Starting to make little progress

[d.burnette]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

What you are attempting takes one hell of a good memory in actual use...

Lol, my memory ain't that good, especially at my age! I do end up remembering the basic commands, actually I end up remembering more than I think I will - but I always have a printout of my joytick file for the sim I am currently flying on my desk , it contains a nice graphic represention of what each button does regarding the command it generates.

[d.burnette]

I am please to report I got it finished, and just completed successfully my first solo training.
Well I say I was successful - never could quite seem to figure out where exactly the instructor wanting me to take off from. I followed the visual guide that I thought would take me to some runway - I ended up just giving up, in a fairly smooth area of the grass, and took the plane off. Flew around freestyle I guess, kept getting message to join formation but never new where it really wanted me to go.

So I ended up just flying for a bit then set her down successfully in an open field - I figure that was a success for me anyway.

Now to see about doing some actual fighting...

[d.burnette]

Have done 2 or 3 quick missions - so far am loving it!
Performance not too bad on my machine - and still have the new 560 Ti 2GB card to put in as well...
Graphics are really nice, I can only imagine how well this will run once the update comes out with the new graphics engine.

[kestrel79]

That new video card will make a world of difference. Even pre patch.

I've found the training missions pretty buggy. I learned more just doing a quickflight mission starting from the ground and just trial and error starting the engine and flying and seeing what each button does.

[d.burnette]

Originally Posted by kestrel79

That new video card will make a world of difference. Even pre patch.

I've found the training missions pretty buggy. I learned more just doing a quickflight mission starting from the ground and just trial and error starting the engine and flying and seeing what each button does.

Yes it did make a difference, I put it in last night.
I have been doing one of the dogfight quickmissions today, where it dumps me in the air, over the water with enemy planes approaching. I have managed to get several kills. Frame rates over the water were 40-60 fps, managed to find my way to an airfield after the fighting and over land was around 30-40 fps. I think the lowest I saw it get was in the clouds, in mid to upper 20's.
I saw a little stuttering at the very start of the mission, but it seemed to quickly smooth out.
I was expecting worse based on what I have read. Was pleased I was able to successfully land as well.

Great looking sim, my initial impression so far is very favorable. Thanks to all the help I got from the fine folks here, I got off to a very good start.