Raptor 3.0, the newest version of Raptor from FCPI Software. This new version includes many new enhancements and features. Read this manual for information on playing Raptor. Be sure to check the requirements before running Raptor 3.0.
Story:
The world is slowly beginning it's fourth world war. The end of World War III is still buried in the minds of every human on Earth. The Russians have broken the peace treaty, and are arming nuclear missiles aimed at the United Nations Capitol. The countries scattered across the planet are joining one side of the other, Russian or American. As a single final attempt to end the missile's launch, you are sent in to the Russian borders. Along with an American TOX Force, you must destroy the border patrols and destroy the nuclear missile...and you have the most advanced and deadly weapon to do it with, the 102-B Prototype Military Tank, codenamed, Raptor...
Requirements:
Raptor 3.0 Requires:
4MB RAM (8MB RAM Recommended for Music)
13" 256 Color Monitor
System 6.0.2 or later
Sound Manager 3.1 or later (for Stereo Sound)
Changes:
- Music Added during gameplay
- Improved Graphics
- New Enemies
- Faster Animations
- New/Improved Weapons
- Multi-Channel Sounds
- Preferences Control
- Animated Endings
How to Play:
Playing Raptor is simple. All you have to do is select a weapon, by clicking on it or pressing it's designated number key, and click on the main screen to fire.
The Interface:
There are two main windows in gameplay. The upper larger window is the main view. It shows the "battlefield" and the enemies that pass by. Clicking on the window, fires the selected weapon at what the "aimer" (cursor) is pointing to. The lower smaller window, is the control window. It shows your statis and has weapon selecting options.
The Menubar:
The Raptor menu bar is always shown during gameplay. In the splashscreen it is hidden. To show the menu bar in the splashscreen, move the mouse up to the menubar, and it will appear. It will hide again when you move the mouse away from the menu bar.
Control Window:
Shield Power - How much hull shielding you have left. The red bar decreases to the left. When it is empty, your
tank will be destroyed.
Border Patrol - This bar indicates how many more forces you must destroy in order to complete the game. This
bar decreases to the left. When it is empty, the game is won.
Lsr Pwr - (Laser Power) This is how much laser power you have remaining. When this reaches 0, the laser
will no longer fire.
C. Bullets - (Cannon Bullets) This indicates how many cannon bullets you have remaining. When this reaches
0, the cannon will no longer fire.
Missiles - This indicates how many missiles you have remaining. When this reaches 0, you are out of missiles
and can no longer fire them.
Weapon Select - Clicking on the radio button next to the designated weapon type will select it. Whatever weapon
you have selected is the one that will be fired.
Score - This shows your current score. Score is increased by killing enemies.
The Weapons:
Missiles - These are slow but deadly. A single missile can destroy a heavily armed tank.
Lasers - This weapon is all powerful, and very fast. It can destroy any known enemy within a single shot.
Cannon - This is your main weapon. It does moderate damage to any vehicle, and kills a man instantly.
Machine Gun - This is mainly for destroying cars or gunmen. It is faster than any other weapon, but is weak.
Number keys for controlling weapon select are as follows:
Missiles: 1
Lasers: 2
Cannon: 3
Mach. Gun: 4
The tank is equipped with only minimal armorments. Laser power is minimal, only 10 KG of power (equivilent to 10 shots). There are 10 missiles on board, and 20 cannon bullets. Machine gun bullets are roughly unlimited due to the easy storage capasity of small weapons.
Music/Sounds:
Sounds play on both multi and single channels. Music plays on a double-channeled format on its own. Music takes up quite a bit of memory. 8MB is strongly recommended for playing music. Music will end when the application is quit. Music begins when either the preferences selected Music, or when the application starts up. Music can be automaticly stopped by pressing the "Tab" key at any time during gameplay.
Sounds play whenever needed by the game. Normaly sounds only play during gameplay and intro/ending sequences.
The Menus:
Options -
Preferences: Shows the preferences window.
Difficulty Level: Allows the user to change the level of difficulty in the game.
Show/Hide Hi-Scores: Shows or Hides the hi-score chart on the bottom left of the main title screen.
File-
New Game: Begins a new game.
Close Game: Closes any game currently running.
Quit: Quits Raptor 3.0.
Difficulty Level:
There are 3 difficulty level settings. "Practice" suspends the meters. You play without risk of your tank being destroyed, and you cannot win. "Normal" is the standard setting. In the "Hard" setting, you must kill twice as many enemies, and take in twice as much damage.
Preferences:
Sound - Between Stereo and Mono. Stereo will play the sounds on a multi-channel level. Mono will only play
single-channel sounds.
Music - If selected, this will allow music to be played during gameplay. NOTE: Music takes 8MB RAM to play.
Music Volume - This controls the volume of the music. Music volume is seperate from sound volume. The
normal standard volume for music is 1. A higher level might dither the sounds.
Music Stereo/Mono - If selected Stereo, music will play in a "surround sound" format. If Mono is selected,
the music will play in a normal format.
Sound Volume - The volume of the sounds themselves. This does not include background noise. For stereo sound
to play, you must select the normal, "5" sound level.
Depth Perception - Background sounds, i.e.: plane propeller, are played at a lower level than the other sounds.
If however, this is not selected, the background sounds will play the same as the other
sounds.
The Enemies:
Tank - This heavily armed S-40 C4 Type tank can travel at approximately 10 MPH. It is armed with a main
cannon, and is covered with a tri-metal deflective hull. It can move both forward and backward at the
same speed, and turns only by turning it's turrent around.
Scout Plane - A type of plane only used for scouting missions. It has no weapons, little shielding, and travels
slow.
Attack Plane - This plane is armed with F40 Missiles. It has a fast turning ability, but a slow top speed. It's
shielding is thick and the weapons are damaging.
Car - An unarmed escort vehicle. Mostly used for transporting weapons to enemy forces. Low shielding, and a
20 MPH standard speed.
Gunman - These are soldiers running along the perimeter. They are armed with hand machine guns. They can
dodge weapons easily and fire in rapid successions.
Parachuter - Soldiers dropped from planes from approximately 40,000 feet, out of visual range. They are
armed with the same weapons as the gunmen, but cannot fire until they land.
Jet - Jets are armed with machine guns and missiles. However, they have poor turning ability, and are unable
to turn and fire. They will most likely ignore you.
Special Hints:
1. When attacking a plane or jet, use the cannon. It will force them to crash land.
2. Gunmen can be destroyed easily with a Machine Gun.
3. Save your missiles and lasers for the tanks and attack planes.
4. Parachuters cannot fire until landed, destroy them before they can land.
5. Use the Machine Gun whenever possible.
Legal Information:
Raptor 3.0 is a FCPI Software program. This application may not be altered or changed without permission from FCPI Software. This application may not be placed on a DEMO CD without permission from FCPI Software. Registration fees, questions, and suggestions, should be directly sent to FCPI Software and no other company or person. This application must be distributed while unregistered only.
