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Dated: November 18, 1997
GRAVITY WELL NOTES
To order the registered (Combat) version, dial
1-800-909-5701 and have your credit card ready.
International orders can dial 1-612-924-3235.
This file contains information for both versions
of Gravity Well, the Regular (shareware) version
and the Combat (registered) version.
The unregistered shareware version does not
include Combat. If you register, you will receive
the Combat version, a vast improvement on the
Gravity Well concept. Register today! See the
bottom of this file for registration information.
Keys to Use During Play:
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PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROLS:
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Left, Right Arrow Keys: rotate lander craft
Down Arrow Key: center lander PERFECTLY!!
THIS IS VERY USEFUL!!! (HINT HINT)
Up Arrow Key: fires abort thrust (massively
inefficient, but helpful in a pinch)
Mouse: y-direction (up/down) controls main
thruster rocket
[Space] or
[Enter]: convert Diamond to fuel (fills you
up by 1/2 tank)
[Alt]: fire off a bomb (if you have one)
ADDITIONAL IN-FLIGHT CONTROLS:
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[A]: select HIGH mouse sensitivity
[B]: select MEDIUM mouse sensitivity
[C]: select LOW mouse_sensitivity
[G]: toggle Game mode (Combat version
only; at the Main Menu screen only)
[J]: toggle joystick on/off
[Ctrl-J]: calibrate joystick
[L]: toggle the auto-land feature on/off
[M]: toggle mouse usage on/off
[Ctrl-R]: use reverse gravity (disqualifies
your high score, but it's neat)
[Tab]: skip mission and go forward to any
particular mission. You don't get
the bonuses for this mission.
[Ctrl]: force far (wide) view (Dangerous if
you are close to the ground! Your
craft must be at least 100 feet up
to use this feature, higher if in
combat mode.)
If you do not have a mouse, the keys 1 (off)
through 0 (max) at the top of the keyboard
select low to high levels of main rocket thrust.
JOYSTICK MODE CONTROLS:
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(All above controls except mouse continue to
function as before.)
Joystick Up: increase thrust
Joystick Left: rotate to the left
Joystick Right: rotate to the right
Joystick Down: feet down for landing
Non-combat: Button 1 & 2: Abort thrust
Combat: Button 1: drop a bomb
Button 2: Abort thrust
Additional keys:
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[ESC]: quit to DOS - FAST!
[P]: pause the game
[F1]: see this file
[F2]: review the high score chart
[F4]: toggle mouse left/right buttons,
normal, reversed or ignored
[F5]: sound on/off
[F8]: toggle background brightness/contrast
[F10]: game over (does not exit to DOS)
REGULAR GAME PLAY
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Object: land the craft on each of the bases,
with the VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator, located
on the right edge) within the green. Gain more
points for a soft landing. A very soft landing
earns a "diamond," which earns bonus points and
may be converted to fuel later on (using the
[Enter] key). You must be EXACTLY vertical
before you touch down. Use the DOWN ARROW to
achieve this.
The Auto-Land feature allows your ship to be
tipped SLIGHTLY to one side. Just before
landing your ship will right itself if you are
going downwards slowly enough. This DOES NOT
result in the BEST possible score however. To
keep from getting lazy you can turn this feature
on and off.
Advance to next planetoid when you land on all
bases. Use the Altimeter and GSI (Gross Speed
Indicator, located in the upper right) and
guide yourself to a base. Use the Ctrl key to
maintain the "wide" zoom angle for rapid
positioning along the cliff faces. Use the DRB
(Directional Radio Beacon) in the upper left
to locate remaining bases to land on.
You have a limited number of landers and when
you are out of fuel, it's game over, unless you
have some diamonds that you can convert BEFORE
YOU CRASH!!
NEW FEATURE: Lateral (horizontal) motion is
now used to decide how hard you landed. It is
now possible to land with your vertical speed
in the green but with so much lateral velocity
that you literally rip the landing gear off
the craft.
NEW FEATURE: Your landing gear can now be
damaged by a rough landing. It can accept only
so much damage before it collapses on the next
hard landing and your lunar module will be
destroyed. Damaged landing gear is clearly
visible: your ship doesn't look "straight"
any more.
NEW FEATURE: Your gear can be repaired by
landing within the green range. If you have
severely damaged your gear it may take more
than one landing to fully repair it. Each
time repairs are effected you will be see a
message to that effect.
NEW FEATURE: Timed Trials! A timer is kept
as you progress through the planet and is
compared against both a par time and the
record time for each planet, one each for
combat and regular game play mode. Can you
beat the clock now too?
HINTS
~~~~~
To remain "light" and responsive on the main
thruster control, it can be useful to modulate
it, just moving the mouse up and down slightly,
making the flame flicker. This will give you a
better feel for the power of the thruster, and
keep your mind focused, not letting you wander
off of the task of controlling the ship's main
thruster.
Your craft is powered by an impulse-type engine.
To those familiar with physics you will realilze
that the effectiveness of an impulse engine is
directly related to the gross weight of the
craft it is attached to. Therefore when you
have full fuel and/or many bombs aboard, the
maneuverability of the craft is somewhat less.
As you burn off fuel (or drop bombs) the craft
becomes lighter and more maneuverable. At
higher levels (in higher gravity situations) you
may find the impulse engines are not sufficient
to maintain a hover with full fuel and/or full
bombs, even when you are at full throttle. Keep
this in mind when maneuvering at higher levels
to avoid getting into a no-win situation and to
avoid excessive use of your ABORT thrust key (a
handy way to scrub off excess fuel...).
HELICOPTER PILOT NOTES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As an aside for anybody who has ever flown a
helicopter, this game has certain elements that
apply to hovering: vectored thrust that is
incrementally controllable in magnitude. I'm
not saying this will teach you how to fly a
helicopter but the same elements that go into
piloting this lunar lander module in a stable
and controlled fashion also apply to flying a
helicopter.
COMBAT VERSION NOTES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gravity Well Combat features a whole new range
of available play strategies. Each base on the
ground not only has a radar dish and a gas tank,
but also has a gun emplacement that can toss
bombs up at you.
The gun base will only fire if it a) has bombs
left in it and b) the radar dish is intact to
help guide it (the gun is radar-aimed).
If you drop a bomb on any of the three items at
the base you will destroy it. If you destroy
the gas tank then you won't receive any fuel
when you land. YOU MUST STILL LAND TO CONQUER
THAT BASE, EVEN IF THE GAS TANK IS GONE!!!
If you destroy the gun emplacement it will not
fire at you but you also won't pick up any of
the bombs that were inside it (they are
destroyed along with the gun emplacement).
Ideally you want to only destroy the radar dish
so that you can pick up gas and extra bombs
easily.
Additionally the radar dish activates a periodic
"spark" across the landing pylons. This spark
will destroy your lander but it is possible to
land if you time it precisely between the
discharges of the sparks. Hovering near the
spark waiting for that precise moment is not
recommended. Sometimes the spark jumps rather
high.
The radar dish is quite heavily armored and
requires a direct hit on the pivot point of the
dish itself in order to destroy it. Other hits
have no effect.
If you're clever you might find an