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Help file for StuntEd version 1.11
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Author: Liam Gretton
*********** The Boring Copyright Notice *************
** **
** This software is FREEWARE - you can distribute **
** it freely, but you may not charge anything for **
** it. I retain copyright in any case. !StuntEd **
** was originally published by Acorn Computing in **
** their June 1994 issue, but they never paid me **
** a tosheroo for it (the miserable sinners), so I **
** guess they've had their chance and have lost **
** whatever claim to copyright they once had. **
** **
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This application supports Acorn's !Help application.
Unfortunately, I cannot make any claims for StuntEd's
ability to run under RISC OS 2. Hopefully it works. Maybe it
doesn't.
StuntEd, despite its silly name is a useful little
application for all Stunt Racer 2000 freaks. Can't qualify
to race on the Banked Banana? Need some Carlos Fandango
wheels? No problem - StuntEd will do all this for you and
more.
To run the program, just double-click on the imaginative
!StuntEd icon, and a window will soon appear. This is the
editing window, and to start with, the ropey old default
driver is loaded. You can play around with the defaults if
you really want, but it's much more useful to edit your own
drivers.
To edit an existing driver, drag its file icon either onto
the iconbar icon or into one of StuntEd's windows. The main
window will now show the driver's name, his or her league
position and whatever equipment the car has. The driver's
name is NOT the same as the filename. The attributes that
can be changed are as follows:
Driver's Name: A bit of a giveaway, this - just type in a
new name for your driver if you wish.
Series: Stunt Racer 2000 is only supplied with series
1. You can alter your position for other series if you wish,
but you'll need extra tracks discs to play on them. I have
to admit that I haven't tried using any other tracks other
than those with the game.
League: For each series there are four leagues. Just
enter the number of the one you wish to race in.
Track: Each league has four tracks. Enter the track
on which you wish to race.
The Series, League and Track values can also be changed by
clicking on the arrows next to the writable icons.
Qualified: Clicking on this button means you are
automatically qualified for the next race.
Position: If you are not qualified to race, this icon
is shaded. Otherwise, just enter your required grid
position. This is reflected in the grid representation
below; your car's position is highlighted. You can also
change position by clicking with select and adjust on this.
Tyre Grip: Enter the amount of tyre grip that you want.
This affects your car's handling on the road. The higher the
better - eventually, your car will no longer skid at all.
Try 5000%+.
Engine Tuning: Now you can have 0-200 acceleration in just
over 0.1 secs. Values of greater than about 600% either make
your car impossible to control or simply don't allow your
car to move. Experimentation with your gear ratios in the
garage often helps.
Nitro: It's worth grabbing at least 1000% nitro just
to make sure that you don't run out during a race.
Note that with more than 100% of these, the garage display
goes a bit awry. Also, after qualifying (legitimately), the
game brings you back down to 100%, so before racing, save
your driver, quit SR2000 and re-edit your driver.
Mega-Boost: A bit redundant with 600% engines, but as its
free now, why not have one anyway? Using it will almost
certainly result in death, but it's handy for loops. Don't
bother on lunar circuits unless you're trying to get back to
Earth.
The scanner button gives your car a scanner and, and the
sabotage button plays havoc with an opponent's vehicle.
Cash: Type in the amount of cash you want - handy
for spending in the garage tweaking gears. Beware that if
you are too greedy, the next time you win some money may
come as a shock - your credit wraps around after 100000cr
and goes back to 0.
The cancel button replaces all changes you have made with
whatever the last saved status was.
The save button saves your new driver in the same place you
dragged it in from, with the same filename. If StuntEd finds
the destination file locked, or the disc write-protected it
will inform you that your new driver has not been saved
properly.
The menu has four entries, detailed below:
Info: This displays a standard info box.
Statistics: This brings up a new window with more
information about the current driver, such as the number of
races and so on. I thought about making these fields
editable, but I really don't see the point. I've retained
the window though.
Default: Selecting this loads the default driver file
from inside StuntEd, which is identical to SR2000's default
driver. You can edit it if you wish, but saving it means it
will become the new default.
Quit: Quit the application. No warning is given if
data is unsaved.
Most errors are trapped, and none are deemed to be fatal, so
if you get an error, sit tight, and everything will more
than likely be ok <crossed-finger-mode off>.
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Getting in contact
If you have any comments to make about StuntEd, please feel
free to berate me at the following address:
Liam Gretton ljg2@leicester.ac.uk
62 Berners Street
Leicester LE2 0AF (Until June 1995)
...or...
19 Keble Road (After June 1995 and until I get out of
Leicester LE2 6AF this rotten miserable city)
...as a last ditch attempt...
18 Lyndhurst Road
River
Dover
Kent CT17 0LY
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Acknowledgements
Life would have been a lot harder without Jon Ribben's
WimpExtension module. If you want to knock an app together
quickly, take a look at WimpExtension - it really is fab.
Anyway, here's Jon's address:
The WimpExt module is © Jon Ribbens of DoggySoft:
DoggySoft
Furzefield House
Furzefield Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks.
HP9 1PQ
wxii@doggysft.demon.co.uk
The MessageTrans module is presumably © Acorn Computers.