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thegubner
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PostPosted: 23:13 - 09 Feb 2011    Post subject: flight simulator? Reply with quote
Now having learned how to do the torrent thing I want to download a flight game.

Any recommendations on an easy to learn beginners one?

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PostPosted: 23:16 - 09 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
flight simulator x i had a while ago i think, probably not the easiest but it was very good, i got on ok with it and it was the first simulator i used
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PostPosted: 23:25 - 09 Feb 2011    Post subject: Re: flight simulator? Reply with quote
.st3v3. wrote:
Now having learned how to do the torrent thing I want to download a flight game.

Any recommendations on an easy to learn beginners one?

Ta.


See if you can get Ilyushin2 (IL2).

You do have a joystick of course? If not, forget it.
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PostPosted: 23:30 - 09 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Do have a joystick yeah, couldn't find a copy of that with any positive comments about the torrent on btjunkies so got another going now, its called combat flight simulator 3.
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PostPosted: 23:42 - 09 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
.st3v3. wrote:
Do have a joystick yeah, couldn't find a copy of that with any positive comments about the torrent on btjunkies so got another going now, its called combat flight simulator 3.


That's the best of the CFS series, it's the Pacific theatre, Japs vs Yanks. Thumbs Up

Hope the download comes with the manual, you'll need it. Exclamation
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PostPosted: 23:49 - 09 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hetzer wrote:
.st3v3. wrote:
Do have a joystick yeah, couldn't find a copy of that with any positive comments about the torrent on btjunkies so got another going now, its called combat flight simulator 3.


That's the best of the CFS series, it's the Pacific theatre, Japs vs Yanks. Thumbs Up

Hope the download comes with the manual, you'll need it. Exclamation




Combat flight simulator 1 and 3 are European theater, 2 was the pacific theater which was the best as you had carrier operations and proper missions with a story line.
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PostPosted: 00:08 - 10 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Combat flight simulator 1 and 3 are European theater, 2 was the pacific theater which was the best as you had carrier operations and proper missions with a story line.


Thanks, I had a sneaky feeling I might be one out. But yes, the Pacific one was the best. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 00:59 - 10 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've got Pacific Fighters, which i believe is similar to IL2.

It's ok for the odd blast every now and then, but generally i find it pretty boring.

The skill levels seem to go from stupidly easy arcade to ridiculous unplayable complexity with very little in between.

The missions seem tediously dull and long-winded, and only playable if the time is sped up drastically, which kind of defeats the object i suppose.

So, really, all i ever do is stick it on 'instant dogfight', shoot a few planes down, get bored and then go kamikaze.

I guess i'm just not cut out for flight-sims.
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PostPosted: 17:28 - 10 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
mistergixer wrote:
I've got Pacific Fighters, which i believe is similar to IL2.

It's ok for the odd blast every now and then, but generally i find it pretty boring.


Pacific War was the bastard love child of IL-2. If you get a copy of IL-2 1946, then it's got all the planes of the IL-2 series, Forgotten Battles, Aces Exp Pack, Pacific War and then some.

The IL-2 series are great if you like online dogfighting, otherwise they are very sterile and dry. They appeal to the rivet counters and those that fly to a stopwatch and then bitch that xyz plane doesn't fly according to whatever performance figures. Razz

Flight Simulator X and 2004 ACOF are civil sims with nothing to shoot at if that's your thing. There are hordes of planes and airfield mods out there for them, of varying quality, so if you just like wiggling a stick around and admiring the scenery then they're not too bad. There's also X Plane for civil sims.

CFS series are probably OK for beginners, tho the damage modelling is a bit pants.

There are plenty of others out there, but some of them are very long in the tooth.
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PostPosted: 17:54 - 10 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
I never played CFS 3, what was it like?
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PostPosted: 18:05 - 10 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Doug97 wrote:
I never played CFS 3, what was it like?


Reasonable, but best suited for the mod that was made for it, Over Flanders Field (OFF), which is an utterly superb WW1 sim that ranks right up there with Red Baron 2.

https://combatace.com/forum/204-off-general-discussion/
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PostPosted: 19:27 - 10 Feb 2011    Post subject: Re: flight simulator? Reply with quote
Hetzer wrote:

See if you can get Ilyushin2 (IL2).


Just ordered from Amazon for a fiver Thumbs Up

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0027FFRHM/ref=oss_product
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PostPosted: 15:12 - 12 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
No joy opening the file so I think I'll just buy one, films are simple to download and go, this is faaaaaaar to much like hard mental graft.

Thanks though.
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PostPosted: 16:56 - 12 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
.st3v3. wrote:
No joy opening the file so I think I'll just buy one, films are simple to download and go, this is faaaaaaar to much like hard mental graft.

Thanks though.


You sound like my gran after telling her how to turn on her computer. Laughing
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PostPosted: 01:35 - 13 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
For realism nothing beats FS9 (Flight Sim 2004) loads of upgrades for it. Graphics aren't on par with Flight Sim X, but it doesn't need a super computer to run.
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PostPosted: 11:41 - 13 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
I wish they'd bring out a new Combat FS based on FS X. That ought to be quite cool.
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