@zxcvb864 VTOL VR is way more beginner-friendly due to the fact that it has a simpler interface and control scheme compared to DCS (though it is still very detailed). DCS is not very beginner friendly due to the fact that every button in your cockpit is interactable and has a function (from what I know), but that allows for a more "real" experience when playing TLDR. VTOL VR was the gateway drug, and DCS is what happens if you keep going down the fighter jet rabbit hole. I hope that helps.
Airplanes that can jam radar are ridiculously powerful. Thats why the A6 intruder was so incredibly strong in the gulf war and so on. Because it was jamming absolutely everything and stayed invisible to radar because of that.
Not quite how the jamming works, it does the opposite, it’s makes itself such a massive radar target by firing radar energy at the target, so the target can’t lock it back
Yeah just started playing on Quest 2 and have had such a great time so far used to want to play DCS but being able to interact directly with the switches and knobs without needing a 20,000 dollar setup have just made this game so fun for me.
I don't like the oversized cockpit. I tried VTOL VR and it felt like I was a kid driving a very big car. I don't know how anyone can stand it. Also the controls are awful. It's very hard to be precise with the throttle or stick like that.
If you followed BahamutoD's work on BD Armory within Kerbal Space Program you'd know he's a cool and very capable dude. It unfortunately took me way too long before I knew that Boundless Dynamics was just the same dude or I'd have bought VTOL VR to support him as soon I could have. I truly hope he has help these days but I also wouldn't be surprised if he's still doing all of this by himself which is just damn impressive.
He’s still doing it all himself lmao. There’s a pretty big testing/QA team but all of the actual wetwork is his, which explains why everything is so high quality but also takes SO LONG to come out. Oh well.
thats also why we have simulated RCS! He made a working RCS system for kerbal fucking space program, which was never designed for it, and thats just an amazing feat
I see that sneaky little cut at 5:26. That's about 30 seconds from you finding out the plane GUZZLES fuel at AB compared to other planes and you're going to be a glider really soon!
Not gonna lie I also expected to not be a huge fan of sitting in the back, but new to the game and open-minded I let my slightly more experienced friend take the pilot seat and I completely messed up, we died, and my battery ran out before succes. Next day I had done some tutorials and gained more knowledge of EWO and now that I was semi-capable, all of a sudden I realized how important I actually was to our survival. All I wanted was to help my friend to the best of my posibility. There's a lot of pressure to do right by your pilot, and the other way around, and it's very rewarding!
@@feraligatorade99Iron rebellion is very cool, but it's so fast paced. I like my mech games a bit slower and more strategic. I should have a look at Iron Rebellion again though, do people still play it? Vox Machinae is also in that same vain and I like that quite a bit. Just wish it was actual mechwarrior. .. Love those mech designs and the weapon systems and stuff.
Some DCS modules have started to use more variables in the radar calculations. Like the F-15E takes stores and iirc angle as well into consideration and ED has been updating their calculations a lot to also take ground clutter into account and the doppler filtering has also been improved. When the picture showing the RCS as a 3d shape was posted, this wasn't the case, but the developers have been improving a ton lately.
@@marionetteworksprobably wont be possible as afaik the range detection is done clientside. it might be possible to take advantage of that and boost it to 200nm though.
Lets also not pretend that Heatblur and Razbam are not part of this radar soluton. TIL the awg-9 is un-notchable in DCS because ED hates and oppresses its vendor studio partners. God forbid we just show enthusiasm for VTOL without a little jab to DCS because its just so cool to do that. the amount of fantasical dream-land avionics im seeing in this 'simulator' while they talk shit about the other guy's , its pretty lame IMO
Holy shit, I knew the video was coming when I saw the DLC, but the 44 minutes long, AFTER EDIT, makes sense as to why it's almost 10 days late. Always love to see another Drewski vid
30:43 Also it is faster and more accurate to select targets for jam using the FRAZ than it is tsd. The tsd can make it hard to select or distinguish which target is locking you, the FRAZ displays the higher frequencies higher than the medium band so it makes it easy to pick out targeting locks for jamming. It also lets you auto transmit on the selected antenna by hard pressing a target in the FRAZ. Using weapon switch buttons on the EWO joysticks lets you change the active emitter and mode, so keeping your hands on the joysticks and using FRAZ and joycon lets you jam more lrecicy and effectively
When jamming targets in high band that have you locked, the transmitter needs to be set to high band. Targeting and tracks are high band, while search radars are med. Air targets can HOJ on noise jamming, so for them DRFM is better. Also, noise jamming may not break a lock that's already been acquired, you'd have to DRFM on auto band until the lock breaks when swap between noise and DRFM as needed.
