Documentation on the FADE TO BLACK game (PC DEMO version 0.90e) 26 june 95 This is a DELPHINE SOFTWARE game. ------------------------------------ *) INSTALLATION Put the CDROM in a CDROM drive and run the INSTALL command. INSTALL install the minimum files, and you need to have the CDROM in drive to play the game. Space necessary on hard disk drive : 12 Mb. If you have a sound card, run SETSOUND after installation of the game. WARNING : The destination directory must be a single directory like F2B or DEMO, and must not be like GAME\F2B or DEMO\F2B. ------------------------------------ *) STARTING THE GAME To start the game, type in the command F2B from the installation directory on your hard disk. If you have saved games, you won't see the starting cinematic scene. If you want to see it, remove your saved games (*.SAV) or move them to another directory. ------------------------------------ *) PARAMETERS -u Play no sound and music -c Don't play cinematic scenes -t Limit speed to 18 frame per sec (else 15 frame per sec) ------------------------------------ *) KEYBOARD KEY PLAY MODE _________ Your are in play mode when you can control the character. UpArrow : run Left,RightArrow : in game mode : turn left or right, in cupboard/cabinet mode : next or previous object, in inventory : select next object of current family of objects DownArrow : crouch, to avoid ennemi weapons Right Shift + UpArrow : Walk Right Shift + LeftArrow or RightArrow : Walk left or right Right Shift + DownArrow : Turn Page Up : Small walk Page Down : Small walk back I : Go to inventory. 5 on Num Keyboard : In game mode, go Map mode. Shift Right : In inventory mode : object info Shift UpArrow : in game : walk Shift Left-RightArrow : Translate left or right AltGr or V : gun out / gun in Right Ctrl or B : fire if gun out, otherwise throw handgrenade Enter : reload gun Space : operate lever, cupboard/cabinet, teleporter J : Jump (while standing up or walking). H : Far view or near view of conrad in static view. K : Far view or near view of conrad in gun out view. 4 directions on Num Keyboard : To look around 1,2,3,4,5 : in game : select the next object of the corresponding family of objects in inventory L : Load a saved game S : Save the current game Ctrl M : Mouse enable/disable (US keyboard) G : Change mouse mode (icon mode, pro mode) Ctrl U / Ctrl Shift U : Change mouse X sensibility Alt Ctrl U / Alt Ctrl Shift U : Change mouse Y sensibility Ctrl J : Joystick enable/disable F7 : Switch screen mode (320x200, 640x400, 320x240) (graphic card with VESA support and 5 Mb of RAM required for 640x480 mode) Ctrl R : Less brigth display Ctrl T : More brigth display Ctrl D : Draft mode (for slow PCs) F : Gourault / Flat polygons Ctrl L : Toggle speed limit to 15 or 18 frame/sec / no speed limit Ctrl S : Enable / Disable sounds and musics. Shift F1 : Reduce screen size (to have faster moves) Shift F2 : Grow screen size Esc : Go to main menu (save, load, ... options) MAIN MENU MODE ______________ Left,RightArrow : Turn the wheel. Up, down : Toggle save mode, load mode, menu. CUPBOARD/CABINET MODE _____________________ When you open a cabinet, you go to this mode. Left,RightArrow : Select next or previous object Space : Take the viewed object ESC : Close the cabinet INVENTORY MODE ______________ To open your inventory, press the I key at any time during play mode. Tab : Select next family of objects Left Shift-Tab : Select previous family of objects Left or right arrow key : change current object Enter : select the current object for use in PLAY MODE Right Shift : view the current object (to view a message, infos on object) ESC or I : Close the cabinet CINEMATIC SCENES ________________ R : Darker luminosity of screen. T : Brighter luminosity E : Reset luminosity ESC : Abort cinematic scenes, return to PLAY MODE ------------------------------------ *) MOUSE KEY You have two mouse modes : ICON mode and PRO mode. In play mode, you can switch at any time between the two mode by pressing G key ICON MODE _________ In general, right mouse button is used to return to PLAY MODE. In icon mode, you can drag icon by pressing Left Shift and Left button. Left Alt + Left button on icon : reduce icon size To read a message or view an object in inventory, left click in the wheel beetwin the hands of Conrad. In play mode, right mouse button not on an icon is used to take your gun out and fire. Click left mouse button and your can turn left or right. PRO MODE ________ Left button : Walk if you where standing up Operate lever, cupboard/cabinet, teleporter if you double click with gun in. Fire if you are in gun out mode (reload if no munition left) Right button : Run if you are walking Gun out / gun in otherwise If you are in gun out mode, to start to run quickly, you can press the right mouse button to get your gun in and then press the left key without releasing the right button. If you are in run mode you can take your gun out quikly by releasing the left mouse button before the right one. ------------------------------------ *) JOYSTICK Go to joystick menu in main menu to calibrate joystick before activating joystick. Press Ctrl J to desactivate joystick during game. When you restart game, you need to recalibrate joystick before activating it. Button 1 : Like keyboard space key or Fire if gun out (reload if no munition left). Button 2 : Gun out / gun in Button 3 : like keyboard space key Button 4 : like keyboard enter key If you move joystick left or right, conrad turn left or right. Little toward : walk, or small walk if gun out. Far toward : run Little backwark : small walk backward Far backwark : crouch If you have a Thrustmaster joystick, or Gravis Phoenix, or similar one, you can program the extra buttons of your joystick as you like to emulate keyboard keys. ------------------------------------ *) MINIMUM CONFIGURATION FOR ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCES - 486DX2-66 with 8 Mb RAM and 12 Mb free on disk - double speed CD-ROM drive (for cinematic scenes) - local bus video - install SMARTDRV with a size of 64 Kb ------------------------------------ *) BEST CONFIGURATION - pentium 133 with 8 Mb RAM and 12 Mb free on disk - quad speed CD-ROM drive - local bus video with true 32 bits SVGA card - 16 bits sound card with wave instrument synthesis - install SMARTDRV with a size of 256 Kb or more ------------------------------------ *) MEMORY PROBLEMS If you have an out of memory error try to run VIRT_F2B, it's a little slower and you need 8 Mb free on your hard disk for virtual memory, but you won't have any more memory error. INST_FUL copy all the files and you won't need to have the DEMO cdrom in drive to play the game. Space necessary on hard disk drive : 45 Mb. If you have no sound card, you can delete the following directory from your hard disk (if you need space) : DATA\SOUND\*.* DATA\DRIVERS\*.* If you delete these sound files, the minimum demo will take less than 4 Mb on your hard disk drive. ------------------------------------ *) OTHER PROBLEMS If you hear no sound : - run SETSOUND - activate the sounds by pressing Ctrl S during the PLAY MODE. If you cannot turn left or right with joystick : - desactivate mouse if you are in icon mode or change to pro mode to continue playing with joystick. - In the file config.sys the line FILES must be at least 40.