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#3288324 - 05/06/11 12:03 PM Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!!  
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OK so after spending some time learning Rise of Flight I am having a REALLY hard time enjoying any other sim! They all seem so wooden and I guess "detached"? Rise of Flight is just so immersive and the sense of being in the plane is amazing. The sheer satisfaction of shooting down a plane in ROF is just incredible. I had my first kill tonight in my trusty Pup and after a good 20 minutes of dogfighting I started to see holes in his wings and then, poof a fire started and I sent him down in a fireball. WWWWwwwwooooo! I think I got more satisfaction from that one kill than all my IL-2 kills combined. Great stuff! I have a new favorite sim smile

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#3288326 - 05/06/11 12:06 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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#3288352 - 05/06/11 01:09 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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The current state of ROF has really set the bar for flight sims. 777 has an amazing chance to cement themselves in the history of flight simulation if they can pull off their ambitious campaign plans. I only see positive things in the future for ROF and future 777 projects. Their involvement with the community is also to be commended.

#3288371 - 05/06/11 01:23 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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What the heck are you talking about----there are other flight sims? biggrin

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#3288381 - 05/06/11 01:34 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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#3288389 - 05/06/11 01:42 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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I keep telling myself to fly the a-10c campaign but I just keep loading up ROF. It has this thrill of flying, the sound of the wind and the beauty of everything especially on a sunrise flight.

I've just started using HDR High and I don't know if they've changed it but it looks magnificent.

#3288531 - 05/06/11 04:25 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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I use to play a lot of FSX. After playing ROF for a while, FSX's Flight modeling felt horible in comparison. Even though FSX is not a combat sim and not realy a competitor to ROF, it ruined FSX for me. I havent played FSX for months now. Although there are a few planes in FSX that felt realistic (A2A cub and Lotus sim L39), ROF and DCS A10 are the only sims ive played that really feels like Im flying a plane on the PC.

Rob

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#3288538 - 05/06/11 04:42 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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I agree about ROFs FM, and the DCS advanced flight model system as well.

The interesting thing Scoobe is that the same guy is responsible for the DCS and ROF flight models, he used to work for ED, now he's at 777.


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#3288560 - 05/06/11 05:09 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: Mogster]  
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Originally Posted By: Mogster
The interesting thing Scoobe is that the same guy is responsible for the DCS and ROF flight models, he used to work for ED, now he's at 777.


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#3288611 - 05/06/11 06:06 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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#3288653 - 05/06/11 07:22 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: Taipan]  
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Originally Posted By: Taipan
I keep telling myself to fly the a-10c campaign but I just keep loading up ROF. It has this thrill of flying, the sound of the wind and the beauty of everything especially on a sunrise flight.

I've just started using HDR High and I don't know if they've changed it but it looks magnificent.


Sunrise missions are the best!
In fact, Taipan, you should forget about all the other afternoon, late afternoon, night missions and JUST run the sunrise version of your mission! Smash
(seriously, yesterday as I took off in a camel in the morning mission before the sun came up, I was struck by how amazing everything looked...then hunting across nml as the sun peaked up over the horizon was amazing)

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#3289095 - 05/07/11 09:44 AM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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They will look even better when the morning mist patch comes out.


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#3289400 - 05/07/11 07:30 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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Originally Posted By: maclean525
OK so after spending some time learning Rise of Flight I am having a REALLY hard time enjoying any other sim! They all seem so wooden and I guess "detached"? Rise of Flight is just so immersive and the sense of being in the plane is amazing.


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#3289525 - 05/07/11 11:20 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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Not being interested in on-line play, it hasn't caught on for me, I will quick mission every now and again, but it still feels empty. Hopefully, the campaign will address this and make it more valid as a single player experience.

RR


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#3289550 - 05/08/11 12:29 AM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: maclean525]  
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Originally Posted By: maclean525
OK so after spending some time learning Rise of Flight I am having a REALLY hard time enjoying any other sim! They all seem so wooden and I guess "detached"? Rise of Flight is just so immersive and the sense of being in the plane is amazing.


That right there nails the appeal for me. These planes feel alive...and that's special.

I spent many thousands of hours flying in the real world so I think I'm speaking advisedly. I wasn't into flight sims simply because I got all the flying I cared for at work. After I became disabled I tried titles like IL-2 and FSX but they left me cold for the same wooden and detached feeling you've noted. ROF stands alone in getting that undefinable feeling just right.

Combine that with the behavior of other pilots online that no AI could ever hope to duplicate and I'm completely gone in the world of WW I France...the new career looks good enough to tempt me, but flying with real people online, whether training newcomers to aviation or in combat with experienced airplane drivers has been a godsend in making me feel like a real pilot again!

=MFC=Gunloon

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#3291450 - 05/10/11 04:43 PM Re: Rise of Flight is ruining other flight sims for me!!! [Re: Rick_Rawlings]  
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Originally Posted By: Rick_Rawlings
Not being interested in on-line play, it hasn't caught on for me, I will quick mission every now and again, but it still feels empty. Hopefully, the campaign will address this and make it more valid as a single player experience.

RR


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