arcade mode thoughts

[Soviet Ace]

You can make it so the HUD is put to a minimal or non-existent on both Arcade and Realistic. I haven't played Arcade, but mostly Realistic and Simulator.

[LaRock O no Lie]

The hud is what?

I guess I'll have to test it out... because from what i think it is its just the airspeed and altitude that shows up on the top left... and possibly the radar? really not sure.. im just doing arcade mode till I get my flightstick. Then watchout all you flyer online... cause the great Larock O no Lie is gonna eat your bulltes and die fast for a while until I relearn how to fly after using the stupid controller layouts that are defaulted and unchangable in this game!

Soviet... how do you do bombing runs on sim? do you use cockpit or the horribly stupid virtual cockpit???? sorry, but in sim mode you should never be able to use that view!!! can you say advantage in FOV????

does the bombing reticule show on sim in the horribly cheesy virtual view?

[Soviet Ace]

The HUD= The Map, Cheap gun arching position ie where to shoot your guns at. Your planes damage resignator (Where it shows what's seriously damaged etc.) and your Speed, Altitude etc. If you move the HUD down to minimal, it takes away the clutter off the screen, and you can be immersed into the game better. I have the HUD down to "none" on Realistic, as I don't like being told where to aim my guns when deflection shooting Plus, when ever I tried aiming where the game said, it was usually wrong and wasted the ammo.

EDIT: I just use the gunsight, since I'm always flying in cockpit. Except for the German planes at the moment.

[LaRock O no Lie]

I don't get a deflection angle cursor in anything other then arcade mode... ( no care there for me, as I usually can do deflection on the fly in my head. and in arcade mode the deflection cursor is off a little all the time. like you said If I had limited ammo ifd waste it all on the first kill if i followed the deflection aide...) as for the map... I am sure its not there on sim so no biggie... The biggest gripe I have is with the cockpits. and how you look around with the various controllers, and no options to customize the controls... ( besides nop co-op modes )

really how awesome would this game be if you could do 16 player co-op missions.... online with your friends. i guess if you have enough friends playing you could break up into 2 parties and fly against each other online... but I am sure that will be hard to setup.

[Soviet Ace]

Nope, Sim does not have the deflection cursor or anything that could give you some assistance. All you have, is your trim setting, and flap settings. You can't lock onto enemies, and follow them around like in Arcade or Realistic. You actually have to search around for them, keeping your head on a swivel, like always. Also, the planes are I wouldn't say a lot harder, but they're more difficult to control with out a flight stick. On the game pad (controller) you'll be fighting the stick a lot to keep the plane level etc. Also, it's a lot easier to go into a stall, since it's a lot easier to burn off your airspeed, and such.

[LaRock O no Lie]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Nope, Sim does not have the deflection cursor or anything that could give you some assistance. All you have, is your trim setting, and flap settings. You can't lock onto enemies, and follow them around like in Arcade or Realistic. You actually have to search around for them, keeping your head on a swivel, like always. Also, the planes are I wouldn't say a lot harder, but they're more difficult to control with out a flight stick. On the game pad (controller) you'll be fighting the stick a lot to keep the plane level etc. Also, it's a lot easier to go into a stall, since it's a lot easier to burn off your airspeed, and such.

exactly....

but I must add, tht I would be able to control a plane in sim with the controller if I could swap the darned sticks functions.... but thats because I am right handed... and I am used to my left hand controlling the throttle and rudder... while my right controls flight... seriously this is the BIGGEST F-UP of the programmers of this game... ( not being able to swap sticks functions )


i Have played sim with the controller, but its impossible for me due to the look feature not being a toggle and the control sticks not able to swap... so once I get my ace edge I will be all set. I am sure I can land in sim even without a brake function on the hotas... since in flight sim x I landed a 747-jumbo onto a tazmanian runway that was not even rated for a jet... but thats cause I did the "yaw slide"???? where you yaw using rudder, kinda like your in a heavy crosswind. you point the nose into the wind, and use your wingtip to aim at the runway until right before touchdown.

this game would rock if I coulda used my PC flightstick with it on 360... i'd even buy the saitek rudder pedals ( whick I want for my pc anyway )

[skullblits]

Im going to go out on a limb here and say arcade on the online game is Harder than realistic.

I shot sum newbie a million times and he would not die, i kill plenty on realistic