Flight Sims - Remember Those?

[4merTopGun]

>> INteresting, thanks for the insight. I'm really interested in Falcon 4.0 AF's dynamic campaign however. I love the feeling that what I'm doing in those missions is actually making a difference in the game, whether it be good or bad. I hate games where you cant move on until you "beat" the mission.
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Hi Matt, and Happy New year;

In that regard, LOMAC can't touch F4. I enjoy the interactive type of campaign as well, and given that Ubi had F4's example to draw on for years, I am surprised they didn't follow the lead. No question on that one; F4 wins there.

Kalashnikov

 

[4merTopGun]

>> I appreciate the insight... I am mostly a propeller kind of guy but I'm thinking about flying some more jets, and I'm leaning a bit more towards LOMAC now. <<

Hi Professor, and Happy New Year;

I truly believe you won't be disappointed with LOMAC. I wish I could send you screen shots, but one of my favorite things to do, is to set up light cloud cover at sunrise or sunset, with about a 2 km density, and just cloud hop - that is, just fly around through the clouds, switiching views, diving in and out of cover, etc. The clouds are modelled fairly well, and it reminds me of the days when I used to do the same in my girlfriend's Apache (Piper, not attack helo, LOL!). Oh, right, and it also works great as a flight/combat simulator - better not forget to let you know that I use it for that, too, LOL!

Best,

Kalashnikov

 

[4merTopGun]

>> I'll buy a copy in the next few days and try it out on my Opeteron 148 @ 2.86

What would be a good benchmark scenario? <<

I just caught this post..


Slatr,

Here's what I get: at altitude, my frame rates are perfectly acceptable with everything turned on. I get somewhere around 50 fps. When I get close to the ground, my rates drop to no moe than about 9-10 FPS. LOMAC does something a little unique in this case; buildings are rendered on the fly, as you get close to them, unless you have the view distance set to "high", in which they are loaded well in advance. I am curious to see what you get while you are flying at about 150 metres, over the docks at Sevastopol, with everything maxed. This is the scenario I am most concerned with, as it represents the only time my machine gets "chunky". Thanks, bro!

Best,

Kalashnikov

 

[slatr]

I am curious to see what you get while you are flying at about 150 metres, over the docks at Sevastopol, with everything maxed.

*******

Not a problem. I'll try that tonight at some different screen resolutions.

I just got the game last night (gold) and the second cd is bad. I patched all the way up to 1.11 after installing it and it asked for a serial number.

They are supposed to send me a second cd when I e-mail POP. For now, I will have to test with v. 1.02

 

[rickon66]

Yeah, but will any of your rigs run "Chuck Yeager Air Combat". Watch your six!! I loved that game.

 

[slatr]

Ok with everything maxed I get 14-20 fps over the city.

If I choose the default high settings I get 30-60 fps at all times. The only differences are that advanced water and the highest visibility ring are not set at default high.

Very impressive simulator IMO. I'll be glad to get my replacement cd in so I can install the Flaming Cliffs expansion.

edit:

Specs

AMD Opteron 148 running at 2860 mhz
1 gig Gskill PC4000 running at 260 mhz
Asrock Dual Sata 939 mb with 1.50 bios
Leadtek Geforce 6800 gs at 485/1100

Tested at standard resolution of 1920 X 1200 on Dell 2405 LCD. Also dropped down to lower resolutions but frame rate gain was minimal.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Matt2
This is a little off topic, but no one responded to this in my thread in software...

Is Falcon 4.0 Allied Force any good?

I like it.

Then again I'm a Falcon 4 fanatic. It was pretty well done, but there could have been a lot of improvements. I bought LOMAC, but it wouldn't even run on my old system and I haven't reinstalled it. I never even found out if it has dynamic campaigns.

There's no point in making a simulator without a campaign system like Falcon 4s. It's just amazing.

They just need an F-19 Stealth Fighter 2.

 

[Nirach]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Since his questions are answered, I'll just postcount+

I've got to get a good stick and start doing the flight sims again! I probably spent more time with A10:Tank Killer for amiga than any single PC game.

Good lord. I used to play that game, very very badly, but I enjoyed it!