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- Heretic II Demo README
- -----------------------------
-
- Welcome to the Heretic II Demo version. Before trying it out, please
- take some time to read this file. I'll try to make it short, I
- promise.
-
- Demo Limitations:
- -----------------
-
- - This demo version only contains two levels of the game itself, one
- tutorial level and two deathmatch levels. The final game will
- contain around 30 levels, including more tutorial and deathmatch
- levels.
-
- - AHI Sound is not included in this demo, but will be available in the
- final product. Note that AHI is still required for the movie
- playback.
-
- - Most of the spells and items are not available in the demo
- version. Most notably, the more powerful weapons can only be
- obtained in the full game.
-
- - The in-game movie sequences and introduction movies are not included
- as well. The final game will feature about five minutes of rendered
- movies and numerous in-game cinematic sequences, with full speech.
-
- Demo Requirements:
- ------------------
-
- - 603e or better PowerPC CPU (604 recommended but not required)
- - 64 Megabytes of memory. More is recommended. See the file Memory.txt.
- - About 75 Megabytes of Harddisk space.
- - WarpOS V4 or better.
- - AGA or Graphics card. A Graphics card is highly recommended.
- - A Warp3D compatible graphics card plus Warp3D V3 for the MiniGL Renderer.
- - AHI 4 or better.
-
-
- Starting the Demo:
- ------------------
-
- To start the demo, either double-click the Run_HereticII icon, or
- start the game from a shell by entering "Heretic2". Note that you need
- to set your stack to 600000 for it to work. Starting from the shell
- should look like this.
-
- stack 600000
- heretic2
-
- If you start the demo for the first time, it is advisable to run the
- Run_HereticII script, either from Shell or Workbench, since this sets
- up a few basic things that the demo version needs.
-
- Note that the demo requires the chunkyppc.library installed in
- LIBS:. This library is included in the archive, but if you start from
- the Shell, you will have to copy this to libs: yourself, or execute
- the Run_HereticII script to have it copy the file automatically.
-
- Playing the demo:
- -----------------
-
- After the title screens, you will be presented with the main menu. At
- this time, you might want to take a walk through the different menu
- options. If you have a 3D graphics card, you should go to the video
- options menu and switch the "GL Renderer" from "Software" to
- "MiniGL/Warp3D". Pressing Return will change to hardware
- rendering. You might end up on the Heretic II in-game console. At any
- time you may change back to the menus by pressing the ESCAPE key.
-
- In the same menu you can configure the resolution the game should run
- in. This is pre-set at 640x480, which will be a bit too much if you
- are using software rendering. Try one of the lower resolutions if you
- find the game is too slow. Note that using one of the "intermediate"
- modes, like 400x300, requires you to have a screen mode defined for
- this resolution. Screen modes are defined using the screenmode program
- that came with your graphics card software, for example, CGXMode for
- CyberGraphX or Picasso96Mode for Picasso96.
-
- When a resolution is run for the first time (including at the start of
- the game), a screenmode requester will pop up, asking you to choose a
- screen mode. Always pick a screenmode with 16 bits, or an AGA mode;
- anything else will not work. This requester will only pop up the first
- time you switch to that mode; the selection will be saved for
- later. The hardware renderer will pick a screen mode automatically,
- since it must ensure that the game can run on this mode. This is done
- through Warp3D's internal functions. You should never promote the
- screens that Heretic II opens, since it might change screenmodes
- during the game. If you have a promotion utility like NewMode running,
- set it to "No promotion".
-
- To start the game, enter the game menu and select either "tutorial" if
- you want to have the game basics explained to you, or select one of
- the difficulty levels below the tutorial to start the actual
- game. Note that in the full version, starting the game will give you a
- full length account of the background story, telling you what happened
- between Heretic II and the first part, Heretic.
-
- You should start the tutorial first to get yourself more familar with
- the controls. Simply walk up to the open books to get hints and tips
- on how to control your character. Note that you can change the layout
- of the keyboard in the options menu. If you leave it as is, movement
- is done with the cursor keys and the mouse, ACTION is mapped to space,
- fire is mapped to the control key or the left mouse button, and jump
- is the 'a' or '/' key (note that the '/' key might be on different
- locations on localized keyboards).
-
- We hope that you enjoy the demo. To purchase the full game, visit
- Titan's web site at www.titancomputer.com.
-
- For futher information about Heretic II and other games, please visit
- one of the following sites:
-
- www.hyperion-software.com
- (german mirror www.hyperion-software.de)
- www.titancomputer.de
-
- For general Information on Heretic II visist
-
- www.hereticii.com
-