Thoughts on Milviz Stuka?

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DaveKDEN

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Anyone care to offer their thoughts? Looking for constructive but honest (i.e., no slams) feedback. Looks like it's a great visual model, but is it too taxing on older systems? Also, while I like the option of "realistic" procedures, sometimes I like to just hop in and fly without all the fuss.
Thanks in advance.
 
I have a i7 960 cpu, which is a quad core running overclocked at 3,6 GHz.
It runs with a NVidia GTX480.
So both my cpu and video card are quite old now.
The Stuka has a small impact on the FPS but it's not critical. In fact, the general FPS impact is much lower than their Baron B-55 for example, which is almost unflyable on my system (unless I set the FPS to unlimited, which I don't do anymore). In fact, I might compare the impact of the Stuka with their Sabre, perhaps just a bit more, but I haven't tested the Sabre since quite a while (I'm more into the slow planes currently).

The 3D model is really, REALLY cool, especially in the cockpit, which is simply magnificient.
The sounds are nice, but I'm not totally happy with them, I can't exactely explain why... it's just a feeling.
There is a siren, but its sound seems, on my system, to run a constant speed instead of varying with speed.
The flight model seems to be fairly realistic, but I'm no expert there. The behavior reminds me of the Stuka in the early IL-2 series, which is a good start I think.

There is a load manager which is quite well done, if I remember correctly. EDIT: nope, I don't remember correctly :p I just launched a flight to test, there is NO load manager, sorry :/

There is a special "auto-recovery" diving mode which is interesting, but the bomb you drop has quite a strange behavior in my opinion.... the impact location seems off.

Overall I have to say I'm quite happy with that plane.
 
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Daube said:
I have a i7 960 cpu, which is a quad core running overclocked at 3,6 GHz.
It runs with a NVidia GTX480.
So both my cpu and video card are quite old now.
The Stuka has a small impact on the FPS but it's not critical. In fact, the general FPS impact is much lower than their Baron B-55 for example, which is almost unflyable on my system (unless I set the FPS to unlimited, which I don't do anymore). In fact, I might compare the impact of the Stuka with their Sabre, perhaps just a bit more, but I haven't tested the Sabre since quite a while (I'm more into the slow planes currently).

The 3D model is really, REALLY cool, especially in the cockpit, which is simply magnificient.
The sounds are nice, but I'm not totally happy with them, I can't exactely explain why... it's just a feeling.
There is a siren, but its sound seems, on my system, to run a constant speed instead of varying with speed.
The flight model seems to be fairly realistic, but I'm no expert there. The behavior reminds me of the Stuka in the early IL-2 series, which is a good start I think.

There is a load manager which is quite well done, if I remember correctly. EDIT: nope, I don't remember correctly :p I just launched a flight to test, there is NO load manager, sorry :/

There is a special "auto-recovery" diving mode which is interesting, but the bomb you drop has quite a strange behavior in my opinion.... the impact location seems off.

Overall I have to say I'm quite happy with that plane.
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Thank you very much! Is there a quick start option using ctrl+e, or will the engine continue running when loaded from a different aircraft?
 
I never use ctrl E to start any aircraft (each to their own) but I believe the answer must be no to both because if I ever forget the fuel pump in the start routine it won't start.
 
The cntl-E default start option should only be used for stock Microsoft aircraft that were designed to use it. Most of the commercial and some of the freeware add-on aircraft use specialized code to perform actions such as engine start and use of the cntl-E keyboard command might well bypass those coded actions and result in bad performance.

Therefore, it is best to use manual start procedures in accordance with the design studios documentation.

Ken
 
DaveKDEN said:
Thank you very much! Is there a quick start option using ctrl+e, or will the engine continue running when loaded from a different aircraft?
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As already answered by the other members above, the plane will NOT start with CTRL+E.
However, starting that plane is everything but complex. Just a few switches and you're good to go. I could start it without reading the manual.
The only thing to keep in mind is that this plane has no BATTERY switch, so if you load it cold&dark, you'll have to think about using that command to switch the "electrics" ON. On my sim, it's SHIFT+M, it switches both battery AND generator.
Once this is done, just select the fuel tank, turn the fuel pump on, and trigger the starter. :)
 
Daube said:
As already answered by the other members above, the plane will NOT start with CTRL+E.
However, starting that plane is everything but complex. Just a few switches and you're good to go. I could start it without reading the manual.
The only thing to keep in mind is that this plane has no BATTERY switch, so if you load it cold&dark, you'll have to think about using that command to switch the "electrics" ON. On my sim, it's SHIFT+M, it switches both battery AND generator.
Once this is done, just select the fuel tank, turn the fuel pump on, and trigger the starter. :)
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Thanks, I appreciate all the feedback.
 
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