Sgt_Joch Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 allow me to differ... The whole reason for me finally plunging into DCS was to fly the Hornet. One of my favorite sims from the early 2000s was Jane's F/A-18 which I played for a long time before it became hopelessly obsolete. I have been following the DCS Hornet for a long time, but was not sure I wanted to go back to school to learn all the systems. I finally bought it over the holidays and am now slowly getting into it. The trick to learn these birds is to break it up in easily digestible blocks, learning one aspect at a time. I am actually finding it easier than I thought since I also used to play Falcon4/AF/BMS extensively. I had forgotten most of it, but "muscle memory" seems to be coming back quicker than I thought since all these planes use pretty much the same basic systems.
dburne Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 16 hours ago, Lusekofte said: Probably same fit I get occasionally, just look at the geeks actually flying it?, then it will pass , I promise Hey I resemble that remark!! 1 hour ago, Lusekofte said: You are not helping cure my fits. My reluctance towards this bird is mostly maintenance schedule. If I learn it, it require maintenance flights at least every second day for god know how long to make it stuck for a duration of one month. This means you need to be sure, really wanting to spend that amount of time with it. Apart from launch and a very procedure filled landing approach and fiddling weapon system it bring little to my interest Naw it ain't that bad, I can go weeks now doing other things like the Spit or the Apache and come back to the Hornet without too much issue. 1 1
Lusekofte Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 6 minutes ago, dburne said: Naw it ain't that bad, I can go weeks now doing other things like the Spit or the Apache and come back to the Hornet without too much issue. Good to know. I can do it all in front of the Apache. I do it only because Chinook will sadly be a a glass pit version. Huey occupies my available flying time perfectly
Trooper117 Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 For all you Sabre lovers... a slightly tongue in cheek look at what happens when a fighter squadron get their new Sabres. 3 3
BraveSirRobin Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 3 hours ago, AndyJWest said: If there had been combat simulators in the medieval era, the old-timers would probably have spent all their time telling each other that these new-fangled gunpowder-weapons had taken all the fun out of it, and things were much better in the days of boiling oil and trebuchets. ? At least trebuchets probably saw combat on some of the DCS maps.
Bremspropeller Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 The Sabre is about themost fun you can have with your pants on. Too bad there aren't more versions ofit around. 2
AndyJWest Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 3 hours ago, BraveSirRobin said: At least trebuchets probably saw combat on some of the DCS maps. Not sure about trebuchets, but when Alexander the Great first laid siege to Tyre (332 BC) he used siege towers with catapults and ballistas. The Tyrian's put a stop to that with fire ships. Alexander responded (after another victory or two elsewhere) by coming back with more ships, including some equipped with cranes and rams. Not as effective as a JDAM or two, but much more spectacular. If DCS modelled all that, I'd buy it. ?
Lusekofte Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 I do not know much of trebuchet. But I do know that only here a discussion about F 18 Hornet turn into something like that
DD_fruitbat Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) I've been flying the A10 again a little bit the last few days, boy I'd forgotten how much I like that gun.... BRRRRRRT........ Edited February 22, 2023 by DD_fruitbat
Lusekofte Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 Just now, DD_fruitbat said: I've been flying the A10 a little bit the last few days, boy I'd forgotten how much I like that gun.... BRRRRRRT........ Another reason why I not yet go deep into Hornet. I am very close to start up A10
Bremspropeller Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, DD_fruitbat said: I've been flying the A10 again a little bit the last few days, boy I'd forgotten how much I like that gun.... I've seen you toying around in the BrrtHog. Had to look twice and then twice again. Who are you and what did you do to the real Kev? Some days ago in a proper aircraft. ? Edited February 22, 2023 by Bremspropeller 1
Gambit21 Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 2 hours ago, DD_fruitbat said: I've been flying the A10 again a little bit the last few days, boy I'd forgotten how much I like that gun.... BRRRRRRT........ I wish we had a full fidelity, 2023 standard A-10A. Then I'd be all over it.
Guest deleted@83466 Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 It’s possible to have too much HOTAS. I gave up on the A-10C for this reason years ago, for all the reasons Lusekofte cites about the Hornet. Maybe at the time, I just wasn’t ready for all that, and it would be different today, but it was just too painful to incorporate all the long and short presses in all the various modes on the A-10 into my fingers. The Hornet has some quirks, but it doesn’t -seem- to be like I remember the A-10. As dburne said, I can actually come back to the Hornet after a few months, and after a quick review, it comes back.
Hoots Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 48 minutes ago, Lusekofte said: Sometimes I think my hobbies are a bit strange. And then I see something like this and feel much better 1
Lusekofte Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, Hoots said: Sometimes I think my hobbies are a bit strange. And then I see something like this and feel much better I am a bit attracted to this. A good five minutes fun in ME is always a good thing.
sevenless Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 59 minutes ago, Lusekofte said: Makes for an "interesting" career mode...
