Best MODS for the F/A-18C | DCS World

[@CommandT]

Hi all, thanks for watching! Check out my best videos: Working as a Team to Defeat SA-10 Battery: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4TKh4puaaaIqrs Russian Navy Jets Engage NATO Aircraft over Black Sea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHWbnXyQh7mhg5o Tu-22 Intercept Goes Wrong : kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipyxmXekobSsitU Most Realistic Airshow in DCS? | F/A-18 Demo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYPaYYqGoJyGatE

[@JustDuff-yt]

Wow thanks for featuring my mods ! It’s really appreciated and motivates me to improve my mods so people can enjoy them

[@CommandT]

Pleasure! Looking forward to seeing what else you have on the menu :)

[@JustDuff-yt]

Just a side not, i think the reshade mod might change the reflection colors in the mfd, they are not supposed to be that purple

[@CommandT]

@@JustDuff-yt Oh interesting, I must say I do like them so purple though!!

[@Take_Flight465]

Was there an installation video? or shall i just wing it. haha

[@Echo19Audio]

Thanks for including us. We appreciate the feedback you gave regarding the Hornet, our goal is to recreate real-life experiences and sometimes we run into dealing with issues that can't be solved with sdef or audio file changes. The cockpit audio was created with feedback from RL Hornet drivers, so this feedback was somewhat surprising to hear. That said; audio is extremely subjective - we try our best, with the tools we have available for modding, to create an authentic experience - no matter the aircraft. That said, I'd like to give my own feedback. I am a little disappointed with how little our work was showcased. The exterior perspective is best experienced by using the F11 camera, as we spend a lot of time dialing in this experience for those who love airshows. I personally have spent countless hours on the newest version of the Hornet / Super Hornet sound mods, and to have such little effort put into showing it off in a "BEST Mods" showcase is a little frustrating as an artist. It's okay that you prefer the default sound, though this is a mod showcase, so I would assume you want your followers to check out our work - your opinion directly contradicts that. Anyway; I mean no disrespect and am grateful for the feature, regardless!

[@ziepex7009]

I love the sounds of your hornet, much better than the default, same goes for the core and f16, cant wait for more.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I was ships company on the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 from 86 to 90. The core game F/A 18C is actually modeled perfectly to match realistic aircraft on a carrier getting beat up daily. Compared to some of the jets I have been in, the DCS model is too nice! lol No joke, the pilots and crew and just the inherent usage at sea is very hard on aircraft. Especially on the exterior. They have to contend with salt water corrosion so they wash them frequently. But around the engine nacelles and the landing gear are greasier and dirtier than the game. The weapons are much worse than in-game. Filthy hand prints and a lot of grease pencil writing all over the missiles are normal. Same with all the aircraft aboard. But the glass canopies and MFD's are spotless and polished. Same with all the controls inside the cockpit. They spend the time and energy where it's most needed. Cosmetics are not a priority. I would like to see DCS offer several choices on all their modules. Choose from a just left the factory in pristine condition to a few years wear and tear to full blown ripped dash covering with the cushion showing and bare metal.

[@CommandT]

Yes I would agree! Would be great to see more worn and torn planes, however my point was that the original skins still don't look quite right (not because of the wear and tear) but just of the texturing. There's great 4k skins which look awesome and have loads of grease and weathering :)

[@docholliday1811]

Great video on those mods. I appreciate it very much. Really like that cockpit look.

[@CommandT]

Sure thing :) Thanks!

[@TheT3421]

Echo19 in my opinion did a great job on the sound mod as I can tell for the outside immersion as I can tell as former soldier at air base in switzerland and watching multiple airshows at the axalp shooting range :)

[@CommandT]

I was at the last Axalp and I still think ED's external sounds are better :)

[@docholliday1811]

Great video. The interior looks fantastic.

[@CommandT]

Thanks! Yes it's a very welcome change!

[@ProGamer-gc3wv]

In my opinion the F-14 has the best cockpit texture, it looks almost real and those details. I even believe that the F-14 might be the best module ever made in DCS... but i am not a expert.

