F/A-18E SUPER HORNET -------------------- Demo README.TXT ---------- Instructions, information and performance tips Run the Gauntlet -------------------------- Evade the strong air defences either side of your flight route as you attack and destroy the numerous armoured formations. Support our front-line forces as they attack the enemy defensive squadrons of tanks. Take on and destroy the enemy artillery as it pounds our positions and don't forget the patrolling enemy aircraft, which are ready to swoop on the unwary. Can you run the gauntlet and survive for 30 minutes? FLIGHT CONTROLS ----------------- Fly the F/A-18 using a correctly-configured, Windows9x-compatible flightstick and throttle system, or use the following keyboard controls: Dive Cursor-Up Climb Cursor-Down Roll left Cursor-Left Roll right Cursor-Right If you're unused to flying a plane, then you need to know that to turn to the left or right, you must first roll slightly in the direction you wish to turn, then pull back on the flightstick or press the Cursor-Down (Climb) key. When afterburner off: Engine RPM incremental inc., dec. +, - Full military power Ctrl & + Engines idle Ctrl & - When afterburner on (100% military): Burner nozz. incremental inc., dec. +, - Nozzles full open Ctrl & + Nozzles full close (burner off) Ctrl & - 60% military power 6 70% military power 7 80% military power 8 90% military power 9 100% military power 0 Landing gear G Speedbrake toggle on/off S Wheelbrakes W Fire extinguisher engine channel left, Shift &Y, Fire extinguisher engine channel right Shift & U Fire extinguisher APU Shift & T Fire extinguisher release Shift & E Eject Ctrl & E OTHER CONTROLS ---------------- The following paragraphs contain keyboard controls enabling use of the more important on-board systems. We have not described mouse control as it is intrinsically self-explanitory; suffice to say that most of the operations shown below can be carried out using the mouse together with the Super Hornet "Active Cockpit". The reference manual accompanying the full game provides full instructions on this topic, together with a 'tour' of the cockpit itself. Weapons --------- To use the various weapons that your aircraft carries, use the following keyboard controls: Master Arm switch Backspace Air-to-air avionics mode PgUp Air-to-ground avionics mode PgDown Cycle available weapons Return Reverse cycle through weapons Ctrl & Return Fire/launch/release weapon Space On-board weapons are displayed in the cockpit screen ("DDI") on the left of the cockpit. The codes on the display refer to the following weapons: 9M Short-range "Sidewinder" air-to-air heat-seeking missiles 120 Medium-range "AMRAAM" air-to-air radar-guided missiles M151 Unguided high-explosive air-to-ground rockets M247 Unguided amour-piercing air-to-ground rockets 97B Air-to-ground wide-area cluster bomb The numbers that precede these codes inform you as to the quantity of each weapon currently on-board. The ammunition count of the main gun is also shown top-centre of the display. The currently selected weapon is shown highlighted on the display. Avionics Controls ------------------- The main avionics system you will use is the radar, and this is on display in the DDI on the right of the cockpit. The radar presents information in two main ways, depending on whether you have set the avionics to the Air-to-Air or Air-to-Ground operating mode (using the PgUp and PgDown keys). Cycling through the on-board weapons can also switch the avionics systems between Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground mode. Many other avionics displays can be shown by the two DDIs. Use the left-bracket key ("[") and the right-bracket key ("]") to cycle through the displays of the respective DDI screen. Navigation avionics mode End Master Caution acknowledge M Threat warning tones toggle on/off Crtl & M Undesignate Target D Cycle briefed targets Ctrl & D Autopilot current mode engage, disengage A Auto-throttle engage, disengage Ctrl & A Chaff C Flare F Viewing modes --------------- You can move your viewpoint around the high-resolution cockpit screen either by moving the mouse to the edges of your screen, or with the following keyboard controls: Snap left 1 Snap up 2 Snap down 3 Snap right 4 Re-centre 5 The full range of views can be selected with the following keyboard controls: High-resolution cockpit F1 (default view) Virtual Cockpit view F2 HUD only view F3 DDI's on/off in HUD only view Ctrl & F3 Head-lock view on/off F4 Headlock, next target Ctrl & F4 Quick check Six Left F5 Check Six Sticky Left Ctrl & F5 Check Left Shift & F5 Quick check Six Right F6 Check Six Sticky Right Ctrl & F6 Check Right Shift & F6 F18 external View F7 F18 Chase Cam Ctrl & F7 Pylon View F8 Weapon Release View Ctrl & F8 Weapon in Flight View Shift & F8 Target View F9 Target Lock View Ctrl & F9 Spectator View F10 Remote View Ctrl & F10 Cinematic view on/off F11 Drone view, next F12 Drone view, previous Ctrl & F12 Camera panning left, up, down, right Alt + Cursor Keys Camera zoom in, out >, < Game controls --------------- Pause Ctrl & P Time acceleration cycle Tab Normal time Escape Quit Ctrl & Q I------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I Installation Problems ----------------------- If you want to re-install Super Hornet at any time (to install to another hard-disk or partition, for example) then you must UN-install Super Hornet if it already exists on your machine. The Setup program can generate the following warning message: "Uninstaller setup failed to initialise [...]" If you see this message, un-install the product yourself before running the setup program again. Graphics Card Issues ---------------------- -Gamma Settings- The gamma level can only be adjusted on 2D/3D combination cards (Riva, Voodoo Banshee, etc). It won't have any effect on systems that have 'add-on' 3D-only cards, such as the Voodoo2) -First-generation 3D cards- Owners of 'first-generation' 3D cards such as the Riva128 and the original Voodoo Graphics card may find incompatability and unreliability problems. It is vitally important that you use the very latest drivers for your graphics cards, as released by the manufacturers of the cards themselves. These drivers are continually being updated to be more stable and full- featured. Virtual Cockpit ----------------- We added a cool new feature to the Virtual Cockpit [F2] view mode that came too late to make it into the proper documentation. If, when in the Virtual Cockpit mode, you look directly at your main cockpit avionics (in other words, move either DDI, the UFCD, the MPCD or IFEI to the centre of the screen) then click the left mouse button, the viewpoint zooms in to that instrument and you can control it with the mouse in the same way you would in the high-resolution cockpit view [F1]. When using instruments that have controllable parameters, click the option texts around the border of the displays, not the option pushbuttons themselves. When you're done with the instrument, press key [5] to reset the viewing mode to normal. Audio Distortion ------------------ Owners of ISA soundcards may notice some audio distortion when things get hectic. This is due to the amount of audio mixing required by Super Hornet being too much for these older cards to cope with. If you get this problem, you may find that disabling the threat-warning system's audio tones (use key [CTRL & M] to toggle them on and off) will lessen the amount of mixing that must be carried out. [--End--------------------------------------------------------------------]