Strike Commander

Reference Card

by

Major Havoc

This is a typed copy of the reference card that accompanied the
Strike Commander shrink wrapped game.  Excluding the joystick controls, which
I think most of us can figure out!

Included are some key GIF file views as follows:

HUD.GIF - View of HUD with descriptions
HUDCMBAT.GIF - View of HUD in COMBAT mode with SYMBOLOGY descriptions
MFDS.GIF - View of 3 different MFD's (Weapons, Damage, Gun Camera) with
descriptions

AG-RADAR.GIF - View of Air-to-Ground Radar with descriptions
AA-RADAR.GIF - View of Air-to-Air Radar with descriptions
TWISCOPE.GIF - View of Threat Warning Indicator with descriptions

WEAPONS

; - Drop Flare                     Spacebar - Fire selected weapon
, - Drop Chaff                            W - Select next weapon
G - Dogfight mode ("Guns")                Q - Select previous weapon
T - Select next farther target        Alt-W - Show loadout
Shift-T - Select next closer target                 (memory permitting)
Ctrl-T - Select no target
Y - Track selected target            Ctrl-W - Jettison selected weapon
(from cockpit only)             Shift-W - Jettison all air-to-ground
weapons.

NAVIGATION AND MANEUVERING

1 - 5 - Military (normal) engine power        B - Brakes on/off
in 20% increments                         (air or wheel brakes
depending on location)
6 - 0 - Afterburner power in 20%
increments                            F - Flaps up/down
L - Landing gear up/down
+ - Step up engine power                  A - Autopilot to waypoint,
- - Step down engine power                    auto-takeoff, auto-landing
~ - Engine shutoff
Arrows - Flight control (pitch and roll)       N - Navigation map
5 - (Keypad) Center control stick         S - Calibrated / True Airspeed
(keypad flight only)             Ctrl-E - Eject

< - Left rudder (also ,)
> - Right rudder (also .)

MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAYS

C - Communication systems                 R - Radar (mode depends on
D - Damage control and fuel                   selected weapon)
F8 - Gun camera MFD
K - AA radar single target
track

[ - Zoom in radar
] - Zoom out radar

CAMERA VIEWS

Arrows - Pan around cockpit              Ctrl-F6 - View ground targets
(if enabled at option screens)            (cycles through ground
targets)
F1 - Cockpit camera (front view)
F2 - Chase camera                         F7 - Player to target /
F3 - Left cockpit camera                       target to player
F4 - Right cockpit camera
F5 - Rear cockpit camera                  F8 - Gun camera (MFD)
F6 - External camera                      F9 - Victim camera
(cycles through air targets)        F10 - Weapon camera
[ - Zoom in camera
] - Zoom out camera

GAME INTERFACE

Alt-J - Recalibrate Joystick              Alt-X - Exit to DOS without saving
Alt-M - Music on/off                  Shift-Tab - Time compression:
Alt-O - Game Options                              1x, 2x, 4x (sustained)
(detail, difficulty, etc.)
Tab - Time burst 6x
Alt-P - Pause                                     (lasts while Tab is held)
Alt-S - Sound on/off
Arrows - Rotate objects in Object
viewer

I hope these files are of some use to you guys...  This is one great
game.. If you like it (and you should), please purchase this game!!

Greets to:  Pieman, Toyman, Black Rider, Ruff Rider, Spark Plug, Ruskin,
Plutarch, Marid Audran, ZigZag, etc...