how to play on line?

[Flier]

hi,u guys out there,i'm new here.i play lomac for a couple of years, but i just play my own with my computer and the AI pilots.:(can anyone tell me how do i play it online?

[S77th-konkussion]

Q:

Where/ how do I fly online?

 

A:

 

The first thing to understand is that your version of LOMAC MUST match the host's version. If you have vanilla LOMAC 1.00-1.02- which is typical if you just got the game- you won't be able to fly in the rooms that use "Flaming Cliffs" with the latest patch- 1.12.

 

If you want to have the very best online experience -you really need to upgrade to "Flaming cliffs" "FC" not only opens the door to the vast majority of online pilots- but the game itself is dramatically different.

 

Thing is- you can fly in 1.02 online, but you're making a mistake if you stay there long. There have been so many changes to the different planes you'll quite literally be practicing and learning the WRONG information on many different subjects. New key commands, & a totally re- done jamming environment to name a couple.

 

The very BEST place to fly online is the Hyperlobby. As a new pilot- you might feeling pretty green going in there. The BIG primary rooms are usually set up with none of the low difficulty features enabled.

 

Let go of your fear.

 

Just try it. You're not going to get picked on, impugned or any of that. Flying on "ACE" settings is the goal- we want to teach you.

 

Don't misunderstand. There's nothing wrong with putting up a room with the nugget features turned on once in a while to help welcome new guys or train, or whatever. There are a lot of people there that will host a room with externals, etc if you ask.

 

Don't take encouragement to GIVE UP THE NOOB FEATURES as "harassment." That's ridiculous. We're trying to teach you and these things- while they have a limited role- will eventually stunt your growth. The "map" view is not how you learn to navigate and find your targets. You don't learn to avoid missiles or take out vehicles hiding in the hills using labels.

 

Most of us will help any way we can. You can help yourself a LOT by getting on a communications channel that the server or your erm.. instructor.. has. That usually means TeamSpeak or Ventrilo- which can be downloaded on my main site in the downloads section. You've got to understand that trying to train someone new via the chat function is plain tiring. Help us to help you- get on comms before you press FLY.

 

You also need to make an effort to learn some things on your own too. Print off the key commands & lay them out in front of you. Read the various forums, visit the official & fan sites and yes- read the manual. No, not the whole thing at once. Show some initiative. Practice, study, and ask questions. If you like a particular group of guys/ gals in a squadron, and you can dedicate some time to being on a team, consider joining that squad permanently.

 

Be ready to be interviewed & evaluated. Not so much for your skills, but rather for the level of your dedication.

 

Q: Am I ready to click on the FLY button? (multiplayer)

 

A: A quick pre-flight checklist common to all.

 

1. Have I gotten on the appropriate Teamspeak channel?

 

2. Is my stick & track IR running with the correct profiles?

 

3. Have I read the briefing of the mission, and/or reviewed the map of the mission area?

 

4. Do I know where to go, my purpose, and how to get home?

 

5. Do I have the loadout that I need for my role? (make sure that NO illegal weapons are loaded) Click "save" (payload screen) if lit after changes.

 

6. Go.

 

 

http://konkussion.proboards60.com/index.cgi?board=lomac&action=display&thread=1137193042

[Pilotasso]

Konny, yelow letters are nealy invisible... :)

 

Flier, training solo versus several AI's is a good start. Try guns VS 4 guys on AI, then try BVR with 2 guys on your side and 8 on the enemies. The numeric disavantage will make you used to the speed of reaction and skill you need to face humans online. Be suspicious of squad menbers. Theill lock on to you to atract your attention so that another shoots at you from a different direction, or will shoot and run for SAM coverage.

So know your airspace arround you before making a decision wich and where to attack.

 

Use a voice comm program to coordinate the fights with friends of yours.

