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Offline Steven

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« on: July 19, 2001, 11:53:00 AM »
Is there any way to tell, when looking out the tower, which direction you are looking on the compass?  This would sure help me out in figuring out the best takeoff direction to avoid a mountain or to determine if it's sunrise or sunset.  As it stands now, when viewing yourself on the map the airplane icon always points the same direction and does not change when you look left/right or back in the tower view.  This is unlike what happens when in a bomber and you are in a gun position and looking in a different direction of travel which is then reflected in the map icon.  

I may be missing something easy, but if not...would make a neat fix.

-Puke
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2001, 12:40:00 PM »
Hit F5 and F8,
Look around and look at your map.
Your plane on the map points at the direction you are looking.

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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2001, 06:53:00 PM »
Thanks.  I will try that.

-Puke
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