Nice Game!!!

Packerton · 08-09-07, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by fatty

What was that flight sim set between wars with biplanes and zeppelins?

Red Baron?

fatty · 08-09-07, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Packerton

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Originally Posted by fatty

What was that flight sim set between wars with biplanes and zeppelins?

Red Baron?

No, this was later... it was set in an alternate universe.

Chock · 08-09-07, 05:58 PM

The alternate reality one you are thinking of is 'Crimson Skies', an MS release.

Since airships were fairly invulnerable for a large part of the First World War owing to the fact that they operated at night and flew at around 14-18,000 feet, and it was deemed so hard to get near one that the first RFC guy to shoot one down got the Victoria Cross, I suspect flying Zeppelins might make a rather dull game. When they became more vulnerable to Allied aircraft with Buckingham incendiary ammunition, a better rate of climb and a higher service ceiling, the Germans largely replaced them with conventional 'Gotha' bomber aircraft.

Count Von Zeppelin is on record as saying at the time that: 'The Zeppelin in an antiquated weapon, the aircraft will rule the skies.'

As far as I recall, there are one or two sims in which you can fly a Zeppelin though, CFS3's Over Flanders Fields add-on being one of them if you fancy trying it.

If you are really a glutton for punishment, you could watch the appallingly bad 'Zeppelin' movie with Michael York for some inspiration.

Chock

Tchocky · 08-09-07, 06:30 PM

How is Flanders Fields, Chock? I don't like CFS3 at all, but that addon tempts.

fatty · 08-09-07, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Chock

The alternate reality one you are thinking of is 'Crimson Skies', an MS release.

YES THANK YOU. It was a fun game.

Chock · 08-09-07, 09:56 PM

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How is Flanders Fields, Chock? I don't like CFS3 at all, but that addon tempts

It's very impressive, more like a new game/sim than an add-on. Kind of like the GWX of CFS3 if that gives you an idea.

This video was made using Over Flanders Fields, bit low res, but should give you some idea of it:

Chock

ABBAFAN · 08-10-07, 03:28 AM

is the zeppelin addon just a graphics thing that behaves like a plane or is zeppelin flight characteristics modeled too?

i thought zeppelin was an ok film.

Chock · 08-10-07, 08:50 PM

As far as I recall, the Zeppelin flies like you'd expect one to, I had a go in the thing out of curiousity, it was very slow at climbing (more like a Led Zeppelin), but it seemed pretty realistic to me, although clearly that's just a guess as obviously I've never driven a real Zeppelin!

Chock

08-09-07, 05:58 PM	#3
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The alternate reality one you are thinking of is 'Crimson Skies', an MS release. Since airships were fairly invulnerable for a large part of the First World War owing to the fact that they operated at night and flew at around 14-18,000 feet, and it was deemed so hard to get near one that the first RFC guy to shoot one down got the Victoria Cross, I suspect flying Zeppelins might make a rather dull game. When they became more vulnerable to Allied aircraft with Buckingham incendiary ammunition, a better rate of climb and a higher service ceiling, the Germans largely replaced them with conventional 'Gotha' bomber aircraft. Count Von Zeppelin is on record as saying at the time that: 'The Zeppelin in an antiquated weapon, the aircraft will rule the skies.' As far as I recall, there are one or two sims in which you can fly a Zeppelin though, CFS3's Over Flanders Fields add-on being one of them if you fancy trying it. If you are really a glutton for punishment, you could watch the appallingly bad 'Zeppelin' movie with Michael York for some inspiration. Chock __________________ Last edited by Chock; 08-09-07 at 06:12 PM.

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ABBAFAN Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 456 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	is the zeppelin addon just a graphics thing that behaves like a plane or is zeppelin flight characteristics modeled too? i thought zeppelin was an ok film. __________________ CHOOSE RFA! LESS GRAFT, MORE PAY.

08-10-07, 08:50 PM	#8
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	As far as I recall, the Zeppelin flies like you'd expect one to, I had a go in the thing out of curiousity, it was very slow at climbing (more like a Led Zeppelin), but it seemed pretty realistic to me, although clearly that's just a guess as obviously I've never driven a real Zeppelin! Chock __________________