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- Tutorial
- =------=
-
- * Load SunBurst by double clicking the !SunBurst icon. Sunburst will install
- on the icon bar.
-
- * Click menu on it and explore the available options. Noting the Status
- window and the information available there.
-
- * Click select on the icon bar icon to enter the game. You will receive your
- first mission and a few handy hints. Read them, scrolling the message down by
- moving the mouse, and clicking at the bottom of the screen to return to the
- game.
-
- * You may press F12 at any time (except when reading messages) to return to the desktop.
-
- * You are in flight mode; your ship is the one outside the green rotating
- space station. You may enter the space station by requesting docking
- permission and then moving into it.
-
- * Use the ZX/' keys to fly around for a while. You may shoot anything you
- like with the "Enter" key.
-
- Ship's Energy
- =-----------=
-
- * Note that when you shoot, your laser charge gets used up. When you stop
- firing, it recharges slowly. The rate of recharge is controlled by your
- energy levels.
-
- * Press the = key to increase your laser energy level. Note how the laser
- recharges faster, but your top speed has now been reduced.
-
- * Press <-| (Backspace) to increase the energy level to your engines. You can
- now fly faster again, but your laser recharge rate (and shield recharge
- rate) are reduced (possibly to nothing).
-
- * If you attempt to fire with no laser charge, a handy hint will appear at
- the bottom of the screen to tell you which button to press to raise the
- level.
-
- * The - key increases the recharge rate of your shields. Use the - = and <-|
- keys wisely to control the flow of energy around your ship.
-
- Targeting
- =--------=
-
- * Press T. This will set your current target to be the closest object. The
- small white cross flying round your ship points towards it.
-
- * Use R and Y to move through the targets available. Information about them
- is available in the target window at te top right. Your target will flash on
- screen and also on your close range and medium range maps (F9 and F10).
-
- * Use targeting to fly towards a distant object, and to target your missiles.
- (M to fire, if you have bought any).
-
- The Mission
- =---------=
-
- * Press F2 to allow you to read the messages you have received, and click on
- the message you got when you first started.
-
- * It tells you that you have a package and that you need to deliver it to
- Research1, a space station in the Void system. Click out of the message and
- click again at the bottom of the screen to return to the flight screen.
-
- * Press F1 to go to the status screen. In the middle of the screen, under the
- secondary systems heading, you should find that you have a parcel. If you
- click on it, then it appears in the secondary systems display to the right
- of te screen. It should say that its status is OK.
-
- * When you buy or receive new secondary systems, you can select them from
- here. However, you do not need to have them selected to activate them.
-
- * On the right hand side there should be a list of available targets. Move
- the mouse over them and watch the map change. Click on Research1. It will
- appear in your system target window at the bottom right.
-
- * Research1 is not in the Imperial system, so you will need to use a
- hyperspace jump gate to get to the void system. You must first go to the
- Imperial hyperspace jump station. Each system has a similar station which you
- must use to jump out of the system.
-
- (Cargo Ejecting)
-
- * On the ship status screen (F1) the left hand list shows all the cargo
- available. Unless you have picked any up, you shouldn't have any, and your
- hold will be empty. The space available is shown. If you click on a cargo
- type, then the next cargo you eject (with the tab button) will be of that
- type, if you have any.
-
- (Mission Continued)
-
- * Click off the bottom or right of the status screen to return to the flight
- screen.
-
- * Press F11 to choose the map of the current system. You are the blue
- flashing dot, the other flashing dot is your current system target, and it
- should be the hyperspace jump station.
-
- * On the system map, the hyperspace jump station is in the top left of the
- map. Imperial HQ, where you are now, is on the right middle. To move across
- the system map, you must point your ship in the correct direction (facing the
- way you with to jump) and then press the J button.
-
- * You will probably be too close to another space object. Fly away from them
- using normal power. Hold J down until you jump.
-
- * Continue to jump until you get to the hyperspace jump station.
-
- * NB The map wraps round the side, so you can jump off one side of the map
- and come back on the other to get to your destination quicker.
-
- * NB You cannot just FLY across the system map. You must do a jump to move
- about it. Space is very large!!!
-
- * When you are at the hyperspace jump station, dock by pressing D to request
- docking permission. Then run into the station.
-
- * Press F12 to return to the desktop and save your game using the menu
- option. This option is only available while you are docked at a station.
-
- * Click on the icon again and launch your ship. Press H to request a
- hyperspace jump gate. Fly into it. You will find yourself in the Void Station
- near the hyperspace jump station (Near on the system map).
-
- * Your system target should now show Research1. Fly towards it, and dock there.
-
- Read the ReadMe file to find out what the rest of the keys are and to learn
- some useful information about the game.
-
- Fri 24th April 1998
- Owain Cole (01:31am)