Helo & Flightsim Screenshot Thread!

[Dowly]

"That's a very nice tank you have there... Shame if something would happen to it...."
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Creeper_Kamov.jpg

[Oberon]

:yeah: SSSSSSSSSssplendid

[Arclight]

I was thinking gorgeousssssssss. :yep:

[Dowly]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/joystick.gif
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Arclight_Dowly_AttOnKrymsk.jpg

[Arclight]

Has to be the most bad-ass helo ever. :yeah:

Think I'll scour that track a bit as well at some point. Need to save it. :hmmm:

[TarJak]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/ZeroAirfix.jpg

[Oberon]

I usually do those kits in reverse. :yep:

[Dowly]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/DCS_1-1.jpg
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/DCS_2-1.jpg
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/DCS_3-1.jpg
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/DCS_4-1.jpg
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/DCS_5-1.jpg
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/DCS_6-1.jpg

[[501]Otto]

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/851/trainingd.jpg

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6061/14062011124531.jpg
This is what happens when a mob of Zeros turns the wrong way while trying to chase down a Wildcat.

[Biggles]

A cookie awaits the fine fellow who can identify this little bird! :D
http://oi51.tinypic.com/160akxx.jpg

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Sopwith Dolphin?:hmmm:

[Biggles]

Noooo :03:

[Schwieger]

Albatross?

[Biggles]

Nope! Is it really that hard? I thought it'd be easy, even in the dark :haha:

Here's a hint: Look at the wingspan. Bit broad for a single seater, isn't it?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Bristol F.2B :hmmm:


Edit - is there a cash alternative, my PC keeps deleting my cookies!

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

A Spad?

[Biggles]

Bristol F.2B :hmmm:


Edit - is there a cash alternative, my PC keeps deleting my cookies!

Bristol it is! :yeah:

I'll upload a better picture soon, I just bought it the other day, beautiful crate this one!

[reignofdeath]

So after seeing all these wonderful pictures, where can I get some real nice realistic looking skins for IL-2, or better yet, is there a tool where I can do the skins myself??

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

For the skins that I've made for IL-2 I used a program called Gimp http://www.gimp.org/, also theres a tutoral on how to make skins using Gimp out there some where.

[TarJak]

Plenty of skins over at mission4today.com. Check out simmerspaintshop.com for tutorials and tools for making your own.

[Oberon]

The other day I was lying in bed, it was a sunny morning and I was contemplating getting up, when I heard a noise...it was familiar...where had I heard this noise before? Band of Brothers?

Wait...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyUJIC6I7ic&feature=related

WTF?!

A quick dash out of bed gave me the view of a DC-3 flying overhead at about 150ft, wow!

She's been over about three times since, alas I have only got a good look at the back of her, but the sound and shape confirms it to be a DC-3. We've had one fly over before, we think there's a chap in Holland who owns her and he brings her over from time to time, but this is the first time he's come over so low.

So...

I just had to do a flight from Rotterdam to Bentwaters in a C-47 on FSX...aaaand I did it, landed her too...although it was a bit...of a long one and a bit hard on the brakes...but she didn't ground-flip so that's always a good thing :haha:

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7839/dc3v.jpg

[Biggles]

Come, me puppies! :D
http://oi56.tinypic.com/262v7rr.jpg

[Skybird]

Two FS9 galleries of around 20 pics each. The first is preparing a Boeing 737/BJ at the gate in nightly Leipzig, taxing, flying, and then approaching Frankfurt by night, with focus on illustrating the virtual cockpit of iFly's 737.

http://imageshack.us/g/840/b01cp.jpg/

The second, again around 20 pics, is a Lufthansa Boeing 737/700 standing at the gate of Mega-Airport Zurich, zoomed in on from orbit, with some random impressions from another approach to Zurich by night at the end. Service action around the plane provided by AES.

http://imageshack.us/g/16/a01y.jpg/

I provided both galleries in the iFly 737 thread as well.

[TarJak]

Very pretty stuff Skybird.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Me110C4.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Me110C4-2.jpg

Farewell to Spain
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Spain109Line1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Spain109Line2.jpg

[Biggles]

Dunno why I didn't like the Albie at first, it's great fun! :D
http://oi52.tinypic.com/ruqtzp.jpg

[Skybird]

FS 2004, iFly 737, Mega Airport Munich X (Aerosoft)
original 1680x1050 .bmp, converted to .jpg

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6936/fsscr000i.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/fsscr000i.jpg/)


http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4310/b13ra.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/b13ra.jpg/)


http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8956/fsscr001.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/fsscr001.jpg/)

[max-peck]

So, I've decided to give Free Falcon a go.
Man it's hard work.

Training first.
After congratulating myself on taxiing and taking off successfully, I did a quick check of the external view.

Fail
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/7143/failva.jpg
Thought it sounded a bit loud.

Next attempt, close canopy before takeoff.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8546/takeoff1.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6736/takeoff2g.jpg

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8772/successcf.jpg

It's taken me all day to get to this point, but I'm happy.

Mind you, most of the time was spent printing the manual. :DL

[GSpector]

So, I've decided to give Free Falcon a go.
Man it's hard work.




Free Falcon?:06:
Looks great:yeah:. I'm guessing this is a version after Falcon 3.0.

[max-peck]

Free Falcon 5.5.5
http://www.freefalcon.com/forum/content.php?124-FreeFalcon-5.5.5-Upgrade&

It does look lovely doesn't it?

I still can't quite believe this is free :DL

[max-peck]

Training Mission 8 - Visual Landing from 10 miles out on Final

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/8278/landing1.jpg

Does this count? :oops:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Any landing you can walk away from is a good one, so that counts by my book! :yeah:

I've never got on with either Falcon 4.0 AF or Free Falcon in the past, may have to give the latest FF a blast though :yep:

[[501]Otto]

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5532/57868738.jpg

[Oberon]

Great pic Otto, saw that over at simHQ :yep:

[GSpector]

:o Wow, what Sim is that pic from Otto? I love that the Aircraft in the Hanger was damaged by the blast. :up:

[[501]Otto]

:o Wow, what Sim is that pic from Otto? I love that the Aircraft in the Hanger was damaged by the blast. :up:
Cliffs of Dover, mate ;)

[GSpector]

Well, it's a shame the graphics are soo good and yet the sim is just a bit to arcadie for me. Did not seem to have a very good campaign mode.

[Dowly]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/o-matic.jpg

[TarJak]

Nice rotors Dowly!

Gelb Eins
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Gelbe1-03.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Gelbe1-02.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Gelbe1-01.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Gelbe1.jpg

[GSpector]

Wow Tarjak, the detail level is awesome.

[TarJak]

Cheers just IL-2 with UP3 RC3 and a couple of other mods.

[GSpector]

IL-2 I have not flown in several years. I do not recall it looking that good. I may have to see if I can find my old CDs. :salute: I liked how the campaigns worked in it.

