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Interactive Magic iF22-Raptor Demo --------------------------------- In this Demo You Get... --------------------------------- iF-22 Raptor is a state-of-the art flight simulator highlighting the newest weapon in the USAF's arsenal. iF-22 presents a truly remarkable aircraft with unprecedented stealth capabilities, incredible agility though thrust vectoring, blinding supercruise speeds of up to 1.6 Mach, and a state of the art integrated avionics package. These things combined with a dynamic campaign/mission generation system and photorealistic terrain make iF-22 Raptor the most realistic simulation of the F-22 Raptor! Use the stealthy nature of your F-22 to locate and attack aerial and ground targets before they even know you exist. With the radar cross section of a small bird or bee you're able to sneak around hostile airspace unseen. One question that constantly faces you is when to use stealth as a weapon and when to use actual weapons at the expense of stealth. You might be able to get those two MiGs, but will the intervening SAM site get you? iF-22 uses two-dimensional thrust vectoring and a full flight control system to achieve remarkable agility. Through thrust vectoring your F-22 can maintain angles-of-attack exceeding 60( or snap the aircraft's nose around for a quick missile or gun shot. The flight control system uses any or all of the F-22's control surfaces to perform desired maneuvers enabling incredible feats at both high and low speeds. With iF-22s integrated avionics package you're free to concentrate on your mission objectives, while the aircraft's high-tech computer worries about the technical details. Take radar operation, you specify that you want information regarding an aircraft in your Multi-Functional Displays (MFDs), the avionics package searches all the available sources of data (i.e. active radar, passive radar, In-Flight-Data-Links: IFDLs) and presents you with the most complete answer. No more fumbling with horizontal and vertical radar search angles or modes, just ask and you shall receive. Another key feature of this game is the dynamic campaign/mission generation system. Most games use a limited number of prescripted or "canned" missions. Each of there missions are exactly the same every time you fly it. In iF-22 no two mission are alike; the campaign system generates a new set of missions each time you fly, based on the current state of the war! Just like the real F-22, iF-22 has supercruise capability allowing speeds in excess of Mach 1.6 without the use of afterburners! With afterburners your plane is capable of over Mach 2.4. Supercruise also greatly increases the combat radius of the F-22 to over 1,500 miles compared to 700 miles for the F-15. What You Didn't Get in This Demo... --------------------------------- Multiple terrain sets each encompassing over 80,000 square miles of photorealistic terrain comprised of actual satellite photos overlaid on real world digital elevation maps. This demo version contains only about 8000 square miles. Dynamically generated missions so that no two games are ever the same. Fly Instant Action, Single Missions, Campaign Missions, and Multiplayer Cooperative Single Mission and never see the same encounter twice! Your performance in one mission affects what happens in the next, so stay sharp! Multiplayer play over serial, modem, LAN, and TCP/IP connections including Head-to-Head Dogfight, Head-to-Head Capture the Flag, and Cooperative Single Missions. Detailed mission planning including: Multiple resolution satellite photo theater map Front line, ground unit, radar and SAM ranges, airbase, campaign objective, and waypoint display options Radar ranges based on user specified radar cross section (RCS) and altitude Customizable payloads for each aircraft in your flight Over 275 beautifully rendered 3D models of aircraft, ground vehicles, structures, and weapons More sound effects and music Additional video clips and still scenes Comprehensive documentation detailing HUD and MFD modes and symbology, along with a Dash-32 aircraft operations document just like real pilots use Operation Navigation Chart (ONC) covering Bosnia, the Adriatic Sea, and Italy More, more, and lots more!!! System Requirements Hardware Requirements --------------------------------- Minimum: Pentium 90 MHz, 16 MB RAM, 4x CD-ROM, 640x480 SVGA Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse. Preferred: Pentium 133 MHz, 16 MB RAM, 4x CD-ROM, 800x600 SVGA Monitor, 2 Button Joystick, Keyboard, and Mouse. Ideal: Pentium 166 MHz or Pentium Pro, 32 MB RAM, 6x CD-ROM, 1024x768 SVGA Monitor, 3D Accelerator Board, 4 Button Joystick, Throttle, Rudder Pedals, Keyboard, and Mouse. Software