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

I'd need to know what aircraft you'd be wanting to fly because I have nothing fast.

I should get the Citation or something.

EDIT: apparently it doesnt work with P3Dv2 anyone know of something that isn't a big rear end tubeliner that works for P3D and goes fast?

EDIT2: also has an FMC to dick around with. Suggestions?

EvilJoven fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Jul 25, 2015

# ? Jul 25, 2015 15:23

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# ? Apr 24, 2024 15:08

sellouts: Apr 23, 2003

If you want something fast do not get the citation.

# ? Jul 25, 2015 17:16

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

Fast is a relative term as the fastest thing I've flown in a civilian sim in years was a turboprop DC-3.

# ? Jul 25, 2015 17:39

Forums Terrorist: Dec 8, 2011

Carenado has a bunch of bizjets; they'd keep up with tubeliners and I think the Hawker H850 has a Navigraph compatible FMC. If you'd like something smaller, the Embraer Phenom would keep up I think and has a big rear end Garmin glass cockpit just like a lot of GA planes.

# ? Jul 25, 2015 18:10

sellouts: Apr 23, 2003

Fly the goddamn route without an fmc

# ? Jul 25, 2015 21:47

Forums Terrorist: Dec 8, 2011

Okay so after some very lazy deliberation we're going to fly KDEN - KSLC. Total air time is about an hour, so it''ll be a nice little warmup for people looking to learn VATSIM. Bring something that can keep up with jets. I'll probably bring something stupid like an MD-11 or a Tristar.

Route will be SID RLG EKR STAR. All VORs, pick your departures and arrivals as appropriate for what your plane can fly. What times are people available? I can do whenever.

# ? Jul 26, 2015 02:29

sellouts: Apr 23, 2003

I feel like atc is rarely on for this route, but I haven't flown for a while.

# ? Jul 26, 2015 09:30

gigButt: Oct 22, 2008

sellouts posted:

Fly the goddamn route without an fmc

Amen

# ? Jul 26, 2015 17:50

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

It's not that I can't fly a route by hand, it's that if I'm going to pay for another plane I want more buttons to push! :spergin:

# ? Jul 27, 2015 03:27

sellouts: Apr 23, 2003

Well whenever this takes place I will probably bring a 727-2 if I can make it. But I am west coast so everyone usually does this sort of stuff before I get home

# ? Jul 27, 2015 03:32

Forums Terrorist: Dec 8, 2011

sellouts posted:

I feel like atc is rarely on for this route, but I haven't flown for a while.

Right now, Salt Lake Center, Approach and Tower are on. I don't know if this is representative, but another option for a VATSIM newb night could be the Boston Tea Party event next Saturday.

# ? Jul 27, 2015 03:34

The Ferret King: Nov 23, 2003; cluck cluck

Newbie nights during events are a horrid combination.

# ? Jul 27, 2015 03:42

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

During events being the VFR traffic that doesnt know WTF they're doing just outside controlled airspace can be hilarious for newbies if they tune their second radio to CTR or APP.

Being the VFR traffic that knows EXACTLY what they're doing right in the middle of controlled airspace can be hilarious for the old hats.

# ? Jul 27, 2015 06:15

The Ferret King: Nov 23, 2003; cluck cluck

This is true. Can't count the number of times I've been contacted by a supervisor for being in a completely legal place during an event.

# ? Jul 27, 2015 06:19

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

The Ferret King posted:

This is true. Can't count the number of times I've been contacted by a supervisor for being in a completely legal place during an event.

Same.

# ? Jul 27, 2015 14:22

Hadlock: Nov 9, 2004

DCS flash sale this weekend. I thought this was a great line in the email, in any other industry you would think this was written in jest: USD prices only and does not apply to former Soviet Union countries.

or.com/en/shop/

DCS: Flaming Cliffs 3: $39.99 to $11.99 (70% off)
DCS: A-10C Warthog: $39.99 to $11.99 (70% off)
DCS: Black Shark 2: $39.99 to $11.99 (70% off)
DCS: P-51D Mustang: $29.99 to $8.99 (70% off)
DCS: Fw 190 D-9 Dora: $49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: Bf 109 K-4 Kurfürst: $49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: Combined Arms: $19.99 to $5.99 (70% off)
F-15C for DCS World: $9.99 to $2.99 (70% off)
Su-27 for DCS World: $9.99 to $2.99 (70% off)
Su-27 The Ultimate Argument Campaign: $9.99 to $2.99 (70% off)
A-10A for DCS World: $9.99 to $2.99 (70% off)
Su-25 for DCS World: $9.99 to $2.99 (70% off)
DCS: MiG-15bis: $49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: F-86F Sabre: $49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: UH-1H Huey: $49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: Mi-8MTV2 Magnificent Eight: 49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: C-101 Aviojet: $59.99 to $17.99 (70% off)
DCS: MiG-21bis: $49.99 to 19.99 (60% off)

# ? Jul 31, 2015 17:51

immelman: Oct 6, 2014

Hadlock posted:

DCS flash sale this weekend. I n this was a great line in the email, in any other industry you would think this was written in jest: USD prices only and does not apply to former Soviet Union countries.

