DCS:- Black Shark English Version Released!

Nate--IRL-- · 10 Dec 2008 at 22:46

Edit 2:- Now on Steam http://store.steampowered.com/app/61000/

Edit:- 2nd patch is out (Multiplayer with Lock On:- FC2) see this post

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Muhahaha, I've been waiting for this! I think a few of you here were looking forward to this too.

Download version only for now........... No word on the DVD version yet. Edit:- DVD available now

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?end_pos=1322&scr=shop&lang=en

Nate

rhymin · 10 Dec 2008 at 22:53

sweet

edit: guess the sites getting hammered, only loads half the page

Nate--IRL-- · 10 Dec 2008 at 22:58

D/Ling at 750KB/s

Nate

.one. · 10 Dec 2008 at 23:06

Great been waiting so long for this ,not into dl stuff but i can not resist.

wombraider · 10 Dec 2008 at 23:07

Just bought it and downloading it now :-)

Supertaff · 10 Dec 2008 at 23:18

Very interested in this, but unsure about the payment company they use Protx, I'm a little bit apprehensive proving my card details to someon I know nothing about?

Anyone got any information on these?

Regards

Taff

Nate--IRL-- · 10 Dec 2008 at 23:31

I've used them before to purchase Lock On a year or two ago. Nothing dodgy on my credit card since then so I guess they are ok

You'll have to google for more...

Nate

.one. · 10 Dec 2008 at 23:35

Any one fired her up yet

rapid64k · 10 Dec 2008 at 23:43

.one. said:
Any one fired her up yet

your kidding right lol this sim is very deep my friend...unless you go arcade mode.

Darg · 11 Dec 2008 at 00:18

God I want this game, if only I had the money =/

.one. · 11 Dec 2008 at 00:21

rapid64k said:
your kidding right lol this sim is very deep my friend...unless you go arcade mode.

lol i can just see it now hundreds of people sitting in the cockpit scratching thier heads until 5 in the morining.

Meloco · 11 Dec 2008 at 00:30

When i go home next week I will DEFINITELY be buying this

wombraider · 11 Dec 2008 at 01:11

Wow , had a quick rip on game mode just to check it out , I LIKE

Trackir moving you head about in the cockpit is really good

rapid64k · 11 Dec 2008 at 06:50

.one. said:
lol i can just see it now hundreds of people sitting in the cockpit scratching thier heads until 5 in the morining.

very true the pre start up alone is 2 A4 sheets worth of switches to click on :eek:

..............thats if you run the sim realistic.

Nieldo · 11 Dec 2008 at 09:58

No way, totally unexpected. I thought I wouldnt be playing until next year.

Edit: Downloading both files now

about 700kb/s

[timko] · 11 Dec 2008 at 10:08

Any chance of a screenshot after everyone turns on the rotors? I would like to see how the game engine handles all those 'coptors being parked so close

Nieldo · 11 Dec 2008 at 10:33

Just read this interview on SimHQ

Q: Isn't the team on a fast track development cycle? What is your turnaround time from title-to-title?

A: Right now most of the team has transitioned to DCS: A-10C Warthog and development is already moving along at a very good clip. Because many of the DCS building blocks were already created for Black Shark, the development time for Warthog will be significantly less. From the time Black Shark goes into retail, we hope to have A-10C out nine months after that. Note that that is not a promise, just our current goal!

So we can expect DCS: A-10C in September 2009

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Hank_Marvin · 11 Dec 2008 at 10:51

so with this game, is it just like a flight sim, like fsx with missions? or a story? can you go online?

Nieldo · 11 Dec 2008 at 11:03

Hank_Marvin said:
so with this game, is it just like a flight sim, like fsx with missions? or a story? can you go online?

This is a full simulation, down to nearly every switch or button in the cockpit. It can be as realistic as you want or as arcade as you want, the options meny provides full scale between the two. It has I think 4 campaigns and a bunch of stand alone missions. There is a multiplayer coop mode.

If you know FS, think PMDG levels of detail.

Hank_Marvin · 11 Dec 2008 at 11:16

ooo sounds very good then, and coop rocks.

cheers fella