Originally posted by Zigrat
i would say janes f18 would be one of the best if it werent for the terrible fps. somehow they managed to really fug up the coding or something in that game.. i get better fps in il2 than in janes and f18 doesnt look nearly as good (it doesnt look bad either, its just older). If f18 had double the fps it has it would be a great game. the avionics were very well done and dropping guided munitions looked just like what you see on tv.
You can't compare iL2 to F/A-18...iL-2 has no avionics, no ground radars, and a much smaller drawn distance. F/A-18 draws out 30 some miles in all directions from the players aircraft, while I doubt iL2 is close to half that...you just don't notice it because you don't have any systems (like a FLIR, or Maverick missile) that can see out that far.
That said, I don't think F/A-18 has a "terrible" FPS. Is it the fastest sim out there? No. Is there one sim out there that does everything F/A-18 does? No. For example, when some of these systems (i.e radar line of sight) are enabled in Falcon 4 (which shipped with them disabled, wonder why?) guess what happens to the framerate? And F4 still doesn't draw out as far as F/A-18 does.
There is no free lunch. Before you start accusing others of "fugging up" something they worked long and hard on, I suggest you learn a bit about coding yourself.
-Smut
