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***             The Rift                 ***
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***        Pre-Alpha   1/14/99           ***
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Pre-Alpha Minimum Requirements
(requirements will be lower for final game)
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Pentium II 233 Mhz
32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended)
3D Graphics Accelerator
Windows 95 or 98


Hardware Compatibility
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The Rift has been tested on the following video cards / chipsets:
  Voodoo 1
  Voodoo 2
  Voodoo 2 SLI
  FireGL 1000 Pro
  nVidia Riva TNT
  S3 Savage
  Ati Rage II
  Ati Rage Pro
  Matrox Mystique 220 - (only supports 1-bit texture alpha channels)
  Matrox Millenium 2 - (only supports 1-bit texture alpha channels)
  nVidia Riva 128 - (problems with vertex alpha and colors)


Controls
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**View Control**
(Mouse)
  Move cursor to edge of screen to pan view
  Point at object, hold down L&R buttons, and move mouse to zoom and rotate
  Hold down shift at the same time to tilt instead of rotate
(Keyboard)  
  TAB once	Overhead view
  TAB again	Restore view
  A, Z 		Zoom view
  S, X 		Tilt view
  Q, W 		Orbit
  arrow keys 	Pan view
  C 		Toggle chase camera on/off
  ~ (tilde - to left of 1 key) 	Zoom to selected units

**Unit Selection**
(In main view)
  Left click		Select a unit
  Left click on nothing	Deselect all units
  Shift-left click	Select multiple units
  Left click and drag	Select all units within a rectangle
  Double left click	Select the unit's entire squadron
  Right click on object	Issue an "attack" or "orbit" command (context sensitive)
  Right click on nothing	Issue a "go to" command (hold and drag up and down to set height)
(In Squadron and Unit panels)
  Left click		Select a unit
  Double left click	Zoom to unit
  Drag&drop unit icons	Assign to squadron
(Keyboard)
  number 	Squadron select (double tap to zoom to squadron)
  Ctrl + number	Assign to squadron
  Backspace	Deselect all units
  B		Berserk mode for selected units (attack nearest enemy/asteroid)
  Spacebar	Fire weapon
  Delete	Self-destruct

**Game Control**
  D		Swing interface displays in/out
  H		Toggle Halos
  G		Toggle Grid
  M		Toggle Music
  - (minus)	Slow down game
  = (equals)	Speed up game
  \ (backslash)	Normal game speed
  P		Pause game
  R		Reset game
  Esc		Quit game
  PrintScrn	Screenshot (saves to the desktop)

**Debugging**
  F1		Take control of player 1
  F2		Take control of player 2
  F3		Toggle wireframe mode
  F4		Toggle performance stats ( RealFPS/NoSyncFPS Verts Polys TexSwaps )
  F8		Toggle specular highlights
  F9		Toggle lighting
  F11		Toggle texturing


Bug Reporting
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Please take the time to report any bugs or problems to:
   bugs@thrushwave.com


Beta-Testing and Support
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Dustin Wood
ThrushWave Technology
4519 ½ University Way NE Suite 204
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 675-1277
www.thrushwave.com
dwood@thrushwave.com