FlightSim Megathread: Much of this is unfinished

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EvilJoven: Mar 18, 2005; NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?; Fun Shoe

EDIT: on second thought never mind I'll hang on to my junk until my money runs out.

EvilJoven fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Aug 4, 2016

# ? Aug 4, 2016 14:36

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# ? Jun 13, 2024 14:05

Snaxx: Apr 5, 2009

Joven- is it the Aerosoft Twin Otter extended that you highly recommend?

I see its half off right now on their store.

# ? Aug 4, 2016 19:17

EvilJoven: Mar 18, 2005; NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?; Fun Shoe

Yes it's a good plane. Keep in mind it's slow and the cockpit layout and autopilot are weird but I love it to death.

# ? Aug 4, 2016 20:34

Snaxx: Apr 5, 2009

Cool, thanks. Will give it a shot.

Has anyone used Air Hauler 2 and FSE? Which is better?

# ? Aug 4, 2016 20:51

EvilJoven: Mar 18, 2005; NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?; Fun Shoe

FSE because once you get bored of it you can participate in making tons of nerds bad by making GBS threads up threads in just the right way to bring out the worst behaviors in their player base until the BoD does something that turns the game upside down.

# ? Aug 4, 2016 22:29

EvilJoven: Mar 18, 2005; NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?; Fun Shoe

I mean, I don't want to claim too much of the credit for getting the BoD to implement monthly ownership fees but I'm confident I had at least a small part in making it happen.

LOL.

# ? Aug 4, 2016 22:30

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:

Hopefully he might use the mobile games to bankroll a new Strike Fighters. If he got it on Steam, his sales would fly through the roof. I only found it out thanks to this LP of it, and immediately bought it. Older flight sims really suffered from a lack of visibility. I'd certainly pay full price + expansions again to play Strike Fighters in VR.

I'd kill for a modern flight sim focused on the pre-computerized jet age that had the same rough mix of "Sim vs Arcadey" as Strike Fighters 2. Basically Strike Fighters 3, yeah.

# ? Aug 4, 2016 22:51

Forums Terrorist: Dec 8, 2011

EvilJoven posted:

FSE because once you get bored of it you can participate in making tons of nerds bad by making GBS threads up threads in just the right way to bring out the worst behaviors in their player base until the BoD does something that turns the game upside down.

I tried registering for FSE but Forums Terrorist is apparently a name you can't trust and when I tried to rereg as Madman Theory they deep sixed me for trying to subvert the holy registration process or whatever. lol

# ? Aug 4, 2016 22:52

EvilJoven: Mar 18, 2005; NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?; Fun Shoe

Ya that sounds like something they'd do. I honestly find it hilarious how lovely they are. Shame they deep sixed your account request, I tried to find your post so I could see what bullshit they said but they deleted it outwright.

# ? Aug 4, 2016 23:40

Snaxx: Apr 5, 2009

Thank god someone is keeping our virtual skies safe.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 00:22

The Ferret King: Nov 23, 2003; cluck cluck

That's VATSIM's job!

# ? Aug 5, 2016 02:15

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

I haven't crashed a virtual plane since April.

To be fair, I haven't flown a virtual plane since April.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 03:32

AnimalChin: Feb 1, 2006

Does anyone use VORs and such anymore, or is everything just 100% GPS these days?

# ? Aug 5, 2016 16:28

EvilJoven: Mar 18, 2005; NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?; Fun Shoe

In sims I use VORs a lot because the stock GPS is rear end and pilotage is difficult when even with all the OrbX stuff it's sometimes difficult to make out what town or road you're over.

IRL VORs are just now starting to go away.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 16:37

sellouts: Apr 23, 2003

Is there a list of IRL VORs that are going out of service or have recently?

# ? Aug 5, 2016 17:20

The Ferret King: Nov 23, 2003; cluck cluck

PowerPoint on the discontinuance program here: http://tinyurl.com/zu8gulo

List of the first ones here: http://tinyurl.com/Vorlist

# ? Aug 5, 2016 19:03

Pioneer42: Jun 8, 2010

I am a little sad over this. But then again, I really love trigonometry.

# ? Aug 6, 2016 22:07

3 Action Economist: May 22, 2002; Educate. Agitate. Liberate.

My mom is visiting, and she brought me something she found in an old box of mine.

# ? Aug 9, 2016 21:37

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Colonial Air Force posted:

My mom is visiting, and she brought me something she found in an old box of mine.

I remember the ring-binder version of the manual

Such an awesome game...

# ? Aug 9, 2016 22:43

InevitableCheese: Jul 10, 2015; quite a pickle you've got there

Just got me a Thrustmaster HOTAS, and spent about 10 hours this weekend playing through the tutorial missions on FSX. I bought it for Elite Dangerous but ended up only doing that for an hour. Loving everything so far!

