how to fly

[Switch_yt]

i dont know how to pilot i am new to the game and dont know what to do

[Skyelight]

youtube will be your best friend.pick a plane, watch

[Switch_yt]

Originally posted by Skyelight:

youtube will be your best friend.pick a plane, watch

thanks

[Switch_yt]

the game wont play what do i do

[kalnaren]

If you're 100% totally new to flight sims you picked one hell of a game to jump in to. DCS is one of the most complex flight sims available to the general consumer.

You say "the game won't play"... you need to be A LOT more specific than that. Nobody here can read minds.

If you want people to put effort into answers, put some effort into the question.

[Switch_yt]

Originally posted by kalnaren:

If you're 100% totally new to flight sims you picked one hell of a game to jump in to. DCS is one of the most complex flight sims available to the general consumer.

You say "the game won't play"... you need to be A LOT more specific than that. Nobody here can read minds.

If you want people to put effort into answers, put some effort into the question.

ok then what would you say would be a good flight sim game for a beginner

[Switch_yt]

Originally posted by ririflohr:

Originally posted by kalnaren:

If you're 100% totally new to flight sims you picked one hell of a game to jump in to. DCS is one of the most complex flight sims available to the general consumer.

You say "the game won't play"... you need to be A LOT more specific than that. Nobody here can read minds.

If you want people to put effort into answers, put some effort into the question.

ok then what would you say would be a good flight sim game for a beginner

for windows 10

[Detective Dan]

Beginner: MS Flight Simulator X or Xplane 11
Intermediate: War Thunder or IL-2 (Can't think of any modern era flight sims on this level)
Advanced: Xplane, DCS or Prepare3D (Lockheed Martin's Simulator)

If your computer is a potato, good luck running DCS
If your computer is >2-4 years old, should be good to go
If your computer was built yesterday, why are you having problems?

Some other things you might want:

- Joystick (Logitech 3d Extreme Pro is excellent entry-level joystick)
- Headset (Because some flight sim communities are full of ree when you aren't practicing proper ATC process)
- Enthusiasm and Patience. Should you decide to say "♥♥♥♥ all this i wanna get DCS working", as previously mentioned, DCS is incredibly complex, even the so called "easy planes" have a learning curve. As a casually avid flight simmer, i find myself wanting to go buy/play Xplane or FSX just so i can taxi, take off, fly across the country to the next state over and land without having to go through the rigamaroll of cold starts and complex flight models

Whichever path you get into, It can ultimately lead to an investment. Be it War Thunders Premium subscriptions, $80 Addons or fleshed out rigs (HOTAS, TrackIR or VR, USAF Flight Suit bought from eBay, converted Flight Helmet for PC use etc).

If you're certain on getting into flight sims: start with Flight Simulator X - Play the tutorials and scenarios. Lowered realism at first then up it until you're comfortable flying in various situations, for example bad weather, which is really your only threat in FSX. Learn on the small planes then work your way up to jumbo jets. Once you feel comfortable flying in general, THEN you can start looking at more advanced simulators.

Quick Story to end this: When i first started flight simming, I played MSFS98 and a handful of Novalogic games. Once i could play FSX on a playable system (The hype for FSX in 06 was that of FS2020 in terms of graphics and tech), i took a look at DCS when the only paid aircraft available was the KA-50. I was discouraged (as an entry level flight simmer) at the lack of available aircraft and found the level of simulation too intimidating and backed away, then again in 2010 when they dropped the A10c.

Anyway, hope this input helps

[Scotters]

Falcon BMS is advanced, but it has some good training missions if you read the training manual.

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

id say to try War Thunder in arcade mode and move up from there.

free and will give you the basics, plus it looks good.

[m61a1]

I broke into this game with the simpler flaming cliffs aircraft, using a simple joystick. There's a hella lot of keyboard commands, so it'll take time to learn. This game requires a time investment and practice, but when you get it it is very rewarding. That's true of many flight sims these days. I started waaaaay back with Falcon 3.0 and microproses stealth fighter(making myself feel old lol) and they've just gotten better over time. Only thing with combat flight sims is you not only have to fly the plane, but fight it as well. That creates a bigger workload than just flying around. The base game is free, and people say youtube is your friend so give it a try at least. I think they offer the simplified cockpit planes by themselves and they're a lot cheaper than the full fidelity. In any case, good luck with what you choose!

[Switch_yt]

thanks to all of you that really helped a lot, and i will be trying to start at least one of those games up. thank you so much for the information you provide.

[dan]

I jumped straight into dcs. It's not that hard to take off and move plane about. Landing, navigation and actually using systems of the plane is hard.