User manual GAMES PC F-22 TOTAL AIR WAR

[. . . ] All rights reserved. Contents Please Read First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 War Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Getting Started Game Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Starting Total Air War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Additional information for allied aircraft can be visualized, including CAP and CAS patrol areas, flight paths and waypoint routes. Friendly objects are displayed green, Enemy objects are displayed 170 Moving Around the AWACS Map Window 2D Map Zoom and Control When the AWACS map is in 2D mode the map can be controlled by use of the SHIFT key, plus the left and right mouse buttons. cursor above and to the left of the area which you want to zoom into, hold the SHIFT key and press the left mouse button and while continuing to hold it down pull out a zoom box encompassing the area that you want to zoom the map to. Then while keeping the SHIFT down, release the left mouse button to carry out the zoom. The left mouse button can now be used to move the zoomed map by pressing and holding SHIFT on the keyboard, move the mouse cursor to the center of the area which you desire to move towards and then press the left mouse button. To zoom back out of the map, press SHIFT on the keyboard and the right mouse button while the mouse cursor is anywhere on the map, to zoom out one stage. To zoom fully out to the full size map, continue to hold the right mouse button until the zoom has taken place. Selecting Items The left mouse button is used to select items on the map. 3D Map Zoom and Control When the AWACS map is in 3D mode the map can be controlled by use of the keyboard SHIFT key, plus the left and right mouse buttons. Zooming the map To zoom into the map the mouse cursor must be on the AWACS map. Place the mouse 171 AWACS Selecting Items The left mouse button is used to select items on the map. AWACS Commanding flights through the AWACS Map Window The AWACS Commander has the power to perform a wide variety of tasks in the control of the tactical Air War: · Identify and prioritize air threats. · Assign and update flight Interceptions including visual identification, shadow and engage-to-kill tasks. · Assign allied flights to aid other allied flights in distress. · With assistance from the E-8 JSTARs aircraft, vector Close Air Support (CAS) flights to kill mobile ground targets such as SAMs, SCUDs and enemy tanks. The command generation system is context sensitive, only allowing the Commander to send valid commands to Allied flights. Commands that are valid but are not currently available will either produce a negative response from the command generation system or from the flight itself. Note: In order to make it clear which flights are being controlled and targeted in the AWACS Map Window, the DTINS button must be selected. Command Generation Commands are generated by the following procedure : 1. Select an allied flight by moving the mouse over the flights until a suitable flight has been highlighted. Zooming the map To zoom into the map place the mouse cursor on the AWACS map, hold the SHIFT key and press the left mouse button . Move the mouse to either a new map location (in the case of relocating patrol missions) or onto another flight. This action will produce an icon and text over the new flight describing the command that will be generated if the left mouse button is released. (For details of commands and icons see table below). Rotating the map To rotate the map press and hold SHIFT on the keyboard, then hold the right mouse button down and move the mouse cursor to the right to achieve a clockwise rotation, or move the cursor to the left side for a counter clockwise rotation. Changing the map zoom focus To change the focus of the zoom, press and hold SHIFT on the keyboard, hold down both of the mouse buttons and move the mouse cursor from one side to the other, or from top to bottom. Here the CAP flight is being dragged to an Enemy flight producing a red diamond. DTINS icon to indicate that an Intercept-toKill task will be sent to the Allied flight if the mouse is released. To Cancel the command, return the mouse cursor to the original flight location and release the left mouse button. The command has been sent to the Allied CAP flight to intercept and kill the enemy flight. The Allied flight responds to the AWACS and sets up its intercept vector to the enemy flight. This is illustrated as a dashed line modifying the current flight way-point route. [. . . ] A systems display for wingmen has been added to allow you to view their weapons and fuel status. Click the `WS' button in the system display to cycle through each of the wingmen. The wingmen and wing-leader damage status can now be seen at a glance on the systems display. White is fully functional, yellow is damaged and red usually means imminent use of the Ejector seat. [. . . ]