To: hitech-sim (Hitech Simulation Mailing list) Reply-To: hitech-sim (Hitech Simulation Mailing list) Errors-To: postmaster@onion.rain.com Precedence: bulk Bcc: hitech-sim-out Subject: Hitech Simulation Digest V1 : I30 Hitech Simulation Digest Volume 1 : Issue 30 Mon Aug 16 17:47:15 PDT 1993 Compilation copyright (C) 1993 Jeff Beadles Send submissions to "hitech-sim@onion.rain.com" Send add/drop requests to "majordomo@onion.rain.com" Archives are available via ftp from onion.rain.com [147.28.0.161] Today's Topics: Flight of the Intruder Dave 'Philios' Prentice Subject: Flight of the Intruder [ It would sure be nice if you would edit the bounce headers out of the messages yourself and include a subject, so I don't have to. --Jeff] Alright! I was beginning to think that I was the last person around who still thinks that FOTI is fun to fly. I happen to enjoy dinking around with this flight sim from time to time. The Intruder is quite a bit more fun to push mud around with than even a Falcon. Works absolutely great on the slower machines as well. Its too bad that no other flight sim since it has included the *neat* feature of jumping to different planes in your flight. Once you finish your run with one plane, you can just swap into your wingie and roll in hot with that plane. If the bandits start messing with you, you can leave the air combat to the decent AI or you can take matters into your own hands and go for a kill. In FOTI I have found that computer pilots will hardly even fire a Sparrow, even when the rules of engagement have been fulfilled. If I really need somebody plastered I have to do it myself or pray for a lucky sidewinder shot. David "What Rules of Engagement?" Prentice ------------------------------- From: HERJ@CERNVM.cern.ch Subject: Tornado chaffs Hello, Last week I bought a book written by the first tornado crew who were shot down in the Gulf War. They were shot down after a failed loft attack on an airfield (they do not know for sure why the attack failed, but they do not discard forgetting to set the weapons computer mode to loft attack!), but apart from paying close attention to the weapons delivery mode setting, what gave me an idea to improve my performance at Tornado was the sentence where they say that, when approaching the target (and before any missile were fired at them), they started pumping chaff to avoid being targeted by the SAMs and AAAs. Well, I have tried this and I must admit that it does not help a bit. I get exactly the same amount of missiles after my tail regardless of the amount of chaff I throw, so I wonder if DI guys have taken into account the possibility of fooling radars with chaff and not only with ECM (I mean ground radars, not missile radars). Anyway I keep enjoying Tornado and flying as low as possible! Cheers. Juan A. Hermoso herj@cernvm.cern.ch CERN Meyrin, SWITZERLAND ------------------------------- From: "Pete Williams" Subject: AW Questions - Episode 12 Yet more newbie questions..... 1. True or false - realism options have no effect on network play, the options are preselected by the host? This would mean that everything is 'off' in page 870(no spins, blackouts, etc), and 'on' in the realism arenas. 2. How do ammo loads REALLY work? Either my math is deficient or the book has conflicting info: the graph on p.34 says that the FW190 caries 1340 gun shells and 390 cannon shells. Then on p.32 it says that it carried '950 rounds for its two machine guns, 500 for two of its 4 20mm cannon, and 280 for the remaining two'. The numbers don't add up correctly to me. OK, what's the real dope? How can I tell when my cannon shells are out? Do the guns fire 1-1 (one cannon shell for every bullet)? 3. If my country captures an airfield, does that make it friendly - can I land there and get full credit for my mission? [ Yes. --Jeff ] 4. What the hell is a 'flat turn'? [ A turn where you only use your rudder. It's a slow turn that doesn't bleed airspeed as much. --Jeff ] 5. Where is the best place to get maps? [ Well, there's shift-f10 for an in-flight map. Other than that, a few squads have maps. --Jeff] 6. How long does it take for Konami to register your $50 credit - I want to get the beta version so I can try the full reality page. [ They'll send you email when they receive your coupon. As I recall, it was a couple of weeks for me. --Jeff ] 7. Do you find it better to use the 'local hits' option? [ Personally I don't. I like to know when I hit my target. The local hits make it harder to tell. (With local hits on, you see a hit when your local computer *thinks* it may have hit, and you see debris fall off the enemy plane if you actually hit it.) --Jeff ] Thanks; Pete Williams ------------------------------- From: jjsterre@acs.ucalgary.ca Subject: Tornado campaigns Well, using the esteemed Grp. Cpt. deFault 8) I'm in a command campaign... A few observations: 1) You wingies always hit their targets; they do not get blown away. 2) You do. 8) 3) Therefore, you can hit almost any target by sending the other Tornados after really tough places - dense AAA/SAMs/fighters - and they will be pounded - while you stay alive in some less lethal place. The only thing the wingies don'tseem to want to do is drop JP233 without you around, but this may have been me screwing up with the waypoint commands too. 4) Morale is curently listed as "40 - 60", Allied Political Advantage: is a low morale number good? This is counter-intuitive for me.... 5) What you do doesseem to affect the campaign. I have concentrated on wiping the enemy's logistical system from the face of the earth; the enemy is listed by now as having 15% supply, and "none" supply at all airbases. I'll report if I see any fighters - seems to me that w/o fuel there shouldn't be any (and I've specially blown up all the hardened fuel dumps at all their airbases! 8) If nothing else, despite not concentrating on their airbases per se, the air superiority rating is increasingly in my favor. 6) Campaigns are FUN! If you enjoy mission planning, you'll love them. I'll second those who'd prefer a Falcon-style "camapign continues regardless if you live or die on the mission", but it's relatively minor. Good luck! James Sterrett jjsterre@acs.ucalgary.ca ------------------------------- [[ End of digest Volume 1 : Issue 30 ]]