Docs for Flight Simulator II NOTE: These are limited docs. The documentation for Flight Simulator II is so extensive that a complete reprint here and now would be an impossibility. However, with the help of this file, you should have an overall understanding of the simulator, with respect to the controls, the airport coordinates, and the multi-player mode. I. Aircraft Controls YOKE MODE: In yoke mode, the mouse acts as the aircraft's control yoke or stick. You may toggle between yoke mode and cursor mode by clicking the right mouse button. You are in yoke mode when the mouse arrow is not visible. In yoke mode movements forward and backward control aircraft pitch (nose up and nose down), and left and right movements control bank. Throttle and brakes are also mouse-controlled in yoke mode. Holding the left button down and dragging the mouse forward and backward increases and decreases throttle. Dragging the mouse to the left applies brakes, and dragging to the right releases them. Brakes are only effective on the ground and are automatically released when you are in the air. (Note: the mouse control sensitivity is adjustable by selecting CONTROL SENSITIVITY under the SIM menu.) CURSOR MODE: In cursor mode, the mouse is used to select menu items similar to the GEM Desktop procedure. A pointer moves about the screen and you can click on items in the drop-down menus. KEYBOARD CONTROLS: It may be easier to fly using many keyboard commands instead of the mouse. There is no keyboard mode. The keys are active at all times, regardless of which mode your mouse is in (yoke or cursor). Following is a list of keyboard commands: Function Keys: F1...Select/deselect main 3D window F2...Select/deselect 2nd 3D window F3...Select/deselect map F4 thru F8...not used F9...Coarse zoom out F10...Coarse zoom in Keys: 1...Magneto switch (left) 2...Magneto switch (right) 9...Nose up trim 0...Nose down trim Minus Key...Fine zoom out Plus Key...Fine zoom in Backspace...1 x Zoom Tab...Sound on/off Q...Save flight situation U...Gear up/down I...Carb heat O...Toggle shader P...Pause [...Flaps up ]...Flaps down A...Recall current flight situation S...View spot mode D...View track mode L...Lights Z...Auto pilot on/off X...View cockpit mode C...View tower mode <...Rudder pedal >...Rudder pedal R,T,Y,F,G,H,V,B,N: This group of keys makes up the view selector, with G showing the view directly below the aircraft, F showing the left, B the rear, etc. HELP...Select online help cursor Arrow Keys: Fine View Adjust -- Up arrow...pan up, down arrow...pan down, left arrow...pan left, right arrow...pan right, clr home...reset pan. NUMERIC KEYBOARD: 1...Apply brakes 2 and 8...Nose up and nose down 3 and 9...Decrease throttle and increase throttle 4 and 6...Left roll and right roll 5...Center ailerons and rudder 0...Left yaw Decimal key...Right yaw WW I ACE ONLY: Shift W...Declare war Shift E...War report Shift X...Bomb Space bar...Machine guns SLEW MODE CONTROLS (Note: Use slew mode when you want to get from one area to another freely and quickly. <...left >...right Q...increase altitude A...decrease altitude (...pitch nose up )...pitch nose down [...left bank ]...right bank Z...turn on/off NORTH and EAST digit readout II. Multi-player Mode To communicate through modems, you must first make a telephone connection. You can do this entirely within the FS II program. From the menu bar, click on FILE to bring up file options and then select MULTI PLAYER. Select baud rate by clicking on the appropriate box on the right side of the menu. Make sure the other player will be communicating at the same baud rate. Now, one of you must make the phone call and the other must answer it. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROCEDURES. ONE FOR HAYES AND 100% COMPATIBLE MODEMS AND THE OTHER FOR NON-HAYES COMPATIBLE MODEMS (For the Avatex 1200, use the instructions for the NON-HAYES modems below.) If you are both using Hayes-compatible modems, use the following procedure. The person answering need only click on the WAIT FOR RING box and wait for the phone call to come through. The person making the call may click on the DIAL box and then enter the phone number in the message box which will come up. (Note that there is a " > " symbol to the left of the message line. This signifies that characters will be sent to the modem, rather than to the other player. More on this below.) Press [Return] to make the phone call. If all goes well the number will be dialed and, when a connection has been established, the message "CONNECT" will be displayed on the bottom line of the message box. This means that the computers are ready to communicate. Now both players must click on the ON-LINE box to begin multi-player communications. This tells FS II to begin sending information (such as coordinates) between machines. It also disables the modem echo feature which displayed the "CONNECT" message earlier. If you are NOT using a 100% Hayes compatible modem, the DIAL and WAIT FOR RING options may not work for you. In place of these, click on the MESSAGES/TALK TO MODEM box to talk to the modem. A message box will come up which will accept text to be sent either to the modem or the other player. In order to talk to the modem, enter " > " as the first character. Then, after pressing [Return], all characters entered on that line will be sent to the modem rather than to the other player. (Example: if you are using a modem that uses AT commands like the Avatex 1200, to call the other player