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Realms of the Haunting(tm) (R.O.T.H.)
Interactive Preview
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(C) 1996 Gremlin Interactive, Ltd. All rights reserved.
Realms of the Haunting and Interplay are trademarks of
Interplay Productions. All rights reserved. Interplay
is the sole publisher and distributor. Licensed from and
developed by Gremlin Interactive, Ltd. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Welcome to the Realms of the Haunting demo. This file
contains information which may be useful for installing the
demo, as well as basic game play controls.
INSTALLATION
The game requires a minimum of 8Mb of memory and a 486/66
DX2.
You can run the game from a DOS box under Windows95 if you have
16Mb of memory, otherwise you should run from DOS.
Use the INSTALL program to install the demo. Only choose the
minimum install option if you definitely do not have enough space.
It will run MUCH faster with a larger install. The maximum will
give you better sounds, but it will need that little bit more
memory, so sounds may occasionally disappear on you.
We have provided shortcuts for installing and running the demo
from within Windows 95. You may run the game by simply clicking
on
the Realms.bat file but the shortcuts provide protection from
accidentally hitting the wrong keys etc. One point to remember is
if you MOVE or COPY the shortcut from it's original folder you
will need to enter the path in the Properties of the shortcut or
the game won't run using the shortcut. Also, if you move the
home directory of the game, this will need updating in the
shortcut.
CONTROLS
Movement within the 3-D world of Roth can be done using either
keyboard, mouse or a combination of the two. Please note that all of
these assigned functions may be reset to your particular tastes from
within the Settings Menu.
Cursor Keys Move forward, backward, left and right.
< > Side Step.
Page Up/Page Down Look up and down.
Home/End Set viewing angle tilt.
CTRL Fire weapon or punch if no weapon is
selected.
CapsLock Run Mode on/off.
A Jump.
Z Crouch.
H Displays mouse/keyboard functions.
I Brings up the Inventory Menu (this can
also be activated by moving the cursor to
the top left of the screen and clicking the
Left Mouse Button).
Right Mouse Button Hold down and move the mouse to guide
movement within the Roth world.
Left Mouse Button Fire weapon or punch if no weapon is
selected.
Left & Right Mouse Buttons: Pressing and holding both mouse
buttons will allow you to pan your viewpoint up/down, left and right.
This can be extremely useful when used in conjunction with the
keyboard for movement.
MOUSE POINTER FUNCTIONS
Along with movement controls, the mouse is also used to control the
on-screen cursor. This cursor is used to open doors, identify
objects, target enemies or objects and to interact with objects in
the gaming world.
The pointer has two Action Indicators, one on top and one on bottom
of the on-screen cursor.
Top Action Indicator: When the top Indicator turns Green it indicates
that you can perform an action on the object/item under the cursor.
Clicking the Left Mouse Button will perform whatever action is
available. Whenever the top Indicator turns Red, it indicates that
you are pointing at a viable target. Clicking the Left Mouse Button
will use whatever weapon you have selected. If no weapon is selected,
your character will punch with his hand.
NOTE: If the Top Action Indicator lights up Blue, it means you are
pointing at an interactive object but are too far away to use it.
Bottom Action Indicator: This Indicator represents the Look or
Examine function. When this indicator turns into an Eye, it indicates
that you can Look at the selected object/item. Clicking the Right
Mouse Button will activate the Look function.
Mouse Pointer Summary:
Green Light: Action/Pick-Up using the Left Mouse Button.
Red Light: Viable target is selected and can be fired at using
the Left Mouse Button.
Blue Light: Interactive object is under cursor but you're too
far away... move closer.
Eye: Observation/Look Function using the Right Mouse
Button.
INVENTORY AND OBJECT USE
Items you pick up are automatically placed into your inventory and
stored in the appropriate location based upon the type of object.
The Inventory is arranged in the following order:
L Object in left hand (Weapons)
R Object in right hand (Usable Objects). If you've
selected to play in Normal mode for the Adventure
Difficulty, you must manually place the object you
wish to use in this location. In Easy mode for
Adventure Difficulty, items are automatically
selected and placed into this box (F3 toggles
between these two modes).
Disk Accesses the Options Menu.
Bag Stores general items.
Gun Stores Weapons. Keys 2-6 on the keyboard equate
to the first five weapon boxes. If you arrange your
favorite weapons in these first five boxes, pressing
the associated keyboard key will quickly move to
the new weapon.
Magic Stores mysterious or Magical items.
Scroll Stores Books and Letters.
I Contains Information the player has learned - talk
about and reflect upon the characters you've met,
places you've visited and things you're heard.
