Have been playing FSX a lot. I have the yoke and pedals. I want to buy my all time favorite aircraft for FSX the PMDG 737NGX, but I have other computer purchases I'm committed to at the moment. I had the PMDG 737 in FS2004. Flew it everywhere. I have pretty much mastered the ability to fly the ILS manually without using the cheat of the auto pilot APP button. I actually jump in my seat with glee when I see the weather is damn near low visibility. Then I can REALLY practice my ILS approaches. I'm in Europe now via the great journey from Newfoundland to Greenland, then Iceland and over to Scotland. Right now I'm in Warsaw Poland. When I was in Norway and Finland the visibility was pretty poor so I got a chance to practice my ILS landing ability without seeing the runway. You just depend on your instruments all the way down until about 1000' AGL. (Above Ground Level)
I have also been playing the great, great AIX mod for BF2. AIX is what BF2 should have been. I have been playing BF2 online, but it pisses me off that the hit box for enemy players is so messed up. I practically empty a whole clip trying to kill a dude if he's at a distance. If he's up close it's no problem. In AIX it ain't like that. You aim and tag the target like nothing and theirs head shoots which are nice because I always aim towards the shoulders and head. Another thing that's very discouraging in BF2 multiplayer is the cheaters, stupid players that can use team work, and the sheer lack of strategy. I mean, I was in this one level (can't remember the name ATM) it's the one with howling wolves. And I flanked the enemy to grab their flag and I'm the only one doing it. I do that a lot where I out flank the enemy to get around the front line of bullet spray from the 30 or so other players and capture their flag behind enemy lines so that my team can spawn behind them. But hardly anyone does this. And since there are so many damn players, forget about taking a flag on your own. Just isn't gonna happen. You need team work. Several years ago I had some really good online players that we chatted with using Team Speak and that was awesome. I was garbing a flag all by myself in Zatar Wetlands and I told my mate about enemy there and he came in a jet and bombed them all to shit thereby allowing me to capture that flag. Now THAT is teamwork! LOL! Good times.
I used to be really good in 2142, but after I installed and started playing that again I really suck. LOL As soon as I buy my GTX 1060 I want to install BF3 again. I was really discouraged when I was shooting some enemy and they didn't drop. A friend of mine tells me that must have had perks. IDK. Another thing about that game is you can't fly for shit. I actually need to watch some YouTube videos just to learn to fly a damn helicopter or jet. I don't know why EA made it so damn difficult. It was after that mess I just uninstalled and started to play Battlefield Bad Company II instead. I don't even remember my "Origin" username and password anymore.
(well actually I'm waiting for a friend so we can live stream our departure from a waypoint in exploration).
