games-pc red baron 3d User Manual

Tutorial 1: Fly Now

In this lesson, we will learn the following techniques:

1. How to start a Fly Now game.
2. Using the fixed cockpit views.
3. Using the slewable cockpit views.
4. How to locate the enemy.
5. How to fly your aircraft using a joystick.
6. Fighting the enemy.
7. Exiting the cockpit.

How to start a Fly Now game

Using one of the previously outlined methods, start Red Baron

3-D. After viewing the introduction, you will be left in the
game’s Main Menu. Click the Fly Now button at the top of the
button row on the left.

Tip: You can skip the introduction by clicking the left

mouse button or by pressing the ESC key on your keyboard.

After a short loading period, you will find yourself among the

clouds in the cockpit of your Nieuport 28 fighter aircraft. Before
we do anything else, press the pause key on your keyboard.

Tip: The view controls all function while the game is

paused. You can pause the game during combat to orient
yourself or to identify and locate enemy aircraft. Don’t rely
on this too much, though, as the pause function is disabled in
multiplayer games.

Using the fixed cockpit views

While the game is paused, let’s learn the basics of the cockpit

view system.

Red Baron 3-D features both a standard set of fixed views as

well as a swiveling view that simulates the actions of a pilot’s
head as he looks around, known as the “slewable” cockpit view.
Let’s look at the fixed views first.

Note that when we start, we are looking straight ahead with

the instrument panel dominating the lower part of the screen.

Fly Now