Helo & Flightsim Screenshot Thread! - Page 192

Schroeder · 01-26-11, 11:21 AM

Especially for the tanker crew that got so annoyed by your unsuccessful refuelling attempts.

Arclight · 01-26-11, 11:38 AM

Indeed.

I can fill her up, but it takes forever and several connects.

Seriously, most difficult thing I ever tried. Having the most trouble with speed, think I'll see if I can separate the throttles; just adjusting 1 engine should give some finer control.

CCIP · 01-26-11, 12:39 PM

Damo: those shots are bloody gorgeous! I'm also planning to get the PMDG boeing one day, she really does look like an awesome bird (and would probably be pretty easy for me to learn after months of flying the feelthere 737 classic)

Damo · 01-26-11, 07:13 PM

Thankyou CCIP, I use the ENBSeries mod to get the darker appearance and bloom, my settings have a minimal impact on FPS. Most people I show screenies to think I edited them in Photoshop or something but that's all in-game. Here's a comparison:

As far as the 737 goes, I love the PMDG, but it's ageing now and I've heard some very good things about the iFly 737 that's recently been released, you may want to search for that too. I'll be sticking to PMDG though, I like the FMC and the handling characteristics and it's a good base for learning my PMDG 747 and MD11 that I splashed out on recently but have not flown too much yet.

Arclight · 01-27-11, 10:33 AM

737 would be my favorite too, though I never got into payware add-ons. Should give it a chance sometime.

What surprises me is not that my wingman was fired upon, but that the giant plume of smoke and a missile passing him within a few feet didn't tip him off to the fact.

He got lucky with the first one, didn't have the energy to reach him. Second missile had no such difficulties.

Oh well..

Damo · 01-27-11, 02:15 PM

Arclight, may I ask what your specs are and what kind of FPS you get in A-10C? your screens look pretty lush and I'm due a major upgrade soon, and A-10 is definately on my wish list.

Arclight · 01-27-11, 02:45 PM

It's a C2Q (Q9550) running 3.4GHz, 4GB DDR2 800Mhz and a GTX460. In-game it's all on high with 4x AA and 1280x960, though I disabled transparency AA (TSSAA option in-game) and mirrors, and the displays are on 512 for resolution (the MFCDs, can go to 1024).

Runs well apart from bad weather, had rather big performance drop with that in Blackshark as well.

Judging by your own shots I think you should be able to run it no problem, though that's of course always hard to judge.

Damo · 01-27-11, 07:15 PM

Ok thanks, it's just when I upgrade I like to exceed what I really need at the time just to give me a little more lifetime before the next overhaul, a side effect of discovering self building a while ago and never looking back. It seems the time between something being high tech and becoming 'budget' is fast decreasing nowadays, and I get all depressed if my sliders need to take a trip to the left... lol.

Dowly · 01-28-11, 07:08 PM

"Stand and Deliver" waiting for permission to take off to investigate reports of three russian ships entering the coalition controlled zone west of Sukhumi.

(of course, the "permission" I am waiting for is the game to stop CTD'ing every single time I try to do a ramp start

)

Arclight · 01-29-11, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Damo

Ok thanks, it's just when I upgrade I like to exceed what I really need at the time just to give me a little more lifetime before the next overhaul, a side effect of discovering self building a while ago and never looking back. It seems the time between something being high tech and becoming 'budget' is fast decreasing nowadays, and I get all depressed if my sliders need to take a trip to the left... lol.

Aye, I know where you're coming from. I went to a quad airly quickly, from a dual-core. I kinda stuck to a budget for initial build, but over the past 3 years I've replaced every part.

The bonus is that I now have 2 machines, with the "old" hosting a Minecraft server.

Graphics wise I don't upgrade a lot though. Started with an 8800, and switched to the 460 just recently. Might wanna give the 560 a look if you're thinking about upgrading (not too familiar with ATI), just released, at worst 10% faster and at best 40%.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

(of course, the "permission" I am waiting for is the game to stop CTD'ing every single time I try to do a ramp start

)

Is there any logic to it? Specific event or time?

Dowly · 01-29-11, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arclight

Is there any logic to it? Specific event or time?

Nah, it's completely random, I think I've done 6 ramp starts in total with 5 of them resulting to a CTD at some point. Usually it's towards the end when I have both engines running and setting up the MFCD's, but I've had two CTD's while taxi'ing aswell.

With ~5hrs of total flight time, I've gotten only one crash while being airborne.

nikimcbee · 01-30-11, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarJak

@Bort; Nice shots of my home town.

Korea in IL-2

Damn, I really need to get this mod working! I love Korean Air war stuff.

