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Lock On: Flaming Cliffs

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Simulation
Publisher: The Fighter Collection
Developer: The Fighter Collection
Release Date: January 2010

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'Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 2.0' Announced - Screens

by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2009 @ 10:51 a.m. PST

Lock On is the only modern day flight simulation game to combine high fidelity with a broad choice of aircraft. The game is filled with action-packed missions, realistic flight modeling and flexible game options that provide unlimited game play action to both beginner and veteran flight simulation fans.

This will be an upgrade to the unofficial Lock On: Flaming Cliffs add-on.  Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 2.0 will feature all the flyable aircraft of Lock On: Flaming Cliffs and include several fan-requested upgrades to aircraft, sensor, and weapon systems. Lock On: Flaming Cliffs combines a large stable of modern U.S. and Russian aircraft to fly over Russia and Georgia with game play for both casual and hardcore flight simulation enthusiasts.

Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 2.0 will feature the same world environment and game functionality as the Digital Combat Simulation (DCS) series and will be online compatible with the Ka-50 attack helicopter simulation DCS: Black Shark. Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 2.0 will allow Lock On pilots and Black Shark pilots to now fly online together in both cooperative and head-to-head online play.

The Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 2.0 upgrade for owners of Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1.12 will be available for sale as a download from the Eagle Dynamics Lock On web site for $14.99 USD. The upgrade will first be released in English and Russian with French, German, and Spanish versions to follow.


By using the DCS environment, Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 2.0 users will have improved terrain, mission editor, AI flight models, 3D objects, artificial intelligence (AI), and multiplayer. The aircraft of Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 2.0 will include:

  • Su-25 (new 3D model)
  • Su-25T
  • A-10A
  • Su-27
  • Su-33
  • MiG-29A
  • MiG-29C
  • F-15C

Several new missions and campaigns will be included in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 2.0.

Due to a change in the world location and mission editor Flaming Cliffs 1.12 missions will not work with v2.0. However, when installing the upgrade you have the option to create both Flaming Cliffs 1.12 and Flaming Cliffs 2.0 parallel installs. Flaming Cliffs 1.12 and the upgraded Flaming Cliffs 2.0 will not be online compatible.

The following features are added:

  • Runs under DirectX 9C
  • Improved Mission Editor with trigger system
  • New terrain area to include much of Georgia. This will be same map as used in DCS: Blacks Shark. As such the Crimea has been replaced with the addition of Georgia.
  • More detailed terrain to include more ground objects, larger forests, and higher resolution elevation data
  • Improved clouds
  • High resolution airfield textures
  • Improved multiplayer system with embedded game browser
  • More robust online cheating prevention
  • New and improved menu system
  • Numerous new, highly detailed ground units including infantry
  • Improved flight performance for player-controlled aircraft
  • Improved flight models for all artificial intelligence (AI) controlled aircraft
  • New, more realistic G-tolerance modeling
  • Limited 6 DOF cockpits that move up, down and sideways according to maneuvering
  • New and highly-detailed Su-25 model
  • Advanced ballistics are implemented for all flyable aircraft, including ricochets of AP rounds
  • F-15C locked target IFF indication
  • More realistic  ranges, seeker guidance and fuzes for air-to-air missiles
  • More realistic electronic countermeasure operation and performance
  • New and improved sound engine
  • New radio message voice-overs

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