Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2 for Mac OS X
ported by The Omni Group

Installation

  - Install the Mac OS 9 FAKK2.
  - Copy the OS X FAKK2 application onto your computer.
  - Launch the application.  The first time you run it, it will ask you to select the directory containing your OS 9 FAKK2 installation.
  - You're done!

Notes

  - Please check our web page for updated notes, FAQs, etc. on FAKK2.

	http://www.omnigroup.com/games/fakk2

  - Save files are currently placed in Library/FAKK2 in your home directory.  This means that multiple users on the same computer can play FAKK2 and have their own independent set of save games.

  - However, since the OS 9 version of FAKK2 stores the save files in the game data folder, you will not be able to switch back and forth between the OS 9 and OS X versions with out moving your save files.  If you have save files from the OS 9 version that you would like to use for the OS X version, simply copy them (from the fakk2/save sub-folder of your FAKK2 installation) to the Library/FAKK2/fakk2/save sub-folder in your home directory.

Improvements from the OS 9 version

  In the process of porting the OS 9 version, we fixed some bugs which are enumerated here.

  - The sound system has been updated to fix a number of issues including incorrect stereo separation, and some stuttering problems.
  - You can hide the application when the game menu is up.  This will allow you to check your mail, read a fan site, or whatever and then jump back into the game quickly.  Simply hit cmd-h or cmd-tab.  When you want to resume playing, just click on the application icon in the dock.
  - The OS 9 version appears to only run if it is in the root of the volume on which it is located.  The OS X version should run from anywhere.
  - The OS 9 version will select stretched video modes on wide screen monitors instead of the unstretched version that has a square pixel aspect ratio.  The OS X version prefers unstretched video modes.
  - Various performance improvements on average the OS X version seems to be about 10% faster than the OS 9 version (although we certainly haven't tested every location in the game under every machine configuration!)

Known issues with the OS X version

  - The OS 9 app will not read the OS X-generated config files.  If you copy config files from Library/FAKK2/fakk2 to your OS 9 installation, the OS 9 version will complain about not having enough video memory.  This is probably a line ending problem and we should be able to fix it in a future build.
  - There are still some areas that could use performance tuning.  If you are seeing performance problems, you can lower your video resolution or lower the detail settings.  One especially helpful change is to switch to 'vertex lighting' under the advanced video settings panel.
  - If you run with vertex lights, several types of effects will draw incorrectly.  This includes the blue glow behind menu items, the load status indicator, the sky in several levels, and some sprites of hanging plants (and probably other stuff).  This is a bug in the platform-independent portion of FAKK2, so all versions of FAKK2 have this problem.
  - There is at least one sound problems which we are looking at (looping monster attack sounds can sometimes continue on after the monster has been killed).

Reporting Bugs

  - Please check our web site to see whether the bug you're going to report is already known and if there is already a patch for it.

  - Bugs and feedback may be reported to fakk2@omnigroup.com.  Please include any details that are necessary to reproduce the error condition.  This includes your machine configuration, game configuration files (all the .cfg files in Library/FAKK2/fakk2) and the appropriate save file.  If we cannot reproduce the bug, there is almost zero chance we'll be able to fix it.

Credits
  Original Macintosh OS 9 port created by Andrew Meggs.
  Heavy Metal FAKK2 created by Ritual Entertainment, www.ritual.com and published by GodGames, www.godgames.com

Heavy Metal FAKK2 Copyright 2000, Ritual Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved.