Friday 2010-10-08 Dev. update and Discussion

[pupaxx]

Originally Posted by _RAAF_Stupot

I can still remember the one and only air-to-air kill I got in Tornado! (in the F3) Seriously though it was best as an air-ground simulator - the mission builder was absolutely fantastic, being able to schedule your AI planes on time on target, all attacking from different directions. I can remember the trill of the RWR receiver. I can also remember trying to get a customised autoexec.bat file and config.sys file that would let me load the programme in base memory - that wasn't so much fun. The manual was good as well, some 200-odd pages long.

Another old-school sim I used to fly was EF-2000. Took me ages to learn how to do the aerial refueling!

+10 several hours spent with ef-2000 ..I remember uneventfull CAP mission flown for 1 hour or more or interception at very low altitude.. great game ,
I found a link about classic combat simulators
http://www.listal.com/list/evolution...ght-simulators
it impressed me cause i spent my youth on most of them since I was 13, how many hours subtracted to homeworks!!
In this list are missing two top games: Aces of pacific and aces over europe!!!great days... but gretest are to come with SOW
Ciao

[Richie]

One thing I was thinking about was menu music. Although I'm not much of a fan I found out that Wings Of Prey has an awesome main theme.


Yes We Are....ACES!!!

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

[robday]

Originally Posted by Richie

One thing I was thinking about was menu music.

The first thing I do with any game after I have installed it, no matter what genre, is to go to the options screen and turn the music OFF. It's usually rubbish and I find that it detracts from the game.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by robday

The first thing I do with any game after I have installed it, no matter what genre, is to go to the options screen and turn the music OFF. It's usually rubbish and I find that it detracts from the game.

Well personally I used to jump in the jeeps in Battlefield 'Nam and turn on the radio and just listen to the '60's soundtrack It is hard to criticize a sound track that included Creedence, The Troggs, Canned Heat Deep Purple and The Kinks

I also found the soundtracks that came with the various "Need for Speed Underground" titles pretty good listening.

A good soundtrack can help a game immensely. In terms of WWII a mixture of Vera Lynn, Glenn Miller, Marlene Dietrich and similar songs in other languages ("Lili Marleen" in German was a huge hit amongst Afrika Corp troops for example) may not be played every time you fly but would add a lot to the atmosphere of the game.

[Sturm_Williger]

I agree that I almost always turn the music off, but one game I remember the music was epic - UFO ( the very first one ). The music was just so eerie, it's the only game I know where the music actually gave you the willies !

[Fansadox]

Originally Posted by Sturm_Williger

I agree that I almost always turn the music off, but one game I remember the music was epic - UFO ( the very first one ). The music was just so eerie, it's the only game I know where the music actually gave you the willies !

best music ever in a game would be in DEFCON for me.

[julien673]

Best game music, GTA Vice city... B)

[robday]

Originally Posted by Fansadox

best music ever in a game would be in DEFCON for me.

The best soundtrack to a WW2 flight sim has got to be the sound of the engines themselves! Get that right and it increaes the immersion factor for me.
I just prefer to listen to music on my Hi-Fi, not in the 'pit of whatever I feel like flying.