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Wing Commander IV PCCD Demo
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(C) 1995, Origin Systems, Inc. This document may not, in whole or part,
be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any
electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent, in
writing, from Origin Systems, Inc.
Origin Systems, Inc. believes the information contained in this document
is accurate and reliable. Origin Systems, Inc. reserves the right to
update this manual at any time and without notice.
This file will be updated continuously and can be found on our BBS
512-346-2BBS (2227) & on the Internet (ftp.ea.com
/pub/patches/wc4demo.txt).
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This help file has been provided as documentation for Wing Commander IV.
It details key commands, features, and the most common questions asked
and their answers.
To print a hardcopy of this file, at the DOS prompt, change to the drive
of your CD-ROM drive (i.e. "D:") and type :
PRINT README.TXT [ENTER]
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Index
[1.0] General Notes
[1.1] About Wing Commander IV
[1.2] Features
[1.3] Scores to beat...
[1.4] Tips on Gameplay
[2.0] System Requirements
[3.0] Boot Disk Configuration
[4.0] Install Program
[4.1] Joystick Calibration
[4.2] CPU Benchmark
[4.3] Video Benchmark
[4.4] CD-ROM Benchmark
[4.5] Sound Card Compatibility
[5.0] Game Controls
[6.0] Troubleshooting
[6.1] General Info
[6.2] Questions and Answers
[6.3] Known Problems
[6.4] Problem CD-ROM drivers and their updates
[7.0] Windows and OS/2 Compatibility
[8.0] Miscellaneous
[8.1] Can I play the game from my hard drive?
[8.2] Can I change the time limit?
[8.3] What files accompany the Wing IV Demo?
[9.0] Origin Catalog
[10.0] Origin Customer Service/Technical Support
[11.0] Disclaimer
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[1.0] General Notes
[1.1] About Wing Commander IV
Welcome to Wing Commander IV. This latest installment in the
Wing Commander series puts you back in the shoes of the Terran
Confederation's Colonel Christopher Blair, to investigate the
skirmishes with our long-time allies, The Border Worlds.
This demo has a promotional trailer which loops endlessly or until
the Escape key is pressed, at which point the Demo switches to
gameflow mode. From gameflow, one can choose to fly the demo mission
or review the trailer. Upon completion of the Demo Mission or hitting
ALT-Q, the demo returns to gameflow.
When you select to fly the demo mission, you will be at the helm of
the Confederation Hellcat. The mission has a default time limit of 5
minutes. You start on the BWS Intrepid. Use A to take off from the ship,
or fly out manually by using + to increase your speed. The control type
selected in the install program will be used to maneuver your ship.
To autopilot to where the enemies are, press A once. You will
see a view of your ship flying by on its way to the enemy. Once you
reach the second action sphere, a pirate frigate and its escorts will
be continually jumping in until the time limit expires, or you die.
The circular display with the red dots on it is your radar.
If you maneuver the ship so that one of the dots is in the center,
you should be able to see it in front of you. It will be bracketed
by a red box. Maneuver each of the enemies into the crosshairs on
the screen and fire. If you hit them, you will see a blue shield
effect. Fire until their ultimate destruction! You can also fire
missiles at it using the Enter key or by pressing both buttons on
the joystick.
If the screen appears too bright, try pressing Ctrl and the Left
arrow key. If the screen appears too dark, try pressing Ctrl and
the Right arrow key.
To exit the Demo, press Alt-X from gameflow or spaceflight.
[1.2] Features
Wing Commander IV features many new improvements over Wing Commander
III. These include :
o Digital Music
o Realistic textures for the spaceflight objects
o Cool cockpit huds
o New weapons/missiles
o Improved movie player allowing the playback of 16-bit color/16-bit
stereo movies!
o New explosion effects
[1.3] Scores to beat...
So, you think you're pretty good, eh? You pathetic descendant of MONKEYS!
Beat these kill scores! (See the notes at the bottom...)
KILLS (@) KILLS (#)
Anthony L. Sommers (asommers) 20 12
QA Project Leader
J. Allen Brack (Number One) 19 12
QA Assistant Project Leader
Todd Wachhaus (Viper) 21 12
QA Assistant Project Leader
@ - Battle was ACE AI, any guns, NO missiles, no invulnerability,
collisions ON, default timer (5 minutes), score was represented by the
kill counter.
# - Battle was ACE AI, Stormfire ONLY, NO missiles, no invulnerability,
collisions ON, default timer (5 minutes), score was represented by the
kill counter.
[1.4] Tips on Gameplay
1) Balance your power settings at the start of the mission
2) Switch to full guns and synchronize (CTRL-G)
3) Watch out for those rear turrets on the Tbolts!!! Ouch!!!
4) As soon as you finish one fighter, immediately move to another!
5) You've got to know when to use afterburners, especially when tailing
fighters...
6) Be careful not to ram the enemy ships, you get no kills that way.
7) Have fun! It's only a game... -ALS, TAW & JAB
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[2.0] System Requirements
Wing Commander IV CD-ROM system requirements (which are absolutely
needed to play the game) :
i486DX2/66 Processor or higher
8 MB of RAM (7 MB of XMS)
360K Conventional Memory
MS-DOS 5.0 and up
Double Speed CD-ROM Drive (300,000 bytes/second transfer rate)
VESA Local Bus Video Card
100% Microsoft compatible mouse
20 MB of free hard disk space
System Recommendation - VGA :
i486DX2/66 Processor or higher
16 MB of RAM (15 MB of XMS)
500K Conventional Memory
Quad Speed CD-ROM Drive (600,000 bytes/second transfer rate)
VESA Local Bus Video Card
100% Microsoft compatible mouse
20 MB of required hard disk space
Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound card for Digital FX/Music
Joystick
System Recommendation - SVGA/Optimal :
Intel Pentium 75 MHZ or higher
16 MB of RAM (15 MB of XMS)
500K Conventional Memory
Quad Speed CD-ROM Drive (600,000 bytes/second transfer rate)
PCI SVGA video card
100% Microsoft compatible mouse
20 MB of required hard disk space
Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound card for Digital FX
Joystick (Flightstick Pro or Thrustmaster)
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[3.0 ] Boot Disk Configuration
Almost all problems can be solved by making a boot disk for Wing
Commander IV. Regardless of the total amount of RAM and/or conventional
memory, processor speed/power, etc., the boot disk will set up your
computer specifically to run Wing Commander IV. Expanded Memory
Managers (EMM386, QEMM386, 386MAX, NETROOM, etc.) are not needed and if
configured incorrectly, will often conflict with our own protected mode
memory manager.
It is recommended that you create a floppy boot disk for Wing Commander
IV. If you have a blank floppy disk for your A: drive, the program
BOOTDISK.EXE can be used to assist you. BOOTDISK.EXE examines your hard
drive CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and determines the best configuration
for running Wing Commander IV. All you have to do is pu