Free Falcon 5.52

[Steel Jaw]

Ah...the good ol' days...damn I miss PEOPLE FALCON!

[f-18hornet]

How can I please enable mouse in the cockpit?:joystick: I already forgot it few years ago.:music_whistling:

[Boberro]

What for developers include manuals to games? I am sure to increase download time and to show how heavy game is :D

 

 

It is ALT-C key :) Three modes.

[PlainSight]

Over 10 years in development and STILL NO 3D PIT? Cmon, with everybody now owning headtracking devices, a quality 3D pit must be a priority! Also, setting buttons is PITA. You got 300 buttons to look after, fullHD monitor, but all that's shown is a tiny little square and all is crammed inside. It seems that devs got their heads so far in the woods of realism, they forgot the GAME part of the sim. For me, a beautiful cockpit and easy interaction with the game is a BIG priority.

 

Everybody is competing for example "FreeFalcon has more realistic JDAM release sequence than OpenFalcon". I don't care about that, if 3D cockpit is ugly and UNREALISTIC. We know it can be done.

 

Before u say Use OpenFalcon, i reply:

 

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Edited October 1, 2010 by PlainSight

[sobek]

FreeFalcon's 3d pit is clickable, the switches are moving and it is not too ugly (you can't compare it to DCS, but it's ok)

[Steel Jaw]

FreeFalcon's 3d pit is clickable, the switches are moving and it is not too ugly (you can't compare it to DCS, but it's ok)

 

Cant compare the FF 3d pit to OF 4.7 is the issue.

[Stretch]

Just gave this another go on my Win7 64/ATI system and lo and behold, it actually works. It's no OpenFalcon (I miss you, you old cantankerous lady), but it certainly beats Allied Force.

 

Only one problem ... can't map any keys. I map keys using the UI and the moment I exit the dialog, the keymap resets. Any fix? Or should I just use my joystick's keybinding software?

[Chaz]

Only one problem ... can't map any keys. I map keys using the UI and the moment I exit the dialog, the keymap resets. Any fix? Or should I just use my joystick's keybinding software?

 

Be sure to click APPLY at the bottom of the UI menu before clicking OK. Then exit.

[Stretch]

I believe I have clicked all combinations of those buttons in frustration, but I shall double-check to be sure when I get off work.

[sobek]

Cant compare the FF 3d pit to OF 4.7 is the issue.

 

Have you tried it since RP's pit came out?

[mikoyan]

I get semi- transparent airplanes in falcon and in lock-on how do I fix that?

[HiJack]

Play around with your graphic card settings ;)

[theGozr]

Falcon is not what i call a Flight combat sim .. since the FM is horrible but it is a "great" Flight's systems combat sim.

[Steel Jaw]

it is a "great" Flight's systems combat sim.

 

FF is not, but OF is.

 

Too bad newer sims like FC2 with better FMs are so simplistic they ought to be on the console.

[159th_Viper]

.....like FC2 with better FMs are so simplistic they ought to be on the console......

 

T-Toad, Mower, T-Toad!

[Feuerfalke]

FF is not, but OF is.

 

Too bad newer sims like FC2 with better FMs are so simplistic they ought to be on the console.

 

LockOn/FC is about flying the thing competitive online, with a good blend between FM and Avionics.

 

LockOn is not a modern flightsim, though. It's almost as old as Falcon4.

 

 

If you want complex FM and complex Avoinics, you should be very happy about the DCS-series.

[Boberro]

T-Toad, Mower, T-Toad!

 

Unfortunetely difference between Frogfoot and other planes is only FM - another things like avionics is as same as in fighters - few keys to use whole plane :)

[Markdude]

Falcon is not what i call a Flight combat sim .. since the FM is horrible but it is a "great" Flight's systems combat sim.

 

The flight model, or the damage model? I've never flown a real F-16 of course, or a military F-16 sim (have flown an A-10 one though!), but I've watched tons of F-16 HUD tapes and the flight behavior in Falcon really does seem extremely close. Of course the lack of workload in basic flying technique (due to fly-by-wire and the aid of the FLCS -- constant minor auto-trimming, automatic flap deployment depending on AoA, etc.) would feel different than anything less computerized, but based on my observations, that really IS the way the Viper flies.

[Boberro]

I think as same as you Markdude.

 

Propos flight model - in Falcon when you carry many MERs and you do high AoA at high speed you can damage your plane. In LO you can't - example MiG-29 with fuel tank is limited to 6G (?) but in game still flies like without fuel tank :)

 

Please correct me if I am wrong.

[topol-m]

Guys, is there somewhere a list of all the flyable aircraft in 5.52. Also are the cockpits of those realistic, modeled with real MFDs and radar modes?

[Boberro]

All planes are F-16 copy in more-less state. Of course example in F-4 you get cockpit look, however not all will be functional (but most).

 

Example here it is A-10. You see MFD is not fully realistic... it's been taken from F-16. It can be acceptable at all:

 

 

To get all cockpit look, downlad that:

 

http://www.google.pl/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.demovfw.com%2FPublic%2FTraining%2520Files%2FFalcon%2520Manuals%2520%26%2520Info%2FFlight%2520Manual%2520Companion%2520(v.OCI)%2520v2.pdf&ei=6KapTM7XL8TGswb0wc2mDA&usg=AFQjCNGJMqL61AGXuNPnTPGIgAocbz7RqA&sig2=lDZFD8dWBIZ3WxaGYKp37w

 

List:

 

the Harriers

the MiG-21

the MiG-23

the MiG-29 Fulcrum

the Tornado s

the F-117 Nighthawk

the Rafale

the A-10 Thunderbolt

the F-22 Raptor

the AN-2 Colt

the F-4 Phantom

the F-104 Starfighter

the Viggens

the F-18 Hornet

the F-14 Tomcat

the Mirages

the JAS-39 Grippen

the B-52 Stratofortress

the F-5 Tiger

the JASDF F-1

the F-15 Eagle

the SR-71 Blackbird

the EF2000

Edited October 4, 2010 by Boberro

[topol-m]

^^^ thanks

[Thunderbird]

i wonder when they gonna fix the carrier

[DAN]

You know friends, I totaly respect the work of Openfalcon and Freefalcon but now the A-10C sim is kicking serious ass, can`t wait to get the final version. As a military flyer myself I have to tell you that the avionic is amazing.

[Steel Jaw]

You know friends, I totaly respect the work of Openfalcon and Freefalcon but now the A-10C sim is kicking serious ass, can`t wait to get the final version. As a military flyer myself I have to tell you that the avionic is amazing.

 

Agreed. Except for being a RL aviator.