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- How To Install and Play FADE TO BLACK-PC DEMO (Version 0.90e):
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- This is a DELPHINE SOFTWARE game.
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- For more information on Fade To Black go to EA's World-Wide-Web Sight @: http://www.ea.com/eastudio.html
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- INSTALLATION
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- - MUST HAVE 4mb FREE IN HARD DRIVE TO INSTALL.
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- - Download the file F2BDEMO.ZIP.
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- - You MUST PKUnzip this file using the -D option in order to create the proper
- directory hierarchy.
- Example: PKUNZIP -D F2BDEMO.ZIP
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- - PKUNZIP will create a new directory in your current path called F2BDEMO.
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- - Go to the F2BDEMO directory.
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- - If you have a soundcard type SETSOUND and select the appropriate sound card
- configuration.
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- STARTING THE GAME:
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- To start the game, type F2B from the F2BDEMO directory which was created on your hard drive.
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- PARAMETERS:
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- -u NO Sound/Music
- -t Change speed to 18 frame per sec (else 15 frame per sec)
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- KEYBOARD COMMANDS:
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- UpArrow : Run
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- Left/Right Arrow : In Game Mode: Turn Left/Right
- While in Locker/Cabinet: Next or Previous object,
- In Inventory: Select next object of current family of objects
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- DownArrow: Crouch to avoid enemy projectiles.
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- Right-Shift + UpArrow: Walk
- Right-Shift + LeftArrow or RightArrow : Sidestep Left/Right
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- Right-Shift + DownArrow: About-Face
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- Page Up : Small walk
- Page Down : Small walk back
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- I: Inventory
- In Inventory Mode--> Right-Shift: Object Info
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- 5 on NumPad: Map
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- Shift + UpArrow: Walk
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- Shift-Left + Right Arrow: Translate left or right
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- Alt G or V: Gun Out/In
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- Right-Ctrl or B: If gun out--> Fire. If gun in--> Throw Grenade
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- Enter: Reload Gun
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- Space: Operate lever, locker/cupboard/cabinet, teleporter
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- J: Jump (while standing up or walking)
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- Change Viewpoints: On NumPad 2, 4, 6, 8 look around
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- H: Far view or near view of your character in passive play
- K: Far view or near view of your character in gun out (targeting) play
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- 1,2,3,4,5 : In Game: Select objects in inventory as seen on Yellow HUD in lower left corner
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- L: Load Saved Game
- S: Save Current Game
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- Ctrl L: Increase/Decrease Frame Rate (Speed of game)
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- Ctrl M: Mouse Enable/Disable
- G: Change mouse mode (Icon Mode/Pro Mode)
- Ctrl U and Ctrl-Shift U: Change mouse X sensibility
- Alt-Ctrl U and Alt-Ctrl-Shift U: Change mouse Y sensibility
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- Ctrl J : Joystick Enable/Disable
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- F7 : Change Screen Resolution (320x200, 640x400, 320x240)
- * graphic card with VESA support and 5 Mb of RAM required for 640x480 mode
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- Ctrl R: Decrease Screen Brightness
- Ctrl T: Increase Screen Brightness
- Ctrl D: Draft Mode (for slow PCs)
- F: Gouraut/Flat polygon-toggle
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- Ctrl S: Enable/Disable Sound/Music
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- Shift F1: Reduce screen size (Increase performance)
- Shift F2: Increase screen size
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- Esc: Go to main menu (save, load, ... options)
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- MAIN MENU MODE:
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- Left,Right Arrows: Rotate carousel
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- Up/Down Arrows: Toggle Save-Mode/Load-Mode/Menu
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- LOCKER/CUPBOARD/CABINET MODE:
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- (When you open a cabinet, you go to this mode)
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- Left/Right Arrows: Select next or previous object
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- Space: Take the viewed object
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- ESC: Close cabinet
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- INVENTORY MODE:
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- To open Inventory, press the I key at any time during play
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- Tab: Select next family of objects
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- Left-Shift Tab: Select previous family of objects
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- Left/Right Arrows: Change current object
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- Enter: Select the current object for use during gameplay
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- Right-Shift: View and get information on the current object
- To read message once message is selected
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- ESC or I: Return to game
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- MOUSE OPTIONS:
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- Two mouse modes exist--> ICON Mode and PRO Mode
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- During the game you can switch at any time between the two modes by pressing the G key
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- ICON MODE--
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- In general, right mouse button is used to return to gameplay
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- In ICON Mode, you can drag icon by pressing Left-Shift and Left mouse button
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- Left-Alt + Left mouse button on icon: Reduce icon size
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- To read a message or view an object in inventory, left click on the wheel/hands icon
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- During gameplay right mouse button (not on an icon) is used to take your gun out and fire.
