BigOworm4u Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Hello all, i'm new to the current DCS but flew alot in the Lock-On days.. just seeing if there are any of the old timers around. I use to fly with 3rd Sqn.. The game looks amazing now.. what a change... great job Wags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 214th Annihilators Squad from the 214th.com Group of Squads. Long ago... oh yeah Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C Flett Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Never flew online but been around since Flanker ( and before ). I think I may even still have my copy around somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt-1 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Flew LOMAC for quite a while in SP then joined into the MP experience when it felt right. First vFW was the VIRTUAL 9TH AIR FORCE in 2007... My Specs. below ASUS TUF Z390 Pro Gaming I5 9600K@4.5 Ghz. 32 Gb. G. Skill Rip Jaw V DDR4 @ 3200 MSI Gaming 1070 TI Samsung 970 EVO+ NVME Pcie 500GB Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD OCZ 120GB vertex 2 SSD Win10 64 Pro TM Warthog TM Cougar Samsuny Odyssey + CH Pro Pedals ASUS 32" 2560X1440 Main Samsung 23" LED/LCD 1920X1080 Corsair TX 850W Corsair H100i GTX HAF 932 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMFA-Blaze Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Yes, I’ve been here since the Flanker....I really had to wait a long time for the F/A-18. Now I’m waiting for the release of the Super Carrier.... once this is released this will really be a revelation of Marine Corps carrier duty in the Persian Gulf... This has taking years to accomplish but will be outstanding.... We have come a long way from the old Flanker days... Blaze intel Cor i7-6700K ASUS ROG MAX VIII Extreme G.Skill TridentZ Series 32 GB Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SATA II ASUS GTX 1080/DIRECTX 12 Windows 10 PRO Thrustmaster Warthog Oculus Rift VR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFire Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 My intro to what would become DCS was Su-27 Squadron Commanders Edition in late '96 / early '97. Great game for the time. Still have the CD & manual floating around somewhere. It's amazing to see how far 'the game' has come since then. Very much looking forwards to future developments! System Spec: Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Black Edition case. | AMD 5950X CPU | MSI RTX-3090 GPU | 32GB HyperX Predator PC4000 RAM | | TM Warthog stick & throttle | TrackIR 5 | Samsung 980 Pro NVMe 4 SSD 1TB (boot) | Samsung 870 QVO SSD 4TB (games) | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. Personal wish list: DCS: Su-27SM & DCS: Avro Vulcan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Kurr Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Joined the club with Flanker 2.0, set up the Dutch Flanker Display Team in 2001, and still going strong. Dutch Flanker Display Team | LLTM 2010 Tiger Spirit Award Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick_NL Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 yes i was flying the days when the 169th panthers where flying. Now doing much in the Aerobatics. MrMaverick Pilot in the RAZBAM Harrier DIsplay Team Mavericks Youtube: My Youtube Channel Discord: https://discord.gg/MRU8m5m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cibit Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I am still about ???? i5 8600k@5.2Ghz, Asus Prime A Z370, 32Gb DDR4 3000, GTX1080 SC, Oculus Rift CV1, Modded TM Warthog Modded X52 Collective, Jetseat, W10 Pro 64 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Adding JTAC Guide //My Vid's//229th AHB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zius Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I still remember how happy I was with Flanker (1)... In terms of flying and systems, it was a huge upgrade from Falcon 3.0. But the dynamic campaigns and "game play" value of Falcon 3.0 remains unmatched, in my opinion. It was not perfect, but pretty close! Modules: Bf 109, C-101, CE-II, F-5, Gazelle, Huey, Ka-50, Mi-8, MiG-15, MiG-19, MiG-21, Albatros, Viggen, Mirage 2000, Hornet, Yak-52, FC3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WytchCrypt Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Been around since the Flanker DOS days, but always SP. I remember those DOS days well...I didn't care the graphics were not much more than colored in wire frames, the accuracy of the instruments, flight model and the mission recorder blew me away. Then I moved onto Lock On, Flaming Cliffs, FC3 and now DCS. Good times :thumbup: Alienware Area-51M: i7-9700K, 165Hz 27" ASUS Swift PG279 IPS with G-SYNC, 32GB DDR4 Ram, 1TB M.2 PCie x4 SSD, 1TB SSHD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6, Windows 10, CH Eclipse... Check out my fictional F/A 18-C Hornet and Su33 Flanker skins at: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=WytchCrypt&set_filter=Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBob11 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I go as far back as Falcon 3.0, Falcon 4.0 and Hornet Korea. We had our first LAN in 1997 and have remained close friends with all the ol' AK-32nds for 23 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVgamer72 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I’ve been around since Flanker first released (1995?) in the US. Pre-ordered it from Babbage’s Software if my memory isn’t faulty. It is amazing how far things have come, and it keeps getting better. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebel Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I've been flight simming since A-10 Tank Killer and Falcon 3.0. I flew LOMAC with a VFA 25 squadron. Tons of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topper81 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) Hi I started military flight sims with SU-27 Flanker. This game was the reason why I installed Windows 95 :-) ... But the dynamic campaigns and "game play" value of Falcon 3.0 remains unmatched, in my opinion. It was not perfect, but pretty close! ... I remember the old dos game "EF2000". In this game there was the best dynamic campain in a flight sim I ever saw. I found that you can download the manual here: http://www.starehry.eu/download/simulation/docs/EF2000-SE-Manual.pdf and on page 257, it descripes how the dynamic campain worked. This was awesome for that days! (1995) Gameplay Video example: Edited January 9, 2020 by Topper81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davee Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Been flying since the original Flanker Beta days. Got the T-Shirt and name in the Flanker manual as a tester. Have things really come a long way . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogger Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 i share on the vr facebook group the other day a photo of my vr setup in 2008 flying lomac with a vuzix vr920. it was expensive and very simple compared to the vr of today but it allows me to appreciate even a oculus dk1 and how far hardware and software have come. the best thing for me is that my best friends live in greece and i live in western australia. we talk every day and have done for 13 or so years thanks to lomac bringing us together. i also remember in lomac due to the air tanker bug only the host would see the boom lower so we would have to relay to each other where the boom was in relaction to the aircraft lol we have come so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Never flew online as back then as my internet was a two cans with string in between them.But yeah i had lomac and loved it. MODULES: A10C Warthog,AH-64 D APACHE,AJS Viggen,AV8B Harrier,BF109 K4,C101 Aviojet,F14 Tomcat,F15E Eagle,F16 Viper,F5 Tiger,F86 Sabre,FA18C Hornet,FW190A8,FW190D9,I16 Ishak,JF17 Thunder,KA50 Blackshark,L39Albatros,Mirage2000C,Mirage F-1,MI24P,MI8MVT2,MIG15BIS,MIG19P,MIG21BIS,Mosquito FB VI,P51D Mustang,P47D Thunderbolt,SA342 Gazell,SpitfireIX,TF51D,UH1H Huey,Yak52. OTHER:Flamming cliffs,Combined Arms,WW2 Assets Pack,SuperCarrier. TERRAINS: Nevada,Caucasus,Normandy,Persian Gulf,Syria,Channel,Marianas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisBelle Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 I´m here since LOMAC, but had flown the Flanker 2.0 before already. When LOMAC was released I had a crabby PC that could not run it which caused me upgrading my PC the very first time essentially. It´s been a great experience back in that time considering that I´m flying Simulators since the good old Commodore C-64 days. I joined a MP Group quite quickly and since then flew MP only. The Huey UN Pilot Campaign is the first one I ever touched actually DCS-Tutorial-Collection BlackSharkDen - Helicopter only Specs:: ASrock Z790 Pro RS; Intel i5-13600K @5,1Ghz; 64GB DDR5 RAM; RTX 3080 @10GB; Corsair RMX Serie 750; 2x SSD 850 EVO 1x860 EVO 500GB 1x nvme M.2 970 EVO 1TB; 1x nvme M.2 980 Pro 2TB+ 3 TB HDD Hardware: Oculus Rift S; HOTAS Warthog; Saitek Rudder Pedals, K-51 Collective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTFDarkEagle Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Aye - started getting into flight sim's in the early days of LOMAC. Quite quickly joined 9th Shrek Squadron, I think I was 14 at the time... :P Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lange_666 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 I´m flying Simulators since the good old Commodore C-64 days. Same here, switched to PC and then flew F-22 ADF + TAW, Falcon 4, LOMAC up until latest DCS version (and some WW1 + WW2 + civil sims in between). Flew for and with the 666th Black Brigade since 1998 but this squad went belly up a few months ago (after a looooong struggle) although there are still some web-traces to be found here and there... Win11 Pro 64-bit, Ryzen 5800X3D, Corsair H115i, Gigabyte X570S UD, EVGA 3080Ti XC3 Ultra 12GB, 64 GB DDR4 G.Skill 3600. Monitors: LG 27GL850-B27 2560x1440 + Samsung SyncMaster 2443 1920x1200, HOTAS: Warthog with Virpil WarBRD base, MFG Crosswind combat pedals, TrackIR4, Rift-S. Personal Wish List: A6 Intruder, Vietnam theater, decent ATC module, better VR performance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTFDarkEagle Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 ... F-22 ADF ... I remember that one! As a small boy I used to 'play' that a lot on my dad's computer! Was absolutely/most fascinated by the cockpit opening and closing LOL! :D:pilotfly: Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trubshaw Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Was that the series where if you went to pre contact for air to air refueling it said "ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED?" I remember the whole range of flight sims from those days.. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] TrubshawRN -=SHREK 94=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lange_666 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) 214th Annihilators Squad from the 214th.com Group of Squads. Long ago... oh yeah Seems dead also ( http://www.214th.com/ ), last action on the TWF forum seems to be from 2007. The squad i went to (666th Black Brigade) was formed by 2 guys signing up for 214th but never even got a responce. After 2 months of waiting they started their own squad. 666th Black Brigade founders: - Greg "Maddog" McEwan-Marriott: Worked on a Angolan/South-African theatre mod for Falcon 4 under the Combat360 name. Think it never got past alpha/beta stage. - Aeyes: http://www.cockpits.nl (for his famous Falcon 4 cockpits back in the day...): Team: http://www.cockpits.net/website/teamwork.html Edited January 17, 2020 by Lange_666 Win11 Pro 64-bit, Ryzen 5800X3D, Corsair H115i, Gigabyte X570S UD, EVGA 3080Ti XC3 Ultra 12GB, 64 GB DDR4 G.Skill 3600. Monitors: LG 27GL850-B27 2560x1440 + Samsung SyncMaster 2443 1920x1200, HOTAS: Warthog with Virpil WarBRD base, MFG Crosswind combat pedals, TrackIR4, Rift-S. Personal Wish List: A6 Intruder, Vietnam theater, decent ATC module, better VR performance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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