[@CommandT]

I do agree that it looks amazing but I think Razbam are also amazing with their cockpit texturing.

[@ProGamer-gc3wv]

@@NSA2k yes i agree in that, the refresh rate from the hud is lazzy, and always doing adjustments, the trim is also not easy. I mean, thats it how it was in real, but for the DCS Sim, they sould add like fly-by-wire support and better HUD. F-14D that would be WOW...

[@ProGamer-gc3wv]

@@NSA2k yes and i thought about the "issue" with the F-14, they should make it fit with our hardware, we are not real pilots. Like the trim issue, in real the pilot was aware only by feeling as example. But virtual pilots dont have this feeling, so its very hard to trim it, and you have to trim it constantly. I am also for extreme realisms, but we should know the limits, the F-14 is simply to realistic, for that reason i simply fly the F-18 and i am learning the jet from zero.

[@ProGamer-gc3wv]

@@NSA2k The F-18 is really good and in my opinion much easier to learn and use then the A10, i dont know why. I flew the F-18 ca. 80 Hours and i van tell, its the best aircraft, when you know how to fly it. You simply can do almost everything with it. But i had to replace the DDI textures, because it was looking shitty. Now i use more realistic DDIs and a clean new cockpit, dude i tell you, its amazing. I also own all modules, the A10 is very interesting, but no carrier landing, and its slow too.

[@ProGamer-gc3wv]

@@NSA2k I actually hate to have the RIO there, i know, you have to work with him, but that kills me. I also own the F-4 Phantom, and there is RIO too, but just for fun.

[@felipepassarela7256]

Ironically, the DCS HUD is closer to what pilots actually see than the mod. That's because the camera's refresh rate creates an optical illusion that blurs the HUD, but in real life its lines are very sharp.

[@CommandT]

Ah, that's very interesting! I was considering going back to the original!

[@GP-hs4oe]

Thx a lot for sharing,that is really helpful

[@davidjames7382]

Nice work. Mods look great. Now if only if ED would come out with the Super Hornet ( wishful). I used to fly with a Delan wireless head tracker and open track software. Made the change to VR last year ( hp Reverb G2). Had my complete gaming rig stolen about two weeks ago. So just waiting for insurance to kick in. Had a Corsair Vengeance I9 10859K with a RTX 3080 64 ddr4 . Now I'll have to repurchase everything once insurance kicks in.

[@MERPTV]

How is your head staying in position while you rotate left and right?😮

[@CommandT]

I twist my head to keep it level, like pilots often do in a real aircraft

[@MERPTV]

​@@CommandT Could you share your TrackIR5 profile? 😮

[@SliderRS]

Very good info video about these mods and thanks for that!!! 👍😎👍

[@alexsix3845]

I will definitely go for the CF18A cockpit texture. Probably the sound mod as well , cause I mainly use DCS on servers with no external views. Regarding the MT, it works fine to me , almost double my FPS ( from 25 gone to 40 now , when I use high end settings in VR ) . But OpenBeta with MT crashes sometimes, and never got crashes previously. MT is probably takes benefits from my i9 gen9. I am now waiting for RayTracing to revive my RTX2080ti. Finally, 2023 may be the first year I do not need to invest in better hardware to enjoy DCS in VR .

[@eyemack]

How does it work with these mods that use the same (but different!) modded file? Surely, no matter which way you install them, something gets overwritten. An example here is the materials.lua file which appears in more than one mod.

[@VimyScout]

Awesome thanks for sharing 👍👍

[@BrotherBloat]

I recommend the Dark and Clean Hornet cockpit, it's similarly dark, but a touch less scuffed. Additionally, the Hornet Light Fix (until ED complete the exterior lights LOD settings)

[@virgo47]

I use opentrack with Aruco marker on a headband - and I swear it was the first time yesterday when I was unhappy about tracking stutters. Not FPS drop or anything, but overall jitter of the tracking. Strangely, I noticed it after I returned to C-101 after ages, really. Otherwise I had no problem in previous planes (but I didn't try F/A-18 lately) and I've been using MT since it was available.