Geno_Mariner · 01-31-11, 06:58 AM

Mariner's back with some IL-2 fails

Just reinstalled it tonight since talking to Oberon. Am yet to get those mods back up too.

wing and tail shaved off during a failed first take off in months

After a few successes then another fail, this one somehow took off after losing half a tail and scrapes along the ground

then I attempted (I forgot IL-2's can't barrel roll XD) a barrel roll and crashed into the forest.

Sadly I lost my Iced Tea and Dutch Cheese skins

Schroeder · 01-31-11, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geno_Mariner

(I forgot IL-2's can't barrel roll XD)

They can.

Just push the stick forward when you're upside down to compensate for the "negative lift" that the wings produce in that position.

Geno_Mariner · 01-31-11, 01:40 PM

Ahh I see

I shall give that a go

01-26-11, 11:21 AM	#2866
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Especially for the tanker crew that got so annoyed by your unsuccessful refuelling attempts. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

01-26-11, 11:38 AM	#2867
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Indeed. I can fill her up, but it takes forever and several connects. Seriously, most difficult thing I ever tried. Having the most trouble with speed, think I'll see if I can separate the throttles; just adjusting 1 engine should give some finer control. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

01-26-11, 12:39 PM	#2868
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Damo: those shots are bloody gorgeous! I'm also planning to get the PMDG boeing one day, she really does look like an awesome bird (and would probably be pretty easy for me to learn after months of flying the feelthere 737 classic) __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

01-26-11, 07:13 PM	#2869
Damo Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: Forever stuck in Data folder... Posts: 482 Downloads: 248 Uploads: 0	Thankyou CCIP, I use the ENBSeries mod to get the darker appearance and bloom, my settings have a minimal impact on FPS. Most people I show screenies to think I edited them in Photoshop or something but that's all in-game. Here's a comparison: As far as the 737 goes, I love the PMDG, but it's ageing now and I've heard some very good things about the iFly 737 that's recently been released, you may want to search for that too. I'll be sticking to PMDG though, I like the FMC and the handling characteristics and it's a good base for learning my PMDG 747 and MD11 that I splashed out on recently but have not flown too much yet. __________________ The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. It only took one T1 eel to convince that boat not to float.

01-27-11, 10:33 AM	#2870
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	737 would be my favorite too, though I never got into payware add-ons. Should give it a chance sometime. What surprises me is not that my wingman was fired upon, but that the giant plume of smoke and a missile passing him within a few feet didn't tip him off to the fact. He got lucky with the first one, didn't have the energy to reach him. Second missile had no such difficulties. Oh well.. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

01-27-11, 02:15 PM	#2871
Damo Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: Forever stuck in Data folder... Posts: 482 Downloads: 248 Uploads: 0	Arclight, may I ask what your specs are and what kind of FPS you get in A-10C? your screens look pretty lush and I'm due a major upgrade soon, and A-10 is definately on my wish list. __________________ The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. It only took one T1 eel to convince that boat not to float.

01-27-11, 02:45 PM	#2872
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	It's a C2Q (Q9550) running 3.4GHz, 4GB DDR2 800Mhz and a GTX460. In-game it's all on high with 4x AA and 1280x960, though I disabled transparency AA (TSSAA option in-game) and mirrors, and the displays are on 512 for resolution (the MFCDs, can go to 1024). Runs well apart from bad weather, had rather big performance drop with that in Blackshark as well. Judging by your own shots I think you should be able to run it no problem, though that's of course always hard to judge. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

01-27-11, 07:15 PM	#2873
Damo Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: Forever stuck in Data folder... Posts: 482 Downloads: 248 Uploads: 0	Ok thanks, it's just when I upgrade I like to exceed what I really need at the time just to give me a little more lifetime before the next overhaul, a side effect of discovering self building a while ago and never looking back. It seems the time between something being high tech and becoming 'budget' is fast decreasing nowadays, and I get all depressed if my sliders need to take a trip to the left... lol. __________________ The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. It only took one T1 eel to convince that boat not to float.

01-28-11, 07:08 PM	#2874
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,006 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	"Stand and Deliver" waiting for permission to take off to investigate reports of three russian ships entering the coalition controlled zone west of Sukhumi. (of course, the "permission" I am waiting for is the game to stop CTD'ing every single time I try to do a ramp start )

01-31-11, 06:58 AM	#2878
Geno_Mariner Weps Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mariner's back with some IL-2 fails Just reinstalled it tonight since talking to Oberon. Am yet to get those mods back up too. wing and tail shaved off during a failed first take off in months After a few successes then another fail, this one somehow took off after losing half a tail and scrapes along the ground then I attempted (I forgot IL-2's can't barrel roll XD) a barrel roll and crashed into the forest. Sadly I lost my Iced Tea and Dutch Cheese skins

01-31-11, 01:40 PM	#2880
Geno_Mariner Weps Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ahh I see I shall give that a go