New Review

[JimMack]

Thanks for the heads up, tried to give thanks but it seems i've already given rep in this thread.......

 

erm, link please? looked on uk and us site but couldn't find. (you know after posting and searching a bit more I'll find it myself)!!!! :doh:

 

pre-edit:

link :megalol:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hellfire-Ed-Macy/dp/0007288190/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252583900&sr=1-1

[davek1979]

"... you are flying a (comparatively) slow-moving helicopter the demands to update the outside world are reduced."

 

So in Ed Macy's world there is a simple equation: The slower the simulated vehicle, the higher the FPS.

 

Can anyone from ED confirm this so that my understanding of computer simulation gets to new depths ?

[VMFA117_Poko]

I wonder how many "Ugly" callsigns will appear on servers after that review :D

[hannibal]

maybe the guy is in cahoots with EA...errr DCS/ED/TFC, whom EA was paying some reviewers 200$ for a positive review...lol

 

joking.

 

review or no review..

there is nothing else out there...

then all of you would be watching TV and doing nothing..

 

give us AH64A now!

=)

[TKMR]

Well, the language is a bit unclear but as you say - technically true. Basically, there is nothing in the system that prevents moving "battlefield results" over to the next mission - it's just not very specific "battlefield results" - ie. it's not on the level of, say, the later Close Combat games where individual artillery craters and tank wrecks would carry over to the next mission. But the structure does definitely allow campaign designers to have the results of a mission carry over to the next stage in a more rough state.

 

I could swear I remember this happening in a LO campaign I downloaded (When Hogs Fly I think it was) If it was possible in LO, is it possible in BS?

 

Now gotta go read the review so this post isn't entirely off-topic. P=

 

EDIT: Read the review, it felt like a lot of it he was bashing the Ka-50, "Well the Apache team figured out how to do this" etc., but having him say that it was phenomenal, as has been mentioned, is probably really good, though when he points out the limitations that might not be so good... =/

Edited September 10, 2009 by TKMR

[Spider76]

Vietman era Flight Books

 

a bit OT but..

found few flight books helicopter & fighter.

 

Ed Rasimus:

http://www.thunderchief.org/4436.html

 

Randy Zahn:

http://www.amazon.com/Snake-Pilot-Flying-Helicopter-Vietnam/dp/1574886118

 

if you have a local library nearby, get good free reading for rainy days:smilewink:.

[L4key]

Joey's bookclub!

 

Spider, check out this page. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=44435

 

Wholeheartedly agree about Rasmus' books, both I've read are great.

[LazerPotatoe]

EDIT: Read the review, it felt like a lot of it he was bashing the Ka-50, "Well the Apache team figured out how to do this" etc., but having him say that it was phenomenal, as has been mentioned, is probably really good, though when he points out the limitations that might not be so good... =/

The KA-50 helicopter technology and the _simulation_ of said technology are two different things...

 

The KA-50 _is_ less technologically advanced (in some ways) than the Apache.