B-17: The Mighty Eighth

[Captain Dave]

I have'nt played this Sim in ages. The one thing I never liked about it is you can't save the game at any time. Other than that, it's a good Sim.

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by Captain Dave

The one thing I never liked about it is you can't save the game at any time.

To be fair, I'm pretty sure this is true of the vast majority of flight sims. I think one difference here is just that the average B-17 mission tends to be quite long

On the other hand, it does have a very functional time-skip function for those of us in a rush

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by CCIP

On the other hand, it does have a very functional time-skip function for those of us in a rush

Yeah, until the Navigator is lost.

"I don't know where we are!" = No time skip for you

[Deranged]

Originally Posted by Captain Dave

I have'nt played this Sim in ages. The one thing I never liked about it is you can't save the game at any time. Other than that, it's a good Sim.

There is a save game/load game feature. When you are on the office areas, ESC will bring you to the Options menu. In there, there is a image of a floppy disk. That's where you can save and load games.

[Captain Dave]

I know about the save after the mission, you just can't save anytime you're flying. The creator of the sim was very adamant about that. Says the real life flyers couldn't just quit in the middle of a mission.

[Eichhörnchen]

I loved playing this sim as an air-gunner: great realism in the way enemy a/c attacked and peeled away. One thing that always bugged me though (and I tried in vain to get rid of it) was the intrusive noise of the turret motor.