Comments on: Flying Lessons

By: Orvidos

Orvidos — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:41:26 +0000

This is a bit late on the reply (a couple weeks, in fact) but I used to do that with NovaLogic’s MiG-29. When I got frustrated with a mission, since I was much younger and much more incapable of making sound decisions (’cause I am now, hah!) I’d load up a mission, take off, invert immediately after getting off the ground. . .

. . .And Ctrl+E.

Splurtch.

By: Fat Zombie

Fat Zombie — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:32:27 +0000

I love playing flight sims. IL2 is fantastic; however, I have a problem whereby I can be fairly impatient to do stuff; combined with poor dogfighting skills means that I end up being bored for fifteen minutes whilst I fly to the fight, then irritated as some smug simmer shoots me down during a mp session.

Most fun I had with 1946, though, was on one MP server where the only aircraft available were the wacky jet fighters. It was absolutely mental fun, and the planes themselves are fast enough to be forgiving of my stupid maneuvers; I actually shot down one or two planes in my time there (including one absolutely fantastic kill using the primitive wire-guided missiles from the nutty nazi Lerche. That was a good day.

Also: JETSTRIKE, anyone?

By: Terr

Terr — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:44:36 +0000

I finally got a hold of IL-2 to try it out with a Xbox 360 controller.

My verdict: perfect. 10 buttons to map all those life saving tasks to, triggers that are great for ‘yawing’ and a stick that doesn’t need calibration every reboot. I’m actually enjoying a sim-ish (realism settings <3) flight sim now.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:34:38 +0000

Wow, that last screenshot of the mustachioed officer gave me some serious Wing Commander deja vu! I casually enjoy flight games, both sims and arcade, so perhaps this game will satisfy those cravings I’d dismissed since being disappointed with Secret Weapons Over Normandy.

By: Satsuz

Satsuz — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:32:50 +0000

Thank you very much Mr. Stone. If you consider it a good representative, that’s what matters. I’ll get right on it.

If things go well enough maybe I’ll do a writeup of my experiences in the forums.

By: tigershuffle

tigershuffle — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:23:36 +0000

Ive used my old PS2 controller on my pc…(started using it with PES6 originally) ……..its way better than keyboard.. :D

Ive now got a Saitek Evo wireless joystick off Ebay for £4 !!!! virtually brand new….and its exellent

By: Terr

Terr — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:57:39 +0000

The scrooge in me is wondering if anyone has ever played IL-2 or the like with the Xbox X360 controller. I mean on the PC, since there will be a IL-2 coming to the 360 and PS3 too.

I found the analog stick on the X360 controller very usable for Amiga emulation. Could flight sims be added to that list as well?

By: Tim Stone

Tim Stone — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:10:32 +0000

Satsuz, I’d go for IL-2: 1946 if I was you. The tutorials are atrocious and the UI is awful, but once you’ve worked past that, you’ve got one hell of a flight sim. Loads of different planes to fly, numerous campaign options (admittedly not always as immersive as they might be) great MP, and strong damage and flight modelling. Plopsworth’s sortie story says it all really.

By: Satsuz

Satsuz — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:19:30 +0000

I’m sort of between games right now, and all this talk of virtual piloting is starting to intrigue me. These sorts of games are foreign to me on all levels. It’s one of my few gaming deficiencies (Vitamin FlightSim?).

Does anyone have any recommendations for a game where I can gain a foothold in this genre? My head is a bit spinny from trying to fish one out of the existing comments here, so someone just telling me what to play would be much appreciated. Demos or decent freeware preferred, until I figure out whether I like this sort of thing or not.

By: Novotny

Novotny — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:17:13 +0000

@Kieran – actually, at RPS:
You guys really need to interview Oleg Maddox. He’s developing different AI personalities for SOW:BOB apparently, however I cannae be arsed looking up the references.

Mush mush!!

By: Richard J

Richard J — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:15:25 +0000

60-odd posts and nobody’s mentioned AP favourite Knights of the Sky?

That was fun, in a fling the bally kite round the sky kind of way.

Looking back, it’s amazing what low frame rates we were prepared to accept in those days. And I say this as a man who managed to finish Wing Commander on an A500, which shows determination and suspension of disbelief beyond the call of duty, I think.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:07:08 +0000

Dawn Patrol. Those were the days….
Also B17 Flying Fortress, which really could have been so much more fun, were it just a little more tweakable.