you would click on the MESSAGES/TALK TO MODEM box, and then type >ATDTxxxxxxx [cr]. To send a message to your partner while you are flying, DO NOT use the ">".) Note that the person answering SHOULD NOT click on the WAIT FOR RING box. After you are connected with your partner, you both should click on the ON-LINE box and then the SEND AIRCRAFT box. A final note: make sure you both are in the same general area of each other because if you aren't you won't be able to see each other. III. Airport Coordinates To get to a precise position (such as airports), select the POSITION SET item from the NAV menu and manually set your destination coordinates. North, east, and altitude coordinates can be set by clicking on the NORTH, EAST, or ALTITUDE box and typing in the desired value followed by [Return]. You can move between items by using the [cursor up] and [cursor down] keys. To place yourself on the ground, just enter a zero as the altitude. CHICAGO AREA AIRPORTS City Airport North East _______________________________________________________________________ Aurora...............Aurora Muni..................17152...........16393 Bloomington..........Bloomington-Normal...........16593...........16246 Champaign-Urbana.....U. of I Willard..............16400...........16465 Chicago..............Chicago Midway...............17156...........16628 Chicago.......... ...Chicago-O'Hare Intl..........17243...........16578 Chicago..............Lansing Muni.................17049...........16697 Chicago..............Merrill C. Meigs.............17189...........16671 Crestwood............Howel........................17100...........16627 Schaumburg........ .Schaumburg Air Park..........17247...........16515 West Chicago...... .Dupage Co. Airport...........17213...........16466 Danville.............Vermillion Co................16471...........16685 Dwight...............Dwight.......................16874...........16404 Frankfort............Frankfort....................17025...........16596 Gibson City..........Gibson City Muni.............16594...........16461 Joliet...............Joliet Park District.........17038...........16490 Kankakee.............Greater Kankakee.............16846...........16597 Monee................Sanger.......................16980...........16646 Morris...............Morris Muni..................17004...........16413 New Lenox............New Lenox-Howell.............17025...........16571 Paxton...............Paxton.......................16578...........16507 Plainfield...........Clow Intl....................17116...........16502 Romeoville...........Lewis University.............17081...........16518 Urbana...............Frasca Field.................16448...........16482 NEW YORK and BOSTON AIRPORTS City Airport North East _________________________________________________________________________ Block Island.......Block Island State.............17352.............21749 Boston.............Logan Intl.....................17899.............21853 Bridgeport.........Sikorski Memorial..............17287.............21249 Chester............Chester........................17404.............21434 Danbury............Danbury Muni...................17360.............21120 Danielson..........Danielson......................17617.............21607 Farmingdale........Republic.......................17089.............21177 Hartford...........Hartford-Brainard..............17551.............21371 Islip..............Long Island MacArthur..........17132.............21278 Marthas Vineyard...Marthas Vineyard...............17490.............22043 Meriden............Meriden Markham Muni...........17447.............21327 New Haven..........Tweed-New Haven................17339.............21322 New York...........John F. Kennedy Intl...........17034.............21065 New York...........LaGuardia......................17091.............21026 Oxford.............Waterbury-Oxford...............17422.............21229 Southbridge........Southbridge Muni...............17733.............21543 White Plains.......Westchester Co.................17226.............21065 Willimantic........Windham........................17573.............21521 Windsor Locks......Bradley Intl...................17638.............21351 SEATTLE AREA AIRPORT CHART City Airport North East _________________________________________________________________________ Alderwood Manor.....Martha Lake...................21502.............6670 Arlington...........Arlington Muni................21616.............6737 Auburn..............Auburn Muni...................21290.............6586 Bremerton...........Bremerton National............21407.............6470 Everett.............Snohomish Co..................21525.............6665 Issaquah............Issaquah......................21362.............6668 Monroe..............Flying F. Ranch...............21481.............6738 Olympia.............Olympia.......................21218.............6343 Puyallup............Pierce Co.