Is FC3 the same kind of study sim that the DCS series has been?
Man looks like fun. It's out of the budget for this month but perhaps i'll check it out at Christmas
Not a bad idea.. pretty rough right now.
Do not go into the official forums.. the rivet counters have their panties in knots!
Oh no doubt. Yeah Flaming Cliffs has never been anywhere near the fidelity that the DCS products has. To be honest it's a bizarre business move to integrate FCS into DCS world. It's lowering the fidelity of the overall simulation.
Giant Fly-In this weekend over at the Sim-HQ forums. I realize it's a bit late for this announcement, but if you have any desire to fly with a lot of people at once (experience level doesn't matter) this will be a good time going on for the next 48 hours.
Here's a link to their Fly-In announcement over at Sim-HQ.
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3724475/SimHQ_s_DCS_World_Fly_In_Febru#Post3724475
I'll be in their teamspeak3 server and bouncing between the 2 flight servers as the desire strikes me.
Most likely in the Ka-50, but some time will be put in for the A-10C's and P-51's as well.
Hope to see y'all there.
I'm going to call out Mateofalcone as he said he picked up A-10. I'm still waiting for the Warthog-specific mounts for my new cockpit rig but I can set up a makeshift mount for a quick fix. I need to start over completely with learning A-10 though. I didn't put much time in it when I first got it and I've totally forgotten it now.
1.2.3 is out. Major patch.
Most of that applies to DCS World, which I haven't and am not particularly interested in installing. Are they still and have they just updated DCS A-10C itself?
I'm going to call out Mateofalcone as he said he picked up A-10. I'm still waiting for the Warthog-specific mounts for my new cockpit rig but I can set up a makeshift mount for a quick fix. I need to start over completely with learning A-10 though. I didn't put much time in it when I first got it and I've totally forgotten it now.
I pulled my TrackIR & Cougar out of retirement this weekend and flew a quick mission - so far so good!
I don't believe they are updating the individual sims anymore.. it's World or nothing.
I still have old installs of the original sims for training, etc.
Hmm. So will my Steam Key for A-10 activate the DCS World module? How about my physical DVD for Blackshark? And is FC3 part of World? Or, a different package? How confusing.
Yep. I suspect that Eagle Dynamics has placed marketing in the hands of programmers. In my experience, programmers tend towards an affection for complexity, and routinely overestimate that affection in others.
Yeah, MisterStatic, I have no bloody idea what to do with my DCS key anymore. I didn't pay very much for it, so I'm not especially annoyed, but good freaking luck figuring out what they're even selling, or how to plug your older programs into it.
Can't find DCS World on Steam. Oh well, I'll stick with A-10C only.
All the sims are on sale right now. Tempted by Combined Arms, but with Arma 3 not sure I'll get any time.
DCS Spring Sale!
The entire range of DCS products will be on sale between 21 and 27 March.
DCS: A-10C Warthog – $19.99 USD
DCS: P-51D Mustang – $9.99 USD
DCS: Combined Arms – $20.99 USD
DCS: Black Shark 2 (Full) – $19.99 USD
DCS: Black Shark 2 (Update) – $9.99 USD
How would it work for me if I have A-10 and BS1 in Steam? Would I need to rebuy them?
The product key from Steam can be used to activate the direct downloaded versions.
How would it work for me if I have A-10 and BS1 in Steam? Would I need to rebuy them?
The A-10 module should just activate, as Liquidmantis notes although there are reports of having touble getting Steam keys to work properly in multiplayer. (By all reports though, DCS customer service will sort you out eventually.)
I remember having to jump through some hoops to get the BS2 Upgrade Key to work with my third party (Direct2Drive) BS key, but it did eventually work out. It's been too long to remember exactly what I had to do and why.
Thanks, I think I'll be picking up BS2 then.
Except bs1
I think I'll be picking up the bs2 upgrade out of this sale. I'll wait and see if a-10 comes up for $10 in a steam sale again.
A friend of mine and I have been playing the crap out of both Warthog and Black Shark 2. They're absolutely incredible sims. Is there a GWJ coop DCS multiplayer scene out there?
Pretty excited about DCS Huey! They just released a start-up video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...!
Me too, if this is different from the Mud Movers group.
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