Realism Options

Realism Options are adjustable options to enhance game play in Combat Flight Simulator 3, to make it more realistic and difficult. Realism Options can only be tinkered with when not in game. Adjustments of realism options to how realistic it is displayed by a percentage meter. Each tweak changes 5%, with Invincibility cheats setting it to 0%.

Select your comfortable difficulty level, then once you get the hang of it slowly increase the realism until you reach overall difficulty to a maximum of 100% for a real challenge.

Flying model
To select the difficulty of flying, have it on Easy will feel like an arcade; point your nose wherever you go, while turning it on Hard will feel things super difficult like the real thing with more drag, stalls, and G-forces. Medium difficulty is in between these two. You can also freely customize these option as it will be labeled as Custom.

True and indicated airspeed
If set at "true" your speed gauge will show exactly how fast you are flying. "Indicated" estimates your velocity.

Aircraft stress causes damage
Not restricted to taking bullets and flak, straining your aircraft in ways it is not supposed to fly will damage it, especially if you already have taken a beating. Aggressive maneuvers and flying too fast can prevent you from controlling your flaps and landing gear and even tear your bird apart if you fly past the max design speed.

Auto mixture
When checked you will not have to manually mix your engine to start it up.

Auto rudder
When checked your aircraft will automatically stabilize.

Player is invincible
Take absolutely no damage from any sources. If you collide you will spawn up in the air again. Note that this cheat will set realism percentage all the way to zero and you will not be able to earn Points or Prestige in Campaign Mode.

G-Effects
Enables G-forces that cause black outs or red outs from tight maneuvering. Having high g-force resistance can help negate this.

Sun Glare
Cause sun glares when facing directly at the sun.

Unlimited weapons
No running out of machine gun and cannon ammo. Refill ordnance at once by holding Shift+J. Also very useful for bomb and rocket spamming.

Unlimited fuel
No running out of fuel in flight. Even when disabled you can still regain fuel by dropping auxiliary tanks with Shift+Crtl+D and reloading with Shift+J as long as Unlimited weapons is checked.

Player weapon effectiveness
Overall stopping power for your munitions. Normal, Strong, and Strongest: the highest will take little effort to destroy targets while lowest will require more firepower.