Flight Sim users.
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Is there a flight simulator that would allow me to blow things up? I mean a program as sophisticated as MS Flight Simulator.
I had no idea you could buy all those gadgets, looks like a lot of fun because they try to make everything realistic, so you mess up and crash and burn, a horrible way to end your life and it's just a GAME!
I used to play "F-15 Flight Eagle" or something like that. It was a lot of fun I guess, but totally unrealistic all around.
Mark, how much would it cost, ball-park, to add all those accessories to a computer, assuming it's a good computer and not a hot rod like the one you built? I'm guessing $800 - $1,000 because everything costs $800 - $1,000 these days. Everything.
@rainman said in Flight Sim users. Need pedal advice.:
Is there a flight simulator that would allow me to blow things up?
I'd post a link, but my work VPN blocks it.
This is supposed to be brilliant. I couldn't get it to work on my gaming laptop for reasons I've never been able to figure out, but there's a free demo plane, and then you can buy additional aircraft.
I was only joking
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@copper said in Flight Sim users. Need pedal advice.:
If you are in a hurry for the first lesson it goes like this,
Pull the stick, the houses get small
Push the stick, they get big
What else do you want to know?Pull the stick more, they get big again.
@george-k said in Flight Sim users. Need pedal advice.:
@copper said in Flight Sim users. Need pedal advice.:
If you are in a hurry for the first lesson it goes like this,
Pull the stick, the houses get small
Push the stick, they get big
What else do you want to know?Pull the stick more, they get big again.
—Jon's Sister, circa Thursday
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@rainman said in Flight Sim users. Need pedal advice.:
Is there a flight simulator that would allow me to blow things up?
I'd post a link, but my work VPN blocks it.
This is supposed to be brilliant. I couldn't get it to work on my gaming laptop for reasons I've never been able to figure out, but there's a free demo plane, and then you can buy additional aircraft.
@doctor-phibes said in Flight Sim users. Need pedal advice.:
@rainman said in Flight Sim users. Need pedal advice.:
Is there a flight simulator that would allow me to blow things up?
I'd post a link, but my work VPN blocks it.
This is supposed to be brilliant. I couldn't get it to work on my gaming laptop for reasons I've never been able to figure out, but there's a free demo plane, and then you can buy additional aircraft.
Downloading...
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Mark, I'm pretty sure you'll need to invest in a HOTAS setup as well as your yoke if you're going to start with that program.
Just saying...
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If anybody's interested, there's some great stuff on YouTube covering DCS...it's kind of like MS Flight Simulator, but fun.
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The first one I played was called 'Worlds of Flight' for the Dragon 32 (32K of memory!), which was a UK-made clone of the TRS-80, and looked very much like that.
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Thanks Mark and Dr. Phibes and others!
Wow. I had no idea, but glad I asked the question. Frankly, it would be a little tough to convince my wife about spending a few thousand on something as sophisticated as the cocpit reality machines.
I hope you guys download and play, and then post how it goes. I'm not sure, but it looks like the computer requirements may exceed what my Dell can do.
The virtual reality goggles are beyond cool. I knew the technology was being developed over the years, but never heard about it until being reintroduced to the links Mark and Phibes posted.
I will be telling my wife and my son about these, hoping my son will help influence my wife on why we NEED this kind of stuff.
How can I live without these simulators? Difficult if not impossible.
I just must have it. Really sweetheart, it helps eliminate those thoughts of suicide when I'm playing. So it's for my health, don't you see?I'll work on it.
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Thanks Mark and Dr. Phibes and others!
Wow. I had no idea, but glad I asked the question. Frankly, it would be a little tough to convince my wife about spending a few thousand on something as sophisticated as the cocpit reality machines.
I hope you guys download and play, and then post how it goes. I'm not sure, but it looks like the computer requirements may exceed what my Dell can do.
The virtual reality goggles are beyond cool. I knew the technology was being developed over the years, but never heard about it until being reintroduced to the links Mark and Phibes posted.
I will be telling my wife and my son about these, hoping my son will help influence my wife on why we NEED this kind of stuff.
How can I live without these simulators? Difficult if not impossible.
I just must have it. Really sweetheart, it helps eliminate those thoughts of suicide when I'm playing. So it's for my health, don't you see?I'll work on it.