What are UP3 & RC3?

I noticed you had the mod to show the correct war period markings :up:

[Oberon]

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/8003/screenshot000em.jpg
Ha-ha!! Air! Sky! Rotors! Warning klaxon!

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/5290/screenshot001no.jpg
Rotors are overrotored...I mean overrated.

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3788/screenshot002kek.jpg
Yeah....the rotors are supposed to go around...NOT THE HELO!!

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2631/screenshot003vx.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAcnDevkTnc http://qpawn.beardedfool.com/forum/images/smilies/facepalm.gif

[Arclight]

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/DCS%20Ka-50/ScreenShot_038.jpg
What goes up...

[TarJak]

IL-2 I have not flown in several years. I do not recall it looking that good. I may have to see if I can find my old CDs. :salute: I liked how the campaigns worked in it.

What are UP3 & RC3?

I noticed you had the mod to show the correct war period markings :up:
UP3 RC3= UlstraPack3 Release Candidate 3 though I beleive they are up to RC4 now. It's a bit like GWX for IL2.

The skin giving the markings is a custom job.

You might want to look at tweaking your video settings a bit to get the right look for the effects and terrain as well.

[hawk2495]

Ok, not my best landing, not my worst, but you've got to love those phase-shifted barrier walls.
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p350/hawk2495/dcs2011-08-0702-16-29-49.jpg

http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p350/hawk2495/dcs2011-08-0702-16-26-84.jpg

http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p350/hawk2495/dcs2011-08-0702-16-24-44.jpg

[GSpector]

Not sure, but I think the "collision detection" needs a bit of work, LOL:har:

[Arclight]

Collision detection for the walls around a base? Why bother? Not like anyone is ever going to h-- Oh, right. :O:

[Oberon]

What goes up...


Perfect landing. :yep:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Great, more punters for Flight Nights :yeah:

@Oberon - you'll have your work cut out to crash as often as me! :nope:

[Oberon]

Great, more punters for Flight Nights :yeah:

@Oberon - you'll have your work cut out to crash as often as me! :nope:

http://www.myfacewhen.net/uploads/517-challenge-accepted.jpg

[[501]Otto]

Nice rotors Dowly!
Gelb Eins
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Gelbe1-03.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Gelbe1.jpg
:o:o Almost real!!! Very nice, indeed :rock:

Spitfire chasing
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7554/a17sr.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1654/a18k.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3177/a20u.jpg

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/554/77394427.jpg

[TarJak]

Yep IL-2 is almost as good graphically as CloD. About the only thing missing is dynamic shadows in the cockpits and some terrain pretties.:shucks:

[[501]Otto]

Yep IL-2 is almost as good graphically as CloD. About the only thing missing is dynamic shadows in the cockpits and some terrain pretties.:shucks:
I have it somewhere around here, will give it another try... mods recomended apart from UP3RC3?
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6840/62275859.jpg

[Dowly]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/SOP_Rockets.jpg
(Try #761 on South Ossetia Pirates ended in yet another parachuting lesson, but at least I found the damn camp this time. :shifty:)

[TarJak]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/hellcat-dawn-1.jpg

[hawk2495]

Oooh the Wildcat never looked so beautiful...:yeah:

[Dowly]

*Cue Jaws theme*
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Hind_Ambush_1.jpg

"SUPPPLIEEES!!" :woot:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Hind_Ambush_2.jpg


('Ambush', 'Republic' Custom campaign)

[Arclight]

You're probably the first to use those pods the way they were intended. :salute:

[Dowly]

The UPKs really shred the insides of whatever they hit. The first Hind (the mission
has you ambush a pair of them) lit up immediately from a small burst. :yep:

EDIT: How cool would it be to have 4x miniguns on Ka-50! :haha:

[Dowly]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/PowerLines.jpg

(Language Warning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BoDxFqx2so

:damn:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Yep, those wild ones just grow anywhere, you gotta watch out for them :yep:

[Oberon]

Ah yes...I do recall writing off a Ka-52 that way back in the EECH days. Always fun.

[Dowly]

Home sweet home, a welcome sight after an hour of flying in pitch black darkness. Bagged me an rebel corvette too! Yaay!

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Night_Ops_Sink_the_Molniya_RTB.jpg

[Oberon]

:hmmm:

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4482/screenshot049wx.jpg

[Dowly]

Pwettyyy, oh so pwettyy...
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/FC2_Fulcrum.jpg

[Dowly]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/2mig29s_effects.jpg
(http://s1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/?action=view&current=2mig29s_effects.jpg)(5 minutes later, my wingman was a burning heap of metal. Bloody AI, learn to land!)

[Oberon]

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/9584/ideay.jpg

:hmmm:

http://humanityquest.com/Themes/inspiration/Comics/images_Microsoft/%20BeanManIdeaLight.gif

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3140/manteo.jpg

Took off from Dare Regional Airport near Manteo, and headed south-south-west towards Cape Lookout where I know Irene has made landfall.
Strong winds and rain at Manteo but then scattered rain and sunshine on the way to Cape Lookout...conclusion - FSX does not like Hurricanes, even with ASE installed. Turned back after heading a bit south of Cape Lookout and then FSX crashed. Conclusion - FSX really does not like Hurricanes.

[AJ94CAP]

RISE OF FLIGHT:

http://i51.tinypic.com/oizqt5.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/4qnf9e.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/2hz3f68.jpg

Only the last one is unedited. :up:

[Biggles]

hmm...fighting Albatros with a DH2. Bad idea...
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/rof2011-05-0500-45-36-10.jpg

[Oberon]

Second attempt. This time with 'include hurricanes' ticked ON in ASE and with a better idea of what direction I need to go in.

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/995/hu1v.jpg

Much more like it, some turbulence (not too severe though) the air speed indicator shaking like a washing machine on full spin and my Hercules having difficulties at maintaining an up angle without pressure on the stick.
Headed out towards Lowland from Manteo, then curved south and headed towards Beaufort. Was just turning back when a real life thunderstorm interrupted flight. :damn:

[Crécy]

This time with 'include hurricanes' ticked ON in ASE

ASE? Some kind of a mod?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Active Sky Evolution - a payware ($50 :o) weather add on for FSX/FS9.

http://www.hifitechinc.com/products/active-sky-evolution





Maybe if MS got their act together in the first place...

[Herr-Berbunch]

Sorry, just mucking about with P'shop to create a chrome A10... Still learning (both the game and the program!) :D

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3421/chromea10c.jpg

[GSpector]

Sorry, just mucking about with P'shop to create a chrome A10... Still learning (both the game and the program!) :D




I can't imagine what the Radar Cross Section of a Chrome A-10c would be like.

"Sir, I'm not sure what it is on RADAR, but it's huge and coming our way rather slowly."

