Terracide – Windows Readme – English

GB = readme.txt
F  = francais.txt
D = deutsch.txt

This file is also included in French and German - francais.txt and deutsch.txt respectively. These can be found in the 
directory you installed Terracide to.

Terracide Manual
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Introduction
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"Centuries ago, a group of humans left the Earth behind to make a new life in the stars... But the worlds they found, 
though strange and beautiful, were unforgiving. The colonists were forced to adapt in order to survive. They used advanced 
technology to remake themselves in shapes more suited to the harsh conditions.

For centuries we had no contact with the colonists. But we hoped one day to re-establish relations with
them, and when our long-range sensors detected their fleet entering our solar system, our first action was to send a party 
of conciliation.

We had no idea what we would find...

The colonists had just one intention. To destroy our species and reclaim the Earth. With no chance of
winning an all-out war against them, we had only one hope - a lone attack ship which could destroy the
fleet from within.  To survive, we must destroy their fleet craft by craft. It is our only option - we must
prevent Terracide."

Installation
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To install Terracide to your hard disk:

1. Insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Enter Windows Explorer and click on the letter pertaining to your CD-ROM
    drive, then double-click on the setup.exe icon and follow the on-screen
     instructions.
3. Once Terracide has installed, you will find yourself with an option to install DirectX. This allows
Terracide to run correctly under all configurations, and is necessary unless you have this version of
DirectX already installed on your machine.  On completion of setup, you should find a Terracide icon
group installed on your desktop. Simply double-click on the Terracide icon to run the game.

For more detailed information about installation and configuration, see the additional technical help
document.

Introduction and GUI
---------------------------
On loading, the animated logos and introduction will play. Press any key if you'd like to skip each of the anims, or Esc 
if you'd like to skip all of them and go straight to the GUI.

You start the game in the 3-dimensional GUI room. Turn around to highlight the different options and hit fire to select one.

- Exit - quits the game (but makes sure you really want to, first.)
- Load - load a previously saved game from one of the 8 save slots.
- Continue - if you're in the midst of a game and have pressed Escape to get to the GUI, select this option to return to 
the game.
- New Game - allows you to select a difficulty level (normal, hard or impossible), and then begins a new game  from the 
first level.
- Network - takes you straight to the Windows box for selecting levels/method for the multiplayer game.
- Credits - information on the team behind Terracide.


Default Controls
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			Control			Keyboard			Mouse			Joystick
Flight Controls	Nose up			Down arrow			Down			Down
			Nose down			Up arrow			Up			Up
			Turn left			Left arrow			Left			Left
			Turn right			Right arrow			Right 		Right
			Strafe up			Space + Up arrow		Space + Up		Space +
							or Home, or S					down, or
 														POV down
			Strafe down			Space + Down arrow,	Space + Down	Space + Up,
							or End						or POV stick
 														up
			Strafe left			Space + Left arrow, 	Space + Left	Space + Left,
							or Delete						or POV stick
 														left
			Strafe right		Space + Right arrow,	Space + Right	Space +
							or Page Down					right, or POV
 														right
			Roll				D				-			Button 4
Throttle		Increase speed		A				-			Throttle 											wheel  up
			Decrease speed		Z				-			Throttle 											wheel down
Weapon Firing	Fire main weapon		Q				Left button		Button 1
			Fire left weapon		X				X			Button 2
			Fire right weapon		C				C			Button 3
			Dismount weapon		0				-			-
			Cycle Photon weapons	1				-			-	
			Cycle Bomb weapons	2				-			-
			Cycle Missile weapons	3				-			-
			Cycle Chaingun weapons	4				-			-
			Cycle B-Bomb weapons	5				-			-
			Cycle Special weapons	6				-			-
			Select Guided missile	7				-			-
			Mount weapon on left
			mount				Ctrl+number			-			-
							(see above)
			Detonate Teleport/
			Gravity/Guided Missile	E				-			-
			Mount weapon on right
			mount				Shift+number 		-			-
							(see above)
			Fire flare			F				-			-
General Controls 	Fixed camera view
			toggle			V				-			-
			HUD shield, munitions,
			charge indicator toggle	/ on keypad			-			-
			HUD weapons indicator
			toggle			* on keypad			-			-
			Zoom in view		G				-			-
			Level/secrets
			Information			I				-			-
			Go to GUI			Escape			-			-
			Drop Waypoint		W				-			-
Network Game
Controls		Message			T				-			-
			Scoreboard toggle		Y				-			-


