Jesus Christ, I didn't click the link to see that behemoth before. I was referring to the cheaper sticks like the Hotas X.
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Jesus Christ, I didn't click the link to see that behemoth before. I was referring to the cheaper sticks like the Hotas X.
Ars Technica did a multi-page article on the Thrustmaster Warthog a few weeks back. If I had too much money I'd have to buy one, and then Elite Dangerous plus Rift DK2.
I will purchase that and use it to play Freespace 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
Back when Freespace was new I bought a pimpin $150 Saitek stick to play it. The stick was godly, but it was way too complicated and after two uses I went back to my Wingman joystick. Such waste.
If that's the one I'm thinking of I still want it because it's one of the cheaper models to have a legit throttle, but has somehow still not dropped below $100 despite being stupid old with only minor revisions to eventually make a USB version.
This is the stick I used for xwing/tf. It's quality, while not being stupid expensive/complicated.
http://www.amazon.com/CH-Products-Fl...dp/B00006B84V/
Of course it was a serial connection before. I don't think I'll ever have the time to play these games again but I'm tempted.
So do I play the 1994 or 1998 versions of these?
I would have to check this, but I want to say that the earlier versions were on floppy disks and the later versions were on CD with extra missions and sounds (voice?).
Wikipedia:1998 also includes dinput support, I believe, so that seems like the clear winner across the board.Quote:
LucasArts offered a pre-release demo on two floppy disks bundled with Computer Gaming World. The single-mission demo, sponsored by Dodge and featuring an ad for the Dodge Neon, advertises a spring 1994 TIE Fighter release. However, TIE Fighter was not released until July 1994, 17 months after X-Wing 's debut. The Defender of the Empire expansion, which adds three battles, came out soon thereafter. Later that year, LucasArts released a Collector’s CD-ROM version of X-Wing using TIE Fighter 's updated graphics engine.
In 1995, TIE Fighter also received a Collector's CD-ROM. The CD-ROM version offered optional enhanced SVGA graphics, increasing the game's resolution from 320x200 to 640x480.[2] The cinematic cutscenes were also enhanced, and the game received numerous voiceovers. The CD-ROM includes the previously released Defender of the Empire expansion and an additional Enemies of the Empire expansion. This CD-ROM also added support for gameplay under Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9.
TIE Fighter is part of the 1998 X-Wing Collector Series, which also includes updated versions of X-Wing and a pared-down version of X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. This version drops DOS support, installing only under Windows 9x. TIE Fighter and X-Wing use the X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter flight engine, which adds 3D-accelerated graphics and texture mapping. The MIDI-based interactive soundtrack used in previous versions is replaced by looped Red Book audio recordings of John Williams' Star Wars score.[2] This version also requires a joystick; previously, players could use a mouse and keyboard. This version was later bundled with the X-Wing Trilogy, which includes X-Wing and X-Wing Alliance.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16879337003Quote:
Originally Posted by MechDeus