Fighter Bombing

[SaltyDawg-SA19]

All!
          I was wondering if I am doing the fighter bombing correct, I havent seen an X like in AW when you dive on a target.  Also I dont have to arm the bomb? Just drop it?

   This is probably the first of many newb Q's:)

  I am so excited that I have found this game, I missed AW so much.  I hope to be "live" by about Wednesday of this week, so go easy on me then.

[214thCavalier]

No X's
And just drop the bombs.

Have fun.

[twigace]

   well the heel do u start flying this game at ?
 so is one of u guys gonna help me throughthis game or what i c ur replys  are current

[Boozer]

Takes a few tries to find your exact release point and some planes are slightly different, but for instance if I dive in at 60^ angle from 10k in a P-47 I can be sure of a hit when I put the bottom pixel of the default sight on my target.

[SaltyDawg-SA19]

Thanks for the replies.

And about what alt do u drop?

[twigace]

hey guys tell me where  start this game up fro most games have an icon to click?
****in help me otu

[SaltyDawg-SA19]

The best thing to do is download and read the manual.  And any other Q's search this site.   (at least that is what I am doing )

[Ghosth]

Twigace

try start, programs, aces high if you don't have a shortcut on your desktop.

[Murdr]

twigace.  click start/find/files or folders type aceshigh it should tell you where aceshigh.exe is, which is the file that fires up the game.

[Virage]

saltydog

search the bb for directions on how to enable the divebombsite in offline mode.  It will help you develop your divebombing technique.

[SaltyDawg-SA19]

I will look for that, I did try what boozer said and it worked.  Is ack range 6k?

[Flit]

I also recommrend you spend some time in the training arena,before you jump in to the MA
The frustration level will go way down
BTW-alt f4 does nothing but exit the game,don't fall for it

[Drano]

Originally posted by SaltyDawg-SA19
All!
          I was wondering if I am doing the fighter bombing correct, I havent seen an X like in AW when you dive on a target.  Also I dont have to arm the bomb? Just drop it?

   This is probably the first of many newb Q's:)

  I am so excited that I have found this game, I missed AW so much.  I hope to be "live" by about Wednesday of this week, so go easy on me then.

Actually, you CAN get the "X like in AW" here in AH. However, it will only appear offline or in the Training Arena.

To do that:

1. Bring up the clipboard and click on setup.
2. Click on arena settings.
3. Look on the list for "flight mode flags".
4. Double click on that.

This will bring up a box of things you can turn on or off by checking them. Checking the box for "dive bomb sight" will bring up the little "x". (Its actually gonna be a little green cross here.) It represents where on the ground your weapon would hit if you released it right now. Just like the CCIP(Constantly Computed Impact Point) sight did in AW.

The green cross will only show if you have bombs or rockets loaded onto your plane and you have them selected as your secondary weapon. To scroll thru your secondary weapons hit the backspace key repeatedly until the one you want appears in your lower ammo counter. To release them hit the "b" key.

      Drano

[TweetyBird]

Just a note, though you don't have to arm a bomb (like in AW) make sure its selected in your secondary weapon slot (Backspace key toggles through the secondary weapons and pilons by default).


Edit: oops guess we were wrting at same time, Drano

[SaltyDawg-SA19]

Thanks again for the replies, this also leads me to another Question:

  Since you bring up the offline flying and training, I have noticed I havent spun out offline yet...is that gonna change when I go online?