F-22 Raptor Playable Demo Readme Included in this file are the following sections: Playing a single player game: IMPORTANT KEYS GETTING OFF THE GROUND VMAX LANDING GEAR TIPS TO REMEMBER Playing a NovaWorld multiplayer game: MAKING AN INTERNET CONNECTION CONNECTING TO NOVAWORLD Technical issues: MUSIC JOYSTICK HATSWITCH ISSUE Product information: RAPTOR INFO BUTTON PURCHASING F-22 RAPTOR IMPORTANT KEYS: --------------- Pressing the "?" key in the game will bring up the Raptor Keyboard Help screen. This will show you most of the keys required to play the game. Additional keys include: The "SPACEBAR" fires the currently selected weapon. The "P" key lists the players involved in a multiplayer game. The first 32 names will be displayed on screen. Pressing the "UP ARROW" and "DOWN ARROW" keys will scroll through the list and show additional players. To scroll through the list quickly, use "CTRL" and "UP ARROW" or "CTRL" and "DOWN ARROW". Pressing "SHIFT T" in multiplayer allows you to send chat messages only to members in your squadron. GETTING OFF THE GROUND: ----------------------- To get into the action quickly, do the following: The first thing to do at the beginning of the mission is press the "BACKSPACE" key. This will turn your engines on and set them to afterburner. Once you reach about 150kts, press the "DOWN ARROW" key or pull back on the joystick. The plane will liftoff. Immediately press the "G" key to raise your gear and flaps. This will transition the Raptor from landing mode to attack mode. Press the "0" key on the keyboard (not the keypad). This will reduce your thrust to 100% (Full Military Power). Once you're in the air, follow the waypoint caret (the green arrow tracking the HUD compass) to the action! If (and when) you die, press ENTER to reset back to the runway. VMAX: ----- The structural limit of the F-22 airframe is based upon the pressure of air upon the frame of the aircraft. As you fly faster, pressure will increase. The structural limit, or "Q factor," is reached when the player exceeds 850 nautical miles per hour. A "VMAX" warning will appear on the heads-up display when a speed of 800 kts is reached. The "VMAX" warning gives the player an opportunity to reduce airspeed and avoid breaking up the aircraft. Once the F-22 has reached 850 kts, the aircraft will be destroyed, resulting in a terminal velocity dive toward the ground. LANDING GEAR: ------------- There is an option in the "Options" screen to enable or disable automatic landing gear retraction. If you enable this feature, the gear will automatically be raised when the F-22 reaches an airspeed of 250 kts. If you leave landing gear under manual control, your on- board computer will give you a "Check Gear" warning if you have not raised the gear when you reach a speed of 250 kts. Remember that the F-22 handles and operates differently with the landing gear down. Raising the gear tells the aircraft that it is now in "fighter mode". TIPS TO REMEMBER: ----------------- Remember that your weapons will not fire and you will NOT get the missile distance box on the HUD unless your gear is up. If you are unable to shoot, check to be sure your gear has been raised. 360 degree radar is available in certain missions as a result of an AWACS operating in the area. If your AWACS is destroyed, you will lose your 360 degree radar. This will make missions more difficult. MAKING AN INTERNET CONNECTION: ------------------------------ F-22 Raptor can be played multiplayer over the internet using Microsoft's DirectX5 or greater (see below). If you want to play a multiplayer game through NovaWorld, you must establish an internet connection on your computer. If you use a dial-up internet service, the dial-up connection window will appear when you attempt to JOIN an internet game. If it doesn't, your internet preferences may need to be changed. Open the INTERNET control panel and go to the CONNECTIONS page. The option "Connect to the Internet as needed" should be checked. If the connection box does not open automatically, you will need to make the connection before running the game. Open the "Dial-Up Networking" folder found in the Accessories Folder under Programs in the Start menu. Make the connection to your service provider. You can then run the game and play an internet game. DIRECTX 5: ---------- Playing F-22 Raptor on NovaWorld requires DirectX 5.0 or greater to be installed on your machine. If you do not have DirectX 5.0, you can download it from Microsoft. The URL for the DirectX5 user area is: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/enduserguide.htm CONNECTING TO NOVAWORLD: ------------------------ To play the demo version of F-22 Raptor multiplayer over the internet you will first need to log on to our Novaworld demo server. From the main menu, click on MULTIPLAYER. In the multiplayer menu, enter your pilot's name. Click on SEARCH. The name of the running games will be listed in the SESSIONS panel. Select the desired game and click on JOIN. In a R.A.W game you will find yourself on one of 2 teams, with the choice of being either a fighter or a bomber. Your objective is to destroy the opposing side's base. You will have a set limit of time to explore and enjoy a R.A.W experience. Deathmatch is a more traditional free for all. Takeoff and shoot down anyone else in the sky. You will also have set amount of time to enjoy the Deathmatch demo. MUSIC: ------ F-22 Raptor defaults to playing music using DirectSound. You may experience an undesirable side effect when using certain sound cards (notably some SoundBlaster AWE 32 and 64 cards). If you find that changing the volume of the music also changes the volume of the sound effects, you can either turn music off in the Options section of the game or you can configure the game not to play music using DirectSound. To change the game to not use DirectSound, exit the Raptor game and use any text editor to edit the file "RAPTOR.CFG" which is in the installed game directory on your hard drive. Find the line in this text file which reads: DIRECTSOUND = 1 Change the number 1 on this line to a 0 (zero) and re-save the file. Now when you start Raptor, all music will be played through Windows default drivers. If you experience any problems with music while playing a mission, you can turn the music off by pressing "T" to bring up the chat box and entering: midi off and pressing ENTER. You must type "midi off" in all lower case in order for it to work. JOYSTICK HATSWITCH ISSUE: ------------------------- If you are playing the game using a joystick which has a hatswitch, you may experience some problems with the hatswitch switching views when you have not pressed it. You can solve this problem by making a change to the joystick configuration in the Windows 95 control panel. Bring up the Game Controllers control panel, select the joystick and click on the ADVANCED window pane. Near the bottom of the window is a checkbox for 'Poll with interrupts enabled'. Turn this checkbox OFF. Your hatswitch should now work more reliably. RAPTOR INFO BUTTON: ------------------- The main F-22 Raptor menu has an information button to automatically launch the installed browser and connect to an information page. If your browser doesn't automatically launch, you can access the page directly with your browser by going to: http://www.novalogic.com/f22raptor/onlineinfo.htm PURCHASING F-22 RAPTOR: ----------------------- F-22 Raptor is available worldwide at major retailers. You can also find purchasing info on the NovaLogic web site: http://www.novalogic.com