@einarst Very good catch. Two years of YouTube showtime, nobody has pointed it out.
Judging by the amount of control I had over the helicopter at the end, I think I probably did throttle up at some point without saying it out loud. Maybe not, it's been two years. I have no idea.
How do you look around without a track IR? In FSX you hold down Space to look around using the mouse. I cannot do that with this I have to use the switch on my joy stick which is annoying. Any tips?
@DemonAMVs I'm afraid I don't think I can be of much help. With DCS, as opposed to FSX, the mouse is just too important in regard to operating the helicopter, and I don't think the designers ever considered seriously the idea of using the mouse in a pure freelook mode. I thought that you could still use the mouse to look around, though, the cursor moving slightly faster than the camera, so you could look around the cockpit to a certain degree. I guess I'm wrong.
@xdragon5 Its not for freelook. In FSX your mouse is like in the game used to click switches ect. But when you press and hold down the space bar it turns the mouse into freelook while its held down allowing you to quickly move your Point of View then taking off space to click the switches. Its very effective and negates the need for a $500 trackIR or tinking with wires.
@DemonAMVs Well shit me dumb. I should probably play FSX before I go-a-hatin'.
Still, consider the Freetrack option. I built mine for a grand total of $30, and it does absolute wonders for immersion. There is an official english forum with a thread dedicated to users' head-mount constructions. Mine is the top of page six, or the third result for a google for 'freetrack forums "waldo_II"' The dremel you can replace with scissors, the glasses I didn't even use (f safety)
@xdragon5 In the game mode of this I can use the mouse to look around, but cannot click anything. I thought there was a hotkey to switch from clicking mouse to free look.
@DemonAMVs Headtracking certainly makes the game, though. I can't imagine enjoying it nearly as much as I did without a headtracking setup. There is an alternative to TrackIR; Freetrack. Essentially you use off-the-shelf products, do a little screwdriver work, and make your own headtracking system for 10% of the price. Much easier to do than you think, I promise you. There are plenty of tutorials out there. Mine used a $20 webcam, and a few LEDs with wire running through chopped up pens.
@dixievfd55 I don't know about Falcon 4.0, but I believe a DCS patch destroyed the functionality of the training missions. Subtle changes were made to the way tracks were made and interpreted, and since the training missions were just tracks with pre-recorded radio messages set to play at specific times, they can no longer work for the same reason that any other v1.0 track won't run on patched v1.1 software. If you can reinstall the game at v1.0, you can run the training missions again.
@xdragon5 I like your unorthodox method. With the real threat of crashing, you do have to learn the switches. Your method, though, seems to say "Just turn everything on." All those switches really brings home the Russian design philosophy of not having so many of what they call "toys."
Yeah, it isn't the healthiest thing you can do, but it speeds it up a little bit, and every time you start a new mission you practically get a new helicopter, damage done to internal mechanisms over time isn't modeled in the game. In real life such a practice would corrode the internal components, but it wouldn't stop the start-up.
how much altitude did you lose
nibelung34343 1 month ago
@nibelung34343 according to him, he was at 3000m when he started and finished at 600m.
Gestapo1940 4 weeks ago
This video is far more entertaining than the usual start up process...WORTHY OF 400,000 Hits and countless likes !
lsi624 5 months ago
Watching that slow spin with that music in the background was goddamn epic.
GamingGherkins 6 months ago
You forgot to raise your throttle to auto again!
einarst 6 months ago 2
@einarst Very good catch. Two years of YouTube showtime, nobody has pointed it out.
Judging by the amount of control I had over the helicopter at the end, I think I probably did throttle up at some point without saying it out loud. Maybe not, it's been two years. I have no idea.
xdragon5 6 months ago
lol dcs a-10c look way easier to start up :P
faisalalarfaj 7 months ago
Sure hate to have you as my instructor if I was in the cockpit with you and you were doing this thing.
Nagittchi 8 months ago
@Nagittchi They do this in real life training, well, not the startup but they do shut off the engines and you have to land it using autorotation.
jabg2011 4 months ago
"we can't forget the INU, turn that shit off"
LOL
tntvacation 8 months ago
Nice, maybe to spice it up, try doing it at lower altitudes so you only have like a hundred feet to spare LMAO
Ghostmooner 10 months ago
thumbs up fir "trying to not die"
Crawlerz2468 10 months ago 2
nice video
rikpoog 11 months ago
How do you look around without a track IR? In FSX you hold down Space to look around using the mouse. I cannot do that with this I have to use the switch on my joy stick which is annoying. Any tips?
DemonAMVs 11 months ago
@DemonAMVs I'm afraid I don't think I can be of much help. With DCS, as opposed to FSX, the mouse is just too important in regard to operating the helicopter, and I don't think the designers ever considered seriously the idea of using the mouse in a pure freelook mode. I thought that you could still use the mouse to look around, though, the cursor moving slightly faster than the camera, so you could look around the cockpit to a certain degree. I guess I'm wrong.
xdragon5 11 months ago
@xdragon5 Its not for freelook. In FSX your mouse is like in the game used to click switches ect. But when you press and hold down the space bar it turns the mouse into freelook while its held down allowing you to quickly move your Point of View then taking off space to click the switches. Its very effective and negates the need for a $500 trackIR or tinking with wires.
