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Any opinion on FreeFalcon? Looks decent, plenty of flyable planes etc... Seems buggy though. Seems to crash more often than not, especially if you try to fly anything not an F16. Is it worth muddling through to get it going?
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 15:19 |
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Mr Luxury Yacht posted:Any opinion on FreeFalcon? FreeFalcon is too unstable, Falcon BMS is the newest, and probably the most stable Falcon. Although BMS doesn't have as many different cockpits as FreeFalcon, the graphics are much better due to them updating the engine to use shaders. http://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 18:05 |
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I debated the relevance of sharing this here, but I think it's a really well done document regarding VFR ATC services in the U.S. For those newer guys who are just starting to fly with us on VATSIM, it covers a lot of pertinent information and it's just really well put together. It provides a lot of good information for even more experienced pilots as well. Download here: http://db.tt/xPGsFpFd
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 18:34 |
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dogmaan posted:FreeFalcon is too unstable, Falcon BMS is the newest, and probably the most stable Falcon. Was the Falcon 4.0 engine released as open source or something? Or did FreeFalcon actually like, just recreate it from scratch? Or did they just rip the engine without asking? BMS says it needs the original F4.0 (like actual original, not even that Allied Force re-release will work) which makes sense, but FF needs nothing...
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 18:52 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsopafTipDA
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 22:14 |
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Mr Luxury Yacht posted:Was the Falcon 4.0 engine released as open source or something? Or did FreeFalcon actually like, just recreate it from scratch? Or did they just rip the engine without asking? BMS says it needs the original F4.0 (like actual original, not even that Allied Force re-release will work) which makes sense, but FF needs nothing... From what I have understood the Falcon 4.0 code was leaked and various modding groups began to make their own versions of it. The Free falcon guys claim they've at some point got some kind of permission to use the source code making them the only "legal" version. Myself I'd think they are in just as much trouble as the BMS guys if Atari decides to act on it but I really have no idea.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 23:59 |
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All the A2A P-51 video did was make me buy the DCS Mustang instead. Edit: Bought the A2A one. Oh god so good. holocaust bloopers fucked around with this message at Jun 3, 2012 around 07:05 |
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I made this back in a day when someone in the dcs boards asked how to complete one of the devils cross missions in dcs a10. Then I never finished it, but at least I'll post the video I took so here is some a10s shooting at stuff which is always fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thrg_oW9H2Y
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| # ? Jun 3, 2012 12:00 |
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FreeFalcon is so unstable it doesn't work half the time I open it, giving me a weird blue screen and crashing. The other half of the time, it waits till I try starting to play to do that!
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| # ? Jun 4, 2012 07:23 |
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I want to have a China flight on VATSIM tonight. 00:30z ZUUU CZH B213 LXA ZULS Charts: http://db.tt/uiJlY6oC ZULS is Lhasa Tibet and is at almost 12000 feet in a valley surrounded by 16000 foot mountain peaks.
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| # ? Jun 4, 2012 13:52 |
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I finally sunk the bastard myself a couple of nights ago in the North Atlantic campaign. That mission was pretty awesome, there must've been at least 50 planes in the air heading towards the Sowjet carrier group. Hit it with a couple of Shrikes and then finished it off with a few bombs whilst dodging SAMs. Felt pretty awesome. I still managed to lose the loving campaign, however. 
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| # ? Jun 4, 2012 14:09 |
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Aero737 posted:I want to have a China flight on VATSIM tonight. Jets?
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| # ? Jun 4, 2012 14:36 |
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I grabbed an SSD drive and am planning to get back into this. Is FSX still the go-to simulator for everything? How's XPlane coming along? I'm not really up-to-date on most developments, is REX still the go-to replacement? Also has anyone experience with getting some useful AA with the SMAA or FXAA injector? I remember any form of traditional AA cutting the performance basically in half back in the day, no matter what video card was used. Time to dust off the ol' x52 pro and hope it's still working.