[@Shant107]

Would love to see a video on how to mod! great Vid!

[@SharpGopher123]

The CJS Super Hornet is technically a mod for the FA-18C

[@CommandT]

Ah, that is a fair point!!

[@tenevas666]

Impossible d'installer le cockpit noir du F18.....tu installes ou exactement. ? le HUD j'ai pu le faire....mais le cockpit noir non....

[@armhunter]

With MT on I get stutters in VR. It actually made my experience far worse! So I dont use it. I dont really need it since im running a 7900x and a 4090 so my FPS is pretty high and solid. But for some reason.. MT just causes issues for me.

[@CommandT]

Ah I see, or so an issue for quite a few of us then!

[@OLIV3R_YT]

TrackIR stutters if you don't have a perfect frame rate of 120 or 60 fps all the time. At least with a GSYNC monitor this has always been a problem for me and it it also mentioned in the TrackIR forums. It has something to do with TrackIR having a rate of 120hz. My solution is to limit DCS's frame rate to 60 fps in Nvidia's control panel. Which is really a shame, now that MT provides such high frame rates 😓

[@CommandT]

Ah yes, but generally I don't have issues with stuttering. I also have a 60Hz monitor and use GSYNC which limits frames to 60. but even using the same settings and with frames pinned at 60, in MT I get stuttering randomly, and that is irrespective of the the location and situation!

[@VimyScout]

Newb question. Where do I place the RCAF CF-18 Cockpit Textures folder. Thanks

[@ItIsBigElJefe]

Could someone tell me what the filepath should be for the hud mod, or how to properly install it? I cant seem to get it to work

[@ItIsBigElJefe]

I have the steam version if that info is needed

[@jacobblumberg6299]

Do any of these mods fail the multiplayer integrity check?

[@JustDuff-yt]

The hud and ifei mod do break IC

[@iceman_fox1]

I have reverted back from the Echo Sound mod, stock sounds better. How did you get the spectators on the runway in this video?

[@CommandT]

I built the mission myself in the mission editor. It's also available to download for my Patreon supporters for download :)

[@Rich-gr6ev]

I had that problem with crazy shuttering when using track ir. Turned out it was the motion blur. I turned it off and now it's silky smooth lol

[@mattcochran9236]

How to you get an air show setting at an airport?

[@nuonse]

if u mean having no pylons, u can right click on the squares in the rearm screen to customize them and some jets have options to remove pylons

[@VtolVRClips]

what mic you using 👂

[@hapkidokid1]

I dont see the rear seat, CF F18 training aircrafts are 2 seater planes, This is very well done and I do like that its from 4 Wing, Thats my home base, I have been repairing these aircraft for 18 years now at CFB Cold Lake

[@roypougno]

How do you install the f18 Canadian cockpit

[@sneakysouth3840]

Thank you for sharing Command T. But if I may....... everyone know the best F/18C mod is the BM180 Nightrider Skin. ;)

[@CommandT]

Ha!! 😆

[@speed150mph]

You didn’t mention chiller juices superbug mod

[@thelespauldude3283]

Im have the Blue Angels Equipment mod with stopwatch, smoke indicators and pitch spring, 4K Blue Angels Liverys and a dusty/dirty cockpit with white text on DDI's. I primarly fly the F18 as #3 in a Blue Angels team.

[@CommandT]

Pitch spring sounds interesting - how is that simulated in DCS?

[@useryandiwknfksd]

do a best mods for f16 next plz

[@jik294]

I get occasional stutter with TrackIR on MT. It's definitely a little annoying. I might go back to regular OB this weekend.

[@CommandT]

Yeah I'm not touching MT till they sort that!

[@BFloBTW]

Can you use these mods on public servers? Like the GS server for example?

[@crowz1602]

you can fix studders by increasing Motion Blue to highest settings

[@roberteeee659]

Where i can download this map?

[@MNHemiGuy]

I'm wondering how the 4k mods effect performance standard and especially in VR. Does it knock down your FPS?

