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Bonzala (c) Axon Software 2000
http://www.axon.eurobell.co.uk
Win32 / DirectX
P200 / 32MB
Description
===========
Collect the hearts to win in a pliable immersive 3D roller coaster
arcade game. Single or multiplayer gameplay.
Startup
=======
Unzip the archive and place the bonzala folder wherever you want.
You will need to create a shortcut to the bonzala.exe yourself as
there is no convenient install utility yet.
Quick Problem Solver
=====================
There are several command line switches you can use to alter the
way bonzala uses your hardware. Create a shortcut and use the /?
switch to see what switches are available.
Just sky with no text visible at start up :
/a ( alternative font renderer ) switch may work.
Display / blank screen :
<Ctrl-F> toggles fogging.
It's too slow :
<Ctrl-B> toggles rendering of background. Also see DEPTH and
MESH explained below. The default settings are for a Pentium II
350 with i740 3D accelerator, so if you have a slower system,
be prepared to have to alter settings to make it playable.
'Error initializing DirectInput' at start up :
DirectX is probably not installed.
How do I uninstall it ? :
Just delete the bonzala folder.
Everything is black / white checkered :
You are probably running in a zip archive. Dearchive it to enable
it to find the graphics and sounds.
Why is it free ? :
It's still beta. However we will send you a top quality soft
furry gelper (tm) in return for 8UKP + 3UKP p&p. Email us at
sales@axon.eurobell.co.uk for more information.
The latest version and comprehensive technical support is available
at http://www.axon.eurobell.co.uk
Known Issues
============
The software renderer only draws properly when the desktop is set
to 16bpp. Other desktop bit depths will cause bonzala to draw with
all the colours incorrect and all squashed to the left hand side of
the window.
The software renderer is not perspective correct at the moment.
Certain older 2D only cards do not support 565 pixel format which
causes the software renderer to draw everything in distorted colours
which tend to look a bit psychedelic. There is no fix for this at
the moment.
Instructions
============
Once the game has loaded up, the cursor keys on the keyboard control the
menu system in the lower part of the screen. The menu is used to do the
following :
GAME-> EASY [Enter] Starts a new game with small number of bad guys.
> MODERATE [Enter] Start a new game with a medium number of bad guys.
> EXTREME [Enter] Start game with large number of bad guys.
> ABANDON [Enter] Quits the game.
LEVEL-> XXX [Enter] Previews [ and selects ] a new pseudo random level.
VIDEO-> STYLE-> BACKGROUND [Enter] Toggles rendering of background. Use to increase framerate.
> WIREFRAME [Enter] Toggles wireframe mode. Not available on software renderer.
> FOG [Enter] Toggles fog. Use to increase framerate.
> SCENERY-> XXX Selects amount of scenery. Changes in scenery are not visible until a new level is selected.
> PLAYERS-> Xxx Selects number of players and viewport orientation. Extra players are not initialised until a new level started.
> MESH-> XXX Selects the polygon sub division level. Use to increase quality of gameworld.
> DEPTH-> XXX Selects draw distance. Use to increase framerate.
> LENS-> XXX Changes camera view angle. Not very useful.
> SOFTWARE-> XXX Selects a software renderer resolution. The last entry in the list is windowed.
> ???????-> XXX Selects a hardware renderer resolution for graphics card ???????.
AUDIO-> XXX Change audio volume.
CONTROLS-> PPP-> XXX See keyboard controls for player PPP.
QUIT Return to windows.
Quick Start
===========
Locate the GAME->EASY option and press ENTER to start playing.
The idea is to get all the heart shaped things to complete the game. You
will need to use the swing bridges which are operated by letting your
flyer coast over the top of the red and white spinning discs whereupon it
will stop and your sideways direction controls will then operate the bridge.
To leave the spinning disc, just press the forward button and your flyer
will then be on it's way again.
Collecting a purple heart will cause the football shaped monsters
to temporarily shrink in size. While reduced, you can collide with them
without loosing any hearts you have collected. You can also get round them
where normally they would block the road.
Hide behind the red and white transporter barriers and the monsters will not
harm you when they come through.
Pressing ESCAPE at any time during a game brings up the menu again enabling
you to alter visual aspects, choose other levels or restart the game
you are playing.
ALT-ENTER will toggle between full-screen and windowed mode.
ALT-F4 quits back to windows.
License
=======
This software is supplied as is. Axon software can not be held responsible
for any damage or consequential loss to any system due to installation of
this software, although it will do it's upmost to ensure no damage can be
done.
You are free to copy and distribute bonzala as much as you like as long as
it is not for profit. If you are distributing it for profit, then you must
pay Axon Software 10% of the retail value of every copy sold. You are not
permitted to distribute versions with modified executables or modified
readme.txt files. You are however free to modify any other of the resource
files.
info@axon.eurobell.co.uk
http://www.axon.eurobell.co.uk