Well BoB addons for FSX seem rather popular at present.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvvpCYc7ps0


I have never quite understood why - on those rare occasions that I do fly FSX myself (it runs like a dog on my PC) I tend to fly things I have flown in real life over the years like Skyfox Gazelles, C152/C172 and Piper Warriors.


They do look mighty prurty though ....

http://www.justflight.com/img/screen...034ZWP6W-L.jpg

http://www.justflight.com/img/screen...740O6Y7D-L.jpg

Nice sky and clouds in that video......wonder if Oleg plans to show us some Atmospheric shots any time soon rather than the fluffy cotton ball IL2 ones we keep seeing?

Cheers, MP

i like the sounds of plane in this video %)

As you know, OM and Luthier have said that the 'weather' simulation they'd been developing for CloD was too clunky at this point for CLoD but would be available as part of the FMB in a 'use at your own risk' offering, apparrently it my work on some people's rigs on some small maps. Once they've refined the 'weather' it'll become part of the sim proper. Untill then we're stuck with fluffy clouds and monodirectional map wide wind.

Given that I think showing shots of what the 'weather' is capable looking like would be misleading at this point and would sure to come back and bite them in the ass when customers complain that they've got lame fluffy clouds instead of the towering storm fronts they saw in some screenies.

First: You cannot compare FSX and IL-2 ... simply two completely different concepts.
Second: If you have to concentrate on producing only one plane and do not need to care for any limits, you can do wonder - no matter what.
Third: Bf109E's never carried a desert scheme over England - well done, Just Flight! XD

... and maybe as Fourth: Ever anyone been able to fly a Hs129 anywhere else? :)

I am wondering though, when A2A said that there are elements to their Spitfire which has never before been modeled, I am imagining that they are referring to a released product.
I am hoping that they are only able to say this as Cliffs of Dover hasn't yet been released.

Also, comparing Cliffs of Dover to FSX is apples and oranges, as the saying goes.
FSX does a decent job in giving you the impression of flying anywhere in world you want, however, Cliffs of Dover and even Il2, do a far superior job in giving the impression and feel of aerial combat.

I dare say that A2As accusim probably does a superior job in simulating engine internals, but I'm in for a positive surprise when CoD is released.

Did they list the elements that had never been modeled before or was it in a general statement?

If it was a general statement it was probably put here by the marketing team otherwise it would be easy to quantify for them.

Cheers!

Blackdog and a few others right on the money as usual.

I have the A2A Spitfire. Its a very nice package with interesting ageing/wear features and some more realistic engine/aircraft management needs.

I'd be happy to see those additional management features in CoD to tame some of the "tactics" we see in IL-2. I'm sure Oleg would provide 'Off' switches for those who just want to wall the throttle for half an hour.

Mind you those features and the tactics they lead to will be wasted if we can't create decent size on-line campaigns to benefit from them. 128 players is a reasonable start but 256 would be better. I know there are kit and connection issues with that but Oleg shouldn't (and won't have?) held back from the best possible and if you want to use the best options you have to keep your kit and connection reasonably up to date. If you can't there are always other settings and servers you can use thanks to Oleg's tailoring.

btw I have flown A2A Spitfire on-line in loose formation but only with 8-10 players (all A2ASpifires) and a little AI. No problems apart from the odd player with a poor connection (brief warps) but my PC is quite new (i7 950 4GHz, GTX570, 6Gb RAM) and I have a 20Mb/2Mb connection.

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I like ALL flight sims, including FSX, maybe that's because I'm a licenced pilot, there's not a thing wrong with FSX, nice change of pace from IL2, but like you, I'm drooling with anticipation for Cliffs of Dover...and...ALSO..if you don't like FSX, Microsoft FINALLY has a new sim coming out FS11 !! Maybe you might like this one better. Here's a preview video inside a Beaver...looks good to me.. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gacq4...layer_embedded