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- Safari Software Created by Patrick Aalto
- 10406 Holbrook Drive Music by U4ia (Jim Young)
- Potomac, MD 20854, U.S.A. Story by wReam (Raymond Bingham)
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-
- ** LINEWARS II **
-
- ABOUT THE GAME:
-
- LineWars II is a 3D space arcade game featuring high-res 256-color graphics,
- realistic lightsource shading, music, and sound effects. Linewars II
- consists of a demo, nine single-play missions, two two-player (modem play)
- game options, and two multi-player (local area network) game options.
-
- Requirements:
- ■ IBM AT-Compatible computer (386 or 486 highly recommended)
- ■ MCGA, VGA, VESA, S3 or Mach32 Graphics card
- ■ 128K - 640K of total RAM (depending on graphics mode and music)
- ■ About 600 kilobytes of disk space (either floppy disk or hard disk)
-
- Also supports:
- ■ Joystick
- ■ Mouse
- ■ ThrustMaster FCS (Flight Control System)
- ■ VESA-compatible SuperVGA (requires a 386 or better CPU)
- ■ S3 Accelerated SuperVGA (requires a 386 or better CPU)
- ■ ATI Mach8 or Mach32 Accelerated SuperVGA (on a 386 or better CPU)
- ■ Internal Speaker
- ■ Covox or other parallel port DAC sound device
- ■ Sound Blaster (with stereo sound on Sound Blaster Pro)
- ■ Gravis UltraSound (with optional Focal Point 3D sound)
- ■ Roland LAPC-I (or MT-32 or compatible)
- ■ Roland SCC-1 (or other General Midi synth)
- ■ COM ports (supports also NS16550A and IBM Type 3 UARTs)
- ■ Any file sharing network protocol
-
-
- HOW TO START
- ============
-
- Before playing, you need to configure the game for your hardware. You can
- do this either by typing "LW2 CFG" or by typing just "LW2" and selecting the
- first menu option "Configure LineWars II". Go thru the menu choices and
- select the hardware you have. Remember to press F1 for help any time you
- are in doubt!
-
- Note: YOU DO NOT NEED TO CONFIGURE EVERYTHING AT ONCE. Also, if you play
- the game without configuring, it should work fine, but you'll
- miss the music, sound effects, and high-resolution graphics.
-
- Once you've configured the game, you'll be able to start playing. Type
- "LW2" and select the mission you wish to play. If the game does not start
- properly, you probably have given an incorrect piece of information in the
- configuration, so run the configuration again to remedy this.
-
- Modem Play
- ==========
- To play a two-player game of Line Wars II over a modem, type "LWMODEM"
- and enter the settings for your modem and the telephone number of the
- person with whom you will be playing. The defaults will work for
- most Hayes-compatible modems. For more details about playing the
- modem missions, refer to the "LWMODEM.DOC" file.
-
-
- CONTROLS
- ========
-
- This is a list of the default keys used to control LineWars II. You can
- change the laser and missile keys on the configuration screen. If you do
- this, you can see what your new choices are by pressing F1 in the game
- to view the key help page. You can also use mouse or joystick for the ship
- controls.
-
- Key Purpose
- ----------- ----------------------------------------------
- Up Arrow......Dive
- Down Arrow....Rise
- Left Arrow....Turn LEFT
- Right Arrow...Turn RIGHT
- Ins...........Rotate counterclockwise
- Del...........Rotate clockwise
- Alt...........Fire lasers
- Ctrl..........Launch a missile (when a target in crosshairs)
- F1............Select help or info page
- F2............Look forward / aft
- F3............Teleport into another ship
- F4............Recenter (calibrate) joystick or mouse
- Escape........Quit the game
-
-
- THE STORY
- =========
-
- Recently receiving your Fighter Pilots License, you are assigned to guard
- a remote outpost in the obscure Deneb star system. The more seasoned pilots,
- you would normally have as comrades, have been assigned to locate the rebel
- pirate base, rumoured to be hidden near a neighbouring star system.
-
- Since no pirate activity has been detected in your assigned system for many
- years, StarBase Captain Wanobi has decided to keep only you and the 110-year
- old cyborg, Sir Dak Wyntol, who was a fighter in the historical battle at
- Aldebaran, to protect the StarBase.
-
- You are virtually alone on the StarBase when SpaceWatch sensors detect an
- asteroid storm coming straight towards the StarBase! You must launch
- immediately to protect the base from being hit by asteroids.
-
- As you are boarding your ship, Captain Wanobi says, "I will recommend your
- promotion and transfer to the Princess Royal Guard, if you can save our base."
- The promise seems incredible since the Royal Guard is the most highly covetted
- post that a fighter pilot can possibly imagine!
-
- You board your ship and launch to destroy the asteroids. You are determined
- to save the base, even though the mission seems quite impossible. Soon after
- your launch Sir Dak Wyntol will launch to help you, though nobody expects him
- to be of any help.
-
- Continued on Mission 1: "The Asteroid Storm"...
-
-
- FILES IN THE LINEWARS II PACKAGE
- ================================
-
- LW2.COM LineWars II launcher program.
-
- LWMODEM.EXE Modem setup program for playing Line Wars II in
- two-player modem mode.
-
- GRAVIS3D.LW2 Focal Point 3D sound file to enable LineWars II to
- play 3D-soundeffects on a Gravis UltraSound card.
-
- HELPME.DOC This quick-help file that you are currently reading.
-
- HELPME.EXE Program to display HELPME.DOC in a user-friendly
- manner.
-
- LW2.DOC Very detailed documentation about LineWars II.
-
- LW2U.DAT Main program code.
-
- SPEAKER.LW2 Add-on sound driver for your PC internal speaker. If
- you do not have any sound cards but wish to hear the
- music and soundeffects, rename this file to SOUNDDRV.LW2
- (give a command "REN SPEAKER.LW2 SOUNDDRV.LW2" in DOS)
- and select SOUNDDRV.LW2 in LineWars II Configuration.
-
- UNIVBE41.ZIP Universal VESA TSR version 4.1. If your Super-VGA
- card does not have a VESA bios, using the program
- in this package will most likely make your SVGA
- card able to run LineWars II in VESA mode. See the
- documentation in the package for details.
-
-
- CREDITS
- =======
-
- Programming............Patrick Aalto
- Music..................U4ia (Jim Young)
- Story..................wReam (Raymond Bingham)
- Title Screen...........Robert Allen
- Modem setup program....Ammon Campbell
-
-
- MEMBER, ASP
- ===========
-
- This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principal
- works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
- with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
- help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute with an ASP member,
- but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write
- to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskogeon, MI 49442-9427 or send
- a Compuserve message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
-
-
- CALL SAFARI'S HOME BBS
- ======================
-
- Exec-PC
- Phone: (414)789-4360
-
-
- With over 280 phone lines, you'll never get a busy signal at Exec-PC!
- Free access on first call.
-
-
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-
- Thank you for playing! The crew at Safari Software and Patrick Aalto both
- hope you enjoy LineWars II.
-
-