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- BEYOND ARMAGEDDON
-
- U.S.H.F.
- United States Hover Force
- Hovercraft Combat Training Simulator
- Version 1.1
- Copyright 1995 Future Simulations
-
-
- For Marshelle - Whose understanding and support greatly contributed to the
- completion and success of this project.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
- ==========
-
- Users of this software must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
- "U.S.H.F. is supplied as is. Future Simulations disclaims all warranties,
- expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of
- merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. Future Simulations assumes no
- liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use
- of U.S.H.F.."
-
-
- REGISTRATION INFORMATION
- ========================
-
- U.S.H.F. is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user
- for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not
- give it away altered or as part of another system. Anyone distributing
- U.S.H.F. for any kind of remuneration must first contact Future Simulations
- at the address below for authorization.
-
- After you have completed the "Basic Training" module, you will be ready for
- more challenging combat scenarios. "The Dogs of War", and "Operation:
- Gauntlet" are the next two training modules in the "Historical Missions of
- the U.S.H.F." series. The additional features and armaments, make gameplay
- even more exciting and challenging.
-
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of U.S.H.F. along to Your friends for
- evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy when they find that
- they enjoy it. Registration is only $20. All registered users will receive
- a printed owners manual, and a copy of the latest version of U.S.H.F.. In
- addition, you will receive two more training modules "The Dogs of War", and
- "Operation: Gauntlet" and you will be notified by mail as other training
- modules and program updates become available. They will be available to you
- for only a shipping and media charge. When registering please specify what
- size disk you would like.
-
- Please send your $20 registrations plus $3 shipping and handling:
-
- Future Simulations
- P.O. Box 43075
- Bakersfield, CA 93384-3075
-
- Note: California residents please add 7.25% sales tax.
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- ===================
-
- Minimum: Recommended:
- -------- ------------
- 486sx or better 486DX2 or better
- VGA Graphics Joystick
- 2500k Extended Memory Available Soundblaster or 100% Compatible Sound Card
- 3.5MB Hard disk space
-
-
- STARTING THE GAME:
- ========================
- Change to the directory where you have stored USHF (Usually "\USHF"), type
- "USHF" and press the ENTER key.
-
-
- KEYBOARD COMMANDS (During Demo):
- ================================
- C,c Cockpit instrumentation overview
- L,l Summary of last mission
- M,m Main Menu
- ESC Exit Menu, Exit program
-
-
- KEYBOARD COMMANDS (During Missions)
- ===================================
- +,- Increases/decreases range of radar display.
- <,> Increases/decreases mouse sensitivity
- C,c Cockpit instrumentation overview
- D,d Cycle through damage screens
- M,m Turret mode (Laser or Photon Cannon)
- P,p Auto pilot
- T,t Select target
- W,w Weapon select (Turret or Rocket)
- Esc Exit
-
-
- FUNCTION KEYS
- =============
- F1 Commands summary
- F2 Cockpit view
- F3 Chase view
- F4 Terrain detail (Low, High)
- F5 Terrain depth (None, Near, Far)
- F6 Goraud shading (On, Off)
- F7 Scanner Mode (Ships Only, Ships & Waypoints, All Objects)
- F8 Debris (On, Off)
- F9 Frames per second and mission time display
- F10 Turret camera/ Targeting system (On, Off)
-
- MENUS
- =====
- Press <M> to access the menu system. Navigate the menus by using the
- arrow keys to highlight the appropriate menu item and press <ENTER> to
- select it.
-
- MAIN MENU
- ---------
- SCENARIOS
- Select this item to choose from five different training missions.
- Press <I> to get a short overview of the currently highlighted scenario.
-
- PILOTS MENU
- This menu pops up automatically the first time you access the menu system.
- Position the highlight bar over an empty slot and press <N> to create a
- new pilot. Press <ENTER> to select your pilot and return to the main menu.
