Comments on: More HAWX. Mawx.

By: Ice

Ice — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:20:07 +0000

I know… old thread… but figured I’d jump in anyway. F22 Lightning III is actually my favorite combat sim still today. In fact, I just played it today. The graphics are still decent and the dynamics of the game itself are great. Fat Zombie – a few tips on shaking those SAMS – (1) don’t show up on their scope in the first place – keep your radar off and use uncaged sidewinders as much as possible. (2) If you must be visible to a SAM site, I always carry a couple of HARMs just in case, and take out the SAM site before I get close. (3) If you are fired upon, treat it like any other missle – for me, that means if I’m far enough out, swing around to fly full speed right at the missile – play chicken, if you will. Watch your nav display for the missle to show up, then at the last minute do a nose dive. The missile will fly right above you. One note, though, make sure you have at least a couple thousand feet altitude to work with on this maneuver. Now, if you are not far enough out, ie, right next to the SAM site, then your only hope is to hit the deck and fly right toward the SAM launcher to try to fly under the missile before it can get down to your level. After that, get out as quick as you can before another SAM is fired. Hope these tips help you.

By: James T

James T — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:57:36 +0000

Thanks Mawx. Thmawx.

By: pepper

pepper — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:18:55 +0000

Lomac is pretty hardcore, and definately needs your attention if you plan on staying alive, altough i had some godlike moments in multiplayer flying my frogfoot into enemy territory know that a fighter had spotted me…

Yes, the panels are 3D, you cant click em though, and its based on photographs. It has TIR support, but not as much as IL-2 of FSX/2004.

By: Fire_Storm

Fire_Storm — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:08:41 +0000

I have a Saitek X45 and I can happily map EVERY SINGLE button on that (well over 200 combinations) and still have some that rely on the keyboard.

I tried printing the sheet with all the controls out but it still took too long to find what I was after.

I have a short attention span so LOMAC fell by the way side. Very pretty though.

By: Fat Zombie

Fat Zombie — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:59:16 +0000

Hmmm. LOMAC seeems interesting, but I think I would die at hardcore modern CFSes. I sucked at F-22, surely that’s proof enough?

Anyway. I might as well buy it, at £5 a pop. Does anyone know whether it would be playable on a joystick with throttle and 8 buttons? (No twist or hat-switches, it’s a basic Sidewinder)

I manage IL2 with that amount, but those planes are rather less complex.

By: terry

terry — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:28:56 +0000

Not hating exactly but it does rather resemble Tom Clancy’s G-LOC. I would expect more from a “turn off assistance” option than a chase cam view (which I categorically loathe anyway, screw the marginally sharper response). But then I guess it isn’t a simulation and the 360 controllers have finite buttons.

Edit: Can’t help wishing for a streamlined F-19 Stealth Fighter :(

By: schurem

schurem — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:09:29 +0000

what’s with all the hate? diversity ftw! to me the game looks promising, and i will most certainly get it.

By: Shadrach

Shadrach — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:38:34 +0000

Meh, looks like Afterburner, only better graphics.

By: JulianP

JulianP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:31:57 +0000

I stopped watching the moment he said “innovative.”

By: Jason Moyer

Jason Moyer — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:07:21 +0000

Military technology must be pretty advanced if it lets pilots fly while hovering behind the plane.

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:42:27 +0000

Badly Named shoots and scores. It’s definitely the Maracana. Cheers.

By: Klumhru

Klumhru — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:23:12 +0000

I honestly thought RPS was playing a joke and posting a screen from Falcon4, as the image looks very much like a Viper climbing out above Seoul with the circular sports stadium and the harbor in the backdrop.

In fact I had to stop watching the video when he started talking about disabling the FCC and such because I had to go visit an ophthalmologist, an Ear Nose Throat specialist and a neuro-fucking-surgeon. I had clawed out my eyes, stuck a screwdriver in my ear and swished around my brain.

@Fat Zombie
Yes, LOMAC and F4 are still the best modern fighter sims around, and look to remain so for the foreseeable future. Be prepared though, for they are not dumbed down arcades like YAWNX, and they don’t parade as such, in the manner that it parades as their peer.
In regards to cockpit panels, I have yet to see a snap of one in this game. Yes. It is a flight “simulator”, trying to take it self seriously, and has shown no interior shots from the aircraft it purports to simulate.