Lusekofte Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, sevenless said: Makes for an "interesting" career mode... I think you mean a short one. The only one ever flew it, attempted to redeem his career Edited February 23, 2023 by Lusekofte
sevenless Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Lusekofte said: I think you mean a short one. The only one ever flew it, attempted to redeem his career Exactly. That´s why I used the quotation marks. As "interesting" as a career with this thing would be...
Bremspropeller Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, sevenless said: Makes for an "interesting" career mode... Edited February 23, 2023 by Bremspropeller 2
Lusekofte Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, sevenless said: Exactly. That´s why I used the quotation marks. As "interesting" as a career with this thing would be... I flew a similar Japanese gadget in old il 2. Not quite the same as real thing. But it gave an idea on a exclusively point of view
Gambit21 Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 5 hours ago, Lusekofte said: I am a bit attracted to this. A good five minutes fun in ME is always a good thing. 4 minutes of which are spent re-booting after crashes.
Lusekofte Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 44 minutes ago, Gambit21 said: 4 minutes of which are spent re-booting after crashes. Yeah but easily deleted again. I do not know if they fixed the Hercules crash issue yet either. When you end mission. There is always something
Gambit21 Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Lusekofte said: Yeah but easily deleted again. I do not know if they fixed the Hercules crash issue yet either. When you end mission. There is always something Sorry - I was talking about the BoX editor. I’ve never had a crash with the DCS editor. It’s stable as can be. You should expect issues running mods. No problems with the A-4 mod that I’ve seen however. Edited February 23, 2023 by Gambit21
Lusekofte Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 Come to think of it. Without proper dm that include its weak points and danger. I think it would be a short lived fun. I guess that is too much to ask for
Gambit21 Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 50 minutes ago, Lusekofte said: Come to think of it. Without proper dm that include its weak points and danger. I think it would be a short lived fun. I guess that is too much to ask for Basically, don't go reporting a bug in a campaign or anything else until you've deleted all mods. If you're OK with that, mod away.
Gambit21 Posted February 24, 2023 Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) Do you guys know what's difficult? (Besides everything else that I can't do) Flying a good airshow demo...flying even an only halfway crappy demo...it's not easy! Here's a little mission that I'm putting together. Viper demo, cold start, with announcer, comms with the show air boss, and your team on the ground. Thunder "Good hack, good hack, good hack! Viper 1 is cleared for takeoff, cleared for the airspace! - rollin!" Still working on the show/ramp...just about there. I don't think the crowd will show up if you don't have those objects installed...but the rest including skins, Thunderbirds etc should (I think) F-15 is finishing up his demo while you're starting up. Yes I'm supposed to be working on other things. This is me goofing off. I'll make a Hornet and Tomcat version of this I think eventually. By the way...this girl...umm...yeah. Pretty Girl in a Viper Edited February 24, 2023 by Gambit21 1 2
Guest deleted@83466 Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 Maybe I’ll see some of you guys over on the DCS side (hopefully on radar with an amraam ready?). Truth is, my interests have moved on from IL-2, so it makes increasingly little sense to keep posting on the IL-2 forum, especially about DCS.
Gambit21 Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 7 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said: Maybe I’ll see some of you guys over on the DCS side (hopefully on radar with an amraam ready?). Truth is, my interests have moved on from IL-2, so it makes increasingly little sense to keep posting on the IL-2 forum, especially about DCS. This is the best DCS forum. 4
Lusekofte Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 14 minutes ago, SeaSerpent said: Maybe I’ll see some of you guys over on the DCS side (hopefully on radar with an amraam ready?). Truth is, my interests have moved on from IL-2, so it makes increasingly little sense to keep posting on the IL-2 forum, especially about DCS. I like being here. But admittedly moved on from IL 2 myself 2
Gambit21 Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 I will always keep an eye on what these guys (GB team) are up to...I think they make a great product for their (wisely) chosen niche. When they go PTO, I'll purchase. 3
Archie Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 7 hours ago, Gambit21 said: This is the best DCS forum. I get all my DCS news here lol. The DCS forum is a boring place. 3
Trooper117 Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 I've very little time for GB now... I'm DCS or BH&HII. GB is not showing much to garner my interest or even have any inclination to buy... I'll keep an eye on the forums though in case anything changes. 1
danielprates Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 51 minutes ago, Trooper117 said: BH&HII Pardon mon ignorance but what is this?
Archie Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 28 minutes ago, danielprates said: Pardon mon ignorance but what is this? Over Flanders Fields Between Heaven and Hell (I think)
Hoots Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 22 minutes ago, Archie said: Over Flanders Fields Between Heaven and Hell (I think) I was going for don't know and Hell Let Loose 1
Trooper117 Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 2 hours ago, danielprates said: Pardon mon ignorance but what is this? Sorry mate... I was referring to Wings Over Flanders Fields ''Between Heaven and Hell II''... for me it's the best WWI combat flight sim out there. 1 1
sevenless Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 3 hours ago, danielprates said: Pardon mon ignorance but what is this? This one. Check it out. It is well worth it. Best Singleplayer ever! index (overflandersfields.com) 1 4
Lusekofte Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 I bought the ww2 , really not gotten quite into it
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