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Combat Pilot Series (Naval Spin Too)
SUBS17:
--- Quote from: Woogey on August 28, 2012, 07:50:17 am ---Actually, what you read about, is just the first installment in a series. The first part being Lead in Fighter training. This is new software developed specifically to circumnavigate the limitations imposed by FSX. Yes there will be combat, Yes there will be multi-player. Yes it will be worldwide. You have the ability to form or join existing squadrons. I have very high hopes for this new spin on FSX. I suspect that the monthly fee will be a convenient way of keeping the serious people around, and keeping the "Kids" at bay. We will have to wait and see. -Woog
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Are they using Tacpac or are they making their own mod? It does not look like a realistic pilot trainning course IMO.
2Dog:
SUBS17, as far as I can tell ThunderHawk Studios are developing their own weapons systems for Combat Pilot, VRS not being mentioned as a partner.
SUBS17:
Well that would be a waste of resouces which could have been much better spent else where IMO. I wonder does that include A/G radar and FLIR? Its better for devs to work together as far as MP modern air combat is concerned because it is such a technical and extremely difficult thing to model in a sim its better for all of them to work together and use the best work combined for one decent mod like ACE and other mods for Arma.
2Dog:
This post http://combatpilotseries.com/board/index.php?/topic/12-combat-pilot-weapons explains a little bit more about Combat Pilot's weapons systems.
jimi08:
Subs...
As far as I can tell, Thunderhawk Studios is going for something a little different than the VRS/TacPack route. Where the VRS guys are working on a very high fidelity aircraft with in-depth systems and flight modeling, Thunderhawk is going for something that is high fidelity, but more streamlined for multiplayer use. And when I mean multiplayer, I don't mean the 10 to 20 users in one session, but upwards of 100+ people per session. They are aiming on a much higher scale than what most of us are used to.
They are also working on getting a slightly higher audience than the VRS guys. From what I can tell, they are trying to get the "medium level" guy. The guy that wants a little more than the "Ace Combat/LOMAC/DCS" beginner level stuff, but not the steep learning curve of the VRS/Falcon 4 type stuff. Somewhere in the middle. Because of this, you are probably not going to find the fidelity you would be expecting from VRS, but not as bad as something from Abacus. Probably modeling on par with the Acceleration Hornet. I will tell you that they have been working on this for a while (before VRS announced anything about the TacPack).
Although the price is kinda steep for most. I think this has great potential if it succeeds. I personally would prefer doing sorties and operations with many moving parts (i.e. many medium/high level pilots/operators) instead of operations with just 5 or 6 guys that are extremely knowledgeable in one jet. You guys must also keep in mind that Combat Pilot is pushing world-wide, not just here in the states. That on it's own offers many great opportunities/possibilities.
Gent's, I say, hold short...wait for the product to mature and be released, take off your VRS sunglasses, and then give it a fair shake before giving it a thumbs up or thumbs down.
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