"Must be a lost C-5 cargo plane, it's no threat."
:salute:

[Herr-Berbunch]

'We have you in visual... ow, my eyes!'

[Oberon]

Philadelphia Experiment gone horribly wrong. :rotfl2:

[Biggles]

My first kill with the SPAD VII! :D
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/2011_9_3__12_18_10.jpg

http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/2011_9_3__12_20_10.jpg
Showing my commander I'm okay! (Moments later I was spinning out of control until I hit the ground with a tremendous force...the SPAD VII can be a real deathtrap) :-?

[Oberon]

You're telling me.

So, first time with Rise of Flight. I boot her up, select the default Spad and jump into a quick dogfight, just to see how it goes.

Yes, this is a familiar sight, the mad break and scramble for advantage, what's that grey thing on my righ-BLAM

Got my first kill!

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/4981/roft.jpg

(I've since learnt how to remove all the clutter)

[Biggles]

Heheh, the first dogfights I had tended to end up like that! :haha:

Collisions are reasonably common in this game, making it so much more nervwrecking when you enter a real furball! :D

[Arclight]

Yep, collision probability pretty high...

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/2011_9_5__2_13_36.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/2011_9_5__2_33_15.jpg

[Raptor1]

The typical results of a rapid execution of the Raptor Maneuvre: Heavily damaged aircraft nosed over in the middle of nowhere. In the background are two Jerries which were kind enough not to strafe me.

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/6899/rof1.jpg

Arclight tangles with some Jerries.

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/6568/rof2.jpg

The failed form of landing is presented by Task Force to the left, while the correct one is displayed by myself to the right.

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/470/rof3.jpg

Two dishes of cooked Albatros with a side of Fokker, please.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8397/rof4.jpg

Arclight displays his flying slow and steady skills...

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7168/rof5.jpg

...which I do not posses...

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/5803/rof6.jpg

[CCIP]

A bit of eye candy from the brand new Falcon BMS 4

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa01.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa04.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa05.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa06.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa07.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa08.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa09.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa10.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa11.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa12.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa14.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa16.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa17.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa19.jpg

[Oberon]

I forgot how much torque these rotary engines have.

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/440/greatsuccess.jpg

[Oberon]

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7903/201194211144.jpg
Warming up for departure

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/8149/201194212449.jpg
Raptor breaks his engine and returns to base in a rather permanent manner.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/623/20119421285.jpg
Oberon encounters an enemy bi-plane, is wounded by the first shot and manages to land behind friendly lines.

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/7333/201194213024.jpg
Task Force on the other hand decides to land in no mans land...

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/352/201194213255.jpg
Arclight strafes the enemy airfield and returns to base.

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2438/201194214115.jpg
And with a nice dodge between two hangars, parks up safely.

[Biggles]

I think we've found the forefathers of the Lolwaffles! :D

How you guys enjoying the game? And what settings are you flying with? :88)

[Arclight]

Quite enjoying it, and flying full realism. :yep:

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/2011_9_5__22_11_47.jpg

Kinda blurry since someone busted a cap in my bottom a little earlier, but you can kinda see a speck with a white exhaust trail chasing another speck, which would be Oberon chasing his kill, and another speck in a field just off the edge of the wing, which would be Raptor.

[Raptor1]

It's much better than I expected, actually. Anyway...

What is this, a coordinated take-off? Back to flight school!

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/566/rof7.jpg

One sabotaged engine later, while Oberon tried to kill a Nieuport in the background.

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/8730/rof8.jpg

Arclight after being struck by the weapon of heroes.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3096/rof9.jpg

[Oberon]

I believe it's on high realism, radiators, not sure about auto-mixture because the Albatros D.V doesn't have mixture apparently.

I'm quite enjoying it, it feels a lot like putting on an old pair of gloves not worn since OFF was free (Phase 2 IIRC), however the handling is certainly a par above OFF at that phase, the Albatros is a much more forgiving aircraft than the Spad.

Multiplayer is beautiful, no warping, no major lag, everything ran just lovely.

The only gripe I have is the view panning, but that has been fixed with Newview, which I'm going to have to tweak because I don't like the blind spot at about 170 to 200 degrees behind me...I just know it's going to hide an SE.5 one day.

Some screenshots from the second mission, including my first kill! :rock:

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/3131/20119422749.jpg
Must resist urge to fire at long range...Must remember Dicta Boelcke

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6090/201194221340.jpg
Photographic evidence, they can't say 'probable' to me now!

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/3311/201194223116.jpg
'Probable' landing though...

[Oberon]

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6215/201195194346.jpg

Took me most of the day, but there we go. :rock:

[Arclight]

Nice. :yep:

I've come to the conclusion that Albatross > SPAD.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/RoF/2011_9_6__2_46_17.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/RoF/2011_9_6__2_59_58.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/RoF/2011_9_6__3_9_11.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/RoF/2011_9_6__3_12_26.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/RoF/2011_9_6__3_13_25.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/RoF/2011_9_6__3_15_7.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/RoF/2011_9_6__3_15_15.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/RoF/2011_9_6__3_21_28.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/RoF/2011_9_6__3_25_15.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/RoF/2011_9_6__3_24_58.jpg

:yeah:

[Oberon]

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/8933/201195204951.jpg
Heading for the frontlines...I think...if I'm reading this map right...erm...

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/545/20119521439.jpg
My turn to get random engine failure.

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3491/201195213331.jpg
When Spads attack!

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/5948/201195214734.jpg
Perfect landing!

[Schroeder]

OK, and now again for the idiots (that would be me...) how do I aim in this sim? Is there something like the Il2 shift+F1 trick? I was just doing the training mission where you have to shoot down that German balloon and my gun sights in the SPAD were obscured by the central pillar of the wind shield. I couldn't even see my target when diving at it and the game seems to have a habit of ignoring key commands to move the head when track ir is active. So how do you aim?:damn:

[Arclight]

If you have TIR, displace your head to line up the sights. ;)

Should be a slider in the hangar to set the 0-distance.

It mostly comes from experience though. Maneuvering the plane while looking about and then trying to line up the sight is not practical. You'll get a feel where the bullets go and just aim like that.

(for example, in the Albatross I use the fat part of the center post in close range lead turns, can see it in the shots above)

[Raptor1]

I haven't seen a button that lines you up with the gunsight like in IL-2. Usually I aim by whatever is convenient, since the Albatros D.V, for example, doesn't have a real gunsight (Well, there is one you can add onto it, but it's useless).

Oh, and do note that the SPAD has awful visibility. The upper wing and the fuselage just obscure everything (though the cockpit and instruments are pretty fancy). The Albatros is much better in that regard.

---

Warming up for takeoff.

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/1687/rof10.jpg

Collision damage caused by Hunter's aircraft during his mad attempt to kill the SPAD I was chasing...

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2179/rof11.jpg

...which escalated after a few minutes to this...

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/51/rof12.jpg

...and, then, inevitably, this.

