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chitoryu12 posted:Will Prepar3D let me slew the Wright Flyer up to 1 mile and let me tumble it to the ground? That sounds like fun and the Prepar3D license explicity states NO FUN ALLOWED 
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EvilJoven posted:That sounds like fun and the Prepar3D license explicity states NO FUN ALLOWED But if you do it for educational purposes, say as an experiment in aerodynamics, and make sure you keep a straight face, then yes, you could do that.
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Funny story, someone went into the licensing terms and it turns out LM literally doesn't care what you do with it, the Academic license is actually meant for people currently in school or college. It's like the academic version of Office, basically. So being in college means I give no fucks 
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Forums Terrorist posted:Funny story, someone went into the licensing terms and it turns out LM literally doesn't care what you do with it, the Academic license is actually meant for people currently in school or college. It's like the academic version of Office, basically. So being in college means I give no fucks Actually they have the education/science licence ms still has the fun licence therefore you can't have fun
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I spent all night playing with the A2A Cub. I bought it for FSX because its impossible to not have fun with it. Everyone should buy this Cub, it owns.
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EvilJoven posted:I spent all night playing with the A2A Cub. I bought it for FSX because its impossible to not have fun with it. Everyone should buy this Cub, it owns. I was just looking at that add-on.
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Just be warned, it has some weird rear end alcohol fueled FMC that is only marginally functional at the best of times.
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I wish they would revisit the Cub and bring it up to the same level of detail as the Cherokee 180 so I could be a super sperg about a tail dragger. For $20 I would really recommend it even if you're barely ever going to fly it. Especially if the one on Steam comes with the Accusim plugin. e: I would actually suggest getting it through Steam even if it doesn't have the plugin. Limited activations are a thing if you buy it from A2A's store. vvv - I was talking about the Cub. The Carenado Cherokee hasn't aged well. SoapyTarantula fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Oct 19, 2015 |
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I can't quite tell if you're plugging the Cherokee you fly or the Piper... If it's the Piper, yes the one on Steam comes with Accu-Sim. If you're talking about the Cherokee, the one available as DLC isn't from A2A, it's a Carenado. Also, if anyone here wants to poo poo up VATSIM with the Cub, you'll have to edit your default flight. Your radio won't register as properly on and working unless you set GeneratorSwitch=True and BatterySwitch=True. It'll look like it's on but you won't be able to transmit or receive via vPilot. EvilJoven fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Oct 19, 2015 |
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Which platform has the best 152? Just starting my PPL so it'd be good to have a decently simulated one to practice on
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I'll likely get into Prepar3D next year after I get my new computer. Right now Flight Simulator X runs perfectly on it, which is fine for now.
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Gibfender posted:Which platform has the best 152? Just starting my PPL so it'd be good to have a decently simulated one to practice on Sims really aren't that great for primary training.
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A 152 flies itself. Get your license first then use the sim to practice instrument navigation and dead reckoning. You'll come out miles ahead of other private pilots for digging into the IFR stuff.
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I'm considering the accusim 172 for the purposes of nav training. Now I need to settle on a platform to use that won't cost me a fortune to get local scenery and GA airports.
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There's no such thing as flightsimming that won't cost you a fortune.
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I want to be mad that there's no upgrade option for P3D. But then I remembered I have purchased pretty much every edition of MSFS since 5.1. Edit: I even upgraded to Windows 95 to run FS95(or 98?)
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If only developers weren't such pricks and would just release their addons for both, maybe I'd consider getting V3. Im not spending an extra 29 bucks per addon for no good reason. I regret rage buying 2.5 to begin with.
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EvilJoven posted:If only developers weren't such pricks and would just release their addons for both, maybe I'd consider getting V3. Im not spending an extra 29 bucks per addon for no good reason. Same. All my favorite planes are PMDG poo poo, and I'm not re-buying them for 2.5
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The Ferret King posted:A 152 flies itself. Get your license first then use the sim to practice instrument navigation and dead reckoning. And comms, oh god please practice comms.
