Zakatak

Funny, I still haven't played MP :p Not that anybody would want to play with the guy going "where do I find the enemies?!"

I've always wondered, is there a way to read the brief ingame? You can read the brief at the beginning of course, but I might have amnesia and usually forget what my goal was to start with. Thus far, the only way to know (for me) what to blow up is indicated by the yellow smoke, and whoever throws those things have terrible aim. Although I didn't know that about Russian 'square things', thanks. I'll take a look at my website, even though my training usually comes from self-taught experience and "hey, what does THIS do?" Off-topic note: does this game have any missions that utilize NVG's, perhaps the Su-25T campaign? Thanks.

Okay, I don't feel good saying this out loud, and I imagine this feels just like what 'coming-out-of-the-closet' does. But there is so much guilt on my soul... Ahem. How do you play this game without labels? I turned them off for the first time, and besides pausing the game and studying my map, I have no way to tell where my enemies are, and who the enemies are at all. Flying Su-33 mission. Clicked F10, saw 2 UAV's coming at me. Switch to my R27's, put my reticle on the... "square things" and locked on. Launched. Hit F6, watched my missile fly right into the Predat- ...wait, was that my wingman? Playing the A-10A campaign. I have to keep switching to my Mavericks and getting within handshake distance on what COULD be an enemy column, at the sacrifice of nav tools. After getting destroyed by ZSU's, just decided I would guess. 4 tanks down. You have commited fratricide, return to base. Dur? How do I pleh?!

I'm going to be the first to pull away from "OMG TOMCAT" mentality... Wouldn't it be kind of boring compared to the Hornet/AV-8B? I mean, no air to ground, EZ-mode BVR (6 Pheonix and you win!), only stressed to 6.5G. Also, tandem simulation might be... awkwerrrrrd. Sorry for dissing the sexiest aircraft ever made, plz dunt eet meh :(

There is no reason not to, really, I play on 1024x768 which could prove difficult. I approve. Hopefully in DCS: Hornet/AV8B

AV-8B Harrier II, F/A-18C, F-16 bl.52 Doesn't really matter to me, I'll be happy so long as it is one of these 3. The F-14 is a good choice, but a little old for the scenarios.

I am suggesting we make Lock-on 2 to DCS quality, and then each new aircraft added unto that would be, say, a 20-25$ addon. So let's assume the next one is F/A-18C. USA: A-10C, F/A-18C, (upgraded Lock-on plane of choice) RU: Black Shark, SU-25T, (upgraded Lock-on plane of choice) Then each DCS module would be an addon or DLC to the game. Kind of like Rise of Flight, with a store where you can order aircraft online. The actual process of making these aircraft would actually be shorter, since you are making DLC and not a new game. See what I am getting at? As for the landscape, we can just pour Georgia, Nevada, and the Crimean all into 1 game. What is more time consuming, really. Look, at the process I describe above, then tell me how this goes any faster: Flaming Cliffs, Black Shark, Flaming Cliffs 2, A-10C, Flaming Cliffs 3, DCS F-X

I think Ubisoft still owns the rights to that title, but I have no idea what goes on in the politics of the game industry, so don't yell at me. But anyway, would anybody like a direct sequel to Lock-on as oppose to another add-on? I know I would. I think it should focus less on quantity and more on quality. Port all the DCS aircraft (A-10C and Black Shark) to the game, upgrade the engine (for DX11/A-10C standard + new water tessellation), and apply the "Advanced Flight Model" to all vehicles. A mix of 1 fighter, 1 attack, and 1 chopper for each side would be nice. USA: A-10C, F-15C, AH-64D RU: SU-25, MiG-29K, KA-50 This would offer basically the biggest possible mix of gameplay possible, as well as adding the MiG-29K and AH-64D (the latter hugely requested). We got choppers, high speed interceptors, carrier based tactical fighters, modern and aged CAS aircraft, tandem seats. In addition to the above upgrades, I think carrier ops should be a little... alot more developed. Include all the ideas that have been thrown around on the forums, like push-backs, an actual crew for refueling and rearming, and for the love of God, a DYNAMIC CAMPAIGN. Just spitballing ideas, hate away. Throwing everything in that made DCS and Lock-on great, aswell as the things people are suggesting. I think all this combined would make for one of the best sims... ever. Lock-On 2, who likes it?

Thanks. How do I add rep around here?

Thanks man. Will this work if I have custom models? I have the 3GO Flanker, Combatance Su-33, Sim-mod A-10A, and F-15C. Will this interfere with anything?

If you are trying to ruin my game, you have succeeded because I believe you. Send me the DL please :D

I remember seeing a sticky'd thread about this somewhere (which forum was it? Here? No...) but the instructions weren't clear enough to understand. I browsed through the graphics.cfg with notepad, and didn't see an LOD option for aircraft, and everything else I was too scared to touch. But I think LOD is the main reason this game chugs to a 10FPS halt the moment any significant amount of units enter my screen, considering that objects use high-detail models out to very long distances (1,000,000 metres or something). Just wondering if I could change it. Also, any other options I could lower that wouldn't have any noticeable impact on graphics?

I always found carrier ops in Lockon (even FC2) to be a little underwhelming. No chattering, nobody bringing me down, no catapult, hitting the wire didn't give me as much of a rush as it should. Something like this. Yes, it is FSX, but it is good regardless.

I think it is DCS: Hornet, but DCS: Harrier (as in, AV-8B) would be just as amazing.

I saw an Air Tractor while going for a run once. Damn, they are actually pretty big!

Su-25 has met its maker!

Modded or not, it is still FSX, a broken game that is poorly optimized with awful controls. Anyway, the Hornet could be a fun challenge, considering I have never ran out of fuel before over a combat zone :joystick:

We aren't alone, you and I... and you. Can we have this?

I won't be getting VRS Superbug because FSX is broken mess :disgust: Don't see why anyone is out to get the F/A-18C, I love the thing. ED likes to magically drop aircraft carriers in impossible spots, like right beside Georgia, so our loadout will rarely consist of 3 wing tanks (I hope anyway).

This was an old video, I have that installed now, along with about 8 other mods ;) New afterburners too, shall I repost the video?

If disintegrating into a ball of fire counts as a "landing", oh no, I've done several. :music_whistling:

Because it glaringly bad. Notice how I was "on the ball" maybe 3% of the time? I could use some help landing this sumbitch. Using Combatance's Su-33, if you're wondering about the higher quality of modelling. J7C9qsUJq58

DCS: Pillar of Autumn

The first one is guns-only duel between 2 very awesome aircraft. I was still a newb at the point in time and my approach was hardly scientific. rH1NJyNtP7s Second one is just a funny I had with a Hind, imagine what went through the pilots head. uY0pBjcIVu4 If a mod could make these appear properly, that would be nice. I'll likely re-record these since I have new afterburner textures/aircraft models.

Another one I like a bit more. Looks clean.