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AnimalChin posted:Does this ever go on sale? $50 for one plane, man ... LOL look at this guy who hasn't spent thousands on aircraft and terrain for ten year old game.
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Colonial Air Force posted:LOL look at this guy who hasn't spent thousands on aircraft and terrain for ten year old game. Bought it for 50% off around Christmas, so that is one time of the year it is on sale. With the free Ireland Scenery given away in March I've been flying around the UK and Ireland in the A2A Cessna. Reading this thread gives great information, I bought Active Sky on recommendations from here. But if you can wait you will not have to have your firstborn selling matches on the street to afford all the bells and whistles...
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Phi230 posted:The game looks like it was released like 6 years ago on a console. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCj8NgcFmtI Here's a video from 2012, when the game was called CarrierOps... for the Xbox. Looks like this is some sort of a cancelled project that got continued later.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eatfgXTMFf0 Austin/X-Plane is being patent trolled.
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I have a bunch of parts coming to me in the mail so that I can make my own radio stack and ignition/battery/lights panel
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COOL CORN posted:I have a bunch of parts coming to me in the mail so that I can make my own radio stack and ignition/battery/lights panel Sounds fun, post a how to because I hate my Saitek panels.
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I have one that's been stuck in progress for a few months while I
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I've thought about making my own switchbox for flight/race simming in the past but am bad at DIY poo poo and have no experience with electronics and soldering. How hard is it for a complete idiot like myself to make one of these things?
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Daimo posted:Sounds fun, post a how to because I hate my Saitek panels. What's so bad about them? They look really nice.
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Megadyptes posted:I've thought about making my own switchbox for flight/race simming in the past but am bad at DIY poo poo and have no experience with electronics and soldering. How hard is it for a complete idiot like myself to make one of these things? For the radio stack (my first project), it's a little more complicated, and I'm using a little Arduino microcontroller to handle it, but if you just want to make a panel of switches, you could get this: http://www.desktopaviator.com/Products/Model_2040/ And then a bunch of these: http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/mts-4pc/spdt-on-on-mini-toggle-switch/1.html And voila, the switches will act as additional joystick buttons.
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Keep the thread posted on your progress. I've been thinking about a similar project and would love to see how you do it.
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AnimalChin posted:What's so bad about them? They look really nice. The knobs aren't 1:1 - they're more like .7:1
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AnimalChin posted:What's so bad about them? They look really nice. The biggest issue is the drivers suck, and SPAD (the alternative) seems to have stopped being developed.
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If you're willing to put slightly more effort in to it the Teensy microcontrollers come with templates for USB HID operation where you just need to write a small bit of code to associate actual inputs with USB signals for about half the price of one of those premade boards. I built a two player 8-way + 6 button arcade panel in about an hour with one of those. You can even get 'em at Microcenter if you have one nearby.
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wolrah posted:If you're willing to put slightly more effort in to it the Teensy microcontrollers come with templates for USB HID operation where you just need to write a small bit of code to associate actual inputs with USB signals for about half the price of one of those premade boards. I built a two player 8-way + 6 button arcade panel in about an hour with one of those. You can even get 'em at Microcenter if you have one nearby. Sweet, I had my eyes on getting an Arduino Micro (http://store-usa.arduino.cc/products/a000053) for my switch panel, but this looks to be a cheaper option.
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COOL CORN posted:Sweet, I had my eyes on getting an Arduino Micro (http://store-usa.arduino.cc/products/a000053) for my switch panel, but this looks to be a cheaper option. The Teensy HID mode is even exposed through the Arduino IDE, so if you're familiar with Arduino you're about 95% of the way there. Here's the code I used with my setup, not very many comments but I think it's pretty much self-documenting. https://github.com/wolrah/TeensyArcade/blob/master/TeensyArcade/TeensyArcade.ino I tweaked their headers to make it show the exact number of buttons I wanted and name the USB device, but that's not necessary.
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If you're willing to solder a bit more you can also gut a keyboard and with some relays and other bits make one panel from scratch. I've made one simple panel with five buttons to prototype the connections and it works fine, i just have to get motivated to design a new panel and buy more buttons/relays. I just bought a new HOTAS to play Elite and dont feel the need for more buttons at the moment. If you want i can take some pictures of the connections when i get home.
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Did anyone drop the money for the XP 10 PMDG DC-6? How does it compare to their FSX stuff?
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Most of the FSX:SE DLCs are on sale until the 23rd. Ranging from 20% to 70% off.
