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- From: kbw@po.CWRU.Edu (Kevin B. Williams)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Falcon 3.0 questions
- Date: 12 Jan 1993 03:39:19 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1993Jan11.200624.29503@mcc.com> <1XL7wB1w164w@mjmnode.equinox.gen.nz>
- Reply-To: kbw@po.CWRU.Edu (Kevin B. Williams)
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- In a previous article, knutson@urbino.mcc.com (Jim Knutson) says:
-
- >In article <1XL7wB1w164w@mjmnode.equinox.gen.nz> manfred@mjmnode.equinox.gen.nz (Manfred Marriott) writes:
- >>1) Why does my radar (SAD or SAM) go blank now and then
- >> (ie it displays aircraft, then all of a sudden
- >> it turns into a plain cross with nothing else in it)?
- >
- >Possibly, you are hitting the r key which turns it on/off.
-
- If you switch to A-G mode with the mavericks, you will also get just the
- targeting cross from the maverick's camera in the radar screen.
-
- >
- >>2) Has anyone managed to use the Padlock view successfully
- >> as I find it totally unmanagable with the exception
- >> of detecting and identifying aircraft?
- >
- >The padlock view is hard to decipher and doesn't always work like you
- >think it should (view shift high overhead and can look too far below
- >your plane and not realize it), but it is good otherwise. Take some
- >time to figure it out. You'll be glad you did. My only suggestions
- >are to keep an eye on the upper 2 windows in padlock view to help
- >figure out where you are looking and where you are pointing.
-
- Exactly....fly by the upper right window and find your target with the upper
- left. Yeah, it takes a few times to get used to it (use Instant Action or
- Red Flag), but once you do you'll be MUCH better off in a close dogfight!
-
- Kevdog
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