🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 09 Jan 1996 09:44:00 GMT, buc...@acslink.net.au (doug
buckser) wrote:

>G'day,
>
>As a new pilot, I'm hoping to learn the answers to some basic
>questions.
>
Howdy, Doug.  Let me just supplement a few remarks already made.

>4. I hear considerable static while Blair is walking around the
>Victory, but the static disappears during combat (i.e., right after he
>climbs into his ship for a mission).  Has anyone else experienced this
>problem?  If so, is there a solution?

In addition to the fixes mentioned, try using the UNIVBE program
supplied by Origin.  I had this same problem <GODAWFUL static that
blew out my eardrums!>  and that cured it.  Had the same problem with
USNF, same fix.  Some kinda strange interaction between SVGA mode &
some soundboards.

>5. Does the selection of co-pilot matter?  All of them are much better
>than I am at this point.

Basically it only matters if you need/want a pilot along on a
particular mission who can be relied on to obey your orders(e.g Cobra
or Hobbes will obey, Maniac & Flash won't).  If you start running into
morale problems because of your choices on the Victory, all of your
wingmen except Hobbes _can_ become unreliable.  You can pretty much
tell when they go into low morale, because their radio messages
change: more bitter, sarcastic, or uncertain.

>6. When I watch my wingman beating the crap out of the kitties, his or
>her rate of fire appears to be much higher than mine.  Has anyone else
>experienced this?

You will become better than your wingmen at destroying enemy fighters,
with practice, but personally I find the computer controlled players
are better at engaging capships while taking only minimal/no damage
than I am.  I don't know about their rate of fire, but notice that
when they break formation and engage they do fly faster than you can!
(I don't know if you ever played Origin's superb Wings of Glory, but
there the damn wingmen could outclimb you like crazy!)

>7. Are there any exercises or practice routines to improve flying
>skills.  Even at rookie level, the kitties are bloody difficult to
>shoot.  Other than just flying more missions, does anyone have
>recommendations for learning the required flying skills?

The trainsim missions are kinda flat.  Go back and replay some saved
missions.  Try jacking up the difficulty a notch above what you're
playing thru the game at, on a mission you've already completed.

One last tip.  When you engage a Corvette, they have 4 turrets mounted
above and below each 'wing' and a sightly bigger turret <that fires
yellow? bolts> mounted at the top rear angle between the engines.
There are similar 'super turrets' (ion cannon?) mounted on other
Capships. The shots from these turrets are especially damaging.
Learning the knack of knocking out these particluar turrets quickly
will _greatly_ ease your progress thru the game.

--
Craig Lambert
To be a prophet without honor is sad.  To be a prophet without
profit is to guarrantee obscurity.