Lock On : Modern Air Combat

It’s been a really long time since any combat flight simulation has garnered as much anticipation as Eagle Dynamics' Lock On: Modern Air Combat. Famed for their previous work in the highly respected Flanker series, the Russian developers continue the tradition in giving us what we’ve come to expect from them and more. For starters, LOMAC features five flyable aircraft: the F-15C, the A-10 Warthog, the Mig-29 Fulcrum, the Sukhoi-25 and -27 with an extra naval Flanker variant, the Su-33. All of which sport hi-fidelity physics and flight modeling. Unlike other simulations that give us a survey feel with multiple aircraft and generic modeling or the one centric simulation that focuses on one specific aircraft, all of the models in LOMAC are reputed to be highly accurate. In fact, several of the aircraft have been tested and verified by current and former air force pilots. The single CD sports a 1.2 gigabyte footprint on your hard drive and retail packages come with a rather skimpy keycard and a 130-odd-page PDF manual. Being very much a pen and paper person, I’ve often expressed displeasure in having to refer to PDF manuals for information. Additionally, I feel somewhat indignant when paying full retail for a product and not getting something like the manual, especially important in titles like these, in a paperback format. Granted, the retail price may have influenced the economics here - given that most titles these days at retail cost about fifty dollars, LOMAC comes in at ten bucks less, thus softening any further displeasure. The good news here is that the manual is far from incomplete; it’s been written in an organized and concise fashion. Most of everything you need to know and comprehend is available for perusal – and if specific topics need to be addressed, various chapter points and their assorted topics are easily referenced. Certain segments such as avionics familiarization can be daunting especially when there are several different cockpits and sub-modes to be accustomed to. The manual however, doesn’t include much about the game’s menu-driven system nor does it discuss the campaign system in any detail. Reading only goes so far, and being cognizant about it, the developers have included in-game tutorials in the form of training tracks that greatly aid in visualization and further understanding. It should be noted that both forms of instruction are required if you plan on mastering any one of the featured aircraft. The tracks allow you to view the material as well as “jump in” and assume control of the aircraft. You’d find going back and forth between the manual and tutorials to be a very rewarding proposition. I can’t express enough how elated I was when things “connected” as a result of doing a little homework and how far this will take you in your LOMAC experience. There’s nothing worse than not knowing your “how-to’s” when you’re in the thick of it with an aggressor bearing down on you, after realizing that the proverbial “turn n’ burn” technique you’re so fond of isn’t cutting it… Needless to say, this isn’t a flight simulation that you’ll put away or shelf in a week. Even the hardest of the ‘hardcore’ would require refresher courses to get the most out of LOMAC. The simulation is also accessible to novice pilots too - there’s something for everyone at every level here. We’ve had several playable builds in here for a few months now and sometimes, it feels like we’ve only just scratched the surface. The avionics and tutorials are but a few testaments to the depth that you’ll find in LOMAC. Upon starting up the simulation, you’re offered six instant action type missions and several options within a cockpit cleverly disguised as a user interface: Show Replay Training Open Mission Mission Editor Network Play Campaign Fast Battle Planner Options Encyclopedia Pilot Log Book Training is pretty self explanatory and is segmented by aircraft for familiarization purposes. Also included within this section are basic and “Top Gun” maneuvers. The Encyclopedia is more of a reference guide in 3D that will get you acquainted with the vast assortment of weapons, vehicles and aircraft you’ll encounter. If logging your flight time is your thing, you can add your own logs to the log book, and upon closer examination, you’ll find the key members of the development team and their pictures in there too. The user interface isn’t as simplistic as others that have come by of late, but it’s not counter intuitive either. Veterans of the Flanker series would be very comfortable here – LOMAC’s interface comes as a big improvement over the ones in Eagle Dynamic’s previous offerings. The Open Mission, Mission Editor and Fast Battle Planner (FBP) options are all somewhat related. You can create a scenario in the FBP, then save it, open it and play it later on down the road, or use the editor to make the necessary changes. Those missions can then be shared across the internet, further ‘enhanced’ thru editing and tweaking. The FBP is the key to your tactical engagements – you can set up specific adversaries with corresponding skills, and then edit the whole mission out and add your own supporting flight, ground troops/vehicles and before you know it, you’ve got a full-blown dramatic scenario on your hands. All of which would certainly help extend the replay ability of the game over the years. This is in part the heart of the simulation. How far your experience with LOMAC goes would depend on how willing you are to create your own custom missions. The other key part of the simulation is the non-dynamic campaign system. Based on a hypothetical conflict between forces in the Crimean region, the tours will have both A2A and A2G based campaigns, one of each from both sides. The aircraft-specific campaigns feature only the F-15, the A-10, the SU-27 and SU-25. This stuck me as a little odd seeing how we have a flyable Mig-29 and there’s no campaign for it. From the missions I have tried, each sortie will take a good 30 – 40 minutes to complete; from pre-flight, weapon selection, taking off and landing – assuming that you make it that far. There are about 20 odd missions to complete.