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SoapyTarantula posted:Most of the FSX:SE DLCs are on sale until the 23rd. Ranging from 20% to 70% off. Unless I'm missing something, only the game itself is 70% off. The DLC that are reduced are almost all 50%. Which is still not bad. Any recommendations?
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Active Sky Next & Accufeel for sure. Though if you want to use them with P3D I believe buying from the Steam store locks them to only FSX:SE.
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With the summer sale coming up, is DCS Flaming cliffs 3 worth it if it happens to go on sale?
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If it goes to like $15 or less then yeah I feel that's worth it. They're all fun but simple (no clickspot) cockpits, so I hope you have a lot of buttons.
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SoapyTarantula posted:If it goes to like $15 or less then yeah I feel that's worth it. They're all fun but simple (no clickspot) cockpits, so I hope you have a lot of buttons. Bah, think i'll keep my eyes on the migs, mustang and blackshark then. Edit: Wanted a clickable cockpit F-15 or SU-27 but It doesnt seem like they exist? Dead Like Rev fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Jun 17, 2016 |
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I heard things about the F15 and something else getting a clickable cockpit patch a long time ago. But it never happened and probably never will.
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SoapyTarantula posted:I heard things about the F15 and something else getting a clickable cockpit patch a long time ago. But it never happened and probably never will. Oh well, I can look forward to the F-14 and F-5 and the "Lets not talk about it" F/A-18 right?
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Dead Like Rev posted:Oh well, I can look forward to the F-14 and F-5 and the "Lets not talk about it" F/A-18 right? You could play a fairly well done F/A-18 in Falcon BMS right now if you're itching for something different.
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Skoll posted:You could play a fairly well done F/A-18 in Falcon BMS right now if you're itching for something different. Trying to use my rift, cause I'm a scrub and don't have a track IR. I'm working on setting up my x-55 and CH pedals for DCS so i'll stick to it with the rift. On another note, http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/modules/?SHOWALL_1=1 It looks like some of the DCS stuff is on sale here, kinda eye balling that M-2000C
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Big news week this week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFOUKCO4w0I If you don't watch the highlights are:  A2A are making a Connie with Captain of the Ship style upgradesActiveSky and REX are just going head-to-head now, complete weather replacements look like the order of the day Also, REX is putting out an upgrade pack for every default FSX airport!
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Jonny Nox posted:Big news week this week: Lots of cool stuff coming this year. Those REX clouds looked amazing but you can't really trust a trailer. They might have just picked the couple of perfect moments. To go against ActiveSky you would need something really good, so here's hoping.
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XP 10 DLC on Steam is all about 33% off. Mostly Caranado planes and some airports.
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Which of the FSX:SE DLC is cool and good to pick up during the sale?
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If you think you might ever switch to P3D don't buy dlc from steam get it third party. If not day 1 purchase is active sky next and accu-feel. Edit: I'm poo poo at spelling. EvilJoven fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Jun 27, 2016 |
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EvilJoven posted:If you think you might ever switch to P3D don't but dlc from steam get it third party. What?
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If you buy stuff as Steam DLC for FSX you can only use them for FSX. If you later on want to switch to Prepar3D you have to buy them again. Most addons can be used for both FSX Steam and Prepar3D if you buy them outside of steam (ASN, OrbX airports and other scenery, Accu-Feel etc). IIRC only A2A and PMDG make you pay more for the option.
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EvilJoven posted:IIRC only A2A and PMDG make you pay more for the option. Which has fueled many an angry internet rant. EvilJoven posted:If not day 1 purchase is active sky next and accu-feel. Next would be REX Texture Direct and REX Soft Clouds.
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Coming in to second (or third?) the ASN -> REX purchase priority. Active Sky and REX are both planning on making stuff that do the same thing, but for now Active Sky Next, REX Texture Direct, and REX Soft Clouds are probably the only addons I won't play without anymore. Rough cloud comparisons from some screenshots I've taken. ASN & REX Texture Direct, but no soft clouds.   ASN & Rex Texture Direct, with soft clouds.  
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Is there a generally accepted 'best practice' to immersing yourself into the flight sim world in preparation to pursuing your Private Pilot's license? I know that flight simming is in no way a replacement for hands on stick experience, but I'm interested in starting the process and want to become at least familiar with stuff like ATC operations, ILS approaches, radio communications, etc before I even start down that road but it seems to me that even the most newbie-friendly trainers consist mostly of clicking 'Fly Now' and it dumping you onto a ramp where you kinda just have to 'figure it out'. Am I wrong on that? Edit: I'm more than passingly familiar with flight/combat sims in general, but I want to go as close to 'By the book' as possible.
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