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- Trick Shots
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- The Virtual Pool Demo contains several sample Trick Shots which you
- can load to view or practice. To load a trick shot, first open the
- Main Pool menu by pressing ESCape, or clickng the right mouse button.
- Select "GAME SETUP" and the Game Setup Menu will open. From this
- menu select "Practice/Trick Shots" and then select OK. The game will
- then switch to Practice/Trick Shots Mode. Now press ALT-L to bring up
- the Trick Shot menu. Simply select a trick shot from the list and
- it will be loaded in Virtual Pool.
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- When a Trick Shot is first loaded, the game will be in VIEW Mode; so
- you can move around the table as you wish without affecting the shot.
- You may wish to turn on Tracking (T) at this point to see the finer
- details of the shot. When you want to see the shot in action, press
- (R) to replay the shot. To speed up the replay rate, press the + key;
- to slow down the replay rate, press -. The current replay rate is
- shown on the right side of the status bar. Available replay rates are
- 1/4, 1/2, 1/8 speeds and 1, which is full speed. The replay rate can
- be adjusted at any time, even during a replay. After watching the
- shot replay, type (U) to Undo the shot to it's starting position. You
- may replay the shot and undo as many times as you wish in this manner.
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- When you're ready to try the shot yourself, type (A) to switch to Aim
- mode, then press and hold (S) and use your mouse to attempt the shot.
- If you accidently move the Aim before you're ready to shoot, simply
- type (U) to undo the shot to it's starting position.
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- Included in the CD-ROM version of Virtual Pool are over 60 trick shots,
- all detailed in Live Action Video by Lou "Machine Gun" Butera, as well
- as saved Trick Shot Setups in the game.
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