New to here & FS2004
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:37 amJust wanted to say hello. I'm new to the game and to the forum.
I recently got my dad a laptop (my parents are way behind the technology curve), FS2004, and joystick and showed him how to play. He has worked on F-15's as a electrician for about the last 30 years (about to retire) and is naturally all about flight. He wants to fly planes of all types but also a F-15 but the military sims are all about shooting and dog fighting and he was simply wanting to fly around so FS2004 and the F-15 add on aircraft was perfect. Searching for a F-15 is what brought me to this great website by the way ;)
After watching him play I had to get the game myself so here I am. Me and my dad communicate almost daily on the phone about where we went and what we saw on FS2004 so its great. I have pretty much got the basics down but he is stubborn and wants to land a 737 without ILS or any assists so needless to say he tends to take out anything on the tarmac ;D
I myself downloaded the Air Force One aircraft and have been doing some flights for the Prez. I'm currently heading from Andrews to Baghdad for a secret moral trip for the troops. I may hope over the Afganistan then who knows from there. Is there anyway to add any aircraft such as F-15's to fly with the 747 as escort security? I doubt it but worth asking I guess.
I have been playing with the display properties a lot trying to find the sweet spot too. It seems I have to decide if I want poor visual quality and lots of traffic 50+%(I added a lot of traffic from downloads here) or great visuals but only low traffic 10-20%. I'll keep reading and testing to try to get the best of both worlds. I turned antialiasing off but the visuals were horrible!
Comments are welcome and nice to meet everyone!
I recently got my dad a laptop (my parents are way behind the technology curve), FS2004, and joystick and showed him how to play. He has worked on F-15's as a electrician for about the last 30 years (about to retire) and is naturally all about flight. He wants to fly planes of all types but also a F-15 but the military sims are all about shooting and dog fighting and he was simply wanting to fly around so FS2004 and the F-15 add on aircraft was perfect. Searching for a F-15 is what brought me to this great website by the way ;)
After watching him play I had to get the game myself so here I am. Me and my dad communicate almost daily on the phone about where we went and what we saw on FS2004 so its great. I have pretty much got the basics down but he is stubborn and wants to land a 737 without ILS or any assists so needless to say he tends to take out anything on the tarmac ;D
I myself downloaded the Air Force One aircraft and have been doing some flights for the Prez. I'm currently heading from Andrews to Baghdad for a secret moral trip for the troops. I may hope over the Afganistan then who knows from there. Is there anyway to add any aircraft such as F-15's to fly with the 747 as escort security? I doubt it but worth asking I guess.
I have been playing with the display properties a lot trying to find the sweet spot too. It seems I have to decide if I want poor visual quality and lots of traffic 50+%(I added a lot of traffic from downloads here) or great visuals but only low traffic 10-20%. I'll keep reading and testing to try to get the best of both worlds. I turned antialiasing off but the visuals were horrible!
Comments are welcome and nice to meet everyone!
