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MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR Version 3.00
R E L E A S E
N O T E S
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(This document contains information not found in the manual)
U S E R
N O T E S
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Desk Accessories (Terminate & Stay-Resident):
Flight Simulator does not support the use of desk accessories such
as Sidekick and Fansi Console (both registered Trademarks). Be sure
to shut down these applications before running Flight Simulator.
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PS/2 (Models 25 and 30) users:
Select display option J (256 color, 320x200)
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EGA Graphics Card users:
Minimum EGA card memory requirement: 256K
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Gas Plasma & LCD users:
Gas Plasma users should select display option B (Black/White CGA)
LCD users should select display option D (Liquid Crystal Display)
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Hercules display users:
On some systems containing both a Hercules-compatible graphic board and
a CGA-compatible board, the Hercules display option functions
improperly.
If you have this problem on your system, and you wish to run in the
Hercules mode, you must remove the CGA board. If you are running in CGA
mode, you should have no problem.
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Joystick & Yoke users:
Some game cards have external switches for fine-tuning. If you have
such a card, experiment with the settings until sound quality is best.
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Installing on a hard disk from a 3.5-inch floppy disk:
Flight Simulator is stored in the \FLSIM subdirectory on the 3.5" disk.
1. Follow steps 1 through 6 in "Installing Flight Simulator on your
Hard Disk" on page xiv of your Flight Simulator manual.
2. Type copy a:\flsim\*.* and press ENTER to copy all Flight
Simulator
files from the floppy disk to the hard disk.
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Copying to a 1.2-Meg 5.25-inch floppy disk:
Flight Simulator can be copied to a 1.2-meg floppy disk for backup, or
to avoid switching disks.
1. Insert a blank, formatted 1.2-meg floppy disk in drive A:.
2. Type a: and press ENTER to change to floppy drive A:.
3. Type md flsim and press ENTER to make a directory for Flight
Simulator.
4. Type cd flsim and press ENTER to change directories.
5. Insert one of the Flight Simulator disks in floppy drive B:.
6. Type copy b:*.* a: and press ENTER to copy all Flight Simulator
files from the floppy disk in drive B: to the floppy disk in
drive A:.
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the second Flight Simulator disk.
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Laptop Keyboards:
Some keyboard functions may not be available on laptop keyboards, althought you can access all functions through menus. With the NUM LOCK
key, some alpha/numeric keys assume the layout of the 10-key numeric
keypad, and operate view selection and airplane controls. In
"standard"
keyboard mode, the keys correspond to the alphabetic assignments (e.g.
pause or strobe on and off). Pressing NUM LOCK turns on the map view,
and activates the keypad mode. If you press NUM LOCK twice rapidly,
you
turn off the map while retaining the keypad mode.
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Selecting the Active Window:
You can have multiple windows, as described on page 27 in the manual.
To make a window active, choose the [-key for 3-D window one; the ]-key
for 3-D window two; and the NUM LOCK key for the map window; followed
by the apostrophe key (') to bring that window to the front.
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Entertainment Functions:
Always exit entertainment (Crop Duster, WWI-Ace, Formation Flying,
Multi-Player) and Flight Instruction by choosing Normal Flying,
Flight Instruction, or another Entertainment function from the MODE
menu. DO NOT use Option B (Mode Select) from the MODE menu to resume
Normal Flying, as this will only change your location and aircraft
simulation and control settings.
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Choosing Aircraft:
You can run the entertainment functions (World War I, Crop Duster,
Formation Flying) using any plane. The World War I game is designed
to be used with the SOPWITH; Crop Duster, Flight Lessons, & Formation
Flying are designed to be used with the CESSNA. Results with other
planes may be less than optimal, but are allowed so you can experience
the environments in different aircraft.
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Formation Flying:
If you crash, the lead plane will not crash with you!! If you want to
rerun the game, reselect Formation Flying (MODE menu, Option 5, Entertainment, Option 2, Formation Flying) and choose the desired course.
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Starting the Demo:
If you choose DEMO mode from the startup screen (with or without
sound),
your mouse is disabled. If you want to use the mouse and fly in
Normal,
Entertainment, or Lesson modes [after the demo is run]; you should
start
Flight Simulator in "Normal Flight Mode" (Option B from the startup
menu)
and select the demo from within the program (MODE menu, Option 6).
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Lights:
You will only see the strobe effect when in clouds (especially at
night).
The marker lights and strobe are not seen from external aircraft views.
N E W
F E A T U R E S
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Flight Lesson Sequencing:
If you want to automatically run the lessons one after another, choose
option Y, Lesson Sequencing, in the Flight Instruction menu. If you
select Instructor Mode (Option X), lesson #1 runs the Instructor mode
then
the Student mode, then lesson #2 begins in Instructor mode. If you
select Student Mode, the instructor demonstrations will not be seen and
lesson #2 student mode follows lesson #1 student mode. Select the first
lesson you want to run to start the sequence.
