by Rowan Software

Q: When do CAP aircraft decide to come home?

A: CAP aircraft will come home either when they hit critical home fuel, or when they hit the bingo fuel level set on the Squadron dialog. Relying on critical home fuel is pretty risky, some aircraft probably won't make it.

Q: What happens to the aircraft that are in the air before and after my mission?

A: If a mission reaches its target before the player takes off, or won't reach its target until the player has landed, then a quick estimate is made of the amount of damage based upon the type of target and the type of aircraft. These levels are intentionally lower than would be possible if you actually allowed the missions to fly. This makes quitting on the runway not such a good idea.

Similarly, any aircraft still in the air have a chance of getting shot down if they have a significant distance left to travel when you quit the scenario.

Set Up

Q: What does the complex AI option do in preferences.

A: When enabled all AI aircraft will use the complex flight model and so will be 'flying the stick'. This takes a lot of processor time and can impact on the frame rate on some systems.

When this option is disabled, only the aircraft that the Player is dogfighting with will use the complex flight model. Other aircraft nearby will use a cheaper, less complex version.

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Graphics and Preferences

Q: I have a TnT and a VooDoo2 in my system - When I select the TnT video I cannot get into the 3D with a resolution bigger than 800x600.

A: Somehow the D3D drivers are being confused. This is being investigated but for now the best solution is to disable the D3D part of the VooDoo2. The TnT cards should be better anyway. Please delete the savegame\settings.mig file before running again - this will reinitialize all the available video modes.

Q: My TnT has 'fuzzy' fonts.

A: Change the number of auto generated mip-map levels to 0 [it defaults to 10 on some cards].

Q: My VooDoo2 SLI is not working

A: Some SLI drivers appear not to work with MiG Alley [this is being investigated]. To run disable the SLI mode [this will limit you to 800x600].

Q. My preference settings keep changing.

A. This is being investigated but for now the best approach is to make sure you have all the options setup before you enter the 3D.