To: falcon3 (Falcon3 Mailing list) Bcc: falcon3-outgoing Subject: Falcon3 Digest V1 : I45 Falcon3 Digest Volume 1 : Issue 45 Mon Nov 2 18:38:38 PST 1992 Compilation copyright (C) 1992 Jeff Beadles Send submissions to "falcon3@onion.rain.com" Send add/drop requests to "listserv@onion.rain.com" For an index of back issues that are available, send a message containing the line "send index from falcon3" to "netlib@onion.rain.com" Also, the archives are available via ftp from onion.rain.com [147.28.0.161] Today's Topics: combat1.zip repacked knutson@mcc.com (Jim Knutson) Re: UFO's John Long Subject: Re: UFO's It wouldn't surpirise me if the programmers of Falcon put a saucer or two in the game. Many eons ago, I was flying the SubLogic sim around the Seattle area, and saw a dot in the sky... there are NO other aircraft in that sim (except for the primitive WWI mode), you fly all by your lonely... so I headed toward it, and got close enough to intercept it. There, in all their glory, were the wire-frame letters "UFO", flying along pretty as you please. And just the other day, I nailed a Migxx, and the pilot ejected. I turned, slowed down and headed for the guy, so I could salute him and go "nyah, nyah, nyah..." and generally embarrass him. I came real close and well, I could *swear* that Roos looked just like ELVIS! William Gibson (author of the 'neuromancer' series about ghosts, etc. in Cyberspace; Father of "cyberpunk") have some fun with this one! -longjohn ------------------------------- From: "John Threadgill, New Zealand Forest Research Institute" Subject: OFT Pricing in New Zealand ! I've been thinking about buying OFT for a while now. I've heard on the net of people buying it from the Egghead (??) for $(US)20-25. Recently I saw it in a local shop here in Rotorua, New Zealand for $(NZ)70 (about $(US)35) and told that was a special discount price !! I decided to get another quote from my friendly Dick Smith (Ozisoft, the importers recommended them). They sell it for the very special price of $(NZ) 99.95 ($(US)50) !!! Has anyone got the phone no for their local Egghead - I'll order it on my credit card (air mail postage to NZ can't be more than $(US) 10, can it ?). [[ If you can dial 1-800 (U.S. toll free numbers) you can call +1 800 344 4233 (1-800-EGGHEAD). Otherwise, the local Egghead store here is at +1 503 626 7331 (Portland, Oregon) -- Jeff ]] Thanks. John. ------------------------------- From: masten@beta.lanl.gov (David A. Masten) Subject: F15III Playable demo in wuarchive For those who can't wait for the Falcon3 wannabe F15III, I've uploaded a *playable* demo on wuarchive in pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/demos, filename F15IIIpdemo.zip. It requires 2MB, VGA. File is 750+KB zipped. Slow enough that you probably don't want to bother with less than, say, a 20mhz. I found it a little jerky on my 386/33. The included text file (describing controls) says that it hadn't been speed optimized. I hope not! Run it by unzipping and typing "F15". DONT ON PAIN OF MUCH TROUBLE type 'misc' (I was curious). Thought I lost my hard disk! Some controls don't seem to work, but most do. If anyone successfully fires offf any missiles or bombs, let me know how. Anyway, it looks like it moved somewhat away from F15II towards F3. The TWI and radar MFD's, and to a lesser extent HUDs, look like F3's though too small. BUt you still have the option of the bogus 360 degree radar with cutsie icons of F15II, F117A, etc. Managed to shoot down a couple of F1's that were dumb enough to cross my path (with guns). Doesn't bode well for enemy AI and combat realism. The blurb at the end says 3 theaters: Persian Gulf, Korea, Panama. Sound familiar? Also says it has a campaign mode with related missions. I've said enough. Check it out. Sorry that this isn't purely F3 related, but figured most of ya'll would be interested. Dave Masten masten@beta.lanl.gov ------------------------------- From: oecheruo@mailbox.syr.edu Subject: Good Kill! Good Kill! The "Good kill!" sequence is not from desert storm as an earlier poster claims it is probably from the 1988 F-14 shootdown (ambush?) of two Lybian Mig-23's. It is also featured at more length on the Discovery Channel's Flight Command episode culled from Time-Life's Air Superiority video, as well as in the opening sequence of the Falcon 3.0 playable demo. in all forms the swearing "I don't get a *fucking* tone" is edited or beeped. On a related note, why does the AMRAAM tone (without a sound card) sound so bad and why does the HUD say "shoot" even when there is no real chance of hitting the bogie? The tone (actually a beep) also goes on and on.. even after you have taken a shot at the bogie. It is so annoying esp when locked to a friendly that I shut of the sound and only re-enable it for IFF. Sometimes I just switch to DGFT to get rid of it. I will appreciate a NAV mode to the HUD in newer patches to the game. Chima "Bandit" Echeruo ------------------------------- [[ End of digest Volume 1 : Issue 45 ]]