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This page is basically a repository for numerous help files for use with Parsoft Interactive's A-10 flight simulators and thier respective demos. Excepting the html versions (of which there are many), all files available here are MAC ONLY.

These are some maps I put together for use with the Parsoft A-10 Attack & A-10 Cuba flight simulators, and their demos. I threw a lot of game trivia and other stuff into accompanying Read Me files: even if you only have Cuba or Attack, or one of the demos, you'll probably find all three helpful to some degree.

Cuba Map - has a method of calculating wind, a dead reckoning mission suggestion, keyboard weapon labels, extra credit hints and game trivia.

Europe/Germany Map - has an in depth discussion on the Slewing feature, and more game trivia.

Arizona/Practice Range Map - has a couple of fun game suggestions, individual city target maps, and more game trivia.

A-10 Demo/QuickStart Map - Here's a similar map for the A-10 Attack Demo (also known as the Quick Start module of A-10 Attack). The Read Me has trivia about the demo/module as well as detailed tips on how to defeat all 14 threats on the island.

Attack Demo v1.1 (1.6 MB):http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/151

And, on the off chance the demos become available from the parsoft site:

Click here and scroll to the bottom to DL the A-10 Attack demo. (2 MB)
(scroll to the bottom, it says "temporarily unavailable:" click it anyway.)
Click here and scroll to the bottom to DL the A-10 Cuba demo. (4.8 MB)
(scroll to the bottom, it says "temporarily unavailable:" click it anyway.)

Custom Stereo Sounds. (This file has been unavailable for quite awhile. Now it's available.) Pedro Johansson equalized and added stereo effects to the original A-10 Attack! sounds. If you're familiar with basic ResEdit functions, you can insert these sounds into your copy of Attack or Cuba, or the demos. (MAC ONLY - 1.4 MB)

Radio Chatter sounds. Paul Morton, who works for Parsoft, created a sound resource file for A-10 Cuba! that adds ambient chatter. (I have not pasted these into Attack, or either demo, but the sound resources are the same in all four programs so it should work.) Note: this file is NOT supported by Parsoft Interactive. (MAC ONLY - 3.3 MB)

About these sound files...

The Radio Chatter sounds are fun for awhile, but I found myself tiring of them after a day or two. The Custom Stereo Sounds, however, are still a favorite. If you have good speakers (or better yet, headphones) this file will REALLY enhance the A-10 sound.

Also, if you play Cuba as a module in Attack v1.5, you need add the sounds to the Attack program ONLY. I added the Custom Stereo sounds to Attack, and the Radio Chatter sounds to Cuba. [I rarely launch the Cuba program itself (I prefer to run Cuba missions within Attack v1.5) but if I ever want to hear the radio chatter, it's as easy as launching the Cuba program independently.]

AS ALWAYS WHEN WORKING WITH ResEdit, ONLY WORK ON A COPY OF THE PROGRAM, AND STORE A DUPLICATE OF THE ORIGINAL IN A SAFE FOLDER ELSEWHERE ON YOUR HARD DRIVE. Mistakes in ResEdit can ruin a program, but ResEdit is utterly harmless if you have a copy of the original to fall back on.

Waypoints Explained - Here's a simple exercise designed to teach A-10 newcomers how to program waypoints. HTML version only

Mission: Camp X-Ray. David Zipse has created a new mission, played in the Heavy Metal training mission in A-10 Cuba. (From the mission briefing: "The terrorist prisoners at Camp X-Ray have staged a riot. They have taken over the "processing center" across the bay and the "buses" at the airfield. Your mission is to seek and destroy the enemy within." HTML version. (AOL members can find a downloadable .sit file of the mission in Mac-Games-Scenarios.)

RockRheino's Drop Zone Mission - RockRheino, Hogmeister extraordinairre, has put together a page detailing his method of attacking "The Drop Zone" mission in Cuba. LOADED with dramatic images.HTML version only.

