Jazz_44

Thanks for the test missions! I will try those soon enough. I know this should belong to the Mods section but do you think it's possible to modify the smoke in the game? or is it hard coded? Would love to see longer and better "lasting" smoke trails. Itai

For those who remember, I posted here a couple of days ago debating whether should I buy this Sim or not, and obviously I did. And I am very glad that I did because so far it exceeded my expectations! I only got a chance to "play" with it for a few hours, so this is very 'premature'. Pros: * Amazingly detailed cockpit - I saw many videos of game play on Youtube but when I actually saw it in motion at 1680X1050 it was simply awesome:thumbup: * The flight dynamics and the overall "feel" of flying the helicopter are just superb - I know how it feels to fly a Cessna, and with all the limitations of a PC (Situational Awareness, real wind, force on the stick, etc..) this is something that the developers did very well, hats off. I don't recall a sim that has such a great feeling as this one (Maybe a few FSX payware add ons). * Seems very stable and "bug free" for a vanilla release - I have seen many releases in the past years and I don't recall a good "Version 1.0" (In flight sims anyway). Cons: * Lack of "free flight" mode - just to practice flying the helicopter (couldn't find anything like that) * Explosions and smoke effects (besides the flares) need a face lift. Currently they are not "satisfying" enough. Of course these are just my own personal thoughts, overall this is an outstanding product, and if the future of DCS is like this one then bring on 2015 ;) Last but not least - thank you to all the wonderful team at ED for bringing us a real flight sim, it's been a long wait - that paid off :thumbup: Itai

Just got the green light from my wife to buy it today, so that's exactly what I did :thumbup: I will let you know what I think later on...:joystick:

Thank you for all the suggestions again. I appreciate the honesty about the possible sound issues as well, but it won't change my mind. I am buying this game in a couple of days.

Thank you all for the very informative replies! Now that I have the basic questions answered I think I will definitley buy this sim. I think I will frist try it without any tweaks or mods and then see if I can improve overall performance with your suggestions. Thanks again and I will give you my personal "review" later on. Itai

Hello All, Sorry if this is a long thread, but it's also my first one here. A bit of background, I am an avid Sim fan, and I have been playing flight sims since I was 8 years old (first flight sim was on Apple IIe). I loved my hobby so much that when I turned 13 I started to save money in order to make the hobby "as real as it gets" and at the age of 27 I got a Private Pilot License. I currently fly a C-172 once a month. I played all the major 'hardcore' flight sims to date (Falcon 4.0; Lock On;Flight Sim 9 and 10 just to name a few recent ones). When I heard about Black Shark for the first time I got pretty excited - finally a "crazy" flight Sim for hardcore simflyers like me. I waited a bit because I wanted the English version, and also to see how good the sim really was on launch day. I don't have a lot of time to spend (I have a toddler at home) so that was another concern - I know it takes time to "know" this sim. So here are the questions that will help me make the decision to buy or to wait - 1. How much time do you really need in order to get this thing "started" and in the air? 2. I am running Windows Vista 32 on a 2.4Ghz Dual Core CPU E6600; 4GB of RAM and an ATI4870 512 GPU, what frame rates should I expect? 3. I haven't been reading these forums a lot but can you please tell me if this sim is really good "out of the digital download (box)" or should I wait a couple of more months for the first patch to come out? Thanks in advance for reading this and I appreciate all the answers you can give me. Itai