DCS:- Black Shark English Version Released!

Nate--IRL--

Just realised that I never pimped this in here.....

Download version only for now........... No word on the DVD version yet (sometime in the next month or two).

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/



Nate

Fanny Cradock

Wanna tell us about it or post some reviews?

(The link is broken, btw)

Nate--IRL--

I've had the russian version for a few weeks already. Couldn't wait for the international release... now i have the english version too



4 part SimHQ review starts here
Part 1 http://www.simhq.com/_air12/air_390a.html
Part 2 http://www.simhq.com/_air12/air_391a.html
Part 3 http://www.simhq.com/_air12/air_392a.html
part 4 Developer interview http://www.simhq.com/_air12/air_394a.html


All I was doing for the first few hours was crashing ... spectacularly. It really does feel like you've got 10 tons of metal dangling under a set of supercharged ceiling fans. Eagle Dynamics once again prove they are the masters of creating authentic flight models.

If you like Sims you are gonna LOVE this!

Eagle Dynamics released the English Manuals for free if you want to have a taste of what to expect

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?end_pos=2199&scr=products&lang=en

Should you have any specific questions i'd be happy to answer as best i can

Nate

Gloomy boring day...


Hello there.....


Let's be friends....


Or maybe not...


Uneventful landing.......


Heading home that evening....


A new friend.


Whats that noise?

po0k

Nice

the_syco

Looks sweet, but as it has StarForce FrontLine ProActive, I ain't touching it with a bargepole.

Overheal

That is never going to run on my hardware o_o

Nate--IRL--

the_syco wrote: »

Looks sweet, but as it has StarForce FrontLine ProActive, I ain't touching it with a bargepole.

You certainly wouldn't be the first to say that

Overheal wrote: »

That is never going to run on my hardware o_o

Funny enough i've found it fairly FPS friendly. I have all the graphics options turned up full and I still get 25 to 30 fps in most cases (for the record I have a c2d 6300 ,2GB Ram and a 7900GS) If you have vista and dual core there is a littlte tweak to get another 10-20fps too.

There was a demo planned but i'm not sure what the ETA is.

Nate

BattlingCheese

Been playing for a small bit over Xmas and it's good.
It's very good. Attention to detail is amazing.

Brings me back to Falcon 4 and Janes Longbow 2 days with regards the sheer amount of study you need to do to play this on full realism.

Nate--IRL--

Now on steam, uses Steam DRM now, not starforce. Bit more expensive though - €40

http://store.steampowered.com/app/61000/

Nate

super_furry

Nate--IRL-- wrote: »

Now on steam, uses Steam DRM now, not starforce. Bit more expensive though - €40

http://store.steampowered.com/app/61000/

Nate

Yeah saw that earlier. Will definately pick it up in a sale at some stage.

Overheal

Overheal wrote: »

That is never going to run on my hardware o_o

meh what was i thinking, that game doesnt look all that hot.

PogMoThoin

This is not a game, its a sim and its not for everyone. This is the full startup procedure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q_XNf4elAI

Ok, there's a shortcut but the servers online are full of people who take this really seriously and play with all the realism effects on. Also, there are no dedicated servers, one player must host

Dyr

Nate--IRL-- wrote: »

Now on steam, uses Steam DRM now, not starforce. Bit more expensive though - €40

http://store.steampowered.com/app/61000/

Nate

Nice, I saw it once in game going cheap but i didnt pick it up and haven't seen it once in there since.

humanji

PogMoThoin wrote: »

This is not a game, its a sim and its not for everyone. This is the full startup procedure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q_XNf4elAI

Ok, there's a shortcut but the servers online are full of people who take this really seriously and play with all the realism effects on. Also, there are no dedicated servers, one player must host

Is is wrong that I really want that guy to crash right after take-off?

Nate--IRL--

humanji wrote: »

Is is wrong that I really want that guy to crash right after take-off?

If it's any consolation, he would have for the first 20 or 30 times

Nate

CiDeRmAn

Looks amazing, but way too hardcore for me, I'm still playing through the early missions in Dragon Rising!

Back to Desert Strike for me, that and LHX Attack Chopper!

Retr0gamer

You're screwed then, Dragon Rising is about as hardcore and Nuts magazine.

PogMoThoin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Looks amazing, but way too hardcore for me, I'm still playing through the early missions in Dragon Rising!

:rolleyes: Oh, No, that half-arsed attempt at a game, hope You don't run into any issues, it was so bad Codemasters themselves stopped supporting it after 6 months
http://community.codemasters.com/forum/operation-flashpoint-dragon-rising-game-pc-113/407318-16-02-confirmation-no-further-patches-additional-dlc.html

Oafley Jones

Looking at that video makes me wish I still had a gaming rig. Was always a huge fan of flight sims from Flight Sim 4 and Microprose era. I remember the old EA/Janes games, particularly Longbow, and I thought that was hardcore because you had to do simple things like engaging the rotor into gear and adjusting the IHADSS.:D