Requirements --------------------------------- iF-22 Raptor is a Windows 95 game only and will not operate within any other operating system. It contains Autoplay functionality, which auto-detects and launches install (upon player approval). If for some reason Autoplay is not used, the game will also install or launch from a Windows95 icon. Some Thing to Know Before You Start.... --------------------------------- As with all early versions of software, this demo release of iF-22 Raptor contains a number of anomalous items which will be fixed prior to final release. The most important of these anomalies are listed here. 1) Preflight Interface - Use the High Resolution Terrain setting on the System Setup screen - other settings may cause the game to crash. - Enabling "Display Clouds" on the System Setup screen may cause the game to crash. - Do not delete Pilots or Locations on the Ready Room screen. 2) General Flight - When flying low over the terrain, you may notice some terrain "morphing" effects, i.e., hills may suddenly grow larger right in front of you. This will be fixed. - The switches throughout the active cockpit are not always set to their current state, so always check the indicators on the Head Up Display (HUD) and/or Multi-Function Displays (MFDs) for current settings. - Whenever you fly in to the edge of the theater of operations defined in the game, your aircraft will slide along the boundary until you turn away, then the aircraft resumes normal flight. You will receive a communication warning that you are about to enter a no-fly zone. - A few polygon sorting problems will still be observed, particularly on runways and around airports. - There are several small anomalies with the shoot list and targetting system that cause targetting information to be lost. If your targets suddenly get de-selected, simply hit the "s" key to build a new shoot list. 3) Autopilot Anomalies - Do not use the autopilot to take off. - The autopilot can behave strangely if engaged while time is accelerated. - You can use the autopilot to do automatic landings, but if you do, you MUST hit control-Q to quit the mission BEFORE disengaging the autopilot, otherwise your aircraft will explode. 4) Using 3D Accelerators - Any 3D accelerator that supports Microsoft's Direct3D interface can be used with iF-22 Raptor; to enable it, check the "Use 3D Board" box on the System Setup screen. - The sun and explosion bitmaps have black boxes drawn around them when using a 3D accelerator. - Some MFD displays in some cockpit views are incorrectly colored on 3D boards. - PLEASE make sure that you have the very latest Direct3D drivers installedfor your accelerator, even if you just bought your card. Many of the drivers have undergone significant revisions since the boards were shipped, and many of these drivers simply don't work. Getting Started --------------------------------- Once you install the simulation you are ready to go. Instant Action is the only scenario available in this demo version. It gives you a general feel for the game with a minimal learning curve. Here's what you do: Start F-22 - Unless you specified differently when you installed there program, iF22 will be found in the Windows Start Menu under Start | Programs | I-Magic Games | F22. Start the game by clicking on the F22 Icon. Select Instant Action on the Main Options screen - The first time you play, the game automatically goes into instant action after the opening screens. If you don't go directly into Instant Action there is a Fly Instant Action button on the Main Options screen. As its name implies, you'll be thrown into battle as soon as you enter Instant Action. You will find four waypoints, each presenting a challenge to you and your Raptor. There will be enemy aircraft, a factory to bomb, enemy radar to silence with your AGM-88 HARM missile and an airfield from which to takeoff and land. Controlling Your Aircraft --------------------------------- Control your aircraft by using a joystick or the stand-alone keyboard arrow keys. Right and left joystick or arrows roll the aircraft; e.g. a 180( of roll inverts the plane. Up and down arrows (forward and back joystick) control the pitch the aircraft; e.g. point the nose up or down, so +90( is straight up and -90( is straight down. When you begin Instant Action, ignore nearby enemies and get a feel for your aircraft. Use the number keys (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 0) above the main keyboard (not the keypad to the right) for throttle control. Preset thrust values start at 10 percent (1 key) through 100% (0 key). The - key decreases throttle by 10 percent and the = key increases throttle by 10 percent. The * key on the keypad toggles your afterburners