Need advice of superiority of C4 over others

[griffon29]

I am covering this part for my report writing. Can you guys name me the advantages of C4 over other helicopter flight simulators? Hopefully you guys can give me the games that you are comparing with. Thank you.

[SimFan]

Well, I've been flying helosims for many years, but what is still
top notch with the Comanche series = gameplay and visuals.
C4 is FUN.
Most helosims are way better in other areas though, such as avionics,
(dynamic-)campaign engine (LB2-EECH).
Those things are very obvious...
Dunno exactly what you mean by advantages compared to other sims.
What exactly are you thinking of ?
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[griffon29]

Hi simfan,

One area I am interested to look at is campaign engine, you mean C4 is inferior to other games in customisation?


In terms of avonics, radar in particular, you know of games that have 3D map? C4 in this case, uses terrain following map.

One more, is there any game in the market that supports 2-player mode? (ie one operating as pilot and the other as co-pilot) which means montior/s will have to display two different view.

[WiperSix2004]

Is C4 a flight sim ? Do you have an objective definition that you intend to apply to games, as to whether or not they qualify as sims ? The reason I ask is that one of the premises to your original question seem to indicate that you had already determined this to be true, and my opinion is that it is false. Comanche 3 and Comanche Gold (both by Novalogic) were, I believe, intended to be more realistic as to their flight capabilities. C4 has fantastic and dramatic visual effects (explosions, sound, smoke, etc), but the helos, in my opinion, are not "sim quality" as to their flying capability. However, I'm not even qualified to make that assessment - there are more than a few real helicopter pilots that fly C4 regularly, but do not necessarily read CPD forums. If you would like me to put you in touch with one or two, I would be glad to, but you will have to email me because I won't send them unsolicited email.

cheers
nakulak (nakulak@comcast.net)

[SimFan]

Griffon,
Wipersix is right.
I am/have become 'h*rdcore' simmer.
Still, I like C4 (and the Comanche series).
It got me into the 'real' flight-simming business in the first place (back in 1993) !
As to your question: MS Gunship! has 2-seater Helo capability. We used it on a LAN and it works great. It still has very dedicated followers.
EECH has a 3-d map (modded).
EECH is (almost?) as great as Long(b)owB2. Great MP (LAN) capabilities.
If you intend to fly any of the above head over to www.SIMHQ.com.
You'll find 'us' there.
All of the above are masterpieces (surely in modded form).
Most of all: enjoy C3/Gold/C4 !! We sure DO.
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