How could I forget…? It will appear eventually, as already mentioned.
@RenegadeGem973 If it appears in the real F-16’s HUD, yes, otherwise not.
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The last F16s left here yesterday (Bodø, Norway) to be sold for spares to Romania otherwise I would have phoned my mate. He’s gone to learn to fly the F35A and is unavailable, unfortunately.
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OMG !!! THIS WILL BE EPIC !!!
THANK you so much
Please, Dean, do not forget the tinted cockpit glass, for the next update.
Hey guys, i just got the f16 and im having some stuttering issues with it. It stutters a lot on the cockpit view (don’t notice it on exterior view, but might be perspetive fault), doesn’t happen on any other plane, not even on the f18. Its more noticible when rolling the plane, not a smooth motion. Also, my flight path indicator seems completly off compared to the f18, its always so up on the hud and completly inaccurate, can’t even guide myself on landing with it, i gotta completly ignore it for a good landing, whereas the f18 is very accurate. Any help?
Hi, sorry to hear you’re having issues. I have heard that since the last minor sim update some people have noticed performance issues for all airplanes but nobody seems to know quite what’s causing it. F-16s generally have very high performance ( due to careful modeling and native HTML gauges ) so I don’t think it’s the aircraft themselves, and I don’t have the issue here.
Are you on console or PC? Might be worth checking detail levels of graphics to see if that helps ( lowering them slightly ). The collimated HUD also works okay here, it’s not quite perfect yet but the VV is good for all but the last moments of touchdown, when it is better to place it on the end of the runway ( if you’re at correct landing weight, AoA and have the green circle in the indexer - if you’re too heavy, too fast or too slow then things will appear more inaccurate ).
I’m not online much for the next 24 hours but hopefully
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If it is included - this is not a high priority thing really and it can make transparencies more problematic, so I will only add it if it is very easy to do so and doesn’t cause any issues. Should be okay, but I’m not about to make any promises.
Would it be possible for someone, to create a mod for this?
I can ask, on flightsim.to
Thank you
Things that impact cockpit performance are texture resolution, shadows, reflections and glass instrument refresh rate. I would recommend setting your terrain and building LOD’s to 10 for testing purposes. Also, I find that I need to “forget” how I fly other F-16 HUD’s and learn to work with the way DCDesigns has done theirs. It’s giving you the same indicators, just in a slightly different fashion.
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PC, the weird thing is I only get it with the f16. I’ve even lowered the details more than I usually run with and I still get the stutters
What computer specs do you have?
I will just confrim that the F16 works as flawlessly as all other planes
With the F16, I have about 30 FPS average, but it doesen’t bother me at all, I’m okay with that
Average, with some other aircraft, 40 fps
( 4k resolution, RTX 3090, I9 12900k@ 5,1 GHz, 32 GB DDR4, 1 Gbps internet speed )
Ive had hands on experience with QF-16s. Some of them are test beds for next gen weapons like the AIM 260. They have been modified like crazy. WAY faster and easier for testing without endangering human life. Some have been contracted by BAE, Raytheon, and many other companies for testing just about everything from Avionics to ordinance. They are flown remotely unmanned from time to time. Its a better for training 2 pilots at once to capitalize on opportunity costs. Some have a gimbaled camera that can be precision adjusted for the height of the pilot. An actual good auto exposure, Adjustable field of view, Optical and digital zoom. Has been by dudes on a PC with a setup not too different than most of you have now. I dont imagine the experience is far off from flying this F-16C in game. If that helps anyones immersion in first person lol. They do have exterior cameras that are usually on separate screens.
I dont know how much info you can find because the testbed versions are kept very secret for obvious reasons. You will likely only find Boeings factory info. There are over a thousand in the US and thousands more around the world. I guarantee you its not going away soon. Now that there is no more defense spending on Afghanistan or Syria, The F-35 and other top priced projects are ramping up production. Cold War 2 is starting to seem more real. Something I always heard from some people outside the industry back in the Obama era. I never felt that vibe since I started in 2012. Very recently a real concern that isn’t just the usual saber rattling with Taiwan. They are buying tons of F-16V right now and those things are not as stealthy as the F-35 but just as advanced with a faster top speed.
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Here are some screenshots
The first one is with 2 in 1, internal view - lean outside and external
The blue sky from the cockpit view - lean left - outside, looks perfect
The other half, from the cockpit ( right side ) looks way too dark
The external view one look dark as well
And as a comparison, I uploaded with F18, as well
SDR or HDR, the darker difference is exactly the same
it’s not the overall fps my problem. I run with about also 30-40 fps normally, but i get 0 stutters with any other plane. It’s just happening with the F16 for some reason
GPU is RX 570, CPU is Ryzen 2600, 16gb ram 3000mhz. I have about 30-40 fps i think, with overall low settings. Problem is, i get 0 stutters with the other planes, only get stutters on the f16 for some reason, it’s bugging me out that i can’t find out why this happens only on this plane. I’ve isolated all the settings individually to rule them out still cant find out why. Any help would appreciate, f16 is my favorite plane since i was a child.
Maybe you mentioned it earlier, but have you done a clean install of it? and removed all extra paintjobs?
No i havent, how do i completly remove it and clean install ?
Also, gonna take this oportunity to update on the situation. Its worse than i thought, not only i get minor stutters while flying, especially rolling, it reaches a point (5-10 min of flying) that it gets impossible to play with suttering to 2-9 fps. I’ve noticed with the f16 my GPU only gets to about 45 degrees, which is very low given it always plays at 55+ degrees with all other planes. So is it somehow blocking my gpu usage? I’m really clueless and hearbroken, as i really love this plane, any help would be very appreciated.
this is by far my favorite military jet in the game. tried the f35 a few days and the vtol is cool, but the f16 is just so good looking and easy to fly. cant wait to see what improvements come with the next update.
SC and DC designs make good stuff. I also have the f14 and its probably my second favorite. my 2 favorite planes ever since I first saw Top Gun and Iron Eagle.
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