JudgeDredd

Hows it going Sir ? JD

Hey Marine, you have the card I currently use. I am awaiting the release of the series 5 RTX cards, then the prices will come down for the 4090 RTX OC cards. I don't know much about the card you are looking at in the link however. GPU's and the plethora of them on the market are hard to evaluate. I have reviewed products in the past from this site https://www.tomshardware.com/ JD

Hello Warriors, Joined the club on 23 Jan and found the VG website before that. Located this awesome website while trying to sort out my TM Cougar HOTAS, and I am very happy I found VG. I served in the US Marine Corps from 1982 to 1993 as an 8151/0311/0341. I had tours at MBRKS 8th & I, Wash DC and 2nd Bn 4th Marines, 8th Marine Regiment, was on the 24th & 26th MEU/SOC's, I Served as Squad Ldr & Mortar Section Leader (60mm) during my time in the GRUNTS. I EAS'ed in 1993 as a Sargeant E-5 and took my second "Oath" with the FCPD (Northern Virginia), did 25 years in Patrol Div (23 yrs on Mids), and Retired in 2018. I loved what I did and the Fine folks I served with, it is awesome to find other Warriors to enjoy gaming as much as I do. See You in the skies !!!! Semper FI JD

Welcome IRONMAN.... See ya soon, glad I got ya over here buddy.

Welcome @MinkyNeets , you will have a great time, great instructors, and awesome site to fly on to, the Devs & Hierarchy here are "top-notch" ... See ya in the Skies..... JD

Welcome Warrior !!!! OhhhhhRahhhh

We Fly, Kavelenko fly as of the last 2 weeks at least 3-4 times a week. We were up for like 3 hours today going through training. The F16 model that these awesome Devs have designed is amazing, the systems, mechanics, procedures can be trying at first, but I am finding the more I practice through the BMS training manual & practice with Kav', the easier it seems to get.

Sir, I never personally got the chance to meet you online, I did not know you, but the memorial posts I have read in this thread , I can tell you were a very professional and great friend to many great people here. So sorry to here of the pain you endured Sir. May you Rest In Peace with OUR father in Heaven, as he calls US all home in time. May God Bless Your Soul and watch over your family. Semper FI, JD

Introduction, Hello Virtual Pilots, I have read the posts above, and am very happy to have found this website and have met quite a few top notch pilots/trainers etc. I rein from the USMC (0311-Infantry) & Law Enforcement backgrounds. I have been gaming since around 1995, got into Janes F15 then Falcon 4.0 in 1998-99. Flew by the seat of my pants, then met a Pilot names Renegade (416th Ghostriders VFS), we flew and flew and got pretty accomplished, met another accomplished Pilot (Netraider) and the rest was history. Falcon 4.0, again all the patches (1.08 lol). We kept the squadron intact, steering the unit and developing wings in Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, USA with many, many awesome Virtual Pilots. We flew alot, and participated in the online Dogfight site, and did quite well. Then life got in the way, and a career kept me extremely busy and very little time, and no high speed internet living out in the country, flying stopped in 2005. Finally wanted to set back down and get back into it, and WOW.... reconnected with Netraider and started researching Falcon 4.0, and well learned about BMS and what had Falcon 4.0 turned into, amazing simply amazing what this SIM and what these very talented batch of developers have done to this beautiful simulation. Found Veterans Gaming, and since I was a veteran, thought id see what this organization was, and how impressed I am. Was having some issues with my HOTAS (potentiometer) and well it got fixed, and met a couple of your great VFS Pilots (Kavelenko/Mocum and away we went, I was flying daily, being trained in a "Crash Course" of training, techniques, reading the manual and practice, practice, practice. I am still learning and meeting other great VFS Pilots here, I think you for allowing me to hang my V-flight jacket here. The skies the limit and I plan on working hard here. Semper FI JudgeDredd

Yes Sir, Once Kavelenko explained the issue (I had noticed I could not lower my visor with the use of the pinky switch/DMS switch), hehehehe. So I remapped it and waaalaaa , everything is perfect. Whomever is the design, coders, graphics guru's of this very awesome Sim, I salute you it is a piece of Magic, after not flying since 2006 (when I moved to a non internet connected part of Virginia) , this BMS series is amazing. This simulation gives this "Ole Man" something to occupy my Retired Police/USMC 0311 mind. Thank You all. God Bless JD

Kav' explained the procedure for getting these to set up correctly. A bit tricky but was able to be set.

Well....... I had to log on and give a BIG shout out to Kavelenko & Starkes today. I know all want to help others in these FORUMS, and as soon as I have the knowledge in BMS/Setup & Operations I will do the same for others. But I must tell you, these two as well as Mokum are exceptional not only internet flyers, but great instructors in this gaming community. I have gotten to know them, they came online today and helped Netraider and I with out TM Cougar "Woes", and now we are operational, and beginning out training regiment. I thank you all very much. Have a wonderful day wherever you are in this big world guys..... JD

Kav' Thank you for your reply, it's comforting that someone else experienced this problem and was a be to work through it. Mokum & Netraider have been working on it with me yesterday. Both Netraider & Mokum have their Hotas working under 4.37 currently, and well it looks like my system wants to be a bit different. it's 14:25 hrs here, so I will try to be on TS at 20:00 Zulu Sir. JD

