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VRS TacPack Review Page 4

Summary For military aircraft aficionados, the TacPack addition to the VRS Superbug is well worth the wait. As you may know, this project has been a long time coming. An add-on product for FSX that uses as its foundation a multiple award-winning virtual aircraft – all from a studio with a proven track record in flight control modeling, is a pretty […]

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VRS TacPack Review Page 3

Gameplay Ken found the gameplay like FSX with Acceleration, except for the occasional oddity, finding myself in the shade in a most peculiar way, as seen in the screenshot below. The fix was exiting the game and restarting, which took the blossomed canopy away. While in this anomaly it isn’t possible to employ weapons. David and Ken are […]

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VRS TacPack Review Page 2

MFDs First thing to note: VRS custom keys will override all Microsoft Flight Simulator mappings when active.The VRS TacPack’s Superbug does have assignable DDI Push Buttons 1-20. There are also assignable UFCD keys. If you do enable these options the FSX mappings normally assigned to those key presses will be overridden by the VRS Superbug software. The push buttons work, but watch […]

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DCS: UH-1H Huey Preview Page 2

Back To Page 1   Combat DCS: UH-1H arms the Huey with two types of 2.75 in. rocket pods and 7.62 mm mini-gun pods in addition to the two M-60D guns at the gunner stations. The rocket pods are your standard run-of-the-mill with either 7 or 19 rockets each and salvo rates controllable from an armament panel inside […]

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Team Fusion Mod for IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Page 5

Back to Page 4   Weathering IL2CoD allows the player to adjust the level of weathering on their aircraft. But in the stock version, even the lowest weathering setting does include some weathering of the paint, and exhaust stains on the cowling. In the TF mod, setting weathering to zero completely removes all weathering and delivers […]

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Team Fusion Mod for IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Page 3

Back to Page 2   Flight model updates These were the primary focus of this mod by Team Fusion, so what has been done? The altitude bug which prevented aircraft from operating at their historically available ceilings has been fixed. Aircraft are now able to fly at historical altitudes, enjoying the historical performance advantages and […]

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Team Fusion Mod for IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Page 2

Back to Page 1   You will see that “changes to online gameplay netcode” are not part of the list, but they should be at the top of the list and here is why. The March 2011 press release for IL2CoD stated that game modes would include “Massive multiplayer (with) customizable modes ranging from simple deathmatch-style free-for-alls to […]

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DCS World v1.2.3 Page 3

Back to Page 2   Conclusion The improvements to multiplayer stability in DCS World 1.2.3 removes a major roadblock to the multiplayer community, and that feat alone deserves recognition. True, there are still a number of fixes and tweaks remaining, as well as some additional features that we can’t wait to get our hands on, but DCS World is […]

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DCS World v1.2.3 Page 2

Back to Page 1   Lock-On: Flaming Cliffs 3 Owners of the Flaming Cliffs 3 module got a gorgeous new exterior model for their Su-27 and a dedicated campaign to go with it. I’m only two missions into the campaign, but I’m impressed with the level of immersion. Although there are those out there who will cringe […]

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Real Stories of Simulation Development Page 4

Back to Page 3   Now we get to Jane’s F-15 II… wait, I mean Jane’s F/A-18. Actually the initial thought was that we might do another F-15 with full co-op multiplayer with probably front seat/back seat as well, assuming I could pull it off. This is what I was working on while others were thinking about […]

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Real Stories of Simulation Development Page 3

Back to Page 2   Jane’s Combat Simulations – Baltimore I didn’t work out the transition time as well as some others of the team. I remember there was something like I could have put in my two week notice and would have gotten paid for it, even though they had us leave or since […]

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