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03/11/13 Dogfight Squadron - The Manual

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Chapter Index

Dogfight Squadron What the game's about Dogfight Points Progress MiniClip Credits

Main Page

Hangar Parts Paint The Shop

Pilots Search General Info Player Stats Game Stats

The Game Ace Fight Team Fight Single Player Missions

The Reportcard

Controls Airplane Camera Interface



Rank and Skill List of Rank levels List of Skill levels

Dogfight Squadron

What the game's about

This game is about flying, shooting and avoidingbullets. The better you perform, the more DogfightPoints you will earn and the more you can improve yourplane. Better plane, more kills, more points! A positivecircle of destruction!

Dogfight Points

Dogfight Points are earned for airtime and kills. Pointsare also awarded for winning games.

Your total career earnings of Dogfight Points, LifetimePoints, shows your experience in the form of a Rank,such as Major or Lieutenant.

The Dogfight Points you earn you can spend on parts andweapons available in the Hangar.

Progress

When you start out your Rank is 'Junior Airman' and yourSkill is 'Average'. When you fight you earn DogfightPoints and when you've earned enough you will bepromoted to 'Airman'. If you play a lot and play well,you may end up 'Master Marshal'.

Your Skill shows your form and this may go up and down,depending on how well you play. If you lose a lot, yourSkill level will go down and you will be rated'Harmless' or 'Sitting Duck'. If you win plenty and playwell, you can be rated 'Deadly' or 'Elite'.

Miniclip Credits

Miniclip Credits is the premium currency of Miniclip.comand is valid in Dogfight Squadron.

Your Miniclip Credits can be used in the Hangar to getthe premium stuff - the biggest guns and best planeparts.

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Main page



The Main Page is your command room. Here you access thedifferent parts of the game: Hangar, Ace Fight Game,Training, Pilots and the Manual.

Hangar

The Hangar is where you modify, design and improve yourplane.

Some parts are always available for either DogfightPoints or Miniclip Credits. Some parts require a certainRank to be unlocked and purchased.

Every item in the Hangar has a roll-over that shows moreinfo and stats.

Parts

Wings, engines, tails and bodies. Here you findeverything you need to build a fast and sturdy plane.

Weapons

The Weapons tab contains the goodies - machine guns ofall shapes and sizes.

Paint

You can pick a color for each part of the plane - wings,body and tail.

On top of this, there is a big variety of decals - bothstickers and paint-jobs. How about a black camouflagepaint-job with a US Army Sticker? And a nice green colorto start with.

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Pilots

Every shot, every crash and every victory is recorded.All data ends up here in the 'Pilots' archives. Studyyour own stats or search for a friend. Or enemy.

Search

Type in a pilot name and press search. Try narrowingdown your search for best result. Click a name in theresult list to see this pilot's stats. You can alsobrowse the top 100 in Rank and Kills.



General Info

The General Info shows the basics about a pilot.Airtime, confirmed kills, and Dogfight Points.

Player Stats

Here you will find the pilot's career in numbers. Pointat the symbols to see what they all mean.

Game Stats

Under Game Stats you will find a list of all games forthe pilot. Click a game to see the report card from thisparticular game.

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The Game

Ace Fight

Ace fight – Fight of the flying aces. It's you againstthe rest, show no mercy and take no prisoners.

Shoot down five enemy planes to collect five Aces!Getting killed, crashing or bailing will decrease yourAces. You may land on any base to repair and reload.

One game lasts for 10 minutes or until one pilot havefive Aces. If time runs out, one single pilot with thehighest Aces score will win. No winners in a tied game.

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Team Fight

Team fight – Win by killing all enemy pilots. Destroyingall parts of an enemy base will neutralize it, andprevent enemies from respawning. Land on a neutral baseto capture it. Avoid killing your team mates. Land on afriendly base to repair and reload.

One game lasts for 20 minutes, or until one team has noplanes in the air, and no base to start from. Allmembers from the winning team will win.

Single Player Missions

Practice makes perfect. Training simulates the real



game, but it doesn't affect your Skill and you don'tearn any Dogfight Points.

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The Report Card

After a game, a Report Card is presented. The cardsummarizes the fight and shows what each pilot hasachieved. Older report card can be viewed in the Pilotsarchive. The 'View' button takes you to the selectedpilot's stats.

Kills How many enemies you shot down

Killed How many times you were been killed

Crashed How many times you crashed

Bailed How many times you bailed

Ace status Your Ace Status

Accuracy Your hit percentage

Winner If you win a game

Loser If you did not win

MIA Disconnected during game

AWOL Aborted game

Dogfight

PointsYour change in ranking

Airtime Airtime in minutes

Bases Won Neutral bases captured

Bases Lost Friendly bases lost

Parts

DestroyedEnemy base part destroyed

Traitor

ActionsBackstabbing actions

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Controls

Although the list of controls is very long, you onlyneed to memorize a few to start playing. The list isdivided into different areas and you can see whichkeyboard key to press for each function.

Airplane

W Throttle up/full throttle

S Throttle down/brake

A Roll left

D Roll right

UP Dive

DOWN Climb

LEFT Turn left

RIGHT Turn right

SPACE Fire primary weapon

F Fire secondary weapon

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AA Gun

W Zoom in

S Zoom out

UP Tilt Up

DOWN Tilt Down

LEFT Turn left

RIGHT Turn right

Drag Mouse Turn AA Gun



SPACE Fire

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Camera

Q Look left

E Look right

Q&E Look back

1-10Set camera distance toAirplane

SHIFT Show nearest target

SHIFT + QCycle down throughtargets

SHIFT + E Cycle up through targets

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Interface

C Toggle Chat on/off

MToggles in-game mapworld map, zoomed map,map off

N Toggles Base and PilotNames on/off

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Rank and Skill

List of Rank levels



Junior AirmanAirmanSenior AirmanMaster Airman

Am JrAmAm SrAm M

Junior SergeantSergeantSenior SergeantMaster Sergeant

Sgt JrSgtSgt SrSgt M

Junior LieutenantLieutenantSenior LieutenantMaster Lieutenant

Lt JrLtLt SrLt M

Junior CaptainCaptainSenior CaptainMaster Captain

Cpt JrCptCpt SrCpt M

Junior MajorMajorSenior MajorMaster Major

Maj JrMajMaj SrMaj M

Junior Lieutenant ColonelLieutenant ColonelSenior Lieutenant ColonelMaster Lieutenant Colonel

Lt Col JrLt ColLt Col SrLt Col M

Junior ColonelColonelSenior ColonelMaster Colonel

Col JrColCol SrCol M

Junior Brigadier GeneralBrigadier GeneralSenior Brigadier GeneralMaster Brigadier General

Brg Gen JrBrg GenBrg Gen SrBrg Gen M

Junior Major GeneralMajor GeneralSenior Major GeneralMaster Major General

Maj Gen JrMaj GenMaj Gen SrMaj Gen M

Junior Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant GeneralSenior Lieutenant GeneralMaster Lieutenant General

Lt Gen JrLt GenLt Gen SrLt Gen M

Junior GeneralGeneralSenior GeneralJunior General

Gen JrGenGen SrGen M

Junior MarshalMarshalSenior MarshalMaster Marshal

Mar JrMarMar SrMar M



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List of Skill levels

Sitting Duck

Pityful

Harmless

Below Average

Average

Above Average

Competent

Dangerous

Deadly

Elite

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