If  you have some difficulty controlling Terracide, ensure your throttle is centred. You can also try
changing the auto-levelling and auto-pitching options from the menus. Finally, since Terracide is a Win95 game, you can 
configure and test your joystick in Windows.

Weapons Systems
----------------------
There are a variety of weapons available in Terracide, from the relatively harmless to the
completely deadly.  They all consist of a certain projectile type and a certain launch type. There
are three different launch types available for the projectiles on the list marked with a [3] - the other
projectiles are special weapons and appear in one type only.

The launch types are:

a) Single Fire
Standard type of weapon delivery, one shot at a time with just one projectile - but still pretty handy.

b) Rapid Fire
Greatly enhanced weapon delivery, with state-of-the-art recoil mechanisms giving the ability to fire much faster, 
repeatedly. If you have an enemy straight in your sights, fire off a stream of shots for maximum destructive force.

c) Scatter Fire
Unique multiple-projectile-holding barrels create a deadly spread of fire, indispensable for despatching
multiple enemies with one shot or delivering a killer blow to an enemy lurking close to you.

The following projectile types are available during the normal game:-

Photon
Fires super-dense clusters of charged photons, which vaporize enemy armour on impact. Slow moving and low-powered, the 
photon gun's strength lies in the fact that it requires no munitions to function. Though the basic form is limited in its 
use in combat, the rapidfire and scatterfire versions  are useful for intense short-range combat due to their lack of a 
detonation explosion. [3]

Bomb
Simple metal-cased explosive shell which detonates on impact. Care must be taken to avoid damage from explosions if used 
at close range. The rapidfire version is particularly effective against well-armoured enemies, the scatterfire version is 
best fired from a distance against multiple enemies. [3]

Rocket
Fast moving and unguided, rockets must be carefully aimed. Their speed makes them a good choice for
long-range combat, especially if the rapidfire version can be used. The scattergun version can be
devastating when used to clear a room of enemies, but care must be taken to avoid the resulting blast.  [3]

Chaingun
Fires a burst of high-velocity rounds. Best used against lightly-armoured, fast moving enemies. The
rapidfire version allows quick kills when faced with a number of small enemies at medium range, the
scattergun version is better at close range. [3]

Bouncing Bomb
A small charge of high-explosive linked to an array of sensors and encased in a thick rubber coating.
Bouncing bombs will ricochet off walls, floors and ceilings and detonate on contact with a complex
electrical field, such as those generated by an enemy. Perfect for firing around corners or at clusters of
enemies down corridors, the rapidfire version is particularly suitable for quickly despatching a heavily-
armoured enemy, whilst the scattergun version can be used to clear a room of moving enemies. However, since the skullship 
itself generates a complex electrical field, care must be taken to avoid rebounding bombs - often the best strategy is to 
fire a series of shots into a room and then retreat into the shelter of a corridor. [3]

Guided Missile
A more powerful version of the rocket, the guided missile's on-board camera relays pictures back to the skullship and 
allows full control over the missile's course. Detonation is on impact, by pressing the detonate button, or when the timer 
shown at the top of the screen reaches zero. The missile's speed may be increased by using the controls normally assigned 
to the skullship's throttle - however, once speed is increased, there is no way to throttle back. Whilst the missile is 
being steered, the skullship remains vulnerable to enemy fire, and therefore this weapon is best used at long-range, where 
safety is ensured.

Gravity Bomb
On impact, this shell creates a gravity vortex that attracts robots and, in a network game, other players. Use it to draw 
out enemies hiding round corners, or in the network game to trap another player so that you can bring your weapons to bear 
on him. Of course, it also attracts you, so be careful!

