BreakNeck Demo ============== Developed by SYNETIC Copyright by SYNETIC Published by THQ 22th April 1999 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. The Setup II. Game Description Of Breakneck DEMO III. Troubleshooting I. The Setup ================= When you start up Breakneck for the first Time, a Setup-Screen will pop-up. Please choose your video-card in the "Configuration" list. If you don't have a 3D-Accelarator-Card, please choose "Software engine". The Options below should just be modified by experienced users. If you need to reset your setup for any reason, you can do so by double-clicking on the file "Setup_default.reg" wich is located in the Breakneck Directory If you don't have a sound card, or your sound card is not DirectX(TM) 5 compatible, you need to check off the box "SoundFX on". Then you will not have any sounds while playing the game. II. Game Description of BreakNeck Demo ====================================== Single Race: Starts a single race. In this demo version there is just one track. The full game will have 24 different tracks to race on. Vehicle Selection: Here you can choose your car. In the demo you may choose between 4 different cars, the full version will have more then 30 to offer .. After that click on one of the Sponsors to choose the style of your car, and you can start! Arcarde: Not available in Demo Continue Arcade: Not available in Demo Timeattack - Best Race: Starts the Time Attack Mode. You will always race versus your own best-time. You may choose if to start a new Race, by selecting a track and a car, or you can try to beat an existing time, by selecting one of the other files. Time-Attack - Best Lap: The only difference between this and the "Timeattack-Best Race" Mode is here you have to beat your best lap times. Multiplayer Mode: Starts a network game. First you have to deceide what kind of connection you want to establish. If you want to play on a LAN, you should either choose IPX or TCP/IP. If you want to play using a Modem, choose the Modem selection. If you use a direct Cable Connection between your PCs, please choose the Direct Cable Link. Of course these settings have to be identical to the ones your opponent uses. After setting up your connection, you need to deceide if you want to host the game, or just connecct to a game. Every multiplayer game needs one host, everybody else will connect to that host. After that you may change your name. HOST MODE While you are waiting for the others to connect, you may select the numbers of races that you wish to race. After that click on the checkmark, to go on. The Car&Sponsor Selection is similar to the Single Race. CLIENT MODE If you use TCP/IP for your connection, you will receive a Windows Requester, that you can just answer with OK. If you use a Voodoo1 or Voodoo2 Card, you will not be able to see the Requester. Just answer it "blind" by typing ENTER. After that select your host. While your System is scanning for hosts, it might appear that your computer hangs - just wait a few seconds, and everything should be fine. In the next screen you will see the car that the host selected. If you don't like this choice, just change it. Options: The Game Options REPLAY RECORD Turns on and off the Replay Recorder.If you have a very slow computer the replays should just be turned off. REPLAY TRACES Turns on and off the tire marks in Replay mode. This option may cause a lot of Data Volume. COLLISION WITH TREES Turns on and off the collision detection for trees in the game. NAMES Turns on and off the display of player names in the game. TRACK MAP Turns on and off the display of the course map in game. REARVIEW Turns on and off the Rearview mirror in the game. HIGH DETAIL Turns on and off details like transparent windows. This could slow down slower computers. Arrows Turns on and off the in-game arrows advising you about curves. AUTOMATIC Switches between Automatic and Manual transmission. DISPLAY Turns on and off the display for RPM, and MPH. IMPERIAL MEASUREMENTS Switches between MPH and KPH REFLECTIONS Turns on and off the reflections displayed in the game. This could slow down slower computers. WAIT LOGIC Turns on and off game balance. TRACK SOUNDS Turns on and off the track SFX. CD-AUDIO Turns on and off music. AUTO-REVERSE Turns on and off the ability to automatically go into reverse when you come to a complete stop by hitting the down arrow button again. DAMAGE Turns on and off car damage. TRANSPARENT GHOST Switches between solid and transparent ghost in time trial. ACCELERATION REAL Switches between real and arcade values for acceleration. RADIO-FX Turns on and off Eddie's radio advice. DEFORMATIONS Turns on and off physical damage to the cars. WARMUP Turns on and off the warmup lap befor a race. NITROBOOSTER Turns on and off the Nitro option for the cars. LAPS Sets the number on laps to race. ENEMY SKILL Sets the skill level of the computer racers. GRAVITATION Sets the % of gravity that you want in the game. Controls: How do you want to control the game? DEVICE Here you can choose what device you want to use to control the car in the game. Just select the desired device. Default control device is the keyboard. CONTROL Depending on the device you may select differnt options CHANGING KEY CONFIGRATION If you don't like the default key settings, you may change every setting. Just click on the Item that you want to change, push the button that you want to use for that function, and confirm this with ENTER DEFAULT KEY CONTROLS F1 Switch Camera Views F2 Trackmap on/off F3 Rearviewmirror on/off F4 Player Names on/off F5 Change Control Device F6 Switch between Automatic/Manual Transmission F7 Display Arrows on/off F8 All Displays on/off F9 Auto-Reverse on/off F11 Tree-Collision on/off F12 Change Setup (In a Race you need to do that at the filling Station) TAB Different Display for the Damage your car has taken 1.-.8 Direct Weapon Selector F Toggle FPS Display ESC Quit the Race ...IF NOT CHANGED R Place Car back on track (Needs to be pressed for at least 1/2 second) H Horn ALT Next Weapon ALT GR Previos Weapon SPACE Use Weapon LSHIFT Nitro-Booster III. Trouble-Shooting ===================== If you use a 3D-Accelerator and your drives are outdated, you may experience problems. Here is a List of Manufactures of 3D-Accelerators and their web pages. You should be able to download updated drivers from these Pages. Manufacturer Web-Page ----------------------------------------------------------- 3DFX www.3dfx.com 3Dlabs www.3dlabs.com nVidia www.nvidia.com ATI Technologies www.atitech.com Creative Labs www.creaf.com Diamond Multimedia www.diamondmm.de Guillemot www.guillemot.com Matrox www.matrox.com Miro Media www.miro.de Number Nine www.nine.com Orchid Technology www.orchid.com Joysticks: If your joystick doesn't work, it might not be using the correct ID. To verify the ID, select START->SETTINGS->CONTROL-PANEL ->GAME CONTROLLERS. Then click on the ADVANCED Tab and check if your joystick uses ID 1. If it doesn't, please change that to ID 1. After that it should work fine. Extreme Slowdowns: On Systems containing a DVD Drive, it may occur that your Game runs with a maximum of 1-2 Frames/Second. To avoid this, please just put a CD in your DVD-ROM drive.