Sections in this Readme file :
1. CONTROLS
2. NETWORK GAMES
3. DOS ISSUES
4. WINDOWS 95 DOX BOX ISSUES
5. WINDOWS 95 ISSUES
6. TECH SUPPORT
[1. CONTROLS]----------------------------------------------------------------
the menus can be controlled with mouse and keyboard :
mouse - highlight to select.
left click to confirm / proceed.
right click to abort / go back.
keyboard - use cursors to select.
enter or space to confirm / proceed.
escape to abort / go back.
In game controls are as follows :
pause mode - space,enter (game cannot be paused from
a joystick. please pause using keyboard)
network games CANNOT be paused.
camera - F1 and F2 cycle up and down camera modes.
esc - selects menu from pause mode
quits the game (network games only)
detail levels can be set using :
F3 - switches reflections ON/OFF
F4 - switches lighting ON/OFF
F5 - player detail LOW
F6 - player detail MEDIUM
F7 - player detail HIGH
F8 - switches floor texture ON/OFF
F9 - switches floor lines ON/OFF
f10 - switches stadium ON/OFF
(KEYBOARD)
movement - cursor keys
low pass - z
attack - c
hi pass - s
shoot - x
slide - z (while not holding ball)
charge - z (while in charging area)
air-horns - insert,delete
(2 BUTTON PAD/STICK)
movement - joystick
low pass - button 1
attack - button 2
shoot - buttons 1 and 2 together
slide - button 1 (while not holding ball)
charge - button 1 (while in charging area)
(4 / 6 BUTTON PAD/STICK)
please select 4 or 6 button option in "game options" menu.
otherwise, your pad will be recognised as two two-button
joysticks, and will not function properly.
movement - joystick
low pass - button 1
attack - button 2
hi pass - button 3
shoot - button 4
slide - button 1 (while not holding ball)
charge - button 1 (while in charging area)
air-horns - buttons 5,6 (only available on 6 button pads)
NOTE ! to make substitutions, the game must be paused.
To substitute players on a team being played with joystick
AGAINST a player using the keyboard,you must pause the
game using the keyboard then select the substitute
option using your joystick.
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[2. NETWORK GAMES]-----------------------------------------------------------
To play network games, you must be running an IPX network
driver, such as the IPX protocol under Windows 95. PD IPX
drivers are available for DOS on the internet, you will
need a driver for your network card and an IPX driver.
If no valid IPX exists, the options to play network games
will not be available. The Windows 95 version uses Winsock
version 1.1 to communicate over an IPX network. This should
be installed by default when the IPX protocol is installed
in Windows 95. If you have a dial up connection to AOL,
CompuServe, or another service provider which installs
its own version of winsock.dll, the game may not function
correctly. The only currently supported version of winsock.dll
is the standard distribution from Microsoft.
The network game runs using a locked speed system. This
means that a multiplayer game will run to the speed of
the slowest machine playing the game. If you find the game
runs too slowly, try turning down the detail levels on
all machines (turning off the stadium display in particular
helps a lot.) (See section 1 for detail keys)
Network games cannot be paused; to quit a network game
press the escape key (this will not abort the game, but
will drop the player from the game, and replace the
player with a computer player on all other machines).
[3. DOS]---------------------------------------------------------------------
To set up your soundcard to run with this product, please
run the SETSOUND program. There is a batch file to do
this in the root of the game installation, called
SETSOUND.BAT. From this point, you can select your
particular sound card, or let the program attempt
to auto detect your card.
To improve the speed of this game, we recommend you
use a VESA 2.0 graphics driver if your card supports it.
If your graphics card does not support VESA 2.0 in
hardware, you may be able to use software drivers, such
as UNIVBE from Scitech. As well as speed improvements,
this should allow you to play the game at a variety
of different screen resolutions.
If you find the game is running too slowly to play,
try turning down the detail of the game, or disabling the
sound. (please see section 1 for detail keys.)
[4. WINDOWS 95 DOS BOX] -----------------------------------------------------
If you are running this game from a Windows 95 DOS box we
recommend that you disable auto-insert notification for
your CD-ROM drive, as this will prevent Windows from
task switching back to your desktop to install the Windows
version. Windows in unable to restore certain video modes
used by the game, and will terminate the application.
[5. WINDOWS 95]--------------------------------------------------------------
To play this game, you will need Microsoft DIRECT-X v3
installed on your computer. This is automatically installed
if needed when you install the game; if you have an earlier
version already installed, this will automatically be
updated to version 3. This may mean that you need to reset
your computer before you can play.
This game uses the Windows 95 sound system, so no sound
setup is necessary. All game controls remain the same as
the DOS version, apart from joysticks; if you have
a four or six button pad set up in Windows 95, this will
be automatically detected by the game.
If you find the game is running too slowly to play,
try turning down the detail of the game, or disabling the
sound (please see section 1 for detail keys).
If using the Creative Labs 3D Blaster card please ensure that
you are using the latest versions of the '3D Blaster PCI' drivers.
Older drivers are known to cause problems. Drivers are availiable
from creative labs web site at www.creativelabs.com .
[TECH SUPPORT]---------------------------------------------------------------
If you are having problems installing or playing this
product, please refer to the manual for your local
tech support phone line.
for more information, please visit our web site at
http://www.beyond-reality.com/