Hi folks,
A friend from a different forum, Schurem, encouraged me to check out this site. I’m super stoked to have found it! I’m an avid simmer of yesteryear who recently got back into the hobby. It’s great to see familiar names and developer presence.
DCS Hornet is what brought me back. Well, that and an Oculus rift. I’ve such fond memories of Graph Sims Hornet and Janes classic that when Schurem announced the Hornet release, I jumped in (with much trepidation… expensive!).
I hadn’t played anything DCS since Flanker really and had no idea how far it had come. I strapped on the goggles, fired up Hornet in DCS 2.5 and BOOM! Flight sim passion re-awakened with a vengeance! Hornet is sooo good!
Perusing the various modules, I picked up Persian Gulf, Viggen, Tiger II and A-10C from the DCS site. I’m as impressed with all of them. The madness spread and I also picked up a used Warthog Hotas.
I’d been eyeing the Normandy, WW2 Assets and Spitfire with this crazy idea rolling around my head. You see, I’d been steered away from DCS with a common complaint that the campaigns were “soulless”. I don’t agree with this, but do find that the content I’ve found has been serious .
Dabbling in programming for my work, and looking at the mission builder, it occurred to me that the platform just might support the same type of imaginative wackiness which I love so much in other game genres.
So I pulled the trigger on the WW2 stuff and decided to embark on building a grand new campaign (with my kids). Introducing Time Pilot.
You see, I can’t think of a better way to kill Nazi’s than with a fully loaded Hornet. For that matter, brrrrrting the hell out of a column of Panthers with an A-10, with B-17s getting shot to hell with a flak storm above seems like my idea of a great time.
Of course, such a scenario could not occur without an appropriately absurd story, including all the twists and turns you would expect from the System Shocks of the world.
So I sat down, penned some characters and a story my eight year old son loved, and got to work on the first mission. Learning as I go, it’s taking shape, and I think it might be fun. I’m leaning on such standard game conventions as high score, power-ups and upgrades to drive gameplay… and of course, blowing up lots of Nazis.
I know this goes against the push for realism and the serious nature of the hobby. At risk of getting shouted off the fence, I was curious to see how such a campaign might be received by this excellent community. I’ve got lots of great ideas, but before committing the time investment… well, what do you all think?
Also I wanted to make sure I wasn’t stepping on the toes of anybody else making such a thing as I am as new to the DCS community as they get.
Apologies for the novel length first post. My enthusiasm does tend to take reign, especially when it comes to cool jets!
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