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Strike Commander cheats / Strike Commander hints / Strike Commander faqs / Strike Commander solutions Strike Commander hints One of the major issues in Strike is the cost of weaponry so you can't afford to waste missiles and bombs. It's important to learn how to use the Vulcan cannon as soon as you can because you can wipe out planes and buildings for free. When you come out of auto-pilot and into a dogfight switch straight on to the Vulcan's dogfight mode and target an enemy plane. Tell your wingman to engage the target and then target the other enemy. You might be able to score a couple of hits as you fly straight at each other otherwise you have to try to get on his tail. Never fire a missile when you're a long way from the enemy because then it's easy for it to be distracted by chaff or flares. Get in close - fire a few cannon rounds and then loose off a missile when you've got a lock and are either behind or to the side of the enemy. If you're close enough his flares won't have time to distract your missile. If the enemy ever gets on your tail hit full afterburners and head straight up. Early in the game the enemies won't follow you up but later you should be able to shake them off with a quick burst of speed and a few sudden turns. When you're attacking the ground targets - cut the engines to two or three MIL and then use radar to get lined up early. There's no point in dropping bombs when the plane's wobbling all over the place. Make another pass and come in low and level. If you lost and planes in the first few missions you're going to be strapped for cash so it's best to repeat missions until you think you've got through with losing as few planes as possible. Once you're back in Istanbul get in the jeep and trundle to Selim's bar. In the mission pool you're greeted by three brokers offering missions in Egypt Alaska and Quebec. Alaska is the hardest so save that till last when you've saved up some money from (hopefully) succesfully completing Egypt and Quebec. Egypt's the best place to start even though the first mission involves a furious dogfight without any missiles. After that though you're on to some relatively easy ground attack missions and anti-aircraft fire is not as heavy as in many other scenarios. On missions in which you have to destroy lots of small ground targets such as tanks and AAA (this applies for any scenario not just Egypt) it's worth carrying half a dozen Mavericks on the inside pylons. When you approach the target area you can take out the anti-aircraft emplacements from long-range and then destroy the rest of the targets at your leisure with the cheap Mk82 free-fall bombs. It may seem an expensively extravagant way of dealing with ground threats but it's more than worth it if it means that your F-16 doesn't get shot to bits. There's nothing more depressing that battling past waves of enemy fighters only to be thwarted by a couple of poxy AAA batteries. When you're attacking runways it's not essential that you use Durandol bombs-three or four Mk82s dropped equal distances along the tarmac does just as weel and is a much cheaper method. When you make your attack line up so you fly down the length of the runway - you should be able to destroy it with on the first pass. If you get fed up of dogfighting there's a hit-and-miss way of making your enemies self-destruct. Before auto-piloting to the next destination hit C to communicate with your wingperson (but don't hit 1 to start communicating). Press F1 to get the heads-up-display into magnified mode and then press W to select an air-to-air weapon - either a missile or the Vulcan cannon in dogfight mode. Now press A to autopilot with the aerial engagement and as soon as you come out of autopilot press 1 and then 2 to tell your wingperson to attack the target. With a bit of luck the enemy planes destroy themselves. You hear a couple of screams along the lines of 'Control's out I'm going in.' and you've won the fight without firing a shot or getting hit. This method doesn't work every time but it's always worth trying because it means you can get to the target area with very little hassle. Other Strike Commander cheats hints faqs solutions: 1. Strike Commander cheat codes 2. Strike Commander hints |