Software:Lock On: Modern Air Combat
| Lock On: Modern Air Combat | |
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| Developer(s) | Eagle Dynamics |
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| Director(s) | Nick Grey |
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| Genre(s) | Air combat simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Lock On: Modern Air Combat or LOMAC, known in Russia as LockOn: Современная боевая авиация, is a modern combat flight simulator developed by Eagle Dynamics and published by Ubisoft in Europe and 1C Company in Russia. It is a continuation of the Flanker series.[3]
The series spawned the Flaming Cliffs series of aircraft modules for Digital Combat Simulator.
Gameplay
Lock On is a survey sim[4] originally featuring a selection of playable American and Soviet aircraft:
The game features both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat including combat air patrol, dogfighting, airstrikes, close air support, SEAD and anti-surface warfare. It simulates takeoff and landing including carrier operations with the Su-33 and Kuznetsov-class carrier. Over 40 non-playable AI airplanes are present including support from AWACS aircraft and refueling tankers.
Flaming Cliffs
Flaming Cliffs (2005)
Lock On: Flaming Cliffs is a continuation of Lock On: Modern Air Combat. It adds additional content including a playable Su-25T, new missions and updated textures.[5] Three singleplayer campaigns are included. Flaming Cliffs and Hot Wind are set in mountainous Abkhazia, depicting a flashpoint involving NATO, Georgia, Russia and local insurgent forces. Last Ditch depicts a conflict between Russia and Crimean separatists supported by NATO.
Flaming Cliffs 2 (2010)
Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 2 is a further evolution of Lock On: Flaming Cliffs. All of the player-controlled aircraft have been transferred to the virtual environment created for the Digital Combat Simulator series. It features a new GUI and mission editor. AI flight models, gun ballistics, 3D models and sound are improved. Flaming Cliffs 2 is network-compatible with DCS: Black Shark.[6]
Flaming Cliffs 3 (2012)
Flaming Cliffs 3 was released as a DCS World module, porting all flyable aircraft into the DCS World game client.[7]
Flaming Cliffs 2024
Flaming Cliffs 2024 was released in July 2024, expanding the collection of aircraft to include the F-86, MiG-15 and F-5.[8] All Flaming Cliffs aircraft received free graphic updates that same year.[9] The new aircraft were adapted from work created for another Eagle Dynamics product, Modern Air Combat, which was "shelved" earlier in 2024.[10]
Reception
The editors of Computer Gaming World nominated Lock On: Modern Air Combat for their 2003 "Flight Simulation of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lock On home page (Russian)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 MobyGames page on Lock On: Modern Air Combat
- ↑ "LockOn: Modern Air Combat". https://www.lockon.ru/en/modern_air_combat/.
- ↑ DCS FAQ
- ↑ "LockOn: Flaming Cliffs". https://www.lockon.ru/en/flaming_cliffs/.
- ↑ "LockOn: Flaming Cliffs 2". https://www.lockon.ru/en/flaming_cliffs_2/.
- ↑ "Announcing Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3" (in en-US). September 2012. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/77974-announcing-lock-on-flaming-cliffs-3/.
- ↑ "Eagle Dynamics Announces Flaming Cliffs 2024 for DCS featuring new iconic modules.". 2024-04-26. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/newsletters/eeb2fe2332a222c24324f91c143c8ed0/.
- ↑ "A look at the new Flaming Cliff 3 aircraft visual updates". 2024-02-25. https://stormbirds.blog/2024/02/25/a-look-at-the-new-flaming-cliff-3-aircraft-visual-updates/.
- ↑ "What happened to MAC and my thoughts on Flaming Cliffs 2024". 2024-07-18. https://stormbirds.blog/2024/06/18/what-happened-to-mac-and-my-thoughts-on-flaming-cliffs-2024/.
- ↑ ((Editors of CGW )) (March 2004). "Computer Gaming World's 2003 Games of the Year". Computer Gaming World (236): 57–60, 62–69.
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