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From: paulc@hplsdrb.HP.COM (Paul Carroll)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Flight Simulator II (and uuencode mess-ups) [long]
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Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 13:42:21 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 19 13:42:21 1987
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Just a couple more (minor) gripes and bugs in Flight Sim II:

        1.  I just went back to Flight Sim II after about a month
                and I  also  found  the  menus  to  be  a  little
                distracting  at  first.  However, after the first
                use of the menus, I was able to revert  back.   I
                don't think this is a problem.

        2.  I also had problems trying to do ILS landings in  San
                Francisco and was disappointed to learn that  ILS
                won't  work  there.   I  have   flown   down   to
                Champaign, ILL where the ILS does work (and saved
                the  airport  on  a  data  disk  so I can try ILS
                landings at any time).  I happened to have bought
                Flight Sim II for my Atari 800 about a  year  ago
                and  its documentation does address ILS a little.
                Basically, it contains a tutorial on how to  land
                and    takeoff   at   Champaign.    What's   also
                interesting is that a 1976  Jeppson(sp?)  Pilot's
                Textbook  that  I have (was used for real flying)
                doesn't  cover  ILS  either.   Is  ILS  that  new
                (probably wrong group to ask, anyway)?

        3.  The Seattle database  seems  to  be  thrown  together
                rather   quickly.   Having  flown  THROUGH  Mount
                Ranier and taxied around Seattle International, I
                was disappointed when I compared  this  with  the
                other  areas.   At  least other areas detect when
                you hit the side of a mountain.   Still,  it  was
                fun to fly around Washington state.

        4.  A major disappointment with  Flight  Sim  II  is  the
                setting of the VOR's.  I hate  to  click  on  the
                button  180  times  to  get to the heading I want
                (which is  usually  the  opposite  of  what  it's
                currently  set to).  This is also weird since the
                Atari 800 version  handled  this  fairly  nicely,
                with  the ability to set each digit.  If there is
                a way of setting the VOR more  easily,  I'd  sure
                like  to  know.   In case it isn't obvious, I set
                the VOR to headings and use autopilot  so  I  can
                fly cross-country.  (Not that I HAVE to,  but  it
		makes flying a lot easier).

All in all, Flight Sim II is still the best software I've bought
for the Amiga.  Now, if Jet is better ...

			Paul Carroll
			Hewlett-Packard Logic Systems Division
			Colorado Springs, CO
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