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/3443/rof13.jpg

:stare:

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6518/rof14.jpg

[GSpector]

I haven't seen a button that lines you up with the gunsight like in IL-2. Usually I aim by whatever is convenient, since the Albatros D.V, for example, doesn't have a real gunsight (Well, there is one you can add onto it, but it's useless).

Oh, and do note that the SPAD has awful visibility. The upper wing and the fuselage just obscure everything (though the cockpit and instruments are pretty fancy). The Albatros is much better in that regard.

---


Collision damage caused by Hunter's aircraft during his mad attempt to kill the SPAD I was chasing...

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2179/rof11.jpg




I'd call your insurance provider. I think you have a good case to sue :D

[Raptor1]

I would if I wasn't dead...

[HunterICX]

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/6350/accidentreportformeng12.jpg

HunterICX

[Biggles]

Whenever I notice I have a structural wing damage I usually lower my speed to a minimum, head for as low altitude as I possibly can get without snuffing it and get outta the combat!

Also, every aircraft has it advantages-cons. The SPAD's don't have the best visibility no, but they do have the speed and if handled correctly, you'll be able to get out of trouble most of the times. However, as I stated before, the SPAD VII has a very nasty spin, which I've never been able to get out of yet, so be warned!

LoL at Hunter!

[Herr-Berbunch]

Downloaded demo, quick test last night on low settings (only GTS250 :stare:) and it seemed lovely!

Hunter - that claim is great :yeah:

[Arclight]

Hunter - that claim is great :yeah:Aye that's brilliant. :haha:

[Raptor1]

Not giving the right of way? Lies! All lies! :stare:

[Schroeder]

Downloaded demo, quick test last night on low settings (only GTS250 :stare:) and it seemed lovely!

I have a GTS 250 as well and can run things on medium and good (or whatever the next higher level was called).

Well I got my first kill now using a reflector sight (collminator or whatever it's called). That's so un WWI like...

[Oberon]

Here we go... :haha:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I'll nudge some settings next time I go on, needs TIR too, the view out that SPAD was attrocious! It was just a quick test to see if it worked. And it did - even low settings looked good! :yeah:

[Arclight]

Biggest impact on FPS are super-sampling (turn that off, you don't want it) and vegetation dithering (turn that on). Forests look... well, dithered (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dither), but it went from slideshow to 40-60 by toggling that.

[Biggles]

Another Bristfit goes down at the hands of Lukas Waltz, of Jasta 15! :arrgh!:
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/Killbristol1.jpg

[Gargamel]

Another Bristfit goes down at the hands of Lukas Waltz, of Jasta 15! :arrgh!:
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/Killbristol1.jpg

Good to see you remembered to take off the lenscap this time!!!


I have been waiting all week for you to post a pic :P


:arrgh!:

[Schroeder]

Another Bristfit goes down at the hands of Lukas Waltz, of Jasta 15! :arrgh!:
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/Killbristol1.jpg
How do you engage the Bristols in an Albatros? I had three encounters with them so far: 1 where I couldn't catch it as it is significantly faster than the Albartos and two more that left me crawling back to my base because of injury because the bloody rear gunner had a field day with my slow Albatros in a turnfight.:damn:

[Oberon]

Some from the other day:

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4462/201196211845.jpg
A Formation? Blasphemy!!

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4162/201196212046.jpg
Heading for the front.

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1104/201196212139.jpg
Gah, the formation flying, it burns!

And today:

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/9675/201198214412.jpg
Schroeder - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YeFtDYJVU

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3943/201198214651.jpg
And Hunter takes off perfectly...

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/103/201198214744.jpg
So I did the necessary restart procedure.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6909/201198214817.jpg
And Arc joined in...

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9537/201198214828.jpg
Great Success!

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/4002/20119821550.jpg
Close Encounters of the Flare Kind

[[501]Otto]

Pics with new beta patch....
http://simhq.com/forum/files/usergals/2011/09/full-26500-18331-rasante.jpg

http://simhq.com/forum/files/usergals/2011/09/full-26500-18334-ele_2.jpg

[GSpector]

Otto;1747026']Pics with new beta patch....
http://simhq.com/forum/files/usergals/2011/09/full-26500-18331-rasante.jpg

http://simhq.com/forum/files/usergals/2011/09/full-26500-18334-ele_2.jpg


:dead:

[[501]Otto]

:dead:
Upsss, wrong links.... Fixed!! :salute:
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9311/rasante.jpg

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/6261/ele2.jpg

[Biggles]

Good to see you remembered to take off the lenscap this time!!!


I have been waiting all week for you to post a pic :P


:arrgh!:


That joke will haunt me forever! Good thing I laugh at it :haha::haha:

When attacking Bristfits, try and come from below, the gunner can't really aim that low.

[GSpector]

Otto;1747178']Upsss, wrong links.... Fixed!! :salute:
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9311/rasante.jpg



W:oW, this picture is amazing.

[CCIP]

Couple more from the latest Falcon BMS - just another day in training!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa21.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa22.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa23.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa25.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa26.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa27.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa32.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa36.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa37.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa35.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa39.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fa30.jpg

[Schroeder]

When attacking Bristfits, try and come from below, the gunner can't really aim that low.
Thanks, I thought so but with the inability of the WWI birds to raise their noses I find it pretty difficult to attack from below...

BTW did anybody else notice a very odd crediting system in the game in career mode? I often don't get credited for my victories. I just shot down a Nieuport and the debriefing screen said I didn't destroy anything....also noticed that with balloons too. :hmm2:

[Biggles]

BTW did anybody else notice a very odd crediting system in the game in career mode? I often don't get credited for my victories. I just shot down a Nieuport and the debriefing screen said I didn't destroy anything....also noticed that with balloons too. :hmm2:

I've noticed this once. Brought down a Camel in one pass, was mighty proud of it too! Dunno why I didn't get the kill credit. Could be the same they have in OFF; that someone has to see it, but if this is the case, then they are very subtle with it, because there is no mention of such a system :O:

[Dowly]

Have to say 777 has done wonders with the optimization of ROF. My old-ish rig can run it with everything turned on/maxed out with the exception of dither.
I only have ~20fps, yet the game is very well playable. :hmmm:

[Arclight]

It does work a treat, had to turn it down for hosting though. Maybe it's the non-default skins, dunno, but always take a hit online.

[Dowly]

Have the same in Black Shark, guess it's because everyone's bunched up and
so there's plenty of detail in small area. :hmmm:

[Dowly]

YOUUUU SONOFABITCH! :damn:

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/2011_9_13__16_25_22.jpg

[Arclight]

At least it wasn't your wingman... seriously. :shifty:

[Dowly]

:stare:

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/2011_9_13__19_55_51.jpg

I do wonder how my next career will end... NOT. :shifty:

[Biggles]

Hahaha yeah collisions do happen...

