43 RIPCO _____________________________________________________________________________ | | | P r a c t i c a l P i r a t e s P r e s e n t s . . . | | | | Space Rogue | | | | Dox Typed By: Kid Slick | | | | Magnetic Field...............................................312/966-0708 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Ok, now you have probably seen about 2 or 3 versions of the game Space Rogue...The one to have is the one that is: Space.RG1.WORKS. All the other versions of the game will crash on you. The Mad Meister found the problem and fixed it. P l a y e r R e f e r e n c e C a r d You begin the game in the deep space of the Karonus star system. Follow these steps to read the nearest star base. 1) Plot a course. Press N for navigation mode, then use the joystick or jeyboard to select the CHART command. Press RETURN or a joystick button. Move the cursor across the map of the Karonus star system until you find Hiathra Starbase: the green square symbol at coordinates 13,19. Press RETURN of joystick button. 2) Select the HELM command. Autopilot will guide your ship to the new coordinates. 3) If a ship attacks you on the way, the journey stops. Select COCKPIT to fight the battle. Press T to target the enemy, and the space bar or joystick buttons to fire a weapon. Consult the next section for other commands. 4) After your ship arrives at its destination, (sector 13,19), select COCKPIT to return to the space view. If you haven't done so already, press T to activate your targeting computer. It displays the range and direction to the star base. Move you ship so that the arrows on edge of your viewscreen are centered and point inward. The starbase should appear onscreen as two pyramids connected by a light-colored axle. To dock, slowly maneuver your ship to touch the axle. 5) At the base, walk around, talk to everyone you meet, and buy some cargo. To leave the base, return to your ship. You're on your way... Commands Used in Space Flight Joystick Movement and Attack Commands To turn, push the stick in the direction you want to turn. To accelerate, press the first button. To slow down, press the second button. To fire a ready weapon, press both buttons at once. Keyboard Movement The keyboard allows full control of your Sunracer in flight. Either of the following keyboard commands provides the maneuverabilty you need for a heart-pounding dogflight or a delicate docking. W 8 A S D 4 5 6 Z X C 1 2 3 Keyboard Number W or 8 - Nose Down C or 3 - Roll ship clock wise X or 2 - Nose Up Z or 1 - Roll counterclockwise A or 4 - Left Turn = or + - Accelerate D or 6 - Right Turn (-) - Decelerate S or 5 - Stop Rotation Spc or 0 - Fire Ready Weapon Additional Keyboard Commands G -give up; try to surrender to attackers J -jettison all cargo L -toggle between manual and automatic laser fire N -go to Navigation Control screen R or . -ready a new weapon T -target base/ship with TAC V -toggle between camera views Ctrl-C -toggle between joystick and keyboard Ctrl-E -toggle between Cruise and Newtonian Flight Ctrl-F -adjust the animation rate Ctrl-S -save game Ctrl-T -toggle TAC display between graphics and data ESC -pause game Commands Used When Docked at Bases Moving with a Joystick Push the stick in the direction you want to walk. To walk to someone or inspect something, stand next to it, push the stick in it direction, and press a button. Pushing either button while the stick is centered brings up a command menu. In conversations, move the cursor bar by pushing the stick up or down. Highlight your response and push a button. During some conversations, you may be given the "OTHER.." option. Selecting the "OTHER..." option allows you to type in messages, such as secret passwords (How neato). Moving with the keyboard To move, use one fo the following keyboard clusters. Pressing Return brings up a command menu. In conversation, use a keyboard cluster to move the cursor bar and press RETURN to select the highlighted choice. Q W E 7 8 9 A S D 4 5 6 Z X C 1 2 3 Commands Used While Navigating Use the keyboard or joystick to highlight a command from the onscreen menu. Press RETURN or joystick button to select the highlighted command. Commands Used in Hive! Use joystick or keyboard to move/change facing Use button or space bar to fire plasma rifle (Bang, bang!) Game Speed The game selects an animation rate for the 3-D display appropriate to the speed of your Apple. You can adjust this rate by pressing CTRL-F. Saving the Game During game play, press CTRL-S to save the game's current position onto a previously made backup copy of the DATA disk. You can only save the game while you are in space, not at a base or while using the Navigation computer. Troubleshooting If the game fails to load or save, make sure your computer and disk drive are plugged in, turned on, and connected properly (NO SHIT!). Re-insert the disk, in the proper drive. Try again. If you are saving a game, read the section on "Saving the Game", dummy. If nothing works, try getting another kracked copy of the game, and trying that, if that doesn't work, YOU'RE UP SHIT'S CREEK, WITHOUT A PADDLE! This part 1 of the Dox, has been brought to you by: Practical Pirates... where "Kracking isn't right, just practical!" [SuperTac /36]: