Sim Community Observer

by Ed Reddy

Combat Simulation Community Observer

Compiled by Ed Reddy

Article Type: Simulation Community
Article Date: September 21 to 27, 2002

Each week, COMBATSIM.COM visits the most active combat simulation community sites on the Internet. In this single report, published every Friday, we give you links to all the latest news, articles, forum discussions, links, downloads, events and contests.

Since these are just the early days of this report, we realize we have yet to include many fine fan sites. If you would like to see your (or someone else's) site on this list, please contact our News Editor.

Please keep in mind that the main criteria for inclusion on this page is that you have regularly updated material in the form of original articles, news, files (e.g., skins, maps, mods), or message boards. If your site is selected, we will visit it each week and find out what's new—you will not need to send us any info.




Media Sites:

• COMBATSIM.COM
  
• Frugals World of Simulations
  
• Migman
  
• SimHQ
  
• Subsim
  
• Wargamer

Game- and Hardware-Specific Sites:

• Aces High
  
• America's Army
  
• Combat Flight Simulator 2 & 3
  
• CFS Pilots
  
• Day of Defeat
  
• F4 Unified Team
  
• Falcon IV / V
  
• Fighter Ace
  
• Flanker
  
• Flight-sim Usenet
  
• Fighter Squadron: SDOE
  
• IL-2 Sturmovik
  
• LO:MAC
  
• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
  
• Operation Flashpoint
  
• WarBirds
  
• WWII Online
  
• Flightsim Usenet
  
• Hardware

COMBATSIM.COM

• URL: http://www.combatsim.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Game News:
    
    
    
    • New Screens: Real War: Rogue States
      
    • Join Warbirds Korea Development Corps
      
    • New Screens: DF:Black Hawk Down
      
    • AMD Delivers Hammer Technology Resources
      
    • Matrox Apptimizer
      
    • New Screens: IGI2 Covert Strike
      
    • Ghost Recon Patch v 1.3 Now Available
      
    • Ghost Recon: Island Thunder Ships
      
    • NVIDIA Offers AGP 8X GPU
      
    • Enigma: Rising Tide Offline Version Has Gone Gold
      
    • Creative Announces Audigy 2
      
    
    
    
  • Military News:
    
    
    
    • Raytheon Awarded AMRAAM Production
      
    • B-1B Crash Cause Remains Unknown
      
    • U.S. Marines Conduct Field Training on HIMARS
      
    • British Intel Details Scope of Saddam's Weapons
      
    • Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Unveiled
      
    
    
    
  • Articles:
    
    
    
    • Making of an Aces High Scenario, Part 1
      
    • Privateer's Bounty
      
    • CFS3: Battle for Europe
      
    • SWOTL VI
      
    
    
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • Preview: CFS3: Battle for Europe
    
  
  

Frugals World of Simulations

• URL: http://www.frugalsworld.com
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • Falcon 4
    
    
    
    • Poll: Which Fighter Scares you Most?
      
    • Share your turning secrets please..
    
    
    
    
    
  • Rowan's BoB
    
    
    
    • German Mission Planning
    
    
  
  

MigMan

• URL: http://www.migman.com
  
  
• Articles:
  
  
  
  • Interview with Scott Lee from CFS3
    
  
  

SimHQ

• URL: http://www.simhq.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Fighter Pilot Academy for Warbirds III
    
  • Fix for Battlefront install problems
    
  • A new Bf-109 campaign called "Pik As" for IL2
  
  
  • Release-date for GERMAN IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles is Nov 28
  
  
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • Flight Simulation
    
    
    
    • "Target For Tonight" Lancaster
    
    
    
    
    
  • IL-2
    
    
    
    • Confirmed FW190 visibility crippled in IL-2
      
    • Moderators , what are u doing ? wake up.
      
    • Another stupid Trim Cheat.
      
    • FW190 improved visibility in Forgotten Battles?
      