[iambecomelife]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/iambecomelife/Untitled-27-5.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/iambecomelife/Untitled-26-6.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/iambecomelife/Untitled-25-6.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

So, I thought I'd give myself a new paint job. Not convincing camouflage against the sky...

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7522/rof2011091423340103.jpg

Much better from above. But still too visible :hmmm:

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1184/rof2011091423341638.jpg

I know, let's get rid of a wing! Or three. Better, but for some reason the aerodynamics were thrown! :nope:

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8548/rof2011091423353273.jpg

[Dowly]

Very nice :up:

[Biggles]

Here's a pro-tip: Don't you ever, ever try a steep dive in a N.17 :dead:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Here's a pro-tip: Don't you ever, ever try a steep dive in a N.17 :dead:

Or the Albatros, as pictured above :cry:

Just read this on the RoF site - However, there was still no confidence in low wing attachment and pilots refused to perform steep dives in combat. Now I know, I'll not be doing it (much) again! :smug:

And this for your N.17 These so called "one-and-half-wings" designs, like the N17, had an obvious design defect. Because the lower wings only contained one spar, the lower wing tended to fold and break off during high speed dives and maneuvers. There are only two known occasions when pilots made successful landings after losing their lower wings. Similar German designs suffered from this same problem.

[Biggles]

Hm, my experience shows that the Albie can take more than the N17. I don't fly with full realism ofc, but I fly with realistic physics so...:hmmm:

[Raptor1]

The Albatros D.III is notorious for its weak lower wing that tended to fail in dives. The D.V attempted to correct that but it wasn't particularly successful...

[Dowly]

I've dived a few times at around 250km/h in the AlbieD.Va. Seems to handle it
just fine as long as you don't yank the stick when pulling out of it. :yep:

[Arclight]

Just read this on the RoF site
You realise that info is right in the game under "reference" in the main menu, right? ;)

[Herr-Berbunch]

You realise that info is right in the game under "reference" in the main menu, right? ;)

Pah! Who reads that? :hmmm:

Just get in and fly, quickly! And don't pull too hard out of a dive. :D

[Biggles]

My experience of the DVa is that it can handle pretty much anything you try with it, (again, not flying full realism) as long as it isn't damaged in any way. If you have structural damage in a wing, then get out of there! Now!

[Dowly]

This bastid had all the chance in world to end my career, but fortunately he
overshot me. So, I ended his. :arrgh!:

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/William_Bailey_downed.jpg

[Schroeder]

I've finally found out how to aim in RoF. Use your track IR to align the gunsights (or to get you into a position that allows you to aim) and press F10. That will save that position as your "centre view". Whenever you reset your view you will return to that position. Finally I can use the Spad and have a more elevated seating position in the Albatros.:salute:

[TarJak]

Sitzkrieg!
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/109eWell4.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/109eWell.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/109eWell2.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/109eWell3.jpg

[Dowly]

7th of November, 1917
#3 kill in Jasta 11 :woot:

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/3rd_Jasta_11.jpg

[TarJak]

City Flyer
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/109e3city.jpg

[Gerald]

City Flyer
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/109e3city.jpg What city, if I may wonder...:DL

[TarJak]

No idea whatsoever.:)

[Gerald]

No idea whatsoever.:) Say close to Sydney,its alright,btw good shoots :up:

[Biggles]

New computer! Fired up Rise of Flight, pulled up all the settings to max and tried some quick missions. Everything loads in seconds and it runs smooth as milk, I love it! :D
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/2011_10_14__14_30_45.jpg

Bring it on, BF3, I'm ready for you! :yeah:

[TarJak]

Very pretty!:up:

[Biggles]

http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/ROF1.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6036/19oct20111024.jpg

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

I spy with my little eye something beginning with C! Brilliant screeny Biggles.
Heres some from yours truly.

One less I-16 to worry about.
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/2209/18102011170817.jpg
"Are you sure you don't want to bail out?!"
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/1733/19102011142702.jpg
I guess not.
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/8233/19102011142822.jpg

[Spike88]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-10-20_18-27-24-596.jpg

How not to take off.

I pulled my landing gear up and started to stall directly afterwords, too late to put the gear back down, ended up belly sliding the rest of the runway.

I have to say I'm really enjoying the B377 by A2A. I'm hoping they'll make more commercial craft. I'd like a DC-7 or a DC-3.

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/3545/10aug1940edover.jpg

[TarJak]

Cool shot HBB!

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/swordfighting2.jpg

[TarJak]

Norge Alpen
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Norge.jpg

[Dowly]

It was a bit windy today. :hmmm:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Screen_111030_221418.jpg
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Screen_111030_221505.jpg

Lost both tires (1 on touch down, second during braking), but survived so balls to them. :O:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Screen_111030_221655.jpg

[Spike88]

As I'm severly lacking in my knowledge of dropping munitions on enemies(I only really know how to fire the GUA and AIM-9's) I load up the unguided bombs tutorial. I plan on dropping all my munitions and then heading towards the nearest friendly base to practice landing. Fate had other plans.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111030_182636.jpg Here's a shot of an MK-82AIR coming down on some tents. Managed to take two tents out. You can see my other crater which took out a tank in the center of the runway.

As these were my last MK-82AIR's I switch over to the regular MK-82's and get ready to practice CCIP CR 3/9 mode. I come back around and enter a dive, since the piper was looking like it was going to overshoot the target I dropped the dive a little more and released the bombs.

A chain of events flashed before my eyes, first Betty started telling me to pull up, then the release piper went funky, and then there was an explosion, and I was no more.

Here's the aftermath. In the background you can see the two tents my last MK-82AIR took out, in the foreground you can see what's left of me.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111030_183038.jpg

[Dowly]

Considering the conditions (summer heavy thunderstorm preset IIRC), I call it great success! :DL
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Screen_111031_020532.jpg

Bloody miracle I even managed to find the field let alone the runway.

[Spike88]

Did you land this visually or with ILS and instruments? :hmmm:

[GSpector]

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

Great landings are those that leave the plane intact :03:

[Spike88]

Here are some shots from the Guided missions training mission.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111030_225523.jpg
GBU-38's bringing down the Hammer of vengeance on cargo containers everywhere!


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111030_225844.jpg
My last GBU-38, and my last kill for the day.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111030_230058.jpg
Coming around for the last run. This one actually went wide and was my only bomb that did not destroy a target. 3/4 is not bad though.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111030_230949.jpg
Barely visible, but there are 3 boats down there. I had the urge to buzz them, but decided against it.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111030_231924.jpg
Home safe and sound with all the systems off. The landing was a close one, on the first run I'm almost down when the tower told me to go around. Mind you I touch down (in the middle of the runway :haha:) a second later, but I know that I'm not going to have enough runway to stop, so I throw the throttle back into full, retract the speed brake, and go around. The picture of the boats is actually from my go around approach. I come around again, meet up with the runway almost at the half way marker(bastard plane just kept floating). I had full speed brakes, flaps, and brakes and I still wasn't stopping. The end of the runway was approaching fast so I turned the wheel a little back and forth. Some frightening tire screeching sounds later and I'm at a complete stop. Luckily I did not blow any of my tires, I turn the plane around and taxi into position.