on and off. Engaging the Enemy Once you have a feel for flying the F-22, find an enemy aircraft and target it. Locate an enemy aircraft (a red circle with a red line extending from it) by looking down at the center MFD (Multi-Function Display) screen directly below the external view and HUD (the center of the upper part of the cockpit that shows the outside world). If you don't see any enemy aircraft turn slowly until one appears as a red circle in the MFD. Target an aircraft by turning toward it and pressing the L key. On the MFD a solid white circle appears around the red circle, indicating your weapons are "locked on" to that target. If the target is within the view area of your HUD, a large targeting triangle appears around the target. If it is not inside the HUD, a line extends from the center of the HUD and points in the direction you should fly to find the target. Your current weapon is an AIM-120C AMRAAM missile (lower left corner of the HUD), which is a medium range missile with an approximate range of 5 to 30 miles. When you get within about 20 miles of your target a "SHOOT" cue appears along the bottom of the HUD. Press the Spacebar to fire you weapon and hope for the best. Instead of using an AMRAAM try selecting an AIM-9X Sidewinder by pressing the Enter key until it appears in the lower left corner of the HUD. The Sidewinder has a much shorter range of approximately 3.5 miles, so you'll have to get in close to use it. With a little luck you'll be an Ace in no time. Two important things to remember are that missiles are neither 100% accurate nor 100% effective. Missiles occasionally miss their intended targets due to inherent tracking inaccuracies or because targets perform evasive maneuvers and/or use defensive countermeasures. Another key thing to remember is that missiles don't always destroy their target, which leaves them merely damaged. So after you've fired keep your eyes on the target to make sure it's really gone and no longer a threat. View System --------------------------------- After you've taken out a few bad guys, experiment with the different views available. The keypad arrow keys move you view around the cockpit in 45 degree increments. The keypad 7 and 9 keys snap your view straight up, the keypad 5 key snaps your view straight forward, the keypad 1 and 3 keys snap your view left and right respectively, and the keypad 0 key snaps your view straight backwards. The functions keys also manipulate your views: F1 - Snap forward F2 - Toggle cockpit graphics on and off F3 - Padlock view on your current target F4 - Chase view F5 - Chase view on your current target F6 - Missile chase view looking toward your missiles intended target F7 - Tactical view looking from your aircraft toward your target F8 - Reverses tactical view looking from your target toward your aircraft F9 - Fly-by view (You have to try this one!) F10 - Down view looking from below your bomb bay F11 - Satellite view from 1,000 feet above your aircraft In external views you can perform additional functions such as rotating the camera angle and zooming in and out: . or > - Zoom in , or < - Zoom out Ctrl-Up Arrow - Rotate camera up Ctrl-Down Arrow - Rotate camera down Ctrl-Left Arrow - Rotate camera left Ctrl-Right Arrow - Rotate camera right Ending Instant Action --------------------------------- Instant Action ends when you press the Ctrl-q key (to end mission), the Ctrl-e key (to eject from your aircraft), or if you are shot down. Review the debriefing screen to see how you did and then press the Continue button (at the bottom of the screen) to go to the Main Options screen. To review or change the Instant Action settings, click the Instant Action Setup button on the Main Options screen. This allows you to select your starting conditions (in the air, on the runway, or on the ramp), enemy difficulty level, the default flight model for your F-22, and other general flight settings. If you prefer to go directly into Instant Action after the introduction screens click on the Instant Action on Startup button. When you're done hit Accept to save or Cancel to delete your changes. Note: these s imulation settings only apply to Instant Action gaming sessions. Keyboard Controls --------------------------------- Below is a summary of all the available keyboard controls. F = Function Keys KP = Numeric Keypad General Game Options Pause p Increase Accelerated Time Tab Decrease Accelerated Time Shift-Tab Normal time \ or Ctrl-Tab Skip preflight & warp from flight line to runway Ctrl-t End mission Ctrl-q Quit simulation Ctrl-x Close and exit application Alt-F4 Flight Controls Autopilot (computer pilot) Toggle a Autopilot (maintain heading) Toggle Ctrl-s Autopilot (maintain heading and altitude) Toggle