Sim Community Observer
By Ed Reddy

Article Type: Simulation Community
Article Date: January 4 - January 10, 2002

Headlines:      New World War I mod for "Fighter Squadron: Screamin Demons Over Europe"      New Strike Fighters planes      WWII Ace Joe Foss is dead      F4UT needs your help!      Operation Flashpoint: Rts-3 released!

Media Sites:

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

Game and Hardware-Specific Sites:

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

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COMBATSIM.COM

• URL: http://www.combatsim.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Game News:
    
    
    
    • IGI 2: Covert Strike Multiplayer Beta Test (link after Jan 13.)
      
    • IGI 2: Single Player Demo Release Date Announced (link after Jan 13.)
      
    • StarWraith 3D Demo Updated (link after Jan 13.)
      
    • Command & Conquer Renegade Retail Patches & Server v1.036 (link after Jan 13.)
      
    • Praetorians Demo (link after Jan 13.)
      
    • No Name War Details (link after Jan 13.)
      
    • New IL-2Sturmovik.com Forum Moderators (link after Jan 13.)
      
    • Blitzkrieg Screenshots (link after Jan 13.)
      
    • New LO:MAC Screenshots
      
    • Delta Force Black Hawk Down SP Demo
      
    • C&C Generals Goes Beta
      
    • Do Real Pilots Prefer IL-2 Sturmovik?
      
    • Updated Min Specs for LO:MAC
      
    • Raven Shield Demo v1.1 is out!
      
    • American Conquest $10,000 Contest
      
    • Soldner: Secret Wars Reveals AFV
      
    • Medieval: Total War: Viking Invasion
      
    • New Harpoon4 Site
      
    • Raven Shield Demo Patch Imminent
      
    • 3D Gamers Gets Face-Lift
      
    • Matrix Games Forms Alliance
      
    • Demo: Enigma: Rising Tide Tech. A Demo
      
    • Hiring: Matrix Games Seeks Developers
      
    • New Title: Just Flight Announces FS Traffic 2002
      
    • Service: AlienPants Creates MMPOG Consultancy Div.
      
    
    
  • Military News:
    
    
    
    • AH-1Z Super Cobra Completes Envelope Expansion Testing (link after Jan 13.)
      
    • Lockheed Martin $341 Million for PAC-3
      
    • India Plans Ballistic Missile Tests
      
    • Blue Angels Commence Winter Training
      
    • Boeing Demonstrates New Network-Centric Warfare Capability
      
    • Rolls-Royce Awards JSF Contract to Philips Aerospace
      
    • Lockheed Martin Delivers First F/A-22 Raptor
      
    • Army Acquires "Smart" Pickup
      
    • New Battlefield Bandage
      
    • Contract: Expanded Excalibur Contract
      
    • Tech: Naval Robot Mine Sweeper
      
    • Contract: Brazil Suspends Fighter Jet Deal
      
    
    
  • Articles:
    
    
    
    • Papa 51
      
    • Run Silent
      
    • Armored Assault Review
      
    • American Conquest
      
    
    
  
  

Frugals World of Simulations

• URL: http://www.frugalsworld.com
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • Poll: Will Lo-Mac be the new king!!?!
    
  
  

MigMan

• URL: http://www.migman.com
  
  
• Contests:
  
  
  
  • Microsoft and MiGMan competition
    
  
  
• Articles:
  
  
  
  • DUMMIES GUIDE to installing and setting up the Thrustmaster H.O.T.A.S. Cougar
    
  • Relive the glory days - ThunderHawk
    
  • Combat Air Patrol
    
  • Tips for getting Jetfighter 2 to run on contemporary PCs
    
  • Added scans of the box art and contents for Microsoft Flight Simulator 98
    
  • Hi-Tech Aircraft
    
  
  

SimHQ

• URL: http://www.simhq.com
  
  
• Articles:
  
  
  
  • Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
    
  • Interview with Jim Richardson the President of NaturalPoint
    
  
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • New World War I mod for "Fighter Squadron: Screamin Demons Over Europe"
    
  • New Strike Fighters planes
    
  • UbiSoft unveiles www.Harpoon4.UBI.com
    
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • ***Word association***
    
  • Every time a topic I start scrolls...
    
  • British Army officer doesn't trust USAF
    
  • BOB: Here's what happened (Continued)
    
  • MP game on.
    
