*************************************************************************** R O A D W A R R I O R copyright 1995 GAMETEK INC. *************************************************************************** MEMORY Requirements Roadwarrior requires 8 Megabytes of system memory RW needs 500 KB of LOW MEMORY (below 640 k barrier) in addition RW requires 7.2 MB of EXTENDED RAM *************************************************************************** VIDEO Roadwarrior runs in a 640x400 VESA mode. Some video cards need to run a TSR program to invoke this VESA mode. Contact your Video card vendor or refer to your video card manual if you are having diffculty running in this resolution. We have included the ability to run the game in 640x480 resolution automatically on startup for cards without support for 640x400, however for optimum performance 640x400 is recomended. *************************************************************************** SOUND If you are having dificulty initializing a Soundblaster "COMPATABLE" card, try using the Soundblaster PRO setting. Other sounblaster choices may work as well. *************************************************************************** DETAIL LEVELS Standard VGA Low detail (320x200) is recomended for 486/66 or lower machines. *************************************************************************** WINDOWS 95 **Note : Road Warrior must be run in an exclusive MS-DOS mode. 1. Open the Windows Explorer. (Go to Start, then Programs and then Windows Explorer) 2. Find the directory into which Road Warrior has been installed. (The default is C:\ROADWAR) 3. Find the file named RoadWar. Single click and hold down the left mouse button on the file and drag the file to the desktop. (Game can also be run by double clicking on the file named roadwar) 4. You should now have a RoadWar icon on your desktop. 5. If you did not install the game in the default directory you will have to manually change the properties of the icon. (See next section) Otherwise double clicking on the icon should now run Road Warrior. Manually Changing the Desktop Icon Path --------------------------------------- 1. Right click on the RoadWar icon and select Properties 2. Click on the Program tab at the top of the dialog. 3. Beside the heading Cmd line, change the entry to point to the path that you selected for Road Warrior. The executable file is named rw.exe. (the default should have been C:\ROADWAR\RW.EXE) 4. Next select the Change Icon button. 5. The icon file is named Road.ico. Change the File Name entry to point to the Road.ico file in the path that you selected for the installation of Road Warrior. (You can use the Browse option if required.) 6. When done select OK. 7. Finally select OK in the RoadWar Properties dialog. 8. Double clicking on the icon should now run Road Warrior. (**Note: Windows may give you a warning that it cannot find the working folder and ask if you would like to continue. Select Yes to continue.) Possible Problems ----------------- 1. In order for Road Warrior to run under Windows 95 your DOS mode must be properly set up for your CD-ROM drive, (both CD-ROM drivers and MSCDEX are required) and yoursound card. Please refer to your CD-ROM, Sound Card, and Windows 95 manuals to ensure that these are setup correctly. ************************************************************************** HINTS & TIPS Keep your vehicles speed under control. Tapping the accelerator is the best way to maintain a comfortable speed in Roadwarrior, of course decelerate for the corners, with a little practice you will learn the optimum speed for any given situation without losing control on the corners. learn to anticipate the corners and react to them well in advance. Remember the Hover Vehicles in RW are capable of turning on a dime, so anticipate a possible last minute turn from your quarry. Don't shoot at everything in the game! Ammuntion and Time are limited, use your 'T' key (TARGETING) to choose the next relevent target, seek that target out as fast as possible and SMOKE IT! The best skill in Roadwarrior to develop is tenatious driving habits, learn to avoid the hazards and enemies that block the path to your objective. On the mission map screen, after carefully reviewing the mission objectives, take a moment to look at some of the enemies. You can cycle through them with the left and right arrow keys. Also it is important to remember that when you exit the map your WAYFINDER will be locked on to the last thing selected by your arrow keys. Of course once on the mission you can use your 'T' key to set your wayfinder on a new target. Ramming and disrupting a vehicle is a good way to buy some time time and slow it up so you can nail it with some weapons. Also the act of ramming does damage as well. Fire missiles carefully as certain types have a 'recycle' time until their ready for the next shot. Experiment with the diferent views for different situations. For example the full screen 'bumper view'is great for airborne threats. Don't follow your wayfinder literally. If it is pointing to say NORTH-EAST but your target is 4 KM away you can continue to travel north and east at your discretion. Only when you are very CLOSE to your target should you choose to follow the wayfinder exactly. ************************************************************************* SUPPORT Gametek offers full support for ROADWARRIOR via Compuserve. Log onto COMPUSERVE then choose GO GAMBPUB, once there choose GAMETEK In addition developer support may be available via Internet newsgroups at comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action