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The Humble Guy's Humble Dox
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presents
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Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
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Game Documentation
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Humble Dox 6/24/91
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......................
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: STARTUP PARAMETERS :
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When you start Yeager Air Combat, the program automatically detects the best
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graphics mode for your computer and starts the game in that mode. However, if
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you want to start the game in a different graphics mode, you can do so by
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adding a few extra characters (called arguments) to the start command.
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The program does not automatically detect CMS Boards or the Covox Speech Thing.
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You need to instruct the game with an argument to use these cards.
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EXAMPLE: Let's say you want to load the game with EGA graphics mode and music
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generated with a CMS Board (you must have a CMS board installed). You'd type
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YEAGER EGA CMS and press Enter.
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The order of the extra arguments doesn't matter as long as there's a space
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between each argument.
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These are the arguments you can use:
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CGA Loads game with CGA graphics.
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EGA Loads game with EGA graphics.
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MCGA Loads game with MCGA graphics (Same graphics as VGA, but slower.
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Maintains compability with PS/2 25 and 30).
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TGA Loads game with Tandy graphics.
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VGA Loads game with VGA graphics.
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SLOWCARD When you are in MCGA or VGA mode, if the game freezes on
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startup, or if you get sound but the wrong colors or no colors at
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all, try this parameter. It slows down the interface between
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the computer and the video card.
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FASTCARD Deactivates Slowcard.
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JOYSTICK Loads game with joystick flight control.
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KEYBOARD Loads game with keyboard flight control.
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MOUSE Loads game with mouse flight control.
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MOUSE2 Loads game with high-resolution mouse flight control.
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LOW Loads game in low graphics detail mode (less detail speeds up
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game play).
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MEDIUM Loads game in medium graphics detail mode (less detail speeds up
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game play).
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HIGH Loads game in high graphics detail mode.
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NOSOUND Loads game with sound turned off.
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NOSPEECH Loads game with digitized speech turned off. It also reduces the
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amount of disk swapping necessary when playing on four 360K
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floppies.
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PC Loads game with PC internal speaker sounds.
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ADLIB Loads game with AdLib sound card sounds.
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BLASTER Loads game with Sound Blaster sound card sounds.
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TANDY Loads game with Tandy 1000 sound.
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TANDYDAC Loads game in Tandy 1000 models equipped with DAC (such as
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the Tandy 1000 TL),which results in clearer digitized speech.
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COVOX1 Loads game with loud speech driver for the Covox Speech Thing
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on parallel port 1. Note: there is no auto-detect for Covox so
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this parameter is required if you want to use Covox.
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COVOX2 Loads game with loud speech driver for the Covox Speech Thing
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on parallel port 2. Note: there is no auto-detect for Covox, so
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this parameter is required if you want to use Covox.
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CMS Loads sound driver for CMS music board. Note: there is no
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speech driver for CMS, so digitized speech will play through
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the PC's internal speaker. Also, there is no auto-detect for
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CMS, so this parameter is required if you want to use your
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CMS Board.
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SMALL Use this if you have a computer with less than 640K of memory.
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It deletes complex versions of some shapes to speed up the
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simulation.
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LARGE Deactivates Small.
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ALL If you want to be able to play all missions without having to
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win each one, type this parameter to make all missions available
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immediately. This is a default parameter.
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CAMPAIGN Starts new campaign. In order to advanced in Campaign Mode,
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you will need to land safely at your home base after successfully
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completing each mission.
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Note: when you quit the game, the program automatically remembers all of that
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game's startup parameters, as well as all the items checked on the drop-down
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menus. The next time you start the game, just type YEAGER and press Enter, and
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those same parameters and menu items will be in effect. Also, if you quit the
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game in the middle of a Campaign, and you want to retum to where you left off,
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be sure not to select the Campaign parameter the next time you start up the
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game, as that will put you at the beginning of a new campaign.
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...........................................
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: KEYBOARD PROCEDURES FOR NON MOUSE USERS :
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Tab Moves cursor arrow sequentially through option "buttons."
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Spacebar Selects option beneath cursor arrow.
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Enter Selects option with >"text"< (arrows) on either side. Note: this
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may be different than the button the cursor arrow points to, so
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you can hit Enter to save time.
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Esc Exit to previous screen.
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Backspace Backup one screen when creating a custom mission.
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"Hot keys" Most options can be selected by pressing the first letter of the
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first word. For example, "Test Flight" is selected from the
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main menu by pressing T.
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Note: On the Historical Mission Selection screen, pressing 1, 2, or 3 will
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select the first, second, or third mission visible on the screen.
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: YEAGER AIR COMBAT-KEYBOARD REFERENCES :
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VIEWS
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F1 Forward
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F2 Back
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F3 Left
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F4 Right
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F5 Up (Look up at 45 degrees from forward view)
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F6 Down (Look down at 45 degrees from forward view)
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F7 Plane to target
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F8 Target to plane
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F9 Map (in playback screen, this activates the "3D box view")
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F10 Fly-by
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Shift-F1 Behind your airplane, looking forward
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Shift-F2 In front of your airplane, looking back
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Shift-F3 Alongside the right wing of your airplane
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Shift-F4 Alongside the left wing of your airplane
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Shift-F5 From below looking up at underside of your airplane
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Shift-F6 From above looking down at the top side of your airplane
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Shfft-F7 Target's cockpit
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Shift-F8 Following target
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Shfft-F9 Circling external view of airplane
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Shift-F10 Following missile
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(Cursor Arrows) Slew view angle. If you're using the keyboard to control
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the flight stick, or if you're on the FILM PLAYBACK screen,
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then you have to press Ctrl along with the arrow keys.