-Thun Field.........21206.............6534 Port Angeles........William R. Fairchild Intl.....21740.............6375 Port Orchard........Port Orchard..................21373.............6483 Renton..............Renton Muni...................21351.............6612 Seattle.............Boeing Fld./King Co. Intl.....21376.............6596 Seattle.............Henry M. Jackson Intl.........21343.............6584 Shelton.............Sanderson Field...............21353.............6316 Snohomish...........Harvey Field..................21505.............6711 Spanaway............Shady Acres...................21201.............6501 Spanaway............Spanaway......................21215.............6491 Tacoma..............Tacoma Narrows................21300.............6480 LOS ANGELES AREA AIRPORTS City Airport North East __________________________________________________________________________ Carlsbad............McClennan-Palomar..............14931.............6112 Carlsbad............Catalina (PRIVATE).............15149.............5744 Chino...............Chino..........................15319.............6079 Compton.............Compton........................15334.............5859 Corona..............Corona Muni....................15280.............6083 El Monte............El Monte.......................15397.............5952 Fallbrook...........Fallbrook Community Airpark....15023.............6144 Hawthorne...........Hawthorne Muni.................15358.............5831 Huntington Beach....Meadowlark.....................15244.............5911 LaVerne.............Brackett Field.................15378.............6038 Los Angeles.........Hughes (PVT)...................15386.............5808 Los Angeles.........Los Angeles Intl...............15374.............5805 Oceanside...........Oceanside Muni.................14974.............6095 Ontario.............Ontario Intl...................15347.............6099 Riverside...........Riverside Muni.................15288.............6141 San Diego...........San Diego Intl-Lindbergh Fld...14761.............6102 Santa Ana...........John Wayne/Orang County........15211.............5961 Santa Monica........Santa Monica Muni..............15402.............5799 Torrance............Torrance Muni..................15308.............5815 Van Nuys............Van Nuys.......................15498.............5811 SAN FRANCISCO AREA AIRPORTS City Airport North East ___________________________________________________________________________ Alameda NAS.........Nimimtz Field...................17402.............5102 Antioch.............Antioch.........................17407.............5295 Chico...............Chico...........................18158.............5567 Columbia............Columbia........................17269.............5753 Concord.............Buchanan Field..................17449.............5214 Fremont.............Fremont.........................17226.............5177 Fresno..............Chandler Downtown...............16671.............5752 Fresno..............Fresno Air Terminal.............16679.............5795 Garberville.........Garberville.....................18514.............5010 Half Moon bay.......Half Moon Bay...................17312.............5004 Hayward.............Hayward Air Termnial............17329.............5145 Little River........Mendocino Co....................18174.............4895 Livermore...........Livermore Muni..................17304.............5247 Lodi................Kingdon.........................17408.............5460 Lodi................Lodi............................17447.............5503 Marysville..........Yuba Co.........................17840.............5550 Merced..............Merced..........................16980.............5608 Minden..............Douglas Co......................17584.............6104 Modesto.............Modesto City....................17172.............5518 Monterey............Monterey Peninsula..............16862.............5069 Mountain View.......Moffett Field NAS...............17220.............5134 Napa Co.............Napa Co.........................17571.............5187 Oakland.............Oakland Intl....................17365.............5124 Oroville............Oroville........................18003.............5592 Palo Alto...........Palo Alto.......................17245.............5119 Placerville.........Placerville.....................17591.............5748 Porterville.........Porterville.....................16294.............5898 Red Bluff...........Red Bluff.......................18347.............5500 Reno................Reno Cannon Intl................17788.............6176 Reno................Reno-Stead......................17875.............6169 Sacramento..........Sacramento Metro................17681.............5477 Sacramento..........Sacramento Exec.................17595.............5482 Salinas.............Salinas.........................16856.............5161 San Carlos..........San Carlos......................17281.............5084 San Francisco.......San Francisco Intl..............17340.............5060 San Jose............San Jose Intl...................17185.............5164 San Jose............Reid-Hillview...................17160.............5194 San Rafael..........Hamilton Army...................17534.............5082 Santa Rosa..........Sonoma Co.......................17756.............5066 Santa Rosa..........Santa Rosa Air Center...........17711.............5066 South Lake Tahoe....Lake Tahoe......................17570.............6016 Stockton............Stockton Metro..................17312.............5467 Tracy...............Tracy Muni......................17258.............5366 Truckee.............Truckee-Tahoe...................17761.............6031 Visalia.............Visalia.........................16454.............5831 Watsonville.........Watsonville.....................16995.............5138 Willows.............Willows-Glenn Co................18087.............5409