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Tutorial
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* Load SunBurst by double clicking the !SunBurst icon. Sunburst will install
on the icon bar.
* Click menu on it and explore the available options. Noting the Status
window and the information available there.
* Click select on the icon bar icon to enter the game. You will receive your
first mission and a few handy hints. Read them, scrolling the message down by
moving the mouse, and clicking at the bottom of the screen to return to the
game.
* You may press F12 at any time (except when reading messages) to return to the desktop.
* You are in flight mode; your ship is the one outside the green rotating
space station. You may enter the space station by requesting docking
permission and then moving into it.
* Use the ZX/' keys to fly around for a while. You may shoot anything you
like with the "Enter" key.
Ship's Energy
=-----------=
* Note that when you shoot, your laser charge gets used up. When you stop
firing, it recharges slowly. The rate of recharge is controlled by your
energy levels.
* Press the = key to increase your laser energy level. Note how the laser
recharges faster, but your top speed has now been reduced.
* Press <-| (Backspace) to increase the energy level to your engines. You can
now fly faster again, but your laser recharge rate (and shield recharge
rate) are reduced (possibly to nothing).
* If you attempt to fire with no laser charge, a handy hint will appear at
the bottom of the screen to tell you which button to press to raise the
level.
* The - key increases the recharge rate of your shields. Use the - = and <-|
keys wisely to control the flow of energy around your ship.
Targeting
=--------=
* Press T. This will set your current target to be the closest object. The
small white cross flying round your ship points towards it.
* Use R and Y to move through the targets available. Information about them
is available in the target window at te top right. Your target will flash on
screen and also on your close range and medium range maps (F9 and F10).
* Use targeting to fly towards a distant object, and to target your missiles.
(M to fire, if you have bought any).
The Mission
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* Press F2 to allow you to read the messages you have received, and click on
the message you got when you first started.
* It tells you that you have a package and that you need to deliver it to
Research1, a space station in the Void system. Click out of the message and
click again at the bottom of the screen to return to the flight screen.
* Press F1 to go to the status screen. In the middle of the screen, under the
secondary systems heading, you should find that you have a parcel. If you
click on it, then it appears in the secondary systems display to the right
of te screen. It should say that its status is OK.
* When you buy or receive new secondary systems, you can select them from
here. However, you do not need to have them selected to activate them.
* On the right hand side there should be a list of available targets. Move
the mouse over them and watch the map change. Click on Research1. It will
appear in your system target window at the bottom right.
* Research1 is not in the Imperial system, so you will need to use a
hyperspace jump gate to get to the void system. You must first go to the
Imperial hyperspace jump station. Each system has a similar station which you
must use to jump out of the system.
(Cargo Ejecting)
* On the ship status screen (F1) the left hand list shows all the cargo
available. Unless you have picked any up, you shouldn't have any, and your
hold will be empty. The space available is shown. If you click on a cargo
type, then the next cargo you eject (with the tab button) will be of that
type, if you have any.
(Mission Continued)
* Click off the bottom or right of the status screen to return to the flight
screen.
* Press F11 to choose the map of the current system. You are the blue
flashing dot, the other flashing dot is your current system target, and it
should be the hyperspace jump station.
* On the system map, the hyperspace jump station is in the top left of the
map. Imperial HQ, where you are now, is on the right middle. To move across
the system map, you must point your ship in the correct direction (facing the
way you with to jump) and then press the J button.
* You will probably be too close to another space object. Fly away from them
using normal power. Hold J down until you jump.
* Continue to jump until you get to the hyperspace jump station.
* NB The map wraps round the side, so you can jump off one side of the map
and come back on the other to get to your destination quicker.
* NB You cannot just FLY across the system map. You must do a jump to move
about it. Space is very large!!!
* When you are at the hyperspace jump station, dock by pressing D to request
docking permission. Then run into the station.
* Press F12 to return to the desktop and save your game using the menu
option. This option is only available while you are docked at a station.
* Click on the icon again and launch your ship. Press H to request a
hyperspace jump gate. Fly into it. You will find yourself in the Void Station
near the hyperspace jump station (Near on the system map).
* Your system target should now show Research1. Fly towards it, and dock there.
Read the ReadMe file to find out what the rest of the keys are and to learn
some useful information about the game.
Fri 24th April 1998
Owain Cole (01:31am)