DCS: Supercarrier Should You Buy It? Pros & Cons
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Hey guys, I wanted to bring you guys a last minute video in case you are on the fence about whether or not you should buy the DCS: Supercarrier module for DCS World.
I hope this video both entertains you and helps you make that last minute decision before release of this product from Eagle Dynamics!
Thanks for watching!
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Hey guys I wanted to make a video to help anyone who may still be on the fence about getting the DCS: Supercarrier and give you guys some pros and cons to help you make an informed decision after the onslaught of Supercarrier content and opinions both positive and negative across the community.
Any idea of price after pre-release?
It will be out today?
Hey I’ve been thinking about getting dcs in the future and want to know if the super carrier comes with jets
I play warthunder, top tier Sim Battles. Aircraft line ups from F-16, F-15, F-14 and even the Mirage variants. I've always kept an eye on DCS. it's beautiful.
I don't understand why Warthunder is so expensive, yet can't look as good as DCS. Is it worth it to make the transition from Warthunder Air simulator to DCS?? I'm not close with anyone I know who has it.
@davidmartin8404 well, hopefully no one takes 3 yrs to answer my question 😂😂
#1 reason this casual bought the Supercarrier: the catapult crew. Having help line up on the catapult and being able to hold at full power and do the control wipe before the launch, rather than the carrier just shooting you a second or so after you hit 99%.
It is like super helpful!
I find the plane director doesn't even get me close to centerline and I have to fine tune it myself. The game also automatically aligns you right before launch anyway
I bought SC together with the F14 module, so when I later saw an instructional vid WITHOUT the crew,
I was happy I bought it since it only took me 5 minutes to figure out the deck crew's instructions without any help from a YT vid
I really hope they polish the animations tho, and introduce several new ones for when planes land on the deck (for example). Also perhaps they could try introducing rearming animations and stuff like that, as well as animations in case the carrier sinks or takes damage, after all, they’re asking for a full 60$ price...it better be good af
Or allow an option to scaffold the netting to catch injured planes
As soon as I build my new system, this is on the top of my list!!!
I can't help imagining the WWII version of this with Corsairs though. I would pay a lot for that!!!
Am I the only that wishes ED, or a similar developer, would make "heavies" for DCS? Anything would make me happy. B1, B52, C-5, C-17 C-130 (any and all variants), KC-10, KC-135, ect. I assume some of these would flop due to it being a combat simulator but at the same time, I think you could draw the attention of P3D/X-Plane/FSX users that like that slower aspect. Just a thought.
Guess that would make more sense on bigger maps... Also, I'm pretty positive it would be taking up to decades to develop such a module (especially something like B-1 or B-52). I hope ED won't do that, but a dedicated third party could be the right answer to this.
I would love to fly a buff and drop 108 bombs on targets. Wouldn't mind the B1 or C130 or KC135 Tanker either! We need to keep bugging ED about this
I'd love to see a player driven tanker... or a hawkeye with multicrew! Actually, WW2 bombers like the mitchell would be cool too...
Tu-95 when so we can replicate all the billion intercepts made on it
the reason they have not added in cargo, ata fuelling or large bombers is you need large crews in most cases things like the caribou dont require more than 2 to crew but in most cases a crew of up to 6 is neaded and programming ai takes ages and after a couple of weeks of the aircraft being in dcs no one wants to be just the bombardier or the navigator for instance there are more f14 pilots than rios that y they dont ad such planes
I picked this and the f/a 18 up on sale and I’m excited to get it I’ve learned most of the hornet systems but I haven’t even messed around on the free carrier. Looking forward to earning my sea legs thanks for the preview!
The Supercarrier is my permanent home base. Fantastic module and I do hope they keep on releasing updates to it.
Dear Sir, thank you for your kind words and the great video. Highly appreciated and a big boost for the team. All the very best! Yours Nick
Got the pre order and it’s been worth it not a lot of bugs when following proper procedures and makes carrier ops feel alive wish they would do a ground crew dlc for the airfields
I would never buy it for the full price but I think the 50% off were okay. I even got it for $10 thanks to my ED miles.
8 dollars!!
yeah i got it for 7 or something like that, honestly I still might have bought it if it waws 100% price
Yea it'd be almost as lame if ED made you pay $50 for a WWII long-range escort fighter but you had to pay $30 to be able to escort period-accurate bombers and then $45 more to fly your WWII aircraft on a WWII map
Oh yeah that's right, they actually did that......
