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- STARTING THE SU-25 STORMOVIK DEMO
-
- To play the SU-25 Stormovik Demo, you need 512K of memory for
- CGA or EGA, and 640K of memory for other modes.
-
- Type SU25 and press Enter. The game loads and you see the
- title screen. Press spacebar to continue.
-
- STARTING FEATURES
- When you start SU-25 Stormovik, the program detects the best
- graphics mode for your computer. If you want to start the simulation
- in a different graphics mode, add characters to the start command.
-
- EXAMPLE: To use EGA graphics, type SU25 EGA and press Enter.
-
- The order of the extra arguments doesn't matter.
-
- These arguments are for Video:
- cga - cga 320x200 4 color mode
- ega - ega 320x200 16 color mode
- mcga - mcga 320x200 256 color mode
- vga - vga in mcga 320x200 256 color mode
- tga - tandy 320x200 16 color mode (Tandy computers only)
-
- These arguments are for Input Device:
- j - joystick control
- k - keyboard control
- m - mouse control (for standard mice)
- m2 - slow mouse control (for hi-res mice)
-
- These arguments are for Sound:
- quiet - No sound
- pc - IBM PC speaker sound
- adlib - Adlib or Adlib compatible sound boards
- tandy - Tandy 1000 sounds
- cms - Creative Music Systems sound boards
-
- These arguments are for Detail Level:
- low - low detail level
- med - medium detail level
- hi - hi detail level
- simple - use simple 3D shapes (saves RAM and speeds up program)
-
- MISSION PROCEDURES
- You're assigned a mission, you adjust your weapons load, and you
- receive your waypoint map.
-
- WEAPON SELECTION AND LOADING
- In addition to your machine gun, your Stormovik has ten hardpoints.
- Press the left or right arrow keys to highlight the hardpoint you
- want to change. Press the up and down arrow keys to change between
- available weapons on that hardpoint. Press Enter to continue.
-
- WAYPOINT MAP
- In your Stormovik, the map numbers your waypoints in the approach
- order. The Z key switches between waypoints. Be sure to end your
- mission at waypoint 3. Your mission objective is to destroy the
- enemies near waypoint 2.
-
- DEBRIEFING
- When you land at your destination airport, the mission ends and you
- are shown one of three images depicting your success. To end the
- mission unsuccessfully and await rescue, press Shift-C.
-
- CHANGING YOUR VIEW ANGLE
- Press the arrow keys on the keypad to change the direction you're
- looking out the cockpit. (Keyboard users: hold down the Ctrl key
- while pressing the keypad keys.) This lets you see in different
- directions, which is useful for spotting and targeting enemies. The
- crosshair in the center of the Head Up Display (HUD) shows you the
- direction your Stormovik is pointed. If you have a target lock and
- you change views, you lose your lock.
-
- CHANGING YOUR VIEW PERSPECTIVE
- There are many different view perspectives, some from outside of
- your Stormovik. See the "View" menus for a complete list of views
- and keyboard commands.
-
- TAKEOFF
- To take off, increase the throttle and pull back slightly on the
- stick. Press 5 to open the throttle to 100%. The controls are
- calibrated toward low-speed flying. Press key G after taking off to
- retract your landing gear. Well before you get to waypoint two, you
- should ease the throttle back to 15-30% (keys 2 or 3) extend your
- flaps (key V) and reduce your speed to 100-150 kph (use key B to
- apply your airbrakes)
-
-
- NAP OF THE EARTH FLYING
- There's only one way to fly a dozen miles over enemy territory
- without using all your weapons in self-defense before you reach your
- target, and that's to fly low as possible, Try to stay between
- 100-200 meters.
-
- LANDING
- Press key G to lower the gear or you'll crash. The gear symbol is
- visible in the lower left corner of your cockpit, below the plane
- outline, as three colored boxes- green if your landing gear is down
- and you are below 50 meters, red if your gear is up below 50 meters,
- gray if your gear is up above 50 meters, and yellow if your gear is
- down above 50 meters.
-
- To Land, follow this checklist:
- 1. Reduce your throttle (key 2).
- 2. Extend your flaps (key V).
- 3. Extend your gear (key G).
- 4. Reduce your speed to 100 - 150 kph (key B).
- 5. Line up on the runway, watch your speed.
- 6. Point your plane (the "w" on the HUD) at the end of the runway.
