--= Alien(tm) Trilogy PC CDROM =-- -= Readme 2.0 =- (C) 1996 Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Internet: http//www.acclaimnation.com Developed by Probe Entertainment Ltd. Internet: http//www.probe.co.uk TM & (C) 1996 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. TM Designates a trademark of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. ALIEN, ALIENS, ALIEN 3, TM and (C) 1979, 1986, 1992, 1996, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. NOTE: THIS README FILE IS ALSO DISPLAYED AUTOMATICALLY AFTER INSTALLATION. Patch Installation. ------------------- To apply this patch to your version of Alien Trilogy PC please follow these instructions: 1) Run the patch executable, e.g ATUPDUS1.EXE, in a temporary directory so that the following files are automatically extracted: INSTALL.EXE INSTALL.DAT T16P.SHR T164.SHR T8P.SHR T84.SHR README.TXT [If you run the patch executable within your Alien Trilogy directory you will find that you will be able to change between 16bit and 8bit graphics by running INSTALL each time.] 2) Type INSTALL to run the installation program from your temporary directory. When running the patch INSTALL program you must always have your Alien Trilogy CDROM in your CDROM drive. 3) Follow the on-screen instructions. -=- General. -------- We have made every attempt to make Alien Trilogy compatible with as many PC system configurations as possible. This file contains some important information. It is important that you read this as there may be some information critical to your PC configuration. The information below may help you if you find that Alien Trilogy does not run as you'd expect. Please check our websites for any patches or updates to the game. -=- Fixes. ------ This patch fixes many problems including incompatibilities with the following video cards: Matrox Mystique Matrox Millenium Cirrus Logic Diamond SpeedStar Diamond Viper ARK 2000PV (including Diamond Stealth Graphics 2001) 64 megabyte install error -=- Default Controls ---------------- Analog Joystick --------------- As you'd expect. Gravis Pad ---------- As you'd expect. Gravis Grip ----------- Directions : As you'd expect. Shoulder buttons : Strafe left/right. A : Fire 1. B : Do/Use. C : Charge/Grenade (Fire 2). X : Run mode. Y : Change weapon. Z+Y : Look up. Z+B : Look down. VFX1 Headgear ------------- Look left/right : Rotate left/right. Look up/down : Look up/down. Rotate cyberpuck f/w : Move forwards. Rotate cyberpuck b/w : Move backwards. Tilt cyberpuck left : Strafe left. Tilt cyberpuck right : Strafe right. Top fire button : Fire 1. Middle fire button : Do/Use. Bottom fire button : Fire charge/grenade (Fire 2) Keyboard -------- Keypad arrows : Directions as you'd expect. Ctrl : Fire 1. 5 on keypad : Fire 2. Space bar : Do/Use. < : Strafe Left. > : Strafe Right. 1-5 : Select weapon. 6 : Next weapon. Backspace : Turnaround. Caps lock : Run mode. Shift : Run modifier. Alt : Strafe Modifier. Tab/ESC : Weapon select PAUSE : Pause. + (on keypad) : Grow screen. - (on keypad) : Shrink screen. Mouse ----- Left button : Fire 1. Right button : Fire 2. Directions : As you'd expect. Spacetec 360 ------------ Push Down (away) : Move forwards. Push Up(towards) : Move backwards. Rotate ball to left : Rotate left. Rotate ball to right : Rotate right. Rotate ball up : Look up. Rotate ball down : Look down. Translate left : Strafe left. Translate right : Strafe right. A : Fire 1. B : Fire 2. C : Change weapon. D : Do use. F : Fast (run) mode. -=- Windows 95 Users ---------------- To ensure that Alien Trilogy runs correctly on your particular set up, we advise you to run WTRILOGY.EXE or TRILOGY.PIF as this should help to make the game run smoothly. You may find, however, that in some rare occaisions the movies do not play correctly. -=- Troubleshooting --------------- CDROM Drives ------------ If you wish to install and run Alien Trilogy from a CDROM drive other than the first detected in your system, you can override this default choice by typing: INSTALL CDOVERRIDE n: where n: is the drive letter of the required CDROM drive. Spacetec 360 users ------------------ You must run SPWTRIL.EXE to use the Spacetec 360 with Alien Trilogy. -=- VFX-1 Headgear -------------- Please note that this hardware will only work in 256 color mode. Ensure that you have properly calibrated your VFX-1 before playing the game. Memory ------ If you find that you are getting out of memory errors while running Alien Trilogy or movies, try some of the following: 1) Before running Alien Trilogy type SET DOS4GVM=TRILOGY.@VMC (See below) 2) Installing the program to run in 256 colours. 3) Booting from a clean floppy disk. 4) Removing memory resident programs. -=- TRILOGY.VMC ----------- You may need to edit this to get Trilogy to work on your system. The PhysMin is the amount of memory Trilogy requires. PhysMax is the amount of memory FREE on your system. We suggest you increase PhysMax until the program runs with the movies. -=- Video Cards ----------- On some portable and laptop PCs you may find that your video set up will only run Alien trilogy in 256 colors. -=- Installation Notes ------------------ During installation, a file called TRILOGY.BAT is placed in the root of your C: drive (C:\TRILOGY.BAT). This file will not only execute Alien Trilogy for you but is used by some programs to locate the game on your system and indicate that a successful installation has taken place. Removing this file will not stop you from playing the game but may make some periperhal programs believe that Alien Trilogy is not installed. -=- Windows 95 and Gravis Pad -------------------------- If you have installed your Gravis Pad Windows 95 drivers, Alien Trilogy may not detect you have this hardware connected to your system. Run the disable utility that comes with your pad and Alien Trilogy will work correctly when you enter the Options screen. -=- Customizing Alien Trilogy ------------------------- Please be careful when changing any files. You may make changes to the game by performing a full installation and editing the files on your hard disk. For example, to change the voices you should use a sound package to edit the files CD\SFX\VC???.RAW. To change the sounds that the program loads up for each level, edit the associated text file. For example, to change the sound for the first level, edit CD\SFX\111SFX.TXT. -=- We hope you enjoy the game. ....::::::The Alien Trilogy Team.