User manual GAMES PC FALCON 4.0-ALLIED FORCE-KEYLAYOUT-US

[. . . ] For hardened followers of Falcon 4. 0, the franchise has come to represent the most advanced and immersive military flight simulator ever produced for the home PC. Battlefield Operations: Falcon 4. 0 Allied Force (FalconAF) builds upon that reputation to give the closest feeling yet of what it is like to fly one of the most important combat aircraft of the modern era. The F-16 Fighting Falcon, otherwise called the "Viper" by those that fly it, is the workhorse of the United States Air Force and many of her allies around the world. To date, more than 4, 000 Vipers have rolled off the production line in various guises. [. . . ] You will hear a number of pilots, air traffic controllers, and AWACS personnel communicating over communication channels and flying sorties as FalconAF conducts the war. Hundreds of sorties, ground troops and skirmishes are taking place as you approach your taxi time. When the countdown clock reaches zero (if Take-Off is selected, earlier for other types), the simulation will load. Then you will appear, depending on your selection, on the taxiway or runway cleared for takeoff. Your mission has begun. Saving Your Campaign After you choose a campaign and enter the Mission Schedule screen, you can save the campaign by Page 264 of 716 Battlefield Operations: Falcon 4. 0 Allied Force clicking on Save on the left side of the screen. Simply give the currently running campaign a name and click on the Save button. The Campaign also has an automatic save feature that automatically saves the state of the campaign at three different points: When you click on the Fly icon to enter the simulation When you press ESC in the simulation and select "End Mission" When you click the Back button to return to the main menu FalconAF creates an autosave file named "Auto Save. " You can rename this file by clicking on the Save button. If you press ESC and discard the mission, you will return to the point in campaign time when you clicked the Fly icon to fly the mission you just ended. In this case, the campaign will not be saved. Loading Saved Campaigns If you've previously saved a campaign, load it by clicking on the Saved tab and selecting the campaign you want to load. Now click the Commit icon in the bottom right corner and the saved campaign will start. If you relied on Auto Save to save your campaign or mission, click on "Auto Save" in the Saved window and then click on the Fly icon. The campaign will revert to where you left off when you exited the Mission Schedule window. Of course, you can also press P to pause the game or SHIFT-P to freeze the game. Planning Map After you select a mission, its flight plan appears on the Planning Map. The Planning Map includes a wide variety of information and tools for viewing your flight plan and making changes to your mission. Page 267 of 716 Battlefield Operations: Falcon 4. 0 Allied Force Maximize Press the Maximize button to enlarge the Planning Map to fill the screen. In addition, two new buttons are added: Linear Altitude Plot Displays a side view of the selected mission's flight plan. This view shows the altitude your flight will fly between each steerpoint. Log Altitude Plot This side view is a larger scale version of the linear plot view and is another way to alter your altitude changes for the flight plan. Zoom Out Press the zoom out button to zoom out on the map. (If you have a mousewheel equiped mouse, this will also work) Zoom In Press the zoom in button to zoom in on the map. Fit Flight Plan Page 268 of 716 Battlefield Operations: Falcon 4. 0 Allied Force Press the Fit Flight Plan button to reposition the map and zoom in to fit the chosen mission's flight plan in the center of the screen. The Planning Map Menu With the Planning Map enlarged, right-click on the map. A pop-up menu will appear with options for display overlays to show you the complete tactical situation into which you'll be flying. Keep in mind that enemy intelligence is based on imperfect information. The fog of war applies to FalconAF's campaigns as much as an actual conflict. Options you can display include: Recon provides strategic information and a 3-D view of a specific target or location on the terrain. Right-click on the area of interest and chose Recon from the drop-down menu. The Recon window will open and provide zoom, pan and rotate buttons to examine the area or target you chose. This window lists all the targets in the vicinity along with their condition and value. [. . . ] These targets can consist of anything from infrastructure to enemy ground units. Radio call indicating an AWACS has begun providing control functions to friendly aircraft. A Soviet-built main battle tank with better armor, armament and speed than the T72. A cockpit system that detects and sends out radio beacons to assist in navigation and displays the information in the DED. [. . . ]