 

 

After said all this you have to remenber something essential:

 

This kind of play is not for shooting arround like the usual games, first person shooters and quake likes. It requires wit and cunning. You wont press your trigger repeatedly without thinking like in doom 3. The most important factor is tactics, and thats the kind of satisfaction you get in this sort of games. You study your aproach and get the kill, not by spraing lead but by smartness. Its an "intelectual" hunt game so to speak. You dont get powerups or a bazooka that will destroy a human body with "just" 3 direct hits. 1 direct hit usualy does an airframe here (not always).

 

Theres nothing more satisfying and spectacular than corner an enemy bandit and see your missile smoke trail describe a neat arch right into his tailpipe with a big kabooom at the end. You better believe it.

[Kuky]

It's quite hard and challenging... but worth in the end. you'll learn a lot, and get better with time. There's just a lot to watch for in this sim... if you play it on hardest setting... especially against humans :D

 

Oh and in case you can't see those yellow letters... HypperLobby is the place to go (download client version) if you want to fly online

[Zoltar]

Here is a great tutorial presented by Ironhand. This should get you upto stpeed.

 

http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=18140

 

Hope this helps.

 

Niranjan

[Flier]

thank you so much

 

thank you so much for all the instructions of u guys.:thumbup:i'll try step by step from the instructions.and hope that i can meet u guys soon in our virtual air combat world.:smilewink:

[Flier]

thanks again

 

and also thanks to s77th-konkussion and kuky of your thoughtfulness about the yellow letters:thumbup:

[Flier]

thanks

 

Here is a great tutorial presented by Ironhand. This should get you upto stpeed.

 

http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=18140

 

Hope this helps.

 

Niranjan

thank you so much for the page that u'd gave me:thumbup:

[Flier]

thank you so much

 

Konny, yelow letters are nealy invisible... :)

 

Flier, training solo versus several AI's is a good start. Try guns VS 4 guys on AI, then try BVR with 2 guys on your side and 8 on the enemies. The numeric disavantage will make you used to the speed of reaction and skill you need to face humans online. Be suspicious of squad menbers. Theill lock on to you to atract your attention so that another shoots at you from a different direction, or will shoot and run for SAM coverage.

So know your airspace arround you before making a decision wich and where to attack.

 

Use a voice comm program to coordinate the fights with friends of yours.

 

 

After said all this you have to remenber something essential:

 

This kind of play is not for shooting arround like the usual games, first person shooters and quake likes. It requires wit and cunning. You wont press your trigger repeatedly without thinking like in doom 3. The most important factor is tactics, and thats the kind of satisfaction you get in this sort of games. You study your aproach and get the kill, not by spraing lead but by smartness. Its an "intelectual" hunt game so to speak. You dont get powerups or a bazooka that will destroy a human body with "just" 3 direct hits. 1 direct hit usualy does an airframe here (not always).

 

Theres nothing more satisfying and spectacular than corner an enemy bandit and see your missile smoke trail describe a neat arch right into his tailpipe with a big kabooom at the end. You better believe it.

thank you so much for the instructions.i'll try step by step:thumbup:

[Flier]

thank you so much

 

Q:

Where/ how do I fly online?

 

A:

 

The first thing to understand is that your version of LOMAC MUST match the host's version. If you have vanilla LOMAC 1.00-1.02- which is typical if you just got the game- you won't be able to fly in the rooms that use "Flaming Cliffs" with the latest patch- 1.12.

 

If you want to have the very best online experience -you really need to upgrade to "Flaming cliffs" "FC" not only opens the door to the vast majority of online pilots- but the game itself is dramatically different.

 

Thing is- you can fly in 1.02 online, but you're making a mistake if you stay there long. There have been so many changes to the different planes you'll quite literally be practicing and learning the WRONG information on many different subjects. New key commands, & a totally re- done jamming environment to name a couple.

 

The very BEST place to fly online is the Hyperlobby. As a new pilot- you might feeling pretty green going in there. The BIG primary rooms are usually set up with none of the low difficulty features enabled.

