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From: critical.mass@pro-graphics.cts.com (Peter Altamore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: F/A-18 Interceptor
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Date: 9 Oct 90 00:56:05 GMT
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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..
 
 
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