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Minimum configuration:
To run this Demo you need :
- DirectX 7.0a or above
- Pentium II 266MHz or 100% compatible with 64MB, 4MB Graphic or above
This Demo may cause some graphic problems with an I740 Graphic chipset.
Game controls:
Left mouse click / right mouse click
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Left mouse click
Clicking the left mouse button in the game normally initiates an action,
i.e. the character currently selected will carry out an action. This mouse
button usually indicates a "POSITIVE" action.
- Right mouse click
Clicking the right mouse button normally cancels an action in the game, i.e.
you stop the action currently selected (if it has already started) or you simply
cancel it (if you have selected an action but not yet carried it out). Pressing Return
also skips single sentences in the dialogue. The right mouse
button usually indicates a “NEGATIVE” action.
Navigation using the camera
- Move image selection
Either press the relevant arrow key (up, down, left, right) to scroll the
image selection in the direction required, or move the mouse pointer to
the relevant edge of the screen.
- Zoom in / out
The [+]- or [-] button on the NUM block or the wheel on your mouse (if
it has one) can be used to zoom in or out on the image selection.
There are three levels of zoom available: normal (default setting),
zoom in and zoom out. Please note that you cannot zoom out of all the
maps due to their size (but you can still use the mini-map to obtain an
overview at any time).
- Switch to a specific PC
[*HW1]
A single click on the relevant game character or the character’s portrait
will change to that character, but the image selection will not be
centered on the PC just selected. A double-click on the relevant game
character or the character’s portrait will change to that character, and
the image selection will be centered on the PC just selected.
- Mini-map
Clicking on the [M] button or left-clicking on the map corner indicated in
the user bar at the bottom right-hand of the screen will open the mini-
map. This map displays enemy NPCs
[*HW2]
as pale red dots and your own
characters (PCs) as pale green and civilian NPCs as pale blue dots.
Stationary dots, shown in a mid-tone color, indicate that the character
is unconscious and/or captured; stationary dots in a dark color indicate
a dead NPC. Objects which can be collected are shown using a yellow
cross and obstacles which Cooper is able to hurdle are indicated by a
double arrow. In addition, the mini-map shows horses (brown dots) and
other animals (gray dots). To move the image selection displayed to a
specific point on the map, click on the relevant point on the mini-map.
To close the mini-map once again, right-click on it or press [M] once
more.
Setting a camera on a PC / NPC
- Set camera
Click on the padlock on the user bar at the bottom to change the
mouse pointer to a fixed question mark symbol with arrows pointing in
four different directions. When you move this onto a PC or NPC, the
camera will close in on that figure and the image selection will follow
the figure (the graphic in the user bar changes accordingly from an
open to a closed padlock).
- Deactivate set camera
If you have set a camera onto a person, simply touch the mouse pointer on
the edge of the screen to de-activate this function (the graphic will change
from a closed to an open padlock). You can also left-click on the padlock to
de-activate the set camera feature.
Selecting characters
- Select a character
There are three ways of selecting a character: either double- or single-
click as appropriate on the character or the character’s portrait, or use
the number keys from [1] to [6].
- Select multiple characters
To select multiple characters, hold down the [LSHIFT] key and press
either the number keys from [1] to [6] or click on the relevant portrait for
that hero or on the characters you want to select.
- Select all characters
To select all the characters in a scene, press the [A] key.
- De-select characters
To de-select all the selected characters at once, either press the [D]
key or right-click the mouse next to the characters. To de-select a
specific person, right-click on the character’s portrait.
Moving characters
- Go to a specific point
Select a character and click the left mouse button on the location you
wish to send the selected PC (if this location is not accessible for that
PC, the mouse pointer will change from an arrow to a cross).
- Run to a specific point
Select a character and double-click the left mouse button on the
location you want the selected PC to run to (if this location is not
accessible for this PC, the mouse pointer will change from an arrow to
a cross). If you are carrying another person however, (Cooper or
Sanchez), you won’t be able to run.
- Crouch
To switch to Crouch mode, either click on the ‘lying figure’ symbol in
the user bar at the bottom left of the screen, or press the [C] key.
- Stand up
To switch back to Normal mode from Crouch mode (i.e. to stand up),
either click on the ‘lying figure’ symbol in the user bar at the bottom left
of the screen, or press the [S] key.
- Go behind building