To: falcon3 (Falcon3 Mailing list) Reply-To: falcon3 (Falcon3 Mailing list) Errors-To: postmaster@onion.rain.com Precedence: bulk Bcc: falcon3-outgoing Subject: Falcon3 Digest V2 : I88 Falcon3 Digest Volume 2 : Issue 88 Mon Apr 5 18:20:35 PDT 1993 Compilation copyright (C) 1993 Jeff Beadles Send submissions to "falcon3@onion.rain.com" Send add/drop requests to "majordomo@onion.rain.com" Also, the archives are available via ftp from onion.rain.com [147.28.0.161] Today's Topics: IFF Check Problems sean.kerns@sdrc.com DOS 6 prevents installation of OFT? Gerry Roston Subject: DOS 6 prevents installation of OFT? With DOS 6 installed, OFT refused to install properly. It gave goofy errors like "can't find file...", etc. So, what I did was to copy the patch program from (3 1/2") floppy one and the three files with .rtp extensions (one of them into the armsdata subdirectory). I then just fed these patch files to patch. I also ran the batch script that nukes all the old stuff (squardon records, etc). The game seems to run properly... did I install things properly? The only bug I noticed was that the system hung in the weapons selection screen when I did a copy leader... that may have been fixed inthe patch, which I am downloading right now. - -- Gerry Roston (gerry@cmu.edu) | In the enlightened Age and in this Land of Field Robotics Center, | equal liberty it is our boast, that a man's Carnegie Mellon University | religious tenets will not forfeit the Pittsburgh, PA, 15213 | protection of the Law, nor deprive him of the (412) 268-3856 | right of attaining and holding the highest | Offices that are known in the United States. The opinions expressed are mine | George Washington and do not reflect the official | position of CMU, FRC, RedZone, | or any other organization. | ------------------------------- From: knutson@mcc.com (Jim Knutson) Subject: Re: IFF Check Problems > In my manual (I'm flying 3.0D, BTW), it says that "N" is the key for > an IFF check. The book doesn't say what's supposed to happen when I > hit "N", though. There are two different feedbacks you get from IFF. One is auditory (the beep), and one is visual (the IFF light on the left panel). When you press the N key, an IFF query is sent to the aircraft that you have locked on with the radar. If the aircraft returns a correct response, the feedback items do their job (you hear a buzz and the light lights up). If it doesn't, you hear and see nothing. > Sometimes, I get a beeping sound, sometimes nothing, > but that doesn't seem to be it, because even aircraft that I know > are friendly sometimes beep and sometimes don't. I have a PAS16 card, > and all my sounds are running through it, if that makes a difference. > I get digitized voices and music (and that annoying Sidewinder hum), > so I think the card works okay. Am I maybe in the wrong radar mode. > I usually leve it where the computer set it up ( I think it says SAD > on the HUD). Only the aircraft that the radar is locked on is querried. It may be that your sound card isn't emulating a Sound Blaster correctly so you don't hear the IFF tone. However, you can always look at you left panel after a query. The IFF light will remain lit for a short time if the aircraft is friendly. Jim Knutson | | knutson@mcc.com --=oOo=-- cs.utexas.edu!milano!knutson + Wk: (512) 338-3362 Check Six! ------------------------------- From: primus@netcom.com (Robert keng) Subject: Re: Misc tips > From: EADIE5295@iscsvax.uni.edu > Subject: Misc. Tips > > Hi, I just thought I would send in a few tips that you can use: > [stuff deleted] > 3. Your turn rate gets higher the slower you go, and to some extent this is > opposite what real planes do. When dogfighting MiG-19's, I go to low altitude, > using airbrakes and AB5 to keep my speed around 320. Dogfighting heavier > fighters, you want a higher airspeed. > You must be using the complex flight model.. Doing this in hi-fi will drag you down to below 275kts in a turning fight against a MiG-19. Most likely, this tactic will result in a merry-go-round turning fight (around and around and around..) because you'd be too slow to do anything else. If you were to somehow get yourself in a furball against a couple of MiG-19s, you could get in alot of trouble if you decide to use this tactic against them because it would be very hard to shake a MiG-19 on your tail below ~350kts. What I ususlly do is go into an Immelman, changing my heading by ~90 degrees left or right, then swing my aircraft back around a half circle and bear down on the MiG-19(s). Usually I'd catch them hanging midair in a stall :-) It works, at least, for me :-) [stuff deleted] > Finally, I think Padlock view sucks. The only thing I use it for is to > identify what plane I'm looking at or to identify incoming missiles. I use > Track view to dogfight (9 on the normal number thingies). I also use it to > evade missiles. If a missile is locked on to you, you can press * really > quickly to see if is IR or radar. Then press 9 and it will ALWAYS track onto a > missile that is locked onto you (if one exists). Track view to dogfight? Playing Falcon Afterburner style, eh? > When I get an enemy in front of me, I switch to cockpit view. Exception to > this is when I cannot tell what plane is what. Then I use Padlock to get the > bad dudes in front of me, then switch to cockpit. You should really get used to Padlock view. While the tactic above is useful during daytime, I wouldn't even try that at night. If you're using HFR and the enemy got ECM turned on, things could get very complicated. In a furball at night, I just turn off the radar and go to guns and IRs while throwing on the Padlock view, since all other views would be virtually useless, unless you've got your eyes glued to the monitor..... -Rob primus@netcom.com ------------------------------- [[ End of digest Volume 2 : Issue 88 ]]