Ctrl-d Flight stick forward Up arrow Flight stick left left arrow Flight stick back Down arrow Flight stick right Right arrow Rudder left z Rudder right x Extend Flaps (Auto, Extended1, Extended2 ) h Retract Flaps (Auto, Extended1, Extended2 ) Shift-h Landing gear (extended/retracted) g Wheel brakes w Air braking b Altimeter toggle (barometric, radar, laser) Shift-a ILS (on/off) / Angle-of-Attack Limiter (realistic flight model only) Alt-a Jettison external stores Ctrl-j Fuel dump Ctrl-d Eject Ctrl-e Throttle Controls Left engine on/off Ctrl-l Right engine on/off Ctrl-r 10%-100% throttle in 10% increments 1 thru 0 Increase throttle by 10% + and KP + Decrease throttle by 10% - and KP - Afterburner toggle KP * Communication and Navigation Com1 (UHF) on/off y Com1 change channel u Send Com1 message j Send Com2 message k Send Guard message Shift g Network chat mode ' Next waypoint o Previous waypoint Shift o General View Settings Normal cockpit F1 Cockpit graphic toggle F2 Padlock view F3 Internal Views Move view down 1 elevation level KP 2 Move view right 45 degrees KP 6 Move view up 1 elevation level KP 8 Move view left 45 degrees KP 4 Snap to front view (0 degrees) KP 5 Snap to left view (270 degrees) KP 1 Snap to rear view (180 degrees) KP 0 Snap to right view (90 degrees) KP 3 Snap to top or look up view KP 7 or KP 9 External Views Function Key View Toggle On/Off Ctrl-F1 Player Chase view F4 Target Chase view F5 Missile/bomb view F6 Tactical view F7 Reverse Tactical view F8 Fly-By view F9 Downward view F10 Satellite view F11 Rotate camera down Ctrl-Down Arrow Rotate camera up Ctrl-Up Arrow Rotate camera right Ctrl-Right Arrow Rotate camera left Ctrl-Left Arrow Zoom in . or Ctrl-. Zoom out , or Ctrl-, MFD Controls Set MFDs to Combat Mode Insert Key Set MFDs to Status Mode Home Key Set MFDs to Navigation Mode Page Up Key Set MFDs to User Set 1 Delete Key Define User Set 1 as Current MFD Modes End Key Choose next MFD n Next mode in current MFD m Previous mode in current MFD Shift-m Increase MFD/radar range ] Decrease MFD/radar range [ Select next item in MFD Tab Select previous item in MFD Shift-Tab HUD Controls Next HUD mode ; Helmet HUD Toggle On/Off Ctrl-h Previous HUD mode Shift-; Increase HUD Brightness/Color Shift-Up Arrow Decrease HUD Brightness/Color Shift-Down Arrow Declutter HUD Shift-c Counter Measures ECM e Auto Dispense Chaff/Flares v Chaff c Flares f Detection and Identification Active radar on/off r IFF check on current target i Weapon and Targeting Controls Select next weapon Enter and KP Enter Select previous weapon Shift-Enter and Shift-KP Enter Master arm toggle Ctrl-a Arm weapon Backspace Fire weapon Spacebar Fire gun Shift-Spacebar Bay doors open/close d Select target nearest center as current target l Prepare auto shoot list for selected weapon s Remove current target from shoot list Shift-d Select next target in shoot list t Select previous target in shoot list Shift-t Information on currently selected target q --------------------------------- iF-22 Frequently Asked Questions --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Please ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements and that you have DirectX certification. (DirectX is included on the CD) Interactive Magic recommends that have up to date drivers for your video and sound cards. If you experience problems running the game you should check with your hardware manufacturer, retailer or supplier that you have the latest drivers. General Performance Issues -------------------------- For best performance in iF-22, we strongly recommend that you quit all other programs before playing. This includes closing the special options bar for Microsoft Office and any applications that periodically pop up dialog boxes, such as e-mail and scheduling programs. iF-22 is designed to be enjoyable on a wide variety of systems. The trade-off between frame rate, image quality, and hard disk space requirements is a matter of personal preference, so iF-22 offers several options to customise the simulation to your particular hardware configuration. A little experimentation with each of these will help you decide which combination matches your system and the way you want to play the game. Flight Screen Resolution ------------------------ The game offers three options for Flight Screen Resolution: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, and 1024 x 768. The lowest resolution will always give the best performance, even with a 3D-accelerator card. If you have a faster machine, you may wish to try one of the higher resolutions, providing more visual detail at the expense of some speed. NOTE: many 3D accelerators do not have enough on-board memory to support the higher resolution modes, or