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#35406 - 03/22/03 07:45 PM Lack of new sims  

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Does anyone else wish for a new helo sim that models more than just a couple of FM's of combat choppers? Wouldn't it be nice to fly a kiowa warrior on a scout mission and call in realisticly modeled artillery? Or respond to a request to a request for CAS in a marine AH-1W? Maybe a medivac in a blackhawk or fly as an SAR crew on standby next to an active carrier? All in the same game. Will something like that ever happen?

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#35407 - 03/22/03 08:13 PM Re: Lack of new sims  
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Well, you can do most of those things in Gunship, as long as the units you mention are written into the mission. Whether or not the way it's implimented suits your tastes is another question, but it all works now. (Still working on the Navy part...) GS is essentially a sequel to M1 Tank Platoon 2, so alot of the support unit aspects were already built.

I think at least some of those features are available in LB2 and EECH, too, but I don't know alot about that.

Designers must have a hard time deciding what to include in a single title. Like everything else, it's not easy to get everybody everything they want.

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#35408 - 03/24/03 09:51 AM Re: Lack of new sims  

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Yup...You can fly scout missions in the Kiowa and call in artillery and air strikes and do insert\extracts in the blackhawk in LB2.

#35409 - 04/01/03 09:59 PM Re: Lack of new sims  

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Thanks for the replies. I have looked all over for gunship in my local electronics/computer stores and was completely unsuccessfull in finding it. I did find the downloadable version with the 30 minute timelimit however. Unfortunately that version is not compatible with your executables even after paying for it. I suspect they altered one of the .dll files. This is sad. However I never realized how good this little gem of a helo sim really was or how I missed it completely. I am still enjoying the game unaltered quite a lot. I am not sure how accurate the flight model really is, but it is one of the few sims that allows me to suspend my disbelief for a while and really makes me "feel" like I am piloting a helicopter. Thank you for pointing this sim out.

#35410 - 04/02/03 03:08 AM Re: Lack of new sims  
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#35411 - 04/02/03 04:26 AM Re: Lack of new sims  
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Hi fizzy-

While the new GSv2 exe doesn't work with the download versions of GS, the Mod M8 app will. That gets you the new terrain, and other helos in different way.

I've seen it at Walmart, if there is one nearby. Otherwise, riccisj link sounds like a good bet.

I think GS really mis-marketed by Hasbro as some sort of Longbow 3, when it was really intended to simulate the experience of combat more than the minutiae of flying a helicopter. And it is extremely effective in that effort. Unfortunately, I think the expectation gap understandably pissed off alot of people when it was released.

Have fun!
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