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Air Warrior(r) III Frequently Asked Questions
Last Update: April 9, 1998
OVERVIEW
========
The FAQ is designed to give you an easy and quick source of answers to
the most frequently encountered questions regarding "how to," game
features, and game troubleshooting. Note that it does not cover
service-specific game launching problems; for these, refer to the
Readme.txt file in the \DOCS directory inside the main
Air Warrior(r) III directory.
The FAQ does not answer every question that may come up with
installing, launching, and playing games. For more information,
consult the Readme.txt file, post a question on your service's message
boards, or send e-mail to:
awsupport@gamestorm.com.
QUESTIONS
=========
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Q: I currently fly Air Warrior II. Do I have to upgrade my system
to use Air Warrior III?
A: No. The 'software rendering' option in Air Warrior III is
the same as Air Warrior II. You will see the same graphics you
are used to and get about the same performance.
To enjoy the new hardware accelerated rendering, with fully
texture mapped terrain and planes, you will need a good 3D
accelerator card and a bit more power.
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Q: When I run the game with my 3D accelerator video card, the world
looks like empty patches of white, blue or dark gray. What's wrong?
A: If no textures are being drawn in Air Warrior III, the first
thing you should try is a reinstallation of Direct X 5. Odd as it
sounds, this has worked in many cases, even when Direct X 5 had been
previously installed. If this does not help, your next best step
is to visit the web site for your video card manufacturer and
download the latest drivers for your card. README3D.TXT has a list
of the 3D cards and drivers we used when testing many popular
3D cards.
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Q: I cannot get my joystick and other controls to work. What controls
do you support and how should I configure them?
A: First make sure your controls are configured under Windows 95 (use
the Control Panel - Joystick Setup icon). Then select your controls
and calibrate them in Air Warrior as well. If you are still
experiencing problems, then check the Air Warrior 3D help file under
the Setup Controls section. This describes controls Air Warrior 3D
supports, and provides special instructions for configuring certain
control devices. The information is also duplicated in the file
joystick.txt, which is located in the Air Warrior \DOCS directory
on your hard drive. The next two questions and answers in this FAQ
cover potentially related problems and may also prove helpful.
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Q: My joystick works, but it spikes frequently.
(and/or) I'm having problems calibrating my rudder pedals.
A: If you experience joystick spikes, or have trouble calibrating your
rudder pedals, from the Start menu, select Settings, Control Panel,
and Game Controllers. Click the Advanced tab, and disable the
Poll with interrupts enabled option on the bottom left of the
screen.
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Q: The game locked up and after I shut it down, and started it again,
it no longer detects my joystick. Why?
A: This is a problem at the system level of Windows 95 and DirectX 5,
but it's easily addressed. In some cases, if the Air Warrior III closes
abnormally (the polite term for "crashes"), you may find that your
joystick is no longer responding. We have seen this with the
Sidewinder 3D Pro in particular. If this happens, select the Start
menu, Shutdown, and Restart the computer. In fact it's always a good
idea to do this when any program on your computer crashes.
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Q: My view settings keep changing at 1 second intervals. Why is this
happening?
A: Check the "Minimum Frame Rate" option in the Performance settings.
Right click anywhere on the screen and select "Setup..."->"User
Preferences..." and click on the Performance tab. More than likely
this is checked and is not working well with your system. Just
uncheck this option to control the view settings yourself (keys 1,
2, 3, 4, and 5 during flight).
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Q: I use a Wingman Warrior joystick (the one with the rotating knob) and
cannot get the knob to function correctly with Air Warrior III as a
rudder control device. What can I do to correct this?
A: This knob does work reasonably well as a rudder control in Air Warrior
3D if you select Generic Rudder Control and DO NOT calibrate it in Air
Warrior 3D. It is better just to use the calibration set in the
Windows 95 control panel for the rudder device in this case.
Note: The rudder and hat controls only work when connecting the stick
through the serial port, not when connecting it through the gameport.
See the Wingman Warrior user manual for more information.
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Q: My CH CombatStick view switches are not working properly. Any ideas
on how to fix this?
A: When using the DirectInput driver available from CH Products for the
CH CombatStick, the upper-right view switch must be calibrated first.
With most other driver choices the two view switches may be calibrated
in either order.
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Q: I just joined a squadron today and my squad is not
displayed with my name on the Kill Board. Why isn't this information
displayed?
A: Scores, rankings, and squadron information is not updated until the
wee hours of the morning. Check the boards again in 24 hours and
you will find your squad name and other information up to date for
the previous day.
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Q: Why would you keep your game interface at 1024x768 and your flight
window resolution at 640x480?
A: Keeping the flight window resolution set to a smaller size helps
improve the frame rate in the game. As you increase the flight
window resolution you may see the frame rate slightly decrease.
However, game interface art has no bearing on frame rate, therefore
you would want to use the highest resolution game interface to get
better quality images. If you find that you fly in Full Screen
Mode a lot, please read the next question and answer.
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Q: When I fly in full screen mode, the cockpit art looks blocky.
A: This is because Air Warrior 3D uses the same art file for all view
resolutions. In full screen mode, the art must be stretched to fit
the screen. If you fly full screen mode at 640x480 often, you can
tell Air Warrior 3D to use the high res art (A26____2.art for
example) for full screen mode by going to "Setup..."->"User
Preferences" and clicking on the "Flight Window Resolution" tab.
Select "Allow All Modes" and "Optimize Full Screen Mode".
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Q: My frame rate is only 5 to 10 frames per second. What should I do?
A: To show your actual frame rate, press Esc-O-D while in flight. Most
likely the video driver you are currently running is not the latest
DirectX 5 compatible video driver. This is especially true for the
Matrox cards. Go to your video card manufacturer's web page to get
the latest driver. This should improve your frame rate.
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Q: How can I capture an Air Warrior III screen and save it to a file?
A: To capture the screen while in a conference room or offline screen,
use <shift> <ctrl> c, in flight hit F11. This will save the screen, with
a DIB extension, in your root Air Warrior III directory.
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Q: How do I get sounds and voice to work on my SoundBlaster AWE32 or
AWE64?
A: In order to get sounds, particularly network speech, to work properly
in Air Warrior III, you need to disable a sound processing mode on the
card called WaveSynth. It employs floating point processing for sound
and can create conflicts with other programs (such as AWIII) that also
use a lot of floating point.
To disable WaveSynth, go to Settings, Control Panel, and select
Multimedia. Under the Advanced tab you should see an option called
"Midi device and Instruments." Select it and highlight, "WaveSynth/WG
Midi" and click on properties. Then check the box that says "Do not
use midi features on this device" and it will disable your WaveSynth
without taking it off the system.
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Q: The inflight cockpit artwork looks strange in the view mode I prefer
using. Is there anything I can do?
A: Set the program to optimize for that mode. From the Setup Hangar,
select User Preferences, and Flight Window. There are three inflight
view modes: Normal (reduced view window, more range reporting
information on other aircraft), Combat (larger view screen, digital
gauges), and Full Screen (full view window, limited range reporting
information on other aircraft). Optimize for the one you use most.
You may also need to download higher resolution art for your
favorite planes.
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Q: I sometimes see a mouse cursor in my cockpit when I fly. How do I
get rid of it?
A: Some pilots have reported seeing the mouse "waiting" cursor in 2D
mode while flying in the full screen view. If you switch to another
cockpit view, by hitting either F5 or F6, and then switch back to full
screen view by hitting F7, the mouse cursor will go away.
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