test missile cones in dog/flight?

[Gary Tarolli]

In article <2249 at odin.SGI.COM>, ghelms at hellfire.sgi.com (Gretchen Helms) writes:
> (Dan Dickey) writes:
> >Quite a while ago, someone mentioned a flag to use in either dog or
> >flight that would enable some missile cones on the ground.  Presumably
> >to for testing.  I'd like to use these to fight against, as we don't
> >really have too many sgi's around here.  What was the flag?
> 
> The flag you're looking for isn't documented, and unfortunately
> I can't remember the right one.  However, it doesn't quite do what
> you're anticipating.
> 
> Back when the GTs first came out there was an option to start up
> a "missile defense" system that pops up out of those funny brown
> rectangles that live down in the swamp.  All it consists of are
> several wireframe half-spheres scattered through the swamp area.
> A call to the local dog guru revealed that the domes were part
> of an attempt to develop ground defense missiles that would make
> it harder to strafe the runway.  This portion of dog was never
> finished, and the domes are only partially good for pylon turns.
> 

Its interesting to hear the variety of stories about the origins of the red
hemispheres.  The truth to their origin is as follows.  Williams Air Force
Base, somewhere in Arizona, was interested in buying some IRIS's for doing
F-16 training/debriefing/human-interaction studies.  They liked flight, but
wanted to see a real F-16 HUD display and also "threat" cones around SAM sites.
So I spent 2-3 days down there adding the F-16 HUD as they wanted to see it.
It can be invoked using "-h".  (The Air Force is using pictures of this display
in their AIM HIGH ads that run in Discover and Omni.)

I also added the threat cones ('T').  They are centered about the little brown
rectangles in the swamp which are the SAM sites. If you use the HUD, the little
radar screen in the lower left will show you the types of SAM (A,4,8) when
you get close enough.  The 'U' (uppercase 'u') restart option starts you out
past the mountain heading towards the runway and threat cones.  This trajectory,
the threat cones, and the mountains were set up as close as possible to their 
existing F-16 simulator.

I never added auto-firing missiles to the SAM sites, I think there was a 
version somewhere that did.  It would be a nice addition, if 'T' was turned
on and you entered into the threat cone, a missile should be launced from
the SAM site.

NOTE: the versions of flight for the PI and the GT are different, and I don't
	know which features are in the GT.  All of the above features are in
	the PI version (/usr/demos/bin/flight).

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						Gary Tarolli