@@nicksiegfried4906 I guess that sucks, idk I just like to support them as developers and like to buy any module that I would enjoy, as they all gotta pay bills and continue development on new modules. But they put up good sales fairly often so there's opportunity for getting modules in a bundle pricing.
@@nicksiegfried4906 You know? despite this still being FUCKING stupid the BIGGEST thing that pisses me off about that is EVEN FOR THE ASSETS PACK I need everyone else to have it in order to USE IT....meaning those Korea era missions using era correct tanks ect basically go out the window...lucky Supercarrier doesn't do this...
Purchased it for $25 at pre-release, bargain I'd say, seriously impressed so far as I was by your intro to the vid, that was superb! The thing about the comms some of the keyboard fiddling will hopefully be fixed for me anyway when the Viacom Pro extension comes out, I know it's not to everyone's liking but it does take away some of the cockpit load and adds in my opinion immersion, I only use it for comms and not for the other control functions.
Personally I think the module was well worth the price I paid ED have done a fantastic job on this module and it can only get better!
Great video and I wish I could land as good as you, keep up the good work 👍
I use it for everything, makes my flying time easier. So much easier to say gear up or down rather than selecting a keybind, or hotas button.
I now gotta download the OB version!! just for this.
Do yourself a favour and use this nice little tool to get there:
forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=160053&highlight=update+tool
Or if you prefer the manual thing, go to your DCS World\bin folder in a cmd window and type in:
*DCS_updater.exe update @openbeta*
Documentation: forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=114030
That way you don't need extra space for another installation (you could always get back to stable this way as well or to a specific OB version that runs fine). And I recommend switching over right now as the 2.5.6 version comes with a massive truckload of terrain data that will be a big PITA to download when everyone is updating. Get it now while it's still fast :)
I thought everyone was on OB
On steam, there is a bundle that includes the carrier and the f18 for the price of the f18
Nice video Spud! I am a bit bias as I already preordered this module....
You and me both!
I got it cuz it was on sale and 90% of my time is spent in the Tomcat but I feel like it should either be free or wayy cheaper if you have the the Hornet or the Cat already
Who am i kidding - I was always going to get this! I'm happy given the price I paid with the pre-purchase discount, F/A-18 discount and some ED miles on top. Happy with that.
However, the only missing feature I really wish they had included at release is having all the night op/ lighting sorted. The other features I can wait for. Hopefully this gets fixed quickly.
It's a "no brainier" if you like Naval Operations .. buy it!
Its pretty darn cool!
I an not a fan of a naval operations but i am glad supercarrier has been released so now ED team will probably have more time finishing other stuff like wwII or DCS core improvements.
@@rcpilot9963 well, I think the Supercarrier module, just as any other EA module, still has quite a way to go before it reaches a "finished" state. I'd really appreciate it if ED could finish up on their other EA modules before working on and releasing new ones...
It's for people who don't have a brain. Carriers should come with the plane modules that cost as much as a full game. From now on ED won't improve anything about their game for free anymore. Plane $80. Map $50. Carrier $50. So a basic setup is $180 and you can't save the game, the "AI" is trash, the lighting is trash (yeah there were a few tweaks but the big issues are still present), dead and static world, bombs need direct hit, no fox3 guidance logic etc. etc. Basically the combat stuff is completely broken and inaccurate. If you don't want to "play" multiplayer this game totally sucks. And because of multiplayer, the core game never gets attention, because the devs are busy fixing multiplayer stuff. I'm fed up and I get to the point where I would prefer paid core elements. The "air quake babies" can have their bare plane and map for MP and the seasoned (pro) simmers (like me) who only play SP get their fuckin core game. The "busy airport DLC", the "SAM DLC", the "(Super?) Savegame DLC", the "Decent lighting DLC" and so on.
I can't believe they stopped working (yeah I know, they always work on everything, if you ask them) on the SA-5 and SCUD (PG trailer 2018) to push out some modules I don't give a shit about. New modules is the last thing this game needs but the majority of the community have a different opinion, and the game will stay like this forever.
I won't be the only one who will leave DCS as soon as MSFS is available. The combat stuff is broken anyway so there's no reason to stay. I'd rather fly over Iraq or Vietnam etc. with realistic and beautiful weather and lighting than firing unrealistic fox3 missiles at stupid enemies with UFO flight model.