    
    
    
  • Janes F/A-18
    
    
    
    • OT: Opinions Regarding U.S.'s and U.N.'s Approach to Iraq
    
    
    
    
    
  • European Air War
    
    
    
    • Customising New Guinea
    
    
    
    
    
  • Battle of Britain
    
    
    
    • Here's what happened (Continued)
    
    
    
    
  
  

Subsim.com

• URL: http://www.subsim.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • New Website: SubGuru.com
  
  
  
  
  
• Articles:
  
  
  
  • A Century of Silent Service
  
  
  • Review: BATTLEFIELD 1942
  
  
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • Silent Hunter II
    
    
    
    • Describe SH2 In One World
    
    
    
    
    
  • Sub Command
    
    
    
    • To Team SCX Re: 1.3
    
    
    
    
    
  • General
    
    
    
    • Favourite Das Boot scene?
    
    
    • Moon Landing
    
    
    
    
  
  

Wargamer.com

• URL: http://www.wargamer.com
  
  
• Contests:
  
  
  
  • Scenario Design Contest
  
  
  • Sudden Strike 2
  
  
  
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Operation Flashpoint: Game of the Year Edition
  
  
  • This Day in Napoleonic History
  
  
  • New Runesword II Patch
  
  
  • Warlords IV Website Live
  
  
  • Age of Wonders II v1.2 Patch Released
  
  
  • Soldier of Fortune II Patch v1.02 Released
  
  
  • Age of Mythology Sneak Preview Contest
  
  
  • This Day in Napoleonic History
  
  
  • Brian Reynolds Interview: Pt. 3 on Apolyton
  
  
  • This Day in Napoleonic History
    
  
  
  
• Articles:
  
  
  
  • PC Game Review: Elite Forces: Navy SEALs
  
  
  • PC Game Preview: Iron Storm
  
  
  • Board Game Review: Soldier Kings: The Seven Years' War
  
  
  • PC Game Review: Diggles: The Myth of Fenris
    
  • Book Review: Second Manassas Expedition Guide
  
  
  • After Action Review: Napoleon in Europe
  
  
  • Screenshots Feature: Midway: Naval Battles
  
  
  • PC Game Preview: Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
  
  
  • Contest: Sudden Strike 2: Fall Wardrobe Enhancement
  
  
  • PC Game Review: Dragon Throne: Battle of the Red Cliffs
  
  
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • General:
    
    
    
    • Greatest War Movies Ever?
    
    
    • Desert Storm V2.0
    
    
    
    
  
  

Game-Specific Sites

Combat Flight Simulator 2 & 3

• URL: CFS2: http://www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs2/
  
• URL: CFS3: http://www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs3/
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Bob Campbell: Jeep Carrier Wildcat Pilot
  
  
  • CFS3 Screenshots
  
  
  
  
  
• CFS2 Forum:
  
  
  
  • Q's about 2.80 trim adjustments...
  
  
  • Stock/1% ?s
  
  
  
  

CFS Pilots

• URL: http://www.cfspilots.50megs.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Viking1's Berlin 1944-45 campaign for IL-2
  
  
  • IL-2 Training Tracks
  
  
  • Latest look at CFS 3
  
  
  
  
  
• Articles:
  
  
  
  • Gazette Issue 165 WTC Tribute - Screenshots from FS2002, CFS and IL2 Sturmovik
  
  
  • Gazette Issue 166 ** The Lost P-36 ** Superb Shots ** Horsey Tales
  
  
  
  
  
• Downloads:
  
  
  
  • CFS 1: HE-111 for TG2 Multiplay
  
  
  • CFS 2: A-10A Thunderbolt II "Warthog" from WebinBlue
  
  
  • CFS2: Blades Visual Effects collection V2.0
  
  
  • CFS 3: Unofficial Promotional Movie by Christian Noetzli
  
  
  • IL-2: UPDATED Berlin 1944-45 Campaign
  
  
  • IL-2: New Training Tracks by Viking1
  
  
  • IL-2: Screenshots from Pegeka
  
  
  • IL-2: New Generic skin by Ulivieri Marco
  
  
  • Tracks for IL-2 1.2 by Ralf Rothe
  
  
  • IL-2: Poland 1939 Campaign by Viking1
  
  
  • New IL2 Skins from JerseyD
  
  
  