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Crillie (2004-12-30)

Hur får man igång det? Hur packar man upp?

Truchier (2004-12-30)

Det är en BIN fil, så du får använda dig utav Daemon-Tools eller bränna ut avbilden (D-Tools skapar en avbild utav skivan lokalt på datorn)

RaynoR (2005-01-02)

SNälla Börja Seeda den igen då!!

mr_yeahman (2005-01-06)

seeda

NFSU2 (2005-01-07)

använd Alcohol 120% eller CloneCD mounta inga patchar fungerar eller ens behövs spelet kräver senaste grafikkort drivers från ATI eller Nvidia

anelz_89 (2005-02-05)

VAD F*N E DAEMO TOLS???

Fiskunge (2005-02-26)

Där har ni Daemon-Tools.

CArL-13 (2005-03-09)

asså jag verkar bara fått en bin fil, man måste ju ha en cue fil också.

dafosti (2005-04-28)

sweet spel :D det här måste jag tanka

kaz-opu (2005-06-13)

Daemon-Tools fungerar inte på min dator, och Alcohol 120% stödjer ju inte .bin filer. Hur ska jag då göra för att öppna filen?

zubutix (2005-07-04)

oh jaa! låt mig få ner detta så ska jag fortsätta seeda. fan vad jag har väntat på detta lir!! Tack för uppladdningen Truchier!! :)

zubutix (2005-07-04)

hm i nero gick det inte att bränna den som image. bara en BIN fil räcker nog inte. En ISO fil går ju bra dock. Vet inte om man kan ändra ändelsen till ISO från BIN?
Daemon tools fungerade.

søppelmannen (2005-07-10)

Download WinISO... it converts .bin to .iso and visa versa

BeearMaster (2005-08-11)

It's definately more easy just to open it with alcohol (hint: you have to "show all files"). The bin is enough, and i think that daemon can do the same.

thewebmon (2006-01-07)

seed pls

jackderip (2006-05-01)

is thos for mac

jackderip (2006-05-01)

is this for mac

Dark_LightDK (2007-02-09)

PC FFS!

T[!]kki (2007-05-20)

Seed Please!! i'm Downloading with 10k/b!! SEED!

martinique69 (2007-06-18)

Till alla som nödvändigtvis måste ha .cue fil....
TIPS! Ta vilken .cue fil som helst ni har och öppna den med anteckningar/texteditor och ni kommer att kunna ändra filnamnet i cue-filen och göra om den så den passar er .bin fil.
Testa, inte det minsta svårt! :)

Taggerman (2007-07-23)

SEED PLIZ!!!!! IT LOADS WITH 4 KB/S!!!

cooldud541 (2007-08-08)

hey...i got iso to open the bin...but which file do i open to install it...the lockon.exe file...the setup .exe file ...or the autorun.exe file? whenever i try to open the autorun one and press install ...it just closes!

critaL (2007-10-28)

Seed!!!!plz

mustigt (2007-12-29)

seed det går ju så jävla segt kom igen nu

younghustler (2008-03-04)

speed :P

thatguykalem (2008-03-19)

What am I supposed to do with this torrent? How do I open the .BIN file? I tried to use DaemonTools but that refused to work...

perr@ (2008-03-19)

Abooh!! Many, many, many thank's 4 this Truchier!! I'm a B I G fan of modern combat air-planes, so this is like christmas 2 me. :) Thank's again man1

perr@ (2008-03-19)

Oh, and of course - I will seed 4 looooong time after I get this so other's can get it 2 and enjoy a good game! Promise

thatguykalem (2008-03-20)

Every time I try to install, the window disappears down into the bottom bar then jumps back up again.
It won't install...

JohnDoe60914 (2008-03-22)

Here is a link to download alcohol 52% it is the FREE not trial version of alcohol 120% it seems to open just about everything. I dunno if it will work with a .bin file as I'm still downloading. If all else fails go to www.google.com and type ".bin file type" it should tell you what opens that file type. ;)

SovietGenius (2008-03-31)

For those of you who don't know what to do with the .bin file:
1. open notepad
2. paste this into it:

FILE "dev-lock.bin" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00
3. save the file as dev-lock.cue (not dev-lock.cue.txt) in the same directory as the .bin file
4. mount the .cue file in daemon tools
5. enjoy!

