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=============================================================================
Safari Software Created by Patrick Aalto
10406 Holbrook Drive Music by U4ia (Jim Young)
Potomac, MD 20854, U.S.A. Story by wReam (Raymond Bingham)
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** LINEWARS II **
ABOUT THE GAME:
LineWars II is a 3D space arcade game featuring high-res 256-color graphics,
realistic lightsource shading, music, and sound effects. Linewars II
consists of a demo, nine single-play missions, two two-player (modem play)
game options, and two multi-player (local area network) game options.
Requirements:
■ IBM AT-Compatible computer (386 or 486 highly recommended)
■ MCGA, VGA, VESA, S3 or Mach32 Graphics card
■ 128K - 640K of total RAM (depending on graphics mode and music)
■ About 600 kilobytes of disk space (either floppy disk or hard disk)
Also supports:
■ Joystick
■ Mouse
■ ThrustMaster FCS (Flight Control System)
■ VESA-compatible SuperVGA (requires a 386 or better CPU)
■ S3 Accelerated SuperVGA (requires a 386 or better CPU)
■ ATI Mach8 or Mach32 Accelerated SuperVGA (on a 386 or better CPU)
■ Internal Speaker
■ Covox or other parallel port DAC sound device
■ Sound Blaster (with stereo sound on Sound Blaster Pro)
■ Gravis UltraSound (with optional Focal Point 3D sound)
■ Roland LAPC-I (or MT-32 or compatible)
■ Roland SCC-1 (or other General Midi synth)
■ COM ports (supports also NS16550A and IBM Type 3 UARTs)
■ Any file sharing network protocol
HOW TO START
============
Before playing, you need to configure the game for your hardware. You can
do this either by typing "LW2 CFG" or by typing just "LW2" and selecting the
first menu option "Configure LineWars II". Go thru the menu choices and
select the hardware you have. Remember to press F1 for help any time you
are in doubt!
Note: YOU DO NOT NEED TO CONFIGURE EVERYTHING AT ONCE. Also, if you play
the game without configuring, it should work fine, but you'll
miss the music, sound effects, and high-resolution graphics.
Once you've configured the game, you'll be able to start playing. Type
"LW2" and select the mission you wish to play. If the game does not start
properly, you probably have given an incorrect piece of information in the
configuration, so run the configuration again to remedy this.
Modem Play
==========
To play a two-player game of Line Wars II over a modem, type "LWMODEM"
and enter the settings for your modem and the telephone number of the
person with whom you will be playing. The defaults will work for
most Hayes-compatible modems. For more details about playing the
modem missions, refer to the "LWMODEM.DOC" file.
CONTROLS
========
This is a list of the default keys used to control LineWars II. You can
change the laser and missile keys on the configuration screen. If you do
this, you can see what your new choices are by pressing F1 in the game
to view the key help page. You can also use mouse or joystick for the ship
controls.
Key Purpose
----------- ----------------------------------------------
Up Arrow......Dive
Down Arrow....Rise
Left Arrow....Turn LEFT
Right Arrow...Turn RIGHT
Ins...........Rotate counterclockwise
Del...........Rotate clockwise
Alt...........Fire lasers
Ctrl..........Launch a missile (when a target in crosshairs)
F1............Select help or info page
F2............Look forward / aft
F3............Teleport into another ship
F4............Recenter (calibrate) joystick or mouse
Escape........Quit the game
THE STORY
=========
Recently receiving your Fighter Pilots License, you are assigned to guard
a remote outpost in the obscure Deneb star system. The more seasoned pilots,
you would normally have as comrades, have been assigned to locate the rebel
pirate base, rumoured to be hidden near a neighbouring star system.
Since no pirate activity has been detected in your assigned system for many
years, StarBase Captain Wanobi has decided to keep only you and the 110-year
old cyborg, Sir Dak Wyntol, who was a fighter in the historical battle at
Aldebaran, to protect the StarBase.
You are virtually alone on the StarBase when SpaceWatch sensors detect an
asteroid storm coming straight towards the StarBase! You must launch
immediately to protect the base from being hit by asteroids.
As you are boarding your ship, Captain Wanobi says, "I will recommend your
promotion and transfer to the Princess Royal Guard, if you can save our base."
The promise seems incredible since the Royal Guard is the most highly covetted
post that a fighter pilot can possibly imagine!
You board your ship and launch to destroy the asteroids. You are determined
to save the base, even though the mission seems quite impossible. Soon after
your launch Sir Dak Wyntol will launch to help you, though nobody expects him
to be of any help.
Continued on Mission 1: "The Asteroid Storm"...
FILES IN THE LINEWARS II PACKAGE
================================
LW2.COM LineWars II launcher program.
LWMODEM.EXE Modem setup program for playing Line Wars II in
two-player modem mode.
GRAVIS3D.LW2 Focal Point 3D sound file to enable LineWars II to
play 3D-soundeffects on a Gravis UltraSound card.
HELPME.DOC This quick-help file that you are currently reading.
HELPME.EXE Program to display HELPME.DOC in a user-friendly
manner.
LW2.DOC Very detailed documentation about LineWars II.
LW2U.DAT Main program code.
SPEAKER.LW2 Add-on sound driver for your PC internal speaker. If
you do not have any sound cards but wish to hear the
music and soundeffects, rename this file to SOUNDDRV.LW2
(give a command "REN SPEAKER.LW2 SOUNDDRV.LW2" in DOS)
and select SOUNDDRV.LW2 in LineWars II Configuration.
UNIVBE41.ZIP Universal VESA TSR version 4.1. If your Super-VGA
card does not have a VESA bios, using the program
in this package will most likely make your SVGA
card able to run LineWars II in VESA mode. See the
documentation in the package for details.
CREDITS
=======
Programming............Patrick Aalto
Music..................U4ia (Jim Young)
Story..................wReam (Raymond Bingham)
Title Screen...........Robert Allen
Modem setup program....Ammon Campbell
MEMBER, ASP
===========
This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principal
works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute with an ASP member,
but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write
to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskogeon, MI 49442-9427 or send
a Compuserve message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
CALL SAFARI'S HOME BBS
======================
Exec-PC
Phone: (414)789-4360
With over 280 phone lines, you'll never get a busy signal at Exec-PC!
Free access on first call.
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Thank you for playing! The crew at Safari Software and Patrick Aalto both
hope you enjoy LineWars II.