  • OT:AC130 video
    
  
  
  

Subsim.com

• URL: http://www.subsim.com
  
• Articles:
  
  
  
  • New Subguru Campaign for SC
    
  • Don Wells' SH1 XP Tips
    
  
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • JDS Kirishima Deploys To the War on Terrorism
    
  • Ark Royal heads for Gulf
    
  • High School Students To Recreate First U.S. Sub
    
  • Russian navy to scrap one-fifth of its ships due to shortage of funds
    
  • Russia seeks more money from U.S. to fund scrapping of nuclear subs
    
  • Roosevelt group to prepare to deploy
    
  • South Carolina memorial comm-emorates Cold War submariners
    
  • Ukrainian navy hopes to put sole submarine to use
    
  • Next-generation aircraft carrier on course for construction in 2007
    
  
  
  

Wargamer.com

• URL: http://www.wargamer.com
  
  
• Contests:
  
  
  
  • Newsletter G.I. Combat Contest
    
  • Games That Sell!" Contest/Survey
    
  • Scenario Design Contest
  
  
  
  
• Articles:
  
  
  
  • PC Game Preview: Rise of Nations
    
  • PC Game Review: Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
    
  • PC Game Preview: Master of Orion III
    
  • PC Game Review: Soldiers of Anarchy
    
  • Screenshots Feature: IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles
    
  
  
• Wargamer's latest news (updated daily)
  

MilitaryGamer.com

• URL: http://www.militarygamer.com
  
  
• Articles:
  
  
  
  • At the Bar with Bis - The Arms of Manuals - To Print Or Not To Print?
    
  • JoWood Games & Wings Simulations Söldner Developer Diary Part II
    
  • Airborne Assault AAR Beach Assault -Beach Assault on Juno Beach Part VII - The Final Turn
    
  
  
• MGO's latest news (updated daily)
  

Game-Specific Sites

Combat Flight Simulator 2 & 3

• URL: CFS2: http://www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs2/
  
• URL: CFS3: http://www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs3/
  
• URL: CFS Insider: http://microsoftgamesinsider.com/CFSInsider
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • WWII Ace Joe Foss is dead
    
  • Play CFS3 with Intel 845 graphics
    
  
  
  
• New downloads from Flightsim.com
  
• To download, login and in Main / File Libraries (Downloads) / Search File Libraries, copy and paste in the bolded zipped file name.
  
  
  
  • CFS/CFS2/FS2000 P51D Mustang - p51dg.zip
    
  • CFS Junkers Ju-87G Stuka - ju87g_ew.zip
    
  • CFS Messerschmitt BF-109f - bf109few.zip
    
  • CFS2/FS2002 ME309V4 - me309v4.zip
    
  • CFS2 Consolidated B-24 Liberator Update - lbg_cfs.zip
    
  • CFS2 Instrument Panel For Arado Ar-234 - ar234pnl.zip
    
  
  

CFS Pilots

• URL: http://www.cfspilots.50megs.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Gazette 181 ** Exclusive Gulf War **
    
  
  

Day of Defeat

• URL: http://www.dayofdefeatmod.com
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • Reasons you should NOT vote Republican
    
  • Post Who You Think Is the Hottest
    
  • MWiP-Russian Pak
    
  • United mappers project?
    
  • Mer Svenskar tack!
    
  
  

F4 Unified Team

• URL: http://f4ut.frugalsworld.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • F4UT needs your help!
    
  • Mirage Screenshots
    
    
  
  

Falcon IV / V

• Community Sites:
  
  
  
  • E-Razor's E-Team
  
  
  
  
• Site no longer followed due to inactivity.
  

Flanker

• URL: http://www.flanker2.com
  
  
• Flanker 2 discussions has moved to the Lock-On: Modern Air Combat Forums.
  

FS:SDOE Information Center

• URL: http://www.fightersquadron.com/index.php3
  
• Forums are currently offline. We will investigate and get back to you.
  

IL-2 Sturmovik

• URL: http://www.il2sturmovik.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Poll Results and New Poll
    
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • For P-51 lovers. READ! For P-51 haters. Don't bother.
    
  • What kinda work do IL-2'ers do?
    
  • why are british modern combat jets so crap, when we see the best of british coming in FB?
    
  • PLEASE! ATTENTION! PLEASE COPY TO OTHERS!
    
  • The Advantage of Smooth Trim, see for yourself.
    
  • Word Association
    
  • Eurotroll Gathering!
    
  • All European heads of state are Fnebs!
    
