LO-MAC need some Advice

[*Lost*Soldier*]

is there any1 who play this game if so how the hell do u know all the controls
i realy want 2 play the full game i can pick it off just for 5 Euros

Q1 is the learingcurve short or long

Q2 is the time 2 lear well whort it

Q3 is there a server for biggeners

Q4 can i play it whit key or do need a joy 2 get the maxium out of ur plane


sry for bad spelling thx

[wootoow]

Re: LO-MAC need some Advice

A lot of people play this awesome game.

It has a very steep learning curve.

I dont know about servers cause i always play single player. There are a ton of downloads for this game.

You should have a joystick or at least a gamepad to fully appreciate this game.

If you can find it for 5 euros, GET IT!!

[*Lost*Soldier*]

Re: LO-MAC need some Advice

do u use joy which is best for that game

and a joypad i only got a ps2 or Xbox

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: LO-MAC need some Advice

do u use joy which is best for that game

and a joypad i only got a ps2 or Xbox

You absolutly need a joystick to get the full feeling of the game. And watch out, it is a very hard game to master.

[Why?!]

Re: LO-MAC need some Advice

is there any1 who play this game if so how the hell do u know all the controls
i realy want 2 play the full game i can pick it off just for 5 Euros

If you are really into jet sims and are a huge military buff, go for it. Also look into purchasing the Flaming Cliffs addon, it adds the SU-25T and many, many small fixes and polishing.

Q1 is the learingcurve short or long

The game is very easy to pick up (this is coming from a Falconeer, so don't take my word for it). Almost too easy to pick up. Don't think it's so easy though. The problem comes in that while you may know how to do something, you don't really know how to do it. Lock on is something that is very difficult to get good at. Most of your skills will come from experience. Look for some tracks online and other tutorials.

Q2 is the time 2 lear well whort it

When you're blasting through the skies in a MiG-29, relying on your primitive (by American standards) radar warning receiver and your good old eyeballs mk.1 to dodge an active radar AIM-120 AMRAAM, then follow up with your own R-77 and watch as the painstakingly slow seconds tick down as the missile gets closer and closer to its target, finally culminating in a small fireball as streaks of black smoke from shrapnel and debris of the shattered plane fall to ground... Yea, it's worth it.

Q3 is there a server for biggeners

I play on Hyperlobby, which is predominantly full-realism Flaming Cliffs servers. I have heard however that LOMAC 1.02 (no Flaming Cliffs addon) is played on more relaxed settings on ubisofts lobbies.

Q4 can i play it whit key or do need a joy 2 get the maxium out of ur plane

You definitely need a joystick if you want to play something like this. If you're really serious about getting this, also think about getting a HOTAS (Hands on Throttle and Stick) joystick. I use a Saitek X-52 which is easily programmable, however there are much more expensive and higher end sticks with more buttons. The X-52 trades some of the massive button counts for two trim wheels and a slider which are fantastically useful in a prop sim such as IL2 (WWII prop sim I play regularly). However there are still plenty of buttons to play around with on the X-52 and with multiple modes the total button count goes somewhere up in the hundreds.

My little Micro-Review of Lock On

Overall a terrific flight sim, nearly all of problems with the sim are minor and were solved in FC and several small mods I installed. Just remember that you will need to be patient in this game before you start downing planes like an ace.

Pros:

8 Flyable planes, MiG-29A, MiG-29S, Su-27, Su-33, Su-25, Su-25T, F-15C, and the A-10.

Relatively easy to pick up, difficult to master.

Amazing graphics

Intense fast combat, even in the BVR arena.

Cons:

Requires crazy powerful computer to run max settings

Sounds are a little weak unmodded

BVR combat in particular is extremely difficult to master on full-realism.

No flyable F-16C

[*Lost*Soldier*]

Re: LO-MAC need some Advice

thx i deff buy it only joy is hard for a nice price and a good 1

[Why?!]

Re: LO-MAC need some Advice

Unfortunately I do not know much about joysticks. I have only owned two joysticks, a Saitek Cyborg Gold, and my current Saitek X-52. The X-52 is cheap for a HOTAS at around 100 dollars. The big high end HOTAS sticks such as Thrustmaster and Couger go up to 300 dollars if I recall correctly. Saitek's current all around joystick is the Cyborg Evo, but I have heard that those tend to have issues down the road. My friend owns one and is starting to have constant trouble with it.

I know nothing about other brands, so sorry I cannot help much in this.

[imported_Night]

Re: LO-MAC need some Advice

is there any1 who play this game if so how the hell do u know all the controls
i realy want 2 play the full game i can pick it off just for 5 Euros

Get it! I printed out an online manual of instructions for it it has a lot of keys to memorise! But personally, after using a key once I'll always remember where it is.

Q1 is the learingcurve short or long

It depends on your interest. If your interested, its an easy short learning curve, I learned it all in about 2 days, and was shooting down veterans of lomac in less then a week.

Q2 is the time 2 lear well whort it

Definetly!

Q3 is there a server for biggeners

No, but there is singleplayer and if youll wait till the end of summer, I can teach you using teamspeak and I'll give you all the tactics and advice.

Q4 can i play it whit key or do need a joy 2 get the maxium out of ur plane

Definetly get a joy stick bud.

sry for bad spelling thx

Improve!!!

PROS
Great graphics

GREAT gameplay and multiplayer

Very fun. If you learn all the tactics, no matter ow long youve been playing you can shoot down veterans if your smart :)

CONS
Sometimes quite laggy.

Kind of slow on teh multiplayer, but that might just be me.

Get it!