Falcon memories
Jun 12th, 2007 by dave
I’m a sucker for flight sims. I love the idea of flying, ever since I couldn’t join the RAF because I was told I’d probably be too tall to fly fighters (something about legs staying in the cockpit when you eject).
IL-2 and Flight Sim have been my sims of choice for the last 5 or so years - although I really should get back to Falcon one day. I longed for my buddies during lan parties to play a dynamic campaign but bugs and general difficulty meant that their predictions always came true.
A typical falcon 4 lan party mission (years ago when I could persuade them to try it):
Ok, all ready to go?
sigh… I suppose so.
Booting up…
urg - need the CD
[10 mins goes by]
Ok got it. You host, I’ll join.
I don’t see your game
Oh, what patch should we be at?
1.08 I think
Where can I get that from?
[..20 mins later]
Ok, all ready to go?
Yep, which campaign
It won’t matter
Why?
Because we’ll be dead in 5 mins.
Hmm
Ok, all on the runway?
No - Mike’s crashed out - he has to reboot.
Ok, we’ll wait on the runway. How do you start the engines?
Why wont my wheels steer? What button is the tail lock?
Check me out.. [pulls alongside on the runway]
[Crashes into AI trying to land] - Damn - I’ll come back in again
Ok, Mike’s back in, all ready to go? Let’s take off
What’s the waypoint keys?
[5 minutes of bliss, looking at sun glare effects and sneaking a glance at everyone else’s pc to see who has the best frame rate. Complaints are leveled by the ’server’ because his PC runs slower now so the graphics aren’t as smooth.]
[beeeeeeeep] - SAM launch detected…
Where’d that come from. Damn! What’s the flare button, what’s the chaff button… Jeez I’m dead.
Hey - can you see my ‘chute?
Damn - Mike’s PC’s hung.
Ok, I’ll quit - who fancies quake?
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