Busting Bridge Buster - Here's a Wild-Weasel styled mission for eradicating all threats in the target-rich "Bridge Buster" mission of A-10 Cuba. HTML version | SimpleText version (MAC ONLY - 17k)

"Old Man River" Tips - Here's a suggestion for winning the "Old Man River" mission of A-10 Attack. Includes detailed discussion on loadouts and waypoints, as well as a battlefield diagram, and other graphics to clarify waypoint placement. HTML version | SimpleText version (MAC ONLY - 44k)

Retaliation mission suggestion - A simple graphic with a suggestion for how to get through the "Retaliation" mission of A-10 Attack. GIF version (20k) | SimpleText PICT (MAC ONLY - 20k)

Cuba Demo Mission: "Five Planes In Four Minutes." I plumbed my old A-10 bulletin board archives and rediscovered a pretty challenging mission for the Cuba Demo.HTML version only.

Fun On The Range - Goofy stuff to do out at the Practice Range. (Alternative bomb deliveries, etc.) HTML version

Here is a formal display of the 24 mission ribbons available in A-10 Attack & A-10 Cuba.

Not that anyone cares, but here's my best single mission point total in A-10 Cuba (went apeshit in Bridge Buster, and bagged all the extra credit afterward. 28SEP98)

The Unnofficial A-10 Attack Demo Manual In 1995 Tim van der Leeuw and Maury Markowitz put together a TERRIFIC resource for the A-10 Attack demo, but the skills it teaches are applicable to ALL iterations of A-10, including Cuba. (If you are new to A-10 and are looking for help with not so much the mission strategies as just how to simply FLY THE PLANE and DROP THE BOMBS, this is for you. (PDF format, 400k)

Cuba Tactics - The best help file for A-10 Cuba. It's big but worth it. Many screenshots, and LOTS of detailed explanation to help you get through all 12 missions. (MAC ONLY - 1.2 MB)

Stupid Hawg Tricks - An intersting file that talks about easter eggs (surprises) in A-10 Attack. Screenshots too. (MAC ONLY - 496k)

A-10 FAQ - A FAQ about the REAL Fairchild-Republic A-10 aircraft. Very detailed. (MAC ONLY - 91k)

A-10 Attack FAQ - An ASCII Text file for help with all eight A-10 Attack missions. (25k)

To learn more about the real Warthog and what hog drivers did in Desert Storm, scoot over to Amazon.com and order William L. Smallwood's book "WARTHOG: Flying The A-10 In The Gulf War." ($12 + $4 S & H). Scores of A-10 pilots tell, in their own words, what went on over there. If you're a fan of the A-10 Warthog, I can't recommend this book enough.

Mike Terenzoni has been doing it for years. E-mail him with any and all questions pertaining to 3-screen A-Tenning. (He also takes amazing astronomy photos!)

A-10 Attack! v1.5 Updater as well as A-10 Cuba! v1.2 Updater...EMAIL ME FOR A COPY

NOTE: If you wish to run A-10 Cuba so that it has the Mission Map like A-10 Attack (as well as the chits, waypoint programming, multiple plane control, etc.) you must:

A) ...have the full versions of both A-10 Cuba and A-10 Attack,
B) ...update Attack to v1.5,
C) ...update Cuba to v1.2,
D) ...then drag the entire contents of the Cuba 1.2 folder into the Attack 1.5 folder.
E) ...that's it. Now, to play either Attack or Cuba with the mission maps, open the Attack Program. You'll see where you can choose the Cuba missions, or the Germany missions, or the Training (Arizona) missions, or the Cuba Demo. (You can still play Cuba as a stand-alone: instead of launching the Attack program, launch the Cuba Program which will also be inside the Attack folder along with everything else.)

A quick run-down on using the Attack Updater installers:
1. DL all updater files into a new folder. You should have the following files before proceeding:

• A-10 Attack!v1.5 Updater (you will be decompressing this one momentarily)
• A-10 Attack!v1.5 Updater.2
• A-10 Attack!v1.5 Updater.3
• A-10 Attack!v1.5 Updater.4

Aviation

http://www.ecis.com/%7Eweasel/a10/ - Hands down the best page devoted to the Fairchild-Republic A-10 Warthog, due in large part to the best photo gallery you'll find anywhere on the web, but also features MUCH info about A-10 units, the author's Gulf War experiences, etc. etc.

Flight Sim

http://www.xv.flyer.co.uk/a10/ - Richard Grant's A-10 Resources page.

http://www.x-plane.com - Laminar Research. You can download a copy of the X-Plane Demo. X-Plane is probably the best civil sim (non-shoot-em-up) available for the Mac. It's around $50 with entire world and Mars scenery. ($40 if you can do with a limited amount of scenery.). DL the free demo. You will be impressed.

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