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- This document describes the Shareware version of the game Mutant Earth v1.0.
- It is a 256 colour fast-paced action arcade quality game with 8 channel
- real-time sound mixing for the Sound Blaster, optional PC speaker support, 11
- original music tracks, quad-parallax scrolling, network multi-player mode and
- much, much more!
-
- ** DEMO VERSION **
- This demo version consists of a single, fully playable level. For evaluation
- purposes, the cheat password is: 9oF2. This can be used to fully check out all
- playing features by allowing you to boost your health and get extra ammo when
- you need it. The cheat mode will NOT help you out of any traps. Sorry!
- ** DEMO VERSION **
-
- This Shareware version is yours to trial for up to 30 days. If you continue to
- use the software after this period you are obliged to register. Registration
- entitles you to the latest version of the software, bonus levels, details of a
- CHEAT MODE and a 25% discount voucher redeemable against any future RocSoft
- product. Details of registration can be found in REGISTER.FRM.
-
- Minimum Requirements
- ====================
-
- 486DX or better
- 4Mb RAM
- Register compatible VGA (256K or more)
- DOS 3.3 or higher
- Sound Blaster or compatible (optional)
-
-
- Sound Card Notes:
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-
- Mutant Earth v1.0 automatically detects the presence of a Sound Blaster card.
- To ensure the correct use of I/O port, IRQ, etc, it looks for a BLASTER
- environment variable. For example, the line
-
- SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 (or similar)
-
- should appear within your AUTOEXEC.BAT where
-
- A220 means I/O port address 220Hex
- I7 means IRQ 7 and
- D1 means DMA channel 1.
-
- In the event of not being able to detect a Sound Blaster the PC Speaker will be
- used.
-
-
- How To Run
- ==========
-
- Very simply, run the program MUTANT.EXE. It assumes that it is being run from
- the current directory. Please ensure that the files CACHE.HED and CACHE.DAT
- are also in the current directory.
-
-
- Command Line Options
- ====================
-
- MUTANT.EXE can be invoked with one or more of the following command line
- options:
-
- i.e. MUTANT.EXE <option> ... <option>
-
- The following options are supported:
-
- /NOSOUND starts the game with sound effects & background music OFF. By
- default they are both ON when the game is first started but
- can be turned off individually from within the OPTIONS menu.
-
- /SCREENSHOT disables the "Paused" message when the game is paused. This
- allows pictures of the game to be taken for adverts, etc.
-
- /SPK forces the use of the PC Speaker when a Sound Blaster card is
- installed.
-
- /SFX for interested parties only, this allows each of the sound
- effects in the game to be played under your control.
- Interesting but nothing special.
-
- /JUKEBOX allows a background music track to be selected for playing
- during the game. There are 9 background tracks to choose
- from. Once a track has been chosen it will automatically be
- played the next time you start the game.
-
- /JUKE:nn selects background music track nn for playback during the
- game. nn must be in the range 1 to 9.
-
- /FRAMERATE:nn selects the game's frame rate for gameplay. By default, the
- frame rate is 40 frames per second. This is the minimum.
- Depending upon your hardware, you might like to play the game
- at a faster frame rate. To get an idea of what your PC is
- capable of run MUTANT at the default frame rate of 40fps and
- examine the profile statistics that are printed when the game
- terminates. Note: Win95 users may want to run this bit
- directly from DOS since Win95 will regain control once the
- program finished. By looking at the actual frame rate
- achieved and how much spare time, as a percentage, you have
- left, you should be able to judge the maximum frame rate
- possible. For example, if you are achieving a 40fps with 50%
- free time try running the game at up to 80fps.
-
- /VR selects the synchronize with the vertical refresh option. By
- default, no synchronization is performed. If you are
- experiencing 'shear' during gameplay i.e. the display is
- being updated in 'slices' try running MUTANT with the /VR
- switch.
-
- /CHEAT:psw invokes cheat mode. Naturally, the password should be
- supplied for the 'psw' parameter. With cheat mode enabled,
- you will be able to boost your health and/or give yourself a
- complete ammo top up while playing the game.
-
- To boost health: Press H
- To boost weapons: Press W
-
- For network gameplay, up to 8 players can play against eachother in a
- 'deathmatch' mode. For this you must all be running a connected IPX network.
- This is explained in more detail in NETPLAY.TXT. To invoke network gameplay
- use the following command line switches:
-
- /DEATHMATCH identifies this PC as a network player.
-
- /SERVER identifies this PC as a network server. You should also
- specify the /DEATHMATCH switch so that the server is also a
- player. Future versions may offer a dedicated server option
- so that the server won't necessarily need to be a player
- also.
-
-
- Additional Information
- ======================
-
- If you experience any difficulty in running the game or manage to break it and
- cause any memory exceptions please feel free to contact the author. Please try
- and give as much information about the fault as possible. In addition, try to
- include a copy of the start up screen which show the status of various
- options, parameters, settings, etc. In particular, the sound blaster settings.
-
- You can contact the author by one of the following:
-
- E-Mail: RoccoLoscalzo@compuserve.com
-
- Snail-Mail: Rocco Loscalzo
- 30 Boynton Drive
- Nottingham
- NG3 3EP.
- UK
-
- *** Please do not telephone this address ***
-
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