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GAMMA Wing Space Combat Flight Simulator Version 1.4 (C) Copyright 1994-1995 Rockland Software Productions Table of contents: Topic: Page: ____________________________________________________________ Table of contents i Description 1 System requirements 1 Differences between registered and unregistered 1 Archive contents 1 Object of the game 2 Features 2 Installing 2 Setup 2 Running 3 The base 4 The lobby 4 The hangar 4 The parts shop 4 The repair shop 5 The video room 5 The map room 5 The target information room 6 The pilot's area 6 The R&R area 6 The learning center 6 The casino 6 The medic's office 6 The gymnasium 7 The config room 7 The help room 7 Flying a mission 7 The cockpit 7 Keyboard controls 9 Joystick controls 10 Thrustmaster MKII WCS controls 10 Midmission refueling/rearming 11 Ending a mission 11 Pilot stats and skills 11 The top 10 list 12 The character editor 12 Index 13 -i- ___________________________________________________________________ Description: GAMMA Wing is a space combat flight simulator for the IBM PC. In GAMMA Wing, you are part of an elite mercenary force defending mankind from a hostile alien race. You fly missions against the enemy. As you complete missions, you get pay and promotions. Use your pay to repair and improve your ship. Promotions increase your pay. As your combat victories increase, your marksmanship increases. ___________________________________________________________________ System requirements: 1. 386 or better. 2. 450K conventional memory. 3. 2.2 Meg XMS memory. 4. 5.2 Meg disk space. 5. VGA graphics. 6. Sound card required for FM soundtrack. 7. MS compatable mouse required for character editor which is included with the registered version. ___________________________________________________________________ Differences between the registered and unregistered versions: The unregistered version only contains episode 1: The Proving Grounds. It will not load saved games. It does not have a character editor. The registered version adds episode 2: The Academy, and episode 3: The Hortax Campaign, which never ends (unlimited missions completed). Its missions are randomly generated. It will load saved games. It also includes a character editor. ___________________________________________________________________ Archive contents: *.bgi - video drivers *.chr - fonts *.voc - digital sounds *.exe - program files *.gfx - graphics *.grf - graphics *.pal - palettes *.tgt - target data files *.wpn - weapon data files *.mid - soundtrack data files *.cmf - soundtrack data files *.ibk - soundtrack data files gamma.doc - GAMMA Wing documentation support.doc - support information catalog.doc - Rockland Software Productions catalog order.frm - Rockland Software Productions order form. ___________________________________________________________________ -1- ___________________________________________________________________ Object of the game: In the unregistered version, the object is to complete episode 1: The Proving Grounds. In the registered version, completing/failing a mission can result in the gain/loss of a planet. Gain/lose all planets on the map to secure/lose a quadrant. Secure as many quadrants as you can. Lose all quadrants and you lose the game. ___________________________________________________________________ Features: GAMMA Wing features raytraced (rendered) graphics and imported photographs in the simulator itself. In-between screens are also raytraced graphics, and many animations are also included. For sound, GAMMA Wing features 8 track digital sound effects with simultaneous background music. Both male and female digital voice tracks are included. ___________________________________________________________________ Installing: Installing from diskette (registered version): 1. Put disk 1 in a drive, change to that drive, and enter "setup" at the dos prompt. 2. The setup program will install a copy of GAMMA Wing on your hard drive. Installing from zipfile (unregistered version): 1. Chances are you've allready unzipped GAMMA Wing in its own directory. If not, do so now. 2. Change to your GAMMA Wing directory. 