What flight sims do you have/play?

CCIP · 05-28-07, 11:14 AM

Other than a silly poll, I thought this'd serve a real purpose of helping birds of the same feather to hook up for MP

Currently active:
Falcon 4.0 SP4.2OCI (I tried both Red Viper and OpenFalcon but both performed poorly on my PC, seemed a little prone to glitching and I didn't bother further on)
First Eagles (technically I haven't played this one in a while - I'll grab some mods for it sometime and play around again though)

In reserve: (i.e. not currently installed)
IL-2 (4.06, that is, up to the Pe-2 add-on)
LO:MAC Flaming Cliffs (I still can't get myself interested enough in it)
FS9 (would be on, but the beast absolutely devours my HD space so I can't afford to keep it there for now!)
Jane's F-15 and F-18 (would go back if I can figure out which mod updates I need for them)
MiG Alley, F-22 TAW (would go back if these have been modded in the last few years)

Would like to/plan to get: (both current and future games)
IL-2 1946 (soon)
BoB 2 (maybe)
B-17II (maybe, if it's been modded enough)
Black Shark (depends on how its state at release)
Storm of War (but only when I get a new PC )
Knights of the Sky (alternatively, OFF - if I can find a copy of CFS3 somehwere)

Tools:
Saitek Cyborg EVO
(would like to get TrackIR and a HOTAS eventually, in that order)

HunterICX · 05-28-07, 11:21 AM

I have installed&Play:

CFS3 + OFF supermod
IL2 1946 patched to 4.08m

my Tools:

Logitech Force 3D pro.

planning to get that TrackiR one day.

CCIP · 05-28-07, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by HunterICX

my Tools:

Logitech Force 3D pro.

planning to get that TrackiR one day.

I should add that too

agreed, would love to get a TrackIR (in fact it's top of my list as peripherals). A nice HOTAS wouldn't hurt either :hmm:

Jimbuna · 05-28-07, 12:16 PM

IL2 and CFS3

Dowly · 05-28-07, 12:22 PM

Games:

IL2 & OFF

Tools:

Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
List titled "How to piss Hunter off"

Only have got to the first item, which says "Shoot him down over and over again", have to try some other tonight like "Ram him. Preferably when he is taking off".

HunterICX · 05-28-07, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Only have got to the first item, which says "Shoot him down over and over again", have to try some other tonight like "Ram him. Preferably when he is taking off".

:hmm: Me smells some challenge in this one

bring it on , punk!

Dowly · 05-28-07, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by HunterICX

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Only have got to the first item, which says "Shoot him down over and over again", have to try some other tonight like "Ram him. Preferably when he is taking off".

:hmm: Me smells some challenge in this one

Our dogfights and challenge dont fit in same sentence... atleast from my POV. :rotfl:

Chock · 05-28-07, 12:46 PM

Pretty much got them all (you could probably have worked that one out from my forum name I guess), but the one I mess about with the most is probably Condor The Competition Soaring Simulator, as it has a flight model which blows every other PC-based flight simulator out of the water and is certainly the only one that you can spin properly in; in fact, the reason I decided to buy it was when I saw a demo video of one of the gliders spinning, and thought 'Yup, that's exactly what it's like in real life!'. Plus it runs great even on a moderate PC and it has a great online community as well as a competition league for tasks and races. Great with Track-IR too. And handy when it's too rainy to go and fly the real thing!

I like the flight model in IL-2, but the single-player game itself is a little lacklustre and the AI is somewhat questionable, although it does come into its own online against human players.

FSX is another favourite, but the flight modelling is not brilliant, however it is great for variety, modding possibilities and the modelling of complex systems, although many of the better aircraft are only to be found in FS9, so I use that too for things like the PMDG Boeing 747.

I occasionally wheel out some of the older ones like B17 and Gunship, and the free WW1 add-on 'Over Flanders Fields' is great for CFS3, so that gets a showing every once in a while.

Not forgetting Falcon Allied Force of course, which definitely has the best dynamic campaign of any flight sim, and is also a blast online. another one that's great with Track-IR and it runs good on a moderate PC too.

So, yup, I do use quite a lot of them :rotfl:

Couple of pics from Condor below, one is a Ventus 2 coming up on 18,000 feet over Mont Blanc, the other is an ASW 28 on aerotow at the start of an online race.

Chock

robbo180265 · 05-28-07, 02:45 PM

Currently Play CFS3 and FS9.