  
  
• Links
  
  
  
  • Offical sites, fan sites, skins and a whole lot more for CFS1/2 and IL2
    
  
  

Day of Defeat

• URL: http://www.dayofdefeatmod.com
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • General:
    
    
    
    • DoD Overlooks The Little Guys?
    
    
    • New Death screams
    
    
    • Dod's funniest screenshots Part2
    
    
    • Why not raise the gun when aiming at enemy, not on trigger pull
    
    
    • Blood Petiton
    
    
    
    
    
  • Mapping:
    
    
    
    • dod_deju (formerly dod_paris) new shots
    
    
    • DoD_Stuka, modest repimp
    
    
    • Anyone interested in a mapping model and prefab collection for DoD?
    
    
    
    
    
  • Suggestions/Ideas
    
    
    
    • The use of camoflage
    
    
    
    
  
  

F4 Unified Team

• URL: http://f4ut.frugalsworld.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Patrolling the No-fly Zones
  
  
  • SAMs in SuperPAK 4
  
  
  • Comms in SuperPAK, Part #1
    
  
  

Falcon IV / V

• Community Sites:
  
  
  
  • E-Razor's E-Team
  
  
  
  

Flanker

• URL: http://www.flanker2.com
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • GMA 31
    
  
  

FS:SDOE Information Center

• URL: http://www.fightersquadron.com/index.php3
  
  
• Downloads:
  
  
  
  • Base Pack posted- Download info
  
  
  • Bf 109 D1 upgrade
  
  
  • Tempest MkV - beta 2.0
    
  
  

IL-2 Sturmovik

• URL: http://www.il2sturmovik.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • New IL-2 Poll
  
  
  • Forgotten Battles Development Update!!
  
  
  • Forgotten Battles Correction
  
  
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • General
    
    
    
    • Oh no, I'm fubar!!!
    
    
    • Confirmed FW190 visibility crippled in IL-2
    
    
    • YAK-3 vs P51
    
    
    • Do-335........ P-51H MEDICINE!!!
    
    
    • Cockpit, are you kidding me?
    
    
    • Are you ready for some football?
    
    
    
    
    
  • Oleg's Ready Room
    
    
    
    • Oleg, Please Review FW190 Cockpit One Last Time
    
    
    • Oleg, will the P-51`s wings shred at high speeds?
    
    
    • Focke-Wulf 190
    
    
    • Development update 20.09
    
    
    
    
    
  • Pilot's Lounge
    
    
    
    • Word Assocation Game
    
    
    • Discovery Wings selects the best Ground Attack Fighter of all time - surprise winner
      
    
    
  
  
  
• Downloads:
  
  
  
  • Paint Schemes
  
  
  
  

LO:MAC

• URL: http://www.lo-mac.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • More A10 Cockpit!
  
  
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • General:
    
    
    
    • why care so much about very lil stuff in cockpits?
      
    
    
  
  

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

• URL: http://www.mohaa.ea.com
  
  

• Forums:
  
  
  
  • General:
    
    
    
    • Muahahaha
      
    
    
  
  
  

Operation Flashpoint

• URL: http://www.flashpoint1985.com
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • General:
    
    
    
    • What would you like to see in ofp2
    
    
    • Ofp is dead?
      
