Mission to Test Spotting

[JimTM]

This single-player mission helps you test your graphics settings for spotting aircraft at various slant distances (the direct distance, not the ground distance). Save this mission in your game directory under the "/data/Missions" folder (or a subfolder of that folder).

 

JimTM - Test Spotting.zip

 

There are Me109s flying around your aircraft (Yak-1) at approximate distances from 1km to 8km , in 1km increments. There is also an Me109 flying around you at 20km distance.

 

Before starting the mission, you can select Alternate Visibility on or off in the Realism screen. During the mission, you can turn icons on or off, but they get dimmer as the distance increases. The 20km icon is not visible, but you can track the 20km aircraft icon on the map (with icons on).

 

You can also see the view from a camera at 3,000m. Press F12 to access the camera and then press F11 to enable you to move the camera view and zoom with your mouse. Press F1 to return to the cockpit view.

 

You can change the time of day in the mission editor. Do the following:

1. Run STEditor.exe, which is in the /bin folder under your game folder.

2. In the File menu, choose Open, navigate to the folder where you saved this mission, and double-click the mission.

3. In the Mission Properties dialog box, adjust the value in the Time box.

4. In the File menu, choose Save.

 

If you do not own the Yak-1, you can change your aircraft. Do the following:

1. Run STEditor.exe, which is in the /bin folder under your game folder.

2. In the File menu, choose Open, navigate to the folder where you saved this mission, and double-click the mission.

3. In the pane on the left, double-click "JimTM - Test Spotting".

     More items appear below "JimTM - Test Spotting".

4. Click on the "Player Plane" item.

     The Plane Properties dialog appears.

5. Click on the Model button, click on a model for the plane that you want, and click OK.

6. In the File menu, choose Save.

Edited September 23, 2020 by JimTM