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OT: A-10C
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jmig
SOH-CM-2025
Gentlemen, I would like to commend each of you on a well discussed thread that did not get sucked into the black hole of argumentative writing. Each of you spoke your thoughts with empathy and consideration for the other posters.
Well done!!
I also found it to be an informative thread.
Well done!!
I also found it to be an informative thread.
peter12213
FSX Acceleration!
To be honest I have had LOMAC sitting on my DVD pile for over a year and never bothered trying it, if it wasn't for this thread I never would have probably, so I just want to say thanks for that anyway, it's kinda like a bit of a sad thank you because while I'm stuck here at work all I'm thinking about is getting back home to Lomac lol, however I have been skyving and going on the lomac website and saw flaming cliffs two, so I was wondering is that a free addon for the game??
Checksix all they announced I believe for DCS, was the Apache, A10 and of course Blackshark, which wasnt complete by time of announcement of the three.
Oh oh, completly forgot, remember that DCS and the Engines developers are only one developer in the combat arena, as well as Strike fighter you also have the thunderworks boys working on a Falklands sim.
Oh oh, completly forgot, remember that DCS and the Engines developers are only one developer in the combat arena, as well as Strike fighter you also have the thunderworks boys working on a Falklands sim.
No, it's a payware addon. It is basically LockOn: Flaming Cliffs on DCS engine. You need original LockOn to install LO:FC2. LO:FC1 is not needed. It's online compatible with DCS: Black Shark.
Lewis - you've forgot about XSI and Lead Pursuit. They are probably working on something
peter12213
FSX Acceleration!
What I really want is a Su 17/22 Fitter for the original Lomac, anyone know where to get one?
centuryseries
SOH-CM-2023
"Dude" while I didn't know they had a contract with the USAF for the A-10C, I completely understand the pressures of the market place being a payware modeller for FSX and working in a retail enviroment outside of this lark. It is just an opinion, as I said before - a wish for something different. Its obvious why they chose the A-10 - apart from the fact it's half way there in the original Lomac, its also a proven popular aircraft amongst us lot.
It's a shame that other than the Falklands Harrier sim thats coming one day that these producers don't take a gamble anymore, like they did with Megafortress, F-117, and even the Blackshark. Frankly, my personal preference is not Russian aircraft, but I bought Flanker and was impressed by the fact that they had decided to stick their necks out by fielding a Russian type orientated simulator in the western world.
You probably know that they very nearly decided on an F/A-18 - I remember seeing screenshots of a highly detailed F/A-18 model, the shell we see in Blackshark and Lock-on Gold. Even that would have quenched my need for a fast mud mover.
Variety would be good. A-7 or Phantom would be a great choice! But I know that no-one has the balls to take that sort of risk.
Bjoern
worst developer ever
AF was developed by full-time employees for a commercial purpose and not by fans in their free time, hence the differences in stability.
Although the current iteration of FF is apparently quite stable in Win XP environments.
EECH is basically a one-man show. I wouldn't expect from Arneh to undertake any significant modifications to the game engine since it's very, very a time-consuming process. If the sim had been more popular from the start there would be many more people working on it and the engine would be at least DX9 compatible by now.
Actually, it doesn't it just puts the focus elsewhere and leaves other things rather basic.
Which, of course isn't the best thing for me as a terrain, AI and ATC fanboy but well, they're the developers...
And Flightgear has come a pretty long way. It looks fairly good now, but it's UI and method of assigning controls are still very user-unfriendly.
NO DYNAMIC CAMPAIGN!
The only thing between full time employees and spare time developers is that the full timers get things done much faster since it's basically their source for income.
The advantage of open source is that you can take roads not previously traveled and experiment a bit without fearing that your project won't generate any money.
What we really need is a Jane's ATF or Jne's USAF completely rebuilt from ground up
No offense, but can we please stop with the "We need..." stuff?
It's like we was one giant hivemind that loves the same sims, same aircraft and same aspects of a sim...which simply isn't true.
Please?
FMs? Maybe.
Systems? No! Any default aircraft in FSX's portfolio is tenfold more complex than SF(2)'s aircraft.
But as you said, that's one pillar of the fun you get with Thirdwire's sims. Jump in, release the brakes and roar skyward to make your country proud without worrying about flameouts, unreliable engines, birdstrikes, that unpolished spot on your aircraft that could decrease speed by 0.0000001%, the worn out hydraulics tubes in your plane that could rupture or not, etc...
Lewis - you've forgot about XSI and Lead Pursuit. They are probably working on something
Falcon 5. *Crosses fingers*
I don't think that's possible.
There's some for Strike Fighters though.
That's exactly my point.
