Is there a traning manual?

[corrado444]

I read the entire manual online, yet it seems that my planes (I haven't even tried boats and tanks) just sit idle on the hangar or the runaway without moving.

When I go to the training scenario the screen says "Automatic takeoff" or such, but the plane just sits there. Once I was able to take off, but pressing the G for gear or the other control produced no effect I could see.

I am obviously missing something, and I remember that when I played other flight sims a long time ago they had a beginner screen were the teacher would sugest what to do to perform tasks. Is something like that available here?

How do you take off automatically other than sitting there and waiting?

Also, how do you take off manually?

Is it possible that something is wrong with my setup"

I have a logitech stick but I am having a hard time mapping the keeys too. They don't seem to do anything.

Thank you for any help in pointing me to real instructions on how to play this game.

Cheers

[TequilaChaser]

http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/


download the  commands quickreference page  and print it out if u have a printer

sounds like you are not using the - & = at top of keyboard for throttle ( pressing the - key lowers throttle ie...manifold pressure  and pressing the = key raises throttle/manifold pressure )

you can hit E to start engine and hit SHIFT =    to get WOT ( wide open throttle )

[BaldEagl]

It sounds like you don't have your throttle mapped properly.  Go to set-up, contollers, map contols.  This is also where you need to map your joystick.  I've got my throttle mapped to the wheel on my mouse.  Aside from that, anytime you're in the game and don't know what your controls are go to set-up, map keys to see what the keymapping is for your various controls.  Hope this helps.

[corrado444]

Precisely, I was not doing that. I thought that auto take off was just that.

I was actually siccessfull in taking off both manually and in auto once I figured out how to use the trottle and that the button mapping on my joystick was off. (it starts at 0 instead of one, so  everything was 1 digit lower. I went to adjust the trim and I ejected!

However, I tried to fly a mosquito in aouto and it just stood there with the engines at full power. Then after I hit something it took off on a diagonal (brakes maybe?) and crashed all on its own in auto.

Agin, it would have been nice to have some sort of flight school like I had on an older game running on an ancient Mac with 32 megs of memory. If that game had it I don't see why this one doesn't. It makes the learning curve faster and gets people in the arena quicker.

Thank you for the replay, I'll go print the key mapping chart next.

Cheers

[BaldEagl]

Auto take-off is just that.  You spawn onto the runway and it just takes off but, it remembers your throttle setting from the end of your last flight so if throttle was 0 you have to give it throttle again.

[fuzeman]

Originally posted by BaldEagl
Auto take-off is just that.  You spawn onto the runway and it just takes off but, it remembers your throttle setting from the end of your last flight so if throttle was 0 you have to give it throttle again.

May want to investigate that more. It takes the position of your throttle not how it was after your last flight.

[Schatzi]

Originally posted by fuzeman
May want to investigate that more. It takes the position of your throttle not how it was after your last flight.

That is correct when youre using a Joystick.

When you use keyboard for throttle, you dont have a "position", the game will take last throttle input at end of flight.


Corrado, do you have a Joystick? Or are you using Mouse to fly at the moment?

[fuzeman]

Guess I better investigate some more. Thanks for the clarafication.