Yep , "no brain"
Feeling at ease from this. Thanks man
What was with the salute halfway down the catapult at 0:50?
Ethan Leavitt haha it’s a bug in the F-14 AI haha
I mean shooter also teleported a bit in other clip
Intro was amazing
Already bought it but if I'm being honest the Carrier Ops and improvements aren't something I was looking to get. I was happy with the current carrier and launching and landing on it. SO this is a bonus and I only got it to support the the developers. My personal opinion on DCS is THIS is BAR none THE best Combat military flight sim on the market. NOT Debatable - full stop.
That's how I saw it. I sucked at carrier ops, but I also wasn't really good enough at it to stick landings reliably.
The way I see it, the guidance onto the cat, and the ability to have a little extra guidance on approach are well worth it.
@@aaronwhite1786 I'll take an accurately scaled boat with moving deck crew over the overly small Stennis with its crap spawns and mp netcode handling with multiple people on the boat at the same time. Granted, a little biased in my excitement since I got it for $6
It helps that there isn't any competition.
@@mattboggs6304 thats what I was gonna say xD I love Dcs but people saying its the best combat sim on the market, is like if black ops came out the way it is now, in 1995 and only had doom and shit as its competition, of course its the best, its the only modern combat sim haha
0:50 haha that's a little late for a salute😄
cant wait for the christmas sale to grab the supercarrier, the f18 and the f14. Will have a blast this 2 week paid holiday :D
Just wondering if DCS is actually compensating the extra amount of weight an F-14 carries to shoot it off the catapult... Unlike the actual footage i've just watched, where the pilot actually banks immediately clear off the deck to the left or right to clear the ship's bow. (you'd want to eject to the side, instead of getting run over by the ship in case of emergency i guess?) The F-14's from this clip, seem to hover on the brink of a stall untill sufficient airspeed is reached by way of thrust, looking more like a pigeon trying to take flight than an actual jet that's just been shot off the deck. Hope they are on it already, the Hornet cat-launch looks epic though.
Having to take your hand off the stick to grab the mouse and scroll through a menu to call the ball at 3/4 mile seems like a bridge too far for me. There should at least be a hotkey for a required call like that. Better yet, if DCS needs you to converse with the AI, then the AI should have voice recognition so you can just press the mic button and speak like you would in a real airplane.
Gort VoiceAttack and Viacom Pro (separately-purchased pieces of software) are a great solution that offers exactly the functionality you describe.
@@torreypine This is one of the reasons I like to puruse comments. TY for the introducing me to Vaicom Pro - it looks mighty interesting.
@@torreypine Thanks Ron, but in my view that's a work around and additional complexity that I shouldn't have to undertake to improve the playability of the game. DCS World should provide more realistic radio communication functionality for me.
In case ED is listening, here's my perspective: I'm a very experienced retired military and civilian pilot. I play DCS for fun, and to hopefully learn a little bit about airplanes and missions I didn't get to experience in my own flying career. I'm very much for realism where it is achievable, but trying to model a real pilot-aircraft interface with a mouse wheel and pointer under Track IR is way too fiddly and frustrating for me. It's unlike, and much more difficult than, interacting with a real airplane, and this actually detracts from an immersive and realistic experience. Instead of trying to accurately replicate the physics of the cockpit, I would prefer they try to accurately replicate the way it feels to fly in it. This is where 'total realism' purists actually lose realism, because reality provides cues, sensations, and awareness that you can't get from your computer desktop. At least with the FC3 aircraft and keyboard commands I don't have to remove my hand from the stick at inopportune times, and using my throttle hand to flip switches by keyboard is actually closer to how you control a real aircraft. It's ironic, but it seems my experience and habits make DCS more difficult for me than it is for most flight sim gamers. I guess I don't want to have to learn a new way of flying that will override lifetime habits and experiences that I want to remember. I enjoy many aspect of DCS, but I wish it wasn't so hard to do simple stuff and so easy to do difficult stuff, so please keep working on improvements.
Gort interesting view..what planes did you fly in the millitary?
@@ramtin-s8722 Not trying to be rude, but that kind of detail isn't really pertinent and could distract from my point. I'll just admit to having a lot of jet time in very small types as well as very large types, but I was not a fighter pilot. I'm in DCS to learn a bit more about how the other half lived. I'm not in DCS because I want to painfully slog through mundane housekeeping switchology with a mouse in the name of 'realism'. Using TRACK IR and a mouse to flip switches that are low and aft on a side console, or even worse on the floor or behind the seat of a WWII aircraft, is too difficult and distracting to feel realistic. In a real airplane you usually do such things easily and without undue distraction while keeping your hand on the stick.
