I've had a sudden craving for some flight simulator action. I have fond memories of the good old days when F-22 Raptor, Jane's WW2 Fighters and European Air War all shared disk space on my old P200 MMX. In fact I remember Chuck Yeager's Air Combat.
Looking around the market these days though is not too inspiring. Are there any suggestions? Not fussed whether I am bouncing Jerry over Kent or teaching the Taliban to worship JDAM.
Also what is a good joystick to get these days? I miss my old CH Flightstick :(
All the kids seem to like IL-2. I lack the patience for hardcore sims these days.
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/il_2_sturmovik_1946
It might be cheaper in other places.
F-16 Falcon: Allied Force is hands-down the more realistic combat flight simulator out there; it actually takes 40 minutes to cold-start it.
I've been working more on my flat shaded, mouse controlled sim about straight-winged jets, colonial policing and big-game hunting in the British mandate on Venus in the early fifties.
It's currently looking a bit like this:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi48.tinypic.com%2Foumyxh.jpg&hash=aadd280f96314531d8f0eaea9752549c03917e3b)
I tried IL-2 back when it first came out and found it to be impossibly difficult. I think my like of civilian flight sims is well known on Languish however. Been about a month since I played FSX though (my Mooney M20 is parked in Brownsville, Texas).
Quote from: Caliga on January 31, 2010, 10:47:27 AM
I tried IL-2 back when it first came out and found it to be impossibly difficult.
Yeah, and there's some real flightsimtards out there that will shoot you down in a fucking heartbeat. Fucking hackers.
QuoteI think my like of civilian flight sims is well known on Languish however. Been about a month since I played FSX though (my Mooney M20 is parked in Brownsville, Texas).
LULZ IM IN UR HANGER PLANTING A BOMBZ IN UR MOONEY
Is Wings over Europe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_Over_Europe) any good?
I've seen IL-2, the most recent DVD of it, for £4 on Amazon. Surely can't go wrong with that price.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 31, 2010, 11:08:06 AM
LULZ IM IN UR HANGER PLANTING A BOMBZ IN UR MOONEY
Is that what that smell is? I thought it was all the damn Mexicans in Brownsville. :(
Well I've just ordered a CH Combat Flightstick, FSX Gold Edition, and am downloading Strike Fighters 2: Europe. :ph34r:
Quote from: Pishtaco on January 30, 2010, 02:00:09 PM
I've been working more on my flat shaded, mouse controlled sim about straight-winged jets, colonial policing and big-game hunting in the British mandate on Venus in the early fifties.
It's currently looking a bit like this:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi48.tinypic.com%2Foumyxh.jpg&hash=aadd280f96314531d8f0eaea9752549c03917e3b)
Jolly good show, I say...