Please help!! How fight drones?

**Rapid** · 09-26-2002, 11:28 AM

I'm just a lowly newbie single player, yet I could sure
use some help defeating those danged drones in the Flytrap
mission. I've tried the hint about attacking them before
they're activated You sneak up behind them where they're
suspended in midair and just shoot 'em like stationary ducks.
But while I'm doing that, another group of drones from the
other side of the map, off-radar, gets activated and starts attacking
the high rises. I fly to intercept but there are just too many of them
and before I can down them all they've destroyed enough buildings
and I lose. How the heck do you complete this mission? How keep
those high-rise attackers from activating??

**Charger** · 09-26-2002, 04:16 PM

What mission are you referring to because I haven’t been able to locate the one your describing?

...and don’t fret friend, we were all lowly newbies once....

[Edited on 9-26-2002 by Charger]

**Bluetiereign** · 09-27-2002, 01:45 AM

Charger.. I believe the mission to which Rabid refers is called Flytrap. The mission involves killing an unreal number of drones before advancing to Waypoint 5 and destroying the Control Tower directing the Drones. I went back and played this mission again, to see if I could be of any help.

Rabid, newbie or not, that is one seriously tough mission. As soon as you are off of the pad - go straight to the first waypoint. Use your cannons in short bursts and kill that first group as soon as possible... head directly to the second waypoint that leads to that second group. You can take that second group with cannons, but may wish to expend some stingers on the third. If you have killed these groups in time, you are well on your way. Stop and Reload , you are going to need it... but do it fast.

As for the rest, the hardest part is spotting the pesky things, they can be very hard to get in a 'lock' . Use the cannons for the close ones and your stingers for the ones getting too far away. Stay close to the High Rises, the drones that get away will return.. Watch their patterns in your Radar, and try to meet them on their way in, just as you would a flyball. I believe I reloaded two more times after the first when a chase brought me to farp.

The buildings, in MY case anyway, suffered much damage... you'll have to shut this out and pay attention to finding those drones and killing them.

One last thing, when your ready for waypoint 5... kill the drones that you need to, but get that sight focused on the control building and fire... That will end the mission.

Good Luck and Good Hunting

Edited to Add: Someone else may have a better idea, and faster solution, concerning not activating the High Rise Attackers - unfortunately, this was not an option in my mission and I was forced to play ' the hand that I was dealt '. So, if this doesn't work for you, keep checking back, and maybe someone will offer something that WILL work for you.

**Charger** · 09-27-2002, 04:09 PM

I feel as if I've been cheated if this mission came on the Comanche 4 disk cause I'm not finding it for some reason. I am curious about it now and would like to play it. Is this a user made mission?

**Bluetiereign** · 09-27-2002, 05:21 PM

Charger:

Somewhere along the timeline, I had to reinstall C4... and erased the directory (and of course, my rank- which, I submit, is worthless when you become adept enough to edit a map). I used the *Wolfblitz* shortcut to replay the mission in archives. I specifically remembered that one because after 'cruising' along, that one was like hitting a brick wall.

Not sure why your CD would not include the mission. I've noticed - according to many posts in many places - that Novalogic apparently ignores its' users after the purchase of their product, so I don't pay them much attention either. Its a shame though, to offer such a nice product (overall) and then hide from the consumer. Of course, business is business - and I'd like my used car to have air conditioning, a 500 watt stereo... you get the idea.

Anyhow, out of respect to the company (and possible copyright infringement) , I won't just post the mission file for download but give you the ID of it in my C4odata.pff file. And not for your benefit, of course, but for others, Raven's PFF utility tool should help take care of the rest... in case your program didn't install correctly.

The ID of the file is CO3MO5.BMS. And once again, not for your benefit, but for others... don't forget to extract the CO3MO5.til file!

Hope this helps!

**Rüstinsk** · 09-27-2002, 07:36 PM

its ok to attach that kind of stuff blue...

btw, when are we all gonna see that space station?

**Bluetiereign** · 09-27-2002, 09:52 PM

If your reference is to that monstrosity called EyeInStein's Whirled.. a less graphically intensive version might be made available in the Maps download section - their call, not mine. Really is just 'Eye Candy'...

Edited to Include: At this point I would have attached the FlyTrap file since I appear to have the 'OK'... Only I can't figure out how to attach the darn thing to a post..

**Rüstinsk** · 09-28-2002, 05:47 AM

Originally posted by Bluetiereign
... Only I can't figure out how to attach the darn thing to a post..

in a new post entry window there is a field at the bottom that says "attachment", just hit browse & point it to the file in your pc media (hard drive, cd, etc.). but i have found you can only do this on a new post, not an edit.

i also just found you can not change or edit an attachment, i had to have a mod do it on my post cuz the file was messed up

**Bluetiereign** · 09-28-2002, 12:39 PM

This one even played the clippet usually played before you start, hope it helps...

Edited to include: This identical file sends both the *.bms and *.til files to my desktop - without any changes... however, if I want to use the downloaded version... I have to right click and save it to a folder... Extract that file and rename it to a *.zip file - after deleting the original zip file - and extract it again... Maybe the server rezips it...don't know.

~and~

I wonder what happened with Rabid and his attack of the Drones...

**Rüstinsk** · 09-28-2002, 03:27 PM

yea, you got me on that one... thats the same trouble i was having

**Charger** · 09-28-2002, 08:24 PM

Well this is the deal. I could not un zip the files you posted to save my life but what I did was search through the PFF file and happen to find the C03M05.BMS and til and just extracted them to C4 directory. It works and will be playing the entire mission after I'm done with this post. Weird how the mission is there but does not show up in the archives.

**Charger** · 09-28-2002, 09:12 PM

Tuff mission, almost to hard. I did notice that you could target the drones at certain points in the AO. I think the key is being in the right place at the right time and having adequate cover when you run out of stingers. If you follow the first group in you can pretty much take them out just as they reach the first mountain before going over into the town, they target there. I manage to land on a FARP and reload but as I got up and started to take out the next cluster, which I almost had them all when a third group came in behind me and wiped me out. This mission needs to be set to coop and a few Comanches get in there and wipe them out.

Also forgot to mention. Stay behind the drones as much as possible...even when they can target you they can not target you from behind.

**Rapid** · 09-30-2002, 01:49 PM

Thanks for the help all Charger and Bluetie. I got so frustrated with that mission I dropped it for awhile and went on to others -- which even the tougher ones at least seemed to give you a chance! I still see no way to defeat the drones, although Blue if you were able to do it then it certainly is doable. I will try flying mostly behind them, as they should be easier to target with the cannon (when, as you note, you've run out of stingers). but I've found I have to fling an inordinate amount of 20mm shells at them, even with a target lock, and by the time you've managed to shoot down even a few of 'em that way, they've won and Dark Star is telling me the mission is a failure. Tough, tough mission!! Oh well, if I can't get any better at it I'll just resort to Wolfblitz to unlock those following it, I guess.