Not for what they trying to sell it for, homie. Will wait for next 50% in about 1-4 yrs. I don’t think content is worth what they asking for it. Don’t get me wrong I value all the work devs put on it, but I don’t think is worth that much.
I bought it. I just need to learn how to use coms. I'm still kinda new in DCS
Perfectly timed up with “Fightertown” by Meteor!
nice video! oh, and i made the 500th like btw! :D
Yeah, I want to be able to walk around the carrier, walk around my plane.....go to the mess hall, stop/start/ a fight in the mess hall. You know, EVERYTHING!!! (But really I would just love to walk around, maybe the bridge or something, and also walk around my plane)
Most of us bought it months ago! Now that the free month is over I was hoping it would drop today.
As a former waist cats crewmember, I'm sorry to say that I'm not buying it. Maybe if it was $10 or something, but it's just not worth it to me. It's expensive, even on sale for a bit of scenery and eye candy. The flight deck crew is neat at first, but I'm already over the novelty just after watching 2 or 3 videos. It's a pretty little scene that's good for what exactly? Great for video makers, screenshots, and people who just want to sit idle on the ship and watch the AI do things? Or fly around practicing carrier landings. If you're actually flying missions, you'll only see it for a couple of minutes before you launch, and then again whenever you get back. For the price, the old ship works well enough for me. I agree with other people, this would have been better as a free update to the main game, or bundled free with the Navy planes. As for the LSO station, that must be for maybe less than 1% of the actual userbase to use. Other than once or twice out of curiosity. Only people who would get any good use out of it are people in very active, tight knit virtual squadrons. And even then, it would likely only be used for specific events. Hate to be negative about it, because there is some cool stuff there, but it's not for me.
How do you get the “ball” to pop up like that? Is that something you have to do a key bind for?
4:15 break the deck at 600kts minimum and the LSO might give you an upgrade.
Personally i won't be thinking of buying it until a good month after release when we know how it acts in a multiplayer environment with 30 plus players and what breaks with updates. Plus the FLOLS system is somehow even harder to see! Even through a gopro in a hornet you can see the ball at the 3/4mile but with the super carrier you only see it visually without the on screen aid at the last 5 seconds
I'd be lying if I said I didn't think having the guy to line me up on the cat was worth the $20 I spent on it alone. Good lord did I hate taxiing to the catapult.
Now that I have seen it with my own eyes in VR, simply put.... YES
Does the LSO scoring get saved? Like a greenie board.
the f14 nose gear attachment is not locked in the shuttle when it is launched
I would never buy it.
It's is a core game feature that should be free.
The Kuznetzov model has been in the vaults since late 2017 and was promised as a free upgrade to Su-33 owners.
What about the "old" Kuznetzov? The model is old as balls and if ED will sell model upgrades as DLC in the future, I will most likely quit DCS.
Furthermore, it motivates ED to abandon the current carriers. Especially ATC is a core feature that should not be behind a paywall.
And this extends ED's ressources even further.
I thought the Kuznetzov was meant to update for everyone. It didn't?
@@TealJosh Sort of, the new model is in game, including the Nimitz. But if you didnt buy Supercarrier, you cant use it, just look at it.
Just more of the usual. SC started as a free upgrade for the existing carrier as a build-up to the release of the F-18, then became a free module for purchasers of the F-18, then became a paid module. Similar to the Nellis map, which was going to be free for everyone, then became free for purchasers of the A-10C, then at release became free only for pre-release purchasers of the A-10C. Now the fixes and upgrades for the A-10C we have been promised for years have turned into a paid module, A-10C II, which will likely languish in pre-release hell for years. Don't bother to look for the posts on ED's forums for the history of this, those posts have "mysteriously" disappeared......... However if you search hard enough, you can find posts from people who have discovered partial builds of the upgraded carrier as part of the "standard" carrier already in the sim, a ghost of the first development before it was abandoned for the paid module. You can occasionally glitch into those parts. I can't speak to the Kuznetzov, as I don't, and never will, own the SU-33 module, so didn't follow any of that. The Red stuff just doesn't interest me, other than as targets :)
I bought the SC module during pre-release, used my miles, plus my ownership of F-18 additional reduction, and got it for a song. Otherwise, wouldn't have bought it. The biggest reason for buying it for me was they had been back-and-forth on whether it will be required for play on MP servers that have it, and frankly with ED's history, I can't take their word for it not being an issue. As I did already have the F-18 module, also bought cheap, at some point in the future I might play around with it. At this point, I haven't even bothered to download and install it. I have heard reports of there being issues for those who don't own it on servers that have it, let's see if it gets fixed. To be fair to ED, those issues seem to be related to the issues some have had from downloading modules during the free-for-all event, but I found it interesting.
