Recently, Nomen Nescio posted:

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From: "Neil Gould"

Thanks, Nomen. After Roger's suggestion to read up on it in the
manual, I "discovered" the MPO switch. Coming from Falcon 3, I
apparently didn't read the Falcon 4 manual as thoroughly as I should.

It's kinda academic if you're in the middle of a dogfight. By the
time you recover, you're probably a few seconds away from going up in
a bright
flash if you're flying against someone, with even a moderate level of
competence with F 4.0, who managed not to stall.

I'm sure that's true, if they're on your six. ;-)

I would be interested in trying some online combat, and would need
some guidance to connect up via the internet. Perhaps that's in the
manual, too (although I don't see it in the index)? ;-)

It's actually fairly easy.
One person sets up a "server" within F4 (a couple of button clicks)
and then others connect to the server via an IP number or an address.
I've always been on the "visitor" side of the connection since
running the "server" side can be a little problematic with a 56k
modem that never seems to run faster than 28k. Our area just recently
moved into the 21st century and I now have a 6 mbps cable connection
so I should have no problem being the "server" now unless having a
dynamic IP # screws it up.

I'm sure it would, as one wouldn't know their "server" IP until after
they're on-line, and even then it may not be possible to tell. The most
reliable setup would be a server with a static IP.

You also need to have your firewall not be blocking a couple of
ports, but that shouldn't be too difficult to do with most systems.

Well... it might be with mine. I'd need to know more and research the
implications before opening up my network that way.

But if someone else has the "server" set up, all you need to do is go
to "multiplayer", enter the address, click on "connect", and the F4.0
program pretty much takes care of the rest and guides you through
entering the battle.

There's gotta be a few more people here on R.A.P that enjoy playing
around
with Falcon 4.0 and I believe a "server" can handle up to 16 planes.
An R.A.P Dogfighting Free For All could be quite a "Hoot" if it could
be arranged.

But like I said, when the snow flies around here, so do the F16's. I
should have hosting a connection figured out by then.

Keep me posted!

Neil