    
    
    
  • Addons & Mods:
    
    
    
    • Ov-10 bronco released
    
    
    
    
    
  • Mission Editing
    
    
    
    • New editing options in resistance
    
    
    
    
    
  • Off Topic
    
    
    
    • Mid east
    
    
    • Official ofp stuntman thread
      
    
    
    
  
  

Massively Multiplayer

Aces High

• URL: http://www.hitechcreations.com
  
  
• Events:
  
  
  
  • Weekly Events (Sept 27 - Oct 2)
  
  
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • News
    
    
    
    • New Server/Service Status
    
    
    • Go Gett'em, Tiger!
    
    
    
    
  • General:
    
    
    
    • Gunning down ejectee's
    
    
    • Historical Gameplay :rolleyes:
    
    
    • Who are you? (pics)
    
    
    
    
  • Gameplay/Feedback:
    
    
    
    • Petition to change the name of the Hein on AH
    
    
    
    
  • Aircraft/Vehicles:
    
    
    
    • P47, P51, P38...the German view......
    
    
    • Time for the Brewster?
    
    
    
    
  • The O' Club
    
    
    
    • WW2OL Revisited
    
    
    • 9/11 Opinions of todays youth
    
    
    
    
    
  
  

America's Army

• URL: http://www.americasarmy.com
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • General:
    
    
    
    • REQUEST FEEDBACK: Player Names
    
    
    • Teammates say the craziest things!
    
    
    • Striking GOLD!
    
    
    • M-16 vs AK-47
    
    
    
    
    
  • Strategies and Tactics
    
    
    
    • POST NAMES OF TKers and RAMBOS HERE
    
    
    
    
    
  • R&R
    
    
    
    • The Official and Authentic Guide to Running
    
    
    • THE OFFICIAL BUMP THREAD
    
    
    • We are girl gamers online
    
    
    • Space Monkey
      
    
    
  
  

Fighter Ace

• URL: http://fighterace.vr1.com/
  
  
• Events:
  
  
  
  • 9/27/2002 - Fox Hunt!!
  
  
  • 9/28/2002 - Kings Of The Sky
  
  
  • 9/29/2002 - Jet Races!!
  
  
  • 9/30/2002 - Battle Of The Hosts
  
  
  
  

WarBirds

• URL: http://www.totalsims.com
  
  
• WB III Events:
  
  
  
  • Sept 27 - SL269
  
  
  • Sept 29 - S3 18
  
  
  • Sept 29 - Seven Days in Sept
  
  
  • Sept 29 - SL269
  
  
  
  

WWII Online

• URL: Playnet Site 1
  
• URL: Playnet Site 2
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • 1.68 open beta and details inside
  
  
  • Getting ready for 1.67
  
  
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • The Barracks:
    
    
    
    • [GHC] An Invitation from the XV. Panzerkorps
    
    
    • [AHC] - Allied Recruitment Post
    
    
    • Roll Call: Day 1 Vets
    
    
    
    
  • The Harbour:
    
    
    
    • It is Naval Tradition to keep this YELLOW folder on page 1.....
    
    
    
    
  • The Hangar:
    
    
    
    • Buhkaki?
    
    
    • CP Altitudes, Supply Links, Recon Images, Strat Data, More
    
    
    
    
  • The Motor Pool:
    
    
    
    • We want our 25 pounder , and we want it now.....( please )
    
    
    • CRS: Vehicle Damage Value (fishing for yellow)
    
    
    • So CRS, when are we going to fight against the real brit army?
    
    
    
    
  
  

Usenet

Flight-sim Usenet

• URL: Click Here
  
  
• Discussions:
  
  
  
  • Real Humans
  
  
  • x-plane
  
  
  • Luftwaffe Commander
    
  
  

Controllers

Cougar World

• URL: http://cougar.frugalsworld.com/
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • Very Bad news for the Cougar...
  
  
  • Poll: How satisfied are you with your Cougar?
  
  
  • Covers For your Cougars!!!
  
  
  
  
  
• Cougar Hardware / Firmware Issues:
  
  
  
  • *Mods and Tweaks*
  
  
  
  

Systems

• Frugals World: System Mods and Tweaks
  

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