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Heretic II Demo README
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Welcome to the Heretic II Demo version. Before trying it out, please
take some time to read this file. I'll try to make it short, I
promise.
Demo Limitations:
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- This demo version only contains two levels of the game itself, one
tutorial level and two deathmatch levels. The final game will
contain around 30 levels, including more tutorial and deathmatch
levels.
- AHI Sound is not included in this demo, but will be available in the
final product. Note that AHI is still required for the movie
playback.
- Most of the spells and items are not available in the demo
version. Most notably, the more powerful weapons can only be
obtained in the full game.
- The in-game movie sequences and introduction movies are not included
as well. The final game will feature about five minutes of rendered
movies and numerous in-game cinematic sequences, with full speech.
Demo Requirements:
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- 603e or better PowerPC CPU (604 recommended but not required)
- 64 Megabytes of memory. More is recommended. See the file Memory.txt.
- About 75 Megabytes of Harddisk space.
- WarpOS V4 or better.
- AGA or Graphics card. A Graphics card is highly recommended.
- A Warp3D compatible graphics card plus Warp3D V3 for the MiniGL Renderer.
- AHI 4 or better.
Starting the Demo:
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To start the demo, either double-click the Run_HereticII icon, or
start the game from a shell by entering "Heretic2". Note that you need
to set your stack to 600000 for it to work. Starting from the shell
should look like this.
stack 600000
heretic2
If you start the demo for the first time, it is advisable to run the
Run_HereticII script, either from Shell or Workbench, since this sets
up a few basic things that the demo version needs.
Note that the demo requires the chunkyppc.library installed in
LIBS:. This library is included in the archive, but if you start from
the Shell, you will have to copy this to libs: yourself, or execute
the Run_HereticII script to have it copy the file automatically.
Playing the demo:
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After the title screens, you will be presented with the main menu. At
this time, you might want to take a walk through the different menu
options. If you have a 3D graphics card, you should go to the video
options menu and switch the "GL Renderer" from "Software" to
"MiniGL/Warp3D". Pressing Return will change to hardware
rendering. You might end up on the Heretic II in-game console. At any
time you may change back to the menus by pressing the ESCAPE key.
In the same menu you can configure the resolution the game should run
in. This is pre-set at 640x480, which will be a bit too much if you
are using software rendering. Try one of the lower resolutions if you
find the game is too slow. Note that using one of the "intermediate"
modes, like 400x300, requires you to have a screen mode defined for
this resolution. Screen modes are defined using the screenmode program
that came with your graphics card software, for example, CGXMode for
CyberGraphX or Picasso96Mode for Picasso96.
When a resolution is run for the first time (including at the start of
the game), a screenmode requester will pop up, asking you to choose a
screen mode. Always pick a screenmode with 16 bits, or an AGA mode;
anything else will not work. This requester will only pop up the first
time you switch to that mode; the selection will be saved for
later. The hardware renderer will pick a screen mode automatically,
since it must ensure that the game can run on this mode. This is done
through Warp3D's internal functions. You should never promote the
screens that Heretic II opens, since it might change screenmodes
during the game. If you have a promotion utility like NewMode running,
set it to "No promotion".
To start the game, enter the game menu and select either "tutorial" if
you want to have the game basics explained to you, or select one of
the difficulty levels below the tutorial to start the actual
game. Note that in the full version, starting the game will give you a
full length account of the background story, telling you what happened
between Heretic II and the first part, Heretic.
You should start the tutorial first to get yourself more familar with
the controls. Simply walk up to the open books to get hints and tips
on how to control your character. Note that you can change the layout
of the keyboard in the options menu. If you leave it as is, movement
is done with the cursor keys and the mouse, ACTION is mapped to space,
fire is mapped to the control key or the left mouse button, and jump
is the 'a' or '/' key (note that the '/' key might be on different
locations on localized keyboards).
We hope that you enjoy the demo. To purchase the full game, visit
Titan's web site at www.titancomputer.com.
For futher information about Heretic II and other games, please visit
one of the following sites:
www.hyperion-software.com
(german mirror www.hyperion-software.de)
www.titancomputer.de
For general Information on Heretic II visist
www.hereticii.com