During each episode you are required to fly between the various space ships of the enemy fleet. So that you can fire 
longer-range deep-space weapons, when you leave the hull of the ship your weapon automatically changes to:

Space Laser
Your standard space weapon fires high-energy laser bolts which are effective against most enemies.  The laser draws only 
on your ship's batteries and does not require munitions.

Space Torpedo
A much more advanced weapon than the laser, the torpedo fires a computer-guided bolt which will follow an enemy until 
impact. To achieve a lock, manoeuvre until an enemy is in your gun cue. When a red and yellow target appears, a lock has 
been achieved and a torpedo may be launched. Other enemies may then be engaged while the torpedo hunts down your target.

Finally, there are two guns which appear only in the Network game:

Teleport Gun
A network-only weapon, this gun will teleport the targetted player to a random location on impact. Can be used to prevent 
other players reaching a pickup before you, or to buy yourself time when losing a fight.

Omicron Field
When fired, this weapon gradually renders you invisible.  Once the process is complete, other players can only see your 
engine trails when you move, and your projectiles when you fire.  However, this weapon gradually drains your charge whilst 
in use, and when all your charge is exhausted, you will become visible again.


HUD information

Munitions indicator - Munitions are the actual amount of  bullets you have - all of the weapons use a shared munitions 
store. More powerful guns use more munitions, and need to be kept stocked up by picking up munitions crates. You start the 
game with no munitions and a maximum of one munitions chamber (represented by one bar on the HUD). If you manage to find 
the increase maximum munitions pickups, you can increase you maximum to three chambers.

Shield indicator - The state of your ship's hull, decreased by radiation, electricity and enemy fire.  Restore it by 
picking up armour pickups. Your maximum armour can be increased by finding the right pickup. This starts off green (at 
maximum), and the skull slowly turns red, then black. When it's entirely black, you're dead. Increase maximum shields will 
give plus signs either side of the skull's head and slower colour change on the skull.

Charge indicator - The amount of power left in your gun-launching mechanism. This is drained each time you fire a weapon, 
and then recharges gradually to full power again. This means that firing large amounts of rapid-fire projectiles stops you 
firing so fast after a while, as the charge struggles to regenerate. On the HUD, this works exactly the same as the 
munitions indicator, except  you start with one full bar of charge.

Remember that you can fire the photon weapons with charge alone, but all the other weapons need some amount of munitions 
to fire.

Weapon type indicators- which of the 20 weapons you currently have. Each of the weapon type icons has 3 lights above it, 
corresponding to the normal, rapid-fire, and scatter-fire versions of the guns. If the light is off, then this means you 
do not have the corresponding gun. If the light is red, it means you have the gun but it is not currently mounted. If the 
light is green, then it means the gun is mounted on the central gun mounting. Conversely, if the light is shaped like a 
left arrow or a right arrow, it means the gun is mounted on the left or right gun mount.

Pickup indicator - appears when your ship is close to a pickup, and is made up of two sets of concentric
circles. When your ship is close enough to the centre of both of them (i.e. close enough to the pickup in 3D space), the 
pickup will begin beaming aboard your ship. The left-hand bar of the two shows the time left until the pickup is 
successfully grabbed, whilst the right-hand bar shows the time until the pickup explodes!

External force indicator - this appears onscreen when your ship's sensors detect wind or gravity.

Compass - which direction you're facing  (this is a 3-dimensional heading cube.) N, E, S, W are North,
East, South, and West, U stands for 'Up' and D for 'Down'.


Pickups
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These spinning objects left by destroyed enemies or found around the ships may be weapons, armour, 
munitions, mounts or pickups to increase your maximum capabilities. Fly close to one and your proximity radar will show 
you its exact location. Hover close by and the pickup will be teleported inside your ship. Pickups explode a few seconds 
after being dropped, so if you don't get to them quickly, you'll miss out.	

The following pickups are available in the game.

