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Offline jdbecks

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Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« on: May 09, 2009, 04:10:48 AM »
Hey everyone,

dont worry Im not going to stop playing Aces High2, but I was  just wondering what  good single player WW2 flight sims there are that have a good campaign mode? I have looked at Battle of Brittan 2 wings of victory, that looks like it might have an intresting campaign mode?

cheers

Jon
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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2009, 05:48:22 AM »
I always liked IL-2's single player mode.
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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2009, 05:52:32 AM »
Il-2 is pretty impressive. Aren't they about to publish a BoB version?
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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2009, 06:39:04 AM »
Quote from: Angus on May 09, 2009, 05:52:32 AM
Il-2 is pretty impressive. Aren't they about to publish a BoB version?

In 2 weeks Angus.

That is the standard joke. ;) ;)
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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2009, 07:37:33 AM »
Il2 has some mods for single player mode that're worth checking out.
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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2009, 07:58:08 AM »
Quote from: Angus on May 09, 2009, 05:52:32 AM
Il-2 is pretty impressive. Aren't they about to publish a BoB version?

Im pretty sure BoB has been in the works as long as Combat Tour
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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2009, 04:06:07 PM »
Il2 will disappoint you some... AHII does so many things better than I have no doubt that the HTC team could produce a superior stand alone game....but Il2 is worth the 20 bucks or whatever I paid for the last version.
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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2009, 04:27:01 PM »
Falcon 4.0 had a pretty big following.
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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2009, 04:49:23 PM »
Quote from: Angus on May 09, 2009, 05:52:32 AM
Il-2 is pretty impressive. Aren't they about to publish a BoB version?

Console only, no plans mentioned to release on PC.


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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2009, 05:43:34 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on May 09, 2009, 04:49:23 PM
Console only, no plans mentioned to release on PC.


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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2009, 05:45:17 PM »
I got the latest copy of IL2 1946,but it seems to not like Vista 64 or any 64 bit OS.
Apperently my copy has copywrite protection on it,all non US versions do and I cant get it to load past startup screen.

 IL2's solution,use some pirated software to work around it,mind you they dont publicly tell you this on their forum,no instead they pm you this imformation and even direct you to sites that have said software.

I'd of returned the game if I could but no returns on open software..... Ubisoft.... what a piece of work.

It would be simple to post a fix for this but nooooo,force them to use pirated software,why pay a company to supply copywrite protection and the tell a customer to use pirated SW to make it work!


Ubisoft needs a name change,maybe "theybsoftinthehead" would be more appropiate :rolleyes:
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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2009, 05:58:15 PM »
Il-2 is pretty. It has a great damage model. I like the complex engine management. That's about it.

Sound effects suck. Overall flight model sucks. Aircraft modeling is VERY generic (EVERY plane has the exact same four flap positions: Up, Combat, Takeoff, Landing). Engine overheats are overdone. Feeling of speed and even ALTITUDE is non-existent. It took them FOREVER to fix the overdone recoil of the US .50cal that would yaw the plane all over the place. The PTO campaign is half-assed at BEST. Ubisoft had to throw in all these bizarre Russian and German superplanes that didn't even make it off the DRAWING BOARD historically and about a hundred Bf-109 variants, but specifically refused to add the F4U-4 despite a LOT of posts requesting it.
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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2009, 06:23:02 PM »
Quote from: Saxman on May 09, 2009, 05:58:15 PM
Engine overheats are overdone.

Thus is revealed the problem of "realistic" engine modeling. Realistically, you probably ain't gonna blow a new P&W R-2800 even if you run it at WEP for the average half hour or so it takes to play some, land/get shot down, got get a coke, and get your "new" engine. Effectively, players would have unlimited WEP in many planes if the engine modeling *was* realistic. Il2 solves this problem by making the engines fail on an absurdly shortened timescale. AHII solves this problem by forcing you stay within published limits for WEP usage, and IMO this is the better solution.
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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2009, 06:43:01 PM »
Quote from: Motherland on May 09, 2009, 05:43:34 PM
Are you serious? :lol

Yep.  PS3 and Xbox 360 release only with two types of flight model, arcade and 'realistic'.


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Re: Good single player ww2 flight sim?
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2009, 06:46:16 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on May 09, 2009, 06:43:01 PM
Yep.  PS3 and Xbox 360 release only with two types of flight model, arcade and 'realistic'.


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Guess AH2 really doesn't have much competition anymore, other than mod's made for Il2 then, eh?
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