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Insert name here posted:Worked better than mine at least: That's some serious Looney Tunes poo poo. *tink* *KABOOM* I still have yet to master the AIM-9 in the F-100 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sy2q4oDc10&hd=1
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 We use Wagner! My boys love it! Dark_Swordmaster posted:Also, it appears that pedals are nigh mandatory for the huey so do you have those? I seem to do just fine with the twist axis on my X-52Pro. I'd still be better off with pedals and I could do with more adjustment, but I can operate the Huey fine. Still, transitioning back into a Ka-50 makes you feel totally bad rear end given how easy it flies by comparison. SkopeDog fucked around with this message at 12:09 on Jun 29, 2013 |
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^^Dear god, please tell me you haven't run DCS in months. EDIT:  Living out in rural MN is pain.Crap, I missed a sale on RoF? Balls, I really enjoy the trial version. SkopeDog fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Jul 23, 2013 |
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LP97S posted:I'm pretty sure RoF is free to play now, but you have to buy more planes. Yeah, that's what I mean. I would've picked up the ICE if I had the chance.
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Daimo posted:Wow I think mine cost about that, including the chair and paint. Goddamn, even simmers have better 'pits than what I'm used to IRL.  That's an awesome as hell set up, seriously. Color me envious. Do you use any kind of headtracking?
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Das Butterbrot posted:I got my first TrackIR yesterday and have to say, holy poo poo does it make a difference in how a flightsim plays. Sturmovik just turned into a whole different game A guy in my usual IL-2 group uses it swears by it. I may have to spring for it. Being able to follow the 109 I'm about to tag with the .50s of my Buffalo more precisely would be nice. If only it had the Wirraway and the Boomerang.
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^^I can see how being able to lead into a turn by tilting your head would be amazing.pixelbaron posted:It's worth every penny. I'll probably end up getting it, I'm just waiting to see how the OR pans out.
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The Ferret King posted:TrackIR is easily my first recommendation after a joystick. I don't think it's in the same league as the Occulus Rift at all, they serve separate functions even though they seem similar. It just depends on how you sim (I use a lot of charts and other windows while flying) My standbys with simming tend to be combat focused, like DCS and IL-2 '46. All of my key strokes not on my X-52 are bound to Ctrl and shift combos, so could work well for me. I just want to see how the end product performs, I don't bandwagon onto preordering, personally. I've tried civil sims, but it just leaves me wanting to go out and actually fly. If I want to shoot an approach, I'll actually go punch holes in the clouds with a 172 and also maintain my instrument currency.
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INTJ Mastermind posted:Any goons play IL-2 1946 online regularly? I play it frequently with a group of friends since it's probably the best game for online co-op in regards to combat sims. We even arrange our own campaigns within fictional settings, Ace Combat universe, and alternate history. Currently, we're working on a 2nd US Civil War that flares up in 1941 with the help of support from the Third Reich. It's got Union P-40s with Soviet Volunteer LaGGs and Commonwealth Volunteer Hurricanes vs. Confederate Buffalos, Emils, and MC.200s.
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LP97S posted:Why haven't you ever told us about this? This sounds great. No sweat, I got you the first time. I'll be sure to post a synopsis and hopefully a mission pack within the near future. I'm flattered you'd express interest, for the record.
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LP97S posted:Is there any reason that IL-2 46 isn't for sale on steam anymore? I know they're giving it away if you buy Rise of Flight but I've never seen them yank a game just for that. Well, the sort of "accepted" hypothesis is that Ubisoft/1C/etc. decided to pull it from Steam because the few sales they were getting were from that and not from CloD. There's no real evidence that I'm aware of that supports this other than the circumstances and a little bit of reasoning. At the time, CloD was $29.99 US and '46 was $9.99. '46 has so many theatres, so much content, and a lower price tag. Since flightsimmers are the antithesis of mainstream gamers when it comes to the life cycle of a game, we'll cling to a drat game and put in the effort to improve it on our own (what's up Falcon BMS 4.32?) without having to depend on the developers. So, a game like '46 is going to endear much moreso to the simming audience than CloD could have ever, even if it wasn't a giant disaster on release. Again, this is all unverifiable as far as I know, but it seems the most likely to me.