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Police Automaton posted:I grabbed an SSD drive and am planning to get back into this. Is FSX still the go-to simulator for everything? How's XPlane coming along? I'm not really up-to-date on most developments, is REX still the go-to replacement? Also has anyone experience with getting some useful AA with the SMAA or FXAA injector? I remember any form of traditional AA cutting the performance basically in half back in the day, no matter what video card was used. Time to dust off the ol' x52 pro and hope it's still working. OK, FSX is still the way to go. XPlane 10 has a lot of issues to be resolved. If you are going to buy any non aircraft addons just pick up active sky 2012, as it for the most part has replaced rex for cloud images (and weather). There is a new version of REX that just came out, but as always the weather engine sucks. If you have an nvidia card you can use inspector to force your graphics card to handle it. I urge you to join us on irc we can help you get all set up.
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| # ? Jun 5, 2012 20:28 |
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Picked up X-plane 10 for 50 bucks. Is it perfectly competent at simulating insane landings in all sorts of heinous conditions at the very least or that broken?
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| # ? Jun 8, 2012 00:14 |
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No its not that great at weather. For good weather sim, get FSX and Active Sky 2012.
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| # ? Jun 8, 2012 01:58 |
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Jazzahn posted:No its not that great at weather. For good weather sim, get FSX and Active Sky 2012. And if you want a reason to buy AS2012 over REX, remember REX doesn't (afaik) simulate wake turbulence at all. I was just flying a IF & FSCaptain mission flight, and saw a CRJ700 drop into the glide slope a couple of nm in front of me, figured since I was in a prop that I'd be slower than him and be ok on seperation by the time I got to the runway. But no, he managed to slow down faster than me, and as I reached my minimums he was turning off the runway to taxi. So I figured I'd go in anyway. Boy that level 4 wake turbulence hit hard just as I was touching down! Coupled with the 20kt winds that northern france is having atm, it ended up with an -11fpm touchdown vertical speed. All in all, !fun! provided by accurate weather and wind effects.
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| # ? Jun 8, 2012 15:49 |
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Funny thing, I actually disabled the wake turbulence entirely. I was getting sick of being nearly flipped over when following a light twin in my SF260, or being 5 miles in trail of a 737 when I was in a Citation.
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| # ? Jun 8, 2012 17:50 |
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Colonial Air Force posted:PMDG's NGX for FSX. Hands down. So uh, will this run on an i5/4GB ram with HD4000 at all? PMDG's website lists an 8800GT as the bare minimum, which is very roughly equivilent. Also any comments on FSX on an HD4000 (or, I guess HD3000 since those are much more common right now). Resolution is a measly 1377x768 because laptops ship with poo poo resolution these days. I have a lot of down time at work and I want to try out DFW->Houston->San Antonio->Austin->DFW in a Southwest Airlines livery 737, but I dunno if my "bleeding edge" laptop is going to be able to handle it even at low settings. 
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| # ? Jun 13, 2012 14:29 |
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The NGX will run fine. FSX is more bound by your single core cpu clock speed and if you have an i5 you are fine.
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| # ? Jun 13, 2012 14:39 |
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If someone joined #flightsim just a minute ago and asked about addons, we usually aren't that snippy. It was an isolated person. Come back and we'll get ya set up!!!Hadlock posted:I have a lot of down time at work and I want to try out DFW->Houston->San Antonio->Austin->DFW in a Southwest Airlines livery 737, but I dunno if my "bleeding edge" laptop is going to be able to handle it even at low settings. It will vary on your setup, but my NGX HATES multiple/quick turns without a restart of FSX. It is really annoying. I would give it a try but just so you don't get on leg 2 and wonder what's going on if it crashes.
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| # ? Jun 13, 2012 17:04 |
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I took the plunge and bought myself a HOTAS joystick setup. What's a good flight sim, preferably combat oriented, for a beginner to get into?
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| # ? Jun 13, 2012 18:31 |
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Boondock Saint posted:I took the plunge and bought myself a HOTAS joystick setup. IL-1946 Sturmovik is both easy to learn and lots of fun, and it will make use of all your buttons and axis on your HOTAS.
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El Hefe posted:IL-1946 Sturmovik is both easy to learn and lots of fun, and it will make use of all your buttons and axis on your HOTAS. If you do be sure to download the Straight from the Farm mission pack. It's what taught me, a casual player, the basic principles of flight that I use to blunder through most games.
