them a few months? Mine current shitty TFRPs are at death's door
Same here mate. WD40 helps a bit but not enough. Thinking about buying the MFGs
Glad the bell glides helped mate 👍🏻 the TPR pedals are absolutely amazing in comparison to the TFRP’s. Massive upgrade, love them
Outta curiosity what airframe you fly when you're on Enigma since no Hornet? Thanks for the detailed SRS explainer, cleared up a few things for me.
@@ColonelAkirNakesh normally F5 or MiG-21
@@TorniQuetHD do you do any a2g in the F5? After following your Su25 series I've been trying to relearn doing everything manual in the F5...rockets are easy but bombing is so hard
How did you “bring up my SRS again” at 29:35? It looked like you first went to desktop from DCS real , and then maybe selected an SRS icon from desktop? Or is there a way to bring us SRS directly from within DCS?
Comms is the biggest barrier for me. Ready to make the jump to MP but figuring out SRS is delaying me...
i love multiplayer, i just have crippling social enxiety so finding someone to actually fly with is super scary and for me very difficult. but if anyone here wants to hop in the Enigma cold war server and show me the ropes im 100% down
hello, i’ve asked and done all they asked for in the support channel for srs but does anyone know why srs won’t connect to game?
I dont play multiplayer because of my Pc, he crash 💥 every time in multiplayer
This seems like a lot of work, when DCS already has VOIP built into the radio. I’m new to multiplayer, could someone tell me why we don’t use the built in VOIP so it works just like the real jet? Thanks.
Not very clear what buttons you are hitting to transmit... button for radio 1? Ptt?
Hey Torni I have an issue with srs when i load in Server and VOIP are green but Game is blacked out would you happen to know what the problem is man
I've never tried multiplayer. I can fly my F5 but still learning the weapons etc. I just recently downloaded SRS. I set up two radio channels. You've set up four. I don't understand the other two, AI and intercomm. Then, you were switching and forth between all these frequencies, totally lost me. As it stands I am trying to find someone to help me out. Someday, I hope to try ECW.
internet connection speed. mine is sadly very low bandwidth.
I'm shy to talk in games
Don’t be shy mate, just tell them it’s your first time flying and talking on the radios in multiplayer and they will help you out 👌🏻
My reason is RAM when you join a 69 out of 72 growling sidewinder you'll see what i mean
I have a question : is there a way to record the audio from SRS during gameplay, like a server-side recording of a session or something ?
I'm okay with recording footage to get the audio (w/ sfx) from other players , but I can't figure out how to get my voice (w/ sfx) recorded.
Why continue to use SRS when this functionality is built into the game now?
To be honest I’ve never even tried the in built VOIP feature as all of the multiplayer servers use SRS so that’s why I guess. If you’re flying with a buddy you’re probably going to be using discord to chat mainly and have SRS going to be able to talk with other players in the server
More realism I guess. You can press the radio button and it's got frequency and stuff, more like the real thing perhaps. Also maybe it's custom server so more stability based on region I guess. Like if u play in aus u want aus server comes and not the one from usa coz high latency but I don't know is just my guess.
I don't think there's full feature parity between SRS and builtin comms. Hooking into LotATC is a big one. I'm sure DCS comms will improve over time, it's nice that they've gotten the basics in at least.
@@josefwitt9772 Good point, and there are popular servers like Enigma's Cold War server that uses Overlord Bot, which doesn't work with built in VOIP. And I'm pretty sure, if using Mids A/B in the Hornet for secure comms, it also doesn't work in VOIP. The VOIP just doesn't match the same features as in SRS. Maybe someday, but for now not enough for people to be using it often.
That giggity tho 🤣
Giggity 🤪
“Sound like a pilot?”
Seriously?????
Here is the ugly truth…
If you are not pilot, you are not gonna become one by downloading SRS. And if you are an actual pilot casually playing DCS you don’t get anything by downloading it.
DCS has an in-house VoIP.
It is slightly inferior, to the extend that it doesn’t distort sound to imitate real life chatter… but it works just fine.
However by installing and setting SRS , you are DISABLING the in-house VoIP.
So…are you guys very excited to mod your game with a third party, unofficial freeware THAT WILL EXCLUDE YOU FROM THE OFFICIAL VOIP…only to get a:
“……..hhhhhhhssssss…Fox twohhhhhhsssssssssssdd……….”
Lmao!