Suggestions for a good fighter plane game?

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RE: Suggestions for a good fighter plane game?

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Ubisoft stated publicly that they were dropping Starforce and I have pre-ordered IL2- Sturmovik 1946 on the strength of that.

I do not know for certain though, but it would be a bit daft if they did use it.

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RE: Suggestions for a good fighter plane game?

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ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

ORIGINAL: Jevhaddah
(which so saying, I got IL-2 FB, and about 8 added ons :)

heheh aye me too and ordered the Il-2 1946 just have them all on one DvD I am a sad git [:D]

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Jev

Speaking of which, does anyone know for certain if IL-2 (1946) has StarForce protection? I can't seem to find a straightforward response from UbiSoft on the issue.

I'd like to get it as there are so many huge patches to the IL-2 line that it's a real pain for update and getting everything on one DVD would be fantastic. The promo movies for IL-2 1946 look great.

Rhonda, from what I've gathered, Ubisoft have dropped Starforce like a hot stone. I don't know for certain, but I'm 99.9% sure it won't be starforced.
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RE: Suggestions for a good fighter plane game?

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ORIGINAL: Jevhaddah

Ubisoft stated publicly that they were dropping Starforce and I have pre-ordered IL2- Sturmovik 1946 on the strength of that.

I do not know for certain though, but it would be a bit daft if they did use it.

Cheers

Jev
I know that Jev...read all about it and wasn't really blaming Oleg...but releasing a "pacific" air war game, without key aircraft was a big "drop the ball" situation for me. 'Course, they still go t my money, 'cos I didn't know at the time...but like I said, it's a bit like leaving the Spitfire out of his next game Storm of War...which I will buy, by the way...unless there really aren't any Spits in it! [X(]
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RE: Suggestions for a good fighter plane game?

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I hear yoo Judge, it's just a pity a corporate greed got in the way. [:(]

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it uses SecuRom [:)]
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RE: Suggestions for a good fighter plane game?

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ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd

ORIGINAL: Jevhaddah

Ubisoft stated publicly that they were dropping Starforce and I have pre-ordered IL2- Sturmovik 1946 on the strength of that.

I do not know for certain though, but it would be a bit daft if they did use it.

Cheers

Jev
I know that Jev...read all about it and wasn't really blaming Oleg...but releasing a "pacific" air war game, without key aircraft was a big "drop the ball" situation for me. 'Course, they still go t my money, 'cos I didn't know at the time...but like I said, it's a bit like leaving the Spitfire out of his next game Storm of War...which I will buy, by the way...unless there really aren't any Spits in it! [X(]

I am not sure if I am follow the story here correctly or not

but I find it odd that people even come close to believeing the story as it comes out from Oleg, Grummon wants money for the rights to there plane names, so Oleg is not able to put the TB into the game, but the Wildcat and Hellcat are in the game, and he didn't have to pay for the rights to those

I think they had trouble with the AI being able to fly the flight model they had set up for the planes (which a few other planes they added had the same trouble), so dropped the plane, then when questions were asked about why it was not in the game, it was stated it was going to be a add on, and then they say, Grummon won't let them use it

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RE: Suggestions for a good fighter plane game?

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For turn-based WWII air combat, there's always Down In Flames by Battlefront...
 
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RE: Suggestions for a good fighter plane game?

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I really enjoyed the Down In Flames title/s and still do, nice to see a title and its developer take a fresh look at the gender.

Fresh new ideas are always welcome

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For what it's worth, the CFS series is still pretty good...
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RE: Suggestions for a good fighter plane game?

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I haven't tried it in years, but from what I have heard, the old Microprose European Air Wars (EAW) has still a very active community and there are some great mods out there. I played the original game back in the old days HEAVILY and I loved it. Running it today shouldn't be a problem, performance-wise. Getting the game might be a challenge, though.

Head over to SimHQ www.simhq.com, seems that this might be a good starting point to get in touch with the community.
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