Use Inventory Item: Double clicking the Left Mouse Button will Use
an inventory item if it can be used.
Combine Inventory Items: Single clicking the Left Mouse Button
will Pick Up the desired object. Moving this item and single
clicking the Left Mouse Button again while on top of the desired
second object will combine the two items if they can be combined.
Moving Inventory Items: Single clicking the Left Mouse Button will
Pick Up the desired object. Moving this item to the desired location
box and single clicking the Right Mouse Button will place the
selected object in the new location. If an object is moved to a
location where an item already exists, the location of the two items
will be swapped.
Examine Inventory Item: Single clicking the Right Mouse Button on
an Inventory Item will bring up an Examine Window. From within
this window, you may view the object, discuss the object or reflect
upon it, depending upon the item and information your character has
obtained during game play.
INTERPLAY TECHNICAL & CUSTOMER SUPPORT
IN THE U.S.: 714-553-6678 (8AM - 5:45PM PST, 24 HOURS
AUTOMATED)
Please try to have your system information available and be near
your computer if at all possible.
Other ways to get Interplay Support:
IN THE UNITED STATES
Interplay Productions
Attn: Customer Service
16815 Von Karman Ave.
Irvine, CA. 92606
(714)252-2822 FAX
Internet email: support@interplay.com
FTP sites: ftp.interplay.com or ftp1.interplay.com
Interplay BBS: 714-252-2822
BBS telnet: 199.182.211.86 or bbs.interplay.com
America Online: keyword INTERPLAY or email to
"IPTECH"
GEnie: type "M805;1"
Prodigy: email PLAY99B
CompuServe: GO GAMBPUB, under INTERPLAY
Prodigy: email to "PLAY99B"
SOFTWARE USE LIMITATIONS AND LIMITED LICENSE
This special interactive preview version of Realms of the Haunting
(the "Software") is intended solely for your personal noncommercial
home entertainment use. You may not decompile, reverse engineer,
or disassemble the Software, except as permitted by law. Interplay
Productions [and Gremlin Interactive] retain [s] all rights and title
in the Software including all intellectual property rights embodied
therein and derivatives thereof. You are granted a revocable,
nonassignable limited license to create derivative works of this
Software solely for your own personal noncommercial home
entertainment use and may publicly display such derivative works to
the extent specifically authorized by Interplay in writing. A copy
of this authorization, if any, will be provided on Interplay's World
Wide Web site, located at http://www.interplay.com, or by contacting
the legal department at Interplay at (714) 553-6655. The Software,
including, without limitation, all code, data structures, characters,
images, sounds, text, screens, game play, derivative works and all
other elements of the Software may not be copied (except as provided
below), resold, rented, leased, distributed (electronically or
otherwise), used on pay-per-play, coin-op or other for-charge basis,
or for any commercial purpose. You may make copies of the Software
for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use and to give
to friends and acquaintances on a no cost noncommercial basis. This
limited right to copy the Software expressly excludes any copying or
distribution of the Software on a commercial basis, including,
without limitation, bundling the product with any other product or
service and any give away of the Software in connection with another
product or service. Any permissions granted herein are provided on a
temporary basis and can be withdrawn by Interplay Productions at
any time. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
Modem and Network Play.
If the Software contains modem or network play, you may play the
Software via modem transmission with another person or persons
directly without transmission through a third party service or
indirectly through a third party service only if such service is an
authorized licensee of Interplay. For the purposes of this license,
a "third party service" refers to any third party service which
provides a connection between two or more users of the Software,
manages, organizes, or facilitates game play, translates protocols,
or otherwise provides a service which commercially exploits the
Software, but does not include a third party service which merely
provides a telephonic connection (and nothing more) for modem or
network play. Authorized licensee services are listed on the
Interplay Productions World Wide Web Site located at
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expressly excludes any transmission of the Software or any data
streams thereof on a commercial basis, including, without limitation,
transmitting the Software by way of a commercial service (excepting
those specific commercial services licensed by Interplay) which
translates the protocols or manages or organizes game play sessions.
If you would like information about obtaining a pay-for-play or
commercial license to the Software, please call Interplay Productions
at (714) 553-6655. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to prevent
you from downloading the Software from Interplay's Web site or from
commercial service providers authorized by Interplay to provide the
Software to you.
Acceptance of License Terms.
By downloading or acquiring and then retaining this Software, you
assent to the terms and restrictions of this limited license. If you
acquired the Software and do not accept the terms of this limited
license, you must return the Software together with all packaging,
manuals and other material contained therein to the store where you
acquired the Software for a full refund and if you downloaded the
Software, you must delete it.