I've had LOMAC for a while,but like others have said I too can't get interested in it at the moment.
I also Found IL2 1946 at our local shop for £15.00 so I bought that too. I'm finding the planes a quite easy to spin, and the missions a little bland, I'll give it a little while longer and see how it goes.

What with all that + Medieval 2 Total war and ArmA, I haven't been near a sub in weeks!

STEED · 05-28-07, 05:33 PM

None at the moment as I need to reinstall them on my new hardrive.

I like this colour scheme in this forum.

Right a quick run down CF/IL2 I will list them in full when there all installed again.

Tomorrow I hope.

joea · 05-28-07, 05:34 PM

Il-2 46, don't really like the modern stuff. Flew the MS civvie series for some years but kind of got bored with it.

Egan · 05-28-07, 05:37 PM

BoB, CFS3 / OFF, ILSturmovik (up to the most recent one,) Falcon in varous flavours and Lomac. I think thats about it just now. Oh yeah, FS9 too.

BoB and OFF are the two I play the most. I love Falcon too but mostly AF since it is so accesible and it's all right there. the various flavours are fine but I'm pretty lazy.

ILSturmovik, I think, is my least favourite one. It just bores me. For all the prettiness of the models I just can't play it for more than about 10 minutes. The problem is probably that I'm not really into online play and the solo mode is just....rubbish, even with the various campaign generators. I'm keeping a close eye on Sortm of War but, well, we shall see.

Marko_Ramius · 05-28-07, 05:56 PM

The one, the big, the great Falcon, (AF, OF, an other) best sim ever made

A Multi-role, incredible environemental feeling of battlefield, an amazing dynamic campaign... Since Falcon 3.0, i fell in love.

IL2 FB/PF is great too, and waiting for me.

LOMAC great too, but no campaign

But since a few months, i began to be a casual fly-boy

Not enough time for them.

Skybird · 05-29-07, 07:11 AM

FS9, currently the only thing that I occasionally do fly with.

Also still installed is Falcon, IL2, Longbow2, but it has been aeons since I last ime used them.

After over 20 years, maybe it is time to change my avatar, maybe. From "Skybird" to "Heavybeast", maybe?

How was it with that old saying: "they always come down again..."

STEED · 05-29-07, 12:30 PM

OK I got the IL2 series loaded up now so heres the the list -

IL2

IL2 Forgotten Battles with add on's they are -
Operation Barbarossa
Ace Expansion Pack
Battle of Europe
Pacific Fighters

Can some one put up the exact link for the patches I need for the above, many thanks guys. Tomorrow I will post the CF info.

05-28-07, 11:14 AM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	What flight sims do you have/play? Other than a silly poll, I thought this'd serve a real purpose of helping birds of the same feather to hook up for MP Currently active: Falcon 4.0 SP4.2OCI (I tried both Red Viper and OpenFalcon but both performed poorly on my PC, seemed a little prone to glitching and I didn't bother further on) First Eagles (technically I haven't played this one in a while - I'll grab some mods for it sometime and play around again though) In reserve: (i.e. not currently installed) IL-2 (4.06, that is, up to the Pe-2 add-on) LO:MAC Flaming Cliffs (I still can't get myself interested enough in it) FS9 (would be on, but the beast absolutely devours my HD space so I can't afford to keep it there for now!) Jane's F-15 and F-18 (would go back if I can figure out which mod updates I need for them) MiG Alley, F-22 TAW (would go back if these have been modded in the last few years) Would like to/plan to get: (both current and future games) IL-2 1946 (soon) BoB 2 (maybe) B-17II (maybe, if it's been modded enough) Black Shark (depends on how its state at release) Storm of War (but only when I get a new PC ) Knights of the Sky (alternatively, OFF - if I can find a copy of CFS3 somehwere) Tools: Saitek Cyborg EVO (would like to get TrackIR and a HOTAS eventually, in that order) __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

05-28-07, 11:21 AM	#2
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I have installed&Play: CFS3 + OFF supermod IL2 1946 patched to 4.08m my Tools: Logitech Force 3D pro. planning to get that TrackiR one day. __________________

05-28-07, 12:16 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,014 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	IL2 and CFS3 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-28-07, 05:33 PM	#10
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	None at the moment as I need to reinstall them on my new hardrive. I like this colour scheme in this forum. Right a quick run down CF/IL2 I will list them in full when there all installed again. Tomorrow I hope. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

