User manual GAMES PC RED FACTION II

[. . . ] Click on the My Computer icon on your desktop and a window will open listing all the drives on your system. One of the drives will have an icon of an Iron Cross and will be labeled Red Baron 3-D. Right click the CD drive to bring up a menu of options. Left click the menu option labeled Autoplay. [. . . ] Placing the cursor on the edge will scroll the map in that direction. Click the right mouse button twice and note that the map zooms back out to its original size. Locate the legend in the lower left corner of the map. Note that the cursor changes to a "hand" as you move it over the labels for most of the symbols in the legend. Clicking the symbol or the check box to the left will remove all of those symbols from the map. Clicking it again will 37 Tutorial Four re-enable the display of the selected object type. You probably cannot help but notice the white mission summary box in the upper left corner of the map. The summary tells you the flight number, takeoff time, the type of mission, the mission's target and distance, how many aircraft are in the flight, and how many waypoints are on the flight path. Additionally, if the displayed flight is the one you are assigned to fly, the summary will show this as being the "Player's Flight". Click the Next button in the bottom right corner of the mission summary. Note that the flight path and the mission details change, assuming your squadron is conducting multiple missions on this day. With all the editing we did on our mission path, it is possible we messed up some of the timings. Click the Restore Path button, which is now displayed on the flight summary. This will revert back to the original flight plan. Click the Squadron button and note that the flight summary changes to show a listing of all flights that will be flown by your squadron and that the map shows the flight paths for all flights. Click the Done button and the map is rolled back up and you are looking at a chalkboard display showing all of the missions assigned to your squadron, who is assigned to fly each one, and which plane type they will be flying. Note that one of the map rings at the top of the blackboard is colored red, indicating that it is the active map for your flight region. You can redisplay the map by clicking the map ring. Because you are the squadron commander, you have the authority to change the details of any of the displayed missions. Position the mouse cursor over one of the pilot names assigned to one of the flights and note that a white box appears around the pilot name. Click and hold the left mouse button and drag the pilot's name over the top of another pilot's name in a different flight until a white box appears around the second pilot's name. Now, release the mouse button and note that the two pilots swap their flight assignments. [. . . ] Any terrain visible between the detail range and the "fog" will have a polygonal appearance. Aircraft Detail - Since the planes are the focus of the game, this is the last option your should try to reduce. In addition to changing the game's internal graphics settings, there are some things you can do with your machine that will help game performance. First, try defragmenting the hard drive on which Red Baron 3-D is installed. [. . . ]