3. Run Setup to select game options. ___________________________________________________________________ Setup: The setup program allows you to configure GAMMA Wing for your PC. To run setup, change to your GAMMA Wing directory, and enter "setup" at the dos prompt. Setup's main menu will appear. Press the number of an option to select it. The options on Setup's main menu are as follows: Install from floppy - Lets you install registered GAMMA Wing from master diskettes to your hard drive. A menu will appear, allowing you to select the diskette drive to install from. Select a drive. Next you'll be asked to enter the name of the drive and directory to install to. Enter a drive and directory. To install to C:\GAMMA, just hit return. Setup will then make the directory if needed. Next, setup will copy the files from the diskettes to your GAMMA Wing directory. Finally, Setup will decompress the files in your GAMMA Wing directory, and then erase the compressed files in your GAMMA Wing directory. Setup's main menu will then reappear. -2- Audio - Lets you select what kind of sound you want from a menu. Menu options are: PC speaker - Plays one track digital sound effects (VOC files) on the PC speaker. FM sound - Plays FM soundtrack (MIDI and CMF files) though a soundcard and one track digital sound effects through the PC speaker simultaneously. An Adlib/SB compatable soundcard (Yamaha OPL-3 FM synth chip) is required for FM sound. Digital sound - Plays 8 track digital sound effects and FM sountrack simultaneously through a soundcard. A SB compatable card is required. NOTE: PC speaker digital sound effects only work in animations, NOT in the simulator. Sound at startup - Toggles both digital sound effects and FM soundtrack on/off. Joystick - Lets you select what kind of joystick you have from a menu. Options are: None, Joystick, Joystick + throttle, and Joystick + MK II WCS. MK2 directory - The directory where your TM MK II WCS files are installed (usually C:\MARK2). GAMMA Wing uses this to download its configuration file to your MK II WCS. Computer voice - Lets you toggle between Male and Female voices for the ship's computer. Quit - Saves changes and quits to dos. Setup will create a GAMMA.INI file that contains your various sound and joystick options. It will also create a GAMMA.BAT file for running GAMMA Wing that runs either the 386 or 486 version, depending on what you selected in Setup. ___________________________________________________________________ Running: 1. Change to your GAMMA Wing directory. 2. Enter "gamma" at the DOS prompt. 3. If you selected a joystick in setup and have never calibrated your joystick, you'll be asked to calibrate the stick. Stick calibrations are saved to disk so you don't have to recalibrate each time you run GAMMA. At any time you may recalibrate by selecting "Config" - "Stick" from the base lobby, or by pressing "J" when flying. 4. The game will now repeatedly run the opening, followed by a self running demo. To continue, press Esc until it asks for your pilot's name. 5. After the opening and demo, you'll be asked to enter your pilot's name. Type in a name and press enter. If this is a new pilot, you'll be asked to select a graphic for your pilot. Select a graphic to continue. 6. Next, your pilot's stats will be shown. Select done to continue. 7. The select episode screen will appear next. Select the episode you want to play. 8. You will then enter the lobby of the GAMMA Wing base. ___________________________________________________________________ -3- ___________________________________________________________________ The base: The GAMMA Wing base consists of a series of rooms. Selecting a door in a room takes you to a different part of the base. You may use the mouse, joystick, or arrow and enter keys to select doors. ___________________________________________________________________ The lobby: When you start GAMMA Wing, you begin in the lobby of the GAMMA Wing base. The lobby takes you to other parts of the base. Select a door to go to that part of the base. Doors are as follows: Hangar - Takes you to the hangar. Pilots - Takes you to the pilots area. R&R - Takes you to the R&R area. Config - Takes you to the configuration room. Help - Takes you to the help room. Exit - Quits to DOS. ___________________________________________________________________ The hangar: The hangar lets you fly missions and train. Doors are as follows: Sortie - Lets you fly a mission. Shop - Lakes you to the parts shop. Repair - Takes you to the repair shop. Video - Takes you to the video room. Map - Takes you to the map room. Info - Takes you to the target information room. Lobby - Takes you back to the lobby. ___________________________________________________________________ The parts shop: The parts shop lets you buy/sell parts for your ship. Your ship's stats will be shown on +/- buttons. Your credits are also shown. Select the + side of a button to increase that stat. Credits are automatically deducted. Select the - side of a button to decrease a stat. Credits will be refunded automaticallly. Select Done to return to the hangar. Effects of ship stats are as follows: Armor - How much damage your ship can take. Boosters - Top speed. Energy - Used as fuel, to replenish shields, and for damage control. Your ship has a small