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- CYAC Keys
- by François Pottier (pottier@dmi.ens.fr)
-
- I wrote this little hack because I like to fly Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
- with the keyboard, but the view keys are not at all practical. You have
- to press Option and a key on the numeric keypad, and since the keypad
- is also used to steer the plane, you have to fly straight for a second
- just to look behind. This can be deadly.
-
- If you have an extended keyboard, CYAC Keys will let you use the function
- keys (F1 to F10) to select views. Here is the new key map. It's the same
- as the PC version.
-
- F1 : look forward Shift-F1 : external forward
- F2 : look backward Shift-F2 : external backward
- F3 : look left Shift-F3 : external left
- F4 : look right Shift-F4 : external right
- F5 : look up Shift-F5 : external below
- F6 : look down Shift-F6 : external above
- F7 : player->target Shift-F7 : target's cockpit
- F8 : target->player Shift-F8 : external target
- F9 : map Shift-F9 : circling
- F10 : fly-by Shift-F10 : missile camera
-
- The INIT does its little job only when CYAC is running. In order to know what's
- running, it compares the current application's name with a string stored in its
- resource fork. By default, this string is "CYAC". You can change it with ResEdit
- if you want to call your application another name. By the way, the shorter the
- name, the less speed you lose by installing this patch.
-
- The patch uses almost no memory (less than 800 bytes) and almost no computing
- power. When CYAC isn't running, the extra CPU load is virtually zero. This makes
- it possible to keep CYAC Keys in your Extensions folder all the time, it won't hog
- your machine.
-
- CYAC Keys should work with all machines and system versions. Of course you
- need an extended keyboard.
- This is only a one-night hack, so I make no warranties whatsoever regarding its
- fitness for any particular purpose... Got it ?
-
- CYAC Keys is of course freeware. Feel free to distribute it. Suggestions and bug
- reports can be sent to pottier@dmi.ens.fr (Internet). Enjoy!