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Mederlock posted:Well, like I said, I've been spoiled. Like, I have no problem with Mount and Blade's/games of similar graphics quality graphics, it's just if it get much more below that it's just distracting. Those screenshots that were posted look pretty great in the cockpit/aircraft model's and textures, which is all I really care about for the most part. Like, I couldn't go back and play Falcon 4.0 Allied Force(BMS owns though). I know how that is. Some of my favorite games from Junior High and High School were Flight Unlimited and Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis. I just can't go back to them at this time, anymore. Then again, I do have the benefit of having ArmA 2 and the CWR mod as well as the ability to go grab a friend who owns a Yak-52 and do some actual aerobatics.
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Megadyptes posted:You can plug the steam cd keys into the standalone DCS World client, right? Might pick up the Huey despite being terrible at helicopters. Huey's friggin' great. It's well worth that price.
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MrOnBicycle posted:...and in Europe it's 11.99 euro. 31% higher in my country's currency. Still pretty cheap though. I can't decide between the P-51 or the Huey. I enjoyed BS2, haven't even started A-10 and I enjoy World War 2 planes.. How much "better" is the P-51 than playing IL2? A whole other league? You can't really compare the two. The DCS module is proper study sim material, where as the P-51 in IL-2 isn't and even fails to model somethings like mixture management. The DCS module is very accurate, though some of the handling physics (I'm told by the local P-51 jock) are a bit offish by his estimation. I've been meaning to get out some SimReviews on my lame Youtube channel, but I won't get it out in time for the sale, sadly.
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MrOnBicycle posted:I bought it... and the Huey. Managed to take off and land the P-51 without crashing. I like how it feels, but is there any way of changing controls on the fly in DCS? I find new stuff I need to map all the time and it sucks to have to go back to change small stuff. P-51 and Huey are the hardest to fly, so they're good places to start.
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Equilibrium posted:Has anyone with Arma 2 given the AH-64D mod a whirl yet? I remember reading about this years ago and thinking it'd never actually come out but here we are. Debating buying the game just to play this even though the creator mentioned porting it to TOH eventually (which I own). I have, actually. It's incredibly well done for an ArmA add on, well worth checking out. Added: http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/636421081705604587/ECF043A331CEB1A2A19DFAA760F961C538BC9CE8/ That was a satisfying kill; Ace-in-a-sortie with a Brewster. I have learned to be Finnish. SkopeDog fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Sep 15, 2013 |
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/15320 Straaaaaaaaaange thiiiiiiings are happ'nin' on Steam.
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Had to pick up Mi-8. I loved Huey and Belsimtek has some cool dudes behind it. Knowing that one of their headhaunchos was a Mi-8 jockey really makes me think this is going to be a quality module. I've gotten a *little* stick time in an old UH-1 at a fly in, once (not that it matters, I'm not rated for rotorcraft). UH-1H felt pretty drat close to the real thing, personally. I imagine Mi-8's going to even be better.
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mllaneza posted:"Now we aren't selling anything, put IL-2 back up." No one wants less-content-shittier-engine!? Madness.
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MattD1zzl3 posted:Out of curiosity, ever used the pedals in a real cessna? "Close together" is an understatement. They weren't made for people over 6 foot, in my estimation. At 6'4", the 172 is a little snug for me, but when I fly the 150, I'm craning my right foot over into the SIC seat and using the right rudder pedal for that side.
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Flannelette posted:New Team Fusion mod is out for Clod been trying it out for a few days now. Wow, it's enormous. I'd normally call BS on CloD being made good, but with that much information, I'll have to try it. Update: Yeah this is bad rear end, this mod team deserves kudos. SkopeDog fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Oct 24, 2013 |
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kalstrams posted:So, flying goons. Is Take On Helicopters a simulator or not ? It's a pretty fun sim, but caveat emptor: Real Virtuality is at its worse form in it. I love it, but it's got quite a bit of optimization issues. Who knew BIS could screw up an engine like this?
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kalstrams posted:To be honest, they have screwed any engine they have used so far. Well, the incarnation of it present in TKOH is more hosed than usual. I got 50-60FPS in both ArmA 2 and ArmA 3 (though 3 sometimes dips down to 30 and even lower due to lighting in foliage and my GPU is showing its age, admittedly), but is TKOH 40-50 at the absolute best. Not to mention choppy as hell. And, they usually sort out performance issues eventually. They haven't with TKOH and I doubt they will give it the time.
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The Ferret King posted:As someone who frame limits FSX to 20fps, 40-50 sounds pretty drat good. Well, it also comes with a lot of freezing which is really fun to deal with as you're hovering close to the stern of a boat.
