Gameplay Videos by Freycinet

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by Freycinet

Hi all,

I put up a new movie, and this time it is a bit more useful than the fun vids I've made so far. It is my best attempt at a Spitfire Mk. I Tutorial movie.

Find the movie on my web site: www.flightsimvids.com


There is a LOT more work to making a tutorial video than to my usual vids for pure amusement, so I hope you will appreciate the effort! (Even if perhaps not the result...)

If you haven't enjoyed the superb fun that is flying with Complex Engine Management in Il-2 CoD maybe now is the time!

- The Spitfire modelled in CoD really gives a tremendous feeling of raw power wrapped inside a beautiful, streamlined aeroplane. When you master it (I'm still not quite there) you will have a great feeling of the sky belonging to you, zooming around effortlessly at the flick of a wrist and the slight push of a lever. There is heft and inertia to the plane, and it can be quite daunting to take it up, but it DOES help that one's behind is not on the line, and that the hierarchy won't have that behind served on a platter if you muck up...

I can only imagine the excitement and fear that must have gripped young recruits back then, 70-odd years ago, when they first walked out to a parked Spitfire before taking her up. Actually, I can imagine it much better now that I have flown it in CoD.

Big thanks go to 2GvSAP_Flea, who helped me a lot with the video, and whose super-impressive "Il-2 CoD Aircraft Operations Checklist" can be found on my web site as well. Also thanks to jf1981 (1C forums), whose comments and quick guide helped a lot too. I made my own quick guide (partly based on Flea's pdf and jf1981's document) and linked it at the web site too, for those who want to just jump into the Spit and get her into the air. And maybe even land...

Pls comment if you think I should correct some things in the movie, or well, if you just feel like it...

Thanks.
This type of video is very useful to me. I only ran COD a couple of times after purchase and I am only just starting again after buying a new computer.
I'm finding that the full real settings are very unforgiving.

How are you zooming to outside objects from inside the cockpit? I only seem to be able to zoom in F2 exterior view.
Using the mouse I only seem to be able to move my virtual body around (6 degrees of freedom) within the cockpit. I tried the F10 key, but it just enables/disables this view.

[DoolittleRaider]

Originally Posted by major_setback

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How are you zooming to outside objects from inside the cockpit? I only seem to be able to zoom in F2 exterior view....

I don't know how Freycinet Zooms, but I Zoomed with TIR, as I remember (I am needing/building a new Computer before I can return to flying COD. I've been grounded for a couple of months now.

[Freycinet]

I set up a button on my joystick so that when I hold it down I can zoom in and out by moving my mouse backwards and forwards. It is a button function you can find in the "options" section...

This is a work-around because CoD doesn't have the obvious possibility of setting one joystick button to "zoom in" and another to "zoom out". That would be far better.

[Freycinet]

Woohoo, just passed a quarter of a million views on my youtube channel... - Pretty cool.

I have some more videos up since the last posted in this thread, you can see them at my site, linked in my sig.

[Miss Shilling's orifice]

Have loved watching your vids, mate. Love the stories and the tutorials are a getting me ready for when my joystick arrives.

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by Miss Shilling's orifice

Have loved watching your vids, mate. Love the stories and the tutorials are a getting me ready for when my joystick arrives.

Lol tht one is a must. ....

[Miss Shilling's orifice]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

Lol tht one is a must. ....

Absolutely, the full rudder and aileron settings through the keyboard make doing a lot of things a chore. Can still practice some of the engine management stuff from the tutorials while I wait.