The only module I have paid full price for was the A-10C, I bought the box on day of release (not knowing about the online pre-release option) and was at the time promised the Nellis map on release. When they took that away, I decided it would be prudent to never again take ED's word for anything, or pay full price for any module. Unfortunately, I have been proven right, time and again. Intentional or not, there always seems to be some sort of chicanery with the release of every module from ED. They seriously need to get their act together.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate ED, or the sim. I think that this sim is one of the best military flight sims we have, and has the potential to be the best ever made, if ED will just get it together and iron out their process. There is very clearly a "one hand doesn't know what the other is doing" problem behind the scenes, and they are about as organized as a Chinese fire drill, running back and forth between projects as deadlines loom. They claim that they have organized crews to work on each module, but their releases prove that claim to be suspect.
Finally, we come to the issue of bugs and bloat. The SC looks cool and has some pretty nifty features, but..... Every module introduces new bugs, and breaks older modules, to the point that I find myself dreading a new module release. So far it seems that the F-18 has been the worst offender, as ED has reworked numerous existing systems to get things working in the F-18, crippling some older modules, which then don't seem to get fixed. For example, thanks to changes made for the F-18, the A-10C HUD is broken, Mavericks go sideways off the rails, the TGP is once gain borked in IR mode, etc. Will the SC module's new ATC bug out the JTAC and ATC already in the sim? Will having it on the map slow systems often already overloaded down to a crawl? On some MP maps I can already click "play" and go make a sandwich while it loads, will the SC module turn that into dinner and a movie? And not all of us can afford multi-thousand dollar system upgrades every year to keep up. Very few I suspect. ED needs to get what they already have fixed, optimized, and working before they introduce anything else after this. But I doubt that is going to happen. They keep wanting to chase the next shiny new thing, and forget about what they already have.
++++ It is funny to sell ATC someone should tell them that this is a flight simulator and ATC is important as an airplane.
@@oguz6305 Meanwhile ED: Thread locked.
Great video. Thanks Spudknocker
Glad you enjoyed it
The only reason I would say no is if you only fly air force jets and don't partake in naval operations.
This
My new graphics card today so now I can run DCS at max settings can’t wait to kill it with carrier OPs
TrainBoyBen nice dude! Great timing.
I'm CPU limited with VR in DCS on a 3900X and 2070 Super. Feels bad man lol
@@goingtoscotland VR is fun, but man it's murder on my 3900x and 5700xt.
@@dandadrumman my GPU frame time is perfectly fine, but my CPU frame times suck. And that's at 4.4ghz all core OC and 32gb 3800mhz at CL18
@@dandadrumman I hear that.....I have to turn my settings down on VR with my i5 8600k and 1060 6gb.
Beatiful vid!! It Will launch tomorrow??
Edel Sim that’s ED’s plan!
Shoot, got it for 25 USD. Such a no brainer and still only learning VFR airfield landings here. This looks like the kind of thing where most people out there who have the Hornet module will eventually buy this anyway. May as well get a deal on it.
Yeah you're the no brainer. Enjoy your $25 game asset and thanks for buying what you already paid for.
Trim looks like it's set a little too nose up for the launches or the weights are wrong.
So if you don't enjoy public MP in DCS, you prefer SP campaigns?
what is that plane 2nd from the left in the thumbnail?
i keep seeing them in peoples videos but i cant find out what it is and ive never seen anyone fly one
I love the F-14 soundtrack, but this song reminds me of back in the day. You ask your mom for a milky war chocolate bar, then she comes home with a silky way bar.
Please do short pros and cons videos for modules aa well, with steam sale it can help people buy
How do You load on a fully loaded carrier? with so many planes parked
Ouch, I see some glitches...
1: The nose tow launch bar isn't actually in contact with the shuttle.
2: In an outside view of a Tomcat launch it looked like the pilot saluted near the end of the cat shot, not before.
Overall though, it looks really accurate.
