Day 2: SimHQ at E3 2013
by Erik “EinsteinEP” Pierce Another Day Today (June 12) was yet another fun-filled day at the expo. Having knocked out most of the West Hall on Day 1, today we focused primarily on the South Hall and the numerous exhibitors there. Wargaming.net had a large spread there, as well as Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Activision, and […]
Day 1: SimHQ at E3 2013
by Erik “EinsteinEP” Pierce It’s only the end of Day 1 of E3 2013 and it’s already been a completely amazing time. Connectivity at the event has been horrendous – bad wifi at an Electronic Entertainment Expo seems unfathomable, but Chunx, SeanManly, and myself were fathoming with our mobile devices all day trying to get […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
VRS TacPack Review Page
by David “Stormtrooper” Tessier and Ken “531 Ghost” King Introduction Spoiler Alert: The Vertical Reality Simulations (VRS) TacPack is probably the best add-on currently on the market that allows virtual pilots to employ weapons, making FSX not only a comprehensive civilian flight simulator, but now one of the newest military flight simulators as well. This review will bring up the highlights of […]
DCS Version 1.2.5 Coming Soon
From the DCS newsletter: After the release of DCS version 1.2.4, we released multiple updates using our automatic updater. We are now moving forward on the next major update, version 1.2.5. Our primary focus will be on improving game performance, addressing game play issues, and setting the stage for further modules. Key features planned for […]
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 […]
DCS: UH-1H Huey Preview
by Erik “EinsteinEP” Pierce Introduction This preview article is based on a beta that is believed to be a fair representative of what may eventually become the retail product. With the understanding that some features may be added, removed, or modified prior to the release, we give you this preview article which is simply a non-critical […]
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 […]
Team Fusion Mod for IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Page 4
Back to Page 3 New objects By tweaking existing ships, TF has created some new types. It has long been an annoyance for mission builders that there were no Royal Navy warships in the game. From the existing Kriegsmarine Mine Layer, a Flowers Class corvette for the Royal Navy has been created. It is […]
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 […]