Tomorrow I take on the Maverick training mission!


@Dowly, if you want screenshots without the little information bar at the bottom, hit LShift+Y. I'm fairly positive It's LSHIFT, but to be fair I did press LCTRL+Y and Lalt+Y too, so It could be one of the three. It's in the controls as Turn off or Remove Info bar.

[hawk2495]

Considering the conditions (summer heavy thunderstorm preset IIRC), I call it great success! :DL
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/Screen_111031_020532.jpg

Bloody miracle I even managed to find the field let alone the runway.


Nice landing Dowly. I'm pretty sure your chief is going to shoot you, but nice none the less.

[Dowly]

Did you land this visually or with ILS and instruments? :hmmm:

Visually using TAD and navpoint I had set to the AF.

Of course, I didn't remember that the navpoint is on the center of the AF, instead of the
start of the runway, so I had to do some quick maneuvers around the time I
saw the runway number flash past my right window. :haha:

Hard right rudder, nose down (had around 100m altitude at that point), managed
quite a smooth first touchdown (as in, didn't break anything), but the angle
I came in made me bounce and lost the left wing on final touchdown.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Practicing guys? That's cheatin'! :O:

I can successfully deploy cannon, sidewinder, one mav (never two?), cluster bombs. I can't deploy second or more mav (I'm usually in the ground or on fire by now!), or any guided munition like the Mk-82.

CBUs my favourite - a nice coverge for taking out soft targets, occasionally it'll take out a T-55 too. :yeah:

Must practice myself, but not tonight - BF3 finally arrived through my letterbox!

[Dowly]

Managed to figure out Mavericks, need to check out the bombs tonight. :hmmm:

[Spike88]

Practicing guys? That's cheatin'! :O:

I can successfully deploy cannon, sidewinder, one mav (never two?), cluster bombs. I can't deploy second or more mav (I'm usually in the ground or on fire by now!), or any guided munition like the Mk-82.

CBUs my favourite - a nice coverge for taking out soft targets, occasionally it'll take out a T-55 too. :yeah:

Must practice myself, but not tonight - BF3 finally arrived through my letterbox!


Hey! It's not cheating when everyone else(save dowly :O:) can kill things better than I can.

I just finished the Maverick tutorial and managed to kill 4 targets with my 4 mavericks. Last target that died wasn't the one I wanted to kill(I had been trying to get a second T-52 farther up) but the aiming with the Maverick is a bit of a pain. So I settled on another target that it wanted to lock onto.

There would be pictures, but I failed to take them while flying, and then failed to realize I couldn't view tracks for tutorial missions.

[Spike88]

While everyone else was enjoying themselves online, I was having connection problems and was forced to play with myself(:haha:)

Here are the shots I got when playing. As I'm used to flying MP missions where there are no Labels, I forgot to make sure my labels were off, so the following pictures sadly all have labels.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111031_184344.jpg

Shilka and I enter epic chicken match.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111031_184401.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111031_182705.jpg
He missed.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111031_184421.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111031_184428.jpg
I didn't.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111031_182926.jpg
Maverick Meets Ural

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111031_183001.jpg
UAZ "tries" to outrun the next maverick.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111031_183012.jpg
Keyword "tries"

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111031_184600.jpg
BDMP gets a round in on me.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111031_183259.jpg
(http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/?action=view&current=Screen_111031_184600.jpg)Only noticed loss of right MFCD.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111031_183755.jpg
(http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/?action=view&current=Screen_111031_184600.jpg)Fairly good day of killing if I say so myself. Although I lost my two back wheels in the landing process

[Dowly]

Hey! It's not cheating when everyone else(save dowly :O:) can kill things better than I can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEX1dYyvmig
http://www.thatcutesite.com/uploads/2010/11/keyboard_ferret.jpg

[Dowly]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/dcs2011-11-0114-30-48-88.jpg

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/dcs2011-11-0114-32-20-02.jpg

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-!!!
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/dcs2011-11-0114-32-41-23.jpg


Note to self: Check APU switch prior to take-off :dead:

[Spike88]

Today I decided to put my newly learned Mark Point/Maverick targeting knowledge to the test and loaded up the Sitting ducks mission(again).

I successfully took out the Shilka, two apcs, and a Ural with the Mavericks. I followed up with two or three gun runs and wiped out the soft targets. Feeling rather proud of my damage dealing abilities, I head towards the runway to practice landing. Things didn't go smoothly.

Yes I know I flew the runway the wrong way.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111102_153056.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111102_153107.jpg
Came down hard and lost the right tire.

I'm close to coming to a stop when I the master alarm goes off. I'm wondering what's wrong. And then I see the left engine's fire handle is lit up. :rotfl2:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/Screen_111102_153118.jpg
Guess the rough landing must've jostled something in the engine loose.

[[501]Otto]

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/6493/92644089.jpg

[Crécy]

:o

:up:

Nice, Otto!

[Herr-Berbunch]

:o

:up:

Nice, Otto!

It always is beautiful when posted by Otto. :yeah: I think he could post a screenshot of Tetris (original greytone) and it'd still be a work of art.

[[501]Otto]

Thanks mates :oops: :oops:

[TarJak]

Very nice work Otto!

Not coming home
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/TJBang.jpg

Zoom & Boom
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/YoshiBlenheim2.jpg

II/JG53
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/norway7-1-1.jpg

Easy kill
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/YoshiBlenheim.jpg

Flakscreen
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Flak2.jpg


Wing over
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/flak.jpg

[GSpector]

Great pics Tarjak. Which Sim?

[Spike88]

Great pics Tarjak. Which Sim?


Il2 Cliffs of Dover

[Dowly]

Il2 Cliffs of Dover

Actually, I think that's IL2. :hmmm:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Actually, I think that's IL2. :hmmm:

I think you're right, pic #3, 5, and 6 certainly isn't anywhere near the Channel! :yep:

What mods then to get it so great? Ultrapack or HSFX? :hmmm: Or something entirely different?

[Dowly]

Or something entirely different?

Photo editor. ;)

[GSpector]

I just do not recall IL2 ever looking that good. :o

[[501]Otto]

Nice ones TarJak, have installed today DBW mod, but can´t get the same quality as yours :wah:. Really nice pics, indeed
A couple of them, here we have a rainy afternoon so nothing better to do than fly a little bit.


JG 54, Operation Barbarossa, summer 1941
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4453/bfrusia2.jpg



Operation Galvanic, Tarawa, November 1943
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2190/es2w.jpg

[TarJak]

Great pics Tarjak. Which Sim?
IL-2 1946
Il2 Cliffs of DoverIncorrect.

