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CyberBykes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CyberBykes is a virtual reality experience allowing a full 6 degrees of freedom. With the user-configured byke of your choice, you enter an arena where the only limits to your freedom are the physical laws governing the world. Once inside, you will meet stiff opposition as you race to meet military objectives. Hardware requirements --------------------- CyberBykes requires a 486/33 or higher processor with 8mb of RAM. A local bus video card, Pentium, and 12mb of RAM are highly recommended and will allow for the full experience possible. A sound card is required in order to get three dimensional spacial sound effects and music. High resolution modes require a VESA compatible video card. Installation and configuration ------------------------------ To install the program, run the INSTALL program. Note: This program is a 32-bit protected mode program and may not run properly under Microsoft Windows (particularly if a Midi sound device is selected during configuration). The program has successfully been executed under Windows NT 3.5 and OS/2 Warp. Run CYBER to configure the program for the first time (or CYBER SETUP if this is not the first time). You will be presented with a configuration screen that will allow you to pick the resolution that you wish to run the game in, as well as information about your sound card. Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight an item; use the left/right arrow keys to change an item. When asked to enter a new Base Address, enter '0' to have it use the default location for the selected sound card. Note: Base address values are specified in hexadecimal. The screen resolution picked will have a dramatic effect on performance. Unless you are using a Pentium, either VGA 320x200 or X-MODE 360x240 is recommended. The extremely high resolution modes are primarily useful during board construction where fast frame rates are not as critical. If you have a network that properly supports file sharing (you may need to load SHARE.EXE from DOS), you can play head-to-head against other players. To do this, you should specifify a path where the shared files are to be kept. All people playing the game should configure their installations to point to the same path. WARNING: SMARTDRV should not be caching the specified drive or the program may not operate properly. If you have a high speed (9600 baud or higher) modem or a direct serial connection (null modem), you will be able to play head-to-head against one other player. To enable this option, you must specify a communications port for your modem. When you have completed setting up the resolution and sound card information, press 'Escape'. You will be returned to the DOS prompt. Running CYBER again will take you into the game. To return to the setup screen at a later time run CYBER SETUP from the DOS prompt. Optimizing performance (OPTIONS) -------------------------------- There are many options that allow you to optimize the performance of the game for your particular hardware setup. As mentioned in the installation, the screen resolution that the game runs at will make the biggest difference in performance. From the main menu, picking OPTIONS will allow you to configure other aspects of the game. The default values chosen should work well on most machines. If you have a fast machine (local bus 486/66 or higher), you may wish to adjust some of these options to further enhance game play. As a general rule, the sound settings have very little effect on performance. Stereo/6 channel is recommended for most machines. The voices options is more of a preference/memory-requirement option than it is a performance option; likewise for Midi music. In low detail mode, all objects are made up of flat shades of color. In high detail mode, the objects are smoothly shaded based on light sources by using dithering. High detail mode requires more than 8mb of RAM to play some cities. During game play, the program will automatically try to maximize the distance that you can see while still keeping the frame rate up. The View Distance setting allows you to configure the game to favor a further view distance at the possible expense of frame rate. Turning the background bitmap (not in all levels) off will allow for a significantly faster frame rate (and thus a further view distance). The mouse is the preferred input device (trust me). You must have DOS mouse drivers loaded. IMPORTANT!: The mouse should be configured to be in un-accelerated mode in order for the byke to drive properly. Until you are an experienced player, the difficulty level should be left at normal or low. Beginning a mission ------------------- Select Begin Mission' from the main menu to begin the game. You will then be asked to identify yourself. The game keeps track of the user profile for each person seperately. You will then be greeted with a short memo. After accepting your mission call, you will be briefed on your first mission. You will then be presented with a globe of the world, and allowed to pick the location you wish to go to (use the Tab key). Each city will list how many objects it contains that you need to retrieve or destroy. It will also list how many of them you have already gotten or destroyed. At the top of the screen, it will list how many you have to get from all the cities to complete the first mission. Pressing Enter' will take you to the currently selected city. Before leaving for the city, you will be asked to configure your CyberByke. At first, your options will be limited, but over time you will get a whole range of weapons and bykes to choose from. After you have completed all objectives for a particular mission, you will be advanced to the next mission. If you are