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From: jimb@faatcrl.UUCP (Jim Burwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Falcon Weirdness
Message-ID: <1446@faatcrl.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jun 90 23:48:12 GMT
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test@sparc1 writes:


>     You have an older copy of Falcon, before they made it entirely HD-install-
>able.  If you send Spectrum Holobyte your original Program Disk 1 and $7.50,
>they'll send you the revised version.


FYI:  I just got off the phone with Spectrum Holobyte, and they also have
an upgrade to FalconMission to fix primarily the "mouse diving" bug.  I
fly Falcon in mouse 2 mode, since flying a flight simulator with a switch-type
joystick is a joke, IMHO.  The mouse gives you smooth, variable control
surface deflection, and generally works great.  But there's a bug in the input
code (or flight code maybe) which limits your nose-down stick force.  At
high speeds (Mach 1+), I can't even pull 1 negative G when I push the stick
all the way forward.  It's a little better, but not much, when you're going
slower.  I usually wind up rolling inverted, pulling on the stick, then
rolling back when my nose is in position (for fireing, say).  The upgrade
fixes this problem.  

BTW, a jet fighter pilot friend of mine says he gets great results with 
Falcon and a Gravis Mouse-Stick.  He says it flys just like a real jet, and
really increases his ability to maneuver. 

Oh yeah..  To get the upgrade, they told me to send my Operation Counterstrike
disk, a note explaining what I want, and three dollars for S&H of the disk
to:

Spectrum Holobyte
2061 Challenger Drive
Alemeda, CA 94501

ATTN:  Customer Support


C'ya,
Jim

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