Posts Tagged ‘helicopter sim’

EECH 1.11.1 released

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Enemy Engaged Comanche vs. Hokum – has a new bugfix release for the 1.11 version. This includes a fix for the “white flashes” that some people were getting with some newer video cards.

Changes:

  • Fix for zbuffers in dx9. Fixes problem with newer ATI and NVidia cards. Also fixes white flashes for some (fix by Bodhammer)
  • Added cockpit vibration when g-force_head_movement enabled (ataribaby)
  • Added option for muting external sounds in map view (ataribaby)
  • Added co-pilot speech for when he has identified a target(ataribaby)
  • Improvement to altitude hold and enable it for all helicopters (ataribaby)
  • Changed colour of smoke grenades from purple to white
  • Improvement to AI helicopter movement. Will not slow down before each waypoint, and will fly slower over airbase.
  • Changed so that 3dreset=1 in eech.ini or on the command line will force EECH to recheck which resolutions the graphics card supports. Use this if EECH doesn’t offer resolutions you want to use and know your graphics card and monitor supports.
  • Added command line option to force screen resolution even if the graphics doesn’t list it to EECH as one of the resolutions it supports. See the FAQ for how to use this.
  • Fix for gear automatically extending/retracting for player helicopter in insertion missions (ataribaby)
  • Fixed bug in Apache where selected target didn’t show up on radar

More info and download here

DCS – Producer’s Note 8 – Data Link

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Here is the eighth Producers Note for the DCS:Blackshark helicopter flight simulator.

This two part video explains the data link system of the KA-50 and how it lets you exchange target information with your wingmen.

Hi-res download version is available here. (Free registration required)

EECH 1.11 Released

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs Hokum version 1.11 has been released. You can get it here.

Feature Summary

  • 3D Hind helicopter cockpit with full realistic startup
  • suspension physics modeling for main helicopters
  • fixed to use realistic rate of fire for all weapons
  • increased terrain texture details



SimHQ has a longer article about the release here.

DCS – Producer’s Note 5 – Shkval Sensor

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Here is the fifth Producers Note for the DCS:Blackshark helicopter flight simulator.

This two part video provides information about targeting and performing recon with the main Shkval TV monitor, as well as targeting with the helmet-mounted display.
There are also some extra navigation features discussed at the end of the video.

Hi-res download version is available here. (Free registration required)

DCS: BlackShark English Manual now available

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

The English PDF manuals for the DCS:Blackshark combat chopper simulator is now available HERE. (It requires a free registration)
DCS blackshark manual

The flight manual is 385 pages of text, diagrams and color photos, and teaches you all the detail about the KA-50 systems, including avionics, comms and the ABRIS Moving Map/GPS system. It contains checklists for practicing those cold ramp starts, and some basic operating procedures.

The User Interface (GUI) manual is 162 pages, and teaches you about the mission editor and the new pilot logbook.

What are you waiting for?