killed while trying to complete a city, you will have to re-do all the objectives for the city over again (for the current mission). If you abort a mission, it will remember the objectives that you have completed so far. The Drop Zone ------------- After you have configured your CyberByke, you will be picked up by a drop ship which will fly you to the city. The next scene you see will be the drop ship carrying your CyberByke around the city. You can enter the city at any location that the drop ship goes, by pressing the space bar. Playing the game (mouse) ------------------------ Pressing the left mouse button accelerates the byke. Pressing the right mouse button brakes the byke. Pressing both mouse buttons at the same time allows you turn your head relative to the byke (even if the byke is moving). Moving the mouse left and right turn the byke left and right. Moving the mouse backwards and forwards does nothing unless you are in look-around-mode (both buttons). In look-around-mode, moving the mouse backwards and forwards looks up and down. The following keystrokes also work during game play: Space Bar - Fire current weapon (in direction looking) Tab - View/zoom map of entire city (blinking red dot is you) F1,O - Overview mode (first person, low, medium, high) Z,T - Thrusters (small upward boost) Shift,R - Quick rear view (learn to use this one) Alt - Extent view to maximum (while held down) Ctrl - Look around (same as both mouse buttons) PgUp/PgDn - Scale screen for better performance Other miscellaneous keystrokes can be found in the CYBER.TXT file. Weapons ------- At the highest mission, there are many weapons to choose from. Each weapon has it's own characteristics as follows: Scatter guns (3) - Slow firing, shoots a spread of 5 to 15 shots, minor damage. Chain guns (3) - Very rapid firing, 1 to 3 shots, minor damage. Laser guns (3) - Medium firing, fast moving, minor to heavy damage. Missiles (3) - Slow firing, straight, heavy area damage. Slow firing, guided, heavy area damage. Fast multi-firing, guided, heavy area damage. Grenades (3) - Ballistic (look upward to 'lob' them). Very heavy area damage depending of type of grenade. Heads up display (HUD) ---------------------- The critical gauges on the byke are overlayed on the screen in a HUD. The speedometer is on the left side of the screen and is in kilometers/hour. The compass is along the top edge of the screen. The right side of the screen contains an armor guage and a fuel guage. In the bottom-center of the screen is the amount of time remaining before they figure out that you are there and begin a massive assault (I recommend aborting the mission before this happens). The right side of the screen contains damage lights that will light up as damage occurs to the byke. The entire screen is overlayed with a radar system. The radar gives you a top view of various objects in the game, and is relative to your current point of view. Imagine yourself being located in the center of the radar looking toward the top of the screen. To move toward an object on the radar, position the objects radar dot between the center mark on the screen and the top of the screen and drive forward. If the dot is directly below the center mark on the screen, and you cannot find it, it may be because it is straight above your head on a floating platform. There are several items that appear on the radar -- each has a different color dot. Turrets -- gray dot (do not appear in difficult mode). Enemy Vehicles -- red dot. Missiles (launched) -- white dot. Objectives -- green dot. Network players -- red/yellow dot. The radar has a range of about 1/6 of the world size. Prizes ------ There are many prizes available to do things such as replenish fuel/ammo, repair broken systems, make you invisible to enemy radar (and network player radar), and various other things. You collect a prize simply by running over it with your byke. Network Play ------------ In order to play against others on the network, you must first run CYBER SETUP and configure the network path. All users who wish to play on the network should configure this to point to a common path on the server (or possibly on a peers hard drive). After this has been completed, the player turns on network play by pressing F12 at the city selection screen. Other players who are in the selected city will be listed in the left hand window. Up to 8 players per city are currently allowed. Once you pick a city to play, you will be presented with the multi-player setup screen. If nobody has entered the game yet, you will have the option of configuring how the game will be played. If others have already entered the game, all options will be locked out and if you wish to join, you simply press 'Enter', to abort press 'Escape'. If nobody has entered the game yet, as you change the options on your screen they will also change on the screen of others who are waiting to enter the game. This can be used as sort of a negotiation. When somebody presses 'Enter' to begin the game, the setup screen is frozen for all other players. You should configure your CyberByke as you see fit before entering the game. For network play, you will be able to pick any chassis and weapon that you wish. Note: The weight of the byke effects the performance of the byke. Network game play is different from regular game play. In network game play there is only one flag that is randomly placed in the world. Players race to get the most flags. When a flag is captured, there will be a brief delay and then it will randomly appear some place else. Players will also be rewarded in some way for capturing the flag. At any time, a player can pause the game by pressing escape. They will then have the usual choices (quit/volume) plus the ability to view the statistics of who is playing the game. While the player is paused, he will appear to other players as frozen and will appear white to signify that shooting him is a waste of time. Pressing Enter' during gameplay allows the player to type in a message to send to other players in the game. When a player is killed he will be shown the current statistics and then allowed to re-drop into the city. Players may also enter and leave the game as much as the want. When a player leaves the game, all of his statistics are erased. On the HUD radar, opponent players appear as red dots and the flag appears as a green dot. Additionally, the flag appears as a flashing cross on the map. On the compass across the top of the screen, the direction that the flag is in will appear as a green tick mark to aid you in finding the flag. If you are racing another player to get a flag, shooting them will slow them down (or kill them). Modem Play ---------- In order to play across a modem (or null modem), you must first run CYBER SETUP and configure the modem communications port. Playing CyberBykes against another modem player is very similar to Network Play (see above). If you already have a connection established (or a null modem connection), you can immediately begin. When at the city selection screen, hit F11 to enter modem play mode. You will have to wait for the other player to do the same. Once the machines are syncronized, one of the machines will randomly be designated as the slave and the other the master. The master will be allowed to pick the city, and configure the game play. The slave will display "Waiting for Master" until this is completed. Both players will then be allowed to configure their bykes and enter the game. If you do not have a connection, you can pick the Modem command from the main menu to establish one. The dialer requires a Hayes compatible modem. The default modem initialization and dial strings should work for most modems. If you need to change the modem init string, you can do so by setting the MODEMINIT environment variable to the correct modem initialization command. The MODEMDIAL environment variable defaults to "ATDT" and can be changed as well. Construction ------------ Note: The demonstration release of the program does not contain the construction option. All of the cities shown were constructed by picking the CONSTRUCTION menu option. Users can construct their own levels, or modify the existing levels. Cutting and pasting between levels is also possible. To create a new level, hit the 'Insert' key while at the world map. A new city will appear and you will be asked for it's name. Use the arrow keys to position the city correctly on the globe. Press R' to rotate the globe to a new position. Press 'Enter' to edit the currently labeled city. Note: If you do not copy the levels from the CD-ROM to the hard drive, you will not be able to edit them. The editor is a WYSIWYG editor. Nevertheless, there are many things that the editor can control (even gravity) and a fair amount of practice will be needed to get good at it. A mouse is required for editing. Pressing the left button allows you to look around. Pressing the right mouse button allows you to move up and down. Pressing both mouse buttons causes you to fly around the level like an airplane. You can skip to any part of the level by hitting F9 (map) and using the arrow keys to move the red blinking dot (you) around. There is a red-wire-frame cube floating around, you can think of this as your cursor. Pressing the space bar will create a block at the cursor in the current color. Pressing R will start a ramp (you then move the selector with the arrow keys), and pressing R again will end the ramp. The very bottom level of the world is reserved for floor blocks (ramps and polygon objects should not be placed down there). You can quickly try out anything you place in the world by pressing F10 (escape returns you to editing). There are dozens of other keystrokes that can be used in editing. These keystrokes are outlined in the CYBER.TXT file. Information ----------- This GameTek software program is distributed/sold "as is," without express or implied warranty of any kind, and GameTek is not liable for any losses or damages of any kind resulting from use of this program. This warranty is in lieu of all other warranties and no other representations or claims of any nature shall be binding on or obligate GameTek. Any implied warranties applicable to this GameTek software product, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, are limited to the ninety (90) day period described above. In no event will GameTek be liable for any special, incidental or consequential damages resulting from possession, use, or malfunction of the GameTek software product. Some states do not allow limitations on the duration of an implied warranty or exclusions of limitations of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations and/or exclusions of liability may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. GameTek Customer Relations Phone: 1-800-439-3995 9 AM to 5:30 PM, Eastern time Fax: 1-305-935-9164 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Game Hint and Tip Line 1-900-903-GAME (4263) $.80 per minute charge Touch tone phone required Minors must have parental permission before calling Available 24 hours To order other GameTek products: Call toll-free 1-800-GAMETEK, (1-800-426-3835). 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Visa and Mastercard accepted. Sound drivers (c)1995 John Ratcliff. Midi OPL patches provided by The Fat Man. Developed by: Jeff Petersen Greg Coleman Lance Petersen Produced by: Vince Zampella CyberBykes Shadow Racer VR is a trademark of GameTek (FL), Inc. 2999 Northeast 191st Street, Suite 500, Aventura, Florida 33180 U.S.A. (C)1995 Artificial Software, L.L.C. All rights reserved.