XP environments
I can't finish even one mission without crashes or video artifacts.I know that. Doesn't matter how much he will upgrade avionics of Apache it will be still the same EECH with more and more outdated graphics and no clickable cockpit.
NO DYNAMIC CAMPAIGN!
Dynamic campaign would be nice feature, but I prefer nice graphics, ATC, clickable cockpits, advanced avionics and systems, accurate weapons and custom crafted missions.
There is one problem with open source software. Most of team members have their own, different vision of the project. That's why I don't see any future in most of these projects.
These one looks interesting though:
http://cms.simtechnologies.de/screenshots.html
Me too.
Bjoern
worst developer ever
I was just saying...*Shrugs*
XP environments
But other people can, so it doesn't necessarily make the software faulty.
But with a dynamic campaign and the RAH-66 which are my main reasons why I like it.
Dynamic campaign would be nice feature, but I prefer nice graphics, ATC, clickable cockpits, advanced avionics and systems, accurate weapons and custom crafted missions.
I don't need the avionics, I want a well depicted, dynamic, interactive environment.
The problem also persists in commercial software developed by more than one person.
But thankfully there's stuff like communication. After all, everyone willing to contribute shares one common goal in the end.
That sounds cool, but I have my doubts about some of their goals.
Good luck to them though.
The modularity s interesting.
If the engine is open it *might* be useful for enhancements that turn this sim not only into a flight sim, but into a full blown battlefield one.
I've always dreamed of a battlefield simulation that could account for players in ground, naval and aerial warfare roles, fighting (online) in conjunction with thousands of AI units on a grand (theater) scale...
peter12213
FSX Acceleration!
thats going tp be the best combat flight sim in the world when its out I believe, I havent even touched fsx this week at all because of lomac, i'm completely addicted to it and really crap at it too because i'm still learning everything and thats what I love about that game, the weapon systems management just blows fsx out of the water! But it doesn't even come close graphics wise which is its major downfall!
Short inteview:
http://www.simhq.com/_air13/air_456a.html
High resolution screenshots:
http://www.simhq.com/warthog/warthog_downloads.html
http://www.simhq.com/_air13/air_456a.html
High resolution screenshots:
http://www.simhq.com/warthog/warthog_downloads.html
centuryseries
SOH-CM-2023
So we get an F-15E (nice to see the Lakenheath aircraft represented), we get KC-135s to refuel from as well as KC-10s, and a shiny new A-10C to fly - I'm in heaven!!
heywooood
Mayor Emeritus of Taco City
I am also a big fan of ED and will be buying the A-10 for DCS....I love Lomac and BS and this is the next item in that line. That = purchase for me.
But it is yet another land based (if you will) combat flightsim
Now - What I think is missing from flight sims - and we have WWI in RoF (and OFF yet) WWII in Maddox Games il2 full iterations and WoP from Gaijin, we have the WoV strikefighters compilations which are dated but Ok - and we have Lomac et al and DCS/BS
what I would like to see and I hope someone is paying attention - is a dedicated Pacific US-centric Carrier based simulation series...Starting with the WWII (and prewar) including extremely high fidelity ships and carriers through the Korean conflict and Vietnam - to modern day including but not limited to aircraft, tactics, campaigns, maps/regions etc...
Obviously all Soviet, British (where applicable) and Japanese equipment would also have to be modeled and usable
So far - there has been no more than a nod to the Carrier based aerial warfare of the 20th century from Il2 and Lomac (one an addon pack and the other mostly 3rd party mods) so isnt it about time that one came along that was created for and dedicated to Naval Aviation with ships and planes and terrain and seas and weather all modeled in the same high fidelity?
anyways I think it is
But it is yet another land based (if you will) combat flightsim
Now - What I think is missing from flight sims - and we have WWI in RoF (and OFF yet) WWII in Maddox Games il2 full iterations and WoP from Gaijin, we have the WoV strikefighters compilations which are dated but Ok - and we have Lomac et al and DCS/BS
what I would like to see and I hope someone is paying attention - is a dedicated Pacific US-centric Carrier based simulation series...Starting with the WWII (and prewar) including extremely high fidelity ships and carriers through the Korean conflict and Vietnam - to modern day including but not limited to aircraft, tactics, campaigns, maps/regions etc...
Obviously all Soviet, British (where applicable) and Japanese equipment would also have to be modeled and usable
So far - there has been no more than a nod to the Carrier based aerial warfare of the 20th century from Il2 and Lomac (one an addon pack and the other mostly 3rd party mods) so isnt it about time that one came along that was created for and dedicated to Naval Aviation with ships and planes and terrain and seas and weather all modeled in the same high fidelity?
anyways I think it is
krazycolin
Banned
well, I'm going to buy it.... and I'm making an A-10....