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    Sims like other stuff...

    in Ground Zero

    Posted · Edited by Red2112

    On 1/6/2023 at 4:54 PM, Apocalypse 31 said:

    I'm sorry, are you the developer of DEX? I didn't know my negative feedback would be taken so personally. 

     

     

    No one ever said that your efforts aren't appreciated to contribute towards gaming conversation. I follow your posts closely because I think its valuable news and good conversation. 

     

    I'd ask you to please not confuse my harsh criticism of games with your own actions. 

     

    No one has attacked you so I'm not sure why you feel the need to make personal attacks on others for stating their own opinion of games.

     

    You may take this as offensive as you like, as anyone here Is free to do, Including myself. Not personal but a observation of a series of culminating events here and In MP since my presence In this community which brings friction In the end.

     

    No I am not the developer, which has nothing to do with my standing point...

     

    You totally crashed the dev and his product due to you´re misjudgment. Bought the game to early which Is a big mistake If you expect to have a none Issue experience, specially In EA and from a one man team. Dude the game Is now a month old!  You should know that by know, and a little bit of research before buying might have saved you some trouble. Use "altitude hold" for a stable flight, It also has "auto hover". Slight lateral Inputs for roll, nothing sudden and you should be good.

     

    Also, comparing this to DCS Is VERY overkill, aside that the modules In DCS cost 3 times more, AND are not extent of Issues, More so some of them are not even finished after so many years, and you know that too.  Lastly Helicopter Gunship DEX does not aim to be a hardcore sim, I am sure you are aware of that but nevertheless you decided to butcher It.

     

    Now that we know were we stand, I could see you´re "harsh" critique as treating me as a dead brain sim gamer. This goes for others who think likewise and try to Impose the absolute truth because they "think" know better then anyone else.  I am sorry to say but even for the army, having a hardcoded mindset know day´s Is a big mistake. We all know the drill, "overcome and adapt". 

     

    I could understand to some degree a slight negative opinion once In awhile, but when It´s always like that, then you´re at risk that someone might blow up.  It´s not even a healthy social status to be In. Specially In a forum were text Is easily misinterpreted thus one should take even more care to there opinions and statements.  Let´s not also forget that not everyone here has been (or Is) In the army, or Is a walking enciclopedia of armored vehicles or tactical strategies.

     

    We are here to enjoy our self's, and even make some friends along the way, simulators are tools, and why In the world "some" take extra effort to fake a real life situation with them, and are able to even make a event miserable for someone Is way beyond me.  This happens here and elsewhere and we all have seen It/been there. We ALL make mistakes, even the brass but It´s our duty to be better, we do so by learning from our mistakes and by listening to even the smallest of teams of which without, the bigger teams would not move forward.

     

     

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    Sims like other stuff...

    in Ground Zero

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    35 minutes ago, Apocalypse 31 said:

    Have you played it?

     

    I instantly refunded. Awful!

     

    The control scheme is an incoherent mess and the flight modeling is closer to flying a UFO than an aircraft.

     

    None of the actions are labeled properly in the key mapper and it has some actions listed three and four times but none of them actually changed the action in game.

     

    Not only does the game NOT support joysticks, but having a joystick or gamepad plugged in significantly affects the game. For me and many others who have joysticks, the helicopter would instantly flip over on startup.

     

    The developer couldn't seem to figure out how to integrate sticks and pads but also how allow the user to disable them in game. His solution was "unplug your joystick or gamepad before playing". Yeahhhh, that's a big no.

     

    The flight model was more representative of Battlefield than anything that was realistic, or even something that was sim light. Aircraft is held at zero collective and applying collective only goes to 100%. There is no collective throttle, so you have constantly tap the collective button to keep the aircraft at a steady altitude or strictly fly frmo altitude hold - which also didn't work at release (I think he's since fixed it- who knows)

     

    It was a LOT of effort to learn to fly something that has absolutely no representation of real life flight characteristics.

     

    The weapons and sensors were very difficult to use due to the incoherent key mapping.

     

    So with all that, why would I put this much effort into learning how to fly and use systems for a game that is so wildly inaccurate?

     

    I was looking for something that would be easier and more fun than DCS. This is not the case for DEX. I find that the DCS Apache is actually much easier and enjoyable to fly.

     

    Yes I have played It.

     

    I don´t have the Issues you mentioned at all. But yes, If you don´t know how Steam configures gamepad settings then out of the box It´s a mess.  With regards to the rest, I don´t agree with anything you stated...

     

    Stick with you´re DCS.

     

    As always, a handful here seem pros at any subject that one can bring to the table. Not only that, It´s like walking Into one of those road bars were you´re a foreigner until otherwise accepted.  It really becomes tiresome and so predictable, and even childish or egocentric at times. Needless to say It´s so military like, as In a room full of brass!  I left that behind MANY years ago.

