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GENERAL NOTES ON IBM VERSIONS:
To start game, type Blitz at the prompt. Ignore everything else on page
21 of the instructions (everything else pertains to Amiga computers).
Don't play with the write protect tab set on your diskette.
MOUSE:
A mouse is highly recommended. Make sure your mouse driver is installed
before loading game.
NO MOUSE:
If you don't have a mouse, mouse functions may be done with the keyboard.
Make sure that CAPSLOCK and NUMLOCK are off. Holding down the shift key
while pressing the arrow keys on the number pad will move the pointer.
Pressing the '+' key on the number pad will simulate the press of the
left mouse button. Pressing the '-' key on the number key will simulate
the right mouse button.
THE MENU:
The menu is activated by pressing the 'm' key. Items in the menu are
selected by pressing the space bar to highlight the desired item and
then pressing the return key to select it. Keyboard alternatives are provided
but these do not operate when the menu is visible (has been invoked with the
'm' key). They are used INSTEAD of invoking the menu.
THE POINTER AND USER INPUT:
No user input will be processed while the pointer is not visible. However
the computer has an internal buffer which will store a limited number of key
strokes and these will be processed when the computer is finished 'thinking'
and the pointer agains becomes visible. The computer opponent will take
some time to make it's move. This can vary from 1 - 20 minutes depending on
the speed of your computer. During this time the pointer will dissappear.
Don't conclude the game has 'frozen' until you have become familiar with
it's operation. Like Chess, the movement possibilites in a simulation like
this are astronomical. While the importance of a single move is typically
much less than in Chess, bear in mind that scores of units are being moved
over thousands of hexes. This takes time, particularly on older, slower
computers.
PROPORTIONAL GADGETS:
Proportional gadgets or 'sliders' are not adjusted by dragging as described
in the manual, but by positioning the pointer proportionately in the gadget
and pressing the left mouse button.
HARD DISK INSTALLATION:
Hard disk installation is straightforward.
1.) Create a directory on your hard disk and copy all files into this directory.
2.) Create a subdirectory named "wgames" in the directory you created in step 1.
Locate the directory named "wgames" on game disk 2 and copy its contents
into the subdirectory "wgames" on your hard disk. "wgames" is
the place where saved games and scenarios are stored. Loading of the game
cannot proceed until the computer has located this directory. You may name
the parent directory (created in step 1) anything you like, but the sub-
directory MUST be named 'wgames'.