~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENERAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FighterPilot is a combat flight simulator in which players fly a
fourth generation jet aircraft on a series of missions to eliminate
enemy targets. As the pilot of a Dassault Mirage 2000, players face
a range of enemies from hostile aircraft to ground based defences.
And thanks to arcade style controls, you can be flying in minutes!
The single player mode takes you through a seven level campaign,
challenging you with the task of eliminating a series of increasingly
difficult adversaries. In multiplayer mode, a split screen view allows
two players to play together on a single computer. Players can either
compete against each other, or they can work cooperatively to complete
levels of the campaign. Finally, a built in level editor lets you
create your own custom levels.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GETTING STARTED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Under Windows simply extract the download, then run FighterPilot.exe
(Linux users see below)
Once the loading bar finishes you will see the main menu. Use the
arrow keys and Space/Enter to navigate the menu. To exit from the
main menu, press the escape key. Pressing escape while in the game
will bring up the in-game menu. If you want to play a map other than
the default, press <Ctrl> + <Enter> in the main menu. At the main
menu press F1 for help, or F3 to edit game settings.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONTROLS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Action Player 1 Controls Player 2 Controls
Climb S Key Down Arrow
Dive W Key Up Arrow
Turn Left A Key Left Arrow
Turn Right D Key Right Arrow
Accelerate U Key Numpad 5
Brake J Key Numpad 2
Cannon Shift Numpad 0
Fire Missiles Space Numpad 9
Drop bombs F Key Numpad 8
Toggle First Person F1 F2
*Note: If an Xbox 360 controller or joystick is present under Windows,
it will be used in addition to the keyboard controls for the active
player.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LINUX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To play FighterPilot on Linux, use Subversion to checkout a copy of
the source code from the sourceforge repository. Then, generate a
makefile using cmake and compile. If all goes well, you should be able
to run the generated executable file (which is named 'FighterPilot').
The following commands will accomplish this. (Note that I have only
tested under Ubuntu, other distributions may or may not work.)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion cmake libglu-dev libboost-dev zlib1g-dev libpng-dev libxxf86vm-dev
svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/fighterpilot/code/trunk fighterpilot
cd fighterpilot
cmake .
make
./FighterPilot
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LICENSE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONTACT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please feel free to contact me with any feedback or suggestions!
- Jonathan Behrens <fintelia@users.sourceforge.net>