Manual

THE DIFFICULTY SCREENThe Difficulty screen is a handy way of settingup a mission according to your individual tastes.The Difficulty Screen allows you to set thedifficulty levels of ten or more gamefeatures. The three difficulty levels arereferred to as play Modes. They areStandard Mode (the easiest of the three),Moderate Mode (more complex thanStandard Mode), and finally the ultimatein realism, Authentic Mode (the mostchallenging of the three difficulty levels).Difficulty LevelsTRAINING: Select this mode and you’llnever have to say you’re sorry. You can“get away” with mistakes in Training modethat would end a regular mission. Trainingmode turns your F-14 into an invinciblefighting machine. Enemy missiles (SAMsand AAMs) and gunfire cannot harm youraircraft but your weapons retain theirlethality. Training mode also allows you tocontinually resupply your aircraft (andyour wing-man’s aircraft) with fuel andweapons. Given time, you can clear theskies of enemy aircraft.Training mode also gives you the ability to“teleport” your F-14 (along with your wingman)to any point on the map with a click ofyour mouse button. Press the Map View (/Key) to access the campaignmap. Now press the blue button markedMove [M] Key. You are now able toposition your mouse pointer anywhere onthe map you wish to go. Press the rightmouse button and your F-14 is instantlyteleported to this spot on the map. No fuelis used in this move.As much fun as Training mode is, it doeshave one drawback. You are never givena score for Training missions. Even if youswitch to Training mode for only part ofthe mission, you are given a score of zero(0). All points scored on a mission arelost if you switch to Training mode whilethe mission is in progress.LEVEL 1 - 4FLEET DEFENDER missions can beflown in various degrees of difficulty.There are four different levels; Level 1(easiest) to Level 4 (Impossible). As youmight imagine, more points are awardedfor missions flown at the higher difficultylevels. You determine the difficulty level ofeach mission by setting the missionoptions to one of the following modes ofplay; Standard, Moderate, and Authentic.STANDARD MODE is the easiest of thethree modes of play. It is very forgiving ofpilot error. Aircraft systems are simplifiedand abstracted for the player who justwants to fly and shoot without beingoverly concerned with realism.MODERATE MODE is an intermediatedifficulty level. It combines some of theeasier aspects of Standard Mode playwith the more realistic features ofAuthentic Mode. Many of the things thatwere performed automatically beforemust now be performed manually. Thebiggest change, however, comes in theoperation of the radar and its componentsystems.AUTHENTIC MODE represents thehighest level of difficulty in FLEETDEFENDER. It is also the level at whichplayers score the most points. Of thethree, Authentic Mode places the greatest