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| # ? Jun 13, 2012 18:42 |
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sellouts posted:It will vary on your setup, but my NGX HATES multiple/quick turns without a restart of FSX. It is really annoying. I would give it a try but just so you don't get on leg 2 and wonder what's going on if it crashes. Sorry, can you explain this in greater detail please? I was hoping to land at each of the airports, taxi, take off, etc. What do you mean it hates quick turns? Crashes?
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| # ? Jun 13, 2012 23:21 |
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sellouts posted:If someone joined #flightsim just a minute ago and asked about addons, we usually aren't that snippy. It was an isolated person. Come back and we'll get ya set up!!! Are you accessing the menu bar while in-game? If so, it's probably the uiautomation.dll problem causing the crashes.
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| # ? Jun 13, 2012 23:39 |
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Anyone know where I can find some control profiles for Il-2 sturmovik for a Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X Flight Stick? Google isn't helping much.
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| # ? Jun 14, 2012 01:08 |
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Hadlock posted:Sorry, can you explain this in greater detail please? I was hoping to land at each of the airports, taxi, take off, etc. What do you mean it hates quick turns? Crashes? I do not have the issue he describes I turn all the time without reloading.
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| # ? Jun 14, 2012 02:50 |
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Hadlock posted:Sorry, can you explain this in greater detail please? I was hoping to land at each of the airports, taxi, take off, etc. What do you mean it hates quick turns? Crashes? It hates doing that, exactly. I don't think I mess with the menubar but maybe I did. I thought Swim said he had similar problems but GUESS NOT
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| # ? Jun 14, 2012 03:48 |
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sellouts posted:It hates doing that, exactly. I don't think I mess with the menubar but maybe I did. I thought Swim said he had similar problems but GUESS NOT Not if I follow the shutdown checklist. 
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| # ? Jun 16, 2012 01:47 |
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The PMDG 737 is really tough to fly with dual engine fires. Also, taking off with a door open *does* drop O2 masks in the back after passing 10K. 
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| # ? Jun 16, 2012 05:24 |
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Okay... I need this in my life.. http://youtu.be/AHlZYeFxKok Holy poo poo, completely amazing.
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| # ? Jun 17, 2012 11:56 |
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ariagloris posted:Okay... I need this in my life.. It's pretty sad that the J35 sim flies more than the real F-35, but that does seem pretty cool.
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| # ? Jun 17, 2012 15:57 |
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ariagloris posted:Okay... I need this in my life.. Wow. I wonder whether the mirrors are separate screens or if they're actual mirrors and the large screen is 360*? There's a J37 Viggen simulator not far from where I live, been meaning to check it out. Now I want to even more!
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| # ? Jun 17, 2012 17:07 |
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sellouts posted:It will vary on your setup, but my NGX HATES multiple/quick turns without a restart of FSX. It is really annoying. I would give it a try but just so you don't get on leg 2 and wonder what's going on if it crashes. I had this problem too! It was to the point that I would restart FSX after every other leg, didn't matter if I touched the menubar or not. I had similar problems with the PMDG 747 and MD11 though. Even after a nice hardware upgrade the problem persisted. Restarting every two legs was an easy enough fix for me, wasn't worth putting the time into figuring out exactly what the problem was.
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| # ? Jun 17, 2012 18:04 |
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:Wow. I wonder whether the mirrors are separate screens or if they're actual mirrors and the large screen is 360*? I believe it's 360 - at some points you can see the rear of the cockpit. Gawd, the immersion factor must be immense.
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| # ? Jun 18, 2012 09:06 |
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I'm working on a bit of an electronics project, and I'd like to gather your opinions on this question:
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| # ? Jun 21, 2012 17:39 |
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Voting without because your trim changes with a lot of variables (such as airspeed) and is almost always different. The plane you're in will have a specific take off trim setting which probably won't be at the center position either.
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| # ? Jun 21, 2012 17:42 |
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simble posted:Voting without because your trim changes with a lot of variables (such as airspeed) and is almost always different. The plane you're in will have a specific take off trim setting which probably won't be at the center position either. No detents. But a stiff wheel is good, think like a cessna trim wheel.
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No detents, although I like the one on my CH yoke that has a button press. I have that set for trim reset.
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