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Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn After you've selected "fly-by view" these keys will change
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the altitude of your view position.
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- Decrease view magnification
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+ Increase view magnification
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FLIGHT CONTROLS
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1 to 5 Set throttle (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%)
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6 Afterburner (Vietnam Era aircraft only)
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7 Throttle -5%
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8 Throttle +5%
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G Landing gear up/down
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F Flaps in/out
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B Air brakes and wheel brakes on/off
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COCKPIT CONTROL
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Backspace Display/Hide instrument Panel
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] Select previous weapon
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[ Select next weapon
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Space, Button A Fire weapon
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Enter, Button B Select next target to right of current target
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' (apostrophe) Select target closest to center of screen
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9 Fire chaff (on MiG-21 and F-4 only)
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0 Fire Flare (on MiG-21 and F-4 only)
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R Radar on/off (on MiG-21 and F-4 only)
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, (comma) Decrease RWR magnification (on MiG-21 and F-4 only)
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. (period) Increase RWR magnification (on MiG-21 and F-4 only)
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W Next waypoint
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Shift-W Previous waypoint
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Shift-E Eject
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Ctrl-R Change HUD (Heads Up Display) color
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Ctrl-F Toggle flight info on/off
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D Show how much damage you've absorbed (as % of max damage)
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MISCELLANEOUS - DURING FLIGHT
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Esc Toggle flight menus on/off
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Ctrl-P Pause
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Ctrl-S Sounds on/off
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Ctrl-Q End mission
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Ctrl-A Direction to nearest friendly plane
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Crtl-Z Direction to nearest enemy plane
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T Toggle time compression (1x, 2x, 4x)
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Lt, Rt (arrows) Previous/Next menu
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Up, Dn (arrows) Previous/Next item
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PgUp, PgDn Previous/Next group (one or more items separated by a line)
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Home, End First/Last item
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Enter Make selection and remove menus
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HELP FUNCTIONS
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Ctrl-I Invincibility on/off
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Ctrl-E Easy Aiming on/off
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Ctrl-L Easy landings on/off
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Ctrl-U Unlimited ammo on/off
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Ctrl-T Target information on/off
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Ctrl-B Blackouts and redouts on/off
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Shift-1 Map window on/off
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Shift-2 Flight envelope window on/off
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Shift-3 Target view window on/off
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Shift-4 Yeager window on/off
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Note: Using a help function will prevent you from advancing in Campaign Mode.
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The Nearest Friend (Ctrl-A) and Nearest Enemy (Ctrl-Z) features do not count
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as Help Features in Campaign Mode. KEYBOARD AND MOUSE USERS: Because it's
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more difficult to aim while controlling your airplane with the keyboard or a
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mouse, you can select Easy Aiming from the Help Menu and still complete a
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Campaign.
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FILM PLAYBACK SCREEN
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P Brings up film playback screen when in flight
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Home Go to start of film
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End Go to end of film
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;(Semi-colon) Move back five seconds
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'(apostrophe) Move forward five seconds
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[ Move back 1/20th of a second
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] Move forward 1/20th of a second
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5(keypad) Stops film
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Left Arrow Play in slow motion
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Right Arrow Play at normal speed
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PgDn Play at 2x normal speed
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Ctrl-(Cursor Arrows)
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Slew view angle (Also activated by the tab key and by
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moving the cursor arrow. These can also be used to rotate
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perspectives in Box View.)
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(Function Keys) Set the view mode. All commands remain the same as, except
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that F9 activates BOX VIEW instead of MAP VIEW, which is not
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available on the Film Playback screen.
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Enter Next Target button (only when in Target View)
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+ Zoom in
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- Zoom out
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L Load film (only works in Review Film on main menu)
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S Save film
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Esc Exit Film Playback Screen
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The following commands work only in "Box View."
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F9 Activates Box View
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H Always follow plane's heading (default=off)
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P Always follow plane's position, keeping player centered in
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the box. (default=off)
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EXITING TO DOS
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Ctrl-C Exit to DOS. You will be asked to confirm this by pressing Y.
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GAME NOTE
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In Campaign Mode and Ace's Challenge you MUST come to a full stop at your home
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base to get credit for a completed mission. In some missions (notably escort
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missions) the scenario will end after the bombers have reached their final
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waypoint. You must land at your home base before they reach their final
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waypoint.
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X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X
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Another file downloaded from: The NIRVANAnet(tm) Seven
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& the Temple of the Screaming Electron Taipan Enigma 510/935-5845
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Burn This Flag Zardoz 408/363-9766
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realitycheck Poindexter Fortran 510/527-1662
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Lies Unlimited Mick Freen 801/278-2699
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The New Dork Sublime Biffnix 415/864-DORK
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The Shrine Rif Raf 206/794-6674
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Planet Mirth Simon Jester 510/786-6560
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"Raw Data for Raw Nerves"
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