Lots of good info in this thread. Would you guys recommend playing through the vanilla content in FSX first before dumping money on add-ons?

# ? Aug 9, 2016 23:17

EvilJoven: Mar 18, 2005; NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?; Fun Shoe

Do not do FSX uninstall it right now its a money pit that starts off slow at first and ends with you driving to an airport 3 days a week or more to throw all your money at a flight instructor like a junkie addicted to leaded gasoline exhaust fumes.

I mean, you should totally start with Active Sky Next or 2016 and an A2A plane. I like the Cherokee and Comanche.

# ? Aug 9, 2016 23:57

3 Action Economist: May 22, 2002; Educate. Agitate. Liberate.

Another gem from my mom's visit:

My simming hobby started early.

# ? Aug 10, 2016 23:06

bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

God if I was able to sit in a phantom as a kid I'd be way worse today.

# ? Aug 10, 2016 23:15

hogmartin: Mar 27, 2007

InevitableCheese posted:

Lots of good info in this thread. Would you guys recommend playing through the vanilla content in FSX first before dumping money on add-ons?

I'd say start budgeting for some rudder pedals. Pedals are kind of a sleeper of a thing, I had no idea how much they add to the experience until I got them.

I mean, assuming that you've accepted your fate and you know you're going to be dumping money into this hobby.

# ? Aug 11, 2016 10:52

TheMirage: Nov 6, 2002

Dare I ask if anyone has tried Aero fly fs2? It's got VR support which interests me, but I see its still early access with not a whole lot of interactivity with the aircrafts.

# ? Aug 11, 2016 12:36

Ledenko: Aug 10, 2012

This is your new FSE lowerlord. Fly more, you butts!

# ? Aug 12, 2016 10:54

lobsterminator: Oct 16, 2012

Came across this cockpit in /r/DIY:

Making-of pics of the project:

http://imgur.com/a/yUMZF

# ? Aug 12, 2016 17:52

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

Jobbo_Fett posted:

I remember the ring-binder version of the manual

Such an awesome game...

Random Thought: I want a modern B-17 game. With multiplayer. Multiple bombers and multicrew.

# ? Aug 14, 2016 03:17

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Galaga Galaxian posted:

Random Thought: I want a modern B-17 game. With multiplayer. Multiple bombers and multicrew.

Il-2 Sturmovik 1946 :colbert:

# ? Aug 14, 2016 03:26

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

I want it prettier, sexier, and capable of doing full B-17 formations. :v:

# ? Aug 14, 2016 03:30

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Galaga Galaxian posted:

I want it prettier, sexier, and capable of doing full B-17 formations.

Mods, mods, and you can already have full B-17 formations :confused:

# ? Aug 14, 2016 04:06

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

I thought the aircraft limit of IL-2 was a few dozen? I'm talking 50+ combat box + escorts + attackers. I've never actually played much IL-2 (criminal, I know) so I guess I'm wrong.

# ? Aug 14, 2016 04:24

Shine: Feb 26, 2007; No Muscles For The Majority

As much as I love IL-2 1946, and as wonderful as it's been for so many years, the engine is really showing its age both visually and functionally (for example, last I checked there's still no way to increase the very short draw distance for ground targets), and I don't blame anybody for wanting something newer and shinier. Unfortunately, both new and shiny IL-2 games have been poo poo, with their SP/co-op content outclassed by War Thunder of all things.

# ? Aug 14, 2016 07:25

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Galaga Galaxian posted:

I thought the aircraft limit of IL-2 was a few dozen? I'm talking 50+ combat box + escorts + attackers. I've never actually played much IL-2 (criminal, I know) so I guess I'm wrong.

You can definitely have more than 50 planes, but the restrictions are more or less based on your computer's performance.

Overall though, I agree with Shine. Il-2 1946 is a fantastic game, and still having mod support (and the occasional patch!) but its like keeping a coma patient on life support for decades. At some point, support for it will die altogether and there still won't be a worthy successor. Which is a drat shame, because all you need to do is take 1946 and give it the facelift it needs.

# ? Aug 14, 2016 07:35

Thief: Jan 28, 2011

The main reason I don't play the original Il2 much is because of that lovely draw distance. Antialiasing I can live without but the fog makes me feel like I'm flying in Superman 64.

Too bad it is still the best carrier based airplane game for stick and rudder flying. DCS is alright but the Su33 flight model hasn't been updated since I last checked. Holy poo poo though the Top Gun DLC is gonna rule everything though...

# ? Aug 14, 2016 13:02