User Guide

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HAZING
In the DETAIL Option Screen, the lowest HAZING button ( FAR ) now produces no hazing at all.
(The default for hazing is now the second button, not this first one.) With no hazing, no
new objects are revealed, the game is not any faster, and it doesn’t look as good. However,
some players prefer to play without any hazing, so this option is now available.
INVISIBLE COCKPIT
It is possible to remove the cockpit from the screen, by pressing cI. Your HUD and
any active MFDs remain on-screen, as do any MFDs you subsequently activate. Radar
and IR warning lights also still appear.With an invisible cockpit, you can, of course, see
more of the sky in front of you, and the game’s frame rate improves slightly. This is a
toggle — pressing cI again recalls the rest of your cockpit.
PLAYER SCORE
The game keeps a running score of how you’re doing. You can look at it by pressing
aS between missions. To maximize your score, play the game with the
ACE option
(see below).
RADAR AND IR WARNING LIGHTS
As missiles get closer to you, the radar and IR warning lights now blink faster.
DAMAGE MFD
The Damage display has an added feature. Systems which are damaged but not destroyed
appear in yellow. Only when a system is destroyed does it appear in red.
ROOKIE, VETERAN AND ACE OPTIONS
The main Option Screen (accessed by pressing aO during flight) allows you to select
ROOKIE, VETERAN or ACE difficulty levels. ROOKIE level selects the easier option from each
of the following choices;
ACE level selects the more difficult option. VETERAN level
selects the following options:
ON
EASY GUN HITS, MID-AIR COLLISIONS, EASY LANDINGS, STALLS, AUTO TARGETING,
360°
LOCK, SMART TARGETING, SUN GLARE, G EFFECTS.
OFF
UNLIMITED AMMO, SMART RADAR, 360° RADAR, SMART RAW SCOPE.
ROOKIE level selects ROOKIE ENEMY INTELLIGENCE; VETERAN level selects VETERAN ENEMY
INTELLIGENCE
; ACE level selects ACE ENEMY INTELLIGENCE.
(After selecting a particular difficulty level —
ROOKIE, VETERAN or ACE — you can then
change any of the options individually.)
CLARIFICATIONS
The UNLIMITED AMMO option only applies to gun rounds while playing Strike Commander.
It will not give you unlimited missiles or bombs. The only exception are training missions,
which do give you unlimited amounts of whichever weapons you are carrying.
Saved Game Limit. Strike Commander will only recognize the first 100 saved games in the
game directory. All additional saved games are ignored and cannot be selected in the
SAVE/LOAD menu. You may delete unwanted saved games using the DOS delete command.
SHOW WEAPONS (a FLIGHT option) will only show weapons on your own plane and on planes
that are viewed through the external camera (6).