Back To Page 1 The Campaign As I mentioned earlier, it is clear that the campaign was made for Arcade mode. You have to play the campaign to unlock more missions, additional planes, more pilots, history lessons, and more tactical lessons. I personally am not a fan of unlocking things in games, but that […]
Oleg in Name Only, or the First Real Console Flight Sim? Review by Chuck “Magnum” Ankenbauer Introduction PC gamers have known the excellence of the IL-2 Sturmovik series for years while console gamers had to suffer through titles likeBlazing Angels and Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.K.. Now 505 Games has brought us hope. Hope that a near simulation WW2 fighter game can make […]
Back To Page 3 Countermeasures Setting the countermeasures should be done on the pad before takeoff. Here’s a picture of what each switch does: Setting the Countermeasures I don’t screw around with this, and have them pop out both sides in sets of three. When our babe Ekran* advises of a missile launch, pop […]
Back To Page 2 PVI-800 (the Number Pad Area) This thing has a lot of functions, if one is to believe the developer’s videos. I have found that it really has only two real important uses, navigation and team orientation. I press the WPT button and the number of the waypoint I want to […]
Back To Page 1 Flight Systems First off, know where the gear indicator lights are (next to the RPM gauge), and that green means down and red means up. The “G” key is the default for raising and lowering it. If one’s helicopter is flying really rough and just plain weird, check to see […]
by Frank “Dart” Giger Introduction If you’ve ever thought of flying a modern shooting helicopter simulation but were afraid of having to obtain an associate’s degree in avionics in order to do so, don’t be afraid of DCS: Black Shark. Jump in and buy it, the water’s fine! I dislike “switch simulations” with a passion. Nothing […]
Over Flanders Fields Phase 3: Between Heaven and Hell by Jens “McGonigle” Lindblad Introduction In the time that has passed from spring to fall, a few short months, the team behindOver Flanders Fields: Between Heaven and Hell have been so busy that they must have stayed indoors all the time. Or they live on the other […]
SimHQ Exclusive First “In-game” Screenshots by Doug “guod” Atkinson Starting in early 2010 we will be seeing more and more of the work-in-progress flight simulation, DCS: A-10C Warthog from Eagle Dynamics. Here are the very first in-game screens of the new sim. Included are four cockpit images and a huge, wallpaper-sized image of the Warthog in flight. The amount of detail […]
The Ultimate Gas Guzzler Review by Chuck “PFunk” Bellows While at E3Expo 2009, “guod” and company were given some add-ons for FSX, I presume mostly because they looked homeless and someone took pity on them. Or they saw “Magnum” and gave him everything they owned. One of them is an add-on for the Avro Arrow CF-105, […]
Review by David “Stormtrooper” Tessier My previous experience with FSX “payware” aircraft seemed to often leave me disappointed. Maybe I was grabbing the wrong planes from the wrong developers. When I first saw the Aerosoft F-16 I was thinking that the quality was probably about the same as some of the better freeware, so I really […]
Back To Page 2 guod: Will v4.09 be distributed only by download? Oleg: Yes, via official Maddox Games servers. guod: How big is the estimated v4.09? Oleg: So far, it is about 1.5GB unpacked excluding the ground objects from the v4.09 beta. guod: Will an updated dedicated server be released as well? Oleg: Yes, an updated dedicated server will be […]
Back To Page 1 guod: How about multiplayer version integrity protection? Has the version checker been changed to better keep players one the same level? Enforcing versions and the ability to keep out (or let in) modded versions is important to us. Oleg: Daidalos is not going to implement any new changes in terms of online […]
