User Manual

pilots. With this option disabled, you will need to hold  down the Voice Activation keyboard key (<V> by
default)tobroadcastvoice‐chattotheotherpilots.
• MuteallUsers–Clickingthisoptionwillmuteallusersinthesession.Withthisset,youwillnotreceiveany
voice‐chatmessagesfromanypilotinthesession.
Startinganonlinecompetitionmode
As well as the solo high‐score and challenge modes, some competition modes can be flown online against other
pilots.Themultiplayer‐compatiblemodesareasfollows:
• Bomb‐drop–Competetodropasmanybombsaspossibleasclosetothetargetcentresasyoucantoearn
morepointsthantheotherpilotsinthesession.Thiscompetitionisforfixed‐wingmodelsonly.
• BalloonBursting –Flywiththeotherpilotsaroundthe flyingsite, burstingasmanyballoons asyoucan to
earnasmanypointsaspossible.
• StreamerCutting –You andthe otherpilotswill eachhavetwostreamersattachedtoyour model’swings.
Gainpointsby“cutting”theotherpilots’streamers.Thiscompetitionisforfixed‐wingmodelsonly.
• LaserCombat–Allpilotshavea laserpointerattachedtotheir model. Point yourlaserattheotherpilo ts’
modelstogainpoints.
• ThermalGliding–Allpilotsstarthighintheskyandcompetetofindthethermalsontheflyingsiteandstay
aloftforaslongaspossible.Thiscompetitionisforglidermodelsonly.
Pleasenotethatyoucanonlystartanonlinecompetitionmodeifyouarethehostofthesession.Youcanspecifya
competitionmodewhenyoustartthesession,usingtheSessionTypedrop‐downbox intheCreateSessionmenu,or
choosefromtheCompetitionmenuwhilethesessionisunderway.
Whenyoustartacompetitionmodeonline,youwillseeallofthesessionpilotsinthecompetitionstartandoptions
menu. Only the session users  who were present during  this stage (before the competition begins) can actually
competeinthecompetition.Otherpilotswhojoinwhilethecompetitionisunderwayarenotifiedthatacompetiti on
isongoing,andmustwaituntiltheroundendsbeforetheycanfly.
Ifyouarenotthehostofthesession,andthehostdecidestostartacompetitionmode,youmustwaitforthehost
tostartthecompetitionroundbeforeyoucanfly.Ifyouexit orcancelthe competition menus,youwillbeejected
fromthesession.