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- Deep Space Voyager GRAVITY for Java - J++Gravity
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- DESCRIPTION
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- D.S.V. Gravity is a strategic gravitation game with the
- goal to complete missions under influence of planetary
- gravitation. Choose from hitting targets, scanning alien
- ships, diving into several planet's atmospheres or making
- very long runs. Play some very tricky random missions. Show
- your skills as a master over gravitation. Enjoy the beauty
- of the gravitational field.
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- INSTALLATION
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- No installation is necessary. Just make sure that the Java
- Virtual Machine from Microsoft is installed (is usually
- shipped with Internet Explorer or available somewhere at
- http://www.microsoft.com )...
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- QUICK START
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- Click into the main screen to create a new random mission.
- Indicate the direction in which you'd like the probe to
- depart with the mouse cursor. Click on Launch! and observe
- the probe's trace. Adjust the angle using the mouse or
- entering a new value manually in order to accomplish
- the mission goal.
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- For further information, have a look at
- http:://www.geocities.com/helmi79/gravity/index.html
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- KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
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- The following shortcuts will replace the additional buttons
- on the online applet:
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- Ctrl-F toggles the Infty-mode status
- Ctrl-P launches 12 probes in Infty-mode or all but one
- probe in default mode (Panic)
- Ctrl-G toggles the GravField drawing status
-
- Additionally there are also shortcuts to the present
- buttons:
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- Ctrl-N starts a new game
- Ctrl-R refreshes the game screen
- Ctrl-I gives you information about the last used angle(s)
- and the last two random seeds.
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- LICENSE NOTES
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- "Deep Space Voyager GRAVITY for Java - J++Gravity" is
- released as FREEWARE in the hope that it may serve others
- as well as it serves myself. You are licensed to do
- anything with this software, as long as you don't modify it
- or make money out of it.
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
- ANY KIND. THE AUTHOR CAN NOT BE BLAMED FOR ANY CONSEQUENCE
- RESULTING OF ITS USE.
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- THE AUTHOR
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- For comments, bug reports and suggestions write to
- Simon Bⁿnzli (mailto:zeniko@gmx.ch).
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- Copyleft ⌐ 2000 - 2002 by zeniko's software.
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