reactor which recharges energy, allowing slow movement without using energy. Shields - Absorb damage. Retros - Ship maneuverability. Lasers - Number of laser weapons installed. Launchers - Number of missile launchers installed. Laser ammo - Total ammo for all installed lasers. Missiles - Total ammo for all installed launchers. Rockets - Number of rocket launchers installed. Rocket Ammo - Total ammo for all rocket launchers. ___________________________________________________________________ -4- ___________________________________________________________________ The repair shop: The repair shop allows you to repair damage to your ship. Buttons show system damage. A red button indicates an offline (malfunctioning) system. A green button indicates that a system is on-line. Your credits are also shown. Select a system to repair damage to that system. Credits will be deducted automatically. Select Done to return to the hangar. Systems are as follows: Hull - The ship's superstructure. If your hull is destroyed, you're dead. Hull malfunctions have no effect other than to warn you that your hull is badly damaged. You can only repair hull damage at the repair shop. You can't fix the hull with damage control while flying. Engine - The ship's main engine. Engine damage decreases your top speed. An engine malfunction stops you dead in space. Avioics - The ship's maneuvering thruster system. Damage decreases ship maneuverability. A malfunction will cause total loss of ability to turn, dive, and climb. Weapons - The ship's weapons. Damage will increase the chance of a weapon not working when you fire it. A malfunction will cause weapons to not fire at all. Shields - The defensive shielding system. If your shields are destroyed or malfunction, you can't divert energy to them. Radar - The ship's radar system. If your radar is destroyed or malfunctions, it will cease to display targets. Displays - The ship's cockpit display system. If malfunctioning or destroyed, your cockpit displays will cease to function. Hyperdrive - The ship's hyperdrive system. If malfunctioning or destroyed, hyperdrive will not work. Energy cell - The ship's energy storage and delivery system. If destroyed, your ship explodes. A malfunction causes total loss of energy. Engines, hyperdrive, shields, damage control, etc. won't work. Energy cells can only be repaired at the repair shop. You can't fix energy cell damage with damage control while flying. ___________________________________________________________________ The video room: The video room lets you playback your gun camera video from your most recent mission. Options are as follows: Play - Plays the gun camera video. Press a key or button to stop. Erase - Erases the gun camera video. Done - Returns you to the hangar. ___________________________________________________________________ The map room: The map room shows a map of the quadrant you are stationed in. The map shows and gives totals for friendly, neutral, and enemy planets. Press a key or button to return to the hangar. ___________________________________________________________________ -5- ___________________________________________________________________ The target information room: This room shows the various types of targets in the game. Bitmaps of the targets are shown on the left. Target stats are shown on the right. Escape returns you to the hangar. Any key other than escape toggles through target types. ___________________________________________________________________ The Pilots area: The pilots area lets you do a variety of things with pilots. Doors are as follows: Stats - Shows your pilot's statistics. New - Lets you start a new pilot. Load - Lets you load an old pilot (registered version only). Save - Saves your pilot to disk. Skill - Lets you set the pilot's skill level. Valid values are 0 through 5. The higher the skill level, the better the tactics used by enemy pilots. Lobby - Takes you back to the lobby. ___________________________________________________________________ The R&R area: The R&R area lets you do a variety of things with your pilot. Doors are as follows: Learn - Takes you to the learing center. Casino - Takes you to the casino. Medic - Takes you to the medic's office. Gym - Takes you to the gymnasium. Lobby - Returns you to the lobby. ___________________________________________________________________ The learning center: The learning center allows you to study or take classes to improve your stats and skills. Select the course you want to take. Credits will be deducted automatically. There's a chance you won't pass skill courses. Courses affecting stats are alwass passed. If you pass a class, there's a chance your stat or skill will increase. Select More to see a second