User manual GAMES PC RED BARON 3D

[. . . ] Red Baron 3-D 1 Gameplay Table Of Contents Starting the installation program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Testing your system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Choosing installation size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Choosing install location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installing IndeoTM and DirectXTM drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Final installation steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Starting the game with Autoplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Starting the game with a shortcut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Putting a Red Baron shortcut on your desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 How to start a Fly Now game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using the fixed cockpit views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using the slewable cockpit views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 How to locate the enemy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 How to fly your aircraft using a joystick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Fighting the enemy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Exiting the cockpit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 How to change the settings for Fly Now missions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Changing the difficulty with the Realism Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Adjusting the game's sound levels before flight. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Optimizing game performance with the Graphics Settings before flight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Adjusting sound and graphics settings in-flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 How to select a Single Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 How to delete a Single Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Viewing the pre-flight briefing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 How to take-off from your aerodrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Using the automatic pilot and time compression systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Using the external view system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Navigating with the in-flight map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 How to land at your aerodrome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 How to create a new pilot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 2 Installing the game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Starting the game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Tutorial 1: Fly Now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Tutorial 2: Changing Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Tutorial 3: Flying Single Missions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Tutorial 4: The Campaign Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 How to load and delete existing pilots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Reviewing campaign mission briefings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Viewing campaign reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Transferring to another squadron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Tutorial 5: Flying Online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 How to launch the multiplayer version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Getting ready to fly online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 How to find online games to join . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Multiplayer game types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Navigating the lobby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Differences between single-player and multiplayer . . . . . . . . 50 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Tutorial 6: Advanced Campaign Techniques. . . . . . . . . 53 Working with the paint shop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Using custom pilot photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Resurrecting dead pilots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Deleting unwanted missions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Locating aces and squadrons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Setting initial mission conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Creating a mission from scratch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Generating a large mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Tutorial 7: Creating Single Missions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Gameplay References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Aircraft control surfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Rudder control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Engine controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Weapon controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Cockpit view controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 External view controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Targeting and camera focus controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Communications controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Autopilot, time compression, and other controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Keyboard and joystick controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Keyboard and joystick diagrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Optimizing game performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Fighter and bomber mission types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Additional notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 3 Installing Red Baron 3-D GETTING STARTED Installing the game Important: before installing Red Baron 3-D, you should close all open applications. Starting the installation program Before you can begin playing Red Baron 3-D, you must install it to your hard drive. Let's go ahead and do that now: If you have AUTOPLAY enabled on your CD-ROM drive (the default setting) all you need to do is insert the Red Baron 3-D CD into the drive and close the drive door. After a few seconds, a window will appear on your desktop with a picture of a crewman grabbing the propeller of an airplane and a couple of buttons on the bottom. If you do not have AUTOPLAY enabled, put the Red Baron 3-D CD into the CD-ROM drive and close the drive door. [. . . ] The Prev button cycles backwards through the list of flights. Get the summary back to where it shows your flight and then click the Waypoints button. The summary box changes to show a list of all the waypoints in your flight path. Note that on the map, one of the waypoints is flashing white and that in the summary, one of the waypoints is outlined in yellow. Click on one of the other waypoints in the list and note that the corresponding waypoint on the map starts to flash white. Each waypoint in the list includes the major landmark type which corresponds to the selected waypoint, the action to take at the waypoint, the altitude (in meters), and the time of day you should be at the waypoint. To the right of the list are four arrow buttons. The double arrow buttons will take you to the beginning or end of the waypoints list and the single arrows scroll the list up or down one line at a time. Click on the first waypoint, which should be labeled Takeoff. Click the Add button and note that a new waypoint was added between the first and second waypoints on the list. The new waypoint is placed on the nearest landmark to the previous waypoint. Now click the Edit button and an edit screen appears. When editing waypoints you can change the altitude to fly at enroute to the waypoint, the action to take enroute, the action to take at the waypoint, the flight formation to use enroute, and the flight formation to use at the waypoint. We won't actually change anything at this point, so click the Cancel button to return to the waypoints list. 38 The Campaign Game Zoom the map all the way in so that you can see the landmarks and waypoints clearly. Put your mouse cursor over the flashing waypoint mark and note that the cursor changes to a hand. Click and hold down the left mouse button and note that you can drag the waypoint to another landmark, which will be outlined in red. Let go of the mouse button and the waypoint changes to the new location. In most cases, you will have no need to change waypoints and in this case, we really don't want the new waypoint added to our flight path. Highlight the new waypoint and click the Delete button. Note that the new waypoint and the corresponding flight path is removed from the map. Click the Flights button to return to the flight summary display. With all the editing we did on our mission path, it is possible we messed up some of the timings. [. . . ] If the game is installed to a drive other than the C: drive, defragmenting the C: drive will also improve performance since this is where your system's swap file resides. There are also some performance issues directly related to the VoodooTM based graphics accelerators. You should refer to your card's manufacturer as well as the newsgroups for assistance in optimizing your hardware. 76 Gameplay References FIGHTER AND BOMBER MISSION TYPES Following is a description of each of the mission types that can be assigned to a fighter group: Attack Balloon - The goal is simply to shoot down the enemy balloon. The task will be much easier if you use incendiary machine gun ammunition or the French "Le Prier" rockets. [. . . ]