Linux Air Combat

https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/Planes/01.htm

Through that link you can examine each aircraft, one-by-one, from those pages, which are organized alphabetically by country, manufacturer, and aircraft name. Each plane gets its own page with a tabular summary and at least two YouTube documentary video clips. Links in each page lead to the next plane in the sequence, or to the prior one. These pages are also available within LAC, as if you were in a warbirds museum where you can study and choose among all of the displayed aircraft, then open the cockpit of your favorite, climb in, taxi out onto the runway, and fly it solo, against offline opponents, or online with others!

Now available for free Internet download, this high-performance flight simulator supports all of the basics demanded by today's LINUX flight sim users, including all of these features:

• Free and open source distribution. The clean source code compiles without modification on major LINUX distros.
• A precompiled binary executable is available in a single, self-extracting volume containing all required prerequisites, eliminating any need to compile. This is compatible with (almost) all popular desktop LINUX distros!
• Very smooth, simple, high-performance graphics yield high frame rates even on modest computer hardware.
• 45 flight/view functions can be mapped to any detected joystick axis, button, or keyboard key.
• Modern, multi-axis analog/digital joysticks or console-style "Game Controllers" support precision control of elevators, ailerons, rudder, throttle, etc.
• Mouse control of elevators, ailerons, and weapons for those lacking a joystick.
• 54 different flyable aircraft from World War II.
• A theoretical Jet fighter with performance similar to the Douglas A4 SkyHawk.
• Industry-standard "Air Warrior" style view system is easily configurable for other view options.
• Sophisticated flight model with low-speed stalls, accelerated stalls, compressibility, blackouts, redouts, torque rolls, induced turbulence, and low-speed control fade.
• Realistic high-altitude degradation of engine performance.
• Fuel consumption is proportional to engine load including WEP/Afterburner effects.
• Flight performance is degraded when lugging heavy bombs or rockets.
• Flight performance is degraded when aircraft are damaged.
• Simulated RADAR to help locate opponents.
• Enemy airfields and RADAR facilities can be damaged or destroyed.
• Simulated IFF to help Identify Friend versus Foe.
• Guns combat.
• WW2-era Air-to-Ground rockets.
• WW2-era bombs.
• Free flight mission.
• Four tutorial missions with detailed audio narration to help beginners get a quick start.
• Online "Head to Head" mission suitable for air racing or combat (2 players only. No server required.)
• Free, high performance Linux Air Combat Server is now available at LinuxAirCombat.com.
• Ten distinct, ten-player Internet missions in various terrains, with strategic airfield combat (Internet and access to a free LAC Server required).
• Additional multi-player missions are added from time to time.
• Users can record "GunCamera films" and ask the Server to replay them as persistent "Server Missions".
• 32 distinct, online Realms, each supporting unique missions and/or communities.
• Realm "1" constantly runs persistent Server "Strike" missions that the player can join or oppose (and other online users might join at any time!).
• User-loadable graphic aircraft models support the free, open, well-known ".3ds" format.
• User-loadable background music, sound effects, and narration files support industry-standard ".wav" format.
• "Talking Cockpit" can verbalize target location so you can hear it without diverting your eyes.
• Innovative "Network Router Panel" on cockpit shows network telemetry and comms data flow from other players.
• Best-of-breed network user management with inter-player status messages on the cockpit panel.
• Powerful integration with "Mumble" for world-class voice communication between players.
• Dedicated Mumble server manages a rich hierarchy of voice radio channels and online help.
• Automated radio messages verbalize enemy airfield status.
• 23 Comms-related functions can be mapped to any keyboard key.
• Text-only, low-bandwidth comms option acts like a "Morse Code" radio, generating and decoding real Morse code.
• Airfields with defensive guns challenge nearby opponents and protect nearby allied aircraft.
• Airfield defenses can be damaged and degraded with bombs, rockets, and/or machine guns.
• Damaged airfield defenses are gradually repaired by surviving airfield maintenance personnel.
• Air raid sirens blare loud on damaged airfields.
• Bombers have auto-gunners that take shots at nearby hostile fighters.
• "Norden" bombsight emulation makes precision, medium or high altitude bombing possible.
• Realistic bomber climb rates:  Heavily loaded bombers need a long time to climb to altitudes high enough to avoid fighters.
• Realistic bomb-run tactics make heavy bombers vulnerable to opposing fighters during critical mission segments.
• Real-time, automated radio and RADAR warnings alert players when their airfields are threatened by strategic bombers.
• Online users can choose their own unique "CommunityHandle" name, and see the names of other players.
• Online player list constantly advertises the names of players in flight and the missions in which they are active.
• Log file stored on the player's computer keeps a detailed history of all online victories.
• Supported by an active development team for bug fixes.
• Extensively documented on YouTube.

For comprehensive help configuring and flying Linux Air Combat, explore our main web page here:

http://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/LacOnlineDocs.htm