rec.autos.simulators

>Ice D

> >There's this new combat flight sim called IL2 Sturmovik
> >(http://www.racesimcentral.net/). I was looking around in the newsgroup
> >comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight.sim, and it's a hot item there. In fact, the
> >way it's being discussed instantly reminded me of the GPL threads I've
seen
> >in rec.autos.simulators. As it seems, the planes in IL2 are too difficult
> >too handle for a lot of people, but the *** sim-lovers are ecstatic
> >about the sheer realism. So... if this appeals to you, you might want to
> >check it out.

> >Ice D

> Loved the demo and can't wait for the full game.
> Only one MAJOR big grip:
> No dynamic campaign :(((((

> Andre

>In the demo I've flown the me109 tons, but it's a *** trying to shoot
>anything down. I have no clue where to aim, there's no mark for where the
>gun *might* fire and therefore I can never seem to hit the enemy plane even
>if im following it nicely 0.1 of a mile from it. I usually end up flying
>around, trying to shoot them, and then the Ju's do they're bombing thing and
>then I follow them home and (hopefully) land. I've also had some interesting
>where I've escaped too :) Just a few minutes ago I braked too hard as I
>touched the ground, flipped over, then ejected, so my pilot ran out of the
>plane, pretty cool...

>Ice D

> >Andre, I have a question for you and it's really stupid...

> >In the demo I've flown the me109 tons, but it's a *** trying to shoot
> >anything down. I have no clue where to aim, there's no mark for where the
> >gun *might* fire and therefore I can never seem to hit the enemy plane
even
> >if im following it nicely 0.1 of a mile from it. I usually end up flying
> >around, trying to shoot them, and then the Ju's do they're bombing thing
and
> >then I follow them home and (hopefully) land. I've also had some
interesting
> >where I've escaped too :) Just a few minutes ago I braked too hard as I
> >touched the ground, flipped over, then ejected, so my pilot ran out of
the
> >plane, pretty cool...

> You best bet would be to ask your questions on
> comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim, that's the place where the real
> flight-sim experts are.. I didn't fly the ME109 that much, I prefer
> the other side :) but if I remember correctly you have to trim the
> aiming with shift-f1, the standard aiming is quite off, making hitting
> something very hard indeed..
> I must say I like this realism factor, it's very hard to shoot a
> plane.. unlike all the other flightsims where you go home with 10
> kills in one mission, here you should be happy if you get home with
> 1-2 kills, much more realistic numbers..

> And yes, those details like the pilot running away and ducking when
> the plane explodes is SO cool :))

> Andre

>> Just looking over the control setup menu gave me a headache.  Seemed
>> like a fun challenging sim like GPL with a steep learning curve. Two
>> questions. Is there a replay mode and there anyway to advance time in
>> mission to eliminate flying to target ?  ( i'm getting bored shooting
>> down my own men)

>Yes, there is a replay mode, although it doens't always represent what
>actully happened.

>> Eldred
>   I have never had much luck with those dloader agents.  Recently I tried
>the demo for Empire Earth(Age of Empires clone) and it had this fancy agent.
>7,000 attempts later only about 4 megs of 100+ were dloaded so I found a
>mirror site and grabbed the whole thing in about 5 minutes.  What most
>agents really are is...a spot to sell more advertising....and a probably to
>grab some user info in the process.(I am guessing about the second part but
>I wouldn't be suprised)