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TEAM APACHE- CONTROLS FAQ
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By- Chris Hackney (Masamune3)
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Version- Final
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COPYRIGHT
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unless you have my written permission. You?re also not allowed to rip off
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QUICK START
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Press E to start the engines, set your throttle to high and watch the Apache
lift off.
Press M to arm your weapons
Press Escape to end the mission
Press P to pause the game
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FLIGHT CONTROLS
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The throttle on the joystick increases your collective.
To go forward, point your nose down but note that this will decrease your
altitude.
Turning left or right banks the helicopter in that direction.
Yawing left or right rotates the helicopter in rotorblades axis.
If you don't have a joystick, use the direction keys on the number pad (NumLock
must be on)
< - Yaw Left
> - Yaw Right
= - Increase Throttle (only works if your joystick doesn't have a
throttle)
- - Decrease Throttle (only works if your joystick doesn't have a
throttle)
E - Start Engines Command
Ctrl+E - Toggle engines when on the ground
A - Turn on autopitot
H - Turn on autohover
Tab - Turn off autopilot or autohover
L+Ctrl - Toggle wing lights
Z - Emergency Hydraulics (lasts for 10 seconds)
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WEAPON CONTROLS
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M - Arm all weapons
G - Switch between LOAL / LOBL firing modes for Hellfire
Space - Fire weapon (also fire on joystick)
Bspace - Toggle weapons (also secondary joystick button)
J - Increases the burst limit of your current weapon
K - Decreases the burst limit of your current weapon
U - Store the ground coordinates of what is in your gunsight
Shift+U - Order Artillery attack at stored coordinates
Insert - Co-pilot Gunner cycle to next target
Delete - Co-pilot gunner fixed to current target
C - Dispense Chaff
F - Dispense Flares
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COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER APACHES
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The apache team is spilt into lead/wingman pairings, with a maximum of three
such pairings. These are denoted Pair 1, Pair 2, and Pair 3, with the player
always being in the lead apache of Pair 1.
The player can issue various commands to the team. This is done over the radio
which has four channels available. Channel 1 addresses Pair 1 only, Channel 2
addresses Pair 2 only, Channel 3 addresses Pair 3, and Channel All addresses
all lead/wingman pairs.
The keys used to switch radio channels are:-
1 - Channel 1
2 - Channel 2
3 - Channel 3
X - Channel All.
With the radio set to the appropriate channel, the player can issue a command
by pressing one of the command keys. These are as follows:-
1+ctrl - Help Pair 1
2+ctrl - Help Pair 2
3+ctrl - Help Pair 3
4 - Engage your current threats (if appropriate).
5 - Engage mission primary targets you can see.
6 - Engage any targets of opportunity you can see.
7 - Engage all targets you can see.
8 - All Apaches, suppress and bypass (retreat while firing).
9 - Ignore any non threats you can see.
0 - Wingman follow me
T - Wingman engage my current target (if appropriate).
B - Follow your briefing (As described in SOPS).
W - Wait.
L - You are now the lead pair in the formation.
Home+Ctl- Cycle to final waypoint
Home - Cycle to next waypoint
End - Cycle to previous waypoint
S - Ask apaches on current radio channel for their status
R - Ask leader of pair for position
R+Ctrl - Ask rescue helicopter for position
In the the mission planner you can set up 2 alternative formations to which you
can switch to at any time in the mission using the following keys.
[ - Switch to alternative formation 1
] - Switch to alternative formation 2
Enter - Switch back to standard formation
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CAMERA CONTROLS
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(Cursor keys rotate the camera in F5, F6, F8 and F9 views)
F1 - HUD view
F2 - Cycle cockpit when in HUD view
F3 - Floating camera
F4 - Wing View camera (cycles between sides)
F5 - Rotating and zooming camera
F6 - Drop controllable camera
F7 - Drop camera that follows your Apache
F8 - Friendly camera view
F9 - Enemy camera view
F11 - Missile chase view
F12 - In flight map
PgUp - Zoom in (only works in when in F5, F8 & F9 cameras)
PgDn - Zoom out (only works in when in F5, F8 & F9 cameras)
I+Ctrl - Infra red toggle for external camera views
F6+Ctrl - Switch to controllable camera (F6)
To move up and down use Control with the up and down cursor keys.
When in HUD / Cockpit view:
D - Toggle look down cockpit
I - Infra red
V - Cockpit light toggle
V+Shift - Increase cockpit light intensity
V+Ctrl - Decrease cockpit light intensity
H+Shift - Darken IHADSS color
H+Ctrl - Lighten IHADSS color
Pg Dn - Increase IHADSS Radar range (when on) and zoom in infra-red
view
Pg Up - Decrease IHADSS Radar range (when on) and zoom out infra-red
view
Numpad0 - Centres your head in IHADSS view
Shift + left cursor key snaps head to the left.
Shift + right cursor key snaps head to the right.
Cursor keys (or POV hat on joystick) move your head around
© Chris Hackney - Masamune3 2002