     

    So why should I put the effort of even posting ANYTHING here?  It´s going to be hated, or stepped on anyway, and I am to grown up for that. But at times I am a bit naive, thinking that my contributions might add some freshness to the scene of off topics, and/or tag new lurkers to the forum which never knew of existence of Steel Beast. But, again probably a handful here don´t even want that, and would rather keep tabs on there small, so called elite men´s club.

     

    Sick of all that, so off I go...

     

    Just sorry for those who did appreciate "some" of my post.

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    Sims like other stuff...

    in Ground Zero

    Posted · Edited by Red2112

    1 hour ago, Los said:

    If you have any interest in Gunships then DCS is your huckleberry. You can fly as pilot or gunner with a competent AI crewman (so you learn one position at a time) or multicrew with another human. Here we are practicing various things with two fully crewed AH-64s on the range.


     

     

     

    Not Interested. I know very well what DCS Is, I have flown the first version (also v2) of the Kamov way back when It came out, and I was also part of a acro formation team (PAV) with the C-101 Aviojet for half a year, training 6hrs a week.  Aside from being In a VU for some time In the past.  I go back as far as Lock On and Flanker 2.5, I also flew Falcon 4 before the BMS mod, and was LCDR (comms officer) In the Seawolves VU for there winged division using Falcon 4. This was only +20 years ago. But thanks for the tip anyway.

     

    Not sure you´re getting the point of the existence Helicopter DEX.

     

    Gunship 2000 was my first so called sim, If you could call It that, and later Janes Longbow 2. Just a hint at what Helicopter DEX aims to be with todays tech. It´s also worth mentioning that It came out In EA In Dec. of 2022, so It´s basically In It´s Infancy. It´s also a one man team. I also doubt this Is going to be a eyecandy delight for some, pretty sure the dev Is not aiming for that either.

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    Tactical FPS

    in Ground Zero

    Posted · Edited by Red2112

    7 hours ago, Apocalypse 31 said:

    I just recently installed and then uninstalled this.

     

    I cannot believe that this game has been in development since 2007 with so little to show. It has absolutely no depth. 

     

    The AI is awful and seeing a ton of new videos in the last 24 hours, it looks like its still an issue. 

     

     

    It´s like In a slow burner, as In over a candle 😁

     

    It looks better though. Not sure If we can do something with the AI (bump it up), I haven´t played It In a long time (years). Not Into playing these games on my own anymore.

     

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    Sims like other stuff...

    in Ground Zero

    Posted · Edited by Red2112

    My first entry Into DCS was with the Ka50 v1 back In the days, a real pain to learn how to fly at first. Glad to see It get a facelift and additional hardware...

     

     

    Not sure If they ever got this platform straight In DCS, because the handycap with the Ka50 was that It´s made to operate alongside the Ka52 which Is the designating platform and Forward Observer for this ship. The Ka50 on It´s own Is missing a link, which Is the Ka52 In DCS.

     

     

     

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    Wargames

    in Ground Zero

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    GOG Winter sale, personal picks...

    Mostly on the cheap side 

     

    Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic (RPG):

    1,79€

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/age_of_wonders_shadow_magic

     

    Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game (RTS):

    2,49€

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/darkest_hour_a_hearts_of_iron_game

     

    Neo Scavanger (RPG):

    3,79€

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/neo_scavenger

     

    Hotline Miami (Shooter/Action):

    2.19€

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/hotline_miami

     

    Hot Brass (Shooter/Action):

    3,79€

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/hot_brass

     

    7.62 Calibre + Hard Life (RPG):

    1.99€

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/762_high_calibre_762_hard_life

     

    Genforce Saga (RPG):

    7,49€

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/geneforge_15

     

    Star Trek Bridge Commander (RTS):

    7,49€

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/star_trek_bridge_commander

     

    Combat Mission: Barbarrosa to Berlin (RTS):

    3,59€

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/combat_mission_barbarossa_to_berlin

     

    Jupiter Hell (Roguelike):

    13,69€

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/jupiter_hell

     

    Death Trash (RPG):

    15,99€

    https://www.gog.com/en/game/death_trash

     

    Cheers

     

     

     

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    Wargames

    in Ground Zero

    Posted · Edited by Red2112

    19 hours ago, Galileo said:

    More likely they took inspiration from an existing replica.

    sasjeep.jpg

     

    Who came first I would not know, I built the Tamiya model 25 years ago of which Tamiya got It´s Inspiration off of real pictures. You can see them In the Instructions booklet In B&W.

     

    Source pics easy to be found:

    http://www.classicjeeps.co.uk/sas-jeeps/

     

    That Tamiya model has long been out of production. Only found now In the second hand market, the picture I posted Is from ebay.

     

    Cheers

     

     

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