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Airfix Dogfighter - Readme.txt (v1.01)
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Index
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1.0 Controls
1.1 House Editor controls
1.2 Paint Room controls
1.3 In-game controls
2.0 Troubleshooting
2.1 Graphic related
2.2 Sound related
2.3 Input controllers (Keyboard, Joystick and Mouse)
3.0 Known bugs
3.1 Taskswitching
3.2 Graphic cards
4.0 Un-installing
5.0 Contact information
1.0 Controls
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1.1 House Editor controls
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FixedCam FreeCam
ARROW LEFT - Rotate left Move left
ARROW RIGHT - Rotate right Move right
ARROW UP - Toggle zoom Move forward
ARROW DOWN - Toggle height Move backwards
L - Toggle 'LOAD HOUSE' mode
S - Toggle 'SAVE HOUSE' mode
N - Toggle 'NEW HOUSE' mode
SPACE - Toggle Camera mode, Free/Fixed
M - Toggle 'MAP' mode
+ - Move up one floor
- - Move down one floor
1 - Choose a furniture
2 - Choose a accessory
3 - Choose a toy
D - Duplicate appointed object
Right Mouse - Rotate object around y axis
Left Mouse - Release object
SHIFT - Snap object rotation 45 degrees
DELETE - Removes selected object
ESC - Exit / Undo object movement
1.2 Paint Room controls
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F1 - Pen tool
F2 - Line tool
F3 - Fill tool
F4 - Zoom tool
F5 - Circle tool
F6 - Square tool
BACKSPACE - Clear drawing area
Z - Undo last change in drawing area
L - Load sticker
S - Save sticker
1 - Change to upper wing stickers
2 - Change to lower wing stickers
3 - Change to fuselage stickers
D - Clear current stickers
E - Fetch and Edit current stickers
P - Place stickers
V - Toggle View sticker
PAGE UP - Previous aircraft
PAGE DOWN - Next aircraft
HOME - Previous camouflage
END - Next camouflage
C - Select camouflage
M - Select aircraft
ESC - Exit
SHIFT - Lock fixed aspects of the Circle and Square tool
1.3 In-game controls
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D - Increase thrust
C - Decrease thrust
Left - Bank left
Right - Bank right
Up - Pitch down
Down - Pitch up
Space - Fire machineguns
Z - Fire secondary weapon
Keypad 0 - Next weapon
1 - Use Cannon
2 - Use Rockets
3 - Use Bombs
4 - Use Tesla Coil
5 - Use Particle Beam
6 - Use Homing Missile
7 - Use Paramines
8 - Use A-Bomb
F1 - Change camera view
LShift - Rear view
ESC - Menu
TAB - Mission info / Multiplayer info
P - Toggle Paus
PrintScreen - Take screenshot
Images will be saved in the "<install_path>\screenshots" folder.
(I.e. "c:\Program Files\Paradox\Airfix Dogfighter DEMO\Screenshots")
2.0 Troubleshooting
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P = Problem
S = Solution(s)
2.1 Graphic related
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P: An error message is shown when running the game
"A device attached to the system is not functioning."
followed by
"The AFENGINE.DLL file is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLL : DirectDrawCreateEx.".
S: This means you are trying to run the game using Direct3D,
but you haven't installed DirectX 7.0a or later. You can
do this from the Airfix Dogfighter CD, either by running
"dxsetup.exe" directly from the CD or by choosing "Install
DirectX 7.0" in the autostart program.
P: My Voodoo card is displaying a garbled mouse cursor and some textures seem to
be disappearing.
S: This is known to happen using some Voodoo1/2/3 Direct3D drivers. When using
a Voodoo card it is strongly recommended to use the Glide driver. It will provide
with the best performance and stability.
Select the driver "3DFX (Glide2.x)" when starting up Airfix Dogfighter.
P: I have a Voodoo (1/2/3) graphic card, but I'm unable to select the Glide driver when
starting Airfix Dogfighter.
S: You have to install the Glide drivers supplied with your graphic card to be able to
use the game Glide driver.
2.2 Sound related
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P: The game performance is low when playing sounds, or some sounds seem to be
missing..
S: Update your sound drivers. A 100% DirectX 7 compatible driver is required.
If this doesn't help, or you already have the latest drivers, try selecting another
sound mode when starting Airfix Dogfighter.
P: No music is played.
S: The Airfix Dogfighter CD-ROM must be present in your CD-ROM drive to be able
to play the music.
If the CD-ROM is present and you still don’t hear any music check the windows volume control.
The CD Audio might be muted, or set at a very low volume.
2.3 Input controllers (Keyboard, Joystick and Mouse)
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P: The aircraft controls seem to reset after a few seconds making it hard to steer.
S: This is caused by a connected joystick which might not be correctly calibrated. Turn off
joystick input in the Options menu.
P: My joystick doesn't seem to work.
S: Enter the Options menu by clicking on the books in the Main menu and enable joystick
input.
P: My joystick isn't correctly calibrated and there doesn't seem to be such an option.
S: Airfix Dogfigther uses the DirectInput interface, which has it's own joystick setup/callibration menu.
This can be accessed from: "Control Panel->Game Controllers->Properties"
3.0 Known bugs
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3.1 Task switching
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Taskswitching, also known as "Alt-Tabbing", is NOT recommended while running
Airfix Dogfighter. Depending on which operating system and graphic adapter are being used
graphical errors may occur and/or the game might become unstable.
3.2 Graphic cards
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Some ATI Rage cards may display visible texture edges and lack
the abililty to display transparent polygons correctly. This
might be possible to remedy by installing the latest drivers.
The 3DFX Voodoo card series work best under the Glide driver,
which is strongly recommended to use. You might experience
texture glitches using the Direct3D driver.
Some laptops using Neo Magic cards have problems starting the
game. This might be possible to remedy by installing the latest
drivers.
4.0 Un-installing
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In order to uninstall Airfix Dogfighter, access "Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs".
Select Airfix Dogfighter and follow the given instructions.
This will NOT remove any saved Pilots or created Dogfight levels.
5.0 Contact information
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More information about Airfix Dogfighter can be found at these dedicated sites:
http://www.dogfighter.net/
http://dogfighter.uds.se/
Questions regarding this product can be relayed through these channels:
Paradox Entertainment
[email protected]
http://www.paradoxplaza.com/
Unique Development Studios
[email protected]
http://www.uds.se/
Vision Park
http://www.visionpark.com/