DCS Black Shark Ka 50 User manual

Quick Start Guide

DIGITAL COMBAT SIMULATOR

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table Of Contents 1
Health Warning 2
Installation 3
Activation 4
Activation Over Phone 5
Activation By Email 9
Activate by ProActive Website 13
Deactivation 18
Disk protection FAQ 26
Initial Settings 32
Flying the Helicopter 36
Simplifed Avionics  Indicators 38
Commands 43
Cockpt Indicators 44
Combat 46
Helpful Hints 47
Aircraft Trim 47
Vista 47
EndUser License Agreement 48
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HEALTH WARNING
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Please read before using this computer game or allowing your children
to use it.
A very small proportion of people may experience a seizure or loss of
consciousness when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing
lights or light patterns that can occur in computer games. This may hap
pen even with people who have no medical history of seizures, epilepsy,
or "photosensitive epileptic seizures" while playing computer games.
These seizures have a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness,
dizziness, disorientation, blurred vision, eye or face twitching, loss of
consciousness or awareness even if momentarily.
The risk of seizures can be reduced if the following precautions are taken,
(as well as a general health advice for playing computer games):
• Do not play when you are drowsy or tired.
• Play in a welllit room.
• Rest for at least 10 minutes per hour when playing the computer game.
Immediately stop playing
and consult your doctor
if you or your children experience
any of the above symptoms.

INSTALLATION
Insert the "DCS: Black Shark" disk in your DVD drive and allow the automatic
installer to begin. Then follow the onscreen instructions.
Note! You need to be logged into Windows with an account that has
Administrator rights in order to install the game.
If the installer did not start automatically, please go to My Computer, dou
bleclick on your DVD drive, find the Setup.exe program, and doubleclick
on it to start the installer.
During the installation you will be prompted to select game difficulty level.
The default selection is "Game" mode. If you are new to aircraft simulators,
or if you prefer console "arcade" games, it is recommended to keep this
option selected. You can always change or adjust the difficulty level later
from within the game from the Options screen.
This guide assumes that the game is configured using "Game" settings.
Note! Some antivirus and security programs (DrWEB antivirus for
example) can conflict with the game and cause severe performance
degradation when using a joystick.
The indicators of such a conflict are:
1. When moving the joystick the game slows down considerably.
2. If the joystick remains untouched, game performance returns to normal.
If you have encountered this conflict, you will need to adjust your antivirus
accordingly to add the game as a trusted exception.
Note: On the disc there is a "Video" folder that contains a few
Producer's Note videos. You can play it with any video player.
Two game manuals in a PDF format are located in the Doc folder:
DCSBS_gui_manual_eng.pdf  it is user interface and editors manual.
All pages, elements and functions of user interface and editors are
described in it.
DCSBS_flight_manual_eng.pdf  it is a Ka50 flight manual. The mod
eled Ka50 helicopter, all necessary information is described for flights
and combat implementation.
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ACTIVATION
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Using the serial number printed on the back of this Quick Start Guide, you
will be required to activate your DCS purchase prior to playing. During the
activation process, the copy protection system will create a hardware pro
file of your system and compare that to your current system each time
you start the game. If there has been a significant change to your comput
er like replacing significant hardware items or changing your Operating
System, you may be required to reactivate your purchase. You are provid
ed eight Activations. If you require more after using all the ones provided,
you may contact customer service at:
http://forums.eagle.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=38
To avoid using Activations, we recommend using the Deactivation option
as explained later in this document.
Generally, the Automatic Activation method is the preferred method and
will generally work best if you have an Internet connection. Enter your
Serial Number printed on the cover of the Quick Start guide and follow the
directions. If that fails, you may use one of three Manual Activation
methods:
1  By telephone.
A phone number will be provided in the activation window to provide acti
vation without need of an Internet connection.
2  By email.
Using manual activation, you will be provided a hardware code that can be
sent to the provided email address for activation.
3  By ProActive WEB site.
A hardware code will be entered into the ProActive WEB site for activation.

ACTIVATION
Press the Activate button.
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Activation Over Phone
(No Internet connection is required)
Install DCS on your computer and launch it. Enter the Serial Number
printed on the cover of your Quick Start guide.

ACTIVATION
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Press the Manually button in the next window
if automatic activation failed.
Your Hardware Code is then displayed;
copy the code and press the Next button.

ACTIVATION
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Call to the phone number indicated in the Information window, and tell
the support representative your Serial Number and your Hardware Code.
You will then be provided an Activation Key.
Enter the Activation Key you had copied an then enter it into the
Activation window.

ACTIVATION
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Activation by phone call will then be complete. If restrictions on DCS
usage have been implemented, the Activation window will display the
details. Press OK to launch the DCS.

ACTIVATION
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Press the Activate button.
Activation by Email
(Internet connection is necessary)
Install DCS on your computer and launch it. Enter the Serial Number
written on the cover of your Quick Start guide.

ACTIVATION
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Press Manually button in the Activation window if the automatic
activation failed.
Your Hardware Code will now be displayed in the Activation window.
Copy this code to a safe location and then press the Next button.

ACTIVATION
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Press the Email button in the Information window. If you cannot send
an email now, copy your Serial Number, Hardware Code, and email
address shown in the Information window.
When convenient, open your email; and send your Serial Number
and Hardware Code to the indicated email address. You will be sent
an Activation Key shortly afterwards. Enter your Activation Key to
the Activation window and press the Activate button.

ACTIVATION
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Activation by email will now be complete. If restrictions on DCS usage
have been implemented, the Activation window will display the details.
Press OK to launch the DCS.

ACTIVATION
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Press the Activate button.
Activate by ProActive Website
(Internet connection is necessary)
Install DCS on your computer and launch it. Enter the Serial Number you
obtained when purchasing DCS in the Activation window.

ACTIVATION
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Press Manually button in the Activation window. This window will some
times appear if an automatic activation has failed and it will display a cor
responding error message.
Your Hardware Code is then displayed in the Activation window; copy this
and save it to a safe location.

ACTIVATION
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Press the WWW button in the Information window. In case your computer is not
connected to the Internet, you can write down your Serial Number and Hardware
Code and go to the website indicated in the window using another computer.
Enter the Serial Number and the Hardware Code to the Serial Number and
Hardware Code fields on the website and press the Get Activation Key button.

ACTIVATION
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You will then be provided your Activation Key. Copy this to a safe location.
Enter the Activation Key to the Activation window and press the
Activate button.

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Activation by email will now be complete. If restrictions on DCS usage
have been implemented, the Activation window will display the details.
Press OK to launch the DCS.

DEACTIVATION
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To avoid using a product Activation, you may first Deactivate your installation
of DCS, make your changes, and then Activate again.
You are provided 10 Deactivations.
You can launch the deactivation procedure by one of the three methods:
1. Run the Deactivation command from the Start menu.
2. Run the protect.exe file, which is located in your DCS folder. Select the
"Activate or Deactivate Application" command as displayed in the window.
3. Run the Deactivate executable file of the protection system, protect.exe,
with the /lic:deactivate key.
Press the 'Deactivate' link in the displayed window (the Serial Number
used to Activate the application is indicated in this window by default).