Some Multi-player Questions

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by Bounder!

dumb question sort of related - when playing on multiplayer servers with full realism on like the ATAC server, is there way of telling where I am on on the map since I can't see the icon of my plane on the map? Is it a case of looking around and trying to spot landmarks or are there any better methods for finding / working out my location?

Cheers

Landmarks (the bays and promontories of the coastline in particular). This is easy if you start on a coastal airfield but learning navigation helps if starting inland. Not compulsory though - just head in roughly the right direction until you spot the coast and then pick out some landmarks.