DemonAMVs 11 months ago
@DemonAMVs Well shit me dumb. I should probably play FSX before I go-a-hatin'.
Still, consider the Freetrack option. I built mine for a grand total of $30, and it does absolute wonders for immersion. There is an official english forum with a thread dedicated to users' head-mount constructions. Mine is the top of page six, or the third result for a google for 'freetrack forums "waldo_II"' The dremel you can replace with scissors, the glasses I didn't even use (f safety)
xdragon5 11 months ago
@xdragon5 In the game mode of this I can use the mouse to look around, but cannot click anything. I thought there was a hotkey to switch from clicking mouse to free look.
DemonAMVs 11 months ago
@DemonAMVs I haven't tried game mode, to be honest. I jumped straight into simulation and never went back.
xdragon5 11 months ago
@xdragon5 ok.
DemonAMVs 11 months ago
@DemonAMVs Headtracking certainly makes the game, though. I can't imagine enjoying it nearly as much as I did without a headtracking setup. There is an alternative to TrackIR; Freetrack. Essentially you use off-the-shelf products, do a little screwdriver work, and make your own headtracking system for 10% of the price. Much easier to do than you think, I promise you. There are plenty of tutorials out there. Mine used a $20 webcam, and a few LEDs with wire running through chopped up pens.
xdragon5 11 months ago
"We're not gonna eject, we're real men!". Haven't loughed so much in a while. Splendid friend, splendid.
Cryo2005 1 year ago
turn that shit off!
oliverlebot 1 year ago
"Ladee-dadee-da, we press this this and this..."
All while the helicopter plummets to its doom.
GangsterHutterite 1 year ago
that was awesome
guitarman801 1 year ago
Hahaha! Absalutely epic!!!!!!!!
Crosswalknorway 1 year ago
lol when I saw that you were in the air at the beginning I KNEW this was gonna happen. Glad to NOT see a flaming pile of rubble of the ground ;P
cilayin 1 year ago
They couldn't just put an on button in the heli?
frigs123 1 year ago 2
you could even turn off the engine governers
Kopihucky 1 year ago
I wonder what ever happened to training missions with voiceovers? The game came with only videos and so I lost interest. Same thing with Falcon 4.0.
dixievfd55 1 year ago
@dixievfd55 I don't know about Falcon 4.0, but I believe a DCS patch destroyed the functionality of the training missions. Subtle changes were made to the way tracks were made and interpreted, and since the training missions were just tracks with pre-recorded radio messages set to play at specific times, they can no longer work for the same reason that any other v1.0 track won't run on patched v1.1 software. If you can reinstall the game at v1.0, you can run the training missions again.
xdragon5 1 year ago
@xdragon5 I like your unorthodox method. With the real threat of crashing, you do have to learn the switches. Your method, though, seems to say "Just turn everything on." All those switches really brings home the Russian design philosophy of not having so many of what they call "toys."
dixievfd55 1 year ago
@xdragon5 lol song when you turn off is so sad and it doesnt fit youre video lol but it fits faling part nice tutorial
GunJack4444 1 year ago
"Turn on some cool lights.... yeeeaaaaaaaaah."
LOL!!!
cobrabase 1 year ago 17
Amazing!
When I grow up, I want to be like you.
nemezote 2 years ago
took me 3 days of trying until i watch this video...excellent job man, game is amazing
BossSquadIL2 2 years ago
Awesome video.
XiaoPow 2 years ago
Just so everyone knows real men are the ones who survive to kill more of their enimes. So technically you guys are women.
axcfds 2 years ago
You forgot to turn the eject back on! so when you vortex and cant recover youll be ejecting and no one will hear you.
axcfds 2 years ago
That's why he said, "We won't need eject, we're real men."
Lol
gumball20000 2 years ago
Thats what I did to learn start up. i could never do it on the ground for some reason
axcfds 2 years ago
Okay, that was a pretty entertaining startup procedure.
Corsair8X 2 years ago
Do the start up several times yourself, and you will do this in your sleep. Anyway you forgot some things, but hey was just for the fun, wasn't it?
But on which altitude did you start?
Superlokkus5 2 years ago
What game is this!
Merc963 2 years ago
DCS: Black Shark, like it says in the description...
gumball20000 2 years ago
Lol pretty awsome way to do it i suppose :P You turned on the fuel cutoff valve before starting the engine? Never learned it that way :P
C19owi94e 2 years ago
Yeah, it isn't the healthiest thing you can do, but it speeds it up a little bit, and every time you start a new mission you practically get a new helicopter, damage done to internal mechanisms over time isn't modeled in the game. In real life such a practice would corrode the internal components, but it wouldn't stop the start-up.
xdragon5 2 years ago 6