screen of course offerings. Selct Done to return to the R&R area. On the second screen, Done returns you to the first screen of courses. ___________________________________________________________________ The casino: The casino lets you gamble credits on a slot machine. Select number buttons to increase the bet or set it to zero. Select Play to spin the tumblers. Winnings/losses will be added to/subtracted from your credits. Select Done to return to the R&R area. ___________________________________________________________________ The medic's office: The medic's office allows you to heal damage taken by your pilot. Select the Heal button to heal damage. Credits will be deducted automatically. Select Done to return to the R&R area. ___________________________________________________________________ -6- ___________________________________________________________________ The gymnasium: The gymnasium allows you to work out to increase your health. When you workout, there's a chance your health will increase. There's also a chance you may injure yourself, thereby lowering your health. ___________________________________________________________________ The config room: The config room lets you configure GAMMA Wing. Doors are as follows: Setup - Runs Setup. You must restart GAMMA Wing for changes in setup to take effect. Stick - Lets you recalibrate the joystick. Music - Toggles soundtrack on/off. SFX - Toggles sound effects on/off. Volume - Lets you set master, music, and SFX volumes. Delay - Lets you set the amount of delay in the simulator. Use this with fast PCs. MK II - Downloads GAMMA Wing's configuration file to your Thrustmaster MK II WCS. Lobby - Takes you back to the lobby. ___________________________________________________________________ The help room: The help room lets you access the on-line help for GAMMA Wing. Doors are as follows: Gamma - Lets you view the help for GAMMA Wing. Supprt - Shows you where to get tech support for GAMMA WIng. Catlog - Shows Rockland's product catalog. Order - Shows Rockland's ordering information. Lobby - Returns you to the lobby. When viewing help, use the arrows to page up and down, press p to print, or press escape to exit help. Help also has a find option. Press f to find a word, then enter the word. Help will scroll to the 1st occurence of the word. You may repeat the last find by pressing r. Help will scroll to the next line (from the last occurence found) that contains the word. If the word is not found, Help will not scroll. ___________________________________________________________________ Flying a mission: You fly a mission by selecting the Sortie door in the hangar. You'll be shown your mission orders. Press a key or button to continue. You will next see an animation sequence of you leaving the hangar, followed by an animation sequence of you taking off from base. Then the cockpit of your ship will be displayed. ___________________________________________________________________ The cockpit: The cockpit screen shows the view out the front window of your ship. The bottom of the screen shows your instruments. The instrument display can be toggled to show either combat or navigational information. Instruments are as follows: Combat display: Left side: Throttle - Shows throttle position. Speed - Shows current speed. Numbers indiacte the scale -7- (ie 0-100 etc. where 100 is hyperspeed.). Current weapon - The weapon that fires when you hit the fire button or key. Semi/fullauto - Indicates semiautomatic or fullautomatic fire mode. Ammo - Shows remaining ammunition for the current weapon. Right side: Guncamera - Lights up when gun camera is on. Fixing - Lights up when damage is being repaired by damage control. Current target - Shows the target # and type of your current target. Range - Shows range to your current target. Autop - Lights up when the autopilot is on. Navigation display: Left side: X - Ship's x position. Y - Ship's y position. Z - Ship's z position. Enrgy - Remaining energy. Right side: Hdng - Ship's compass heading in degrees. Mark - Ship's angle from vertical (flying up) in degrees. Mark 0 = flying up. Mark 90 = level flight. Mark 180 = diving straight down. Mark 270 = flying upsidedown. Shlds - Total shield energy. Dmg - Total system damage. Heading display (left of center) - These three dials show absolute yaw, pitch, and roll, from left to right. Radar display (right of center) - This shows a top down radar view around your ship. You are in the center. Forward is towards the top of the display. Your current target is green. Friendlies are blue, neutrals are white, and enemies are red. Forward and rear view radars (top of screen) - these show friendlies as blue, enemies as red, your current target as green, and