(C) Saturn-Plus 2002 (C) Buka 2002 BLACK OASIS CONTENTS PROLOGUE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS GAME SETTINGS FIRST STARTUP OF THE GAME CONTROLS TECH SUPPORT DEALER INFORMATION GAME CREATORS COMPANY SITES HOW TO BECOME A BETA-TESTER PROLOGUE March 14, 2019 Black Lake. In the cellar of one of the houses, the severely mutilated bodies of four people are discovered. The victims turn out to be unemployed vagrants. The original theory about a gang war has not been confirmed March 17, 2019 In Black Lake City Park, the bodies of two young women are discovered. Identification of the victims is complicated. The Prosecutor’s Office is issuing no comment. March 19, 2019 Three more bodies are found in different parts of town. The investigation is working on a serial killer theory. March 26, 2019 Another eleven bodies found in the last week. Panic in Black Lake. The Federal Security Service is sending agents in to cooperate with the investigating team. April 4, 2019 The elusive murderer’s total body count has reached seventy-eight. The population of Black Lake is fleeing the town en masse. The investigation is at an impasse. April 11, 2019 The town has been cordoned off by troops. A state of emergency has been declared in Black Lake. People are being evacuated and placed in special quarantine centers. The murders continue. . . . The Black Lake Medical Center morgue. It’s cold. Only the hum of the refrigeration unit disturbs the quiet. . . . Suddenly the light goes on and off a few times. A spark bursts from behind the electric power panel, there’s a loud crack, and the hum of the refrigerator gradually dies out. . . . Cold and dark. And pain, a dull, aching pain all over. What’s wrong with me? Where am I--and who am I? Gradually I’m starting to feel my arms and I touch the space around me. There’s something smooth and cold everywhere. It’s like I’m lying in a sack. All the way at the top, right in front of my nose, my stiff fingers feel a zipper. I catch it with my nail and unzip the sack. . . . My eyes are stabbed by an unbearably bright light! When my vision has adjusted a little, I look around. There are tables with black plastic sacks everywhere. I myself am lying in a similar unzipped sack on a table. Directly opposite me water is dripping from a plastic grating in the wall. I try to stand up and I stagger so badly I can barely keep my feet by grabbing onto the edge of the table. What on earth has happened to me? Who am I? I don’t remember a thing. . . . SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Minimum system requirements: Operating system: Windows? 98/Me/2000/XP Processor: Pentium II 400 MHz RAM: 64 MB Video: DirectX 8.0 compatible video card with second-generation 3D accelerator Free space on hard drive: 1.1 GB Sound: DirectX 8.0 compatible sound card CD-ROM: 8x speed Controls: keyboard, mouse Recommended system requirements: Operating system: Windows? 98/Me/2000/XP Processor: Pentium III 733 MHz RAM: 128 MB Video: DirectX 8.0 compatible video card with third-generation 3D accelerator Free space on hard drive: 1.3 GB Sound: DirectX 8.0 compatible sound card CD-ROM: 16x speed Controls: keyboard, mouse Attention! The Buka Company does not guarantee the compact disc’s operation on CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD-ROM drives. GAME SETTINGS Insert the game disc into the CD drive. On the screen you will see a menu for auto installation with the following options: “Install game,” “Start game,” and “Delete game.” Select “Install game,” and left-click the mouse to start installation. The installer will ask you to choose the directory where you want the game installed (the default is C:\Program Files\Buka\blackOasis). You can also do this by clicking the “Browse” button. After you’ve chosen the directory for installation, click “Next >>.” Now the game setup will start. During setup you will be asked to insert disc 2 in the CD-ROM drive to continue file copying. After the files have been copied, the setup program will offer to put the game icon on your desktop. Click “Finish >>.” Setup is complete. To start playing, click “Start game” on the auto installation menu. ATTENTION!!! Disc 2 for the game must be in the CD drive. N o t e If auto recognition has been turned off on your computer, click “Start” on the Windows screen, select “Run”, and click “Browse”. Select the CD-ROM drive and start Setup.exe. FIRST STARTUP OF THE GAME The first time you start up the game, a menu of game settings will appear on your screen. Use hardware TnL - hardware transformation and lighting feature (for GeForce video cards and older, this makes the game faster) Triple bufferization - use triple bufferization (this makes the game faster) Compatibility with Ati Radeon - compatible with the video card on Ati Radeon chips; turn it on only if the game is very slow; if you turn it on with other chips’ video cards, you can slow the game down 32-bit color - use 32-bit color, which improves the image quality but may slow the game down Shadows - to draw shadows from a character; this may slow the game down Play video clips - play