[@CommandT]

You mean the skin? Zero fpshit but if you put a bunch of planes as scenery and put 4k skins on them I'm sure it will be a bit more of an issue

[@steveg6456]

I wasn’t able to install it. I don’t have that path in my saved games / liveries folder 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@CommandT]

It might might be in C/Eagle Dynamics/DCS World/Bazar/Liveries or something like that 👍

[@steveg6456]

@@CommandT The path is DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\Aircraft\FA-18C\Liveries\Cockpit_FA-18C Works great, thank you!

[@pientaszek0785]

Do this visual mods work on multiplayer?

[@ImpendingJoker]

I only tend to get stutters with TrackIR near the Super Carrier. Otherwise it's just fine even on my weak ass i5 6600K.

[@sundog8775]

Do you have the setting 'hear like in headset' selected?

[@CommandT]

I believe so!

[@chirri1736]

hey man what´s your graphic setting?I love it

[@CannonBallEddie]

Where does one install the cockpit mod, I managed to do the 4k livery and got that working but dammed if I know where to put this cockpit mod. Any help be great.... appreciate the video as my F18 looking nice and shiny ;)

[@JustDuff-yt]

C:\Users\XXXXX\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Liveries\Cockpit_F-18C

[@CannonBallEddie]

@@JustDuff-yt I did figure it out, appreciate the reply. Now enjoying supercarrier way more. Especially in VR with the introduction of multithreading.....50 + FPS way to go Eagle Dynamics

[@eaglethedigger]

How the f*** do you make those sharp banks? You bank aggressively to 90 degree and then you stop. It feels sooo sluggish when I do it.. special technique? Looks to awesome!❤️

[@suecobandito8954]

Yes, the Oh, CANADA cockpit is better as it uses less FPS.

[@CommandT]

Ha, interesting!

[@JustDuff-yt]

Yes i tweaked the texture files compression to gain some fps 👌🏼

[@JakobWeaks]

what about the UFC mod

[@tenevas666]

Possible d’avoir tes réglages Reshad?

[@AkiL-414]

Regarde à 9 minutes 47

[@tenevas666]

@@AkiL-414 Merci. Sur iPhone trop petit mais vais regarder sur mon PC ce soir.

[@AkiL-414]

@@tenevas666 De rien. Perso je trouve trop saturé au niveau des couleurs, mon reshade est bien réglé. Sinon le mod HUD est top.

[@tenevas666]

@@AkiL-414 Oui exactement réglage nickel. Vais passer la vidéo sur grand écran. Sur iPhone je fait capture écran des réglages mais c’est impossible à lire. Vais regarder ce soir

[@117roro]

@@tenevas666 pouvez vous me dire ou je doit deplacer le fichier sil vous plait je l'es decompresser et deplacer dans tech mais ca marche pas.

[@RunnyGunny]

I am new to dcs, i am just wondering can you use these on multiplayer servers?

[@JustDuff-yt]

Cockpit texture and echo-19 pass IC, not the ifei and hud mods

[@RunnyGunny]

@@JustDuff-yt thanks mate!

[@alaskanstrat6618]

Multi Threading has made things far worse for me with Track IR and almost everyone I know that uses VR is also getting micro stutters in MT . Great video though , can't wait to check some of these out !

[@CommandT]

Ah I see. VR hasn't been terrible for me in MT but yeah trackIR is a bit of a pain. Hopefully that gets patched up soon!

[@Tigermoto]

I have zero issue with stutters in VR. I've just got the cockpit stretching bug. So every time i pull G near a target, my cockpit goes all weird and i can't see where i'm going. That's in and out of VR though

[@SliderRS]

I use the EDTracker Pro Wireless (unfortunately you can't buy it anymore) and it runs smoothly with 144 FPS. I was never satisfied with the TrackIR. I had my TrackIR fixed at 61 FPS framerate limit (RivaTuner) and that worked reasonably well. Maybe that helps you 🙂

[@faelwolf1177]

DCS Canadian mod: Every time you fire on a bandit, Betty says "sorry" :)

[@CommandT]

Ha!

