Command Summary Card LHX Attack Chopper FLIGHT CONTROLS @ - Autorotate on Tandy 1000's ` - Autorotate on Others 1 - 0% Maximum Thrust 2 - 30% Maximum Thrust 3 - 50% Maximum Thrust 4 - 70% Maximum Thrust 5 - 100% Maximum Thrust 6 - -10% Maximum Thrust 7 - +10% Maximum Thrust 9 - Rotate Left 0 - Rotate Right TAKEOFF Press 5 for 100% engine power. When your overall thrust exceeds 50%, you will take off. LANDING Hover over landing spot and reduce thrust to below 50% by pressing keys 2 or 6. STEERING Arrow keys, numeric keypad, mouse or joystick. Up Arrow (8) - Forward Down Arrow (2) - Reverse Left Arrow (4) - Left (No Banking) Right Arrow (6) - Right (No Banking) Left/Up (7) - Forward Bank Left Right/Up (9) - Forward Bank Right Left/Down (1) - Reverse Bank Left Right/Down (3) - Reverse Bank Right 5 or / FIRST TIME to Center Controls (Left to Right) 5 or / SECOND Time to Center Controls (Up and Down) ALT + an Arrow to ROTATE your aircraft (MUST be hovering! Any forward/backward motion can cause a crash.) CNTL + an Arrow to Change the VIEW ANGLE. * Note = If you wish to center your joystick, type JTUNER at the DOS prompt. COCKPIT CONTROLS Targeting and Countermeasure Controls ===================================== [ or ] - Select Weapon Spacebar or Button 0 - Fire Selected Weapon Enter, or Button 1 - Select next target to the right of current target. ' - Select target closest to aiming crosshair C - Drop chaff cartridge F - Drop flare R - Toggle radar jammers on and off I - Toggle infrared jammers on and off , - Decrease RWR magnification . - Increase RWR magnification Helicopter Controls =================== G - Toggle landing gear up and down (LHX, Osprey only) V - Toggle Helicopter/Airplane mode on Opsrey X - Drop supplies Z - Pick up supplies Multi-Function Display Controls =============================== A - Activate next mode on left-most MFD Shift-A - Activate previous mode on the left-most MFD Ctrl-A - Enter CONFIG Mode on the left-most MFD S - Activate next mode on the second MFD to the right (LHX, Opsrey Only) Shift-S - Activate previous mode on the second MFD to the right (LHX, Opsrey Only) Ctrl-S - Enter Config mode on the second MFD to the right (LHX, Osprey only) D - Activate next mode on the third MFD to the right (LHX only) Shift-D - Activate previous mode on the third MFD to the right (LHX only) Ctrl-D - Enter Config mode on the third MFD to the right (LHX only) W - Highlight the next waypoint on your MFD Shift-W - Highlight the previous waypoint on your MFD Damage Report ============= MN ROTOR - Main Rotor TL ROTOR - Tail Rotor L ENGINE - Left Engine R ENGINE - Right Engine OIL - Engine Oil System HYD - Hydraulic Control System Controls - Flight Controls Sensors - Countermeasures Tracking Systems Jammers - Radar & Infrared Electronic Counter Measures CHFF - Chaff Dispensers FLR - Flare Dispensers HARDPT1 - Hardpoint1 & It's Weapons HARDPT2 - Hardpoint2 & It's Weapons HARDPT3 - Hardpoint3 & It's Weapons *NOTE - Highlighted Systems are DAMAGED & NONFUNCTIONAL Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) ============================ TARGET TYPE EGA,MCGA,TANDY CGA ----------------------------------------------------------- Missle With Lock Yellow White Missle Without Lock Red Magenta Ground Target Brown Magenta Aircraft Above You Light Cyan Cyan Aircraft Below You Dark Cyan Cyan Head Up Display (HUD) ===================== SPD - Forward Ground Speed in MPH VSI - Vertical Speed In Thousands of Feet Per Minute. (Positive - Ascending, Negative - Descending) ALT - Altitude In Feet TIME:2 - Time Compression On (Twice Normal Speed) ZOOM - Optical Zoom Magnification: 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, & 64x. HIT PROB - Probabilty that SELECTED Weapon will hit CURRENT TARGET. WEAPON - Selected WEAPON & Number Of Remaining Rounds TRACK - SQUARE is superimposed over target currently being tracked with selected missle. LOCK - DIAMOND is superimposed over tracked target when it is within range of your selected guided missle. ^ (Waypoint) - Align this arrow with the center of your compass to fly toward your highlighted waypoint. Game Controls ============= Ctrl-P - Pause the game. Press any key to resume. Ctrl-Q - Abort mission Backspace - Toggle cockpit on and off T - Toggle time compression (2X) Ctrl-R - Resupply weapons (cheat). This forfeits all the points you get in the mission. View Menu ========= F1 - Cockpit F2 - Mast (LHX, Osprey only) F3 - Map F4 - Right Side Shift-F4 - Left Side F5 - Chase Plane Shift-F5 - Front F6 - Ground Shift-F6 - Circling F7 - Player --> Target F8 - Target --> Player F9 - Satellite - press F9 repeatedly to zoom out; and press Shift-F9 repeatedly to zoom in. F10 - Missle Shift-F10 - Target + - Zoom In - - Zoom Out List of Friendlies ================== For first-timers who dont want to accidentally destroy allied forces, here is a list of targets you should not fire at if they appear in your sights: M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vechile M113 Armored Personnel Carrier UH-60 Blackhawk Man (unarmed) Any buildings in friendly territory. Command Line Arguments: ======================= When running the LHX executable, you can add arguments to your command line to customize your setup. It doesn't matter what order they are in as long as there is a space between each one. CGA Loads game in CGA mode. EGA Loads game in EGA mode. MCGA Loads game in 256 Color MCGA mode. VGA Loads game in 256 Color MCGA mode. TANDY Loads game in Tandy graphics mode. JOYSTICK Loads game with joystick control. KEYBOARD Loads game with keyboard control. MOUSE Loads game with mouse control. MOUSE2 Loads game with the Slow Mouse setting on for for a high precision mouse. LOW Loads game with low graphics detail. For slow machines. MEDIUM Loads game with medium graphics detail. HIGH Loads game with high graphics detail. PCSOUND Loads game with PC internal speaker sound. ADLIBSOUND Loads Game with AdLib board sound. TANDYSOUND Loads game with Tandy sound. SMALL For machine with less than 640K of memory. Deletes complex versions of some shapes to speed up the simulation.