Thanks, people!-am i right in thinking you can’t do combat on FSX?-I like to be non-pc on my pc, if you know what i mean

You can’t engage in combat, as such, on FSX, but you can re-create actual combat missions by reflying the routes, and setting the weather conditions, etc, as they were on a particular day in history – you just need to do the research. Alternatively, take a look at PC Pilot magazine over the last year, where a whole series of combat missions have been recreated, ranging from a high altitude intercept in a Spitfire to a desert ground attack mission in a Hurricane IID.

Also, its worth bearing in mind that many FSX combat aircraft add-ons have the ability to drop bombs (which admittedly don’t explode), or fire guns. I’m thinking in particular of Just Flight’s Mosquito and P-38 Lightning, and Vertigo Studios SBD Dauntless and F6F Hellcat.