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- ECLIPSE PROUDLY PRESENT TO YOU
-
- THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION
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- FOR ..POWERDROME..
-
- TYPED IN BY IMAGE/ECLIPSE
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- RACE CONTROLS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Mouse:
- ~~~~~
- Move the mouse left or right to roll your Typhoon in the corresponding
- direction.
- Push the mouse forwards to pitch down (i.e dive).
- Pressing the right mouse button will open up the throttle,accelerating your
- Typhoon.
- Pressing the left mouse button will open the speeed brakes and close the
- throttle,thus slowing you down.
- Pressing both buttons will activate the afterburners.
-
- If you find the mouse control overly sensitive,you can alter various
- parameters from the tuneup screen to tailor the response to your tastes.
-
- Joystick:
- ~~~~~~~~
- The joystick is used to control your Typhoon and you must still use the mouse
- to make the various selections within the game.So keep the mouse plugged in
- port 1 while playing the game.
-
- Move the joystick left or right to roll the Typhoon in that direction.
- Push the joystick forwards to pitch down (i.e. dive).
- Pull the joystick back to pitch up (i.e. climb).
- Press the fire button and push the joystick forwards to accelerate.
- Press the fire button and pull the joystick back to open up the speed brakes
- and close the throttle.
- If you are at maximum speed,press the fire button with the joystick forwards
- to cut the afterburners in.
- Centering the joystick will hold the amount of roll/pitch until you cancel it
- by roll/pitching in the opposite direction.
-
-
- Keyboard Commands:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- E - Engine on/off
- W - Wall proximity audible warning on/off
- R-SHIFT - Point down the track(only with centering field on)
- L-SHIFT - Afterburners (only ignite if accelerating)
- T - Display lap times
- P - Race/Qualifying Positions
- L - Calculate lead time in a race
- SHIFT-Q - Quit race/qualifying session/practice session
- B - Call up rescue craft
- TAB - Toggle sound effects on/off
- S - Pause on/off
- Z - Turn off centring field
- X - Reduce centering field strength
- C - Increase centering field strength
- V - Toggle full view/cockpit view
- A - Reposition in centre of track
- R - Overhead race positions on/off (not in practice)
- SPACEBAR- Quit demo
-
- Robopit Controls:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 8 - Replace Nosecone
- 4 - Replace left wing
- 6 - Replace right wing
- 1 - Replace left engine
- 3 - Replace right engine
- * - Toggle sttus screen on/off
- O - Tune-up screen on/off
- T - Display lap times
- P - Race/Qualifying Positions (not in practice)
- SPACEBAR- Exit from Robopits
-
-
- FLYING TIPS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Piloting the Typhoon can seem to be almost impossible to a beginner,but if you
- follow a few simple guidelines you should be reasonably proficient within half
- an hour and breaking lap records within and hour or so.
-
- Use the centeringfield.At strength 9 the typhoon will almost pilot itself
- around the tracks and if you also hold down the right shift key,to point down
- the track,the typhoon will fly around any track without you doing a thing! As
- you get better,reduce the centering field strength,which allow you to fly
- faster and soon you will be able to fly around the tracks unaided.
-
- Ues the mouse for control.Although many people prefer joystick control,the
- mouse gives a far better response time and is THE control if you want to
- achieve spectacular lap time on the later tracks.
-
- Don't use the afterburners.These add around 30% extra speed and will easily
- blow up your engines! so stay well clear of them until you are very proficieny.
- Also use the default Economy Spec' fuel as the other two make you go much
- faster.
-
- Don't fly too fast! Most beginners put their"foot to the floor"losing control
- and crashing immediately.
-
- Aim at the centre of the track in the distance.Most beginners hug a wall and
- therefore find themselves often hitting it.Sticking a marker of some sort in
- the middle of the screen can be a good aid to keeping to the centre.
-
- If you find yourself "stuck" in the wall or the floor then press the 'A' key
- and you will be repositioned in the middle of the track.
-
- Practise on the oval test track. The other tracks are far harder to fly around
- and should be left until you can consistently lap the test traack at around 16
- seconds.
-
- Some beginners find themselves constantly either pitching up towards the
- ceiliing or down at the floor. You can reduce the pitch sensitivity with the
- roll/pitch bias slider in the tune up Typhoon screen.Just move the slider all
- the way to the left and you should now be able to control the Typhoon.
-
- The nosecone and wings can take around 20 hits before they are damaged.Each
- time you see a blue flash when colliding with a wall or floor you are
- registering a hit.
- effectively scraping the Typhoon along the wall.This will knock out the nose or
- wing very quickly so again press the 'A' key to reposition yourself in the
- middle of the track.
-
- Scraping the force ceiling,causing a white flash,does not damage your craft
- and therefore is preferable to scraping walls.So fly high where the track is
- wider and there is less risk.
-
- Just because the Typhoon is banked over doesn't mean that it will turn a tight
- corner,in fact you can fly banked over at 90 Degrees and fly in a straight line
- if you try.You will have to bank over and pull back to make fast tight corners.
-
- For really fast pitstops,fly down the pit lane at full speed and kill the
- engines by pressing 'E' before you reach your robopit!.
-
- The less fuel you have the faster the Typhoon will go
-
- The fastest recorded lap time on track 0 is 11.86 seconds,which was achieved
- by blowing the engines just after crossing the lap marker! CAN YOU DO BETTER?.
-
-
-
- TUNE UP TYPHOON
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Aerofoil Sensitivity:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- You have three different sizes of aerofoil wich you can step though and select
- using this button.Corresponding to each selection a graphical representation of
- the different aerofoils will be shown on the cut away wing section to the right
- of the button.
- A small aerofoil requires more Yoke movement than a larger aerofoil to acheive
- the same resulting pitch,roll or yaw.This means that with a small aerofoil you
- can achieve finer control over your racer,whereas a large aerofoil allows you
- to make very rapid direction changes,usefull on the very twisty tracks.
-
- Spreed Brakes:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- There are three different sizes of speed brake available,with each increasing
- size giving greater braking effect.Each press of the Speed brake button will
- step through the three options,and a graphical representation of the different
- brakes will be shown on the cut-away wing section to the right of the button.
- The smallest brake allows delicate control of your racer's speed,whereas the
- largest will stop the racer in just a few metres.Use the prectice sessions on
- each track to discover which brake suits them.The race is the wrong time to
- discover that your brakes are too weak,and find yourself ploughing full speed
- into a corner,engines glowing white hot from the afterburners.
-
- Roll/Pitch Bias:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Press the button to the left of the slider to increase the bias away from
- pitch and towards roll and press the right button to move the bias towards
- pitch and away from roll.
- This control effects how much yoke is required to give the desired amount of
- pitch or roll.If the slider is over to the left hand side of the display(a roll
- bias) then small movements of the yoke side to side will result in large
- amounts or roll,whereas large forward and back movements will only give small
- amounts of pitch.
- Use pitch/roll bias in conjunction with the Aerofoil sensitivity control to
- tailor the handling response to your taste.
-
- Fuel Select:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- There are three different types of fuel available:
- A)Nitra-Mono Premium, B)Mono Standard and C)Economy Special. Use the Next/Last
- fuel select buttons to step forward/backwards through the available fuel types
- and make your selection.
- Nitra-Mono Premium gives far more thrust than Economy Special but,as you
- rarely get something for nothing,the Nitra fuel burns up very rapidly,
- especially with afterburnerss blazing.Therefor frequent trips to the robopit
- will be required!.
-
- Filter Select:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- There are five different engine filters available:
- A)Ammonia B)Sulphur C)Oxygen D)Methane and E)Particle. Use Next/Last to select.
