Awesome write up on EECH

[dodger42]

http://www.simhq.com/_air4/air_150c.html

 

Those city graphics are sensational.

 

(its a little old, but its still very interesting reading). Shows what modders do.

[Sleek]

Arrrgghh! Don't get me started! :)

 

yup it's just superb..ejection seat's in BS...weve had them for ages in the KA-52..full TIR 6d0f..had it for a while ..dynamic campaign..had it for ages...Full pilot view's including hand's and leg's..get my point :D :thumbup:

 

http://www.simhq.com/_air4/air_150f.html

[dodger42]

Yeah I had no idea. I'm trying to find a place I can buy EECH. Is there much of a multiplayer following?

[Shaman]

and also Commanche looks so nice...

 

and there's infantry in this sim, whoa: http://www.simhq.com/_air4/images/air_150a_040.jpg

 

now I really regret I've missed it.

[504MrWolf]

i got mine on ebay Dodger.

[Guest IguanaKing]

Dodger, those buildings are pretty much stock with the unmodded version of the game. I've used them as cover while waiting to ambush armored columns. The best part...it runs well, even on a 650MHz PIII. The graphics, although a little rough, are actually still not all that bad. GREAT!!! GRRR!!! Now I'm going to have to reinstall mine and will probably burn the whole weekend flying missions in the Comanche. :D

[Tartan_Piper]

Yeah I had no idea. I'm trying to find a place I can buy EECH. Is there much of a multiplayer following?

 

You can get it here :http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004UA2N/ref=pd_rhf_p_1/026-0119602-6526808

 

Not sure if you live in UK though :)

[Tartan_Piper]

Just read the write up and cant wait to get hold of this sim. Should keep me occupied till BS arrives. :)

[Glowing_Amraam]

Urban combat is pretty fun in LOBS as well. Hovering next to a street behind a tall building, waiting for the trucks to come around the corner further up ahead, then appear in front of them guns blazing and explosions and fire all around you :D

[dodger42]

Im definitely going to order one from ebay. That write up from simhq really gives it a good wrap.

 

Is multiplayer anygood?

[Sleek]

you can see when others are online here..http://hoxdna.org/eech/

and u can see what version there running.

 

btw if u do install be sure to follow the install sticky and download the auto updater to get all the latest texture packs

 

*Install sticky..http://www.simhq.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=30;t=004091

 

*Auto updater Tool..http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boards/bbs/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=30;t=004731

[Fat Boy]

That auto updater tool is slick.

It will go out and download and install all the updates for you but be prepared it will take sometime to complete all the updates

[Guest IguanaKing]

Yup, its something to do while eating dinner. Even with a cable connection, downloading all the updates (and there were SEVERAL), using the auto-updata (heh...was the author from Massachusetts or Maine? ;) ), took at least 30 minutes. Its still a relevant sim, the snow covered trees in the Alaska maps are friggin' awesome! :D

[dodger42]

Cant wait for my copy.

 

How would you rate the flight models? Nothing can be worse than the novalogic commanche FM. Even LHX attack chopper had better FM than Novalogics latest cut.

 

:)

[Slammin]

I think it's really good. Especially when you enable the advanced FM mode.

[dodger42]

Great. Thats one area of EECH that the simhq commentary didnt go into any depth.

 

The graphics from what I can see are at least as good as Lockon. Perhaps the terrain is less detailed, but those in city shots are way more detailed than anything in LO.

[Weta43]

We must have looked at different sites Dodger ? :-)

 

Those city shots had a higher building density than LO (well some did anyway - though the article warned turning the density this high could bog down any machine), but the actual detail of the structures was LOW & the terrain - even modded - looked pretty rough.

 

Might be a great game & that many structures in the cities might make for great ambush possibilities, but it those screenshots didn't look graphically 'pretty' at all

[Guest IguanaKing]

Nope...the terrain sucks, in comparison to LOMAC...but the buildings and some of the terrain features in the mods still kick ass. Urban combat is friggin' awesome though...and back when I used to play the game heavily, I was on a PIII 650. No stuttering and no slide-shows.

[dodger42]

That sounds awesome.

 

I wonder if someday there will be a decent provider or global terrain for flightsims. It seems crazy to have so many developers making terrain. Get a license to the terrain and make it upgradeable through updates etc.

[Sleek]

but it those screenshots didn't look graphically 'pretty' at all

 

See what u think of these..

 

http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boards/bbs/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=30;t=004879

[Doug97]

Might be a great game & that many structures in the cities might make for great ambush possibilities, but it those screenshots didn't look graphically 'pretty' at all

Remember how old this game is. In all fairness, people should be comparing its graphics with that of Falcon AF, since they were both released about the same time and have been heavily modded since.

 

Mind you, I personally think the graphics look great. I spent many an hour on this sim when it first came out, and after seeing the SimHQ article I've just bought a copy from Ebay to do it all over again! Should absolutely rock with TrackIR!

[Fat Boy]

http://www.eechcentral.com/files/w2_promo_Final_HQ_Large.wmv

 

Warning to dialup user it 70mb

[dodger42]

What a sweet video. The formation flying part was humerous.

 

I have to say that video is at least as impressive as any black shark demo I have seen. They already have cockpit pilot animations.

 

The snow scenary / terrain towards the end (although not in hi res to really compare) looks far superior to the winter terrain in lomac.

 

Do the guys at EECH development have further mods planned?

[Haegar]

Razorworks isn't supporting EECH anymore, for several years already.

 

But the code is open-source now. The rights still belong to them, but the community can develop and publish addons and improvements - and they do a good job :)

[dodger42]

What is the main site for the EECH community?