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Documentation on the FADE TO BLACK game (PC DEMO version 0.90e) 26 june 95
This is a DELPHINE SOFTWARE game.
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*) INSTALLATION
Put the CDROM in a CDROM drive and run the INSTALL command.
INSTALL install the minimum files, and you need to have the CDROM in
drive to play the game. Space necessary on hard disk drive : 12 Mb.
If you have a sound card, run SETSOUND after installation of the game.
WARNING : The destination directory must be a single directory like
F2B or DEMO, and must not be like GAME\F2B or DEMO\F2B.
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*) STARTING THE GAME
To start the game, type in the command F2B from the installation directory
on your hard disk.
If you have saved games, you won't see the starting cinematic scene.
If you want to see it, remove your saved games (*.SAV) or move them
to another directory.
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*) PARAMETERS
-u Play no sound and music
-c Don't play cinematic scenes
-t Limit speed to 18 frame per sec (else 15 frame per sec)
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*) KEYBOARD KEY
PLAY MODE
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Your are in play mode when you can control the character.
UpArrow : run
Left,RightArrow :
in game mode : turn left or right,
in cupboard/cabinet mode : next or previous object,
in inventory : select next object of current family of objects
DownArrow : crouch, to avoid ennemi weapons
Right Shift + UpArrow : Walk
Right Shift + LeftArrow or RightArrow : Walk left or right
Right Shift + DownArrow : Turn
Page Up : Small walk
Page Down : Small walk back
I : Go to inventory.
5 on Num Keyboard : In game mode, go Map mode.
Shift Right : In inventory mode : object info
Shift UpArrow :
in game : walk
Shift Left-RightArrow :
Translate left or right
AltGr or V :
gun out / gun in
Right Ctrl or B :
fire if gun out, otherwise throw handgrenade
Enter : reload gun
Space : operate lever, cupboard/cabinet, teleporter
J : Jump (while standing up or walking).
H : Far view or near view of conrad in static view.
K : Far view or near view of conrad in gun out view.
4 directions on Num Keyboard :
To look around
1,2,3,4,5 : in game : select the next object of the corresponding
family of objects in inventory
L : Load a saved game
S : Save the current game
Ctrl M : Mouse enable/disable (US keyboard)
G : Change mouse mode (icon mode, pro mode)
Ctrl U / Ctrl Shift U : Change mouse X sensibility
Alt Ctrl U / Alt Ctrl Shift U : Change mouse Y sensibility
Ctrl J : Joystick enable/disable
F7 : Switch screen mode (320x200, 640x400, 320x240)
(graphic card with VESA support and 5 Mb of RAM
required for 640x480 mode)
Ctrl R : Less brigth display
Ctrl T : More brigth display
Ctrl D : Draft mode (for slow PCs)
F : Gourault / Flat polygons
Ctrl L : Toggle speed limit to 15 or 18 frame/sec / no speed limit
Ctrl S : Enable / Disable sounds and musics.
Shift F1 : Reduce screen size (to have faster moves)
Shift F2 : Grow screen size
Esc : Go to main menu (save, load, ... options)
MAIN MENU MODE
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Left,RightArrow : Turn the wheel.
Up, down : Toggle save mode, load mode, menu.
CUPBOARD/CABINET MODE
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When you open a cabinet, you go to this mode.
Left,RightArrow : Select next or previous object
Space : Take the viewed object
ESC : Close the cabinet
INVENTORY MODE
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To open your inventory, press the I key at any time during play mode.
Tab : Select next family of objects
Left Shift-Tab :
Select previous family of objects
Left or right arrow key :
change current object
Enter : select the current object for use in PLAY MODE
Right Shift : view the current object (to view a message, infos on object)
ESC or I : Close the cabinet
CINEMATIC SCENES
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R : Darker luminosity of screen.
T : Brighter luminosity
E : Reset luminosity
ESC : Abort cinematic scenes, return to PLAY MODE
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*) MOUSE KEY
You have two mouse modes :
ICON mode and PRO mode.
In play mode, you can switch at any time between the two mode by
pressing G key
ICON MODE
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In general, right mouse button is used to return to PLAY MODE.
In icon mode, you can drag icon by pressing Left Shift and Left button.
Left Alt + Left button on icon : reduce icon size
To read a message or view an object in inventory, left click in the wheel
beetwin the hands of Conrad.
In play mode, right mouse button not on an icon is used to take your
gun out and fire. Click left mouse button and your can turn left or right.
PRO MODE
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Left button : Walk if you where standing up
Operate lever, cupboard/cabinet, teleporter if you double click
with gun in.
Fire if you are in gun out mode (reload if no munition left)
Right button : Run if you are walking
Gun out / gun in otherwise
If you are in gun out mode, to start to run quickly, you can press the
right mouse button to get your gun in and then press the left key
without releasing the right button.
If you are in run mode you can take your gun out quikly by releasing the left
mouse button before the right one.
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*) JOYSTICK
Go to joystick menu in main menu to calibrate joystick before activating
joystick.
Press Ctrl J to desactivate joystick during game.
When you restart game, you need to recalibrate joystick before activating it.
Button 1 : Like keyboard space key or
Fire if gun out (reload if no munition left).
Button 2 : Gun out / gun in
Button 3 : like keyboard space key
Button 4 : like keyboard enter key
If you move joystick left or right, conrad turn left or right.
Little toward : walk, or small walk if gun out.
Far toward : run
Little backwark : small walk backward
Far backwark : crouch
If you have a Thrustmaster joystick, or Gravis Phoenix, or similar one, you
can program the extra buttons of your joystick as you like to emulate
keyboard keys.
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*) MINIMUM CONFIGURATION FOR ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCES
- 486DX2-66 with 8 Mb RAM and 12 Mb free on disk
- double speed CD-ROM drive (for cinematic scenes)
- local bus video
- install SMARTDRV with a size of 64 Kb
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*) BEST CONFIGURATION
- pentium 133 with 8 Mb RAM and 12 Mb free on disk
- quad speed CD-ROM drive
- local bus video with true 32 bits SVGA card
- 16 bits sound card with wave instrument synthesis
- install SMARTDRV with a size of 256 Kb or more
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*) MEMORY PROBLEMS
If you have an out of memory error try to run VIRT_F2B, it's a little slower
and you need 8 Mb free on your hard disk for virtual memory, but you won't
have any more memory error.
INST_FUL copy all the files and you won't need to have the DEMO cdrom in drive
to play the game. Space necessary on hard disk drive : 45 Mb.
If you have no sound card, you can delete the following directory from
your hard disk (if you need space) :
DATA\SOUND\*.*
DATA\DRIVERS\*.*
If you delete these sound files, the minimum demo will take less
than 4 Mb on your hard disk drive.
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*) OTHER PROBLEMS
If you hear no sound :
- run SETSOUND
- activate the sounds by pressing Ctrl S during the PLAY MODE.
If you cannot turn left or right with joystick :
- desactivate mouse if you are in icon mode or change to pro mode to
continue playing with joystick.
- In the file config.sys the line FILES must be at least 40.