Does the big red "Not for Steam!" mean you cannot transfer these after purchase?
I'd really like to buy a couple of prop aircraft and crash them constantly on landing like I am with the P51... :argh:

# ? Jul 31, 2015 23:29

Hadlock: Nov 9, 2004

Are any of those prop planes NOT tail dragger landing gear? I know a warplane is not an analog for a Cesna 172 but if I'm going to work on my license some day I'd really rather the mechanics of landing and taxing be at least the same species.

Also, I don't know why but that C-101 Aviojet looks awesome, totally going to pick that up :dance:

# ? Jul 31, 2015 23:42

immelman: Oct 6, 2014

Hadlock posted:

Are any of those prop planes NOT tail dragger landing gear? I know a warplane is not an analog for a Cesna 172 but if I'm going to work on my license some day I'd really rather the mechanics of landing and taxing be at least the same species.

Also, I don't know why but that C-101 Aviojet looks awesome, totally going to pick that up

Fraid not, but since getting a pilots license will still mean this will be as close to dog fighting a 109 as I'll get, I've bought it and the P51-D :allears:

# ? Aug 1, 2015 00:15

The Geoff: Oct 11, 2009

immelman posted:

Does the big red "Not for Steam!" mean you cannot transfer these after purchase?
I'd really like to buy a couple of prop aircraft and crash them constantly on landing like I am with the P51...

Yeah that's right, you can't transfer these purchases to steam from the standalone game. There is always a steam sale on DCS modules within two weeks of the standalone sale though, so you won't have to wait for long.

# ? Aug 1, 2015 01:36

Insert name here: Nov 10, 2009; Oh.
Oh Dear.

The Geoff posted:

Yeah that's right, you can't transfer these purchases to steam from the standalone game. There is always a steam sale on DCS modules within two weeks of the standalone sale though, so you won't have to wait for long.

Did they stop doing that? I remember back when DCS World hit Steam all you had to do was throw your CD-Key in and you'd get the Steam version.

# ? Aug 1, 2015 03:09

The Geoff: Oct 11, 2009

Yeah, the way it works now is:

- If you buy a module on Steam, you can use the code in either the Steam or standalone versions.
- If you buy a module from the Eagle Dynamics store, you can ONLY use it in the standalone version.

As far as I can tell, Valve objected to Eagle Dynamics selling codes which work on Steam from their website - I thought other companies did this too, but apparently it was a problem. There was some kind of dispute between the companies which resulted in the current system. Basically it doesn't make much sense to use the Steam version of the game anymore, since the updates come out later and you can't take advantage of some of the sales - it's better to use the standalone version, and add it as a 'non-steam' game to your steam library.

# ? Aug 1, 2015 03:53

Shanakin: Mar 26, 2010; The whole point of stats are lost if you keep it a secret. Why Didn't you tell the world eh?

Insert name here posted:

Did they stop doing that? I remember back when DCS World hit Steam all you had to do was throw your CD-Key in and you'd get the Steam version.

Yeah. You can go from steam to ED but not the other way around. The sales do come out shortly after on steam though.

# ? Aug 1, 2015 04:10

cool new Metroid game: Oct 7, 2009; hail satan

Russian companies and Steam don't seem to get on very well.

# ? Aug 1, 2015 11:40

ease: Jul 19, 2004; HUGE

Got some cheap goflight panels from this dude. Wasn't even in the market, just saw them on CL for like 250 for 7 of them. Couldn't not buy them. Got them mounted up today.

Welded a bracket for them:

And I'll still probably never fly. But it is pretty rad. Really impressed with the panels, especially the multi function GF46. If I knew it was that cool, I probably would have been in the market for that one, anyways.

ease fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Aug 2, 2015

# ? Aug 2, 2015 00:39

nullpunkt: May 6, 2007; not a substitute for human interaction

Hadlock posted:

Are any of those prop planes NOT tail dragger landing gear? I know a warplane is not an analog for a Cesna 172 but if I'm going to work on my license some day I'd really rather the mechanics of landing and taxing be at least the same species.