Actually, I think that's IL2. :hmmm:Correct

I think you're right, pic #3, 5, and 6 certainly isn't anywhere near the Channel! :yep:

What mods then to get it so great? Ultrapack or HSFX? :hmmm: Or something entirely different?Ultrapack 3 with mods. Quite a lot of mods actually.

Photo editor. ;)Oh yeah and some photo editing. The straight screenies are OK but not as nice as when I bend some light to my will.:D

I just do not recall IL2 ever looking that good. :oIt doesn't really. Here are a couple of the above without editing:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/flak-1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Flak2-1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/TJBang-1.jpg

[Skybird]

Random find: this is not a real shot, but from the preview of X-Plane 10.

http://www.aerosoft.de/shop-rd/bilder/screenshots/simulatoren/xplane10/xplane10_6.jpg

[Gerald]

@ TarJak! Nice picture :DL

[GSpector]

Random find: this is not a real shot, but from the preview of X-Plane 10.



I see they've improved quit a bit. I bought X-Plains 9 and was so disapointed in the graphics that I got FSX and I am still pleased with it and waiting for MS Flight to come out.

[[501]Otto]

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/2671/stukaangriff.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Proving my point there Otto, although I am slightly disappointed you haven't included a Tetris shot! :O:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

I finally decided to start playing RoF again and here's a new screenshot(slightly edited)
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6113/201111951044.jpg

[[501]Otto]

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/369/nightlanding.jpg

[hawk2495]

Night time landing on the Lady Lex, very nice Otto..:rock:

[[501]Otto]

Proving my point there Otto, although I am slightly disappointed you haven't included a Tetris shot! :O:
Thanks, mate :oops::oops:
Got a new one:
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/2333/bf110.jpg

Btw, Thanks to TarJak and all mission4today gents for pointing me in the right direction with mods. Cheers:
Otto :03:

[[501]Otto]

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/6575/tankdestroyer.jpg

[TarJak]

Otto;1786819']
Btw, Thanks to TarJak and all mission4today gents for pointing me in the right direction with mods. Cheers:
Otto :03:A pleasure to assist mate.:shucks:

[johan_d]

http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z385/Johan_dees/PICT0040.jpg

DC6 from calclassic.com
Pitty I cant run SH5 on 6 screens..

[johan_d]

http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z385/Johan_dees/tn_1316353695580.jpg

Classic 1959 scenery of Nice Cote d Azure I am working at..

[[501]Otto]

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/9728/afrika1941.jpg

[[501]Otto]

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6977/sabre.jpg

[CCIP]

Landing at DCA, taking a little breather, then off again!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd328.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd361.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd369.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd321.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd379.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd376.jpg

[Spike88]

@Otto, is that IL 1946?


@CCIP is that FS2004 or FSX, and is it payware or freeware?

[CCIP]

FS9, and a mix of payware (Feelthere ERJ, Cloud9 DCA) and freeware (DC photo scenery + my own work of adding a lot of buildings and trees)

[Spike88]

FS9, and a mix of payware (Feelthere ERJ, Cloud9 DCA) and freeware (DC photo scenery + my own work of adding a lot of buildings and trees)


Ah, that's the ERJ from Feelthere, didn't recognize it, despite owning the plane myself(FSX version) :doh:.

I think I saw one today, not sure on the exact plane but it looked like an ERJ, was landing at KMIA, also saw several Boeing's, mostly the medium to long range versions. The hour I spent stuck in rush-hour traffic in pouring rain at least had the benefit of plane spotting.

[hawk2495]

http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p350/hawk2495/Screen_111118_031511.jpg
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p350/hawk2495/Screen_111118_031501.jpg
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p350/hawk2495/Screen_111118_031517.jpg

This is what happens when you have a 2 yr old co-pilot who tries to take over during a night landing.....

[[501]Otto]

@Otto, is that IL 1946?
Yep, IL 1946 + UltraPack 3RC4 + Dark Blue World 1.6

[[501]Otto]

Dolfo Galland
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8859/dolfoh.jpg

[eddie]

The P-61 in IL46.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/P61.jpg

[Dowly]

The P-61 in IL46.

It's like Gerard Depardieu of aviation.

[Spike88]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-20_15-58-45-494.jpg
Flight from KMIA to KDCA, sadly the game crashed near Jacksonville. :cry:

[Spike88]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-21_13-34-54-340.jpg
Flying a short trip between Heathrow Airport and Zurich. In the distance you can see the English channel.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-21_14-16-2-802.jpg
Starting descent over Germany, nice view of the moon.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-21_14-46-54-126.jpg
I didn't realize until I was passing the airport that the FMC wanted me to add drag to the plane to slow down. :dead: While I was trying to figure out how to get the plane to go around I ended up crashing into a mountain, after a fight with the plane to turn off auto-pilot I came to a stop in this field. Good thing I had turned off crashing.

[[501]Otto]

The chase
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/6295/thechase.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Otto, I stand by all my previous comments about your posted pictures! :yeah:

[[501]Otto]

Thank you, mate :smug:
Btw, surely you knew it already, but here http://www.screenshotworld.com/forum/ you can find tons of amazing screenies and some really good tutorials for photoshop. Check it out, it worth!!

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4345/winter4y.jpg

[Spike88]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-24_19-4-31-470.jpg
Air Cairabes ready to take off from Canouan Island at dusk.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-24_19-4-17-464.jpg
We're rolling

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-24_20-0-37-957.jpg
Runway in the background

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-24_20-5-51-254.jpg
Passing one of the other Antilles islands, seen from the passenger's cabin.

REX started to update the weather and the game crashed somewhere over Martinique. First time that's happened so I'm going to try flying the route again.

[Spike88]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-24_22-26-24-860.jpg
The landing, had to go around once.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-24_22-32-2-447.jpg
Unloading the passengers.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-24_22-35-41-127.jpg
Leaving the plane for the night

[TarJak]

Ka-Boomhttp://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/toon_heavy-smoker1.jpg

[Spike88]

After flying big jet airliners, and planes that pretty much flied themselves the last couple days, I decided to whip out the BN-2 Islander and do some fly arounds of the Grenadines. I really only flew around Mustique island this time, but I'm going to eventually fly all the islands.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-25_11-51-44-126.jpg
Sitting at TVSM starting up the plane. In the background you can see the slope this runway has.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-25_11-59-23-458.jpg
Nice shot out the pilots window

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-25_12-1-0-782.jpg
View of the airport in the background
You can barely see it because of all the trees, it's directly below and parallel to my aircraft

I have to say I'm in love with this payware, there's flying birds, parked sail boats, it's all very nice. I found a freeware package that supplements this one by making all the Caribbean islands look nice. Next time I fly this area, I need to remember to switch REX into tropical mode so I can get the beautiful light blue sea.

