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The menus

The main menu, the loading screen and the pause menu, and what every button does.

On this page
The FlightOut main menu: PLAY, MULTIPLAYER, SETTINGS, ABOUT and QUIT, with a Su-27 flying over the clouds behind them
The main menu, with a live Su-27 behind it.
ButtonWhat it does
PLAYStarts a flight on your own (offline). See Your first flight
MULTIPLAYERFly online: choose a callsign, join an official server, join any server by its address, or host your own
SETTINGSDisplay, graphics, interface, cockpit, controls, weather and audio. See Settings
ABOUTThe version you are running and who makes FlightOut
QUITCloses the game (not in the browser version)

Your version is shown in the bottom-right corner. Esc closes any screen opened from the menu.

Multiplayer, in short

The FlightOut Multiplayer screen with a callsign field, the official FlightOut London server with its JOIN button, join by address, and HOST A SERVER
The Multiplayer screen: your callsign, the official servers, join by address and host a server.
  • Callsign: your name in the sky, seen by other pilots.
  • Official servers: listed with a coloured dot (green open, amber full, red offline or a different version). Press JOIN.
  • Join by address: type a server's address and press JOIN.
  • Host a server: runs a server on your computer and puts you in it. Other pilots join you at your address on UDP port 27015.

Up to 16 pilots fly on one server. Online, the server decides the time and weather for everyone. A full multiplayer guide is coming in a later stage of these docs.

Loading

After PLAY the loading screen builds the flight: the aircraft and cockpit, the map, the airfields and their lights, the forests, and finally the terrain around your airfield. A tip at the bottom reminds you of two useful keys: P for a practice approach and Esc for the menu.

Pause menu

Press Esc in flight.

The FlightOut pause menu over a blurred cockpit view, with RESUME, SETTINGS, RESTART AT RUNWAY, PRACTICE APPROACH, MAIN MENU and QUIT TO DESKTOP
The pause menu on an offline flight.
Offline ("PAUSED")Online
The flight freezes while the menu is openThe world carries on: your jet keeps flying hands-off, and an engaged autopilot keeps flying it
RESUMERESUME
SETTINGSSETTINGS
RESTART AT RUNWAY: back to the start, repaired and refuelledRESPAWN IN SHELTER: back to your start position
PRACTICE APPROACH: puts you on final approach to the nearest runway
MAIN MENULEAVE SERVER
QUIT TO DESKTOP (desktop only)QUIT TO DESKTOP (desktop only)

Press Esc again to resume.

Checked against FlightOut 0.5.1.