Inferno

thanks a lot dice...still can't beat the real stuff. :)

Can you imagine this battle at night with illumination flares, tracers, missile streaks, explosions etc?!!??! I think I'll just make some missions and watch the AI do it's thing. Amazing.

http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/showthr...&threadid=47179

This truly a soap opera of conflicting personalities, rather then any genuine flight modeling issues. Looks like some guy and his friends were told to make a dynamic flight model, but they could not deliver in time, so they are creating rumors to discredit ED.

Is that a 3 wire?

LOMAC's graphics and FM + Jane's F/A-18's avionics + F4's Dynamic Campaign = Ultimate combat flight sim

To add, the cool thing with formula based dynamic FM's is that they model some pretty advanced real time physics and using those laws of physics aircraft performance is determined. But of course, it is not possible to completely reproduce the laws of physics in real time on your home PC, so some short cuts have to be taken. Lastly, I don't think anyone will be disappointed by LOMAC's FM, if they follow the standard that Flanker set. This is a non issue that was blown out of proportion due to a debatable translation of the original post in Russian.

I don't think anyone has said that because LOMAC is not supposed to be table based it will be superior to F4? Why most think that Flanker2.5 has superior FM to F4sP# is nto necessarily hard data, but the "feel" of the sim which many real pilots have said is pretty close to the real thing. Especially, the modeling of inertia seems very realistic. Most sims use a hybrid combination of table based data and some real time formulas. F4 and Flanker 2.5 use this combo I think. Some sims use only table based numbers. The problem with that is that while you may get accurate FM, you cannot really capture the feel without some fine tuning and fudging of the numbers. The only current sim that I know of that uses (I think) almost all real time formulas is IL2 Sturmovick, which has excellent FM's. But even IL2 has to use table based data for some hard to do calculations. So, apparently ED tried to do a more formula based FM, but failed, which is no biggie, since if F2.5's FM is anything to go by, LOMAC's FM will be the best in the "feel" department.

Err, I stand corrected....*runs away*

Well, at most they will revert back to the FM of Flanker2. Which is pretty good, but still, I was looking forward to the new FM.

A little? That's a HUGE let down for me. Why can't they include the advanced FM's later on? :thumbdown: :( Damn you Ubi! :x

Wow, what a video! :shock: http://www.pcarena.com/previews/lomac/beta...ta/preview.html

USAFMTL, you work for avsim? Aren't you a mod on one of the simhq forums as well?

Hopefully that'll put to rest the whining over the "ugly" carrier. 1 down, 500 more to go.

w00t! Can't wait Jeff! Now I know why you started biohaz hehe :D

http://www.simhq.com/_air/air_070a.html

Just to add a little, if you enable the "v-sync" on your graphic cards display properties, it syncs the fps of the game to your monitor's refresh rate, thus removing any "tearing" effect in the game. Personally, I turn off v-sync because it gives me a few more fps in games, but everyone has different tastes.

Well, as a rule of thumb, a refresh rate of 85Hz is best for most people as it removes any noticeable flickering in most circumstances. Setting too high a refresh rate then your monitor can handle can damage your monitor, so it is always useful to check your monitor's manual beforehand. Personally, I prefer 100Hz as my refresh rate at 1024x768 and my monitor can handle it. However if I bump up by resolution to 1280x1024, my monitor can "only" handle 85Hz. Perhaps it is because of the lighting in my room or my sensitivity to flickering, but I find anything below a 100Hz refresh rate to be a strain on my eyes. However, this on the desktop, in games, flickering is much less noticeable. But still, I would recommend nothing less then 75Hz if you don't want eyestrain. Also, if you no longer have your monitor's manual, you can always check the display properties from the control panel and if you have the correct monitor drivers loaded, it will tell you your monitor's limits.

Just to set the monitor refresh rate.

I'd say. ;) Though this thread at the ubi forums also makes a good read for the avionics geeks out their! http://forums.ubi.com/messages/message_vie...mac_gd&id=zxiwp

I missed the live from the gulf one. :(

Plans of global domination ruined! :mad2: :evil: :twisted:

Can I join if I'm not in a squad?

http://www.checksix-fr.com/articles/articl...le.php?show=176 http://www.checksix-forums.com/phpBB2/view...pic.php?t=21506