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- From: ptran@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Phat H Tran)
- Subject: Re: Chuck Yeager Rating
- Message-ID: <BtsE7r.DMn@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1992Aug29.065324.25680@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1992Aug29.144234.19550@newshost.lanl.gov> <moore.715103415@pv34c1.vincent.iastate.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 07:59:49 GMT
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- In article <moore.715103415@pv34c1.vincent.iastate.edu> moore@iastate.edu (Brian J Moore) writes:
- >In <1992Aug29.144234.19550@newshost.lanl.gov> masten@beta.lanl.gov (David A. Masten) writes:
- >
- >>In article <1992Aug29.065324.25680@athena.cs.uga.edu> jtl@athena.cs.uga.edu (John T. Lancaster) writes:
- >>>
- >>>I am new to computer gaming and I just got a copy of Chuck Yeager
- >>>Air Combat. I really enjoy this game. My question to the experts is
- >>>how does it stack up to other air combat games? and would I be well
- >>>served to pay for the current hit? Whatever it may be. Thanks a lot.
- >>>
- >>>
- >>> john
- >>> jtl@athena.cs.uga.edu
- >
- >
- >>Uh, oh, could get us fighting again!
- >
- >>I liked CYAC a lot. Great for medium machines like 12-20 mhz. Gets you
- >>up and flying in no time. Very nice plane graphics. Great dogfighting
- >>fun. More than acceptable flight model (I'll let others differ). Easy
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >I have to agree with this also. I think its better that Falcon 3.0 for
- >just a plain flight sim, and 'feel' of the plane.
- >
-
- Oh man! My gloves are off! :) I thought that the flight model in CYAC
- was just LOUSY! L-O-U-S-Y, LOUSY ! It uses a set of rigid procedures
- to mimic the behaviour of the plane. When you stall, for example, no
- matter if the angular momentum should be carrying your nose up for
- a while, the stall routine that kicks in immediately causes you to
- pitch down at a steady rate, with no angular acceleration. But with
- Falcon 3.0, at least such fundamentals as F=ma (and the angular
- equivalent) are apparently followed. Falcon's attention to proper
- physics is unprecedented for a PC game (FS4 isn't a game).
-
- Phat.
-