- Click left mouse button and you can turn left or right.
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- PRO MODE--
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- Left button : Walk if you where standing up
- Operate lever, cupboard/cabinet, teleporter if you double click
- with gun in.
- Fire if you are in gun out mode (reload if no munition left)
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- Right button : Run/Walk toggle
- Gun Out/In toggle
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- If you are in gun out mode, to start to run quickly, you can press the
- right mouse button to get your gun in and then press the left key
- without releasing the right button.
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- If you are in run mode you can take your gun out quickly by releasing the left
- mouse button before the right one.
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- JOYSTICK:
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- Go to joystick menu in main menu to calibrate joystick before activating
- joystick.
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- Press Ctrl J to Disactivate joystick during game.
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- When you restart game, you need to recalibrate joystick before activating it.
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- Button 1: Like keyboard space key or
- Fire if gun out (reload if no munition left).
- Button 2: Gun out / gun in
- Button 3: Like keyboard space key
- Button 4: Like keyboard enter key
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- If you move joystick left or right, character turns Left/Right.
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- Little toward: Ralk, or small walk if gun out.
- Far toward: Run
- Little backward: Small walk backward
- Far backward: Crouch
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- If you have a Thrustmaster joystick, or Gravis Phoenix, or similar one, you
- can program the extra buttons of your joystick as you like to emulate
- keyboard keys.
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- MINIMUM CONFIGURATION FOR ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCES:
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- - 486DX2-66 with 8 Mb RAM and 12 Mb free on disk
- - double speed CD-ROM drive (for cinematic scenes)
- - local bus video
- - install SMARTDRV with a size of 64 Kb
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- BEST CONFIGURATION:
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- - pentium 133 with 8 Mb RAM and 12 Mb free on disk
- - quad speed CD-ROM drive
- - local bus video with true 32 bits SVGA card
- - 16 bits sound card with wave instrument synthesis
- - install SMARTDRV with a size of 256 Kb or more
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- MEMORY PROBLEMS:
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- If you have an out of memory error try to run VIRT_F2B, it's a little slower
- and you need 8 Mb free on your hard disk for virtual memory, but you won't
- have any more memory error.
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- INST_FUL copy all the files and you won't need to have the DEMO cdrom in drive
- to play the game. Space necessary on hard disk drive : 45 Mb.
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- If you have no sound card, you can delete the following directory from
- your hard disk (if you need space) :
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- DATA\SOUND\*.*
- DATA\DRIVERS\*.*
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- If you delete these sound files, the minimum demo will take less
- than 4 Mb on your hard disk drive.
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- OTHER PROBLEMS:
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- If game will not start:
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- - Make sure that you PKUnzipped the file using the -D option.
- e.g. PKUNZIP -D F2BDEMO.ZIP
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- If you hear no sound :
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- - run SETSOUND
- - activate the sounds by pressing Ctrl S during the PLAY MODE.
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- If you cannot turn left or right with joystick :
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- - desactivate mouse if you are in icon mode or change to pro mode to
- continue playing with joystick.
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- - In the file config.sys the line FILES must be at least 40.
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