Rise of Flight, anybody?

[JIMJAM]

FYI- My brand new X-52 stick was pulling to the right. In calibration it was also not centering but far right.
I took off the base to spray soime cleaner on the contacts and found the problem. There are 2 screws that hold a brace which the pot is attached. They were loose allowing the pot to move when the stick was moved side to side thus throwing it outta whack.
So before you toss a stick, remember that even a new one can have a simple loose screw.

I have purchased the ones up until the latest two. All are of equal quality as the ones in game. Just a difficult to fly also.

 

[Reddog]

Question: how long does the sim take to come so you are ready to fly? My friend has this and for him it takes 20 to 30 minutes, is that normal?

 

[spotlope]

20 to 30 minutes? Good grief! Maybe I'm just living right, but it only takes me a couple of minutes tops until I'm into a mission. Maybe 5 for loading a campaign. That's with a plain old 7200 RPM SATAII drive, too. Maybe your friend needs to defrag his drive or something.

 

[JIMJAM]

On my I7 machine, Vista 64,6 gigs ram,Raptor hd, the start mission load time is approx 50 seconds.
Not long but betreen each and every crash, shootdown,flight,exit, it really gets old.

 

[Reddog]

Thanks guys, he also has it installed on a external HD would that make a difference?

 

[Snuffy]

Maybe he needs cable ... or broad band and not a twisted pair modem?

 

[MudMarine]

Thanks guys, he also has it installed on a external HD would that make a difference?

Do you have ultimate Defrag or a simular program? I think that defraging might help......or not? My mission load time is about a minute or two.

 

[some1]

Thanks guys, he also has it installed on a external HD would that make a difference?

External HD could be anything, WD Raptor plugged on eSATA or old laptop 2,5" drive using USB 1.1

USB 2.0 drives are 2-4 times slower than normal drives connected with SATA cables. Not to mention older USB 1.1 which is much slower.

 

[MudMarine]

The S.E.5a is nice! Good turn rate, fast, semi-stable, good in a dive or roll. The only thing weak about it is the guns which isn't much diffrent from the rest of the lot.

 

[d0mokun]

Indeed, the SE.5a is superb! Bring on the Camel (hopefully)! :ernae:

 

[Reddog]

Another question: Will the ch yoke and pedals work in this sim??

 

[Anneke]

Another question: Will the ch yoke and pedals work in this sim??

Yes see this for example: http://riseofflight.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=106&t=1161 (read through the post)

I had my CH stuff up and running with some trail and error in 15 minutes..CH Throttle and Pedals both USB and a MS SW FF 2 stick.

Great fun!

 

[Scratch]

I really like this one

 

[Musicman]

I'm enjoying the new planes!:ernae:

 

[Nick C]

Well I have it and at last set it up, but I haven't got any farther than the Spad. But, I think it's looking very promising!

 

[bushpilot]

Great shots Nick! I was almost about to ask what addon scenery you have, because it looks so good LOL

 

[BananaBob]

Great shots Nick, don't you just love the soft shadows going through the pit? :ernae:

 

[Nick C]

Yeah the shadows are great Bob, nice shots too mate!

 

[Mithrin]

I really like this one

Oh Hank Burden's Maybe? Now I'll have to get that one for sure. I only just started training, not that its' really needed but still. I'll go fetch this plane now. Initially I had some trouble getting the game to run but today I finally managed to get everything squared away! Time to rumble!

 

[DennyA]

Finally got this working reliably. Setting DOF (the depth of field blurriness, which is a nice effect) was consistently causing my computer to crash with a solid-colored screen (green, purple, etc.) a few minutes into the mission. Really annoying.

Fantastic sim, and anyone who doesn't buy this is no longer allowed to call themselves a combat simulator fan. The only thing that would make it better would be if it had World War II planes instead of WW I planes.