barra733 Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 I'm in the armed forces and am delpoying for a few months soon. I'm taking my laptop and was looking for advice on a good sim that can be played on a decent laptop (but with limited graphics card) and with a mouse only. Stratergy games bore me a bit and I'm leaning towards something like SteelBeasts (original) or T72. Any thoughts..? 1
Bucic Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 I would go ArmA 2 and Steel Beasts Pro PE. Flight sims with a mouse only - a no go if you'd like to do mostly flying/action. Unless you would enjoy learning systems and procedures in a high fidelity simulators like DCS Black Shark, DCS A-10C Warthog or A2A simulations AccuSim addons (WW2 planes modeled to an insane level). That scenario is actually quite feasible, actually. F-5E simpit cockpit dimensions and flight controls Kill the Bloom - shader glow mod Poor audio Doppler effect in DCS [bug] Trees - huge performance hit especially up close
Silent Warrior Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 While it's hardly a flight sim, I believe Freespace 2 SCP can be tuned down to something a laptop can manage. As long as it has support for OpenGL, anyway. (You never know with IGPs...) It can also be controlled with a mouse, and is probably better suited for it than an actual flight sim.
71st_Mastiff Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 steel beast hand down you can run it no problem. Mouser friendly. :thumbup: "any failure you meet, is never a defeat; merely a set up for a greater come back", W Forbes. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts", "He who never changes his mind, never changes anything," Winston Churchill. MSI z690 MPG DDR4 || i9-14900k|| ddr4-128gb PC3200 |zotac RTX 5080|Game max 1300w|Win11| |turtle beach elite pro 5.1|| ViRpiL,T50cm2||MFG Crosswinds|| VT50CM-plus rotor Throttle || G10 RGB EVGA Keyboard/MouseLogitech || PiMax Crystal VR || 32 Asus||
Succellus Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 While it's hardly a flight sim, I believe Freespace 2 SCP can be tuned down to something a laptop can manage. As long as it has support for OpenGL, anyway. (You never know with IGPs...) It can also be controlled with a mouse, and is probably better suited for it than an actual flight sim. Freespace 2 SCP ???? HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
winz Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 The Freespace 2 code was given to the community by volition when it was obvious that interplay/volition is doomed. Freespace 2 SCP (Source code project) is what community made from it, and the results are excellent. Not to mention the mods that grown from this (i.e. the babylon project, babylon 5 remake) The Valley A-10C Version Revanche for FC 3
Rusty_M Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 The Freespace 2 code was given to the community by volition when it was obvious that interplay/volition is doomed. Freespace 2 SCP (Source code project) is what community made from it, and the results are excellent. Not to mention the mods that grown from this (i.e. the babylon project, babylon 5 remake) I forgot about that! I only discovered it about this time last year. It's great and ran pretty damn well on my laptop! The world is going mad. Me? I'm doing fine! http://www.twitch.tv/rusty_the_robot https://www.youtube.com/user/RustyRobotGaming
Succellus Posted March 29, 2011 Posted March 29, 2011 Um i don t have it freespace 2 anymore was a friend who gave it to me but he required back where can i download it ? If possible. I liked FS 1 and FS2 a lot. HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
winz Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 The situation is somewhat similiar to open falcon. The full original is required, as SCP is still using some assets from it (sounds, missions, UI...) The original can be bought on Good old Games - http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/freespace_2 for 6bucks After you have the original downloaded and installed, you head to http://www.fsoinstaller.com/files/installer/java/FreeSpaceOpenInstaller.jar and download the installer. Use it to download the SCP to the directory where Freespace 2 is installed. Documentation on the installer is here http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/FreeSpace_Open_Installer The Valley A-10C Version Revanche for FC 3
Succellus Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Thanks winz HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
LordWolf Posted March 30, 2011 Posted March 30, 2011 Go play diablo 2 or if ur for a more serious game try Deus ex
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