video clips Play sound - play sound Play music - play music After the first startup, game settings can be called by running config.exe. CONTROLS Esc - Call up the main menu F5 - Quickly save the game F6 - Quickly restore the game F7 - Restore the previous scene of the game MAIN MENU NEW GAME Start a new game (go back to the beginning) LOAD Restore a previously saved game. To restore a previously saved game, use the “left” and “right” arrows to select the file of the saved game and click “OK”. To Cancel, press “Cancel”. SAVE Save the current status of the game. Use the “Backspace” key to delete the previously saved file and write the name of the saved game. Click “OK” to confirm that you are saving the file; to cancel, click “Cancel”. SETTINGS Game parameter settings Shadows - turn on/off a character’s shadow Spectrum - increase/decrease brightness Subtitles - turn on/off text tooltip feature. Sound - sound volume Music - music volume HERO CONTROLS Left-click at a selected spot in the scene to move the hero there (if this is possible, of course). Left-click on an active object to pick it up or obtain information about it. TECH SUPPORT Buka Technical Support Service Open Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 3 PM Address: Buka, 1 Kashirskoe Boulevard Suite 2, Moscow 115230, Russia Tel.: +7 (095) 111-51-56 http://www.buka.ru/support/support.asp E-mail: help@buka.ru 1. When you request tech support, please indicate your computer’s complete configuration and the version of Windows and DirectX you are using and describe your problem in detail. 2. To get answers to specific questions on playing the game, you must be a registered user. In your letter, you must include your name and registration number. When you have done this, we will certainly reply! Sorry, but: 3. We do not send out walkthroughs! Please search for walkthroughs in the forum. 4. We do not send out game codes! 5. The Buka Company is not responsible for problems with your computer’s configuration, the defective operation of other developers’ software, and conflicts with previously installed pirated versions. 6. For all questions concerning operation of your Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP operating system, consult the Microsoft support center: tel. (095) 916-7171; Microsoft, P.O. Box 70, Moscow 125252. INFORMATION FOR DEALERS E-mail: market@buka.com Address: Buka, 1 Kashirskoe Boulevard Suite 2, Moscow 115230, Russia Tel.: +7 (095) 1115156 Fax: +7 (095) 1115440 GAME CREATORS Saturn-Plus Company Director Aleksei Nikanorov Project Director Nikolai Khudentsov Lead programmer Nikolai Khudentsov Game assembly Dmitry Lobov Chief Project Artist Nikolai Meshcheriakov 3D graphics and background animation Vadim Zhiltsov Vladislav Goncharov Andrei Anokhin Eduard Sukhachevsky Evgeny Kondratiev Character models Sergei Khatenkov Character texturing Evgeny Kondratiev Denis Zaitsev Animation Andrei Evdokimov aka [mr_ND] Video Andrei Evdokimov aka [mr_ND] Andrei Anokhin 2D graphics Sergei Meshkov Sound effects Dmitry Lobov Andrei Evdokimov aka [mr_ND] Music for video clips and titles Andrei Evdokimov aka [mr_ND] Special thanks to Aleksandr Filchenko BUKA ENTERTAINMENT Producer Ivan Moroz aka Black Warrior Story Mikhail Seldemeshev Game music Tom Dicson Denis Fet Dubbing producer Natalia Dubrovskaia Sound directors Pavel Emelianov Leonid Dragilev Voices Aleksandr Lushchik Yury Brezhnev Sergei Chikhachev Grigory Shevchuk Issuing producer Aleksandr Pak Designers Sanan Ushanov Lenochka Sedova Senior tester Aleksei (WumpuS) Chebotarev Testers Sergei (Serzh) Milovanov Dmitry (Solowey) Anufriev Maksim (Maks666) Solomatin Nikolai (Vnuks) Chernov Aleksei (Lexey) Ostapenko Oksana (Ksusha) Ostapenko Dmitry (Rebel) Biriukov Oleg (Mohax) Remezov Oleg (Faern) Biriukov Vladislav (Lich) Zhevnov Aleksei (AGS) Gromov Pavel (Driver) Pavlov Pavel (bercoot) Konkov Development Aleksandr Mikhailov Ruslan Shelekhov aka Cyberman Katerina Funk Alla Kolobekova Yaroslav Astakhov Ivan Bunakov Roman Potapkin Artem Chukanov Aleksei Chebotarev Teodor Prodan Marketing Marina Beloborodova Maksim N. Mikhalev Mikhail Pismenny Katerina Filippova International Sales Inna Bukatina Maksim S. Mikhalev Oksana Kravchuk Yulia Gribonosova Tsiui Zhentszia Special thanks to Vladimir Miniaev aka Smoker Larisa Arkhipova Yury Alekseyev Evgeny Samsonov Vladislav Mikhailovich Ustinov Sergei Sokolov Aleksandr Lykov Sergei Kapustin Sergei Sivertsev Aleksandr Elizarov Viacheslav Kochetkov Vladimir Sivertsev Igor Ustinov Oleg Beloborodov Tatiana Ustinova Marina Skrebkova Marina Ravun Denis Tiniaev Oleg Remizov Roman Gadas Accounting Irina Tsareva Liudmila Sergeyeva Yulia Belova Vitaly Kharitonenko Information service Viacheslav Alpatov Pavel Ravun Denis Moiseyenko Legal support Georgy Vitaliev Sales Andrei Antonov Elena Antonova Tatiana Ustinova Sergei Pechenkin Maksim Alekseyev Olga Polkovnikova Technical support Sergei Remizov COMPANY SITES Saturn-Plus www.saturnplus.ru Buka www.buka.com HOW TO BECOME A BETA-TESTER E-mail your application to newtester@buka.ru, or complete the form at http://www.buka.ru/devel/form.htm.