Weapons : Extra weapons.
Armour : Repairs any damage caused to your ship.
Munitions : Extra munitions that are required to fire non-photon guns.
Weapon Mounts : Extra weapon mounts to enable more weapons to be mounted at one time. You start the game with a single, 
central gun mount. Two more can be added to the left and right, allowing you to fire three weapons at once. You can add an 
extra mount by finding a gun mount pickup. When you have more than one mount, you can swap weapons between them by using 
the gun mount keys.
Plus-ups : These will increase the maximum values for one of the following - charge, munitions, shield.

Waypoints
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If you find yourself unsure of where you're going, you can press the 'W' key to lay a waypoint. This is a spinning 
object which will stay in place no matter where you go, so you can tell if you've been in the area before when you return 
there.



The In-Game Menus
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A selection of in-game menus are available to the player.  These are:

File
Game
Options 
Help


File Menu
Load Game :- Load a previously saved game.
Save game :- Save a current game.
Exit :- Quits Terracide


Game Menu
New Game :- Allows you to select a difficulty level (normal, hard or impossible), and then begins a new game from the 
first level.
Mission Brief :- Review your mission brief for the current level.
Graphics Configuration :- This allows you to choose whether to run Terracide in Hardware on a 3D 
accelerator, using a 16 bit software emulator or, using 8/16 bit ramp model emulation. Once an option is chosen the user 
will be given a list of resolutions which the system can do, and can choose to run one of these resolutions full screen or 
windowed. Please see the additional technical help document for more information on this. Configure Terracide to run on 
your PC.
Levels :- Allows the player to choose to replay any level again once they have previously completed it.
Network :- Allows you to select one of four network levels before bringing up the network game options box.
Restart Game :- Restart Terracide from the first level.
Hi Scores - Brings up the high score table for your enjoyment.
Save Screenshot - takes a snapshot of the current screen and saves it as a PCX to the directory Terracide has been 
installed in. You can do this multiple times and the screenshots will be named grab001.pcx, grab002.pcx, etc.

Options Menu
Head Movement :- Toggles your point of view moving separately of the ship.
Auto Levelling :- Toggles the auto-levelling system.
Auto Pitching :- Toggles the auto-pitching system.
Crosshair :- Toggles the aiming crosshair. (NB - if using a 3D accelerator card which supports 3D lines, enabling the 
crosshair may cause the game to slow down.)
Voice Actions :- Toggle whether the ships computer will use voice messages to keep you informed of 
events.
Automount Weapons :- Toggles whether your ship's computer automatically selects the best weapon 
available (for which you have munitions to fire).
Screen Messages :- Toggles whether your ship's computer informs you of the type of item you've picked up via an on-screen 
message. 
CD Player :- Allows you to turn the CD music on/off as well as use autoplay and random track selection.
Configure controls :- Allows you to select the control system, redefine the keyboard controls and alter the mouse 
sensitivity and point-of-view stick.
Game View :- Allows you to switch between first-person and third-person (fixed-camera) views. You can also toggle the 3D 
cockpit from here.

Help
About :- Information about Terracide and Simis
Cheats :- Enter a cheat code
Help :- enter the help mode.

Network Play
Terracide allows players to link up and play either deathmatch, teamplay, or capture the flag games with up to sixteen 
players.

The network game options box allows you to select the type of network you wish to play Terracide on -  after which the 
network will be scanned for any games in progress.  You may then either join a game or create a new one. If you create a 
new game, a new options box will appear asking you for a name to identify the game and another name to identify yourself. 
You can also pick the type of ship you wish to fly around with. The final options box will allow you to select the level 
to play and whether the game will be a deathmatch or a "Capture the flag" game.

If you join a game, you will be given a choice of the games currently running on the network you've 
selected. Each player starts the network game in a ready-room, in which all weapons are deactivated. To start the game, 
fly down the marked corridor and you will be teleported into the level at a randomly-determined point.

Weapons and other pickups are spread around the level and will reappear some time after being picked up. By pressing the 
message key ('T'), you can send text messages to other players in the network game - the message is sent to every other 
competitor.