Edit: Third point. I've never seen a flight helmet without squadron markings laid out on it in various colors of reflective tape.
The nose launch-bar has been fixed but it is still on and off if it will actually look like it connected.
For your second point it is up to the player to salute on launch so whoever took that clip did it late.
The pilot flight model is just generic so they can have custom livery’s for multiple countries and squadron’s and not need to make a pilot model for each country/squad
I just bought supercarrier for $39.99 but I can not find US carriers nor Superhornets, I can only have access to the SU-33 and the Russian carrier. Did I miss something?
Yes you did, you need to purchase a hornet or tomcat and in dcs we Dont get superhornets
You know why I pre bought it ? annoyance at a DCS 'feature'
With the F-14 I always did my final line up to the cat by going to external view. But sometimes I'd forget that stupid ATC pop up ( who uses that ? ) was active by default and it would intercept my F2 keypress and my pilot would yell " Abort Abort "
Didn't make any difference to the cat shot, it's just irritating.
No ability for chopper integration would be nice if you had a guy directing you to move over and set down
Pros: It adds essential things to carrier ops.
Cons: It's paid DLC that should be part of the base game for free, or at least included with an 80USD Module purchase like the Hornet.
Sure, features like the ready room or maybe even the LSO aren't needed, and it's fine if they're DLC imo, but Deck Crew, Comms and a Carrier model with the right dimensions? Those should be part of the game by default.
The base game is free, so don't say nonsense. Inform yourself first
@@rubentapia8967 So what? The Carrier is universal, it's available even if don't own X or Y module.
So what's next? The Superairbases dlc? Including proper ATC, animated personel and a ready room for 50USD?
I don’t have the open beta yet... thinking about it tho. I think for the price and what the team created it’s worth every freakin penny. A steak dinner is about 50 bucks and you shttt it out the next day.... you can the carrier mod for years. Don’t be a cheap scape .... support these guys it’s the best sim out to date.
Do you recommend me to get it now that I’m on the stable version? Should I add the open beta too? Thx man your videos are awesome and I’ve been learning a lot from them
It is nice but damn, seems incredibly barebones at the moment, will there be pushback tractors, guys that help you taxi, guys that deal with the arrestor wire after it has been caught and guys that assist your startup ?
Hey guys or anybody knows if the AV-8B Harrier can be play on the super carrier.? Or only the F-18 joint only Cause I bought a super carrier, and its seems it won't load the instant action. Thanks plz let me know
The only way pass to go straight to LSO should be declaring a emergency. Low fuel, heavy Damage, medical emergency. It the only way to get straight to a LSO on your way in.
Yeah I can't keep feeling this is more of an update... And if you have to purchase it it should have been far cheaper
i bought it but dont know what to do with it ?? only crew jumping around ; is that all ? Do they fight fire on your plane when crash landing ?
can you do a video of super carrier and show a F/A 18 going down into the elevator from the deck-top? that would be great. Also, if you could load a frame-rate checker and put it on the screen at all times to see what the drag of the SC deck would be with all the animations of people and moving parts, that would be super rich. thanks a ton brosmer.
Fraps does exactly what you want re: FPS on the screen.
www.fraps.com/
Do anyone know of a promo code for the fa18 hornet I what to buy the aircraft carrier but I need a aircraft too but I don't want to pay 129$?
Hope all is well Spudknocker, are you getting the FPS drops that are being discussed on the forum at the moment m8? I know you can fix it for now by turning shadows off or apparently by hitting alt and enter, have not tried that one yet, will later on. I am getting a big loss if i have the shadows on anything higher than low. I was getting a steady 80 with them on high, half that now, my GTX 1070 gets real hot real quick and my Alienware fans throw a hissy fit as soon as the Carrier comes into view lol. Loving the module but just wondering if you had any advice. Thank you.
well done
you made it look easy
I purchased thinking we can do our thing in Solo mode, But from what I see you have to go multiplayer. I was told I could make my own Server? I'm just an old mechanic not pilot who enjoys flying,, never had flying lessons, been flying by the butt, just solo learning, No radio to communicate with other pilots. Someday would like to learn to fly multiplayer but for now solo.
You can always tell when an AI F-14A+ launches in game: full burner and that weird floundering airbrake clearing turn at the end of the cat stroke.
Can you actually land and use the Supercarrier even though you aren't owning it? Like in a multiplayer server.
Super, Thank you
Super excited!