may offer significantly reduced performance in those modes -- results will vary with each video card. Terrain Resolution ------------------ Terrain can be viewed in High or Low detail, selectable via the System Set-up screen. If high detail is selected, the visuals will be improved at the cost of occasionally accessing the CD-ROM and hard drive to swap terrain textures as you fly. These CD and hard drive accesses may cause occasional dips in performance, especially on slower machines, and will be most pronounced in the first minute or two of flight. Performance should smooth out after that. If not, installing optional High-Resolution terrain files to the hard drive may help. Cloud Display ------------- On some systems, the display of textured clouds can significantly degrade the frame rate of the game. You can turn this feature off or on from the System Set-up screen. If you turn it off, you'll still get the cloud layer effect as you pass through the clouds, but you won't see textured clouds when you point the nose of the plane at the cloud layer itself. Gradient Sky and Smoke Trails --------------------------------- The System Set-up screen allows you to turn each of these visual effects on or off. Turning each of them off may give you a small performance increase. Turning smoke trails off, however, may deprive you of important visual cues needed to play the game, so we recommend leaving them on. If you're experiencing loading delays in flight If your system's Windows 95 Virtual Memory and Cache settings are not optimised for best performance, this may affect iF-22 by inducing momentary dips in performance as the game loads information from the hard drive or CD-ROM. By changing some of your system's settings, it is possible to greatly improve performance of not only iF-22 but all Win95 applications. You should: (I) De~fragment your hard disk with the tools that windows95 include. (You will find this tool under programs>accessories>sytem tools ) (II) Maintain a Virtual Memory Swap file of at least two and a half times the amount of installed RAM. (To do this right click on My Computer, and select Properties click the Performance tab, and then click Virtual Memory, choose 'Let me specify my own virtual memory settings', specify the same value for the minimum size and the maximum size, so Windows95 won't spend so much time resizing the file, press OK, and then OK again, and confirm that you want to restart your computer.) A good set of third-party instructions is available at the following web address: http://creativelement.transbay.net/win95ann/win95ann6.html Alternately call Interactive Magic Technical Support for further assistance. Using 3D accelerator cards --------------------------------- iF-22 uses Direct3D for 3D-accelerator support. As such, it is the first simulation game to make extensive use of Direct3D, and we expect some growing pains, as customers must configure their system for the first time to work correctly with Direct3D. Any 3D-accelerator card that works with Direct3D should work in iF-22, provided that the video card's drivers are set up correctly. Most problems related to playing iF-22 with Direct3D enabled can be traced back to the video drivers. iF-22 has been tested with a large variety of accelerated video cards, and is known to work with nearly all of them, though actual performance benefits may vary. ╖ 3Dfx Cards 3Dfx and I-Magic recommend using up-to-date drivers specific to your video board. However, the 3Dfx D3D reference driver version 2.09, a generic driver set for 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics based video boards, has been tested and is known to work well with iF-22. If you have trouble with other drivers, you may wish to try downloading and installing this instead: 3Dfx D3D Reference Driver v2.09 (suitable for all 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics cards) http://www.3dfx.com/download/sdk/index.html (NOTE: These drivers are not for use with 3Dfx Voodoo Rush boards) For 3Dfx drivers specific to individual boards, and which have been tested with iF-22, try the following sources or contact Interactive Magic for assistance: Deltron RealVision Flash3D: http://www.deltrontech.com/f3dinfo.htm Orchid Righteous 3D Win95 driver version 2.0.17 http://www.orchid.com/support/graphics/drv-r3d.html Telephone: 01256-479-898 Diamond Monster 3D Win95 driver version 1.08 http://www.diamondmm.com/product-support/drivers/monster-3d.html Telephone: 01189-444-444 Hercules Stingray 128/3D Win95 driver version 1.01 http://www.hercules.com/support/drivers/stingray/s1283d/ Other notes on 3Dfx: iF-22 is not playable in 1024x768 with 3Dfx hardware enabled. Also, with 3Dfx enabled, the 'satellite uplink' animation