[@LEAD-DISPENSER]

you cant take the howl from the 18

[@EurofighterTyphoon-_-]

Ayo how did you get those afterburners textures?

[@CommandT]

I believe it's part of the skin. So if you use the skin you will get the same burners :)

[@jep1103]

Reshade......cant update it....cant delete it to reload it so it updates it

[@ProGamer-gc3wv]

The texture mod for the cockpit, i mean the canadian one, i tried it, but i personally dont like it. The original one from ED looks more realistic and looks better. And i also got frame drops, after i removed it, it was fine again. I learned, the best thing is to not use mods for the modules which you buy.

[@CommandT]

My experience has been the opposite. Apparently the Canadian cockpit mod actually improves fps! Shame it didn't work for you. But yes not all mods great!

[@ProGamer-gc3wv]

@@CommandT i use the Beta with multithreading, maybe for that reason. Well, if for somebody, the F-18 feels better with other textures, thats a great deal. Thumbs up

[@levitikon1]

If I had to guess, I would say you are first generation Canadian with Scottish immigrant parents? Am I right?

[@piloto_loco]

internal cockpit sound still not like in real. why is everyone trying so hard to keep sounds lowbass and heavy, like the pilot sits on a turbine exhaust? In reality the aircondition and systems mid tones is all you hear.

[@JustDuff-yt]

Im a tester for echo-19 and the cockpit audio was taken from a F-18A backseat in flight, can’t be more realistic than that ;)

[@piloto_loco]

@@JustDuff-yt not true.

[@SDsc0rch]

timestamps por favor?? thank you sir

[@CommandT]

Added :) 0:00 - Intro 3:14 - Improved HUD Mod 4:20 - CF-18 Cockpit Mod 6:00 - CF-18 IFEI Mod 6:20 - ECHO19 Sound Mod

[@xXx_SpaceAce_xXx]

loool i use the same reshade settings as you do

[@CommandT]

That's a coincidence! I just messed around with mine till I liked the look of it!

[@mister_66]

With mods on the server is not allowed, the game alone with the computer is not interesting. Мods is not for me.

[@CommandT]

Lots of mods pass integrity checks on servers

[@tenevas666]

Pour les sons eux DC Realiste est bien mieux

[@PilotUwU]

Extremetly unrealistic and overbuffed fly performance. Perfect to noskills like f22

[@sasquatchycowboy5585]

ED should disable all mods. Mods are and will dystoy DCS. It's already suffering from the infuance of War Thunder. With all the community mods, demands for air quake balancing, and calls to just get it good close enough. If this is what the community wants, it'd be what they will get. Surely, it'll be a cool arcade game. But it won't really be DCS anymore.

[@CommandT]

What on Earth are you talking about? These mods have no effect on performance of the aircraft. Further still, ED is missing so much that without mods most of us wouldn't be able to recreate and fly half the missions we fly!

[@sahhull]

Using mods in DCS should get your DCS account perma banned and hard drives wiped.

[@CommandT]

Said nobody, ever.

[@matthancock98]

Excellent mods but couldn't get the cockpit mod to work. It wouldn't show up in the options for cockpit. I installed it as it says to but no luck 😢

[@CommandT]

Just manually go through the folders that are in the mod and locate the equivalent folders on your PC, make back ups of them and simply replace them. That's the way I did it. It also did not work the way it was described for download. But just manually locating and replacing folders is all you have to do :)

[@matthancock98]

@@CommandT thanks man, I'll give it a shot

[@JustDuff-yt]

Here’s the directory for the installation: C:\Users\XXXXX\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Liveries\Cockpit_F-18C This way you won’t have to reinstall the mod after an update from ED

[@matthancock98]

@@JustDuff-yt I tried that path I dropped the rar files into the COCKPIT_F-18C folder but it didn't work. I must be doing something wrong 😕

[@JustDuff-yt]

@@matthancock98 you need to extract the mod