Hi all...!

Lock On: Modern Air Combat. (Lomac).

Has any one purchased this combat flight Simulator and tried it out?
It has a rave review in my latest copy of Pilot Magazine.

http://www.pilotweb.co.uk

The aeroplanes and scenery are amazing.

Planes include:A-10A Warthog, F15C Eagle, Su-27 Flanker B & D, Su-25 Frogfoot, MiG-29 Fulcrum A & C, and a German MiG-29.

The near photographic scenery contains 180,000 buildings, 50,000,000 individual trees, 21 cities, 1,700 towns and villages, 18 airfields and 8 naval bases.

Set in the Black Sea region, (the Crimean Peninsular and eastern Caucasus).

Details here...>>>

http://www.3dgamers.com/games/lockonmac/

Cheers all... ...!

Paul.

P.S. I haven't been able to find a price yet, but I guess it's around £20/30 ...?

graphics = awesome
rest = average
campaigns = disappointing (not dynamic)

i still prefer the imho best sim ever: falcon 4 (with SP4),which features the most realistic campaign ever (dynamic,you could just sit there and watch the war,if you don't wanna fly yourself).

must have been one of mine...

Purchased for $28.
No problem installing app then patch.
Really good visuals in this sim.
No stutter.  Puts CFS3 to shame.
Exceedingly complex.  My learning curve isn't that steep so it will take some time.  Very little documentation.  Download pdf for essential check lists.  DIY with pdf manual available for $14.
I am concentrating on the A10.
What a nice and complex HUD display!
MUST be able to trim these aircraft.  Otherwise very frustrating.  I enabled two stick buttons for pitch trim. Clumsy. Should be hat for all axis as real deal.
Takes time to solve the Maverick launch procedures.  The A10 needs target separation to be effective.
In addition to target id as in CFS3, HUD provides a diamond which surrounds the ground target othewise target cannot be found or seen at missile launch distance.  Diamond X means no target.  This symbol wanders around the HUD and I did not understand at first and no documentaion.
HUD also provdes a small circle with an extension.  Points the way to home plate.  A10 also has a Gmeter in plain view like it should be in CFS3.  Very nice overall HUD and attitude gyro for vertical manuvers.
Preliminary on the mostly Russian fighters is that their HUD presentation is not as sophisticated.  I have a problem reading a/s for landing.  Sim was written in Moscow so emphasis on Russian fighters.

Update 1.02 is due end of April and that should solve some problems.  I agree with the button problem.  Its a matter of making selections and watching the HUD for desired weapon selection.
The A-10 fly scenario with no opposition is a good training ground.  It's difficult to find the target with TV Maverick even when the target is ID by the diamond.  6 miles max range but takes me to 2 miles or less to lockon.  Tanks, APC's cannot be seen if the position were not revealed by TARGET HERE in red.  Even so requires the ID to pinpoint.  No logic for the ID diamond that I can determine.  Sometimes it's there, sometimes not.
Weapon loadouts are absurd.  A-10 at night extremely high threat SAM environment with no shrike or HARM.  DECM must be toggled with E when it should be auto with visual and audio cues.
F-15 radar is capable of detecting an aluminum cloud at 10 miles.  Basically the F-15 doesn't have a standoff capability.
I haven't survived an encounter with Rus attack helo's yet.  Poor F-15 weapons loadout and no way to change.
ACM v Rus tough as they are numerous and some are always in a favorable position, are radar silent, cannot be seen, and have all aspect IR missiles.
The canned stuff is weighted far in favor of the Rus. Made in Moscow.
Still, A-10 HUD and graphics are really good.  Worth the price to compare to CFS3.   It will take some mods and time to get it better.

I bought it and quickly got rid of it not really my thing. 

IMHO it won't.
If I had the choice between the upcoming Pacific Fighters and CFS2,I'd choose UBIsoft's game.
The reasons are the bigger realism,the better graphics , (probably) the dynamic campaigns and the "feeling" of it. CFS2 doesn't have the "feeling" of a combat simulation game for me,because it simply is the FS2000 with weapons. CFS3 does this job a bit better,but I still have the feeling of being part of the Flight Simulator series instead of playing an "independent" game.

Here's some F-15C radar info:
Range While Scan, Key 2, is dead
Ditto Alt-I Track While Scan.

Radar training:
Sound off - distractor
Reference radar scope and STT.
F15C Fly will open with two IL76 transports.  One is at 2 o'clock 13 mi, the other 30 mi 12:30.
S, I, 6 and D to AIM 120.
(Should have another way to activate missiles other than Visual Mode but I haven't found it.)
Radar TDC (Target Designatior Control my definition) also controls radar range 10 - 160 nm.  TDC (two parallel verical bars) controls are ; up, . down, , left, / right. Run TDC to top of scope and range will change so 30 mile target appears.  It's spastic so don't be surprised if the 120 comes up and target at top is now at bottom of scope.  Touch top edge and .
TDC on or near target and Tab to lock.  Get range to 20 mile scale and S.
Study scope, take notes and later go to PDF pg 68 and analyze data.  Lots of need to know stuff.
Key to firing missile is RAERO, Range Aerodynamic for the missile.  It's a triange right side of scope pointing up.  When within RAERO, ASE (Allowable Steering Error) will bloom on the scope and HUD.  HUD dot to Box or center of scope and launch for test.  Likely won't impact the target.  Dot in the Box or center scope and watch the horizontal triangle with the closure rate adjacent move down and into the optimum range rectangle.  Launch again.

Oh how I yearn for the good old days when flight sims rules the PC gaming market...

So let me get this straight...you pay $30 for the game and then they want another $14 for the friggin' MANUAL??

Yeah, there's a company I'd support.

The game is just not worth it. Too many things going wrong. Have decided to return it. I will uninstall IL2 Sturmvik also. Ubi Soft just have a lot to learn. I'm sticking with my MS games.

Bubblehead

Exploder:

I returned my copy of LOMAC and exchanged it with another copy (no return or refund policy you know). It's still giving me the same problems despite the patch. Sounds like others are also having problems with the game. Since the accompanying guide seemed a little vague and the description in the Option section unclear, can you tell me how to correctly enable my Force Feedback 2 joystick so that I may used it to fire weapons as well as flight control?

Thanks

Bubblehead

LOMAC = Dumbed down Flanker 2.5 with fancier graphics