Imagine that you have been a loyal consumer/player of Digital Combat Solutions (DCS) World, staying true to the purveyor of the absolute best military air combat simulator through three maps and a lot of relatively expensive ($79.99 and below) DLC airplanes to go with them. You have a goodly amount of lucre invested, in other words. Now imagine your confusion when Modern Air Combat is announced and that it will include no less than 14 of those very same airplanes. While no price has been announced, you're pretty sure that it's going to be less than the hundreds of dollars you had to part with to get to the same place.
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I need not imagine that scenario. I am living it. Not surprisingly, my first reaction was, well, not something I can share here. A little more research indicated that perhaps it's not as unfair (strong word, that; perhaps 'irritating' would be better) to veteran players as it first appears. Looking through the list of planes to be included, it appears that most of them are being plucked from Flaming Cliffs 3, which is essentially the kid's version of DCS world. The biggest distinction is one of complexity; Flaming Cliffs airplanes are fairly simplistic, while DCS World planes are typically study-level models. Of the five models that are based on DCS World models, there is only one that isn't showing its age; the other four consistently go on sale for 50% off. Also regarding those five models, it appears that they will be 'dumbed-down' to Flaming Cliffs level.
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- In the end, Lock On: Modern Air Combat brings together all the right elements in order to deliver a memorable experience, especially when it comes to graphics, realism and the flight model. On the other hand, it could have used a few more planes and slightly more detailed landscapes.
Frankly, that appeals to me in a way. Many of the current DCS World planes are so complicated that I tend to be able to be proficient in one of them a time (currently this would be the AV-8B Harrier). Some, such as the A-10C, are so complicated that I can only figure out how to fire the gun and randomly drop unguided bombs. I would enjoy a little less complexity at times, as long as it didn't remove the plethora of clickable cockpit controls. Much of the simplification will be around cockpit systems controls, but a goodly portion will also have to do with the controllability of the aircraft in flight. Many of the planes included can be a real handful even for an experienced pilot armed with high a quality HOTAS and rudder controls, which would render them unflyable for a beginner using just a cheap joystick and nothing else. Reportedly, the MAC planes will be so easy to fly that it can be done with nothing more than keyboard and mouse. I find that hard to believe, but there it is. I would go so far as to say that it might be possible to fly them that way, but probably not to be able to fly them well.
Digital Dynamics also goes to pains to point out that the terrain/battlefields will remain as rich and complex as DCS World, but are likely to be geographically smaller. Simplified airplane controls do NOT mean that the combat environment will also be easy. It will not be.
Neither pricing or a firm release date have been set, but they have stated that we can expect to see it in the fall of this year.
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LockOn: Modern Air Combat
LockOn is a computer flight simulator of modern air combat aircraft. The game models combat in the air, on the ground and at sea. LockOn is a continuation of the flight Flanker 1.x-2.x series.
Controllable planes
The game allows the player to fly any one of the following seven aircraft: Su-25, Su-27, Su-33, Mig-29A, Mig-29C, F-15C, and A-10A.
Main combat capabilities
Su-27 and MiG-29 aircraft, combat modes:- Multiple Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air combat modes, radar and (or) infrared detection system, up to150 km.
- Close Air Combat (CAC), vertical scanning radar mode and (or) infrared detection system. Less than 10 km.
- Close Air Combat (CAC), boresight scanning radar mode and (or) infrared detection system, less than 15 km.
- Close Air Combat (CAC), helmet-mounted sight radar mode and (or) infrared detection system, less than 10 km.
- Close Air Combat (CAC) missile seeker mode, less than 10 km.
- Data Link mode, all radar systems are kept silent for stealthy attack.
- Unguided ground attack mode for cannon, bombs, and rockets. CCIP and CCRP delivery modes.
- Multiple Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air combat modes, radar and (or) infrared detection system, up to150 km.
- Close Air Combat (CAC), vertical scanning radar mode and (or) infrared detection system. Less than 10 km.
- Close Air Combat (CAC),boresight scanning radar mode and (or) infrared detection system, less than 15 km.
