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Lock On: Modern Air Combat

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Lock On: Modern Air Combat
European cover art
Developer(s)Eagle Dynamics
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Nick Grey
Release
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

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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

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Flaming Cliffs (2005)

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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)

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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)

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Flaming Cliffs 3 was released as a DCS World module, porting all flyable aircraft into the DCS World game client.[7]

Flaming Cliffs 2024

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b Lock On home page (Russian)
  2. ^ a b MobyGames page on Lock On: Modern Air Combat
  3. ^ "LockOn: Modern Air Combat". www.lockon.ru. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  4. ^ DCS FAQ
  5. ^ "LockOn: Flaming Cliffs". www.lockon.ru. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  6. ^ "LockOn: Flaming Cliffs 2". www.lockon.ru. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  7. ^ "Announcing Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3". ED Forums. September 2012. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  8. ^ "Eagle Dynamics Announces Flaming Cliffs 2024 for DCS featuring new iconic modules". www.digitalcombatsimulator.com. 2024-04-26. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  9. ^ "A look at the new Flaming Cliff 3 aircraft visual updates". Stormbirds. 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  10. ^ "What happened to MAC and my thoughts on Flaming Cliffs 2024". Stormbirds. 2024-07-18. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  11. ^ Editors of CGW (March 2004). "Computer Gaming World's 2003 Games of the Year". Computer Gaming World. No. 236. pp. 57–60, 62–69.
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