neutrals as white. Shield strengths (below sideview display) - These six bars indicate energy remaining in your shields. Each bar shows the energy for one shield. From left to right, the bars show energy for the following shields: front, right, rear, left, top, and bottom. Low shield indicators (upper left of screen) - These light up when a shield gets low on energy. Each shield has its own indicator. Malfunction indicators (upper right of screen) - These light up when a system malfunctions. Each system has its own indicator. Low energy indicator (right side, above instruments) - This lights up when you run low on energy. Landing indicator (left side, above instruments) - This lights up when you approach a target you can land on. Autolanding indicator (left side, above instruments) - This lights up when autolanding is engaged. Evade indiactor (left side, above instruments) - This lights up when the auotpilot evades enemy fire. Mission status indicator (top of screen) - This lights up -8- when you complete or fail a mission. The window above your instruments shows the stars outside your ship. Targets in visual range (<=500) will also be shown. Targets beyond visual range will be shown as small crosshairs, green for your current target, and bright red for enemies, white for neutrals, and blue for friendlies. Planets are shown as dark green (friendly), dull white (neutral), or dark red (enemy) crosshairs when beyond visual range. ___________________________________________________________________ Keyboard controls: A - Toggles autopilot on/off. When on, autopilot flys you to your current target. You can't use weapons with autopilot on. B - Toggles sim detail level. Lower detail levels speed up the game for slower PCs. C - Shows damage display. D - Toggles CRT displays between combat and navigation information. E - Eject. F - Fix damage. A menu of systems will appear. Select a system to fix. G - Gun camera on/off. H - Hyper. Sets your speed to 10x max speed. Only works when at max thorttle. Reduce throttle to drop out of hyper. J - Calibrate joystick. K - Lets you add planets from the quadrant map to the targets in the sim. Select add or remove, then enter the number of the planet to add or planet target to remove. While you can see and land on planets, they must be a target to work with the radars, autopilot, targeting computer, etc. L - Toggles Autolanding on/off. When on, the ship automatically lands at base. M - Shows a map of target or planet locations. Select + or - to zoom the map in and out. Select Targets or Planets to show that map display. Selct Done to exit. O - Shows your mission orders. P - Pauses game. Hit a key or button to continue. R - Toggles radar range. Only works when current target is target 0 (your ship). S - Diverts energy to shields. T - Toggles targeting system on/off. When on, grey crosshars will appear in the center of the screen. When your current target enters the crosshairs, the crosshairs will turn green, and a "LOCKED" message will appear. W - Toggles full auto/semi auto weapon fire. X - Weapon links. A list of your weapons will be shown. Each weapon will have a button that says Linked or Not Linked. Select a button to link/unlink that weapon. Select Done to return to the simulation. In the simulation, when you fire any linked weapon, all linked weapons fire at once. Z - Sends distress signal. After a period of time a ship will arrive and tow you back to base. Esc - Quit mission (counts as mission failure). F1 - Shows this help file. Plus - Speed up. Minus - Speed down. Up arrow - Dive. Down arrow - Climb. Left arrow - Turn left. -9- Right arrow - Turn right. Ctrl left arrow - Roll left. Ctrl right arrow - Roll right. Spacebar - Fires current weapon. Enter - Toggles current weapon. PgUp - Zooms radar out. Only works when current target is 0. PgDn - Zooms radar in. Only works when current target is 0. Tab - Toggles current target. Home - Maximum speed. End - Miniumum speed. 1 - View forward. 2 - View forward right. 3 - View right. 4 - View back right. 5 - View behind. 