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- T R A C K A T T A C K
-
- GAMEPLAY HINTS
-
- Autoshop
- The Auto Shop is not just the place where you can upgrade your car,
- it is also the place where you can sell car parts (should you need the
- money). Upgrades don't come cheap so in order to get that top
- engine (or repair it), you may need to sell other parts to get the cash.
- To do this is simple: firstly you must have already upgraded a part
- (e.g. your tyres); as an upgraded part it should have a price of $0.
- Any movement up will reflect a price you have to pay to upgrade
- further, an "upgrade" in a downward direction will reflect a sale
- price. For example, if I have the best tyres and I click the down
- arrow, a price will appear with a minus sign in front of it; if I press
- "upgrade" from here I will receive that amount of money. With
- your new found wealth you can buy the new part you always
- dreamed of !
-
- Teleport
- Yes teleport is possible, and it could happen to you when you least
- expect it. The can place you in all sorts of weird and wonderful
- positions. The way it works is this: if your car touches the teleport
- switch, then it will swap places with the nearest car; if the nearest
- car happens to be on its roof or impaled on spikes, then this is where
- you will end up (this is definitely a switch you want to avoid if you
- are in the lead!).
-
- For those who think they can cheat the system by sitting next to a
- teleport until the last lap and change places with the lead car, we have
- introduced a precautionary measure: Whenever you teleport you will
- always remain on the same lap number. In this way you only get
- physically moved around the track, you do not lose laps.
-
- Cheating and Short-cuts
- The rules of the game are minimal, but there is one you have to follow
- to win. YOU CANNOT CUT CORNERS ! Did you get that ? Quite
- simply there are "allowed" short-cuts but these are usually sign posted.
- If you make any of your own up, then the lap will not be counted !
-
- In-Game Settings
- Settings changed in the race, via the options menu (default
- key is "m"), are only applicable for that race .i.e. if you change
- screen size in heat 1, the same setting will not apply in heat 2. The
- only way to have a setting for all races, is to do it from the
- "Options" menu before starting a race or season.
-
- TECHNICAL ISSUES
-
- If you have a version of MSCDEX that is lower than 2.1 then the game
- will not run. The player will need a version of MSCDEX that is 2.1 or
- above.
-
- If you minimally install the game then it is best not to play music C.D's.
- The music will stop everytime the game C.D. is accessed.
-
- Q-sound
-
- On the CD Player you will find a "Q" button. If you want to hear Track
- Attack in full 3D quality stereo, then Q-Sound should be switched on.
- If you want to listen to it through your headphones, forget it, Q-Sound
- is not designed for headphones ( in this situation Q-Sound is better
- switched off, but the choice is yours).
-
- C.D.Player
- To ensure the smooth running of your in-game C.D. player you may
- choose not to run through Windows '95. The Windows '95 C.D. player
- may keep battling with the game C.D. Player for control of your music
- - in this circumstance you may not always get what you select.
-
- DPMI
- If you are running an 8meg machine under Windows '95 you should
- change your DPMI setting. To do this you should right click your mouse
- on your Track Attack icon. A menu bar will appear. Click on "properties"
- at the bottom of the menu; a further menu should arise. From here click
- on the "memory" tab. At the bottom of the resulting menu there is a
- section labelled "MS-DOS protected-mode (DPMI) memory"; if you
- click on the down arrow (the text box next to it will read "Auto") then a
- list of numbers will appear. Move to the bottom of this list using the
- scroll bar, and select 16384. Click on "apply" and then "O.K." to accept
- the change. The next time you click on the Track Attack icon the game
- should run correctly.
-
- Sound-Card Setup
- Should you experience any problems with the sound setup program
- "auto-detecting" your card, then you should manually configure it
- yourself i.e. pick the name of your card from the list and select the
- IRQ/DMA settings from the list of numbers at the bottom of the screen.
-
- Joystick
- If you have any problems playing "Track Attack" under Windows'95 try
- playing the game from the DOS prompt. To put your computer into
- MS-DOS mode, first click on the "start" menu and select "Shut Down".
- From the menu that arises, select "Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode".
- The computer should now boot up in DOS mode
-
- Net Play
- Network play: if you are running in Windows '95 then you must ensure
- that all machines in the game have the primary log-on client set the same;
- ie if you use the Microsoft network client in your network then all
- machines must have "Client for Microsoft Networks" set for their
- primary network log-ons. All machines must also have an IPX protocol
- loaded in the network properties (16-bit IPX protocols are also
- compatible). Logging onto a network server is not usually required, and
- MS-DOS machines can be connected with Win'95 machines quite easily.
-
- To enable several games to run over the same network simultaneously,
- each game that is initiated must use its own individual network port
- number. This number can be set to any number between 1 and 65535.
-
- MANUAL AMENDMENTS
-
- On the in-game menu you may notice an additional feature - "Detail
- Level". There are four levels of detail that can be toggled from this
- menu (use up and down to highlight "Detail level" and press
- <RETURN> on keyboard to select it). The for levels are:
-
- Level one - Everything on.
- Level two - this reduces the amount of track you can see.
- Level three and four - these add to this by turning texture maps in a
- close proximity.
-
- Additional power-ups include the ability to increase your armour
- (for a limited period only). The power-up graphic is that of a metal
- plate; if you see one of these as you are driving, grab it - you'll
- probably need it !
-
-
- Developer: MicroProse
- Publisher: MicroProse
- Contact: (01454) 326532
- Minimum System: 486DX2/66, 8Mb RAM, 4.5Mb Hard Disk.
-
- D R I V E R S R E Q U I R E D
- If you have a version of MSCDEX that is lower than 2.1 then the
- game will not run. The player will need a version of MSCDEX that
- is 2.1 or above. You'll find a new version in the root directory of
- this CD.
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