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Kashwashwa posted:I typically think anything below 30 is irritating, but I've had FSX locked at 20 and it didn't seem unreasonable at all. Just the nature of a slow sim I guess. I do as well, but when you're shooting a nice smooth ILS approach and your view isn't making any radical changes in position, it would work out fine.
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Paper Mac posted:I learned BMS to the point where I could operate most of the systems in about 2-3 days from tanit's videos (which, yeah, need an editor). I only ran into trouble when I started trying to fly older block Egyptian F-16s with Sparrows and stuff like that. I've yet to fly it multiplayer but I'd be interested to try. The entire Israeli Theatre is awesome and a must have for BMS 4.32 users, IMO. I came late to 4.0 and kind of regret not getting in on FreeFalcon for a piece of that Tornado pie.
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Paper Mac posted:The Israeli theatre is cool but man is flying the Egyptian campaign tough. Wall of American gear and no HARM targeting pods. Yeah, that gives it a load of character, IMO. Reduced to AIM-7s and early Sidewinders? Yes please. It surprises me that no one's made a JF-17 Thunder for 4.0 yet. It's fairly similar to the Falcon in its role. Falcon's always been a favorite of mine. Flying the Israeli campaign is a guilty pleasure of mine since I think the F-16I is just about the sexiest thing ever rendered in any flavor 4.0. CFTs look so great on it.
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Das Butterbrot posted:If by "hard center" you mean a stick that instead of moving around has sensors that detect the pressure you apply I can definitely recommend those (for modern combat sims at least). I had an X52 which after about a year got the faulty rudder axis problem that many people have been reporting. I upgraded to an X65-F and never looked back. Precise movements are wayyyyy easier with a stick like that imo and you can adjust pressure sensitivity on the fly! God, it's making me want to blow the obscene cash to get rated in the Fishbed IRL. I want this module, now. It just looks incredible and I can't wait to miss everything with the Alkalis.
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But holy poo poo does it look good. It even surpasses DCS:A10 in fidelity from the screenshots they've shown so far.
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INTJ Mastermind posted:Does the gunpod have an air-to-air mode? Nah, it's an air-to-ground munition, but let's be honest: Has that stopped those of us with DCS: A-10C from trying?
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Bondematt posted:The A-10c actually has an air to air mode Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I usually don't bother gunning down helos. I just save heaters for them.
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Megadyptes posted:In the discussions section someone asked if it was legitimate and someone apparently emailed Austin Meyer and got a response. They'd probably have a downloader trickle down from Steam. Upon launching, it'd go from there.
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Dark_Swordmaster posted:Possibly just make the continents DLCs that don't auto-download each install, though I don't believe Steam has optional DLC functionality. A Workshop-esque subscribe/unsubscribe feature more likely. In fact, thinking about it, just make it Steamworks and introduce the ability to make paid add-ons for very specific games. It does; at least Skyrim does with its high res texture pack.
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^^Yeah, you had to go in and select to download the Pack.Goetta posted:From what I've read Laminar is a really small company of a few guys who work on just one product. They have sold everything through DVDs before so I'm not sure they are really setup to distribute presumably hundreds of terabytes of data on their own. If Steam can't do it I assume they would have to go through some third party. Oh yeah, we used to have copies of DVDs floating around my flight school. And being cynical here: how popular could it get? Flight simming isn't that popular, really. I kind of like that, though. SkopeDog fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Dec 18, 2013 |
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Il-2 1956 is great drat fun.      It's easily worth the effort to run. For those of you who partake of the IL-2 nights, this would be a great idea to include at some point in the future. Modding can be a pain in the rear end in IL-2, but most of the pain can be circumvented if you get together, agree on which mods to get (MiG-19 is a must, it's awesome. It requires you get the MiG-21, however. Fishbed's alright, a few modeling inaccuracies. I've rarely been able to land it even flying it with my Fishbed POH.) and then create a common script file you can throw on mediafire and then just pass out to users. "Hey, we're running these mods, download the, drop them into the SAS mod activator folder, and then drop these files into there as well." The immense leap in speed, combined with lack of G-suits and shoddy missiles make it wild.
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Chiwie posted:ED said they have sent all the keys over to steam for activation. I just tried with my own FC3 key and got the same result. However, everything else did work save for my Black Shark 2 upgrade.
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