Styggron wrote:Hello everyone,
I'm new here and just settling in and still in awe at A2A's work.
I have a quick question that I could not find the answer to.
The Spitfire is available with just the plane and of course the ACU SIM add on.
First question:
- With the plane only purchase, you obviously get the plane model. Does it have and all the functionality in the cockpit ? ie all the controls work ? (I don't know if cockpit functionality is ACU Sim or the model itself)
- Do you get the checklists / pilot notes or is that ACU Sim only ? I know checklists are in the manual, but is the walk around and the on screen checklists ACU Sim or are they with the model ?
- Are the spitfire sounds with the model or are they part of ACU Sim add on ?
From my rudimentary understanding, the realism the bumps, creaks, sounds, engine behaviour is of ACU Sim I don't think it comes with the model. Sounds would only be basic FSX ones....maybe...I don't know.
So I was wondering what the Spitfire and indeed other planes on A2A website are like *without* the ACU Sim add on
Second Question:
If you have ACU Sim with a plane, can it be "turned off" or made "less realistic" ? I know this defeats the purpose of course, I guess this would be controlled in FSX's realism settings? Don't get me wrong, I would not be turning off ACU SIM, I was just wondering if it can be controlled etc.
Thank you everyone. Thank you wonderful A2A
Here is how I look at Accusim;
Without Accusim, you should find that any A2A produced aircraft purchased to be used in FSX to be the absolute best that can be produced using all that the base Microsoft Flight Simulator code can handle. The plane with this restriction is a beautiful reproduction, the flight model is adequate, and everything that works in FSX works with the A2A aircraft. The difference from the default airplanes is in the graphics and detail on and within the A2A product. The A2A product is FAR superior in every respect and you should enjoy it for what it represents; the ultimate that can be purchased without Accusim.
Enter Accusim;
Scott Gentile is a perfectionist as is the entire team at A2A. It was this constant quest for perfection that led Scott to envision Accusim. What Accusim does is begin where Microsoft ended your simulation experience. Accusim takes an already superior product into the next dimension of realism and immersion. Accusim takes the aircraft and immerses it into the real world of physics allowing the plane to exist and function according to real laws of mechanics. It introduces sound, visuals, reaction, action, and most importantly, unpredictability into the flight model. The plane now MUST follow the natural laws of physics or it reacts as it would in real life, which can now present problems to be solved by the pilot where without Accusim there wouldn't have been a problem.
You can treat a non-Accumimmed aircraft badly all day long in FSX and get away with doing that. Do the same thing using Accusim and you will be solving a issue in no time at all.
Without Accusim, it's just a simulator. With Accusim, it's a real world simulation.
Dudley Henriques