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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: JET
Message-ID: <49395@sun.uucp>
Date: 13 Apr 88 18:07:36 GMT
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In article <1820@sugar.UUCP> karl@sugar.UUCP (Karl Lehenbauer) writes:
>The engine sound gets monotonous.  Although all sound can be turned off with 
>the TAB key, not being able to hear the missile lock tone is fatal.  I don't
>suppose the engine sound varies much in the cockpit of a real fighter if
>it's left at one setting.  I wish it did in the game for enjoyment's sake.  
>Come to think of it, there are sounds that would vary with airspeed: whizzing 
>through all that air presumably induces a lot of noise in the cockpit.  When 
>it tower view mode perhaps the engine sound could doppler at the plane flew 
>by - simple to implement as the distance was computed for the visual part, 
>speed is known and the pitch change is of course easy to achieve.

On my registration card I suggested that the engine sound be turned *off*
when you went supersonic, after all that's what happens in 'real life'. 
I didn't think of the doppler shift stuff but you are right of course,
and lets not forget the sonic boom if we are flying faster than the 
speed of sound. Better yet, if you are looking from the control tower
and the jet flys by too cloesly at supersonic speeds the windows should
shatter no? 

The other thing that would be nice would be to have the heads up display
indicate 'stick to target' data. Which is the little indicator line showing
where to put your stick to move the nose of the plane toward the target. 

And last but not least, lets take a feature from FirePower, when you blow
up SAM sites the little operators should try to run away unless you strafe
them with your machine guns! [Maniacal laughter goes here.]


--Chuck McManis
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These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.