User manual GAMES PC JANE S USAF

[. . . ] 1 INTERFACE Previous page: USAF photo by Senior Master Sgt. Rose Reynolds Chapter 1 General Instructions . . . . . . 1. 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1 Drop-Down Pilot Window. . . . . . . . . . 1. 2 Menu Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 2 Mission Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 15 Tactical Display Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 15 Before a Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 16 Map and Map Tools . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 16 Briefing Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 16 Map Navigator Window . . . . . . 1. 19 Map Icon Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 19 Flight/Aircraft Buttons . . . . . . . . 1. 20 Record Mission Button . . . . . . . 1. 20 In-Flight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 20 Real-Time Map Display . . . . . . . 1. 20 Visit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 21 Switching Aircraft/ Flights . . . 1. 21 Loadout Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 22 Customizing a Loadout . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 23 Choosing a Flight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 23 Viewing Available Weapons/Equipment . . . . . . . . . 1. 23 Loading and Unloading. . . . . . . 1. 24 Debrief Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 25 Main Menu Screen . . . . . . . . 1. 3 Show Main Menu Option . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 3 Information Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 3 Fly Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 4 Links to Other Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 4 Flight Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 5 Quick Mission Editor Screen . . . . . . 1. 5 Mission Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 6 Revivals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 7 Mission Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 7 Training Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 8 Choosing a Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 8 Flying a Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 8 Single Missions Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 9 Listing Available Missions . . . . . . . . 1. 9 Choosing a Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 10 Campaign Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 10 Starting or Rejoining a Historical Campaign. . . . . . . . . . . 1. 11 Winning Historical Campaigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 11 Starting or Rejoining a Future Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 12 Campaign Info Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 12 About Mission Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 12 Campaign Control Window . . . . 1. 13 Winning a Futuristic Campaign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 14 Tools Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 26 Pilot Records Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 26 Pilot Dossier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 26 Changing Your Current Pilot . 1. 26 Creating a New Pilot . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 26 Deleting a Pilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 26 Current Pilot Information . . . . 1. 27 Mission Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 27 Kill Tally, USAF Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 28 Pilot, Weapon Statistics . . . . . . . . . . 1. 29 Mission Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 30 Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 31 Medals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 32 Mission Recorder Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 33 Recorder Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 33 Playback and Tactical Display Tabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 34 Visiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 34 Reference Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 35 Object List, Viewing Box . . . . . . 1. 35 Web Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 36 Jane's USAF INTERFACE GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS This chapter provides an overview of the USAF interface. This section gets you started and explains a few general features. The other major sections cover the following: 1. [. . . ] 2. 42, for details. Viewing Threats in the RWR The radar warning receiver (RWR) in your aircraft detects anything transmitting active radar signals within its range. It gives you a full 360° view in an approximately 20nm circle around your aircraft. Any threats inside this radius display on the RWR. However, some aircraft have a physical RWR instrument on the cockpit dash. 4. COMBAT Part of the RWR's job is to classify threats. Each threat has a specific icon that displays inside the RWR circle: Air threat Boat SAM threat Gundish Anti-aircraft artillery GROUND Threat SA-2 SA-3 SA-5 SA-6 SA-8 SA-10 Hawk ZSU-23X4 General AAA AIR Code 2 3 5 6 8 10 H A A Threat MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 MiG-29 SU-22 SU-24 Su-35 Mirage F-1 F-105 Code 21 23 25 29 22 24 35 M 05 Threat F-117 A-10 F-111 F-4 F-15 F-16 F-22 Code 17 A1 11 4 15 16 F2 A blinking icon indicates the threat has launched a missile. Threat codes give more specific information about the type of threat. 4. 25 Viewing Threats in the Tactical MFD The Tactical MFD shows you a general geographical outline of an area, with additional information about ground targets overlaid on top of it. The background map scrolls and displays new terrain as you fly over it. You can zoom this map in and out using the pushbuttons. The tactical map also shows SAM threats and kill radii, and waypoint information Your aircraft's nose is always at the bottom of the screen and pointing upward. As you turn, so does the map. Map scale Declutter toggles Target waypoint Current waypoint Current aircraft position Waypoints Symbology Current aircraft position. The small cross with a tail in the lower third of the MFD represents your aircraft's position. A circle appears around your aircraft and changes size, depending on what map scale you have selected. You can zoom the map scale in and out by pressing the pushbuttons (PB14 to decrease the map range, PB15 to increase it). Available ranges are 10 / 20 / 40 and 80nm. Surface-to-air missile sites show up as solid circles. A large circle surrounding the SAM threat icon represents the SAM's effective missile range. If you're trying to fly through a field of SAM circles, try to weave in between them to avoid coming into their range. All visible navigation waypoints appear on the map, but have different symbols: Green line Hollow green circle Solid green circle Hollow red triangle Solid red triangle Planned flight route Normal waypoint Currently selected waypoint Target waypoint (with targets vital to mission success) Current target waypoint Jane's USAF Declutter toggles. You can use PB1 -- PB3 to toggle various elements of this display on or off. This is called decluttering because it simplifies the display. You can remove SAM sites (PB1), waypoint information (PB2), and the map image (PB3). 4. 26 Viewing Targets in the JTIDS MFD In the F-22A, F-117A, and F-15C and F-15E the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System, or JTIDS, replaces the Tactical MFD. [. . . ] APPENDICES Gameplay Panel Use the Gameplay panel to change the difficulty level of the game. The GAMEPLAY LEVEL option appears at the top of the Gameplay panel and is followed by five radio buttons: CHEAT, EASY, NORMAL, REALISTIC and CUSTOM. · CHEAT Set player skill requirements and enemy AI to their lowest levels, and activate cheats. When you select cheat options, points are deducted from your score accordingly. [. . . ]