Is there anything like a source port of Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat? I suppose this is not it.
You might be interested in Tiny Combat Arena on Steam. Definitely not a source port, but shaping up as a spiritual successor.
Linux Air Combat: free, lightweight and open-source combat flight simulator
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Re: Linux Air Combat: free, lightweight and open-source combat flight simulator
#82I've wanted a more accessible combat flight simulator. Something like DCS or Falcon BMS with realistic flight physics, but more arcade controls (the aircraft should handle realistically, but I shouldn't have to spend 20 minutes starting the aircraft and pushing simulated buttons and switches in the cockpit, even though I have a great appreciation for that level of detail). I don't want my aircraft to have 99 missiles…
Every aircraft in DCS has an auto start function.
Re: Linux Air Combat: free, lightweight and open-source combat flight simulator
#83I've wanted a more accessible combat flight simulator. Something like DCS or Falcon BMS with realistic flight physics, but more arcade controls (the aircraft should handle realistically, but I shouldn't have to spend 20 minutes starting the aircraft and pushing simulated buttons and switches in the cockpit, even though I have a great appreciation for that level of detail). I don't want my aircraft to have 99 missiles…
If MSFS was a Bethesda game that mod would be the best-selling mod of any mod
Re: Linux Air Combat: free, lightweight and open-source combat flight simulator
#84Anyone wanting to get into flight simulator programming, I found this little gem of a book "Flights of fantasy" https://archive.org/details/flightsoffantasy00lamp It's old but some concepts still apply
I bought this over 20 years ago and still have my copy. I definitely recommend it.
Re: Linux Air Combat: free, lightweight and open-source combat flight simulator
#85A couple other lightweight flight sims I haven't seen mentioned yet are VTOL VR (VR only as the name suggests) and YSFLIGHT
Can't recommend VTOL VR enough. Started out with one semi-futuristic jet-pod VTOL aircraft, but has since added a camancheesque helo and an F15-like strike fighter. It does have _some_ pomp in the startup, but really just enough to get you immersed. Something really compelling about pulling the canopy down, waving to your gunner up front, and starting the rotor spinning before easing the collective up and heading to the first waypoint.
Weapons systems are similarly difficult-but-not-complex. Have had tons of fun in multiplayer with my kids dogfighting, doing missions, and even full-on wargames with randos online.
Re: Linux Air Combat: free, lightweight and open-source combat flight simulator
#86I've wanted a more accessible combat flight simulator. Something like DCS or Falcon BMS with realistic flight physics, but more arcade controls (the aircraft should handle realistically, but I shouldn't have to spend 20 minutes starting the aircraft and pushing simulated buttons and switches in the cockpit, even though I have a great appreciation for that level of detail). I don't want my aircraft to have 99 missiles…
If MSFS was a Bethesda game that mod would be the best-selling mod of any mod
Who sells mods for money?
Re: Linux Air Combat: free, lightweight and open-source combat flight simulator
#87Anyone wanting to get into flight simulator programming, I found this little gem of a book "Flights of fantasy" https://archive.org/details/flightsoffantasy00lamp It's old but some concepts still apply
Found this at a Saver's a few years back (amazing place to find odd books)! Great book to own even if only to see the history of serious flight sim dev from the early days.
Re: Linux Air Combat: free, lightweight and open-source combat flight simulator
#88I've wanted a more accessible combat flight simulator. Something like DCS or Falcon BMS with realistic flight physics, but more arcade controls (the aircraft should handle realistically, but I shouldn't have to spend 20 minutes starting the aircraft and pushing simulated buttons and switches in the cockpit, even though I have a great appreciation for that level of detail). I don't want my aircraft to have 99 missiles…
No idea if there is something similar native to Linux and Open Source, but back in the day I had lots of fun playing "Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers", which today works with WINE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48L16mmR19Y
Re: Linux Air Combat: free, lightweight and open-source combat flight simulator
#89Aces High 3 is a really fun similar fighting ww2 based combat sim
It's probably the best of its kind (mmo), but the number of players is constantly (slowly) decreasing. Mostly from players getting too old or dieing. Alternatives: Warbirds has even lower numbers. I'm not sure about the current state of the war in the air in WW2-Online. Can an open source game of this kind find players? Probably not many, but possibly dedicated ones. The problem with that target group is that someone…
Wait, Warbirda and WW2 Online are still around?
Re: Linux Air Combat: free, lightweight and open-source combat flight simulator
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're comparing something that literally looks like a movie to a game that nobody would even dare giving away for free in cereal packs.
Giving kids a flight sim in cereal packs? One purposefully made for Linux no less sounds like an awful idea. Of course they don't do that.
Does any cereal still come with toys?