6 - View back left. 7 - View left. 8 - View forward left. ___________________________________________________________________ Joystick controls: Forward - Dive. Back - Climb. Left - Turn left. Right - Turn right. Ctrl left - Roll left. Ctrl right - Roll right. Button 1 - Fire current weapon. Button 2 - Toggle current weapon. ___________________________________________________________________ Thrustmaster Mark II Weapons Control System controls: GAMMA Wing provides complete support for the TM MKII WCS. A WCS configuration file (GAMMA.ADV) for GAMMA wing is included in the game. MKII WCS settings are as follows: Black hat switch - Digital. Red base switch - Analog (uses analog throttle). MKI FCS controls are as follows: Upper button - Toggle target. Middle button - Toggle weapon. Lower button - Toggle semi/fullauto. MKII WCS controls are as follows: Rocker position - middle (combat selections): Button 1 - Shields. Button 2 - Targeting computer on/off. Button 3 - Toggle displays. Button 4 - Hyper. Button 5 - Toggle autopilot. Button 6 - Toggle guncamera. Rocker position - up (information selections): Button 1 - Shields. Button 2 - Damage display. Button 3 - Fix damage. Button 4 - Weapon links. Button 5 - Orders. Button 6 - Tactical map. Rocker position - down (miscellaneous selections): Button 1 - Shields. Button 2 - Eject. -10- Button 3 - Distress signal. Button 4 - Pause game. Button 5 - <not used> Button 6 - Toggle autolanding. ___________________________________________________________________ Mid-mission refueling/rearming: Any time before a mission ends, you may land at any friendly base to refuel and rearm. To refuel/rearm, land at the base. An animation sequence will show you landing. The refuel & rearm screen will then appear. The refuel & rearm screen shows your energy, laser ammo, missiles, and credits. Select energy, laser ammo, or missiles to buy that item. Credits will be deducted automatically. Select Done when done. Next you'll see an animation sequence of you taking off again. You will then return to the simulation, refueled and rearmed, still flying the same mission. ___________________________________________________________________ Ending a mission: A mission ends when the mission is over (completed or failed) and you land at a base (by flying into it), when you're shot down, when you self destruct, eject, collide with another target, or when you quit by pressing Escape. When your mission is completed successfully, a "Mission completed" message will appear. If you fail your mission, a "Mission failure" message will appear. If you complete a mission, you must end the mission by landing at a base to get credit for completing the mission. If you complete a mission you'll get paid, based on your rank. You also get paid a small bonus for each enemy target you destroy. When you complete a mission you have a chance for promotion, and a chance that an enemy planet will be captured. When you fail a mission, your number of completed missions decreases by one, you have a chance of demotion, and a chance of a friendly planet being captured. If you complete a mission there's a chance your skill level will be increased automatically (game gets tougher). Likewise, if you fail a mission there's a chance your skill level will be decreased automatically (game gets easier). ___________________________________________________________________ Pilot stats and skills: Pilot stats and skills affect the game in the following ways: Quadrant - Which quadrant you are currently trying to secure. The game begins in quadrant 0. Once that is secured, you then begin on quadrant 1, then quadrant 2, etc. The overall objective of the game is to secure as many quadrants as possible. If you lose all quadrants, you lose the game. Rank - Affects mission difficulty, pay, combat victory bonuses, and radar range. Missions completed - You can only be promoted or capture enemy planets when you complete a mission. You can only be demoted or lose friendly planets when you fail a mission. Completing a mission has a chance of raising your skill level. Failing a mission has a chance of lowering your skill level. Combat victories - You get paid a small bonus for each combat victory. Each time you get a combat victory, there's a chance your dexterity will increase -11- due to combat experience. Skill level - The higher the level the tougher the enemy's tactics. Values range from 0 to 5. Affects the following aspects of target behavior: * Whether targets evade incoming fire. * How often targets fire. * Following speed for targets. How fast they fly when following you. At skill level 0 they fly past you at full throttle. At skill level 5 they stick to your tail like superglue! * Flyby distance. How far targets fly past you before turning. The higher the skill level the sooner they start their turn. * Turning speed. How fast they fly when turning towards you. The higher the skill level, the slower they fly - resulting in wide high speed turns at low skill levels, and tight low speed turns at high skill levels. * Flyby speed. How fast targets fly past you before turning. The higher the skill level, the slower they fly by. Credits - Used to repair your ship, refuel and rearm, improve your ship, training and classes, healing, and gambling. You can also be fined credits for damaging friendly targets. If you run out of credits, you must start a new pilot. Intelligence - Affects