Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 2.0

PC Pilot Platinum Award.

LockOn: Flaming Cliffs 2.0 requires Lock On or LockOn: Flaming Cliffs 1.x.

LockOn: Flaming Cliffs 2.0 is a further evolution of LockOn: Flaming Cliffs. In Flaming Cliffs 2.0, all of the player-controlled aircraft available in Flaming Cliffs have been transferred to the virtual environment created for the Digital Combat Simulator series, started with DCS: Black Shark. Flaming Cliffs 2.0 is a PC-based combat flight simulation of the following modern combat aircraft:

• Su-27
• Su-33
• Su-25
• Su-25T
• MiG-29
• MiG-29S
• F-15C
• A-10A

The geographical territory modeled encompasses the region of the western Caucasus mountains from Kuban to Georgia.

Flaming Cliffs 2.0 features a new graphical user interface, new mission editor, which includes a trigger system for scripting actions and events, updated graphics engine, new player campaigns, and many other improvements.

Changes and improvements over Flaming Cliffs are the following:

Territory

The geographical theatre, which encompasses the western Caucasus region, including Krasnodarksy Krai, Stavropolsky Krai, Republic of Adygea, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Republic of Abkhazia, and Georgia. The added territories of western Georgia are created using a higher-resolution 3D mesh.

Missions and campaigns

New mission editor with a trigger system for scripting actions and events, which allows for the creation of interactive missions where mission events depend on player actions.

Aircrafts and helicopters

Ability to shift the viewpoint inside the cockpits of all player-controlled aircraft to a limited degree.

Ballistic gun systems

All ballistic gun systems in the simulation are modeled according to their firing tables and projectile characteristics, including the circular error probable. This includes systems ranging from infantry machine guns to naval and self-propelled artillery, as well as aircraft cannon, such as the Gh-301, GSh-30, M61 Vulcan, and GAU-8/A Avenger.

3D models

New weapon models implemented include: AIM-9P “Sidewinder” short-range air-to-air missile, S-8OFP blast-fragmentation unguided rocket, S-8OM illumination rocket.

Sound

New sound engine, which allows to process a larger number of sound sources with improved effects and includes modeling of the speed of sound to calculate the delay between actions and their audible sound effects.

Network

New anti-cheating system for online play, which verifies the integrity and equivalency of files as configured by the game server.

Network compatibility with DCS: Black Shark, which allows for combined play using combat helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft in one virtual combat environment.