Alright Gent's, almost at wits end with this Hotas Cougar and the Software, have BMS installed correctly, all operates as it should. Brand New Hotas Cougar plugged into a practically new I9 Computer, Windows 10 PRO identifies the Set-up, bot the Stick/Rudders identified, and are in "OK" status. Go in to BMS 4.37 and the Setup again is identified in BMS, antennas, Range buttons on the Throttle calibrate, POV on Joystick identifies. I choose Basic DX TM Cougar as a key file, save it, apply it. And when I start to test the buttons I get a a message "Input" Button 149, No Function Assigned WTF there are not even that many buttons on the Hotas Cougar Joystick & Throttle Combined ???? This set up worked in 4.36, but now not in this newest version . Has anybody experienced this issue ? Have uninstalled the game, reinstalled the game, ran reg-edit, reinstalled HOTAS drivers, done a hard reset on Joystick (Firmware). Any help is appreciated. JD

Hello, looking for some Pilots, if you are here on VG , please contact me Gents, if you know of these pilots (Call signs), any leads in the VFS Community would be awesome, I would like to get in touch with them. I thank You very much for any help. They were in my VFS Squadron from 2000-2006, life got in the way, and we lost touch, and we are looking to speak to them if they are still online and flying Falcon 4.0 (BMS) !!! . They were in the USA, CAN, UK and AUS fighter wings within the 416th GhostRider's F16 VFS. Frosty/EJ, Ghost (AUS), Greasemonkey (US), KidVicious (US), Lancelot (US), LytningRod (416th & 404th), Mad Mac 416th & 404th, Mako, Maniac, Mosquito, Ranger (US), Red Spar (US), Rock (UK), Rock (UK), Romeo Mike .45 (UK), Rotor 416th & 4th (US), Rover (US), Screw (US), Paladin (US), Shootmup (Can), Snake (US), Starwolf (US), Stone (AUS), Taz 416th & SC3, Geiger 416th & 248th, Nicon 416th & 248th, Anaconda 416th & 248th, Mantis 416th & 248th, Raven 416th & 248th, Saracen 416th & 248th, Snowcat, Blue (AUS). Any leads or contacts would be greatly appreciated, thank you VFS Warriors. JudgeDredd & NetRaider !! 416th GhostRiders VFS

I just picked up a TracIR 5 & TrackIR TrackClip Pro , cant wait to get it and get set up.

Thank You Sir, for reaching out and assisting me with this, I'm trudging along, I am learning ALOT, it's a lot to take in for an old beaten down "Grunt", Retired Road Dog it's like I am back in Bootcamp/Academy. This awesome community has been most gracious to this "Rookie", and it's very much appreciated. I will get this stuff down this year. MOKUM just made me a training video for me to replicate its actions too Thank You Sir, JD

I have literally been working on this situation for 1.5 yrs on an off, like banging my head into a wall. Mokum saved my headaches, he was amazing how he figured things out. JD

It's all Good Sir, I know folks like to see what is going on in the "Internet Flying Profession", especially if they are thinking about picking up one of these Legacy units like the Hotas Cougar. I fell in love with it back in 98-99. Due to life getting in the way, moving to a non-internet location, then Law Enforcement Career I did not have time to put into it, until I retired back in 2018. Was getting back into looking at the problem, and wife decided she wanted to move to a Lake House, so away we went again, now it's all good . By the end of this month, we should have our NEW fiber optics connection (Gig UP/Gig Down) and I will me even more active. Meeting Mokum was a great thing, he took on the mission of my situation and well, he worked through it, he said I helped, but I think it was 75/25 in work, as he was doing things that were over my head in configuration, things are waaaaaay different since 1998 , he is and asset on this site for sure, and even better person since we got to know one another. We will be flying soon, working on mapping the Throttle/Stick Sir. Thank You for looking in on me Sir !!! JD

Ok, 55 views and no comments, looks like there is some interest in this topic as of Dec 13th, well. Good news is, with the great help of MOKUM, the Hotas is operational, Foxy is working, the Throttle & Stick is working fine. At the moment I am using BMS FULL as far as the key mappings on the stick, more to learn on mapping now. So now it's time to start working through the instruction manual of BMS 4.36, starting from the beginning, it's been since 1998 since I started flying Falcon 4.0, after Janes F15. Now it BMS, so happy the people involved that took the game and made it what it is today, so blessed that folks as intelligent as them are on this earth, they are true internet warriors too, although I am certain are real day piolets, both in Civilian & Military service. too. JD

Thrustmaster Operators, I have a TM Hotas Cougar (1998 era- Not the Warthog set up), I actually have two, one I repaired and the other brand new. Both of the Sticks/Throttles are identified in Windows and are reading "OK". The new one I had been trying to get it to operate with a new set of TMM/TMJ files for the operation in BMS 4.36 and had been working with Mokum on that issue. Problem I'm having now, the Hotas Cougar is identified in both Windows 10 PR & BMS 4.36. When I go into the game and into set up, the Hotas Cougar is listed in there, however when I manipulate both the Throttle & Stick nothing is registering in set up, the thrust meter does not move and the axis dot in the box will not move. What am i doing wrong, has anyone had this issue? JD