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[sluissa]

I know that FSEconomy can be used with X-Plane. It's just slightly harder to find plane models that are compatable with the FSE system and I believe the FSE map is based off of the FSX map which is slightly outdated at this point, so there might be some airport changes in X-Plane that don't exist within the FSE system. I do know there are some cases where the FSX airport and the FSE airport are under different names though, so that might not be true either. But I've also come across cases where the Skyvector charts(real world US charts) don't match up with either of them. FSE is based solely upon your proximity to Latitude and Longitude though so even if the airport doesn't exist in X-Plane, then you can land somewhere nearby and it should register as being there.

No idea about Vatsim, but I'd be surprised if there weren't an x-plane option out there somewhere for Vatsim.

[Fishbreath]

Someone on the RoF forum made a Pacific island-style map, and tooling around it in the Felixstowe makes me feel like a pulp serial hero.

[Supercharazad]

Does anybody know a relatively easy way to install and play IL-2 Sturmovik Complete and IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 on windows 7?

[Ozyton]

Does anybody know a relatively easy way to install and play IL-2 Sturmovik Complete and IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 on windows 7?

Good Old Games

[Anvilfolk]

I'm on a fairly crappy internet, but IL-2 versions you can get are usually version 4.09. You should patch up to 4.11.1. I'm on a crappy slow internet at the moment, but there's something called a megapatch that you should be able to download. Try googling for "IL-2 4.11.1 megapatch". It should get you up to speed...

After that you can always try mods!

But mostly, multiplayer!

[sluissa]

I have absolutely no problem with 1946 on windows 7 64 bit. Installs and plays normally and I've just got the CD version.

[Supercharazad]

So yeah, eventually I decided to just buy the GoG version, and it works. The single problem I've got now is that all the wires in my joystick keep breaking every few days, so I've got to resolder them all the time

[Anvilfolk]

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is now pre-orderable at http://il2sturmovik.com/!

It is now being developed by 777 studios of Rise of Flight fame, and I feel they are pretty competent at a technical level. Their map is also supposedly going to be much larger than '46's maps, which is nice.

I think I read that there were not going to be as many people online per server as in Cliffs of Dover or even IL-2 '46, which is a huge bummer Cliffs of Dover allows over 100, without very large problems, and I used to fly in servers with 60+ people on

So, I am cautiously optimistic, but still wishing for some more as regards multiplayer. Either way, no money for pre-order, which should give early access in Autumn/Winter 2013!

[Ozyton]

Haven't checked the link yet but my biggest concern is havong to pay money for every single plane, and then perhaps paying just to have something like an underwing mount for a rocket or something ridiculous like that, or a different kind of ammo.

We'll see.

IL-2 46' with all its expansions had something like 200 flyable planes or something like that.... now imaging having to pay 10 dwarfbucks for each one.

[Anvilfolk]

It's very annoying, but it does seem to be the only way to keep making proper flight sims... it's such a small, dwindling community that otherwise it seems companies won't be able to stay afloat

I don't know... I hate paying tons of money, but if I really enjoy the game I can easily pay $10 every couple of months or so. Still cheaper than an MMO subscription, right?

[ukulele]

I just saw in steam a free to play DCS simulator, the game is called DCS World, and for what i can tell they give you the su25 frogfoot for free while the rest of their products remain at the normal price.

[Putnam]

Definitely not a simulator, but the next Ace Combat is going to be free-to-play as well, which might end up being a bit of a problem.

[ukulele]

I would really like to see how they aproach the ace combat in a muliplayer focus release, becouse what makes ace combat so fun is the "no skill to kill the world" factor basically, i really dont see how that can work on MP.

[Putnam]

I would really like to see how they aproach the ace combat in a muliplayer focus release, becouse what makes ace combat so fun is the "no skill to kill the world" factor basically, i really dont see how that can work on MP.

Assault Horizon was kinda that, but... ehehe, yeah, on-rails dogfighting. Ace Combat 6 had multiplayer, too, but I've never gotten a chance to play it.

[Thendash]

I just saw in steam a free to play DCS simulator, the game is called DCS World, and for what i can tell they give you the su25 frogfoot for free while the rest of their products remain at the normal price.

DCS is really good stuff if you're into high-fidelity sims. The frogfoot is free but unfortunately doesn't have the same level of detail as the paid modules. The go-to module for DCS World right now is the A-10c Warthog, it's easily the most popular and other then the Ka-50 Black Shark probably the most detailed. Right now only the A-10c and Ka-50 are available on steam, but they're working on porting their other modules over which includes the P-51 Mustang, and the UH-1H Huey. The way DCS World works is that in multiplayer you don't need to own every module, so I can fly an A-10c and my friend can fly the Ka-50 even though I don't own that module.Also, Eagle Dynamics is allowing other 3rd party companies to produce different modules so a few years from now we'll have all sorts of planes/helis to fly.