chance of promotion/demotion, and chance of passing skill classes. Dexterity - Affects chance to hit in combat. Health - How much damage you can take. Ship damage to the cockpit can injure or even kill a pilot. Health also affects your chance to survive ejection. Charisma - Affects your chance for promotion. Wounds - How much damage you've taken. Affects your chance to hit. If wounds equals health, you die. Pilot skill - Affects ship maneuverability. Medical skill - Reduces healing costs. Mechanic skill - Reduces cost of hull and energy cell repairs. Electronic skill - Reduces cost of avionics, shield, and radar repairs. Computer skill - Reduces cost of display repairs. Laser skill - Reduces cost of weapon repairs. Affects chance to hit with lasers. Missile skill - Reduces cost of weapon repairs. Affects chance to hit with missiles. Engineer skill - Reduces cost of engine and hyperdrive repairs. Affects ship speed. Leader skill- Affects chance of promotion/demotion. ___________________________________________________________________ The top 10 list: When you die, you have a chance to make the top 10 list of alltime best pilots. Position in the top 10 list is based first on quadrant, then rank, then missions, and finally on combat victories. ___________________________________________________________________ The character editor: The registered version of GAMMA Wing includes a character -12- editor (CHAREDIT.EXE). The editor can be run from the dos prompt by changing to your GAMMA Wing directory and enetering "charedit" at the dos prompt. It can also be run from GAMMA Wing by selecting Pilots-Edit from the Lobby. The character editor runs in VGA graphics, and requires a MS compatable mouse. When you start the character editor, the main menu will appear. Options are: Character name - Lets you enter a name for the character. Character names must be dos filenames, no extension. Stats... - Takes you to the stats menu. Skills... - Takes you to the skill menu. Weapon links... - Takes you to the weapon links menu. New - Clears all character stats. Load - Loads a character from disk. Save - Saves the character to disk. Quit - Quits the editor. The stats menu lets you edit the characters stats. Select a stat to enter a new value for that stat. Select Done to return to the main menu. The skills menu lets you set the pilot's skill levels. Select a skill to change its skill level. Select Done to return to the main menu. The weapon links menu lets you set the weapon links for the pilot's ship. Select a weapon to link/unlink it. Select Done to return to the main menu. ___________________________________________________________________ Index: Topic Page ---------------------------------------------- Ammo 8 Archive contents 1 Autolanding 8, 9, 10 Autopilot 8, 9, 10 Base 4 Casino 6 Chance to hit 12 Character editor 1, 6, 12 Charisma 12 Climbing 9, 10 Climb angle (Mark) 8 Cockpit 7 Combat victories 11 Computer skill 12 Config room 4, 7 Credits 1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 Current target 8, 10 Current weapon 8, 9, 10 Description 1 Dexterity 11, 12 Displays 7, 9, 10 Distress signal 9 Diving 9, 10 Ejection 9, 12 Electronic skill 12 Ending a mission 11 Energy 8 Engineer skill 12 Evading 8, 11 Exit 4 Features 2 Fix damage 9, 10 -13- Fixing indicator 8 Flying a mission 7 Fullauto 8, 9, 10 Game delay 7 Graphics 1, 2 Guncamera 5, 8, 9, 10 Gymnasium 6, 7 Hangar 4, 7 Heading 8 Health 7, 12 Help 4, 7, 9 Hyperdrive 9, 10 Installing 2 Intelligence 12 Joystick 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 Keyboard 4, 9 Landing 8 Laser skill 12 Leader skill 12 Learning center 6 Lobby 3, 4 Malfunctions 5, 8 Map room 4, 5 Mark 8 Mechanic skill 12 Medic's office 6 Medical skill 12 Memory 1 Missile skill 12 Mission status 8 Missions completed 11 Mouse 4, 12 Object of game 2 Orders 7, 9, 10 Parts shop 4 Pause 9, 10 Pilot damage 6, 12 Pilot skill 12 Pilot stats 6, 11, 13 Pilot's area 4, 6 Planets 2, 5, 9, 11 Quadrant 2, 5, 11 Quit mission 9 Quitting 4 R&R area 4, 6 Radar 8, 9, 11 Rank 11, 12 Rearming 11 Refueling 11 Registered version 1, 2, 13 Repairs 4, 5, 12 Running 3 Self destruct 9, 10 Semiauto 8, 9, 10 Setup 2, 7 Shields 8, 9, 10 Ship damage 5, 8, 9, 10, 12 Ship position 8 Ship stats 4, 6 -14- Sideview display 8 Skill level 6, 11 Skills 6, 11, 12, 13 Sound 1, 2, 3, 7 Speed 7, 9 Speedups 9 Support 1, 7 System requirements 1 Tactical map 9, 10 Target information room 4, 6 Targeting system 9, 10 Top 10 list 12 Throttle 7 Thrustmaster MK1 FCS 10 Thrustmaster MK2 WCS 3, 7, 10 Top 10 list 12 Turning 9, 10, 12 Unregistered version 1, 2 Video room 4, 5 View 9 Visual range 8 Weapon links 9, 10, 13 Wounds 6, 12 ___________________________________________________________________ -15-