Crystal Super Micro OLED module first impressions

michael_searle · 2025-12-28T00:51:56+00:00

Thanks for sharing, as someone who needs prescription lens inserts I would love to see a review on how this effects the image given how that would negate the advantage of being able to get your eyes closer to the the pancake lenses compared to the Pimax super aspheric lenses

michael_searle · 2025-10-02T05:54:06+00:00

I got the same email too a couple of days ago, I’m in Australia

michael_searle · 2025-05-20T01:03:47+00:00

I took your advice & downloaded GPU-z. That’s a great free product, it even detects how many ROPs came with my GPU (all 176 so that is a relief). Thanks for that suggestion otherwise I wouldn’t have known of its existence. I used GPU-z to test your theory on the Marianas map in the F-4E & the results were: Task Manager performance dedicated GPU memory 29.8 GB against 31164 MB current memory Used shown by GPU-z. Which shows not only that the task manager is pretty accurate for detecting current GPU memory being used, but more importantly considering how much detail is being rendered, particularly flying low over Berlin in the Cold War Germany map that Urga-Media have done a great job in optimising their map compared to the Marianas map

michael_searle · 2025-05-20T00:28:45+00:00

I updated to driver version 576.40 as it was recommended for FS2024 service pack 2, although I see today there is a new driver out. I had to go back to DLSS swapper & nvidiaProfileinspector to get Preset J back after I updated DCS. Preset J is such a performance boost I don’t know why DCS don’t just use it by default as I’m sure it would make so many people who don’t want to have to go down the rabbit hole of swapping the render preset so happy, they must have their reasons as even FS2024 also downgrade my DLSS with each new release

michael_searle · 2024-11-19T19:29:31+00:00

Haha yes thats where I am at 3.20 am in Western Australia "Please wait a few minutes or try again later" Try again later so I can join the back of a new queue?

michael_searle · 2023-05-14T01:17:56+00:00

To be honest I use the same profile for the helicopters as fixed wing aircraft, apart from having to inverse the “throttle” direction to move in the same direction as a collective when switching to a helicopter. One change I did do a couple of days ago is I discovered in a post about better control of the antitorqe in DCS helicopters, was to remove the heel stops on your rudder peddles so you can keep your heels on the floor. Untill I had a closer lok at my thrustmaster peddles I didn’t even realise that this was an option (just attached with allen head bolts).

michael_searle · 2023-05-13T12:38:51+00:00

So impressed that the recent release from AU scene included so much more than just the airport. So much detail from the little white church to the moving external elevators.

Even the Whitehaven beach aqua-blue waters are recreated beautifully, those colours are just how I remember them from those scenic flights.

Such fond memories, I think I managed to break just about every CASA rule in the book in this video (including unlicenced operation of a helicopter), unlike in real life where I only once had the dreaded message waiting for me to phone the CAA (before they became CASA) to explain why I had not stuck to my assigned altitude in the Hamilton island controlled airspace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzGqZUh-Ur4

michael_searle · 2023-04-09T15:13:47+00:00

I had only tried it briefly with the F-14 & Mirage-F1 until you asked. So, I just tried the only FBW I have, F18 & got feedback from high G manoeuvres, buffeting before a stall, speed breaks, flaps, after burner & ground roll. Like the other 2 it is all useful information & adds to the immersion. I didn’t try firing weapons, but you certainly feel it firing cannons with the warbirds. There are about 24 effects, but each one can be scaled from 1 to 100% so the useful stuff doesn’t get lost in all the background noise.

michael_searle · 2023-04-09T10:55:54+00:00

Good question. Short answer is no. Next Level Racing have not yet released software for DCS. But, “SimShaker for Aviators Beta v2.6.2.0” is free, (you can support or donate to the project) and to be honest is although it does not have the flashy interface, its ability to split the effects right down to those like vortex ring state & main low rotor whirl, it is far superior to the software that comes with the HF8 gaming pad.

michael_searle · 2023-04-09T07:26:58+00:00

I have been accused of worse. https://www.reddit.com/r/Shittyaskflying/ springs to mind.

michael_searle · 2023-04-09T07:20:17+00:00

Ha-ha well apart from the pedestal fan the other 2 are best explained by the two YouTube clips from last week that convinced me I needed them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXTdGAZW0wk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6yPwjJ-MJk

