nikobellic 0 Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hi Guys (and Ladies, of course) Whilst browsing the interweb I came across this site - http://www.flightsimbooks.com Now I know most of the books maybe old and/or for other operating systems but browsing through them maybe Flight Simmers may find something useful and or ideas for flight missions etc? P.s Thanks Mutley Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hi nikobellic, welcome to the Hangar I had a good look through those books and they really brought back some great memories, thanks. It just goes to show how far we have come, you might be interested in this link too? http://fshistory.simflight.com/fsvault/ Cheers, Joe Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 I started with fs2 on a commodore 64 and whilst i remember it well I now find it hard to accept it was that basic/bad. as these pics show, still it worked as a very good instrument platform even if the graphics were prett cronky Even looking back to 5.1 which at the time i thought was the nuts pales into insigniicance to what we have today, well heres looking forward to the next 10 years Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 well heres looking forward to the next 10 years Do you think we will be flying in some sort of 3d environment in 10 years? Wouldn't that be great! Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 you can do that now!! i have a friend near biggin hill who has accumulated a load of ex raf proper simulators , a vulcan, a trident, and a buccaneer on a fully moving base, he also has a phantom in a trailor outside, this was a real phantom that crashed in germany and was cut down and made into a sim, the only problem is that it needs 2 operators to get it working whilst 2 play in the sim, However getting back to the 3d he has the graphics from a hercules sim that uses a huge screen (imagine the front of a hercy and you get the idea when things are displayed on this parabolic screen and seen throuigh a filter glass they are very much as close to 3d as is possible. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 ..Dear Santa.. Link to post Share on other sites
nikobellic 0 Posted December 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 Mmmmm how about virtual reality? You sit in the cockpit and when you flick switches and use the yoke you feel the resistance of switches and feedback for the yoke when in reality you're in the spare bedroom? Here's hoping that's not too far away! Ps Merry christmas (or happy holidays for the politically correct ) Link to post Share on other sites
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