- Close Air Combat (CAC),helmet-mounted sight radar mode and (or) infrared detection system, less than 10 km.
- Close Air Combat (CAC) missile seeker mode, less than 10 km.
- Data Link mode, all radar systems are kept silent for stealthy attack.
- Unguided ground attack mode for cannon, bombs, and rockets. CCIP and CCRP delivery modes.
- Beyond Visual Range (BVR), Track While Scan (TWS) or Range While Search (RWS) modes, up to 160 nm.
- Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM) vertical radar scan mode, 10 nm.
- Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM) boresight radar mode, 10 nm.
- Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM) FLOOD mode for AIM-7, 10 nm.
- Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM) VISAUL mode for AIM-120, 10 nm.
- Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM) AIM-9M seeker mode and funnel sighting for GAU-8A cannon. 10 nm.
- Unguided ground attack mode for cannon, bombs, and rockets. CCIP and CCRP delivery modes.
- Guided ground attack mode for AGM-65K/D.
- Close Air Combat (CAC) R-60 seeker mode and funnel sighting for cannon. 10 nm.
- Unguided ground attack mode for cannon, bombs, and rockets. CCIP and CCRP delivery modes.
- Guided ground attack mode for laser-guided missiles.
- Close Air Combat (CAC) R-60 and R-73 seeker mode and funnel sighting for cannon. 10 nm.
- Unguided ground attack mode for cannon, bombs, and rockets. CCIP and CCRP delivery modes.
- Guided ground attack mode for laser and infrared-guided missiles.
- SEAD ground attack mode with hand-off sensors.
- In-flight refueling.
- Take-off/landing on an aircraft carrier.
- Emergency landing with retracted landing gear.
Automatic aircraft
| 25 Russian AI controlled aircraft and 6 helicopters (MiG-23, MiG-25 (P, RBW), MiG-27, MiG-29 (A,S), MiG-31, Su-17,Su-25, Su-27, Su-30, Su-33, Su-34, Su-39, Su-24, Su-24MR, Tu-22M3, Tu-95, Tu-142, Tu-160, A-50, An-26, An-30, IL-76, IL-78, Mi-8MT, Mi-24 'Hind', Mi-26 'Halo', Ka-27 'Helix', Ka-50, Ka-52). |
| 21 NATO AI controlled aircraft and 8 helicopters (A-10, F-14A, F-15C, F-16 (A,C), F-18(A,C), F-117A, F-4E, F-5E, S-3B, S-3R, B-1B, B-52H, E-2C, E-3A, C-17A, C-130, KC-10, Tornado IDS, Mirage-2000, AH-1W 'Super Cobra', AH-64A 'Apache', AH-64D 'Longbow', CH-47D 'Chinook', CH-53E 'Super Stallion', UH-60A 'Black Hawk', SH-60B 'Sea Hawk', SH-3H 'Sea King'). |
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Armor
26 armored vehicles (M-1A1 Abrams, M-109, M-48, M-60, M-113, MLRS, LVTP-7, M-2, Bradley, LAV-25, Leopard-2, Marder, TPZ, MCV-80, T-80UD, 2S19 Msta, 2S9 Nona, 2S3 Akatsia, 2S1 'Gvozdika', BMP-1, BMP-2, BMP-3, BMD-1, BTR-D, BTR-70, BRDM).
Ships
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18 ships (Oliver H. Perry, Ticonderoga, CVN-70 Carl Vinson, Admiral Kuznetsov, Moscow, Rezky, Neustrashimy, Albatros, Molniya, Elnya tanker, dry-cargo ship-1, dry-cargo ship-2, Zwezdny, Kilo (patrol submarine), Som (patrol submarine)).
Civilian Ground equipment
29 civilian vehicles (lorries, cars, railroad engines and carriages).
Air Defense Systems
Seven NATO air defense systems: Patriot, I-Hawk, Vulcan (AAA), Avenger, Roland, Gepard (AAA), Stinger (man portable air defense system).
Ten Russian air defense systems: С-300 ПС, Tor, Buk, Kub, Strela-1, Strela-10, Osa, Tunguska, Shilka (AAA), Igla (man portable air defense system).
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