Gaming Digital Combat Simulator Thread

[MaverickSawyer]

So, some guy did a near-perfect shot-for-shot remake of the first few minutes of flight footage from "Top Gun"... and it's pretty slick.

[ame]http://youtu.be/jsfeJS4KytQ[/ame]

 

[Fabri91]

And today the F-16C has been released in early access:

Personally I'll probably buy it when it's more complete at a later date, though.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Man, they keep upping their game with these trailers... Talk about making the hair on the back of your neck stand on end!

 

[Topper]

I will wait to buy the F-16 till they have finished it, maybe in the first discount offer, because of my expirences with the hornet. I love flying the hornet and it's still a great module, but I never thought that it will takes so long to complete this module (more than a year now?), so I decided to not buy an early access module again for the moment. In my mind they should have finished the hornet first before developing a new complex module like the F-16. Never the less, I'm sure that the F-16 is / will be a great module also!

 

[Topper]

Today I've seen this very good summary of DCS. I hope that the guys from ED will watch this ;-):


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSTEopbdZ-o"]DCS: A Beautiful Mess. Its History, the good, the bad, and the ugly. - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Fabri91]

Honestly, I couldn't agree more to what was said in the video.

It's irritating because DCS has it's moments where it's absolutely brilliant, but then on other occasions the core aspects are such a let down.

Changing topic: is anyone up for an online flight every now and then?

 

[Urwumpe]

Changing topic: is anyone up for an online flight every now and then?

Still no replacement GPU/Computer. I suspect I'll need a year to get the A-10C skills back.

 

[kerlix]

Still no replacement GPU/Computer. I suspect I'll need a year to get the A-10C skills back.

I tried to go back to flying after taking 6-8 months off (and changing computers) and I was so frustrated I gave up ha.

I used to be able to fly the A-10C in my sleep. It took me forever to map everything back to my stick/throttle and then I was still having issues remembering what the mappings were and what they did.

I would love to get back into it but I just don't have the time to dedicate to relearning everything. I feel it will be take a lot of time.

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[Urwumpe]

I tried to go back to flying after taking 6-8 months off (and changing computers) and I was so frustrated I gave up ha.

I used to be able to fly the A-10C in my sleep. It took me forever to map everything back to my stick/throttle and then I was still having issues remembering what the mappings were and what they did.

I would love to get back into it but I just don't have the time to dedicate to relearning everything. I feel it will be take a lot of time.

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The main problem for me is always the emergency procedures... That is usually the point where I am busy searching.

 

[Fabri91]

The main problem for me is always the emergency procedures... That is usually the point where I am busy searching.

"Just trim it out" :lol:

But don't worry, should we manage to setup the occasional online flight I was thinking at least initially about more of a "training range" setup since I'm a bit rusty myself.

 

[Topper]

Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but did someone else remember EF2000? It was a briliant combat flight simulator for MS DOS with "VR Support" ;-) (I never tested the VR functionality ;-)) and a cool dynamic campain. I guess it was before Falcon 4.0 in 1995! Just because the did series was missed in the video... Later they made F22 Total Air War, but then DID was closed I guess :-(

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY_3S-LJ8Us"]EF2000 'Training Missions (PC/DOS) DiD, 1995 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Urwumpe]

I had EF2000 in the Windows 95 version. The most epic feature of it was its dynamic campaign engine.

 

[Fabri91]

So, recently I've been trying to get back into the Harrier, due to it being a much more mature product now and the addition of Baltic Dragon's excellent training missions:

Such a FARP landing isn't something seen everyday:

 

[Topper]

I like the feeling of flying and hovering the Harrier because it's the most similar feeling in DCS to fly the DG in Orbiter :lol:.

 

[Fabri91]

I never actually thought of that, but yes, it's indeed quite similar.

Except you have to watch your water level and after it's gone down you go like a rock.

If only the variant depicted in DCS could actually carry AMRAAMS:

 

[Notebook]

Yes, keep an eye on your fluids...

 

[Topper]

The real A10's (It's my favorit modules in DCS) will get one more update in real life, and so thy will not be retired before 2030; So there is live in old hogs:

This will include

- New Wings
- New HMD
- Ground Radar Pod...
as far as I understood that video...

But I gues ED is not allowed to put this updates to in the sim :-(

 

[Urwumpe]

Sound all like reasonable upgrades, especially the HMD makes sense for the A-10, if it is not the most complicated version, but more like in the Apache helicopters. Just don't put fragile stuff into it...

 

[Donamy]

I didn't know it was good luck, popping flares after re-fueling.

 

[Urwumpe]

I didn't know it was good luck, popping flares after re-fueling.

Well, remember the flame propagation speed is much slower than the speed of a fully-loaded american warthog...