- These filters are large covers which fit over your Typhoons engine intake and
- protect against the effects of differing planetary atmospheres.Fitting the
- correct filter will allow your engine to operate at full efficiency under the
- corrosponding atmospheric conditions.Fitting the wrong filter can lead to
- disaster,with reduced power,engine overheating and even the possibility of
- completely wrecking an engine.
- To futher complicate matters,conditions can change during a race.A storm
- brewing up will necessitate a quick visit to the robopits and a change to the
- particle filter.But dont foget to change back when the storm has passed.
-
-
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- ROBOPITS:
- ~~~~~~~~
- Refuelling:
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Upon entering the robopit the refuelling pod will open,and if your Typhoon is
- not fully fuelled up the refuelling pipes extend,attach themselves to your
- racer.You can monitor the process with the fuel guage,situated by the status
- screen.
- If you feel you have choosen the wrong type of fuel for the race,or this is
- part of your stratagy,you can change the grade of fuel in use.Select Tune-Up
- mode from Robopits 'O' and then select the new fuel type as outlined under the
- fuel select.When your done click on ok to return to Robopits.
-
- Info About Typhoon:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When an engine's temperature guage goes red,a warning sounds and you should
- kill the afterburners immediately! If you dont then an engine will burn out.If
- you lose the other engine your only hope of getting back to the pits is to call
- for a Rescue Craft 'B' If it acknowleges your request it may take some time to
- get to your position,so be patient.If your request was denied you will have to
- quit(and ditch)that race.
-
-
-
- TYPHOON'S PANEL
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- / | ----------------------- ---------------- ------------------ \
- / | | THRUST | | REAR VIEW | | | \ |
- / | ----------------------- | | | | \ |
- / | |--| |--| |-------| ---------------- | DATA | \ |
- | | | | | | | ----- --------- | TERMINAL | \ |
- | | | | |DAMAGE | | | | | | | \
- |--| |--| |DISPLAY| --/-- ------/-- | | /--- ---- | | PROXIMITY SYSTEMS |----------------|
- / |-------|PROXIMITY SYSTEMS |________________|
- ENGING TEMPERATURE WARNING STATUS
- ----
- | |
- JOYSTICK
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Proximity Warning:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The closer you are to the walls,roof or floor,the faster this warning light
- will blink.You can also engage an audible warning,which will bleep in time with
- the light.
-
- Engine Temperature:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- These two guages show how hot each of your engines are.If the bar charts are
- green then the engines are within their normal operating parameters,but once a
- bar moves into the red you may be damaging an engine and an audible warning
- sound will sound.Once a bar goes off the top of the red section that engine
- will burn out and will be useless.Keep a careful eye on these guages while
- using the afterburners,as engine temperatures rise rapidly when they are lit.
-
- Systems Status:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The red light should move smoothly back and forth in this display,indicating
- that all systems are fully operational.If the lights movement becomes irregular
- then a system is either damaged or failing,though its up to you to trace the
- fault.
-
-
-
- DATALINK HELP:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- PIN CONNECTORS.
-
- Computer 1 Computer 2
- _______ ________
- Pin 2 * \/ * 2
- Pin 3 *_______/\________* 3
- Pin 7 *-----------------* 7
-
- Load PowerDrome,Once the race control appears,one of you should press datalink
- button.This person is the race controller and will be allocated the red Typhoon
- .The other racer will be allocated the green Typhoon and must use the green
- robopits.
- The Race Contoller selects which track the race will take place on and other
- players machine will mirror his selection.The Race controller has the option to
- use all the features exept the 'Enter Trophy'Option,the other player can then
- only view pilot information,Tune-up Typhoon , alter the mouse or joystick
- option and practice at the choosen track independently of the controller.The
- race controller has the option to Shift Q to quit the current race.
-
-
- WELL I HOPE THESE DOCS HELP YOU TO ENJOY THE GAME MORE!
-
- SIGNED:IMAGE/ECLIPSE
- Dont Forget To Call Our HQ In The USA! NOW!
-