 

Let go of your fear.

 

Just try it. You're not going to get picked on, impugned or any of that. Flying on "ACE" settings is the goal- we want to teach you.

 

Don't misunderstand. There's nothing wrong with putting up a room with the nugget features turned on once in a while to help welcome new guys or train, or whatever. There are a lot of people there that will host a room with externals, etc if you ask.

 

Don't take encouragement to GIVE UP THE NOOB FEATURES as "harassment." That's ridiculous. We're trying to teach you and these things- while they have a limited role- will eventually stunt your growth. The "map" view is not how you learn to navigate and find your targets. You don't learn to avoid missiles or take out vehicles hiding in the hills using labels.

 

Most of us will help any way we can. You can help yourself a LOT by getting on a communications channel that the server or your erm.. instructor.. has. That usually means TeamSpeak or Ventrilo- which can be downloaded on my main site in the downloads section. You've got to understand that trying to train someone new via the chat function is plain tiring. Help us to help you- get on comms before you press FLY.

 

You also need to make an effort to learn some things on your own too. Print off the key commands & lay them out in front of you. Read the various forums, visit the official & fan sites and yes- read the manual. No, not the whole thing at once. Show some initiative. Practice, study, and ask questions. If you like a particular group of guys/ gals in a squadron, and you can dedicate some time to being on a team, consider joining that squad permanently.

 

Be ready to be interviewed & evaluated. Not so much for your skills, but rather for the level of your dedication.

 

Q: Am I ready to click on the FLY button? (multiplayer)

 

A: A quick pre-flight checklist common to all.

 

1. Have I gotten on the appropriate Teamspeak channel?

 

2. Is my stick & track IR running with the correct profiles?

 

3. Have I read the briefing of the mission, and/or reviewed the map of the mission area?

 

4. Do I know where to go, my purpose, and how to get home?

 

5. Do I have the loadout that I need for my role? (make sure that NO illegal weapons are loaded) Click "save" (payload screen) if lit after changes.

 

6. Go.

 

 

http://konkussion.proboards60.com/index.cgi?board=lomac&action=display&thread=1137193042

:smilewink:thank you so much for all the instructions.i'll try step by step.and hope that i can meet u guys soon in the virtual air combat world:pilotfly:

[Flier]

thank you so much

 

Konny, yelow letters are nealy invisible... :)

 

Flier, training solo versus several AI's is a good start. Try guns VS 4 guys on AI, then try BVR with 2 guys on your side and 8 on the enemies. The numeric disavantage will make you used to the speed of reaction and skill you need to face humans online. Be suspicious of squad menbers. Theill lock on to you to atract your attention so that another shoots at you from a different direction, or will shoot and run for SAM coverage.

So know your airspace arround you before making a decision wich and where to attack.

 

Use a voice comm program to coordinate the fights with friends of yours.

 

 

After said all this you have to remenber something essential:

 

This kind of play is not for shooting arround like the usual games, first person shooters and quake likes. It requires wit and cunning. You wont press your trigger repeatedly without thinking like in doom 3. The most important factor is tactics, and thats the kind of satisfaction you get in this sort of games. You study your aproach and get the kill, not by spraing lead but by smartness. Its an "intelectual" hunt game so to speak. You dont get powerups or a bazooka that will destroy a human body with "just" 3 direct hits. 1 direct hit usualy does an airframe here (not always).

 

Theres nothing more satisfying and spectacular than corner an enemy bandit and see your missile smoke trail describe a neat arch right into his tailpipe with a big kabooom at the end. You better believe it.

:smilewink:thanks for the instructions and the situational awarwness info that u gave me:thumbup:

[S77th-konkussion]

Konny, yelow letters are nealy invisible... :)

 

 

oh man, lol I never expected the links to come over here as the "visited" color. OK I think I fixed it. If you still can't see them-Just highlight the text- you'll see it OK then. This came from my help desk forum which has a black background..