What are the good PC games you've played?

[Jun aka Pekto]

Hmmm. Installed 13gb more of scenery and no Manila....shucks.

Anyway, X-Plane is true to form. The flight models seem more "realistic" than FSX.....



I like FSX better overall because it seems more fun than X-Plane 9 even though the latter has more "realistic" aircraft. But, X-Plane 9 is definitely worth buying.

Still, I prefer Falcon 4.0 to both even though F4.0 originally came out 7-8 years ago.

[Jun aka Pekto]

X-Plane's scenery seems to have made a huge improvement although I still prefer Flight Simulator X's.
X-Plane 9 Cessna C172 over Sacramento:

[Jun aka Pekto]

X-Plane 9's view of the Meteor Crater in NE Arizona.


It has better textures than Flight Simulator X (Meteor Crater view at previous page). But, the latter's 3D-meshes match the proportions of the real thing better.

The real one (from dommy.com):

[Jun aka Pekto]

Yup. When it comes to landmarks for navigational aids, Flight Simulator X has X-Plane 9 beat. X-Plane 9 didn't even have the Seoul Tower (in S Korea) anywhere in the sim while FSX had a beautiful rendering. I provided a grainy video cap I took back in 1995 for comparison. I had visibility in FSX set to 3 miles. Looking at the video cap, it probably should've been 5-6 miles. Either way, Seoul is rarely sparkling clear:

[Jun aka Pekto]

Some landmarks in FSX aren't as well thought out as the Seoul Tower. Take the sliver of land in San Diego. In FSX, it looks like a huge sand pile with antennas for decoration. The real thing (taken by me during a whale-watching boat cruise) has what looks like a limestone outcropping with the structure at the water's edge a lighthouse and not an antenna:





Still at night, they'd be adequate enough as navaids.

[Jun aka Pekto]

I hadn't been playing too much with MS Flight Simulator X ever since I bought it last year. But ever since I applied Service Pack 1, I've been on a binge

[Jun aka Pekto]

One more:

[Jun aka Pekto]

Service Pack 2 for FSX was supposed to add multiplay and DX10 support only. But, it seems to have improved the framerate even more. When I first posted pics of FSX, it was pre-SP1 and SP2. I was happy with 10-15fps with max aircraft and scenery detail, no traffic, and detailed clouds but scattered coverage. Now, takeoffs are still a bit choppy. But, framerates improved rapidly during climb and at cruising altitude. Now, I get 25-45fps. If I show more horizon, fps top end jumps up to 50.

[Negus]

wow, the only flight sims I've played are Ace Combat and Top gun (arcade). I know they're actually arcade shooters and not real flight sims, hehe.

Pekto, do you play with R/C planes? an acquaintance of mine loves pc flight sims and occasionally flies RC planes (classic models). The coolest one he has shown me is a red plane, he calls it the red baron. i heard its actually harder to control choppers.

[Jun aka Pekto]

wow, the only flight sims I've played are Ace Combat and Top gun (arcade). I know they're actually arcade shooters and not real flight sims, hehe.

Pekto, do you play with R/C planes? an acquaintance of mine loves pc flight sims and occasionally flies RC planes (classic models). The coolest one he has shown me is a red plane, he calls it the red baron. i heard its actually harder to control choppers.

I used to when I was single. I started out with those cheap toy electric battery planes. Then I progressed to methanol/nitromethane mix. I didn't have much luck with R/C aircraft. The first electric one (Cessna single-prop) crashed. A second electric Cessna flew out of range and was lost in a sea of tall grass. He He I felt silly about that one. I had two methanol planes both which eventually crashed. The first was a simple model with 2-d fuselage. The second was a Cessna.

I have problems trying to land a plane from 3rd-person "spectator" view, especially tiny ones. So, I just quit R/C aircraft. I have an R/C sailboat. But there's no ponds here to sail one in. That one's with a relative in Reno.

I haven't had the time to re-try R/C planes once more with demands of family and all. But, there is an R/C aircraft club for our subdivision complex and their "airfield" is about a 3-4 minute drive from the house. I drive by there and they're quite active every weekend.

Add: I still have two old Futaba R/C units in storage. I wonder if they'll still work?

[Jun aka Pekto]

Two other locations I've flown over before in my lifetime I decided to try in FSX. The first was Turkey. If there's a black eye in FSX, it's Turkey. Everything was way off. I won't bother posting a pic.

But one place FSX got right beautifully is northern Japan. I flew back and forth from Tokyo to Sapporo twice last year. So Mutsu Bay and Lake Towada are still familiar sights. Except for everything a bit smallish, FSX got those features just about perfect:


Add: I also need to adjust the clouds. Those clouds below are almost 10,000 feet up. Typically, such clouds are much closer together at that flight level. The picture shows what they would look like at 3,000 ft. Flight level of the JASDF F1 jet fighter is 40,000 ft.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Someone was kind enough to make a PAF Blue Diamonds skin for the F86. The model was made for Flight Simulator 2004. But aside from minor issues with some gauges, it works in FSX.

[miaerr]

wow i can't believe someone is playing FSX here, ako may acceleration ako hehe hirap naman talaga maghover ng helicopter...any tips?

i have played ace combat too, sa ps2 lang nga...ang ganda!! hindi ko pa tapos hehe

[Jun aka Pekto]

wow i can't believe someone is playing FSX here, ako may acceleration ako hehe hirap naman talaga maghover ng helicopter...any tips?

I haven't tried any choppers yet. I should. There's plenty in my version of FSX which is the Deluxe version.

I wasn't playing with it too much because it was such a resource hog. It didn't occur to me to check for patches (SP1 and SP2) all throughout last year. I just checked and applied the patches last week which improved framerates all around and my daily used spiked up. I'm so happy to see FSX much more playable. That's why I've been a picture-whore lately.

I thought about going online and playing the part of "Metro". It's nowhere as stressful as an ATC. But, it can still get quite busy if it's anything like real-world:

"Metro, Two-Five Heavy, over"
"Roger, Two-Five" Current conditions at Lindbergh, Lindbergh Field, Time 1-2-0-0 zulu, Winds 1-2-0 at 1-5, visibility unrestricted, Sky condition 1-0 thousand scattered, ceiling 2-5 thousand broken, Altimeter 2 niner niner 5".....He He

Play like you work I always say.

[Jun aka Pekto]

I have a stack of aircraft/warbird prints I've collected ever since I started working. They're anywhere from $40-$80 depending on the artist.

Looking at FSX, I can't wait for Combat Flight Simulator 4 which will most likely be based on the FSX engine.

Based on the quality of the aircraft models, they'll soon be approaching print quality, if not already:

[Jun aka Pekto]

What a wonderful sight to behold...... Both cpu cores are being utilized aggressively. One core is maxed out while the other fluctuates at the top end as the scenery changes. I guess MS was telling the truth. With SP1, one core ran the game engine while the other core dealt with the autogen scenery.

In any case, I'm quite happy my computer is being taxed to the max. It gives me an excuse to upgrade.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Seems like there's some very talented Japanese flight-simmers out there. They made the fine JASDF Mitsubishi F-1 add-on I posted earlier and now this, a JASDF Mitsubishi F-2 (based off the F-16) which is another jewel.

My hat's off to them for producing such fine add-ons for FSX.

[s_quilicot]

si sir jun nangiinggit ..

[judoman]

i've just tried an online gaming called Requiem Bloodymare. www.playrequiem.com

check it out. =)

[morrissey_05]

cant wait for DIABLO III!