Taxi and takeoff translate fairly badly to RL, so I wouldn't worry about it.

# ? Aug 2, 2015 22:37

immelman: Oct 6, 2014

There are copies of the original 1945 P-51 Pilot's Manual around online.
Not only very informative, but a lot less dry and more fun than the DCS one!

# ? Aug 3, 2015 00:39

Hav: Dec 11, 2009; Fun Shoe

Megadyptes posted:

Russian companies and Steam don't seem to get on very well.

Something something Ukraine sanctions something.

# ? Aug 5, 2015 19:57

Jonny Nox: Apr 26, 2008

So I'm re-starting my computer for the 4th or 5th time this evening trying to get it to give me the option to upgrade to win10 (a failed ie11 upgrade and subsequent downgrade to ie10 means there is a bunch of updates I've never gotten.) It's installing the upgrade app right now.

Any Windows 10 trip reports on P3d or DCS world?

# ? Aug 6, 2015 06:13

lobsterminator: Oct 16, 2012

P3D has worked just fine for me, no issues. And the win8 issue where only mouse yoke controller settings were visible is fixed with win10.
EDIT: Also, EZDok used to have this annoying black flash when changing views and that is also now gone. So only good things have come from win10.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 14:54

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

New computer (mostly) and fresh install of windows 10, I think now is the time to get back into some flight simming, and finally use the hundreds of dollars of peripherals I have collecting dust

Has there been any progress at all on a new Vatsim client, or are we still stuck using the same thing from 1995?

Also what is the most recommended payware aircraft for P3D?

# ? Aug 12, 2015 11:31

ZekeNY: Jun 13, 2013; Probably AFK

Sappo569 posted:

Also what is the most recommended payware aircraft for P3D?

Probably the PMDG 777, if you can stand their pricing and genuinely worse than EA business practices. Other than that, the Majestic Q400 is pretty good and seems popular.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 12:25

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

Sappo569 posted:

Has there been any progress at all on a new Vatsim client, or are we still stuck using the same thing from 1995?

Also what is the most recommended payware aircraft for P3D?

New vatsim client vPilot is super easy to use and the Twin Otter Extended is the best plane.

EvilJoven fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Aug 14, 2015

# ? Aug 12, 2015 13:52

i am kiss u now: Dec 26, 2005; College Slice

Sappo569 posted:

New computer (mostly) and fresh install of windows 10, I think now is the time to get back into some flight simming, and finally use the hundreds of dollars of peripherals I have collecting dust

Has there been any progress at all on a new Vatsim client, or are we still stuck using the same thing from 1995?

Also what is the most recommended payware aircraft for P3D?

Aerosofts a320 series is awesomely fantastic with billions of repaints and user mods. Plus, they have the crj ng series coming soon too.

# ? Aug 12, 2015 14:47

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 bit the bullet and switched back to FSX Steam using the folder/registry hacks to convince it that it's my only FSX install, allowing my stuff to work, including the Basler BT-67 that I used to fly all the time. God drat I forgot how well thought out that aircraft is.

# ? Aug 14, 2015 02:29

Wh1plash: Oct 13, 2008

Just an FYI Friday September 4th at 15:00 UTC to Monday September 7th at 09:00 UTC.

DCS: Flaming Cliffs 3: $39.99 to $11.99 (70% off)
DCS: A-10C Warthog: $39.99 to $11.99 (70% off)
DCS: Black Shark 2: $39.99 to $11.99 (70% off)
DCS: P-51D Mustang: $29.99 to $8.99 (70% off)
DCS: Fw 190 D-9 Dora: $49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: Bf 109 K-4 Kurf�rst: $49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: Combined Arms: $19.99 to $5.99 (70% off)
F-15C for DCS World: $9.99 to $2.99 (70% off)
Su-27 for DCS World: $9.99 to $2.99 (70% off)
Su-27 The Ultimate Argument Campaign: $9.99 to $2.99 (70% off)
A-10A for DCS World: $9.99 to $2.99 (70% off)
Su-25 for DCS World: $9.99 to $2.99 (70% off)
DCS: MiG-15bis: $49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: F-86F Sabre: $49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: UH-1H Huey: $49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: Mi-8MTV2 Magnificent Eight: 49.99 to $14.99 (70% off)
DCS: C-101 Aviojet: $59.99 to $17.99 (70% off)

# ? Sep 5, 2015 07:51