[[501]Otto]

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2725/desertflight2.jpg

[Spike88]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a108/Tetsou88/2011-11-26_15-30-27-729.jpg

[Herr-Berbunch]

Had a play with FSX for the first time in a while the other day, dawn flight in a 707 from Sion to Milan Malpensa, swap to the ERJ for a leg down to Ancona.

Climb out from Sion, looks harder from the tower than from the cockpit.
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8716/707siondepam.jpg

Cleared the mountains, now to point in the right direction for the descent to Italy.
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6829/707sionclimbam.jpg

Touchdown at Malpensa - not the most grateful but I blame moving to external view to take the screenie. Honestly.
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5199/707milmalland.jpg

Right, into the modern era. On the far left is the Adriatic, on the right is the Ligurian Sea, just missing out on seeing Corsica.
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/9170/erjmilancleg.jpg

Flew towards Rimini and desended through 10k feet ready to talk to Ancona, last screenie was this -
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/7744/erjancdecent.jpg

And then FSX crashed with some Nvidia error :cry:.

[Spike88]

Is that the Captain Sim 707?

[Herr-Berbunch]

It is Captain Sim's. :yep:

Tried a freeware version and it was crap.

[Spike88]

It is Captain Sim's. :yep:

Tried a freeware version and it was crap.

I've been eye-ing their products lately. Awesome exterior models, although I wonder how they're systems/flight dynamics compare to PMDG.

I'm eye-ing their 777 as no one else seems to be making one, which is a bit funny considering it's one of the most popular with airlines.

[Herr-Berbunch]

... although I wonder how they're systems/flight dynamics compare to PMDG.


I don't know about the dynamics side of it, but I think the systems side is less 'authentic' that PMDG's stuff - from what I've gleaned from Skybird's threads anyway.

I get in and fly, I don't spend 20 mins running up systems like (I think) PDMG or Aerosoft do. I'm sure I could if I wanted but I don't. I get enough of that in A-10. :D

As with all my posts, I do reserve the right to be completely wrong. :arrgh!:

[Spike88]

I don't know about the dynamics side of it, but I think the systems side is less 'authentic' that PMDG's stuff - from what I've gleaned from Skybird's threads anyway.

I get in and fly, I don't spend 20 mins running up systems like (I think) PDMG or Aerosoft do. I'm sure I could if I wanted but I don't. I get enough of that in A-10. :D

As with all my posts, I do reserve the right to be completely wrong. :arrgh!:

I would check out the demo to see, but from my understanding the demo is pretty much just an external model.

[Dowly]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/a10hind.jpg

[[501]Otto]

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/2810/hitthesilkjimmy.jpg

[CCIP]

With my current WiTP AAR (going on here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=190296 ) and the Pearl Harbor anniversary happening today, I just couldn't resist taking out my flight sim for a themed spin :D

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd575.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd440.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd485.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd428.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd492.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd493.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd538.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd629.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd638.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd656.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd670.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd671.jpg

[hawk2495]

Very nice CCIP. The Betty, and Dauntless seem a bit out of place, but nice none the less. FS2009 or X?

[CCIP]

FS9

You're right about out of place, though actually the shots are taken not at Pearl but in the Solomons and New Guinea :)

I'll have to fix that today though and actually add some of Hawaii.

[hawk2495]

Beautiful models none the less. Freeware or pay?

[CCIP]

All freeware, actually! The nicest of them, the P-40, is formerly payware, but has long been released for free: http://www.irissimulations.com/product-classics-p40.php

Iris have made some really nice warbird models that are are now free, but still good by FS9 standards. All their FSX models are payware though.

[edit - actually I'm wrong on that - they also have a free Warhawk for FSX: http://www.irissimulations.com/product-classics-p40war.php ]

[Herr-Berbunch]

[edit - actually I'm wrong on that -

And Pilatus PC-9, F-20, and a T-6 Texan II (US var. PC-9) :up:

[eddie]

Great model, The Enforcer!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/Enforcer.jpg

[CCIP]

I got bit by the IL-2 bug again, largely from my current interest in the Pacific :D

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-0821-41-16-72.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-0820-52-51-34.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-0818-13-47-82.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-0823-55-20-14.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-0820-38-20-63.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-0900-47-27-19.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-0900-47-31-20.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-0822-50-42-66.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-0822-50-45-36.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-0822-50-54-66.jpg

[TarJak]

Nice shots CCIP! Particularly like the first 5.

Are you a screenshot artist? Are you interested in making art from your shots? Are you interested in learning more about how to make great screenshots? Check out http://www.screenshotworld.com (http://www.screenshotworld.com/)

It's a great community where you can learn a lot and have some fun showing off your artistry.

We have set up a specific thread for Silent Hunter series but there are also threads for flight sims, sci-fi and other games. Some great art coming out over there that is worth a look.

[CCIP]

Yup, I noticed your links to the community before. Some lovely stuff there :yep:

I've not really had the time or interest for heavy screenshot retouching lately, but someday perhaps.

Meanwhile here's a few more.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-1502-01-03-21.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-1502-04-23-33.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-1502-10-57-43.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/il2fb2011-12-1502-41-58-06.jpg

[TarJak]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/skyraider003.jpg

[hawk2495]

MMMMMM. Skyraider...... Doh!!

[Biggles]

I really hope they'll turn their eyes towards the Pacific after the BoB business, or maybe Italy, that would be truly awesome! :D

[hawk2495]

I personally hope, someone else does a new WW2 sim like or even better than IL2, the real IL2 that is. After CoD, I think the 1C team needs to step down and keep on with their other projects.

[CCIP]

A little bit of pretend fighter-jockeying in FS9 :)

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd121.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd162.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd168.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd202.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd258.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd089.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/myspb2006/fd109.jpg

[TarJak]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Panther005_ed.jpg

[hawk2495]

CCIP, now I want to break out Lock On FC2 so I can have a pretty F-15 like that and still blow stuff up.. Thanks alot man...

And TarJaK.. Awesome as always. You always seem to capture not just the beauty of the subject aircraft, but also it's "spirit".

[[501]Otto]

The Abbeville Boys

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/158/jg26.jpg

[TarJak]

With and without heat:
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Rolling_in.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/TarJak/Rolling_in_less_heat.jpg

[[501]Otto]

@TarJak:Fine work, mate :yeah:

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3294/pacific2.jpg

[HunterICX]

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7014/hurrib.jpg

HunterICX

[Schroeder]

For the 10th of a second I thought that was a photo.:o

[Biggles]

http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/ROF2.jpg
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/Bigglesswe/ROF3.jpg

[GSpector]

I see you have the new patch, with the White Scarf. Looks nice, though I would have thought it would be longer.:up:

[Dowly]

One more for Jasta 3 :up:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/1moredown.jpg

[[501]Otto]

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6569/parkinglane.jpg