05-29-07, 07:11 AM	#14
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,719 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	FS9, currently the only thing that I occasionally do fly with. Also still installed is Falcon, IL2, Longbow2, but it has been aeons since I last ime used them. After over 20 years, maybe it is time to change my avatar, maybe. From "Skybird" to "Heavybeast", maybe? How was it with that old saying: "they always come down again..." __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-28-07, 12:22 PM	#5
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,056 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Games: IL2 & OFF Tools: Logitech Extreme 3D Pro List titled "How to piss Hunter off" Only have got to the first item, which says "Shoot him down over and over again", have to try some other tonight like "Ram him. Preferably when he is taking off".

05-28-07, 12:46 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	Pretty much got them all (you could probably have worked that one out from my forum name I guess), but the one I mess about with the most is probably Condor The Competition Soaring Simulator, as it has a flight model which blows every other PC-based flight simulator out of the water and is certainly the only one that you can spin properly in; in fact, the reason I decided to buy it was when I saw a demo video of one of the gliders spinning, and thought 'Yup, that's exactly what it's like in real life!'. Plus it runs great even on a moderate PC and it has a great online community as well as a competition league for tasks and races. Great with Track-IR too. And handy when it's too rainy to go and fly the real thing! I like the flight model in IL-2, but the single-player game itself is a little lacklustre and the AI is somewhat questionable, although it does come into its own online against human players. FSX is another favourite, but the flight modelling is not brilliant, however it is great for variety, modding possibilities and the modelling of complex systems, although many of the better aircraft are only to be found in FS9, so I use that too for things like the PMDG Boeing 747. I occasionally wheel out some of the older ones like B17 and Gunship, and the free WW1 add-on 'Over Flanders Fields' is great for CFS3, so that gets a showing every once in a while. Not forgetting Falcon Allied Force of course, which definitely has the best dynamic campaign of any flight sim, and is also a blast online. another one that's great with Track-IR and it runs good on a moderate PC too. So, yup, I do use quite a lot of them :rotfl: Couple of pics from Condor below, one is a Ventus 2 coming up on 18,000 feet over Mont Blanc, the other is an ASW 28 on aerotow at the start of an online race. Chock

05-28-07, 02:45 PM	#9
robbo180265 Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brighton, England.Party capital of the south Posts: 2,255 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Currently Play CFS3 and FS9. I've had LOMAC for a while,but like others have said I too can't get interested in it at the moment. I also Found IL2 1946 at our local shop for £15.00 so I bought that too. I'm finding the planes a quite easy to spin, and the missions a little bland, I'll give it a little while longer and see how it goes. What with all that + Medieval 2 Total war and ArmA, I haven't been near a sub in weeks!

05-28-07, 05:34 PM	#11
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Il-2 46, don't really like the modern stuff. Flew the MS civvie series for some years but kind of got bored with it.

05-28-07, 05:37 PM	#12
Egan Admiral Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	BoB, CFS3 / OFF, ILSturmovik (up to the most recent one,) Falcon in varous flavours and Lomac. I think thats about it just now. Oh yeah, FS9 too. BoB and OFF are the two I play the most. I love Falcon too but mostly AF since it is so accesible and it's all right there. the various flavours are fine but I'm pretty lazy. ILSturmovik, I think, is my least favourite one. It just bores me. For all the prettiness of the models I just can't play it for more than about 10 minutes. The problem is probably that I'm not really into online play and the solo mode is just....rubbish, even with the various campaign generators. I'm keeping a close eye on Sortm of War but, well, we shall see.

05-28-07, 05:56 PM	#13
Marko_Ramius Frogman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Near Paris Posts: 303 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 0	The one, the big, the great Falcon, (AF, OF, an other) best sim ever made A Multi-role, incredible environemental feeling of battlefield, an amazing dynamic campaign... Since Falcon 3.0, i fell in love. IL2 FB/PF is great too, and waiting for me. LOMAC great too, but no campaign But since a few months, i began to be a casual fly-boy Not enough time for them.

05-29-07, 12:30 PM	#15
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	OK I got the IL2 series loaded up now so heres the the list - IL2 IL2 Forgotten Battles with add on's they are - Operation Barbarossa Ace Expansion Pack Battle of Europe Pacific Fighters Can some one put up the exact link for the patches I need for the above, many thanks guys. Tomorrow I will post the CF info. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!