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- (version 2.1)
-
- About BEYOND
- BEYOND was begun by Michael Horton in January 1997. It was originally
- planned as a simple exercise in vectored thrust and spacecraft movement
- that behaved as actual spacecraft would, drifting instead of stopping
- if the pilot isn't thrusting.
-
- version 1 was released in mid 1997, by which time I had become a
- member of Ben Blazely's company, Cyvoc Studios. The first scenario was
- released at the same time as the game.
-
- Version 2.0 was released in late 1997. More scenarios were
- released at the same time. They are available from the Cyvoc Studios
- web site: www.cyvoc.home.ml.org
- The scenario editor is also available for download.
-
- Version 2.1 was released in early 1998, when several bugs were
- discovered in version 2.0.
-
- BEYOND is freeware: use it all you like, give it to all
- your friends, make lots of copies, I won't complain. However, I would like
- to hear from you if you like/dislike BEYOND and why. Also, if you find any
- bugs (Actually they're undocumented features). I'd also like to know how
- much interest there is in the scenario editor. So, if you're interested,
- contact me. You can reach me through E-mail.
- (mhorton@vision.net.au)
-
- Note: you can get help on the game by viewing the files
- flight.txt (for general flight help)
- landing.txt (for planetary view help)
- and talking.txt (for help on talking to people)
- These can be accessed during the game by pressing F1 while in the appropriate
- place. You can access help specific to the scenario by pressing F2 while in
- flight.
-
- THE CREDITS
- CONCEPT - David & Michael Horton
- DESIGN - David & Michael Horton
- PROGRAMMING - Michael Horton
- SPECIAL EFFECTS - Michael Horton
- COMPOSER - Michael Horton
- GRAPHICS ROUTINES - Asphyxia
- SOUND ROUTINES - Antares
- CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM - David Horton & Luke Vos
- SPECIAL THANKS - Ben Blazely
-
- TECHNICAL PROBLEMS
- BEYOND requires a VGA or better screen, at least 400K low memory, a
- mouse and a 75Mhz or better CPU.
- The music requires an Adlib sound card or better.
-
- IF THESE REQUIREMENTS MAKE NO SENSE TO YOU
- If you bought your computer during or after January 1996, it will probably
- run BEYOND fairly well. If you bought your computer before that time, it
- will run BEYOND poorly or not a all. If there is an LED display on the front
- it should read at least 75 for BEYOND to run acceptably.
-
- If BEYOND locks up or crashes during startup, make sure that the mouse is
- active. If it keeps crashing, try running the batch file NOSOUND, which
- runs BEYOND without the music.
-
- If BEYOND 'crashes' during normal flight, or if it brings up a file error,
- it probably means there is an error in the scenario you're running. Contact
- the scenario designer and tell them about it.
-
- If the title sequence works but you get the message 'There are no files
- with the extension *.BSC in the current directory' you do not have any
- scenario files installed.
-
- DISCLAIMER
- The author of this program is not responsible in any way for damages
- occuring to you or your computer through the use of BEYOND or the BEYOND
- scenario designer.
-
- (Sorry about that, but I had to say it.)
-
-