Little details that you've noticed?

[Sticky]

The ricochet is very nice, and it affects the gameplay too (if you want it to ofc), for example I was going to kill an APC but right behind it was a large building (looked just like a school or a hospital ;) ) and if I had pulled the trigger every ricocheting round would have gone right into the building. I try to immerse myself into the role, and try to fly the way I really would if I was there for real, so ofcourse I aborted the run, and came in from another angle, where there was nothing behind the apc :)

 

Its the little details that help the immersion into this sim IMO, and in this sim there are ALOT!! :D

[Nickhawk]

The ricochet is very nice, and it affects the gameplay too (if you want it to ofc), for example I was going to kill an APC but right behind it was a large building (looked just like a school or a hospital ;) ) and if I had pulled the trigger every ricocheting round would have gone right into the building. I try to immerse myself into the role, and try to fly the way I really would if I was there for real, so ofcourse I aborted the run, and came in from another angle, where there was nothing behind the apc :)

 

Its the little details that help the immersion into this sim IMO, and in this sim there are ALOT!! :D

 

if you are fast enough and to low and fire the gun on a target direct in front of you it can happen that your ricochets bouncing from the ground hit your aircraft ;)

[Weaponz248]

I remember seeing an A-10 doco a while ago and it mentioned that the A-10 cannon is not able to be fired on turf by either pilot or maintenance crew ever (in normal circumstances).. Just imagine some dodgy, twitchy, trigger happy maintenance crew dude in the cockpit.. Opps, i accidentally flicked Master Arm :huh: bugger! Oh I flicked GAU-8 Arm too :P Gee my finger is on the trigger... i better be careful ...:gun_smilie:

 

 

Nice! But we really do get to spin the gun during OPS checks. No ammo in but it would take quite the sequence to set of rounds including a safety pin being pulled. But it is fun to sit up there and do a gun spin from the pit:joystick:

[Dimebag1]

You would think there would be some kind of saftey lockout pin to be removed before flight for the gau-8, since most other weapons have this. Pretty much anything that moves, atleast on an airliner can be locked out, not sure about the hog tho.

[Heater]

You would think there would be some kind of saftey lockout pin to be removed before flight for the gau-8, since most other weapons have this. Pretty much anything that moves, atleast on an airliner can be locked out, not sure about the hog tho.

 

I believe there is a ground safety pin and also a weight on wheels switch that has to be disabled in order to fire the gun on the ground...

[Weaponz248]

I believe there is a ground safety pin and also a weight on wheels switch that has to be disabled in order to fire the gun on the ground...

 

 

You betcha There is a ground safety pin that gets removed at EOR and yes weght on wheels plays into this as well. However with the pin in you can still rotate the GAU-8 as long as hydro is applied and the APU is running.....

[Frederf]

That would be pretty awesome to have to park at the departure end of the runway ramp and have the ordinance crew remove all the various weapon arm safeties just before take off. I think that's how that's done.

[Weaponz248]

That would be pretty awesome to have to park at the departure end of the runway ramp and have the ordinance crew remove all the various weapon arm safeties just before take off. I think that's how that's done.

 

 

Yep thats exactly how its done. I do believe in the DCS world everything is treated as alert status.....so no EOR

[P3CFE]

Angle of attack movement

 

Angle of attack indicator moving a little when parked.

 

When you look outside, and zoom in on the Angle of attack probe (left side of cockpit) it is also showing the movement in the wind.

 

Great realism :thumbup:

[Fish]

B4

 

Sound of the motor to adjust the seat :thumbup:

[hassata]

That DCS A10 makes me a better driver on the road.

[Weaponz248]

skid marks when landing!!

 

 

[Allo]

skid marks when landing!!

Ahhhhh. Your talking about on the runway.:megalol:

[BugOut]

GAU reverse

 

Not really a detail. I havnt had a chance to do much with this yet but I got the A10 started and was just sitting on the runway. Checkin out the gauges and dials and buttons and when I finally looked up I was going off into the grass. Ended up getting stuck on a runway light, couldnt turn or go forward. Armed the cannon and fired a few rounds and the front rises a bit. Fired a few more and next thing I know I am going backwards. :joystick:

[Weaponz248]

Ahhhhh. Your talking about on the runway.:megalol:

 

 

LAMO yeah for the most part! :pilotfly:

[recoil17]

skid marks when landing!!

 

(beta 3) I landed once with anti-skid off (on purpose) and hit full brakes. I slid down the runway and left marks the whole way. I even did a full rudder left (or right) and got it sideways. The sliding physics on the runway are really nice.

 

I will post a screen later.

[Slayer]

In beta 4 on the Landing training mission after you land and move to the parking ramp the "ground crew" (wonder what they are fixin to do with those M-16's) run over to your parking space.

[Stretch]

If your "ground crew" consists of men in light, dense desert pattern BDUs carrying M-16s ... better exit the jet niiiiice and slooooow.

[Le0kong]

In beta 4 on the Landing training mission after you land and move to the parking ramp the "ground crew" (wonder what they are fixin to do with those M-16's) run over to your parking space.

 

I haven't played that mission yet, but if i see a band of soldiers with M16 running towards my plane after i land, my first trought is not "Look, the mecanics!" but "S**t, i did something wrong...again". :lookaround:

 

 

And to stay on topic... something i only noticed in Beta 4, the shaking of the plane like a earthquake, on very high AoA. On previous beta it only stalled one wing and flipped to one side.

[Weaponz248]

If your "ground crew" consists of men in light, dense desert pattern BDUs carrying M-16s ... better exit the jet niiiiice and slooooow.

 

 

Why?? Your in a Hawg let them know your guns bigger!!!!:thumbup:

[Snoopy]

I haven't played that mission yet, but if i see a band of soldiers with M16 running towards my plane after i land, my first trought is not "Look, the mecanics!" but "S**t, i did something wrong...again". :lookaround:

 

 

And to stay on topic... something i only noticed in Beta 4, the shaking of the plane like a earthquake, on very high AoA. On previous beta it only stalled one wing and flipped to one side.

 

I found them having M16's funny, makes it difficult to marshal a jet with an M16 in hand.:lol:

[RodBorza]

I found them having M16's funny, makes it difficult to marshal a jet with an M16 in hand.:lol:

 

Maybe it's a very, very high intensity environment... :D

 

Nice little details I like about this sim:

Lights!

 

and more lights! (rolling to the runaway)

 

I really like this because in the old Jane's games the formation and the position lights worked perfectly, although no running lights. In the Falcon: AF they tried to implement the running lights but to no avail (at least the version of the game I had... ;))

 

However, in this game it is modeled perfectly. I really like to line up on the runaway and being able to see what's ahead of me. Very nice!

 

 

Look! Better than Xenon headlights!

Edited December 28, 2010 by RodBorza
Adding more screenshots!

[bradleyjs]

I didn't notice this before Beta 4, but contrails (vapor) off the wingtips when pulling a few G's in a turn (at low alt)..

[MasterZelgadis]

Look! Better than Xenon headlights!

 

Four of them on the roof of my car please.The sun will rise for those, who doesn't switch off the long distance lights at incoming cars... :D

[Agg]

I didn't notice this before Beta 4, but contrails (vapor) off the wingtips when pulling a few G's in a turn (at low alt)..

That's right, they're not very realistic, but its better than nothing I suppose.

 

The lights are gorgeous in Warthog, no more sickly yellow lights like we had in Flaming Cliffs :)