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#392133 - 01/16/06 05:25 PM JUST RE-VISITED THIS SIM- AWESOME  
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Just re-installed over the weekend and updated to patch 2.0- This is really an amazing simulation for WW2 Bombers. Awesome experience. I am now getting into the manual and really enjoying the ins & outs of it.A job well done to the development team, even though the graphics are not the best. I can't wait to see what the Firepower team can do to it!

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#392134 - 01/16/06 07:12 PM Re: JUST RE-VISITED THIS SIM- AWESOME  
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Yes B17-2 is excellent and far and away the best WW2 heavy bomber sim. Just putting heavy bombers in a flightsim only goes so far, as CFS3 shows.

The spectacle of 18 Forts forming up as they circle the base in the English morning air is worth the price of admission. I especially like the way the sim models navigation, simolified yes but's a nice skill to try to get visual fixes thru the cloud, and drag your plane icon on the map to where you think you really are. Great the way the 3d world matches the map so well, so you can do this quite well. Also like the Norden, another great experience, sweaty palm stuff as you concentrate to bring the whole formation in onto the tgt while the flak bangs and hammers viciously all around, and crewmembers cry out with reports of damage, fires or injuries. As you say, it's an awesome experience.


When you soar into the air in a Sopwith scout
And you're scrapping with a Hun and your gun cuts out
Well, you stuff down your nose till your plugs fall out
'Cos you haven't got a hope in the morning!
#392135 - 01/17/06 07:43 AM Re: JUST RE-VISITED THIS SIM- AWESOME  
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Hi there!
Got curious and still have the game in my rack.
I planned to reinstall it on my WinXP system. Does that work?

But since Microprose has quit - where can i find those patches ?

Thanks for your attention

Airway

#392136 - 01/17/06 04:41 PM Re: JUST RE-VISITED THIS SIM- AWESOME  
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Great simulation. Will work fine in WIN XP. Also, you can download the last Patch 2.0 right here on SimHQ. Just go to the downloads section. It will take some time adjusting the controls, etc., but after that everything should go smooth.

#392137 - 09/28/06 09:33 PM Re: JUST RE-VISITED THIS SIM- AWESOME  
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Can't download patches - any help please?


"Get the damn thing off the ground, and fly!"
#392139 - 09/29/06 12:30 AM Re: JUST RE-VISITED THIS SIM- AWESOME  
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Where the @#$% am I!
Go over to http://www.bomb-away.net and click on the picture of Pluto in posts by Doc. Lots of stuff there, and some skins in the skin forum.


My give a damn's busted
#392141 - 10/06/06 03:29 AM Re: JUST RE-VISITED THIS SIM- AWESOME  
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Where the @#$% am I!
Sorry, I always forget the http://. It's a bad habit of mine.


My give a damn's busted
#392142 - 10/24/06 07:21 AM Re: JUST RE-VISITED THIS SIM- AWESOME  
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This was an awesome game when first released, the only problem was that the promised multi-player bomb/fighter mode never made it into the final release.
Basically it was before it's time and now if FP are going to revamp it and add MP support it will be a very popular online game.


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