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SelenicMartian posted:All three PS2 Ace Combats have annoying emulation issues. They might get fixed in the future since the graphics plugin coder has made a comeback. Yeah I've been wanting to play at least 5 again but the emulation issues that it has is sorta discouraging.
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There's been several people here who have tried and failed to finish Ace Combat LPs, it's sad.
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Jun 19, 2015 08:50
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The Casualty posted:There's been several people here who have tried and failed to finish Ace Combat LPs, it's sad. Raptor vs. Helicopters!  video 23.1And more of that other series. Don't leave your home without a penetrator.  video 23.2 video 23.3
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Jun 21, 2015 05:02
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Your points about the problems with the design philosophy of aimStrike! are spot on. They really don't seem to have thought it through well. I think the developers of Lethal Skies had ICBMs described to them through a particularly long game of telephone. That might also explain the hideous helicopters.
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Jun 21, 2015 14:09
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EasilyConfused posted:Your points about the problems with the design philosophy of aimStrike! are spot on. They really don't seem to have thought it through well. Eh, I don't think you make that many missions with the exact same format (take-off, long flight to mission area, short burst of excitement, long flight back, landing) without it being deliberate. It's a sim, perhaps not as detailed as something like in the DCS series where you can flip every switch and push every button because its on a console with a controller, but a sim nonetheless. And parts of sims are long stretches of nothingness because that's what happens.
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Jun 22, 2015 01:09
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Nothing like some mellow blues when ///HELLA GUITAR RIFFS AND ACTIONNNNN/// I was not braced, suffice to say. This looks cool. Pitty you have no fine throttle control. May you ride on twin Penetrators and wing boomboxes into heaven, Lethal Skies II.
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Jun 23, 2015 03:05
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SelenicMartian posted:And more of that other series. Don't leave your home without a penetrator. Watching these videos made me extremely sad that there haven't been any serious efforts to do a Macross sim-type game that focuses on cockpit views and fiddly dials.
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Jun 23, 2015 11:18
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I don't think I mentioned it last time SelenicMartian flew too close to a helo, but that is why in modern military air doctrine helicopters are to be engaged at a distance with missiles. Back in the '70s the USAF ran a series of exercises (J-CATCH) to better explore the role of helicopters in a modern conventional theatre, including experimenting with close-ranged combat between jets and heloes: turns out that when a jet gives aup its range andvantage, helicopters are extremely deadly. So after trying a few different scenarios with different rules of engagement for each, it was determined that a jet should never get close, since that would mean giving up most of the advantages that would make such an engagement a more one-sided affair. radintorov fucked around with this message at 13:05 on Jun 23, 2015 |
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Jun 23, 2015 13:02
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radintorov posted:I don't think I mentioned it last time SelenicMartian flew too close to a helo, but that is why in modern military air doctrine helicopters are to be engaged at a distance with missiles. Wow, I would NOT have expected that result either. 5-to-1 in gunfights, yikes! I was going to ask if look-down shoot-down radars or lack thereof would have affected the results, but it looks like most of the fighter aircraft involved in the testing had that, so...did they ever rerun the experiment with, say, Apaches vs. Super Hornets or with 21st century radars and weapons? Davin Valkri fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Jun 23, 2015 |
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Jun 23, 2015 15:58
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Davin Valkri posted:I was going to ask if look-down shoot-down radars or lack thereof would have affected the results, but it looks like most of the fighter aircraft involved in the testing had that, so...did they ever rerun the experiment with, say, Apaches vs. Super Hornets or with 21st century radars and weapons? Do note that they could still detect and engage them from way farther, but the ROEs were so that they had to get in close, just not as close as before.
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Jun 23, 2015 17:32
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Even more helicopters! video 24
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Jun 24, 2015 04:25
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SelenicMartian posted:Even more helicopters! Granted, they are pretty nice lakes. And there's five of them! edit Holy poo poo this is a boring video about a loving FIGHTER JET. The audio distortion is cool though. HOLY poo poo IT'S STILL BORING AAAAA editedit HOW LONG IS THIS VIDEO editeditedit I imagine now the audio distortion is the emulator it's self getting bored too Suspect Bucket fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Jun 25, 2015 |
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Jun 25, 2015 02:23
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I consider the distortions to be the narrator burping.
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Jun 25, 2015 07:54
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Always wear your titanium undies video 25
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Jun 27, 2015 05:27
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"One Big Family" a heartwarming tale of an F/A-18 couple and their children. A Hallmark Channel original picture.
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Jun 27, 2015 12:48
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When I saw this article, the first thing I thought of was you, SelenicMartian.
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Jun 30, 2015 17:10
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TapamN posted:When I saw this article, the first thing I thought of was you, SelenicMartian. 
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Jun 30, 2015 19:11
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All the wrong holes. video 26.1 video 26.2
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Jul 2, 2015 08:53
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Well, thanks for the LP, SelenicMartian. Like your Strike Fighters 2 LP, it was pretty informative and an enjoyable watch.
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Jul 3, 2015 19:35
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The "MiG-35" has one of the sillier NATO reporting names: Mig 1.44 "Flatpack"
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Jul 4, 2015 05:54
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Davin Valkri posted:The "MiG-35" has one of the sillier NATO reporting names: Mig 1.44 "Flatpack" It was pretty sweet in Ace Combat 5, though.
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Jul 4, 2015 19:05
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I dont blame you. What's next on tap?
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Jul 5, 2015 02:46
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The Casualty posted:It was pretty sweet in Ace Combat 5, though. It has extra wings, therefor it is better than planes with fewer wings.
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Jul 6, 2015 06:48
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Great LP, looking forward to the next one.
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Jul 9, 2015 01:34
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While this trip is still in the queue for the archives watch the F-35 fire live ammo out of its gun for the first time. In June 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFoJ93Kb5z0 I really hope the duct tape is just for testing and not for keeping it from falling apart. Also, I cleared Lethal Skies 1 & 2 on the console (can't throw the save to the emulator), and they are not quite as full of BS as the Internets claim. The lack of missiles does come into play a few times, but the gun is overpowered. Oh, and as I recall you can carry the Penetrator as the centreline pod on the A-10 in LS2. LS2 also has a Harrier with a functional hover mode. LS2 also has incredibly badly translated plot dumps and briefings all the way through the game. Funny thing, Ace Combat Infinity has this special mission called Moby Dick, where you have to kill a huge bomber by taking out the engines from behind, the turrets from above, and the cockpit from the front. Guess what, Lethal Skies 1 has a mission called Moby Dick, where you have to kill a huge bomber by first taking out its engines from behind, then the turrets on its top, then you shoot out hatches in the nose and in the rear. Then you have to shoot the core inside the plane, and you can either try to do it head on, or come up from behind and fire an AIM-120 so that it not only flies into the bomber and almost all the way through it, but also misses a sliding armoured door on the way. It's all very spectacular and much less bullshit that the boss walkers that have the weak point on their belly, so you have to fly at <50m AGL and aim between its legs after expending half of your ordnance just to make it stop.
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In other recent news, the F-35 has finally been declared combat ready. Well, the F-35B. 10 of them, at least.
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Yes, thanks for this LP. Flight sims seem like a pretty neat-fitting niche for you, especially since you also follow actual plane news. Looking forward to whatever your next production is.
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