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New flight sim from Third Wire
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Third Wire Productions founder Tsuyoshi Kawahito posted these screenshots of his next flight sim : Wings over Israel, still in the beta stage.
It is too early to know when it will be released or to what extent it will be different from WOE/WOV - but as soon as we have more info, we will post about it.
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Tuesday, September 18 @ 17:07:39 PDT (1958 reads)
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Lock On does run well on Vista and those wanting to upgrade, can do it with ease and run Lock On as before, but will need to accept some serious problems with 3rd party software such as Modman, which does not work under Vista neither in its 5 nor in 6 Beta13 versions, SAITEK owners now have a new SST SOFTWARE BETA FOR VISTA , but it won’t be able to run old profiles until a migration tool is made available.
Eagle Dynamics has released a patch 1.12b meant to provide compatibility with VISTA as 1.12a does not run under VISTA . Even so you will still need to get a driver update from STARFORCE, as sooner than later the Starforce driver will be disabled by Vista due to incompatibility.
I did NOT encounter any issues with Starforce, I installed it on a new laptop, which came with VISTA Business 32 pre-installed. There may be issues with Sound and GPU drivers that need to be addressed.
- A quick Install Guide
If you had a fully working FC 1.12a copy – and want to upgrade to Vista, in view of Modman inability to install any mods, keep your old copy of Lock On 1.1 by renaming it, then you can later copy the BAZAR, ME, CONFIG and SOUNDS folders and paste it in your new install, this will allow you to have all the Mods without having to go through a manual install for each mod.
Installing FC on Vista requires a clean 1.00 install and then over it the 1.1 FC install.
After doing this and BEFORE you continue, load FC for the first time for Starforce to try (it won’t) to register your copy, now you should update it first with the 1.12b PATCH and then do the STARFORCE DRIVER UPDATE and you are ready to go – load FC again and Starforce will run and enable your copy.
Remember to use an utility called Savekeys found at ED site to avoid having to register again and that you need to have admin privileges to edit files etc.
If you installed VISTA, share with us your experience in our FORUMS : we will weep and rejoice with you.
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Thursday, July 26 @ 14:34:18 PDT (5277 reads)
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Vista compatible 1.12B Patch
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Eagle Dynamics has released a new patch that addresses problems with Vista OS - if you are new to the sim or have to use Vista you should download it , otherwise don't. Should be installed over a CLEAN FC install.
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Thursday, April 26 @ 14:56:52 PDT (5588 reads)
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Landing a Russian Fighter Tutorials
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• Ironhand has at his site two tutorials for those of us that end up in pieces trying to land after a successful mission ...
• VIDEO :: Su-25T: VFR (Visual Flight Rules) Landing
Anyone who has spent more than 3 seconds in a RUSFOR cockpit notices the absence of a flight path marker on the HUD. For those of you transitioning from AMFOR aircraft, that lack can be especially disconcerting when making a visual landing.
This tutorial assumes a basic knowledge of the Su-25T's instrumentation. Using the short runway (20) at Sochi-Adler, the tutorial walks you through the steps of a successful landing sans ILS with a short final. Starting altitude and distance as well as landing speed, sink rate, and HUD sight picture are discussed.
• VIDEO :: Carrier Quals: Landing
Video rendering of the original LOMAC tutorial. What you see here applies to the Su-33 as flown in both LOMAC and Flaming Cliffs. While the Flaming Cliffs Su-33 ILS HUD cues are a bit different than those of LOMAC V1.02, the basics remain the same.
This tutorial assumes a basic familiarity with the Su-33's ILS HUD mode and basic cockpit instrumentation. It's goal is to teach you to land safely aboard the Admiral Kuznetsov using the ADI and ILS. You will learn some of the "dos" and "don'ts" of carrier landings.
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Thursday, April 19 @ 13:49:55 PDT (2936 reads)
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Patch 1.12A for LO FC has been released
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This patch must be installed over the original release of LockOn 1.1: Flaming Cliffs. Patch version 1.12A includes a hot fix for a RWR bug as well as fixes of various bugs found in the previous version of the game that were addressed by the 1.12 patch , there are as well as numerous improvements to it, such as:
• advanced model of guidance limitations for Air to Air Missiles with precise tuning,
• new multiplayer code with increased game stability,
• numerous avionics fixes and improvements,
• new input features,
• new 3D models of numerous
munitions *,
• new, more advanced models of AWACS and EWR operations *,
• compatibility with the Win64 Operating System *,
• optional once-a-week disk check for the CD version *.
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THIS PATCH SHOULD BE INSTALLED OVER A CLEAN COPY OF LOCK ON F.C 1.1.0
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Friday, February 10 @ 13:18:24 PST (5601 reads)
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Lock On FC Patch 1.11 is out
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EAGLE DYNAMICS has released a patch for LO-FC.
This patch must be installed over the original release of "LockOn 1.1: Flaming Cliffs". Version 1.11 includes fixes of various bugs found in the previous version of the game, as well as numerous improvements to it, such as:
• new, more advanced model of guidence limitations for Air to Air Missiles,
• new multiplayer code with increased game stability,
• new 3D models of numerous munitions,
• new, more advanced models of AWACS and EWR operations,
• compatibility with the Win64 Operating System,
• optional once-a-week disk check for the CD version.
•••• FC CD PATCH DOWNLOAD page link
•••• FC WEB PATCH DOWNLOAD page link
For the he full list of added features and corrections implemented in patch ver.1.11 click (READ MORE)
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Friday, October 21 @ 10:41:54 PDT (1462 reads)
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Eagle Dynamics’s has released a new Su-25T skin for LO-FC.
>>> Su-25T Skin Add On page link
This is not a LOMAN pack, but an installer, and it will modify some Lock On files.
To install you need to follow this procedures ...
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Friday, October 14 @ 11:59:43 PDT (1400 reads)
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Lock On FC 1.1 FPS Benchmark test
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An FPS benchmark track was created to test LockOn Flaming Cliffs, and four tests were run with this benchmark : 1024x768x32 , 1152x864x32 and 1600x1200x32 at low,medium, high and at maxed out settings.
These were run on a clean FC 1.1 install with FRAPS2.5 benchmarking . Graphic settings were those set by Loman4 baseline settings and Lock On in-game default settings for low, medium, high and maximum graphics.
No add-ons were used - and the test track avoided a CPU stress test - instead it analyses mainly what FPS performance can be achieved without any tweaks.
You can download the track file used in this test as well as the Excel Spreadsheet with the test data
>>> LOCK ON 1.1 BENCHMARK TEST download link
>>> Lock On 1.1.FPS tweak v.2
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Monday, September 26 @ 19:31:45 PDT (5114 reads)
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1.1 FC is now $19.95 at NaturalPoint, $18.99 at ED for download
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Sunday, August 07 @ 16:28:36 PDT (763 reads)
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Lock On 1.1 and a patch released.
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Posted by Tom_Weiss on Friday, July 22 @ 15:15:24 PDT (640 reads)
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