[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by d.burnette

My next step obviously is going to be to go into the controls again, and start the daunting task of mapping them to my setup, or creating a profile for my Cougar for the controls after assigning the key commands. Probably better to do the latter, as with a profile for my Cougar would give me access to much more that can be programmed to the buttons. I guess I could look at how I mapped my profile for IL2 1946 and get a baseline to get me started.

It's not as bad as it first seems. Can I ask what aircraft you normally fly? If you are going to be sticking with a single-engine type for the first little while, you can skip a LOT of controls.

But I got to tell ya, I think I am just as overwhelmed by these forums as I am with the product itself. I have already posted a couple times in here, and got some feedback which was good, but they are scattered and to tell you the truth I am not sure where.

You'll learn your way around soon enough. See Alpha's post re: tracking your own postings.

The reason I am overwhelmed - it would appear at least, there are just so dang many choices of forums-subforms to choose from, for 1 sim! I am really not sure, where it would be appropriate for me to post and best chance of getting feedback. There is this particular forum, not sure where it falls in categories, I presume this one since it is just headed as Cliffs of Dover - would be considered maybe just a general forum, kind of a catch all? Or is there another forum within this one, subforum I guess, that would be more appropriate for me to ask questions as I go along that might help me in my progression, to just get me flying and somewhat know what I am doing in this sim?

You're correct that this is the "general" forum. Most folks will answer your question here and I don't think people mind when questions get asked here, but it's probably best to at least try to put questions in relevant subforums if only for the reason that it makes it easy for other people with the same question as you to search for answers in the future.

Pilot's Lounge is mostly for off-topic stuff and political garbage.

Technical threads is for anything technical, for example threads about controls, drivers, errors, patches, trackIR and alternatives, game crashes, etc.

Controls threads, Vehicle and Terrain threads, Performance threads, and FM/DM threads are the sub-sub-forums under Technical. Note that "Performance" is for the actual game performance (framerates, etc) whereas "FM/DM" is for the performance of the aircraft within the game.

FMB, Mission & Campaign builder Discussions is for, you guessed it, mission and campaign building using the FMB (full mission builder).

Gameplay questions threads is for things that are less technical than "Technical Threads", and it's here where you might go for advice on how to fly a particular maneuver or how to complete a particular mission.

Some are rather self-explanatory:

Mods, discussions, links, etc. is for discussing CLOD mods (obviously).

Skins and Repaints for BOB COD is where the skinners all hang out

Movie Making and Videos is where you would go to publicize or get help for any movies you might be making.

CoD Multiplayer tends to encompass "server advertising" threads, balance discussions and its fair share of flame wars.

CoD download, installation and activation threads is typically where people post and ask for advice relating to actually installing the game (Steam can be confusing if you're not used to it).

In perusing and reading up these forums trying to gain knowledge, it appears there is just so much infighting going on within the community, and some back and forths with the developers, which kind of overshadows the real content... so I just want to make sure I post where 1: It is appropriate and the right place and 2: Stand the best chance of getting some good feedback, and learning from what others have already been posting.

It's not a capital crime to post in the main section, and you might get responses faster here. By the same token, since threads are posted here rapidly your thread might get pushed off the first page rather quickly, whereas in a dedicated sub forum it will be visible for longer.

Hope that helps