CS Gamer Thinking of playing Flight Sim!

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I played the demo but it looked pants, because you only controlled the planes by the flipping switches, I thought wtfcant control with mouse. I also couldnt get it to go up and it kept saying this annoying word and I flew into the water.

1. Whats good about this game?

2. Is there any other way of controlling other than buying a controller?
 
Stop laughing I am being serious.

Sometimes I flip the wrong switch and its flying wonky and I'm liek ARGGHHH THE HYDRAULICKS and if you keep flipping switches it eventually goes right. How do I get it to stay up, it always flys into buildings or water and it keeps saying Rise or some LANGUAGE! , bloody annoying. then it respawns and I'm like roflrofl
 
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You are not serious.

This is a simulation, not a 'game' in the traditional sense. Do you know anything about the principals of flight?

Edit: I was playing CS the other night but for some reason it wouldn't recognise my steering wheel - is there any way I can play this game using my wheel because it's permanently attached to my desk and I can't be ****** to remove it. It's just whenever I try and turn to shoot someone the dude keeps spinning round and I keep tk'ing everyone and I get kicked :'(
 
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You don't need an expensive one to enjoy it - I'm pretty sure you can get an MS Sidewinder pretty cheap nowadays. I've got one and works with FS pretty well.

But if you want to really play the game then yes, you will need some sort of joystick.
 
Lamo you can imagine, he wants to fly a plane around in circles and dodge things, not learn to sly properly, he thinks you press the 'x' button and it sets off the 'square' button breaks...

comical...
 
Turbanation said:
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Are there any alternative ways of controlling the aircaft? :(
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In FS-X

Mouse, Keyboard, Joystick, Autopilot.


How have to learn, no two ways about it.

I've done Heathrow to JFK on Concorde properly, all the correct accel points, all the correct decl. points.

3 hours, 5 mins, 53 seconds.

THATS what FS is really about.
 
It's like watching my GF take over a 747.
Understanding principles of flights takes a certain mind I guess.

I never learnt it, I just knew how it worked naturally :|
 
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this thread gets 5 stars for comic value.

On the topic.. I found that the tutorials in the flight sim x demo were pretty useless for telling you how anything works. They should really have included some tutorials on the functions that are used in the missions that come with it.
 
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To be fair, its really not difficult.

It tells you where to go, autopilot is on most, in fact 99% of the planes, which is so easy to use, Turn it on, select heading, altitude, climb rate, engage them all and off you go :D

If you think thats hard.

Concorde, pfft, fuel, CofG, climb rate, speed, autopilot, turning points, decelleration points.

Your doing 23 miles a min, and at 60,000 ft it takes you 10 mins to get down at normal conditions, not forgetting the fact you have a 3/4 min slow down at your cruising altitude in the first place.

FS is hard if you do it properly, and very rewarding at the same time.
 
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Do you guys just sit there for 3 hours+ flying to a virtual JFK lololol :eek:
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Personally no, I use it for practicing procedural stuff which I use everyday in the real aircraft like instrument approaches. Was even a pretty good tool to get used to the FMC too.
 
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