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- LWMODEM (1.05) Line Wars II MODEM SETUP HELP LWMODEM (1.05)
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- LWMODEM (C) Copyright 1994 by Ammon R. Campbell. Licensed to
- Safari Software, a division of Epic MegaGames, Inc. All
- rights reserved except as stated in the accompanying license
- agreement.
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- Refer to the "LW2.DOC" file for general information about
- Line Wars II.
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- 1.0 INTRODUCTION
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- 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.0 INTRODUCTION
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- LWMODEM is designed to automate the process of configuring
- and starting a two-player game of Line Wars II over a modem
- connection.
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- Before attempting to run Line Wars II in two-player mode,
- make sure it works on your computer in single-player mode.
- Once you are sure that Line Wars II works in single-player
- mode, you can prepare for a two player game by typing the
- command "LWMODEM" at the DOS prompt.
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- 2.0 CONFIGURATION SCREEN
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- 2.0 CONFIGURATION SCREEN 2.0 CONFIGURATION SCREEN
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- When LWMODEM is first started, it displays the modem
- configuration screen. The modem configuration screen allows
- you to change all of the settings that will allow your modem
- to work with Line Wars II in two-player mode. The
- configuration fields include the following:
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- Modem initialization command
- _____ ______________ _______ Modem initialization command
- This field contains the command that must be sent to
- your modem to properly initialize it. The default
- command works for many Hayes-compatible modems, but some
- modems require special commands to work properly with
- Line Wars II. For example, the US Robotics Sportster
- 14.4 needs to have the characters "&B1" added to the end
- of the default command in order for it to work with Line
- Wars II. If you experience repeated problems in getting
- Line Wars II to establish a connection between your
- modem and the other player's modem, refer to your modem
- reference manual for any additional commands that may be
- necessary for your modem.
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- Modem auto-answer command
- _____ ____ ______ _______ Modem auto-answer command
- This field contains the command that must be sent to
- your modem to place it into auto-answer mode. The
- default command works for most Hayes-compatible modems.
- If you experience difficulties in getting your modem to
- answer calls from the other player's modem, you may wish
- to try using the manual-answer mode instead.
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- Modem manual-answer command
- _____ ______ ______ _______ Modem manual-answer command
- This field contains the command that must be sent to
- your modem to tell it to pick up the phone line
- immediately. The default works for many
- Hayes-compatible modems.
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- Modem connect response string
- _____ _______ ________ ______ Modem connect response string
- This field must contain the message that your modem
- sends back to the computer to indicate that a successful
- connection has been established with another modem. The
- default of "CONNECT" works for most Hayes-compatible
- modems.
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- Connection timeout
- __________ _______ Connection timeout
- This field contains the number of seconds that your
- modem will wait to establish a connection with another
- modem after initiating a session on the "Session
- Options" screen (this is explained in more detail
- later).
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- COM channel
- ___ _______ COM channel
- Use this field to select which serial communications
- port (COM port) your modem is connected to.
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- COM speed
- ___ _____ COM speed
- This field contains a number indicating the speed at
- which data is transferred between your computer and your
- modem. This is commonly set to the same speed (baud
- rate) at which your modem communicates with the other
- player's modem, but may be faster if desired.
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- Hardware Handshaking
- ________ ___________ Hardware Handshaking
- Use this field to select whether the computer will use
- hardware handshaking when communicating to the modem.
- Set this to 'OFF' to disable hardware handshaking, or
- set to 'Use CTS/RTS' to enable hardware handshaking. If
- you are using a modem that is slower than 9600 baud or
- are connecting to another modem that is slower than 9600
- baud, we recommend that hardware handshaking be
- enabled. Hardware handshaking is not supported by some
- modems and serial cabling, so you may need to experiment
- to determine what is the best setting for your
- particular situation.
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- Mission
- _______ Mission
- Use this field to select which two-player mission you
- wish to play. In the shareware edition of Line Wars II,
- the only available choice is "Duel mode", in which you
- command a squad of Cobra fighters that is pitted in
- battle against another squad of Cobras commanded by the
- other player. In the registered edition of Line Wars
- II, another choice "Wing Mode" is added, in which you
- and the other player are teammates pitted in battle
- against another squad of enemy ships.
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- Telephone number
- _________ ______ Telephone number
- Select this field to go to the Telephone Directory
- screen. The telephone number that is hilighted in the
- telephone directory screen will show up in this field on
- the configuration screen, and is the number that will be
- dialed by your modem if you select the "Initiate a call
- to another computer" option on the Session Options
- screen.
