hunt@dg-rtp.rtp.dg.com (Greg Hunt) (10/03/90)
I'm posting this on behalf of someone who can't post directly to
c.s.a.g.
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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 90 12:37 EST
From: PMXSG0%POPV03%dupont.com@RELAY.CS.NET
Subject: Re: F/A-18 Interceptor; How do I recover stolen F-16's?
Greg,
You talk about doing crazy things with F-18. I have also noticed other
posts to CSAG about neat things to do with F-18. Well, I cannot post to
CSAG, everything I send goes to CSA and I get mild flames that I should
post to games and not the general Amiga area. Anyway, if you choose to
forward this to CSAG, here is something I have not seen posted.
On the last mission, I always launch low off the carrier and fly straight
and level at about 40 feet off the water. The migs come in at about 2000
to 4000 feet. I lock onto them when they are almost overhead and fire
missles at the two (usually). They almost never know what has hit them.
It is almost a cheat. ;')
mike scribner ponca city, OK
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I'll have to try it out. Neat idea.
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Research Triangle Park, NC These opinions are mine, not DG's.critical.mass@pro-graphics.cts.com (Peter Altamore) (10/09/90)
On 7 Oct 90 19:19:56 GMT bscott@isis.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott) writes: >The weird thing is this - once I decided to follow them back instead >of going straight home. It took a long time but eventually they made >it back to land and maneuvered for final approach to the airport. THEN, >for no apparent reason, they veered off and headed back out to sea. Nothing >I did thereafter would stop them, so I shot them down and went home. I've spent hours doing weird stuff like this. If any of you have a 4-head VCR and color composite out (b&w will do.. bleah) you might want to check this out. I hooked my 2000 with my A520 to my VCR, cranked up F18 and hit record (SP). Do a mission or two, wax a few MIGs, do some neato BCMs with the outside view, etc.. Now rewind the tape and watch it in fast frame mode. Wow! All of a sudden the animation is real smooth (looks like 30fps)! It's pretty incredible looking. Don't use the fast-forward(cue), my VCR has frame, slow and quick playback speeds, use quick (or equiv). I love this F18 thread. It's a testament to the programmers that people still use this marvelous simulator despite it's lack of depth (no mission/scenery disks, ground targets, more realistic ceiling, head to head mode, ordinance selection, etc..). While Falcon offers all the things missing from F18, I just never warmed up to it. I don't like the way it flies, SAMs and the horrid CAT III implementation suck (in real life you CAN fly inverted with a CAT III load, AND centerline stores, like my good friend the ALQ-131). I find it pretty impossible to fly the tougher missions at high ranks since you need a miracle to dodge SAMs without an ALQ-131 and MIGs can't be shaken w/o inverted flight, pretty unforgiving catch-22. I sure wish EOA would get on the ball here. Considering the initial success of F18, I can't see a follow-up or expansion being anything short of a sure thing (sales wise). Waaaaa.. UUCP: crash!pro-graphics!critical.mass | Critical Mass Software ARPA/DDN: pro-graphics!critical.mass@nosc.mil | P.O. Box 23 Internet: critical.mass@pro-graphics.cts.com | Short Hills, NJ 07078
skwood@acsu.buffalo.edu (Scott K Wood) (04/04/91)
After a long time, I decided to dig out good 'ole F/A-18 Interceptor
and give it another try. Unfortunately, the manual seems to have been
misplaced. Anyways, I have run into one snag on the third mission. What
key on the keyboard drops the rescue supplies (or whatever it is!) to the
downed pilot on the island? Any help would be appreciated. Please E-Mail.
Scott
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Scott
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skwood@acsu.buffalo.edualberti@cs.umn.edu (Albatross) (04/04/91)
In <68712@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> skwood@acsu.buffalo.edu (Scott K Wood) writes: > After a long time, I decided to dig out good 'ole F/A-18 Interceptor >and give it another try. Unfortunately, the manual seems to have been >misplaced. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! And it's shift-F, by the way. -- Bob Alberti Micro and Wkstn Networks Ctr, U of MN // aka: Albatross| Unitar- Internet: alberti@boombox.micro.UMN.EDU \\// Images BBS| ian/ Disclaimer: My employer does not mean what I say. // (612) 884-7951| Univer- Ingredients: 30% header, 30% quote, 10% content, 30% cutesy signature.| salist!