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[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] pigup@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hard to get used to but worth trying. Neck beards are squawking that it's abandonware now?

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Possibly. I haven’t played in a while but it was quite good when I did play.

[–] Marafon@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I haven't tested it myself to confirm it's playable on linux, but Rising Storm 2: Vietnam has exactly what you're talking about as far as helicopter transport roles.

[–] count_dongulus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nothing quite like crash landing a squad into the jungle under fire from Vietcong. Or the reverse, swooping in to grab the last three guys still alive surrounded and under heavy mortar fire

[–] Mensh123@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

If all you want to do is fly a helicopter, try Flightgear. It's probably nothing like BF 2042 though. FlightGear is a flight simulator with focus on realism (physics wise) while Battlefield probably oversimplifies this by a lot.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Look for footage of transport pilots in Arma 3 King of the Hill mode. They fly people into hot LZs constantly.

There are also single player transport pilot missions, some combat missions and some not.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Does PlanetSide 2 work on Linux?

[–] olorin99@kbin.earth 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure does. There was a little jankyness but I'm not sure how much of it was due to running on linux or was just the game itself.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Awesome. If there are lobbies, this is a game that tries heavily on team transport.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Battlefield has my fav heli flying. It's simple yet so skill expressive. Every casual game should have that same control.

[–] sprite0@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

the mini from rust is my personal favorite

[–] amzd@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Battlefield 4 works

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] pigup@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I guess reforger is the one to get?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Just play battlefield 4? Or did EA kill Linux support for it already

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] strongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Check out Squad, it runs well on Linux, but the game is more of a milsim like Arma, than Battlefield.

Still lots of fun though, and helicopter pilots are always welcome if they can fly the thing well (takes some practice).

[–] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Battlefield 4 still works on Linux and we always been more transport pilots...especially on Flood Zone.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Heliborne? Not played it in years now, I think another dev took over and rebuilt it for some reason and everyone hated it but the they made the original version available as well. No idea the current state of the game.

It also runs natively on Linux

[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago