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Midnight Nowhere © 2004 by Saturn Plus. © 2004 by Tri Synergy and Buka Entertainment. All rights
reserved. Uses Bink Video. Copyright ©1997-2003 by RAD Game Tools. Inc. All other trademarks and trade
names are the property of their respective owners and Tri Synergy and Buka Entertainment make no claims
hereto.
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WARNING
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Description and software on the attached CD-ROM contain
proprietary information and are protected by the brand
name. Any full or partial reproduction of software
without written permission of “BUKA" is a violation
of copyright and is prosecuted by law.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
If you encounter difficulties while playing this game,
and cannot find a solution in this manual you can
request help via email: [email protected]. Please include
"Midnight Nowhere" in the subject line.
New information about this game, as well as our other
products, is available on our website: www.buka.ru
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CONTENTS
MINIMAL CONFIGURATION
RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION
INTRODUCTION
GAME SETTINGS
FIRST STARTUP OF THE GAME
HERO CONTROLS
Game cursors
Option buttons for specialized cursor
Working with notepad
Toolbar operation
GAME CONTROLS
MAIN MENU
Game settings
CREDITS
Companies:
"Saturn-Plus"
"Buka”
Operating System:
Windows®95 OSR2,
Windows®9 8 , Windows®2 000,
Windows®XP
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CPU:
PII-300 MHz
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RAM:
64 Mb
Video card:
nVidia Riva TNT
Sound Card:
DirectX 7 0 compatible
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CD-ROM drive:
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Free space on hard drive:
1,3 Gbyte
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Required software:
DirectX 7.0
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Recommended Configuration
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Operating System:
Windows®98, Windows®2000 ,
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CPU:
PIII-733 MHz
RAM:
128MB
Video card:
nVidia GeForce2 MX 32MB
Sound Card:
DirectX 7.0 compatible
CD-ROM drive:
16X
Free space on hard drive:
1, 3 Gbyte
Required software:
DirectX 7.0
Windows®XP
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INTRODUCTION
April 11, 2019
The Army seals off Chemoozersk. A state of emergency
has been declared, and the remaining population is
being evacuated and placed into specialized quarantine
centers. However, the killings continue.
March 14, 2019
Town of Ghernoozersk
Four badly disfigured human bodies were discovered
in a city basement. The victims were identified as
Medical Center mortuary, the
cold and silence is broken only by the humming of
refrigeration equipment.
At the Ghernoozersk
unemployed, homeless citizens of the town. The
previously accepted theory that they were victims
of a gangster showdown (by the so-called Razborka)
has not been proven.
Suddenly, the lights flicker on and off several times,
then die out. An electrical flash erupts from the
switch box panel, and amid the crackling of electrical
current, the lights fade and the refrigeration
compressors that cool the vaults containing the bodies
slowly wind down and stop.
March 17, 2019
The bodies of two young women were discovered in the
town park. Identification of these victims turned out
to be a complicated task. The Office of the Public
Prosecutor has not made a public statement regarding
the murders.
Cold, darkness and silence. There is a dull aching pain
all over my body. What is happening? Where am I? Who
am I?
March 19, 20)9
Gradually the feeling returns to my hands and I begin
to inspect the space around me. There is something
smooth and cold surrounding me. It appears that I am
in some sort of a bag.
Three more bodies are found, in various locations in
and around the town. Investigators now proposed the
theory that there was a serial killer on the loose.
numb and weakened fingers search for a way out.
Finally I am able to grasp the zipper at the very top
just in front of my nose.
As I unzip the body bag,
an unbearably bright light strikes my eyes!
My
March 26, 2019
Eleven more bodies are found in a one week period,
and panic has spread throughout the town of
ghernoozersk. The Federal Security Service has
dispatched a special task force to assist in theinvestigation.
As my eyes adjust to the brightness, I look around the
room, and see many tables with black plastic bags all
around me. I realize that I too am in the same type of
April 4, 2019
bag, on a table.
The total body count has now reached seventy-eight.
Many citizens of Chemoozersk are leaving town in fear
that they might be the next victim. The Investigation
team has failed to make any progress and the killer has
been extremely elusive. It has become clear that
Directly in front of me, I see plastic bars that are
dripping water.
As I stagger to my feet, grasping the edge of the
table, I wonder:
What has happened to me? I cannot
recall any details about who I am or the events
leading up to this horrific scene. I don't remember
emergency measures will be required.
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GAME SETUP
GAME SETTINGS
The "game settings" menu appears when the game is
started for the first time.
Insert the game CD into your CD-ROM drive. A menu will
appear on your screen, with the following options:
"Install game", "Enter game", 'Uninstall game". Select
the "Install game" option, which will launch the
installation and setup program.
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Setup program will prompt you to choose the directory
in which to install the game (by default "C:\Program
Files\Buka\MidnightNowhere" )
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directory if desired.
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After you select the installation directory, click
"Next >" . This will start the install process.
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You will be prompted to insert disc #2 into CD-ROM to
continue installing the program.
If you notice slowdown be sure to use hardware TNL
(hardware transformation and lighting) Players using a
GeForce graphic video card or older, should use TNL to
increase the speed of the game.
After the files are copied to your PC’s hard drive, you
have the option of adding a shortcut to the desktop.
Click "Finish >" to complete the installation process.
Triple buf ferization - triple buf f erization also
increases the games speed.
To start the game, insert disc #2 then select
the game" from the auto launch menu.
Compatibility with ATI Radeon chip - This should be
turned on only if the game speed is too slow. When
used on video cards with other chips the game becomes
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slower.
If Auto run is disabled on your PC (eg. nothing happens
when you insert the first CD) then follow these steps
to install:
32-bit color
3 2 -bit color enhances image quality, but
might lead to slowing down of the game.
Shades - Shadow shades of the Hero also might lead to
slowing down of the game.
Select " Start ", then select "Run" on the Windows .Start
menu. Then click "My Computer". Locate your CD-ROM
drive from the list of devices, and click the folder.
Then click Setup.exe to begin installing.
Video clips on - Enables video clips
Turn audio on - Enables
effects
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Turn muBic on -
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the in-game dialogues and sound
Enables the games soundtrack.
After the initial startup, the settings menu can be
found by running the config.exe application.
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HERO CONTROLS
TOOLBAR OPERATION
(Location for keeping objects that your character carries with him)
Left clicking on a selected space will move the hero to
that position (if it is possible). Left clicking
on an active object will make the Hero pick it up
or get information on that object.
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GAME CURSORS
The "Main Cursor" moves your character around the
screen.
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The "Main Cursor* will turn into other
"Specialized Cursors* when it is placed over
objects that your character can interact ("use",
"press", etc.) within the game environment.
A specialized cursor
indicates that you can
"examine," etc. any of the items or
environments within the game.
look",
The specialized cursor appears when you can
"take", "pick up" etc. items on the screen.
This cursor will appear first if an object can
be “taken" or "used".
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The toolbar is opened by a click on the right mouse
button. Items in the toolbar can be manipulated by
activating the "take" cursor. An object is then
selected with a click of the left mouse button. The
selected item will then appear in the top right hand
corner. This indicates that the object is in your
characters hands, and the "use" action can then be
applied to the selected item or other objects. The
toolbar is closed by a double right click. Placing an
object back into a closed toolbar is done with a right
click. The same actions apply to an object when it is
in the toolbar or on the screen. This means that the
toolbar objects can be used, taken, examined, etc. One
object may also be combined with another item in the
toolbar. Remember: Some puzzles and interactions can
only be completed by combining two or more items. This
is done by opening the toolbar, then clicking on the
first item, then activating the "use" cursor when it is
over the other item you want to combine it with. In
some scenes, the toolbar may be inaccessible: These
include large scale viewing of objects, (maps, notepad,
etc . )
The specialized cursor appears when you can
speak with a character.
Using the "use" cursor when it appears on a
doorknob or switch will move the character
between screens. Using the "examine" cursor when
it appears on an item will switch to a detailed
view of the item or on screen area.
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Working with notepad
GAME CONTROLS
Your character has access to a "Notepad* where
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he will write down certain information that
can be used later in the game . As soon as a
new record is added, the indicator becomes
green. After the new record is read, the
indicator turns off until another new message is added.
The "Notepad* can be accessed from the toolbar by using
the "examine" cursor or left clicking on the "new
message" indicator. The "Notepad* cannot be viewed in
the large-scale view mode.
F5
F6
F7
- Escape to main menu
- Quick save
- Quick return to game
- Return to previous game scene
MAIN MENU
NEW GAME - Start new game (return to beginning)
LOAD - Load previously saved game.
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game, select "Load" on the "Main
Menu* page then select the file name
of the saved game and press "OK" To
cancel press "Cancel".
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SAVE ~ Saves the current game.
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You may delete previous saved files
by using the "backspace" button and
selecting the name of your saved
game. Press "OK” to confirm the game
save, or to cancel press "Cancel" .
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GAME SETTINGS
CREDITS
Game settings
"Saturn-Plus"
Shades
- turn on/off Hero's shade.
- brightness increase/decrease.
Subtitles - turn on/off text comments.
Sound - sound volume.
Director
Music
Leading Programmer
Spectrum
Aleksei Nikanorov
Project Manager
Nikolai Khudentzov
- music volume.
Nikolai Khudentzov
Game assembly
Dmitriy Lobov
QUIT
Chief Artist of the Project
Quit game and return to Windows.
Nikolai Mesheryakov
3D graphics and scene animation
AUTHORS
Vadim Jhiltzov
Vladislav Goncharov
Andrei Anokhin
Eduard Sukhachevskiy
Evgeniy Kondratiev
List of employees of developing and publishing
companies
Hero modelling
Sergei Khatenkov
Heroes texturing
Evgeniy Kondratiev
Denis Zaitzev
Animation
Andrei Evdokimov aka [mr_ND]
Video
Andrei Evdokimov aka [mr_ND]
Andrei Anokhin
2D Graphics
Sergei Meshkov
Sound effects
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Dmitriy Lobov
Andrei Evdokimov aka [mr__ND]
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