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- START A LINE WARS II MODEM SESSION
- _____ _ ____ ____ __ _____ _______ START A LINE WARS II MODEM SESSION
- Select this field when all other fields have been
- configured as desired and you are ready to being playing
- a two-player game of Line Wars II using your modem.
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- To move the cursor, use the cursor keys or the tab key. To
- select a field for editing, move the cursor to that field
- and press the ENTER key.
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- To exit from LWMODEM, press the ESC key at the configuration
- screen. Upon exiting, any changes that you made to the
- configuration will be saved to the "LWMODEM.CFG" file.
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- 3.0 TELEPHONE DIRECTORY SCREEN
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- 3.0 TELEPHONE DIRECTORY SCREEN 3.0 TELEPHONE DIRECTORY SCREEN
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- The telephone directory screen maintains the names and
- telephone numbers of up to eight people with whom you play
- two-player games of Line Wars II using the modem.
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- The lefthand column displays the names and the righthand
- column displays the telephone numbers. To begin editing a
- field, move the cursor to the desired field using the cursor
- keys or the tab key and then press ENTER. When you are done
- editing a field, press ENTER again.
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- To select the telephone number that will be dialed when you
- start a Line Wars II modem session, move the cursor to the
- desired name or telephone number and press the F10 key.
- After F10 is pressed, you will be returned to the
- configuration screen with the selected telephone number
- displayed in the "Telephone number" field.
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- 4.0 SESSION OPTIONS SCREEN
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- 4.0 SESSION OPTIONS SCREEN 4.0 SESSION OPTIONS SCREEN
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- The session options screen is displayed after selecting
- "START A LINE WARS II MODEM SESSION" from the configuration
- screen. Session Options allows you to perform any of the
- following actions by moving the cursor to the desired option
- and pressing the ENTER key.
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- Initiate a call to another computer
- ________ _ ____ __ _______ ________ Initiate a call to another computer
- Select this option if you want your modem to call the
- other player's modem. Once this option has been
- selected, your modem will immediately dial the telephone
- number that was selected on the configuration screen and
- wait for the modem at that number to answer.
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- Wait for a call from another computer (auto-answer)
- ____ ___ _ ____ ____ _______ ________ ____ ______ Wait for a call from another computer (auto-answer)
- Select this option if your modem has auto-answer
- capability and you want your modem to answer when the
- other player's modem calls your modem. Once this option
- has been selected, the modem will wait until it either
- receives a call or the time specified by the "Connection
- timeout" field on the configuration screen has elapsed.
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- Answer a call from another computer (manual-answer)
- ______ _ ____ ____ _______ ________ ______ ______ Answer a call from another computer (manual-answer)
- Select this option if your modem does not have
- auto-answer capability. When this option is selected,
- it immediately picks up the phone line, so wait until
- the phone rings before selecting this option.
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- Return to configuration screen
- ______ __ _____________ ______ Return to configuration screen
- Select this option to cancel the Line Wars II modem
- session and go back to the modem configuration screen.
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- 5.0 AFTER THE MODEM CONNECTS
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- 5.0 AFTER THE MODEM CONNECTS 5.0 AFTER THE MODEM CONNECTS
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- After your modem reports that a connection has been
- established (whether your modem made the call or answered
- the call), LWMODEM will start the Line Wars II program
- (LW2.COM) in two-player mode.
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- At this point you should see the message "waiting for
- handshake" below the spaceship's viewscreen. This message
- should appear briefly and then disappear after your copy of
- Line Wars II begins to receive communications from the other
- player's copy of Line Wars II. If "waiting for handshake"
- does not disappear, it indicates that there is some problem
- with the connection between the two machines. It may be a
- problem of mismatched baud rates, error correction
- protocols, compression protocols, etc, which vary from modem
- to modem. Refer to your modem reference manual if "waiting
- for handshake" problems persist.
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- If everything has worked up to this point, the two-player
- game will begin. Piloting the ship in a two-player game is
- the same as in a single-player game, as are most other
- aspects of the game. For more details on how to play Line
- Wars II, refer to the "LW2.DOC" file.
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- NOW GO BLAST SOME COBRAS WITH YOUR BEST
- FRIEND, YOUR MODEM, AND LINE WARS II.
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