(Part 2) Best products from r/acecombat

This work?

Might be a decade old, but I don’t think there’s anything newer, aside from their primary product which is a whopping $1500. One day I’ll get to look inside one of these, but that day is not soon.

Jovitec 2 Pack Foldable Controller Clip Mobile Phone Plastic Holder Smartphone Game Clamp for Xbox One Controller https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DQBPH15/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_0EQJDbAQR9X4H

https://www.amazon.com/Ace-Combat-7-Skies-PlayStation-4/dp/B01MUDTTIP/

Oakley Small Ellipse Carabiner (Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IKV66GS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_MNuIDb5V1NX2D

Amazon's got some used ones for a decent price, link has one at about $27 currently.

They still sell these new on Amazon.jp which i had no idea.

Acecombat 3

Acecombat 04

Acecombat 5

Acecombat Zero

Acecombat 6

Dont do it! Its a waste of your time, be advised.

My review here: https://www.reddit.com/r/acecombat/comments/ahr61r/review_hotas_hori_ace_combat_7_flighstick_do_not/

Then, If You dont want to belive in my words, read others review on Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.com/Combat-Hotas-Flight-Stick-PlayStation-4/product-reviews/B01A0P8NBC

I don't have enough cash money to buy titles that launched in the last ~4 months, but for the most part it's holding up (especially with a GTX 1060). I can basically still play whatever I want CPU-wise, but probably for ~2 years, and not more. The CPU was getting tired about 3 months ago, so I used the unlocked feature for which I paid for, and got a super duper air cooler and OC'd it pretty hard, sad thing is, I lost the silicon lottery on my chip, so I couldn't go as far as I intended when I bought it.

UPDATE: Negative, the stick and HOTAS does not work. Sorry dude, game looks dope and it is great with gamepad, but damn they really screwed the pooch and dropped the ball on lack of joystick support at launch. Shame.

If you're talking about this joystick, I have the same one and I'm done installing in ~30min. I'm going to play with gamepad anyways since I run PC->TV and I like to lay in bed, but I'll do you a solid and report back if it works so you can cancel your order if needed.

> X1 doesn’t support generic PC controllers so why would the version they ripped be any different in what they support?

Because the "X" in Xbox stands for DirectX, which is the graphics library that Windows uses to power video games. The whole console series was designed at the core to be as similar to PC as possible in order to allow easy development and porting between Microsoft's two ecosystems, Windows and Xbox. So, the assumption that supporting one joystick means the game supports all joysticks is by far and away the norm. You're either really ignorant about how this stuff works under the hood or you're going through some award-winning mental gymnastics here.

Basically every third-party gamepad ever uses either directinput or xinput, which means that this and this are exactly the same in everything except physical form factor and the internal product ID on the device's chipset. Similarly, every game with joystick support ever doesn't care that this is a different brand, make, model, etc. from this. It's all the same once you get past the form factor. All joysticks are treated the exact same way by the software unless you specifically design the software to not do that.

> Yeah it’s shitty but it is fixable and I’d hedge my bets on a design oversight considering these games have been console exclusive forever

They could easily mitigate that by releasing a statement saying that more support is coming. I highly doubt that'll be the case until whatever exclusivity deal they signed wears out (if it even can), though, because the evidence points to it being a conscious decision.

> It seems everyone has forgotten the olden days of shitty PC to Console or Console to PC ports that barley or didn’t function at all (dark souls) and this is project Aces first PC port

"It was bad before, so don't be so mad that it's bad now." They had ample opportunity to learn. Capcom's Monster Hunter team learned similar lessons when MH:World released on PC last year, but their sins weren't nearly as egregious and nothing about it screamed "malicious", just "incompetent". Bamco's actions here are a targeted effort at creating a closed system, and no one should stand for it.

I actually just picked it up at my local crafts shop (Michael’s) and it seems to be a pretty common 1:48 F/A-18E made by Revell. I’ll see if I can find you a link for it.

Edit: I actually hated putting this together toward the end because Revell makes all their models with the landing gear down and doesn’t leave it possible to put it up without irreparably altering parts, and even then it still looks bad, hence why the ports are open and empty on this build.

Here’s the link.