On-Line #18 07 января 1996

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Mosaic - On igrah "F-16 Combat Pilot" & "Pirates" and the bug in them.

                MOSAIC


Elly Estel
MDM: 307-38-64


   Great grief prompted me to write this letter ... Maybe
it's just comedy? Okay, I'll start from the beginning.


   Not so long ago, on Mitinskoe market succumbed to temptation 
and the temptations of Evil (You know who I hinted), I am of 
sound mind and a sober mind to, I bought something called the 
"F-16 Combat Pilot "version of my unfamiliar Pal Palycha and 
Serge. And it is good that they are not familiar to me, in the 
least, for the aforementioned lords. No offense, Pal Palych and 
Serge, but because we have transparency, then I allow myself to 
produce, so to speak, debriefing. So. 



   Debriefing, part one.

            THE HELP LIST
            ------------
   In this work you've done so many mistakes that immediately
there is a feeling that you flew on an airplane just as 
passengers. Let's start with the fact that the direction in 
which the flies plane, called the rate, not azimuth. Now, what 
about device that you called "the pointer speed of ascent and 
descent." He called variometer. Each air unit has its name, 
adopted for use throughout the world. And to invent their own 
names do not. 


   What you call "pointer aileron" is actually called INDICATOR 
ANGLE OF ATTACK AND SLIDE, this device is intended to indicate 
the angle between the horizontal axis ship and skyline. He is 
one of the most important instruments needed for aircraft 
landing and piloting of "blindly". 


   Once you describe the devices, which have managed to sort 
out, you'll probably decide that's it. However, it is not. In 
their investigations you missed a very important instrument for 
piloting of supersonic aircraft. It is located in the upper 
right corner "of the windshield, it looks like this: M 0-0.



   This is a true airspeed indicator, or, as it
called "INDEX NUMBER M. It shows the air velocity relative to 
the plane expressed in Mahah. Mach 1 is approximately 1200 km / 
h. And depending on atmospheric conditions. 


   You are also completely described the display of the onboard
computer. Although, maybe you were on this reason.



   Debriefing of the second.

         We fly
         -------
   Probably, during the transfer program to Russian Pale Palych 
and Serge forget that Aviapribor F-16 height is measured in 
feet, and speed - in knots. So when the altimeter indicated 
height of 63,000 feet, I felt like a hero. Prior to that, at 
this altitude flying only space rocket! The fact that the 
ceiling (ie the maximum flight altitude of the F-16) is equal 
to 62.000 feet - this is about 19.000 meters. Because of this 
discrepancy Time reaching the goal is given incorrectly.




   Debriefing of the third.

           LANDING
           ------
   Due to lack of data on the instrumental landing system
use it is quite difficult. There are no technical 
characteristics of the aircraft, it is necessary for normal 
flying. 


   No seating options. Without which land the plane manually is 
impossible. 


   That is not a complete list of bugs or errors and 
inaccuracies. 


           EPILOGUE
           -----
   Let's go back to the first sentence of my letter.


   Our great sorrow is that the grief-Hacker take the case,
that it is too tough, not having studied the subject 
thoroughly, causing embarrassment to professional pilots, who 
can get the wrong idea of ​​the skills of people dealing with 
transfer programs in Russian. 


   Comedy also lies in the fact that we have, without any 
editing, technical or artistic, out of the program, whose 
quality is questionable. 


   Hacker gentlemen! I beg you. Do not touch the topic, in which
you have little experience. This example is from an F-16 Combat 
Pilot version of Pal Palycha and Serge from FOMALHAUTa proves 
once again that large success without a good knowledge of the 
subject can not be achieved. 


   If someone wants me to argue, or conversely, to express their
support the call.

                              Elly Estel
                          MDM: 307-38-64



MDM 496-8508; 12:00 / 21:00

   Dmitriy@oldman.msk.ru


   Hi! So we waited, finally, the full version of the game 
"Pirates." Download ... And what do we see? Unfinished, crude 
version zaglyuchennuyu so that you can play it just for fun. 


   Firstly, there is a chance to play with the computer, and 
it's good ... But how to understand the message, "URA" Popa "in 
contact with YOU? And what you are looking for the words "YOU 
hit enemy ships," in While drowning YOU?? If it's not funny, 
then the mockery. When I tried to play on the side of the 
pirates and won, there was a picture that says something like 
"YOU Real pirates! YOU recaptured PIRATES TREASURE! ". That I 
do not understand. Well, all this stuff. I will also talk about 
a pile of small glyuchkov such incomprehensible changes of the 
cursor and etc. But you "CHEATy:



   By the way, I do not accidentally entered his favorite word 
in quotation marks. In fact, it's very real bugs.



   Thus, downloading a game, enter the "Other", there is
opportunity to change the shooting accuracy of Spaniards and 
pirates. Initially, there are zero below I'll explain why. So, 
do not seek to immediately collect yourself a little more 
interest, and the computer less. Press the left arrow: jump 
through the zero value and will be equal to 255%. Moreover, if 
your enemy was 0%, You secured the victory, as they say "no 
noise, no dust," because your opponent will most likely never 
will get to you, and You just, quite the contrary ...



   Now how can this happened: the fact that the game is not 
enough that nerelotsiruema the disk (should always be at the 
beginning of a floppy disk, which in itself is a perversion 
especially since there podzagruzok "once and for obchelsya"), 
but also records the above setup on the system track (track # 
00, Sector # 0E). Well, there is zero ... And this despite the 
fact that the game is protected copy and a disk is closed.



   But the next CHEAT-GLUK I was pleased most of all ...


   How would you like to shoot and move through
the whole ocean in one move? Here's how: Click "drop ship" and, 
accordingly, choose a ship, then press "SELECT ...", drag the 
cursor wherever you want, and click "Fire", you will hear a 
nasty squeak, indicating that there is no ship there was not. 
Now click "Cancel" (key "E") and select "Move" or "fire." On a 
completely empty space will be the appropriate type of cursor 
... well, then everything is clear. Very badsome, you know, sit 
in a cozy little cove and fire intermittently at enemy ships 
across oceans and continents ... What kind of "cosmic war" ... 


   Now about the game. Game released by "MAGIC SOFT" and
sold on a separate floppy disk, protected from copying. In 
addition, the number of free bytes, ostensibly, is zero. Quite 
I was about to remove the protection (I do not like, you know, 
keep uncopyable whereas disks), I call a friend sysop and 
offers: 


   - Would you like pirates?

   - Yes, they rock torment, - I answered.

   - No, only 270 sectors zaZIRovannye.

   - Well, let's see - I agreed.


   Shook ... Unpacked ... 692 sector. "Yeah ..." - I think - 
"compressors still in prehistoric times came up - and they, 
GAMEMAKERam, all" a damn "...". 


   Well, about his impressions of the game you've already read 
... 

               ° ° ° °


   And the other (normal) CHEATov again today will not be. Guys,
themselves understand: Christmas, New Year ... When there toys 
to split, if the head breaks (this is such a pun ...). 

                    MDM 496-8508; 12:00 / 21:00
                       Dmitriy@oldman.msk.ru