Simviation Forum - Lock On modern combat.

Dec 9^th, 2005 at 8:05pm

sonic Offline
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Just wondering if the lock on was any good or not. It looks pretty good from the screenshots.

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Reply #1 - Dec 9^th, 2005 at 8:13pm

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It's great, very steep learning curve and you need a S**t hot pc to run it on.

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Reply #2 - Dec 9^th, 2005 at 8:46pm

Jakemaster Ex Member

I would suggest Strike Fighters. Its cheap, not that steep of a learning curve, and runs great with good looking graphics

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Reply #3 - Dec 9^th, 2005 at 9:16pm

F3Hadlow Ex Member

If you have a superb, powerful PC, some patience and prefer flight combat simulation to flight simulation then LOMAC is for you. I have it but my PC isn't good enough to run it very well and I'm more of a peaceful flying guy however it is thought of very highly by everyone I know who plays on it

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Reply #4 - Dec 10^th, 2005 at 3:06am

Mobius Offline
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It is an excellent Modern Combat Sim. If you don't have that great a PC, you could still run it, but without all the fancy graphics settings. If you want to fly MiG-29s, Su-27s, Su-33s, Su-25s, A-10s, and F-15s in a 1980s-1990s setting, go with Lock-On. If you want to fly F-4s, A-4s, F-100s and other Vietnam Era aircraft in a less modern setting, go with Strike Fighters. Lock-On can be extremely complex if you set all the options to their most realistic settings, however, you can scale it down to make it easier also if you don't want to take the time to do the training missions and learn the systems of all the aircraft.

If you do get Lock-On though, get the Flaming Cliffs add-on, it really adds the the experience. Wink

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Reply #5 - Dec 12^th, 2005 at 10:44am

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I advise you get it.... a load of eyecandy!
Although I warn you, dont try it if you have a lesser computer. My old system couldnt run it, and unless you have a Gefore 6600 and a Gig of Ram or higher dont count on playing full settings, luckily now I can!

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Reply #6 - Dec 16^th, 2005 at 4:37pm

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neg on the 6600 my 6200 Does it fine! But with power issues and low ram not as good as I'd like, Great game! Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #7 - Dec 17^th, 2005 at 1:23pm

Gary R. Offline
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I have AMD 2800 2.25 mhz, a 6600 GT clocked up to base 6800 specs, 1 gig of PC3200. Will Lock On run full tilt on my system?

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Reply #8 - Dec 17^th, 2005 at 8:47pm

Mobius Offline
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I doubt full tilt, but it will be enough to fly missions and actually use the game, which is more than alot of people can do. Tongue

I don't know of many people who can run it at full tilt and get decent frames in congested areas. Cry

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Reply #9 - Dec 18^th, 2005 at 3:26am

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I don't know of many people who can run it at full tilt and get decent frames in congested areas. Cry

I can!

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Reply #10 - Dec 18^th, 2005 at 10:42am

Mobius Offline
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Look at you computer. Roll Eyes

(I guess you probably are right now) Grin

I can run it pretty close, close enough to make it look respectable, but I still get around 17-20 FPS over coastal cities during a congested mission.

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Reply #11 - Dec 18^th, 2005 at 5:47pm

Gary R. Offline
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How about the newly resurrected competition for LOMAC? Falcon 4.0 Allied Force. I hear it runs well on average PC's and the cockpit modeling and systems simulation is near good enough to train genuine F-16 pilots.

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Reply #12 - Dec 18^th, 2005 at 6:59pm

Mobius Offline
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It's great in regard to how realistic the avionics and systems are, but it still looks pretty bad. I've got both, and I really like LOMAC alot better just becuase if you've got 7 different flyable aircraft, and a change of scenery is good every now and then. Wink

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Reply #13 - Dec 18^th, 2005 at 7:01pm

Souichiro Ex Member

Prepare to be shot down........ 8)

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