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iM1A2 ABRAMS
America's Main Battle Tank
Designed for Windows 95
Copyright (c) 1996 by Interactive Magic, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
This product is being developed by Charybdis Enterprises, Inc.
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*** Version 0.941 Release ***
Demo Version
December 18, 1996
This is a demonstration based on a Beta version of iM1A2 Abrams. This
product is still under development and is subject to change.
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Installation
Select Start/Run... and select 'setup.exe'. Follow the instructions
given in the setup program.
This product requires Microsoft's DirectX v3 APIs to be installed on your
system before running the demonstration. There are two demonstration
distributions, one with and one without the DirectX APIs. Please be
sure you are using the correct distribution for your system.
Note: After installing DirectX v3, you should use the Joystick Control
Panel Applet to recalibrate your joystick to ensure proper setup.
Be sure to click 'Finish' from the Calibration dialog before using
the 'Test' option or the calibration may be incorrectly saved.
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Running the Game
To run the game, simply double-click on the iM1A2 Abrams icon in the
I-Magic Demos folder.
After the introduction screens, select 'QuickStart' to begin the
simulation. The player begins in the Tank Commander's position.
By default, Invulnerability and Unlimited Ammo are on for QuickStart
which only affects your tank. The forces on your team will all start
with Cease Fire orders, so you must go to the Map view and give them
Fire At Will orders if you wish them to fire on the enemy.
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Deinstallation
Select I-Magic Games/iM1A2 Uninstall.
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Screen Capture
The Print Screen key in Windows will cut a bitmap from the current window
image to the clip-board, which can then be pasted into a paint program.
Unfortuanetly, different paint programs will each have a different result
in image quality and coloring. It is also unclear that this feature will
work correctly with Microsoft's DirectDraw.
Therefore, a custom screen 'snap-shot' routine has been implemented.
To use this feature, press Ctrl-K and a SNAPXXXX.BMP file will be created
in the Abrams directory from the currently displayed screen. The BMP
files will be numbered in seqence from 0000 to 9999 automatically (if
a BMP file already exists, then that number will be skipped and the
next available number will be used).
Note: This will not capture images from the opening animation since
Microsoft's AVI system is active. The clip-board may be
successful at capturing animation frames.
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Release Notes
The 320x240 video mode will be available in the final product, but has not
been included due to a number of video driver issues that are being
resolved at this time.
Only a single simple mission has been included in this demonstration
which includes a few of the vehicles available in the game. A complete
list of vehicles available in the final game can be found in the 'New
Campaign' or 'Single Mission' screen by selecting the 'Archives'.
Desert schemes for the various models have not been included in this
demonstration to save space.
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