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Buka has released the playable E3 demo of Fair Strike, allowing you to try out this upcoming arcade helicopter combat game in the works at G5 Software. The demo contains one flyable aircraft (Ka-50), three single-player missions, and a deathmatch multiplayer mode. Thanks: Fragland.
Gamer's Hell Local Download: Fair Strike E3 Demo (297 MB)
Fair Strike
work-in-progress version; E3 special build
16 April 2003
Milestone schedule:
Alpha version - July 2003
Beta version - October 2003
Public demo - November 2003
Release - December 2003
(c) G5 Software, 2003
(c) Buka Entertainment, 2003
Table of contents
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1. System requirements
2. About the game
3. Version description
4. Installation
5. Controls
6. Known bugs and possible problems
7. Contacts
1. System requirements
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This version
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Operational System: Windows 2000/XP
Processor: Pentium III 800 MHz (Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
recommended)
HDD: 700 Mb HDD space (1000 Mb recommended)
Memory: 256 Mb RAM (512 Mb RAM recommended)
Video: Geforce2 MX (Geforce3 or higher recommended)
Sound: Direct Sound compatible sound card
CD-ROM: 8x CD-ROM
Controls: mouse, keyboard, joystick
NOTE: reliable flight model tested on Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2.0
Release
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Operational System: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Processor: Pentium III 800 MHz (Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
recommended)
HDD: 1,5 Gb HDD space (1,8 Gb recommended)
Memory: 256 Mb RAM (512 Mb RAM recommended)
Video: Geforce2 MX (Geforce3 or higher recommended)
Sound: Direct Sound compatible sound card
CD-ROM: 8x CD-ROM
Controls: mouse, keyboard, joystick
2. About the game
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Story
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Terrorists!
Awful guys, whose basic aims in life are killing fellow creatures and
developing their drug business. But you are not that sort of people, of
course.
You pilot a super realistic and authentic model of a modern
military helicopter. So you are a part of united multinational antiterror
forces and you have the only task: "Kill’em all!"
In the nearest future 4 points on Earth will serve as the permanent source
of your acute concern: Caribbean region, Eastern Europe, South-East Asia
and the Middle East – so 4 action-saturated campaigns you are to pass
through. Just get into your helicopter and lead your aircraft detachments
against the unruly bandits.
Reliable and approved weaponry will help your troops to fulfill your highly
responsible military missions – destroy terrorists’ bases and protect
peaceful citizens. You will also enjoy certain support from warships and
terrain forces – tanks, infantry etc. Nothing like that you could see
before in the games of the same genre! Playing “Fair Strike” you’ll catch
yourself at being totally game-immersed for hours!
Key features
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- scaleable flight and damage models: hardcore realistic flight model
for hardcore players, simple controls for action-oriented
people, anything in between;
- first person, third person, and cockpit views;
- 6 flyable helicopters: AH-64A Apache, RAH-66 Comanche, PAH-2 Tiger,
Ka-50 Hokum, Ka-52 Alligator, Ka-58 Black Ghost (concept helicopter
of the future);
- precise modeling of the helicopter’s weapons, physics and avionics;
- action-packed campaigns, a total of 38 missions in Caribbean region,
Eastern Europe, South-East Asia and the Middle East;
- up to 3 wingmen under the player's control during the mission,
including assault and transport helicopters and even torpedo
boat division;
- the ability to choose your helicopter and customize its weapons
before the mission;
- the ability to choose helicopters for your wingmen and customize
their weapons before the mission;
- support from warships and terrain forces;
- multiplayer modes: deathmatch and team scenarios via LAN or Internet;
- the ability to personalize your helicopter with custom skin;
- more than hundred of ground objects and enemy units: ground,
airborne, and naval
Genre
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Why do we call it action/simulator?
Action stands for:
- action-packed campaigns
- no 30-min flying to nearest enemy
- no time-acceleration needed
- mission playing time from 12 to 40 min
- all types of weapons are used in every mission
- possibility to switch to simple "action" controls
Simulator stands for:
- realistic helicopter avionics - TADS, HUD, MFD's
- realistic "joint-like" injury system
- realistic helicopter flight model:
a) wind and air stream
b) retreating blade stall
c) aerodynamic lift
d) air cushion
e) vortex ring
f) pay load
3. Version description
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Flyable aircraft available in this build: all disabled except Ka-50.
Playable missions in this build: all disabled except "Invasion"
from the first campaign and "Seasonable Aid" and "River Convoy"
missions from the second campaign.
Multiplayer modes in this build: only deathmatch on the first map
(4 players) is available; team scenarios and additional DM maps are
disabled.
Here is detailed build description: FS_E3_build.doc
4. Installation
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Run FS_setup.exe and follow on-screen instructions.
5. Controls
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Simulator mode controls
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- start the engine.
<+>/<-> - increase and decrease number of revs
<*> - maximum revs
- landing gear control
<0> – blades angle of attack decrease
<.> – blades angle of attack increase
/ or joystick button <3> - switch the weaponry
- change weapon mode
- activate external weapon in case it is available in the mission
joystick button - fire weapon
- flares
- switch between enemy targets
joystick
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