Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!convex!swarren From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: f-18 Interceptor Message-ID: <1991Mar20.163852.10744@convex.com> Date: 20 Mar 91 16:38:52 GMT References: <1991Mar19.133751.9855@cc.newcastle.edu.au> <1229@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au> Sender: news@convex.com (news access account) Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx. Lines: 57 Nntp-Posting-Host: neptune.convex.com In article <1229@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au> pwb@newt.phys.unsw.OZ.AU (Paul W. Brooks) writes: [...] >A: You don't actually have to sink the sub to finish the mission. You >have to shoot down all the planes before the cruise missile is launched. >Another thing I've noticed is that the cruise missile will not be >launched if you stay close to the sub. I seem to remember that if you >pump 6 missiles into the conning tower in a row, it will explode, >although I haven't managed it yet. [...] Here is the submarine mission excerpt from my FA/18 spoiler sheet (compiled from submissions by the readers of this newsgroup): SUBMARINE MISSION: It is really not that difficult to land on the submarine,ok ok.. so you stack 2 out of 3 times.. but it certainly is not a fluke thing.. all you need to do is come in verry low,(below the level of the subs decking) come in just below a stall heading on about a 45 degree angle from the sub (you should be heading towards the conning tower end (ie land on the rear of the sub and use the length of the sub to actually stop). Aim at just missing the conning tower and come in nice and slow.. air brakes on at the last minute, wheels down and put the brakes on. Now.. just before you fly straight into the side of the sub pull up (effectivly stalling) and you should effectively do a controlled (non damaging) crash on the deck of the sub.. if you try it a few times you will get it eventually.. also... If you do it right you will also get refulled and rearmed.. which you can then go and use against the sub.. But.... Taking off again is more difficult.. Switch to overhead view.. zoom right back so that you can see your plane and the whole sub decking.. brakes on.. and trottle up to 5% or 10% thrust and put yourself at the extreme end of the flightdeck, facing the right way.. Dont fall off.. after getting this far it is a real bummer :-( go to full thrust,kill the brakes and everything else and you should make it. KILLING THE SUB: Dump your ordnance (your AMRAAMs only, the AIMs don't work worth a damn) on the sub-carrier's conning tower.Then go back and get another load and do it again. If you can get 6 (not 5, but 6!) AMRAAMs to hit the tower squarely, you'll be treated to a lovely explosion and a sinking vessel.All of this can be done at just under 100 feet. I found that pulling up to 95 feet when you're about to fire works well, and the MiGs never touch me. _. --Steve ._||__ DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own. Warren v\ *| ---------------------------------------------- V {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.com --