normally displayed when loading a mission will be replaced by simple white text. ╖ Rendition / Verite Cards Rendition cards have been tested with both new and older driver sets successfully. To get the most up-to date drivers for your Rendition- based 3D accelerator, try these sources: Sierra Screamin' 3D Win95 driver version 1.13 http://www.sierra.com/titles/screamin3d/patches.html Canopus Total 3D Win95 driver version 2.10.04 http://www.canopuscorp.com/software.htm Creative Labs 3D Blaster PCI Win95 Driver Revision 2 http://creative-ca.creaf.com/wwwnew/tech/ftp/ftp-3db.html Telephone: 0118 9344 744 NOTE: Creative has shipped other versions of their boards using S3 and Cirrus Logic Laguna chipsets. These drivers WILL NOT work for those boards. InterGraph Intense 3D Win95 driver version 04.03.21.13 http://www.intergraph.com/ics/I3D100/support.htm ╖ ATI Rage 3D At this time, iF-22 will not work with ATI Rage 3D cards when the Direct3D option is enabled. We believe this is a problem with the current drivers, and are working with ATI to resolve the issue. We recommend playing without enabling Direct3D at this time. Other 3D Accelerators The above list does not represent all boards that have been tested with iF-22, but only the most popular. In all cases, downloading the most up-to-date drivers for your board should fix any Direct3D-related problems you may be experiencing. Because iF-22 is running a highly optimised graphics engine, it is entirely possible that you may not see an improvement in frame rate by enabling certain accelerator cards. In most cases, the accelerator will enable new graphic features such as bilinear filtering (texture blurring), etc., but may or may not actually 'accelerate' the game by speeding up your frame rate. Frame rate will vary greatly with different accelerator cards, and in a few cases users may find that the game runs noticeably faster without enabling Direct3D. CH Products Combat Stick, Fighter Stick, and Flight Stick Pro Problems If you are having problems playing iF-22 with a CH Products-brand joystick, then installing an up-to-date Win95 driver for your joystick should correct the problem. Currently, only one Win95 driver is available from CH Products for all these sticks: the F-16 Combat Stick driver version 1.4 for Windows 95. This driver will work for the Combat Stick, Fighter Stick, and Flight Stick Pro and is available at the following web address: http://www.chproducts.com/support.html Also, press Ctrl-F1 when you enter the cockpit in iF-22 to disable the view return function. This will allow you to use CH Products' joysticks with all their functionality in iF-22. Fixing Crashes on machines with Cyrix processors ------------------------------------------------ Many Cyrix owners use a utility called 686_p.exe, which is loaded when their machine boots up. This utility is designed to fool Windows into believing that an Intel Pentium chip is installed on the machine. Unfortunately, this will induce crashes in iF-22. When Win95 reports to iF-22 that a Pentium chip is in use, the game then uses Pentium- specific routines. These routines cannot be run by a Cyrix chip, and the game crashes. To fix this problem, simply remove 686_p.exe from your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, reboot, and run iF-22 again. Problem with Interface Screens Too Large to Display --------------------------------------------------- When queried by iF-22, some video cards may erroneously report that they are capable of displaying screens in 1024x768 resolution, when in fact they are not. Alternatively, a video card may be able to display that resolution, but is connected to a monitor that cannot. In either of these cases, iF-22 may default to 1024x768 for the menus, and the user will be unable to see the entire screen. As a quick fix, you may edit the configuration file that tells iF-22 what resolution to display the menus in. Edit the ss.tag file (located in c:\I-magic\F22\userdata). This file can be opened in Notepad, a Win95 accessory application. The file contains descriptions of each setting, followed by a number. If you set the numbers following the Pre-flight SR, Flight SR, and Movie SR to 0, the game will be forced to run in the lowest resolution. You will be able to change resolutions later from within the game. Further Assistance: --------------------------------- Interactive Magic Technical Support desk is open Monday to Friday between 10.00 am and 5.00pm Tel: 01344-409399 Extension 10 Fax: 01344-409388 Email: techsupport@imagicgames.co.uk --------------------------------- The entire contents of this disk are Copyright (c) 1997 by Interactive Magic, Inc. No unauthorized duplication or distribution of the contents are permitted.