Purvel (2008-05-11)

Thanks for the upload man it works perfectly.
For you that have problems just use demon tools and mount it and enjoy .Thanks !

Rickyboy14 (2008-06-14)

nice 500 kb/s. Hey guys how do you seed so i can help?

DaNoob (2008-06-27)

Rickyboy14 After you downloaded with Vuze it should be seeding and if its not click file/transfers/start all. Also does this thing comes with instructions?

DaNoob (2008-06-27)

This is a very good torrent and it installed without any problems but the game... so and so. I am used to Jane's F/A-18 and this game kinda makes thing a little too real. The training is boring and does not let you do much.

DaNoob (2008-07-05)

Also when i start up my computer windows asks me to find a program to open (registration)? How do i stop this from coming up?

keffis2 (2008-07-06)

hi, i downloaded the file but when i try to open it VLC starts, and if i go into downloads and then the folder that it's supposed to be in, all i find is a 687 MiB VLC file.. any1 know how to deal with this?

nv06xisu (2008-08-01)

Underbart, trodde inte att det skulle fungera men all cred till Truchier & SovietGenius!

VanaDeo (2008-08-12)

Thank ya ill be seeding this baby 2 :).

shadowcristi (2008-08-14)

seed me plz I love this game

hellthefire (2008-08-21)

SovietGenius
I tryd that i stil cant find the file

kaptinkrazy (2008-08-29)

Thanks to SovietGenius for the easy instructions worked great 4 me!

sean_360 (2008-08-30)

Thanks very much for this upload Truchier, its now one of my favourite games. Also wanna thank SovietGenius for his advice as it worked perfectly.
@hellthefire-are you for real?
L8er on, have fun with this one and I recommend following SovietGenius's advice.
Bye

sean_360 (2008-08-30)

Oh sorry, one more thing, guys do you know if this is safe to play online?
Ta

phaezshre (2008-09-08)

Don't waste your time with this torrent! The CD image is corrupt and upon mounting will cause an error. If you do manage to mount it launching the installer will return an error asking you to install the game from the Add/Remove panel. Worthless file.

phaezshre (2008-09-10)

Sorry, never mind. My CD emulator was corrupt. Working fine.

airsangel (2008-09-15)

start seeding

airsangel (2008-10-09)

seeed ths file guys

tomaz123 (2008-11-02)

the Serial Number plese

Glenn_Quaqmire (2008-12-17)

If you need a serial, just go to "www.serials.ws"!! Always works like a charm

drmonsta (2008-12-30)

200 kb/s thanks to Limewire Pro
Thanks Truchier!

jay543 (2009-02-06)

will u please seed. its takein me 7 hours for 687mb.

garvet3 (2009-03-01)

funkar hur bra som helst tackar så mycket,som sagt att bin filen tas inte imot av D-tools till en början men man får ställa in D-tools på att ta alla filer i fönstret där du mountar bilden och vips så dyker bin filen upp.

airsangel (2009-03-01)

more seeders ....decent speed tho

airsangel (2009-04-16)

seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed plz i really need it

airsangel (2009-04-24)

seeeeed

CCSC88 (2009-05-20)

any 1 got a serial code for this,i cant access www.serials.ws this website

bsub (2009-06-04)

ok i need alot of help i am using lime wire pro and i just finished downloading but i have no clue how to open it or anything. I dont know much about computers so you will have to walk me through it step by step, please help. Email me at bsuboyy@aol.com Thanks

almiche (2009-08-18)

it worked but i get a small black screen what do i do to make it work ???? need help!!!

ssssiiiillllvvvviiiiuuuu (2011-08-08)

can someone upload „river raider 2„ please

Lauryxy (2011-08-13)

[Quote](2nd page)
For those of you who don't know what to do with the .bin file:
1. open notepad
2. paste this into it:
FILE "dev-lock.bin" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00
3. save the file as dev-lock.cue (not dev-lock.cue.txt) in the same directory as the .bin file
4. mount the .cue file in daemon tools
5. enjoy!

dodoman837 (2011-08-30)

478 kb/s

Semblance (2012-06-24)

Works fine, thanks a lot.

piku07 (2012-06-29)

It does not require any serial!!It has been installed without any serial!!I am so surprised!