If you press the 'Y' key, you can bring up single-player scores, and by pressing the 'Y' key again, team scores will be 
displayed. There are also audio taunt messages, accessed by pressing ctrl+shift and the F-keys. If you'd like to customise 
these, you can also insert your own taunt WAVs by replacing taunt1.wav, taunt2.wav, etc. in the wavs directory of 
Terracide. Please remember that the other players won't hear your new wavs unless you copy them to their machines too. 

In a deathmatch game, the aim is simply to score as many points as possible by killing other players. You will be informed 
of any kills made either by you or other players. Press "Y" to bring up the scoreboard at any time. If your ship is 
destroyed, you may press a key to restart the level in the ready-room with your armour restored but without any pickups 
you may have found. A destroyed ship drops some of its pickups, so destroying other players is useful for personal gain 
as well as just for fun. 

In a "Capture the flag" game, up to five teams compete in a race to capture their opponents' flag and return them to their 
base. If a player carrying a flag is killed, the flag will be returned to its home base. Points are scored for killing 
enemy players, collecting the flag, killing the player carrying the flag, and bringing an enemy flag back to your home 
base.


Credits
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Team Leader
	James Brooksby

Programmers
	Kingsley Pratt, Adrian Hawkins, Paul Mottram.

Games Designers
	Kingsley Pratt, Simon Carless, Phil Marley.

Artists
	Richard Carter, James Brooksby, Alex Jukes, Chris Williams, Andy Wood.

Music
	John Hancock  (Silicon Dreams)

Sound Effects
	Max Little  (Silicon Dreams)

Intro Script:
	Laurence Scotford, Phil Marley, Simon Carless

Intro realised by:
	Creat Studios, St.Petersburg, Russia.

Intro music and sound effects:
	John Hancock (Silicon Dreams)

Manual
	Simon Carless, Phil Marley, Paul Mottram

Da Boss
	Ian Baverstock

Core Technology
	Jonathan Newth, Julian Davis, Simon Clay, Paul Perkins, Stephen Birch, Ed Daly, Phil 
	Rutherford, Robin Bryce, Dave Payne

Network Support Engineer
	Peter Dorrington

Games Testers
	Mick Wood, David Murphy, Andrew Furber, Mike McHale (US), the Kremlin testers.

Additional Animation
	Andy Osiow

Additional Programming
	Tom Beckmann, Phil Rutherford, Ian Baverstock, Simon Clay.

Additional Concept Artwork
	Lee Brimmicombe-Wood

Additional Game Design
	James Brooksby

Additional Artwork
	George Grimshaw

Thanks to..

Nik Wild  - for obvious reasons, Magic for being there, Lidia Stojanovic - getting us noticed, Emma Ware + Carolyn Reed, 
Bozz for being very helpful, JK, Matt Miller, John Davies, The Leathern Bottle and all who work/drink in her.

Personal dedications from the team to ENS Williams, Catherine, Brent, Duncan, John, Neil, Gary, 
RichardB, Ann+BrianB, Merlin, Bella, John Doyle, Doug Barham, Sarah, Deb, Stella, Liz, John Hawkins, Ali, Sappho, Venus, 
Louise, Martin Blee, Carl Thompson, Nathan W, Jared Holwell, Mike Webster, Nicky Barker, Andrew Fenton, friends+pubs+family 
generally..

Thanks to all those who've worked on Terracide in the past -  Ash, Keith. Damon, Tim + others whose 
contribution has gone unnoticed.

Final thanks to all 3D card manufacturers and driver writers for their help.


Addendum to the Manual
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- Joystick throttle wheels are, by default, disabled in the game. However, you can enable them if you wish by adding -AT 
on the Terracide command line, i.e. type "terawin.exe -AT" to run the game, or create a windows shortcut of the same form.
- If a player carrying the enemy flag in a "capture the flag" game is killed, the flag will be left in that spot until one 
of the team the flag belongs to touches it, at which point it will be returned to their base. Until this is done, they can 
capture but not return their opponents' flag to their base. Simply put, in order to capture your opponents flag, you must 
return it to your base whilst your own flag is flying there.

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