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STAR TREK (TM): STARSHIP CREATOR
Preview Version
1. About this Preview
2. Installation
3. Quick Start Tips
4. Support
1. About this Preview_______________________________________
Welcome to this Demonstration of Starship Creator. With it you can log in as a
Starfleet Admiral to create your own versions of official Federation starships and
run them in simulated missions to test your designs. All your designs will be
automatically saved, as will the outcome reports from your missions.
Naturally, since this is a demonstration created during development of the
final product, some of the things you can do here are limited.
Only one of the vessel classes (Galaxy) is available for building. Two simple
missions are available to you. (You need to change your experience level on
the Options screen to find both of them.). The demo missions are pre-set to run
faster than real- time. Certain of the sound features are disabled. Here and
there other interface features may be disabled. You'll hear a special sound if
you try to activate them.
In the full version (see ordering info below), you get:
* 7 classes of Starships to choose from (Galaxy, Constitution, Excelsior,
Sovereign, Defiant, Intrepid, Miranda)
* You can print out two views of your ships, as well as all of its system stats.
* There will be twenty missions (not two), and you will be able to write your own,
or import a friend╒s.
* You will be able to import your own picture and bios ╨ make your friends and
family the crew of your ship!
* Run missions together with a friend over a local area network or modem to
modem!
2. Installation____________________________________________
Run "SETUP.EXE".
System Specifications
Required:
80 MHz or Faster
Windows 95
Mac OS 7.5 or later (PowerPC) (release version)
14 mb free memory minimum
Double-speed or faster CD-ROM drive
25 MB free space on Hard Disk
640 X480 Capable color monitor
Thousands of colors
Recommended:
200 MHz or Faster
Windows 95
Mac OS 7.5 or later (PowerPC) (release version)
24 mb free memory minimum
(without Virtual Memory on)
8X or faster CD-ROM drive
25 MB free space on Hard Disk
640 X480 Capable color monitor
Thousands of colors
3. Quick Start Tips________________________________________
Follow these steps to get started...
On the OPTIONS screen, in the Control Panel, is a HELP button. Activating
HELP causes short tips about most of the interface widgets to appear in the
header bar next to the screen name.
1. OPTIONS
Login as a new user or pick the existing name. Click on EXPERIENCED if you
wish.
Click PROCEED (hiding behind the control panel, open it with the arrow) or go
to...
2. DESIGN: CLASS SELECTION
Scroll to the Galaxy Class ship shape and click on it. Click STRUCTURE
3. DESIGN: STRUCTURE
Try dragging parts from the three frames onto the large image of the ship.
Click ASSEMBLE STRUCTURE
4. DESIGN: STRUCTURE
The 3D model can be rotated if you click and drag on the
image. You can zoom in and out on the model:
Windows: right-mouse drag
Mac: holding down the CONTROL key) and drag
Click NAME YOUR SHIP
4. DESIGN: STRUCTURE: NAMING
Type a name of 12 chars or less.
Note: "U.S.S." is added automatically.
Click APPLY
Click CONFIRM NAME AND STRUCTURE
To move on, click SYSTEMS
5. DESIGN: SYSTEMS
Select a Primary System from the left popup, then an individual Subsystem from
the right popup.
(While working on your ship, the SHIP INFO button in the control panel presents
a window with a list of systems you've added.)
6. CREW
This area has two screens. One for crew assignment, and
another for proportioning your crew among the various disciplines. (The actual
number of crewmembers is determined by what kind of Living Quarters you
have chosen. Find that in the Support systems popup on the Systems screen.)
TO LAUNCH A MISSION________________________________________
1. FLEET
Click on a ship.
Click on a mission name. Click MISSION PROFILE to read about it.
Click ASSIGN MISSION
You will automatically be brought to... 2. MISSION
Click DO MISSION
TO REFIT or FINISH A SHIP__________________________________
1. Make sure you are logged-in as the appropriate User.
2. In DESIGN: CLASS SELECTION choose Fleet (rather than Class) from the
Control Panel.
3. Select the ship you want to work on.
4. Go to SYSTEMS or STRUCTURE or CREW to revise its parts.
We hope your experience with this demo is trouble-free. But if you have any
problems, after having read through this message,
Technical Support is available through SSIMEDIA@PRENHALL.COM
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Published by Simon & Schuster Interactive, a division of Simon & Schuster,
the publishing operation of Viacom Inc.
1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
STAR TREK (TM) and (C) 1998 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
STAR TREK and Related Properties are Trademarks of Paramount Pictures.
(C) 1998 Simon & Schuster Interactive, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc.
Microsoft and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
QuickTime, the QuickTime logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of
Apple Computer Inc. Used under license.
Made with Macromedia, a trademark of Macromedia, Inc. All rights reserved.
Developed by IMERGY(R) www.imergy.com.
IMERGY is the registered trademark of The Imergists, Inc.
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