F22: Total Air War

[MikeyBear]

Any1 got this? (its oooold)

I dusted off my copy recently and started playing it again (with a hack to let it run 1024x768 ...told U it was old).

Its awesome tbh, still holds up today.

http://www.f22totalairwar.de has some screenies if you've never seen it.

[Cdr]

Yup, it was an amazing sim. One of the best if not the best flight sim. The gfx were top notch for the time (esp after I put a Voodoo2 in my machine which allowed me to have some 'extra' gfx features). The dynamic campaign has not been beaten, the ability to control the AWACs, it just shouted class in a glass from every bit of the program.

I might stick it on again, where can I get this 'hack' from?

[MikeyBear]

Originally Posted by Cdr

I might stick it on again, where can I get this 'hack' from?

http://www.f22totalairwar.de has got just about everything you'll need including the official patch.
I have had the odd crash while running it with XP - especially with viewing the demo mode - no major show stoppers tho'.

[Embattle]

I had EF2000, which was before F22:TAW

[MikeyBear]

Originally Posted by Embattle

I had EF2000, which was before F22:TAW

Yeah got that 'n' all
Still plays well as well tbh, gfx are *much* rougher tho. Me and ToadTheFrog
had some laughs with EF2000 on a LAN as I remember.

Quality stuff, I'd love to see more sims from the gang at DiD, wonder what theyre doing now that Rage has gone the way of the dinos as well.

[Embattle]

Always seemed sad that DiD went to the wall, they could of done so much more...I found EF2000 had the perfect balance in terms of control method, not so complicated that you would forget that you were flying because you were too busy finding keys and looking at other shots

[MikeyBear]

Originally Posted by Embattle

I found EF2000 had the perfect balance in terms of control method...

Aye, I think that's where a lot of the modern age sims have gone wrong. They're trying to be *too* realistic. I've got a virtually unused copy of Flanker 2.0 here and the Lomac demo is rotting on my HD cos I can't work out how to switch weapons, lock something up and fire \o/

The DiD stuff was very install and go friendly, you could get up in the air and start raining fire on things quickly which would then lead you on to find out more about the deeper elements in the game, accessibility is the key.

[MikeyBear]

Continuing the retro gig (i'm desperate to find a good sim I may have missed) did anyone get Eurofighter Typhoon? (its the last game the DiD lot did before Rage took them into the abyss when they fell).
Ive got it installed here and the sp front end is a horror tbh but it does have some MP Coop mish's *twitch*.

[Cdr]

Yeah, I have it.

I've not played it much, I bought it for my dad. It did have some issues with my joystick tho (throttle not working some of the time), but apart from that it was okay. Certainly not as good as DiD's earlier work (EF2000, F22:ADF and TAW).

Also, did you know that before DiD closed it's doors, it did a lot of work for the RAF, and their sims?

[MikeyBear]

Originally Posted by Cdr

Yeah, I have it.

I've not played it much, I bought it for my dad. It did have some issues with my joystick tho (throttle not working some of the time), but apart from that it was okay. Certainly not as good as DiD's earlier work (EF2000, F22:ADF and TAW).

Also, did you know that before DiD closed it's doors, it did a lot of work for the RAF, and their sims?

Theres a patch for the throttle issue - does the same for me n'all.

Didnt know DiD did (giggle) work for the RAF no, d'ya know what they did?

[Cdr]

Mostly helping out with the RAF Simulators that they use to train the pilots. I think they designed a lot of the flight dynamics of some of the sims.

[MikeyBear]

The search continues.... just installed Enemy Engaged: Comanche v Hokum again... it stopped working sometime ago with the advent of USB sticks but has since been patched \o/.

[Cdr]

hehe aye, I remember playing that. The cockpits were simply stunning.

[MikeyBear]

Quite frankly

http://www.guanas.net/screenies/comanche/1.jpg

and...

http://www.guanas.net/screenies/comanche/2.jpg

unF...

[weevil]

is that a new game? looks pretty old/basic