DCS black shark released :O?

[Therion_Prime]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

So far it seems it is taking the real military pilots I know about an hour to figure out the startup procedure and just get the thing off the ramp.

Does not sound like fun to me. Too many darned buttons.

I like it. I always missed clickable cockpits in other "sims".
In fact I would not call anything a "sim" without a clickable cockpit.

btw, I made the startup video posted earlier. Learning what all the buttons do was the most fun.

I know, I'm hardcore

[TUSA/TX-Gunslinger]

Best prop sim since the Il2 series.

The best thing I can say about it is that it's the only sim that has ever taken me away from the Il2 series in 7 years (and it's not like I don't have other's) for any period of time.

I'm continually finding new things every day, and like Il2, this has a "feel of flight" that's out of this world.

I used to wonder why TX-Ecodragon was so passionate about clickable cockpits, and now I know. It's simple, you get to interact with the cockpit in a manner that is Ergonomically more "pilot like" and natural. Many switches which I'd normally map to a controller or keyboard, I can just naturally move around the cockpit to use in the manner that the cockpit was designed for. The clickable cockpit has actually allowed me to learn the cockpit much faster than in Il2.

I'm running BS on a 3 year old laptop, and doing ok. You don't need 70 fps for this sim, as combat is occurring at long range (or your dead).

Two things that my experience with BS has made me hope for in SOW:

1) More advanced flight model than what we've been using since 4.04 - while the current Il2 FM is good - it could be more complex and complete

2) Clickable cockpits

S~

Gunny

[Therion_Prime]

Originally Posted by SPUDLEY1977

My two cents....Based on these high resolution large file videos, I am not particularly impressed. For one thing the popup effect happens less than 100 yrds out. These high resolution demo videos look like LOCKON (several years old) crossed with Micropose Gunship (even older and much like Lockon only chopper based). Gunship is much older than LOCKON and DCS just looks like LOCKON with a CHOPPER. To the Chopper Sim crowd this may be a big deal but to me I see nothing to get excited about.

Now what would excite me is:
Efficient game programming
High FPS - smooth gameplay
Photographic satellite imaging of terrain/trees/planes/etc
Multiple flyable Planes/Choppers
MP Customizable games/maps
Multiple controllable stations in:
Planes, Ground defenses, Ship defenses
Different respawn capabilities - governed by Host
Planes/Chopper/Grounddefenses controlled by multiple players
Well thought out Multiplayer
Host customizability/control of MP games
Hack prevension
Sound Mod capability
Customizable paint jobs/high res capability
Immersion
Don't just repackage something old give us the next leap in softeare/gameplay/visuals


I keeps my short list

PEACE

Sorry, but are you nuts?

BS is the best simulator up to date. Period. You didn't play it and judge from (possibly old beta-) videos?
The graphics are really awesome, there is no "popup" and almost all of the things in your "wish list" are already in the game.