- 7. When you are over the runway press key B to slow down even more.
- 8. Touch down at 80 - 100 kph.
-
- NAVIGATION
- Your list of waypoints is available on the MAP (key F3) and it's
- visible when you first enter Stormovik. Waypoint 2 is your first
- destination. At the top center of the HUD is a < or > marker. When
- it is >, you should fly too the right. f it is <, fly to the left.
- <> means you are on course. Key Z changes your next waypoint.
-
- COUNTERMEASURES
- When an enemy spots you, the appropriate Search light comes on,
- telling you if the search is by radar or infrared. at the right hand
- side of your cockpit RED lights are for IR, ORANGE for Radar.
-
- If an enemy starts tracking you, the appropriate Tracking light comes
- on, telling you if the track is by radar or infrared. Turn on your
- jammers to scramble the enemy's target lock; key R for the infrared
- jammers, or key E for the radar jammers.
-
- If the enemy fires a guided missile at you, the appropriate Guidance
- light comes on, telling you if the target lock is on your radar or
- infrared signature. If it's a radar lock, quickly dump chaff by
- pressing key D. If it's an infrared lock, quickly drop a flare by
- pressing key F. If your countermeasures are successful, the color of
- the missile on your RWR changes.
-
- WEAPON TARGETING AND FIRING
- Select your weapon by pressing key Q or key W. The name of the
- selected weapon appears on your HUD in the lower left corner.
-
- Press key A to track the first available target on the left.
- Repeatedly pressing key A cycles through all the available targets
- from left to right, and then it starts over again on the left.
-
- When you're tracking a target, a circle appears over it on your HUD.
- You can only track targets in your field of vision, though you can
- change your view angle by pressing the cursor keys (keyboard users
- must press Ctrl and the cursor keys). When the target comes within
- range of your selected missile, a second circle appears on the
- tracking marker indicating you have a target lock. Guns do not give
- you a target lock, neither do empty hardpoints.
-
- Fire the weapon by pressing the fire button on the control device
- you're using.
-
- V-57 rockets are unguided and fire straight out from your Stormovik.
-
- AA-2s and AT-6's are fire-and-forget weapons.
-
- FLIGHT MENU OPTIONS
- Menus are available during flight to let you change various aspects
- of the simulation. Active options have check marks next to them. Some
- options can be selected with a keyboard command; these keys appear
- after the option on the menus in the game. To make a selection:
-
- 1. Press Esc to display the Menus.
- 2. Press the right or left cursor key to display each menu.
- 3. Press the up or down cursor key to highlight the option you
- want to select.
- 4. Press Enter to select that option.
-
- If you decide not to make a selection, press Esc again to hide the
- Menus. Please experiment with the menu items, as there is not enough
- room to explain all of their uses here.
-
- KEYBOARD CONTROLS
-
- ~ Reduce throttle 5%
- 1 0% throttle
- 2 15% throttle
- 3 30% throttle
- 4 45% throttle
- 5 100% throttle
- 6 Increase throttle 5%
- - Decrease magnification
- + Increase magnification
- G Raise/lower landing gear
- Backspace Toggle cockpit on and off (only in cockpit view)
- Q or W Select weapon
- Space, Button 0 Fire selected weapon
- A, Button 1 Select next target to the right of current target
- S Select target closest to aiming crosshair
- D Drop chaff cartridge
- F Drop flare
- E Toggle radar jammers on/off
- R Toggle infrared jammers on/off
- , Decrease RWR magnification
- . Increase RWR magnification
- Z Select the next waypoint on your navigation gear.
- T Toggle time compression 2x (makes time go by twice as fast)
- H Change HUD color
- Ctrl-P Pause the game. Press any key to resume.
- Ctrl-C Abort mission.
-
- SU-25 Stormovik
-
- This demo is designed to give you a small taste of the experience of
- flying for the VVS (Soviet Air Force) in an SU-25 Stormovik during
- combat. In the complete version of this computer simulation, you
- follow the role of a pilot fighting in defense of peace over East
- Germany. In the complete version many more features and missions are
- available, and a 60+ page manual describes the game, how to fly the
- Stormovik, and the tactics required to successfully complete your
- missions. We welcome you to purchase a copy of SU-25 Stormovik Soviet
- Attack Fighter for the complete piloting experience.
-