***************************************** *** The Gravity-Force 2 Documentation *** ***************************************** ----------------------------------------- GF2 v1.02 - Copyright (c) BiTS 1992-1994. All rights reserved. *Original GF level included with permission from Kingsoft GF2 is FreeWare, and may be copied freely as long as you don't change or sell it. The programmers take no responsibility for eventual errors that the program may create in any way. We have tested everything for many hours to assure that it functions correctly, but if you find any bugs, please don't tell your friends, :) tell us! GF2 may not be sold by any PD companies unless we are contacted first. --------------------------------------------- What is GF2? ------------ GF2 is BiTS version of the original Gravity-Force from Kingsoft. Some improvements to a fantastic game! (We think so.) The *original* idea is old, and many games like this exist, f.ex. "Thrust", "Mayhem", "TurboRaketti", "The Executioner", "Zarathrusta" aso. But we wanted our own, special version which should have what the other games hadn't. We concentrated on the 2 Player Dogfight Mode, with some special weapons and many other settings. The Race Mode was something we added later to make it possible to play on your own. How to play? or "How to get the most out of GF2" ------------------------------------------------ We have discovered that GF2 is funny even without the Cannon. :) For example "Knocking" - the Sport where you never shoot your enemy, you crash into him! Experiment with the Special Weapons, each level has its ultimate settings, f.ex. "The Tower" and Non-guided missile. Even some Race levels can be interesting as Dogfight levels. If you play a Tournament on a Race level it will "become" a dogfight level. "Twisted" is a good example, it's fun with Non-guided missile. (Too...) We recommend that you use the Tournament mode as often as possible. You'll get some statistics about how good/bad dogfighter you are. GF2 contains some hidden menus, keys and modes. We don't guarantee that the hidden functions will WORK, but Hey! Why are they hidden? Known Bugs ---------- It seems as if you hit Escape several times and are running the game on an A1200, the sprites freak out. This bug will not be fixed until any of us buys an A1200, so just be cool and press Escape *once*. :) v1.01: Improvements since v1.00 ------------------------------- We have, on request, added 'Save Prefs' and 'Default Prefs'. They can be found in (surprise) the 'Preferences' Menu. If your disk is Write-Protected, 'Save Prefs' will just freeze. If this happens, remove the disk, Write-Enable it, re-insert it and everything should be OK. An 'Intro Picture' has been added to have something to look at while the computer searches for levels. Thanx to Kenny Stenmark for the Pic. We have changed the archive from DMS to LhA because AmiNet don't want DMS files. To start the game from CLI you have to have GF2 as the current directory and then 'execute Start_GF2'. The 'LogMerge' program is now placed in 'GF2/' instead of 'C/'. > The following files are new or altered: > GF.EXE, GF2_SPEC.DAT, GF2_M.DAT, GetPath, Start_GF2, Install_GF2, > GFX/GF2_IJX.DAT, GF2.DOC, LEVELS/ARIcy Cave.GFB v1.02: Improvements since v1.01 ------------------------------- Two minor bugs fixed, the Start_GF2 script was incorrect and GF2 turned off the mouse pointer. Version 1.01 doesn't really exist but was accidentally released. Sorry! :] > The following files are new or altered: > GF.EXE, Start_GF2, GF2.DOC --------------------------------------------- Addresses --------- If you like this game and are interested in coming versions (?) - write to us. The same with bug reports and gifts. :) If someone is interested, we might add a 0-modem mode and a 1 Player Race Mode. "One Player - One screen" would be a cool thing... If you want to code a Level Editor we will happily supply you with information about structures aso. If you want to design levels or draw more GFX, write to us and we'll think about it. All mail is welcome, especially together with a small donation. :-] Jens Andersson Jan Kronqvist Plogvägen 2 Volontärbacken 7c 372 33 Ronneby 372 32 Ronneby SWEDEN SWEDEN Credits & more documentation can be found in the game. --------------------------------------------- This package must contain the following files: GF2 (dir) GFX (dir) * Some GFX files. Levels (dir) * About 70 levels. Types (dir) * Some data files. GetPath GF.EXE GF2.DOC GF2_D2M.DAT GF2_M.DAT GF2_SPEC.DAT Install_GF2 Install_GF2.info Logfile.Dat LogMerge Start_GF2 Start_GF2.info ---------------------------------------------