Thanks ATAG and developers

[Faucon]

I had a very bad departure with this sim. Performances, Su26 gone away few days before release. As an aerobatic hard fan and IRL pilot, I was expecting a lot with this plane. Knowing the quality of IL2's FM, I was very convinced it would be the best aerobatic simulator** (+ the best WWII air combat simulator of course).

I didnt touch it for a long long time, while 2 or 3 updates went out. I came back the last week. It was playable, I felt better FMs. Thanks to Seven 64, the "launcher.exe" issue is almost a ghost. I'm having very good time on ATAG server. Online, this sim is impressive and immersive, as Chivas said.

So I just want say to the dev: keep working, it's getting very good. And... hope to be able to fly the Su26 soon.


** And I'm still convinced, after testing some freestyle aerobatics with Me109. There are behaviors which are normally very hard to reproduce, like the snap-roll (which keeps rolling with neutral elevators) and torque-roll (propeller blast seems nicely modeled).

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by Faucon

I had a very bad departure with this sim. Performances, Su26 gone away few days before release. As an aerobatic hard fan and IRL pilot, I was expecting a lot with this plane. Knowing the quality of IL2's FM, I was very convinced it would be the best aerobatic simulator** (+ the best WWII air combat simulator of course).

I didnt touch it for a long long time, while 2 or 3 updates went out. I came back the last week. It was playable, I felt better FMs. Thanks to Seven 64, the "launcher.exe" issue is almost a ghost. I'm having very good time on ATAG server. Online, this sim is impressive and immersive, as Chivas said.

So I just want say to the dev: keep working, it's getting very good. And... hope to be able to fly the Su26 soon.


** And I'm still convinced, after testing some freestyle aerobatics with Me109. There are behaviors which are normally very hard to reproduce, like the snap-roll (which keeps rolling with neutral elevators) and torque-roll (propeller blast seems nicely modeled).

From the wikipedia article on the Su 26

The Sukhoi Su-26 made its first flight in June 1984

Why would they model a 1980's-era acrobatic aircraft in a WWII combat sim?

[Faucon]

Why would they model a 1980's-era acrobatic aircraft in a WWII combat sim?

You didn't notice how many aerobatic team are born on IL2?

[baronWastelan]

Are the players on ATAG using TeamSpeak?
I hate texting for comms.

oops nevermind, I just saw Skoshi Tiger's post. OK I'm gonna check it out shorly

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by baronWastelan

Are the players on ATAG using TeamSpeak?
I hate texting for comms.

oops nevermind, I just saw Skoshi Tiger's post. OK I'm gonna check it out shorly

Sounds like you've used TS before.

I admit I've been new to Teamspeak 3 and only really tried it when ATAG began using it recently. It was easy even for All-Thumbs Snapper to get up and running. What really knocked me out was the clarity of the voices and the apparent absence of "satellite lag" - critical if someone is telling you to "Break left.......NOW" when you have a 109 on your tail. I quickly learned to assign a joystick button for "push to talk" since that is also the precisely wrong time to be fumbling for a keyboard setting! LOL

Further to that, I've gotten all kinds of useful tips through casual conversations on TS during the quieter moments of a mission (advice on ammo belt load outs, CEM settings, etc etc) that would not likely be typed out in a chat box. As you indicate in your post above, Teamspeak really adds to the experience if you have a cheap headset with a microphone. And it's freaking FREE!!

[KDN]

I also had a very pleasant experience in the ATAG server. Nicely setup and smooth connection.
Thank you Guys