Weird lock-ups which end in a crash.
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I just found out about LAC, and it's really nice. The problem is, it's unusable on my system. On the tutorials and battles, the game will start glitching and I won't be able to pull up, leading to a crash. See the attached screen-cast to see what I mean. I'm running Debian testing (Trixie) on a Dell Latitude 5490 (Intel® Core™ i5-7300U × 4, 16GB RAM). I have the quality set to 0. If you need any more info, please let me know!
TIA.
Welcome to Linux Air Combat! Your Screencast attachment was a good idea and allowed me to see exactly what you are describing in your text. Thanks.
Your airplane crashed into the ocean because your throttle is set to zero. (Note the very short thrust bar, labeled "THR", adjacent your RADAR display.) Without a joystick or hardware throttle, you must use the keyboard's square brackets keys to advance and retard the throttle. Hold down your "close square bracket" key "]" to advance the throttle. Within about 1 second you will see the thrust bar getting taller and taller. Continue to hold that "]" key down until the thrust bar extends to its full length. At that point you will be able to gain speed and climb, and your aircraft will begin to consume fuel faster. To diminish your throttle, hold down the open square bracket key and you'll see the thrust bar getting shorter and shorter.
This is discussed in FAQ #47 on this page:
https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/LacFaq.htm
Thanks for the reply!
Well, that does explain it. :)
The "problem" has been resolved, thanks!
Also, notice the difference between the cockpit instruments you were seeing (reference the image above) and the more sophisticated instruments shown here:
As you can see, you can adjust the cockpit instruments for a more realistic version. This is a new feature that became available when we published LAC version 9.61. Further instructions are available near the bottom of our online ChangeLog. on THIS page:
https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/LinuxAirCombatChangeLog.htm
That's a big page with a lot of information. Search it for "Changes in Lac09p61".
We hope you enjoy LAC. If you have other questions, just post them in our forums and we'll get right back with you. We hope to see you online.
Yeah, I've been meaning to do that. Originally, I though I was supposed to add the values like this "01024", which of course didn't work. Now I have it set correctly, thanks!