DannyB

When you guys list all the sims that now occupy space in boxes packed deep in my garage, it's another reminder of how great BS really is. I've spent more hours trying to get FSX to look and feel the way I want it to than I have actually flying aircraft in the game. BS takes its spot next to F4 on my desk as games that won't get packed away, and where I've spent a lot more time learning and playing than tweaking the damn thing to feel ... "real-ish-tic".

Good review GunSlinger. I agree with all your comments. I do like that you say "don't like to read manuals? Stay the hell away!" As much as we want the genre fan base to grow, we have to be realistic about the type that really enjoys these things. That's part of what makes games like BS so amazing to see realized.

Same here. I have a Fellowes 5-button mouse. Buttons 3-5 work in other programs. BS doesn't seem to know they exist, although the drop-down in the assignments menu lists all 5. Help!

pedals I'm sure somebody else has done this before, but I should mention it if people don't know. I own a USB logitech steering wheel with pedals, the "wingman" model. I've seen them for sale for under $50 used. The pedals work perfectly for helis in all sims I've played. The pedals need to plug in to the steering wheel, but I just stick the wheel away somewhere under my desk. The only real downside is that they are obviously smaller than real pedals, and not linked with one another in a true rudder configuration. But both pedals are spring-loaded, and return to a "center" position on their own, so they may as well be linked. For a cheap rudder control substitute, it's great, and works perfectly with Black Shark, and helis in FS too.

Downloaded my copy yesterday. I'd just like to say thanks to everyone involved in this awesome sim. Black Shark is great, and it's obvious all the work that has gone in to building something you can expand on well into the future. I feel like we'll be taken care of for a while to come, the hardcore among us. I haven't had the "thrill" detail factor from a sim that I get from this one since F4, even with the existing bugs. Thanks ED! Keep up the awesome work.