#Ace combat 4 soundtrack test flight series#

L) Weapon /mode display: shows the chosen weapon next to the ammunition left or special operation modes ('runway mode'/'refuel mode', see hints). K) Tail camera: shows the happenings behind the own airplane without having to rubberneck the neck. I) Attitude display: shows the attitude of the wings and the aircraft nose relatively to the horizon. H) Undercarriage: arrow up = retracted, arrow down = reeled-out. G) Compass: the rough flying direction, the N is of course 'north'.

#Ace combat 4 soundtrack test flight series#

The latter cotains a series of displays and instruments, of which you should be able to interpret the most:Ī) Visor: Targets, that are inside this square and which can be recognized as distinctly as the tank on the screen, can be shot with the corresponding weapons.ī) Thrust control position: needle to the far left = idle speed, needle to the far right = maximum thrust.Ĭ) Fuel display: the further the needle is at the right, the more fuel is in the tank. Naval Attack: The load consists of 8 Anti-ship missiles, which can exclusively be used against swimming targets.Īdditionally to the chosen missile load, there are also always 30 flares for defence of hostile missiles and 6.000 shots ammunition for the cannons loaded, which can destroy every type of target, if you aim well and keep shooting for long enough.Īfter that you find yourself on the taxiway of one of the three home bases in the cockpit, which consists half of a view on the landscape and the other half of the dashboard.Ground Attack: Only 2 air-to-air missiles are loaded for emergencies in favour of 16 air-to-ground missiles, with which you can considerably fire up the hostile ground forces.Air Superiority: Only air-to-air missiles are loaded, 12 of them.Multirole: A compromise of 8 air-to-air missiles, with which you can fight airplanes and helicopters, and the same amount of air-to-ground missiles, which can be used against tanks and missile bases.When you have adjusted everything to your taste you only have to choose one of four missile loadings before the takeoff, which are more or less useful against certain types of targets:

('More to the right! No, not that far! Stop moving the joystick you a.'). The second player can also move the otherwise fixed visor over the screen, if guided missiles are used, though this only really simplifies targeting, if the pilot and the gunner form an attuned team. He will operate all the weapon systems except for the cannons, which can still be fired by the pilot. As defence there are only 3 heavily armed 'A.C.E Mark 2.1' multiuse-allweather-allarea-fighting jets left and of course the player is the only pilot left, who has to fight with this the aggressor by land, sea and air until he himself has lost all his lives or the last hostile units have been beaten.īefore the fight itself starts the player has to or respectively can at first set the difficulty grade in the main menu, choose day, night or winter time with the corresponding colouring of the landscape, view the highscores or get impressed by the demostration mode.įurthermore the player can choose if he wants to fly alone or take with him a second player as back-up in the position of the gunner.

The status is dramatic, as usual: An enemy which is not more closely defined attacks the player's home country and has already occupied the whole southern coast with ground forces, that get ready to advance further into the heartland.