- To display a pilots statistics press <I>. A window will pop up that will
- contain the following:
-
- NAME: James
-
- OVERALL STATS:
- Time Logged = 00:44:41 (Time logged on simulator)
- Total Score = 00022615 (Total combined score)
-
- TRAINING MODULE STATS:
- Time Logged = 00:17:23 (Time logged for this training
- module. See LOAD MENU)
- -#- -A- -S- Time- Score (# = Mission Number
- 1 5 5 00:32 00640 A = # of Attempts at this mission
- 2 3 0 00:00 00000 S = # of times successfully completed
- 3 1 0 00:00 00000 Time = Best time for this mission
- 4 0 0 00:00 00000 Score = Best score for this mission)
- 5 2 1 04:19 07500
-
- Total Score = 00008140 (Total of all 5 scores from this
- training module.)
-
- OPTIONS MENU
- Use this menu to set up your sound card or to choose which device you will
- use to control your hovercraft. The simulator currently supports
- Soundblaster and 100% compatible soundcards and gameplay via joystick,
- mouse or keyboard.
-
- LOAD MENU
- Selecting this option will present you with a list of available training
- modules on your hard drive. Each training module consists of 5 related
- missions. You can select individual missions from the SCENARIOS option on
- the main menu. The shareware version comes with the Basic Training module.
- When you register you will receive two additional training modules, and as
- modules are created you will be able to receive them for only a small
- shipping and media charge.
-
-
- FLIGHT CONTROLS
- ===============
-
- HF-17 HOVERCRAFT FLIGHT AND WEAPON SYSTEMS CHARACTERISTICS
- ----------------------------------------------------------
- The flight model utilized in this simulation is unique. Many things have
- to be considered when piloting your hovercraft. As your hovercraft travels
- forward and builds momentum, it will continue to travel forward until
- gravity and wind resistance eventually slow it down. This effect is
- particularly evident when turning at full throttle. It is possible to be
- traveling forward with the nose of your craft pointed to the side until
- the thrust from the engines overpowers the momentum. Driving a wheeled
- vehicle on ice at high speed would be one example of a hovercrafts
- flight model. To make sharp turns, use reverse thrust, then turn. You
- will discover that you can maneuver very effectively using this technique.
- The turret mounted on top of your ship can rotate 360 degrees as well as
- up and down. When you have selected a target (By pressing joystick/mouse
- button 2, or <T>) the turret will begin tracking the enemy, and will attempt
- to acquire a clean shot at the target. The center display console displays
- a view from your turret camera, so that you will always be able to see what
- you are shooting at. In many cases you will be firing behind or to the side
- of you. Using the rockets is a bit trickier, since they are launched from a
- hard-point under your stabilizing wings, you must have your selected target
- directly in front of you long enough for the rockets seeker heads to lock on.
- For a detailed description of the cockpit instrumentation press <C>.
-
- JOYSTICK
- --------
- Forward Accelerate your hovercraft forward
- Backward Accelerate your hovercraft backward
- Left Rotate your hovercraft left
- Right Rotate your hovercraft right
- Button 1 Fire weapon
- Button 2 Select target
-
- Mouse
- --------
- Up Accelerate your hovercraft forward
- Down Accelerate your hovercraft backward
- Left Rotate your hovercraft left
- Right Rotate your hovercraft right
- Left Button Fire weapon
- Right Button Select target
-
- KEYBOARD
- --------
- Up Arrow Accelerate your hovercraft forward
- Down Arrow Accelerate your hovercraft backward
- Left Arrow Rotate your hovercraft left
- Right Arrow Rotate your hovercraft right
- CTRL Fire weapon
-
-
- CUSTOMER SUPPORT
- ================
- For any questions, problems or bug reports please contact:
-
- James Poelke
- Compuserve Id: 71561,3037
- P.O. Box 43075
- Bakersfield, CA 93384-3075
-
-
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ================
- SPECIAL THANKS TO:
- Terry Beesley
- Shannon Chilko
- Dolores Erberich
- Nicholas Erberich
- Bill Lafollette
- Mike and Mary Poelke
- Eric and Joshua Poelke
- Demetrius Shears
- Kyle Tillett
- and all others who have contributed to the success of U.S.H.F.
-