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I know quite of you have ArmA and I'm hosting a thing  Friday Evening starting at7 PM CDT I'll try to firm up the time tomorrow. As always, no mods required.EDIT: it's a new Co-op CTI thing that's a lot more streamlined, has revive, can do on the fly squad management, a decent spawn/HALO system and is overall a good mission. There's even friendly AI squad control with Zeus but in a not cheesy way. I had a handful of people playing it tonight and it ran well. EDIT2: It runs even better when you throw it on a dedicated server backed by another PC with a headless client processing AI. EvilJoven fucked around with this message at 09:42 on Oct 23, 2015 |
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Oct 22, 2015 06:01
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Um. I think gog.com just undermined the Falcon 4.0 CD market. http://www.gog.com/game/falcon_collection
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I'll add that to the OP when I get home tonight.
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all the falcons. man flight simming has come a long way I hope more classic flight sims come to gog, the 90s was pretty awesome for cool immersive flight sims.
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Megadyptes posted:all the falcons. man flight simming has come a long way The font and general appearance remind me a lot of JetFighter II.  Good times as a kid playing that on my old CH FlightStick while marveling at the "realistic" 3D graphics (which were pretty drat awesome for 1990).
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Those early blocky textureless polygon 3d engines of the early 90s were great and hold up better than the blurry textured mess engines that followed just after. I remember playing F-14 Fleet Defender a lot as a kid but the low res textures put me off when I tried playing it recently, however I can still put an hour or two into Red Baron 1 now and then without any problems. That gog Falcon collection is a bit weird, Falcon 4.0 doesn't appear in the Galaxy client as a seperate title like the other three Falcon games do, you have to download it as an 'extra' from the Falcon Gold Game Extras option 
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Megadyptes posted:all the falcons. man flight simming has come a long way And here I am all butthurt I can't find satellite imaging for Colorado in X-Plane, lol.
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Flew this on the ol' TRS 80: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmkYVSbodw4 and thought that was incredible 3D. Christ, I'm old.
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Megadyptes posted:Those early blocky textureless polygon 3d engines of the early 90s were great and hold up better than the blurry textured mess engines that followed just after. I remember playing F-14 Fleet Defender a lot as a kid but the low res textures put me off when I tried playing it recently, however I can still put an hour or two into Red Baron 1 now and then without any problems. Falcon 4.0 is an extra because it is provided "as is" apparently.
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Can one of you nerds walk me through setting up my X55 HOTAS with IL2: 1946? http://steamcommunity.com/id/allhoogeverything/
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What is the benefit of the Falcon 4.0 over BMS? BMS is pretty much more simmier sim in every way.
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there is none gameplay wise, it's just a legal and convenient way to get your hands on the .exe BMS needs for installation.
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'I must legally acquire the executable for a game that has been out of print for over a decade or I can't legally use this mod that the makers were forced to release as a free product because the original game's rights holders attacked them with lawyers' - a flight sim autist
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A high percentage of pro flight simmers must be on the spectrum 
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In other flight sim news, Orbx have released Meigs Field for FSX, the classic airport that was the default start of almost every version of Flight Sim until FS 2004 until it was torn up by the mayor of Chicago. it's also exclusive to the Steam Edition until sometime next year, like what they did with their Friday Harbour addon a few weeks back. I guess Dovetail are throwing money at devs to try and get steam exclusivity for a while.
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Megadyptes posted:A high percentage of pro flight simmers must be on the spectrum It ain't trains, but it's close.
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tubeliners are the trains of the sky
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I bought ActiveSky Next (on sale right now from SimMarket for a few bux more if you might want it for P3D as well as FSX) as well as the A2A Accu-Feel addon. Then I immediately loaded up at a place what was experiencing severe turbulence.  
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Yeah I bought it before it got offered on Steam. Well worth the money, blows the stock FSX weather out of the water. Also, you get a discount on it if you are upgrading from ASE or AS2012 (Mine was an upgrade)
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It is possible to really fancy up FSX/P3D if you have the cash or keep an eye out for sales.
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Forums Terrorist posted:It is possible to really fancy up FSX/P3D if you have the cash or keep an eye out for sales. I have Activesky, FSUIPC, WideFS, a bunch of add-on scenery and aircraft plus peripheral hardware. I don't even want to know what I've spent on FSX/P3D over the years. It's gotta be close to a grand at this point.
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