Back To Page 1 Balkans Mission We’ll begin with the Balkans, 20mm’s Marlboro Country mission and guod’s screenshots using his ATI Radeon 9700 Pro with resolution at 1024x768x32@75Hz. Guod actually flew the mission two times for these before and after comparison shots. The mission route with Altitude Plot and the ATI Windows 2000 settings […]
by Tom “20mm” Hayden and Doug “guod” Atkinson Introduction Posted September 8, 2003 in the SimHQ Falcon 4 Forum: Beach, Another great report, I’m still back at Mission 2 with my training wheels tottering, but I’ll catch up. That is just an incredible view of Pusan. Question: Do you have some terrain mods added or a result of […]
Back To Page 1 20mm: Agreed, I think we all want the best for this amazing sim. Back to HiTiles itself, can you can share with us non-technical types something about how you do the magic you do? Tom: I mainly work in Paintshop Pro, which is quite a powerful tool. Each texture consist of a […]
by Tom “20mm” Hayden Ask any fan of Falcon 4 what the primary add-ons for the simulation are, and without a doubt you will hear the name HiTiles. The brainchild of Tom Waelti, HiTiles for Falcon 4 completely replaces the stock terrain of the Korean theatre. It adds greater variety, and much higher detail to […]
Back To Page 1 Ergonomics This is a sim cockpit and not a desktop combo. Can this be used as a desktop in a pinch? Sure, but it is not designed to be a work station. The unit is low profile and takes up little space. This is where I ran into a problem. […]
Back To Page 4 So, you ask, how was it? Well, let me wipe the drool off of my notes. Words don’t describe it. I consult Roget’s Thesaurus. Nope, still no words. Beginning first with FS2004 and using the freeware F/A-18E, we took off from Fort Worth NAS/JRB and made the circuit over the […]
Back To Page 3 The stick and throttle were both older Suncom peripherals, scavenged from eBay. Later models will use in-house metal cast grips. Both inputs tied into Keyboard Studio to facilitate easy programming. By the way, the Thrustmaster Cougar might be the ne plus ultra of simulation input devices, but they’re not even […]
Back To Page 2 Inside The Machine Ending just past the glare shield, the flat gray paint and smooth panel lines beckoned to me, almost daring me to jump in. Removing the glare shield to reveal the heart of this $68,000 piece of hardware, Miller proudly showed off his handiwork. “I wired this one myself.” he […]
Back To Page 1 Inside the Shop The simulation cockpits this firm produces are constructed of nearly 50% flight-worthy parts. Meaning, the majority of parts you’ll see in a simulation-ready cockpit are the exact same parts you’ll see in one they throw the keys to you and tell you to start it. Each part […]
Written by Chuck “PFunk” Bellows Photography by Robert Hord Introduction Nestled in the gently rolling hills of North Central Texas, a small town hides a secret in plain view. Azle, Texas lies in the buckle of the Bible Belt, where high school football scores are the priority news of the day and men wearing gimme-caps advertising the […]
Back To Page 10 The “Real Estate” section of the Misty Moorings site has all of the free downloads listed with excellent instructions on how to install them. This is the Totem Bight Operations Center which features a full bush flying base for seaplanes and a short asphalt strip for normal operations. This cannery […]
Back To Page 9 The Misty Fjords scenery is really well done. The thing Misty Fjords excels at, in my opinion, is terrain and geography. The lakes, rivers, glaciers and other geological features are accurate and really make you feel like you are flying over the wilderness. The object scenery is fairly sparse, which […]
