Snaggle

On my watch list.
I'm a sucker for a good Navy Movie or that matter bad ones too. 🤣

Added the fuel gauge on the forward deck, windscreen, and compass.

On my watch list.
I'm a sucker for a good Navy Movie or that matter bad ones too. 🤣

I read that as 2,500 Bucks!!! 😱
 
Wheels

I saw The Gallant Hours a few weeks ago. I thought it was a reasonable portrayal of what I have read over the years about Halsey's service during WW2.
The Gallant Hours
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053849/
The Gallant Hours https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053849/ The Gallant Hours (1960) ORIGINAL TRAILER
The Gallant Hours (1960) ORIGINAL TRAILER https://youtu.be/SqDKZzMtNNU  
Wheels

B-25 in deep doo doo.
https://uploads.mudspike.com/original/3X/4/2/42469385c3896bb3f3fcc493db05aa4e62c3f4f9.jpeg https://uploads.mudspike.com/original/3X/7/2/7218f6e9ee6c6e9ecd4dc5a95ead47a122bf328b.jpeg https://uploads.mudspike.com/original/3X/d/e/deb115d31b9996293a0fa5966455b0702f622954.jpeg  
One of an ammo dump and a couple of trucks.
https://uploads.mudspike.com/original/3X/2/0/20cc0cc67ef3a9497030ed3454814736e25497f1.jpeg The unique part of this image is the truck in the foreground. It is not a stationary vehicle like the one in the background. The truck in the foreground is a moving vehicle that I spent way more than just a few minutes tweaking the last two waypoints over and over to actually get that truck to back into that spot under the camouflage nets consistently.  
One of my biggest irritations with the FMB is that trains can not be made to back up.
 
Wheels

Practically got roasted by my plane as it went by me while hanging in my chute.
https://forums.mudspike.com/t/il-2-great-battles-screenshots-2024/16042/10?u=wheelsup_cavu
https://uploads.mudspike.com/original/3X/6/0/60735a0df10486ee72e048ce42c4d96d1618796d.jpeg I am right at my image limit here and I don't want to hotlink an image to someone else's forum so I put the image link in the code box instead. Imgbam/ibb keeps deleting images users post at M4T and PBucket is a hot mess so this was my solution.
 
Wheels

2500+ Bricks

This is a 1/6 scale gas-powered RC flying model of the Fokker DRI.  I began work on this model over 20 years ago and recently realized I really need to finish it.  So I have been working pretty steadily on it for the last few weeks.  The primary structure and control system work is pretty much finished and I am working on detailing the cockpit interior prior to covering the airframe with fabric.  The model has a 48" wingspan.




 

Snag, this video is a pretty good starting place:  
 
PimaxVR over Steam for sure.  I've had good success setting the Pimax Play refresh rate to 120hz but then in the Pimax Play Games tab restricting the frames to 1/2 framerate.  That give you 60hz in game which is plenty and seems to cut down on the stutter a lot. 
If you were using OpenXr tools, you can't use that now since it's already incorporated into Pimax Play.
Also, definitely enable quadview, good framerate boost.  I use the quality setting.  The Pimax centering and eye tracking in-game is not for the Crystal Lite so leave those off.  Note you have to set the quadview tickbox to on in-game in the VR settings tab. 
I leave Pimax Play rendering quality at 1.0 and in-game rendering to 1.0 but depending on your settings in game you can try and bump these up or down a little to get the framerates and quality you like.
I like using DLSS and DLAA in game, helps with framerates a lot.  But, you need to get the new DLSS 4 runtime and set the preset setting to "F", "J" or "K" depending on your preference, especially if you have an Nvidia 400 series card or above.  Otherwise DLSS and DLAA are too blurry and there is ghosting.  "J" and "K" have a performance hit, so I use "F".  Search for "DLSS 4" in the DCS forum and it will tell you how  to do this. It's not too complicated.
Next time we're on  we can walk through settings.

Regarding DLSS 4:
User asked:
"Dear @BIGNEWY, I asked this question in some of the DLSS topics but didn't get any answer yet.
It seems that DLSS 4 Preset "K" is a very huge step forward for VR users, its quality is exceptional.
Unfortunately right now we can only "hack" this version into DCS by DLL changing and for another question you replied that the devs will work on DLSS 4 only AFTER deploying Vulkan.
Of course there're some blurs (mainly in MFDs, mirrors and fast movig dial numbers) which could be mainly caused by the lack of proper support on DCS side.
But it seems that the performance and quality of DLSS 4 Preset "K" even in its unofficial state is so massive, that it needs URGENT attention.
May I ask if this timing has been changed? If your origintal statement means that we're just mere weeks away from Vulkan, then it's OK, but if not, then IMHO the devs should really prioritize the full integration of DLSS 4 before anything else, it's so revolutional - especially for VR users."
BN's reply:
"we are not ready to upgrade DLSS yet, but it is something we are discussing internally. I have no ETA's for the release of vulkan yet or DLSS 4. 
It is probably not the news you want to hear and we are unlikely to match your desired timeline, if you are using DLSS 4 currently with success that is good, but at the moment it is not officially supported." 
Since it seems to enhance performance more than quality and it looks like some blurring issues and with having to essentially hack the game in order to make it work, I'm not going to risk it since my FPS is fine as is. I did update to the latest driver and have the DLSS 4 stuff downloaded and might try at some point.

Not yet. I won't use Viacom since I've had bad experiences with it breaking things. 

Thanks guys!!
@Flyboy IL2 not needed. 😀

Thanks guys!!
@Flyboy IL2 not needed. 😀

That's right!  I forgot.

I assume that you got the Crystal Lite. I have the Crystal OG so my settings are probably not appropriate. @Flyboy, @Labroisse and @Lee have the Lite and would be the best for advice. PIMAX XR over Steam for sure. Look at videos from this guy: https://www.youtube.com/@VRFlightSimGuy

HP Reverb G2

PIMAX had a special for G2 owners, so I went ahead and got one.
Everything up and running.
Question Steam VR or PIMAX XR for DCS?
Screen shot of DCS setting?
Any other helpful got you's?

That looks awesome!