  
  
  
• Downloads:
  
  
  
  • Paint Schemes
  
  
  
  

LO:MAC

• URL: http://www.lo-mac.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Minimum Specifications
    
  • Check Six Interview
    
  • Weekly Screens
    
  
  

GI Combat

• URL: http://www.gicombat.com
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • The North Korean issue – you have it wrong
    
  • Targeting footage from an AC-130 over Afghanistan
    
  
  
  

Operation Flashpoint

• URL: http://www.flashpoint1985.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • OPFLASH ADDON: CAMEL BETA
    
  
  
  
• Complete Addons & Mods listing. Updates and mods added daily!
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • Mf conquer the island
    
  • Rts-3 released
    
  • Map filename convention
    
  • Finnish defence forces
    
  
  

Massively Multiplayer

Aces High

• URL: http://www.hitechcreations.com
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Aces High Championship Shootout Winners
    
  
  
  
• Events:
  
  
  
  • For all events including Snapshots, TOD, and more!
    
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • Whose you most feared pilot?
    
  • Bring the Ki.84-I Hayate "Frank" to Aces High
    
  • HTC: What I learn't from AH and WW2OL in the last month
    
  • The Atomic bomb...why we used it..
    
  
  

America's Army

• URL: http://www.americasarmy.com
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • General:
    
    
    
    • www.trAAcker.com --- Get your AA stats here
      
    • Teammates say the craziest things!
      
    • Positive Karma: Outstanding Players
      
    • Busted cheaters
      
    • www.trAAcker.com --- Get your AA stats here
      
    
    
    
  • R&R
    
    
    
    • Vote kicked by clan st-6 people from DEV's server pic’s inside
      
    • what weapons do you have in your home?
      
    • Let's put a name with a face!
      
    • THE OFFICIAL BUMP THREAD
      
    
    
  
  

Fighter Ace

• URL: http://fighterace.jaleco.com/
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Current Issues and Actions
    
  
  
  
• Events:
  
  
  
  • This weeks events!
    
  
  

WarBirds

• URL: http://www.totalsims.com
  
  
• All Warbirds (II & III) Events:
  
  
  
  • Events Calendar
  
  
  
  

WWII Online

• URL: Playnet Site 1
  
• URL: Playnet Site 2
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Channel Dash 2?
    
  • Patch 1.75 released today
    
  • WWII Online at the Macworld expo
    
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • Off-Topic
    
    
    
    • WHO THE fudge DID THIS?!?!!?!?
      
    • OFFICIAL HOT CHIX THREAD™ - Version 4.0 released!!!!
      
    • ***Download Mystery Science Theatre 3000 in here***
      
    
    
    
  • The Barracks:
    
    
    
    • AHC IV CORP 80th Scout Sniper Division (pwns)
      
    • Allied Strike Team.....General Enlistment
      
    • BIGGEST All UK Squad in WWIIOL! UK, European and GMT Timezone Players Read
      
    
    
  • The Harbour:
    
    
    
    • DOC, GOPHUR, Rats - Naval Gameplay Improves with these CPs. (New Pics Pg5)
      
    • Beyond the Destroyer: Again, with the persistent units
      
    • Photo Gallery For The New Forums--Surface
      
    • It is Naval Tradition to keep this YELLOW folder on page 1.....
      
    
    
  • The Hangar:
    
    
    
    • You wanna shot at Top Gun? --- LADDER FULL & POSTED --
      
    • 111 th RAF Air Squadron (BKB's Air Branch a 24/7 squad)is looking for members
      
    • JG53 is seeking dedicated new recruits to fly the Bf 110, He 111 and the Ju 87
      
    
    
  • The Motor Pool:
    
    
    
    • Concealment - it works BACKWARDS in WWIIOL & fixing it would be revolutionary
      
    • hopes this stops some bickering on what a HS. 20mm HE should do.. ENJOY..
      
    • CRS: What are these guys doing to their Flak36's???
      
    
    
  
  

Usenet

Flight-sim Usenet

• URL: Click Here
  
  
• Discussions:
  
  
  
  • Papadoc grabs at straws again
    
  • OT A Pop Quiz on the Middle East
    
  
  

Controllers

Cougar World

• URL: http://cougar.frugalsworld.com/
  
  
• News:
  
  
  
  • Latest News
    
  
  
  
• Forums:
  
  
  
  • *Mods and Tweaks*
    
  • Upgrade to Cougar HS kit available
  
  
  • EvenStrain Gimbals Production
    
  
  

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