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PD
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posted 01-03-2000 08:17 PM     Profile for PD   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Compass ball is modeled backwards
Ground radar doesn't always lock. Especially on certain bridges
Wingmen occasionally blowup after successfully landing
Patch 2.01 reduces FPS by as much as 50%
Chaff and Flares cannot be dispensed separately
Chaff and Flares cannot be dispensed on-the-fly
Gunsight radar reticule doesn't work properly
No nightvision capability. You must fly blind at night.
AI planes collide with player plane on carrier
Players as wingmen cannot launch/land on carrier in multiplayer
Incompatible with ATI Fury Maxx videocards
No airtraffic control
Shift-key does not increase panning speed within the cockpit
Aircraft magically appear on runways and takeoff
Mirrors do not work when a target is padlocked
No keyboard template
TRK player doesn't always record properly
Cannot edit weapons loadout in campaign
All AI ground objects are static. Including carriers!!!
No HUD lines in ILS mode for Voodoo users
Sounds teeter totter each other
Bugged-out intro for voodoo users
Force feedback not supported
Not compatible with CH F16 combatstick USB
Campaign is quite shallow and lacks immersion
HUD display data bleeds into terrain thus hard to read
Awkward padlock system. User must slowly pan to object then lock
Attitude indicator on the HUD and mini HUD is missing in guns mode
Engine sounds too faint. Do I have my afterburners on or not?
Wingmen don't call incoming threats
Wingmen don't report contacts. They just fly off and fight somewhere.
Not compatible with voodoo 3dfx dx7x drivers
Wheel assembly cannot be damaged
No touchdown sounds
Hard-core carrier ops are absent
No verbal AWACS communications(IL-8 maxdome,a-50 mainstay)
A2A refueling DOES NOT work
Point-click interactive cockpit is absent
No hardpoint damage
Ocean is bland and similar to 1.x
A2A multi-target attack capability is not available
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I LOVE YU
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posted 01-03-2000 09:19 PM     Profile for I LOVE YU   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
So?
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JA
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posted 01-03-2000 10:17 PM       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
"No hardpoint damage"...And to think I let the return period elapse! AV8R, why didn't you warn us in your review? To think, thousands of people have been bamboozled into buying a sim that doesn't even model hardpoint damage! The things these big faceless companies get away with these days!
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CN
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posted 01-03-2000 10:28 PM       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I got burned by buying F2. Should not have trusted the review in Combatsim.
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Strider
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posted 01-03-2000 11:45 PM       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Hey Junior (PD),

What happened to your website? Looks like you were shut down. HA! HA!

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Scout
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posted 01-04-2000 06:21 AM     Profile for Scout   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Jeezus, what a looser!

Not only some points in that so-called FAQ are not valid and simply not true, its pretty clear that this guy got a bug for Flanker for some reason and is out on Jihad against it. I'm starting to miss Spectre with his Falcon 4 bashing. At least he was intelligent and consistent about his gripes.

Cheers,
Scout

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1234
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posted 01-04-2000 09:41 AM       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
spectre was also a hipocrite in his complaints about f4.
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I LOVE YU
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posted 01-04-2000 08:03 PM     Profile for I LOVE YU   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
In my opinion F4 is definitely superior product then F2 from couple point of view. However it is refreshing indeed to see Russian flight sim. Almost every flavor of western aircraft have been simulated and F2 offer something new to us Flight sim enthusiasts. In addition, Flanker 2 team did pretty good job as well. Let us all be patient just as we have been patient with Falcon 4.0. I hope Flanker 2 team will appreciate our patience and award us with more quality patch files.
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AB
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posted 01-04-2000 08:57 PM     Profile for AB   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Discussing which sim is better is pretty useless cause you'll always find someone who disagrees. Go nitpicking and you're bound to find faults in any sim.
Better to enjoy the sims you like than bashing sims you don't like.
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nomad
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posted 01-05-2000 10:38 AM       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Compass ball is modeled backwards - big deal; will be fixed anyway
Ground radar doesn't always lock. Especially on certain bridges - realism issue
Wingmen occasionally blowup after successfully landing - an easy patch
Patch 2.01 reduces FPS by as much as 50% - really? will be fixed anyway.
Chaff and Flares cannot be dispensed separately - as in real life
Chaff and Flares cannot be dispensed on-the-fly - what?
Gunsight radar reticule doesn't work properly - please explain.
No nightvision capability. You must fly blind at night. - fly with your instruments like real pilots do.
AI planes collide with player plane on carrier - it will be fixed
Players as wingmen cannot launch/land on carrier in multiplayer - will be fixed.
Incompatible with ATI Fury Maxx videocards - don't care, i use tnt
No airtraffic control - so what?
Shift-key does not increase panning speed within the cockpit - is this supposed to do it?
Aircraft magically appear on runways and takeoff - come on. a little suspension of disbelief.
Mirrors do not work when a target is padlocked - break your padlock first.
No keyboard template - use HOTAS
TRK player doesn't always record properly - really?
Cannot edit weapons loadout in campaign - it's part of the mission parameters
All AI ground objects are static. Including carriers!!! - i can live with this
No HUD lines in ILS mode for Voodoo users - don't care
Sounds teeter totter each other - what?
Bugged-out intro for voodoo users - don't care
Force feedback not supported - don't care
Not compatible with CH F16 combatstick USB - don't care
Campaign is quite shallow and lacks immersion - true, but good campaigns will eventually come
HUD display data bleeds into terrain thus hard to read - rtfm. you can change hud intensity
Awkward padlock system. User must slowly pan to object then lock - of course you have to look for the object first. what do you want, a button that will magically padlock your view to before unseen enemy?
Attitude indicator on the HUD and mini HUD is missing in guns mode - maybe realism issue. solution: don't switch to gun mode until you're ready to shoot.
Engine sounds too faint. Do I have my afterburners on or not? - you're whining drowns out the engine noise
Wingmen don't call incoming threats - bad wingmen.
Wingmen don't report contacts. They just fly off and fight somewhere. - i'm not speaking to them again.
Not compatible with voodoo 3dfx dx7x drivers - don't care
Wheel assembly cannot be damaged - sheesh
No touchdown sounds - yep, i hear no clapping sounds too
Hard-core carrier ops are absent - get a carrier simulator
No verbal AWACS communications(IL-8 maxdome,a-50 mainstay) - alright, that's it. i'm not talking to anybody anymore.
A2A refueling DOES NOT work - will be fixed. or not, i can live with it.
Point-click interactive cockpit is absent - and just as well! like i said, use HOTAS
No hardpoint damage - oh, bad sim! bad sim!
Ocean is bland and similar to 1.x - ever sailed on a calm sea? the ocean REALLY is bland!
A2A multi-target attack capability is not available - too tired to answer this one.
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Trinity
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posted 01-06-2000 12:37 PM     Profile for Trinity   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I don't have flanker, but when you say the compass ball is modelled backwards, I assume you mean that the horizon stays in place and the plane moves. That's the way it is on a real Flanker.

(Of course if that's not what you mean, then I'm just wasting space and you should ignore me. Much as you should ignore any posts by PD in the first place. )

[This message has been edited by Trinity (edited 01-06-2000).]

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