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[%] Skyfox Hint Booklet #2 [%]
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(The Auto Pilot)
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The auto pilot is like attacking a very important part of the game.
The pilot is important for it allows you to set it to travel to
enemies and it is also programmed when not set by you to seek out the
nearest enemy and fly you to it.
Obviously most of us do not use the auto pilot much because we dont
fully understand its capabilitys. It took my a while to figure out how
improtant the auto-pilot really was.
We can use our auto-pilot for two things. Those two things are, having
it fly us to a set destination that we program in or just have it fly
us to the nearest enemy.
First of all I will be talking about using it to take you to your very
own set destination. In order to do this we will have to pull out our
computer with the [C] command. If it says your computer is discharged
you might as well forget about having anything to do with it and go on
with just your gun and missles. Once we have the computer, a tactical
map will appear in front of us. On the side it will tell you what all
the little colored squares represent,use the I, J, K, M keys to find a
place you want. You may want to zoom in on an area to make sure that
whats there is what you want to go to. Then just hit [A] and we are
off!
Secondly we can use it to just take us for a cruise to check out the
nearest enemy. To do this all you have to do is press 'A' while in the
flying plane proccess and it will take you there!
(The Base)
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The base is represented by a blue checkerd square on your tactical
map. When you first start out you are in the base.
We all know that us Skyfox fighter pilots have a hectic time, so they
even put an alpha invaders in the base for us! All ya gotta do to play
is hit CTRL-G from the tactical map.
You return to the base, if you fly there, if your plane gets bombed
and you have to get a new one or when you start over.
At the base you are refueld and the damage on your plane is fixed,
sorry but no more missles of any kind are given out so use them
wisely!
To return to the base in simple steps from anywhere you may be do
this:
[1] activate computer and tactical map.
[2] look for blue square on map, use the I,J,K,M keys to move your
cursor there.
[3] once the cursor is on the blue base box, hit 'A' for auto-pilot
who will fly you there.
[4] once in the base sector reduce your speed to 0 as soon as the
auto-pilot stops, that way you wont go flying out of the sector.
[5] push joystick up, until your height (shown to the very right on
your plane instrument panel) is to 0, and poof, you are in the base!
If by any chance you did not enter the base, check the computer for
your sector and make sure your on the blue box, make sure your speed &
height is 0. If all that is right and it still is not working, you
must have a bad copy!
(The Plane Speeds)
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Your palne can travel from 1000-9000 miles per hour. This is
represented by 1-9 on your keyobard. When pressing one, that speed
will be selected.
The speed 0 is like a plane break that will stop your plane
completly.
The speed 0 should be set when you are fooling around with the
computer so you dont go flying out of the colony or run into some
enemies!
The 9 speed should be used with turbo wehn wanting to 'get away.'
Turbo is accessed with the 1 button on your joy stick, and can be used
at any time.
I would select a 5-6 moderate speed wehn just flying around.
(The Zoom Feature)
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When in the tactical map you have the option of zooming in on a
certain place.
When you select the 'Z' command it will put you on a blank map. You
can see where your going by the x,y coordinates on the right of your
screen.
When you run into something it will be shown so you know what it is
(deep, really fuckin' deep).
THe mother ship looks like a flying saucer, the plane looks like a
small plane, same with the tank, and so on. The instalation looks like
two hexagon saucers chained together
(Getting Away)
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Well getting away is very simple actually but there are some things
and techs you may want to know.
The easiest and most common way of getting away is putting the speed
on 9, the thrusters on and burning out!
The other way is auto-piloting away.
When using the auto-pilot method if it says discharged, switch to map
mode and look where your enemies are. Fly out of that sector and then
auto pilot.
(Firing Techniques)
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As soon as you hit a sector with some enemies, get ready to fire!
The tanks are by far the easiest, becuase they all come in a row. The
smaller they are the more you should move the target up and fire, the
larger they are the more you should move the target down and fire.
The planes are usually alone and hard to hit. Just keep on their tail
and fire away.
I really see no need to use your 10 missles (seekers & guideds).
Unless you get scared you really dont need to use them. I got to a
score of 45,000 without using the missles once on the corners scenario
and found your missles dont really do much good.