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  #21  
Old October 5th 06, 06:06 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
ctrl
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Does anyone know if any of these simulators work on Laptops. I tried
installing Silent Wings, but it refused because the graphics card
wasn't up to it.

  #22  
Old October 5th 06, 07:24 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Paul Surgeon
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nimbusgb wrote:
- Aerotow and winch are scripted and are not modeled too well. Rope
doesn't seem to stretch and the winch operator will pull you along at
200km/h if you let him instead of regulating the winch speed. Tug plane
isn't affected by the environment.


Some truth in this but its minor, Condor is race training / XC
focussed. The petty stuff is on the to-do list for the future.


So basically you're saying that Condor is more of a game and isn't focused
on simulating things accurately?
I'd hardly call launching procedures "petty stuff".

Paul

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Old October 5th 06, 07:28 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Paul Surgeon
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ctrl wrote:

Does anyone know if any of these simulators work on Laptops. I tried
installing Silent Wings, but it refused because the graphics card
wasn't up to it.


Ah the bane of laptops ...
What graphics chipset is it using?
Does it have dedicated video memory or does it use shared system memory?

If it's one of those slow (practically non-accelerated) Sis or Intel jobs
with shared video memory you're unlikely to have a nice flight experience
anyway. Flying with less than 1 frame per second is no fun.

Paul

  #24  
Old October 5th 06, 08:54 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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In message , Capt.
Geoffrey Thorpe writes
"Bruce Greef" wrote in message
.. .
subpilot wrote:
Which of these are best for simulated landings and patterns?

Bob

SFS-PC is designed for this kind of flying.


SFS stands for...???


Soaring Flight Simulator.

http://www.sfspc.de/index_e.htm


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  #25  
Old October 5th 06, 03:45 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Paul Surgeon wrote:
So basically you're saying that Condor is more of a game and isn't focused
on simulating things accurately?
I'd hardly call launching procedures "petty stuff".

Paul


Get a grip Paul.

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Old October 5th 06, 04:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bruce Greef
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ctrl wrote:
Does anyone know if any of these simulators work on Laptops. I tried
installing Silent Wings, but it refused because the graphics card
wasn't up to it.

All depends on the Notebook.

My HP NC8230 (1.86Ghz, 512MB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon X600 with 128MB dedicated
RAM.) does a fine job on SFS-PC.

Have to drop the resolution from 1680x1050 to something more reasonable -
1200X800 is fine.

All of the simulators do a lot of texture rendering so expect to need a decent
OpenGL capable card for good results.

Cheers
Bruce
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Old October 6th 06, 07:52 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Paul Surgeon
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Bruce Greef wrote:
All of the simulators do a lot of texture rendering so expect to need a
decent OpenGL capable card for good results.


Or in the case of Condor a card with good DirectX support (a feature most 3D
accelerated cards support nowdays).

Anything in the nVidia FX 5200 range and up should work fine but a lot of
laptops are aimed at displaying spreadsheets and word documents so they
stick in a really cheap graphics chipset.
That's one of the reasons why "gaming" laptops are a lot more expensive.

Paul

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Old May 21st 18, 05:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Does anybody here own old SFS PC 3.0 Soaring Sim for Dos? It seems to be complete abandonware now?
  #29  
Old May 21st 18, 06:17 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot)
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A least through Windows XP, you could run emulator mode for DOS programs. The multiple translations will slow it down though.

If you have old hardware, then.......really, look at Dell refurbished, you can get a supported Windows OS, decent hardware for maybe $300 with a warranty.

I hate to spend money, but I do at times.
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Old May 21st 18, 08:26 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Saturday, September 30, 2006 at 5:59:16 AM UTC-7, Gary Emerson wrote:
Greetings,

Off season (northern hemisphere) is coming. What are the top 2-3
soaring simulators or is there a clear winner?

Thanks,

Gary


Wow, from 2006.. nice necro

The current answer to op's 2006 question is different than it was in 2006. Back then, Condor was the soaring sim to have or beat.

But not everything lasts forever so in 2018 the answer is (wait for it) Condor2.

http://www.condorsoaring.com/
or
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/condor2.htm


 




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