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Smooth panning:
Press ENTER or SHIFT+ENTER to pan downward and SHIFT+BACKSPACE to pan
upward. Press the view control key (Scroll Lock on IBM PC with function
keys on left, keypad * for IBM PC with function keys on top, BREAK on
Tandy) to return to a level view.
Sideways smooth panning is available on the Tandy 1000 with the LEFT
and
RIGHT arrow keys. Press the LEFT arrow key to pan left and the RIGHT
arrow key to pan right. The Tandy 1000 Quick Reference card says to
use Backspace to pan upward. The Backspace key restores a zoomed
window to 1x. Use Shift+Backspace as described above.
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Exiting Demos & Instructor Lessons:
Press ESC to stop demo playback or Flight Lessons (Instructor mode).
All other keypresses (except CTRL+BREAK) are ignored.
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Display Quality:
Display Quality is a new option (option E) on the Views menu. Option 1
on the Display Quality menu allows you to choose the flicker rate and
speed. Flicker rate determines how often multiple windows are
repainted.
Speed is how often the scenery is repainted. The best flicker quality
is
at the expense of scenery speed; and vice versa. Image Complexity,
option 2, is a planned enhancement for the quality of scenery display,
and is not implemented in version 3.0.
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ADF Information:
The following Non Directional Beacons (NDB's) can be tuned with the
ADF radio.
Area
Location
North
East
Frequency
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Chicago
Deana
Dwight
Ermin
Glenview
Kedzi
Veals
17239
16874
17128
17295
17135
16369
16536
16406
16598
16605
16648
16496
350
344
332
269
248
407
New York & Boston
Babylon
Block Island
Brainard
Chup
Conda
Huder
Meriden
Waterbury
17064
17352
17542
17612
17023
17100
17447
17445
21190
21749
21384
21328
21068
20992
21327
21226
275
216
329
388
373
233
238
257
Los Angeles
El Monte
Compton
Escondido
Swan Lake
15397
15334
14928
15309
5952
5859
6181
6108
359
378
374
257
Seattle & Tacoma
Carney
Elwha
Gray
Kitsap
Mason Co
Nolla
Renton
21385
21775
21256
21407
21350
21425
21351
6433
6331
6455
6470
6337
6591
6612
274
260
216
206
348
362
353
San Francisco
Casa Diablo
16854
6298
260
Chandler
16661
5751
344
Columbia
17267
5759
404
Pigeon Point
17166
4988
286
Proberta
18340
5500
338
Reiga
17287
5292
374
Sparks
17875
6213
254
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Loadable scenery files:
You can now convert your older SubLOGIC scenery disks into the version
3.0 format, and load them into your Flight Simulator subdirectory.
1. At the system prompt, type converts and press ENTER.
2. At the prompt, insert your SubLOGIC scenery disk into the disk
drive, then type that drive's letter.
3. A list of all possible scenery disks will appear on your screen.
At the prompt, type the letter corresponding to the scenery disk
you are converting.
4. At the prompt, type the letter of the drive where you want the
scenery stored.
The scenery filename will be SD-*.SCN, with the * replaced by the numbers 1 through 12, or JPN, SFS, or EUR. The files generated by
"converts"
are placed in the default subdirectory on the drive you indicated. Only
these new scenery files are scanned for "automatic scenery loading".
Option A, Automatic Scenery Loading, appears on the Scenery Library
menu (choose NAV/COM then Option 2, Scenery Load) only if there are
two or more converted scenery files in the Flight Simulator
subdirectory.
If Option A is selected, and a scenery file is available for the area
in which you are flying, that scenery file is automatically loaded and
used while you fly within its boundaries.
Crash detection (choose SIM, then Option 2) should be set to "Off"
when changing to other scenery disks. Once you have started flying at
the new location, Crash detection can be turned "On".
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Demo Recording:
The (#) sec message at the bottom of the screen indicates the recording
interval currently set in the Demo Recorder menu (Option D).
F E A T U R E
C H A N G E S
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Multi Player:
The "Switch Airplane Color" option sets the color of the other player's
airplane for your viewing, not the color of your airplane as stated in
the manual.
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"Squawk" code and Transponder:
Air Traffic Control (ATC) does not request a squawk code, as stated in
the manual on page 39; but the transponder can be tuned as described.
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NAV/COM Frequency Changes and Additions:
(ILS/VOR) 110.50
Chicago-O'Hare Intl. (Runway 27R)
108.70
Martha's Vineyard (Chart indicates 108.2)
(ATIS)
124.70
Buchanan (Concord, CA)
128.50
Oakland South (CA)
118.85
San Francisco International (CA)
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Runway Correction:
Champaign, Ill
31, 13.
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Navigation Correction:
Flying from John Wayne to Riverside (CA), use 244 degrees, not 215
degrees as suggested by the map.
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OAKLAND Airport Coordinates:
The coordinates in the manual (17367N & 5129E) place you east of the
runway. To line up on runway 9R, use coordindates 17366.0452N
5123.9249E Heading 090.