Honestly. The Dev for this game needs to hire drewski. his editing team and friends to advertise new content... I already ow nthis DLC but DAMNN that intro from 0:35 was PURE FIRE
i absolutely love this game. i love how your pilot explains things and you can tell he is when his hands move around waving hahaha. adds a whole new level of immersion. wish i had some buddy's to fly with, i have the apachy and tomcat but im forever alone HAHAHA same goes for dcs, same aircraft, same issue xd
One thing I would like to say you can also have clouds in Vtol VR but most people didn't know it. This is how it works: you go to steam and then to Vtol vr in your library, then you press settings on the right side of the page then properties then "BETAS" and if you are participating in the beta, enter "public_testing" and that's it, load your game and press the button key "O" if you are in a world
Drewski, being too tall to actually fly aircraft for the USMC youve helped me semi-live my dream in VR and i cant help but thank you for helping me find games such as this. I greatly appreciate it.
Drewski, it would be very cool to see you try nuclear option. It's in alpha for now and receives frequents updates. The main dev was a dev and was head of the development of west coast (a map) for Beam NG. Maybe we could have your opinion on the game?
Can we get more vtol vr and dcs I’ve learn so much from you about fighter jets and other things thanks for everything Drewski you’re the reason Im going to go to the Air Force
Best way I’ve found for figuring out which jammer is going where is visually with the hmcs. It has an indicator for a jammer target that shows which antenna and if it is transmitting. So if you have a missile launch off to your right look over there and see which antenna you assigned to that site.
I’m an EWO in the Navy and holy shit they got this down right, DRFM, Burn-through, freq bands and guidance types. That’s awesome can’t wait to play it.
Some parts of the game feel oddly superficial (like retaining the landing gear as a huge arcade-like lever, from the early prototype phase), but have to agree, the options are very impressive! The AESA-like functions for the F-45 are basic, but even including that puts it above DCS, at present. It gives me hope for how microwave/laser-based weapons might some day be implemented.
Once I get a good PC, Im getting VR, and a copy of VTOL VR, all of the DLCs, not the heli, but after getting to know th F45A and the T35 (F16). Im then gonna spam the enemy aircraft comms with Rule Britania and throw AIM 120s at them
VTOL VR went from DCS for kids to, Battlebit DCS 🤣 I will give them credit. Their development team had brought this game a long way in such little time. I hope they keep it up.
Hey Drew! Recently got VTOLVR because of your videos, one of the best games I have ever bought and played. Also, where did you get this mission you guys played in from? Workshop?
I love all these videos, it would be awesome to see some unedited/uncut videos as well no matter how long they are lol I feel those are going to be just as funny and good as these
The new update complicates a lot of things in the game in the best possible manner. I love the grind to re learn fox3 setups and making them hit with the added complexity of the radar cone and diferent counter measures
The only problem is every lobby is EF-24 ONLY right now.. and uh unfortunately the EF-24 is reallllly reeaaaallly REEAAAAALLLLYYY bad at dogfighting. but yeah, epic to have a two seater TOMCAT in vtol VR.
Straight from books missile evade in about 13 mins. Nicely def."into envelope". One can see that Drewski or who ever was flying at that moment has done it before :) Always nice to watch when someone is evading correclty. dunno why, but it gets even my own pulse beating. Maby by muscle memory or something.. :)
I’m convinced that VTOL VR is like a Honda civic with a laptop in it compared to DCS- it may not be the most popular or prettiest flight milsim on the market compared to the hellcat or Ferrari that DCS is, but it’s way damn cheaper and does just as much, if not better/optimized than it. Just wish my feeble human eyes could last longer than an hour and a half in a VR headset 😭
It's impressive to witness the evolution of BD since 2017. Drewski, what type of aircraft or role are you hoping they'll tackle next? Personally, I'm intrigued by the idea of a two-seater flying wing bomber or Darkstar-like hypersonic craft or imagine the possibilities with an AC-130 gunship that has more than two crew members. That would be amazing.
Definitely thinking they might cover CAS next, I'm just not sure what kind. A near-future A-10 like the 164, an AC-130 like you said, or maybe something entirely else?
Well every plane so far has been multirole, so I'd either like to see a dedicated air superiority fighter with limited A/G capability like a Berkut (forward swept wings 🤤) or Eurofighter, or an attacker like the A-10 or Frogfoot.
