2v2 Teams of two pilots dogfight.
6 o'clock Relative position is behind you. Based on orientation of the clock face--3 o'clock to the right, 9 o'clock to the left, 12 o'clock ahead.
ABA Air Base Assault. Destroy your opponents' base before they destroy yours. A game particular to multiplayer FA online.
ACM Air Combat Maneuvering. The way you fly the plane to get into position for a kill, and the way you get out of a bandits kill zone.
BANDIT Also "Bogey." Hostile enemy aircraft.
BC Battle Comm, a free voice communication program.
BFM Basic Flight Maneuvers. Characteristic flight and handling; Landing, taking off, joining up, navigation, departure from normal flight and recovery, and keeping your plane in the air and out of the dirt and water.
<C> Cheers.
CAP Combat Air Patrol is a sortie armed exclusively for the air to air fight. Also: MIGCAP for expected Mig's, BARCAP positioned between a threat area and an asset area, TARCAP over a strike area, SARCAP over a search and rescue mission.
CAS Close Air Support. Use of air to ground weapons in direct support of friendly ground operations and troops.
COOP Cooperative mission, all players are usually on the same side. Some missions have multiple revives, some do not.
ERA Only planes from a specified set of years, as set on the FA menu or as specified by the host, are allowed. Also includes classical fights which match up historical adversaries; F-104 vs Mig-17, F-14 vs Mig-29, etc.
FA Fighters Anthology. The reason we are here!
FFA Free For All. No sides. Other rules as made by host.
FW Firewall. A computers communication security device or software. Players using software firewalls, routers, or other proxy devices should make sure that FA is permitted to send and recieve data through several TCP ports, including 1791.
FPS Frames Per Second. A measure of how quickly a players computer refreshes flight data and displays images. Frame rate is a function of RAM, processor speed, and Qraphics cards. FA is limited to about 50 fps with the 1.02 patch. The higher your fps, the better your performance online! CTRL / F keys to display own fps.
<G> Grin.
GG Good Game. The customary way to "shake hands" at the end of a game.
GL Good Luck.
GK Good Kill. A polite acknowledgment of opponents skill, and that the kill was made during a fair fight.
GUNS Guns only dogfight. Other rules made by the host
GV Game Voice, the voice comm software from Micro$soft.
HOST The person in the top slot in an Open Mission room of the lobby. Their computer acts as host to connect all players during the game. Host announces the game and sets rules, then when players are ready host will press the play button to launch FA
ICQ ICQ is THE online instant messaging system. Also the best and most popular system , and used by most of the people who fly online.
IP GAME FA multiplayer uses the IP protocol to connect all computers to the host, and to each other. Sometimes players will pre-arrange a flight and connect directly to a designated host.
LAG Escessive latency between players' computers during a flight. Signs include frozen and jerky graphics, or "warping" speed changes.
LOL Laughing Out Loud. Internet slang.
LIB A .lib filetype, a data file in FA folder that describes plane and weapon characteristis during the game. Custom .lib files are created to enhance or modify FA for all players, but sometimes crafted in order to gain an unfair advantage for a single player or group (cheating.)
M/O Mission Objective. The target(s) in a game which must be destroyed.
M/A Mission Accomplished. All designated targets have been destroyed.
NP No Problem.
NEWBIE Also ROOKIE. Someone who is new to FA online. You may have years of experience offline, but flying online is an entirely different game.
PING/LATENCY A measure of the time it takes a signal to travel from your computer to another. In Hl, the lites to the right of the Open Mission slots will indicate the relative quality of your internet contact with that player. Players with an otherwise good connection who are using firewalls may appear red, as will players with an unusable connection. Your own lites will always appear yellow.
ROFLMAO Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Azz Off. Internet slang
RUNWAY RAPE Loitering near an opponents runway, waiting for them to revive in a new aircraft, then attacking before they are able to defend themself. Runway Rape is usually considered dishonorable unless special rules have been set.
RGR Roger. An acknowledgment. Also, RGRT, roger that.
ROOKIE Also NEWBIE. Also ROOK. Someone new to FA online
RW Roger Wilco, a free voice comm program. HL has RW invitation build in.
<S> Salute.
SEAD Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses. Mission to destroy AAA and SAM sites.
SIM A PC flight simulator. Some people have been offended to hear FA called a game (even though it really is.) ;-)
SQUAD Online, an organized group of people who train and fly sims together as a squadron. Joining a Squad is usually the quickest way to recieve good training and experience.
STRIKE Mission to attack ground targets.
TY Thank You.
TOOLKIT Program by Duosoft to customize FA objects by creating .lib files.
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