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From: vita@daredevil.crd.ge.com (Mark F Vita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Flight simulators for the Mac
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Date: 15 Feb 90 15:24:57 GMT
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In article <20397@netnews.upenn.edu> gilbert@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Mike Gilbert) writes:
>In article <2104@tellab5.TELLABS.COM> wiseman@tellab5.UUCP (Jeff Wiseman) writes:
>>I have flown Microsoft's FS but I personally prefer CY. One thing that I forgot
>>to mention in my earlier posting. For all you would - be radio control pilots,
>>one thing that is fun with CY is to set the view to Tower and then watch the
>>3-D plane fly around it while you control it. This is not easy with an F-18
>>flying at 1.2Mach...
>>-- 
>
>Yes, this is DEFINITELY one of the best features of AFT.  I've never 
>actually flown RC, but I really enjoy doing this.  Great to be able
>to zoom in on the plane if it's far out, and you're in a little trouble,
>is sometimes it's hard to pick up the orientation of the plane from a
>distance (which way IS that pixel headed, anyway? :) ).

I have the most recent version (2.2) of Falcon for the Mac.  One thing
I've wondered about is the absence of such an "outside view" feature.
A few weeks ago I happened to pick up a copy of Falcon for the PC (I
think it was the PC) in a store.  On the back of the box was a screen
shot showing the plane taking off from an outside point of view!
Anyone know why this feature is (apparently) included in the PC
version but not in the Mac version?

Also, is it true that Falcon supports color on non-Mac machines?  Any
clues as to why there's no color in the Mac version?  I mean, color
Macs have been around for almost three years now...

Other than the above beefs, I very much enjoy Falcon overall.  The
F-16 simulation seems very realistic (some might say TOO realistic),
and the fight sequences are exciting.  Also, the ability to dogfight
against another player over AppleTalk or modem is a really nifty
feature.

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Mark Vita                              vita@crd.ge.com
General Electric CRD               	..!uunet!crd.ge.com!vita
Schenectady, NY