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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Unknown Target on February 12, 2005, 10:33:03 am
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Is anyone flying any particular flight sims online these days? I don't have Pacific Fighters/Forgotten Battles, so that basically takes me out of that arena, and LOMAC is just way too counter-intuitive and badly programmed.
Is there anything else to fly online with out there? I have CFS2 (11 people in the MS lobby ::doubt: ), Jane's WWII Fighters, and a couple others.
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I got Janes WW2 fighters. Still one of the best ww2 fighter sims out there after IL2. I wouldn't mind taking you on in multiplayer in it. :D
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I'am playing IL-2 quite regulary
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Sometimes I go into that secret thingy in Excel '97.
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What secret thingy in Excel '97?
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It's a secret!
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-Open Excel '97
-Hit ctrl and g
-Type x97: l97 and hit enter (there has to be a space between the colon and the l)
-Hit tab ONCE
-While holding down shift and ctrl, click on the Chart Wizard button in the toolbar (it's the one with the little picture of a bar graph)
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Yeah, LO-MAC is buggy with bad framerate issues.I really sujest you get IL-2, I think it's down to $20. Or if you got the PC to run it, GET IL-2FB, and if you want more get IL- FB: ACE expansion pack. I think their $20 a piece. And believe me, you will want to throw your CPU out the window after that ace gets you at the end of a mission. And be advised IL-2 is very realistic.:D
And if you get IL-2, I might just have to go on multi-player and shot you down.:nod: :yes:
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I played Aces High (http://www.hitechcreations.com/) for a little while a few year ago, and it was an awesome flight sim. Not sure what it's like now, but they give you a free 2 week trial.
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Mig Alley, that I mentioned in the WW1 thread, is said to be very good.
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I've heard of Mig Alley, but I'd really like a game that people still play.
And I used to have IL-2 (lost the disk)...I really don't want to spend all that dough on a game (IL2FB) without having gigantic super-duper awesomeness improvements over the original (IL2).
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yeah i just got IL-2 for 9.99 on tuesday
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FB+AEP+PF is where I'm at :)
LOMAC looks like fun but I hear problems technically. Maybe Lomac 1.1 will be better?
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I´m dying for some REAL flying, myself. One of my life dreams is to get my pilot´s license. And then, as soon as i win the lottery, i would buy a nice WWII fighter, like a P-51, and cruise the skies in total bliss.
But since all that is a long ways to go, i have to make due with "Secret Weapons over Normandy". It´s not a sim, it´s more an arcade game. But it´s much more fun to play. I have "Pacific Fighters" and "IL2", but those are way too hard. Half the time i´m scrolling through the keyboard looking for the right key to press. And the other half i´m pressing the wrong ones, and crashing in a blaze of anything but glory...
:p
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Originally posted by Swamp_Thing
I´m dying for some REAL flying, myself. One of my life dreams is to get my pilot´s license. And then, as soon as i win the lottery, i would buy a nice WWII fighter, like a P-51, and cruise the skies in total bliss.
But since all that is a long ways to go, i have to make due with "Secret Weapons over Normandy". It´s not a sim, it´s more an arcade game. But it´s much more fun to play. I have "Pacific Fighters" and "IL2", but those are way too hard. Half the time i´m scrolling through the keyboard looking for the right key to press. And the other half i´m pressing the wrong ones, and crashing in a blaze of anything but glory...
:p
Give Pacific Fighters some time and you'll get accustomed to it. I've memorized probably 85% of the total number of controls ranging from the level bombsight gear to all of the engine controls. Work your way up....it gets easier :)
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[color=66ff00]Tried playing X-plane last night. I was especially interested in flying around Mars as they have rather accurate topographic data as a result of the satelites sent there.
Didn't like my wingman force feedback stick and was not actually that much fun so I deleted it. -_-
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You needlesly degrade LOMAC.
Ubisoft pulled the plug on ED so they were pushed into an early release.
1.1 is bound to be tons better. I will probably buy it.
LOMAC however is far from being as unstable or performance low as some put it. It was designed with high-grade top of the line PCs in mind - therefore you won't use the high detail on an average system.
I have a pretty outdated videocard that forces me to use the lowest possible detail, and LOMAC still benches most of the compentition IMHO.
There is a trick though:
First off, apply the patch. It solves the 99% of the buggyness.
Next - use Loman.
It is user made app to in-depth tailor the settings of the game. It is widely used by the community and it also makes adding usermade training, missions, campaigns as well as mods a breeze.
Last: grab the fast overcast mod and the optimized explosions mod.
Those two features went a bit over the top, but with them replaced / toned down even my obsolate system could handle the game flawlessly.
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My next problem is that I've yet to see LoMac in a store...when I do, I'll grab it!
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You could've gotten PA and got LOMAC free along with it (that's the deal they're shipping now) :)
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Yeahhhh....but that came out after I bought PF :D
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I fly x-plane a lot, there's a pretty good online community down at www.x-plane.org - they hold a fly-in at different locations every Sunday, we usually get around 10-20 people on. Which is plenty for one airport :)
I mainly use it for its accuracy. The best simulator I know of for realistic helicopter flying, and the planes ain't half bad either. But as maeglamor pointed out, it's not a game - it's mainly for people serious about learning to fly, or simulating flying realistically. The graphics are alright, but nowhere near what they could be.