What time does the supercarrier release tomorrow?
Open beta updates usually happen for me between 8 AM and 10 AM PDT
What is the song at the beginning
Well spud already bought it LOL
@Spudknocker: What song is that in the intro?
Hey spud how much memory does the module take? I’m getting really close to capacity on my SSD.
I think its only about 200mb
Well yes, but actually yes.
Beware though: it's a brick on low-mid Computer Systems, upgrade them if you want to use it.
Late to the party. If you own the Hornet or Tomcat, (and have the money) how can you not buy this? Park this bad boy in your favorite theater, and proceed to dispense freedom. Last week, working remotely, a supervisor asked how we were going to spend an upcoming day off. Some would read, cook, go skiing, walk the dog, spend more time with their family, etc. I sent in the Supercarrier preview video. Yes I know, they're losers.
Sorry to say... I'm very disappointed with the supercarrier in multiplayer. For MP it's pretty much useless in my opinion. Don't know what I expected but I feel like I've been duped
Oh and did I mention bugs? A whole swarm of them
Hey, quick Question when is the 20 percent off on the module applied because i own the f18 but the module still only shows 30 percent off or do they not stack up?
You missed out on the 50% off they had running for basically the entire last month.
You should see it anyway. I just peeked at the shop without logging in and it says 34.99 which is the 30% off for presale. You have to log in to get it down to 24.99 with that 20% Hornet Owner's rebate, since the site needs to know you've got the 18 already. Although I couldn't see those 20% off in my account, but I bought it already long ago so that might not be an indicator for anything.
Still grumpy it is not included with my 18 any longer...
Should I buy it??! Too late!
As a beginner who are learning the basics I wouldnt buy it for even for 10-25 bucks. I would rather buy a new plane or try a helicopter.
Q: Got an F-18? WTF did you buy that thing if not to fly it off a carrier? Duh.
Do you need to buy a location or can u use the supercarrier with the Caucasus
It can be used on any map!
@@Spudknocker thanks !!!
Use ur editing pc for gaming better CPU And combo so more fps
I will wait another 3 years before playing DCS. Slower development of a game cannot be found
The 14’s launch bar looks off
Sure needs some tuning still. The kneeling isn't in there. And the GR vids showed the 14 suddenly starts kneeling as soon as the cat's being shot, but not after the hookup.
Yeah, it’s not connect to the shuttle, it’s awful from the exterior.
Not a fan of the LSO grades in their current state... WAY too lenient. There are scripts out there that do a much better job.
That guy on 1:11 is he frying his hand?
Wait the super carrier is out or not and if not does anyone know when it will be
Tomorrow / some ~14-18 hours from now on.
Man, you're not one to pay attention, are you?
It's a press build.
Not out, even if you pre-purchased you can't play it at moment. It is 20/05/2020 at moment.
maybe I ask too much .... yes ... it's all beautiful! great team work, but now they have to focus on the animations of the pilots!
I know that in a flight simulation this is not important but to see the pilots from the inside as objects to stress g is embarrassing....
Do you think the US Navy will ever use dcs as a simulator for f/a-18
Davis Webb nope haha
The dcs module is an approximation of what we know. Current hornets have different capability
@@Spudknocker You realize ED have a pro division and the Warthog is basically a hand-me-down from their job for the military?
I'm not saying the same goes for the F/A-18C, but your reaction is wrong nonetheless. They are perfectly capable of creating a military grade sim.
Cons... eagle dynamics made it...
AYE!!
Love the fake "Top Gun" music
So many videos nano-x-raying this module.... if you have the Tomcat/Hornet => Buy it already! @Spudknocker: There is no better place for example learning the Tomcat than Online. I hate pre-set creating my own missions... I love to solve dynamic problems in a dynamic environment. 4YA stable servers ftw!
Sure wish Eagle Dynamics would fix the fuk'n game before trying to sell us more DLC.. like we need to add to the already over priced DLC's now.. I mean C'mon man.. almost 3k if you add them up.. thank god for torrents.. all I'm saying..
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Jonah Bear nooooo
I don't own the game but I love watching DCS videos. maybe during quarantine I can convince my parents to allow me to have a PC.
@@Bear-dt6ip kid, if you need parents to agree to let you have a computer, then DCS is out of the question considering each module is $45-$80.
@@The_Burrito I saved about 1.5k for the game now so I can buy a PC and a Hotas and if I really like the game I will try VR