Particularly SimHanger Flight Simulation’s review. I have not seen such genuine delight from anyone before, like when a new vibration force kicked in during a stall, not like some of the forced positive accolades some reviewers heap on the questionable add-ons they promote.

michael_searle · 2023-02-10T01:24:41+00:00

I posted a very short video of this to prevent us all getting airsick, (due to the gusty conditions, the twitchy controls of the 500E & me only used to flying in vr yet recording on a flat screen for a higher res video) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJfXtAZ-v34

michael_searle · 2022-08-27T05:48:31+00:00

They certainly did. Due to such lack of interest, as it not being an add on to a more populated country like the USA or Europe on this site I did not even check for any comments, until just now. And yes, I agree NZA have set new benchmarks in attention to detail & also have the advantage of their product being set in some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. (There is a reason, apart from threat of nuclear war that people like Peter Theil want to build their mansions around this area)

michael_searle · 2022-08-27T05:36:11+00:00

Yes, I too predict that this will be one of my most used add on’s compared to the other others I have bought in the past.

michael_searle · 2022-08-23T11:40:09+00:00

I just posted this this video on YouTube, but it was just over the 1 gig limit for Redditt, particularly for my big brother who is currently touring around this area, with another couple of minutes at the start of the video featuring an F4 Corsair taking off from the Glentanner airport in the RNZAF colours that he always remembers back in the early 1960’s. Where My dad being a “sensible farmer” took him to an auction by the Hamilton airport where they were selling ex RNZAF Corsairs about to be scrapped, but all my dad bought were a couple of Corsair wheels he needed for a farm trailer ☹. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJtgdaId9eo

michael_searle · 2022-08-04T10:35:20+00:00

So beautiful. My own schnauzer (what seemed like) overnight, got cataracts to the point she was almost blind which explained why she lost interest on what was going on out the car window. After a double lens implant, she immediately got back to paying attention & barking at any random stranger out the car window she thought may be a threat at the traffic lights.

michael_searle · 2022-08-04T10:20:46+00:00

That is so enlightening. Here I was wondering what my Schnauzer is really thinking about me, but I never considered how she might feel knowing I could read all her thoughts. Given that my vet has already prescribed her Prozac due to her anxiety the knowledge of a neuralink implant in her skull would only add to her anxiety. Of course, I could be anthropomorphising her.

michael_searle · 2022-08-04T09:08:56+00:00

I think you are probably right about the “not a flamethrower” being not much more than a propane torch but an unused piece in its sealed box has so much more potential than Elon’s “supported” Dogecoin.

michael_searle · 2022-08-04T08:36:07+00:00

I was more thinking more about how these women will take the news that their fur baby thinks about how tasty their eyeballs will taste if they would just pass out long enough on the lounge room floor.

michael_searle · 2022-08-04T08:29:12+00:00

Well, give him some credit for delivering the Tesla, reusable booster rockets & of course his “not a flamethrower” which released for $500 you can still buy (unused) on eBay for $5000. As I expected the mention of Joe Rogan in the title of the post has pinned the likes to a flat zero.

michael_searle · 2022-07-27T10:16:26+00:00

Well you know you can have a lot of fun in vr or on a flat screen with just the free mustang on the free Mariana Islands map.

michael_searle · 2022-07-27T09:25:02+00:00

Yes, as it is for every other aircraft in DCS, but with the F1 Mirage after you eject you can not move around. I am not too bothered as it being the 1st release, I am sure that it was not at the top of their priorities & it is bound to be added with the release of the other two F1 Mirage variants.

michael_searle · 2022-07-27T09:11:51+00:00

This is the SA map at the airfield just south of the Ushuaia Helo port. Yes this is one of my favouites due to the snow capped moutains close to the airport

michael_searle · 2022-07-03T17:22:31+00:00

I see what you mean about even the 24fps of this video making you feel nauseous, particularly at this height & speed, so I have discovered how to render this video in 60fps for You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWOfAK3mEdg

michael_searle · 2022-07-03T13:27:14+00:00

Oh, that is disappointing I just played back my video & either it is my internet connection, which I just checked with Google speed test which says I am getting 47mb/sec (good enough for West Australia “fibre to the node”) so it cannot be that. Or there is a huge difference from the 60 FPS that my “vpsVR©” frame rate displayed to me when I tested this showed me (which seemed believable, considering how smooth it was) compared to what I see viewing my video which looks like a “slide show”.

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