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Manual update for 0.6

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Includes lots of instructions (main menu, super melee, etc) that
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THE UR-QUAN MASTERS v0.5 alpha -- homepage: http://sc2.sf.net/
THE UR-QUAN MASTERS v0.6 -- homepage: http://sc2.sf.net/
Welcome to the fifth release of the Ur-Quan Masters port. This
Welcome to the sixth release of the Ur-Quan Masters port. This
document will tell you everything you need to play, even if you've
never played the original.
For those of you who have played the original, read the first section
(starting the game) and the last section (control summary), and you'll
be good to go.
(starting the game and bug reports) and the last sections (Super Melee
and control summary), and you'll be good to go.
STARTING THE GAME
Simply invoke the executable from the directory you installed UQM in
to run the game. (Under Windows, this is uqm.exe; under Linux, it's
uqm.) This will use the default settings, which are 3DO music,
640x480 windowed mode, and pure SDL graphics drivers. You may pass
various command line options to customize your experience:
uqm.) This will use the default settings. The defaults and how to
change them are listed under COMMAND LINE OPTIONS, below.
After a splash screen, you will see the main menu, which has five
options:
- New Game: Begins a new Full Game. This is a galaxy-spanning space
adventure full of diplomacy, exploration, combat, high treason,
and low cunning. The introductory cutscenes will set the scene;
the THE STORY SO FAR section below provides more extensive
backstory for the curious.
- Load Game: Restores a Full Game session that was saved earlier.
- Super Melee!: Puts the game in Super Melee mode, where you may
hone your space combat skills or challenge your friends to fleet
battles. See the SUPER MELEE section below for details on this
section.
- Setup: Lets you configure many options to customize your play
experience. Most options will take effect once you exit the setup
menu; a few specially marked options require you to restart UQM.
Setup options are preserved across sessions. The options are
described under COMMAND LINE OPTIONS, below.
- Quit: Exits the program.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
The default options for an UQM install are 3DO music, 640x480 windowed
mode, and pure SDL graphics drivers. The initial defaults may vary on
the Windows install if you selected "Mimic PC" or "Mimic 3DO" as the
install type. You may pass various command line options to customize
your experience:
-r 320x240 (or --res)
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to use for graphics and sound, if any. All specific platform code can
only be used when compiled in.
--netport1 (no short version)
--nethost2 (no short version)
Specifies the default port the bottom or top player respectively will
connect to or accept incoming connections on. If this parameter is not
specified, 21837 will be used. Your firewall needs to be set up to
allow TCP connections from/to the used port. This is normally
configured from the SuperMelee Net menu.
--nethost1 (no short version)
--nethost2 (no short version)
Specifies the default name or ip number of the host to connect to for
the bottom or player.
--netdelay (no short version)
Set the default input delay (in frames). See the Super Melee section
for details.
BUG REPORTS
This is an alpha release. That means several things. First, it means
that you're an alpha tester. Be proud. Second, it means that the
game is likely to crash with great frequency. Upon finding a problem,
we'd like you to report it, but before you do, please do the following:
After several years of enthusiastic testing, UQM has dramatically
improved its stability, but it is still beta software, and bugs
certainly still lurk. Upon finding a problem, we'd like you to report
it, but before you do, please do the following:
- Try to isolate what causes it: "Crashes with a null dereference
about half the time when firing and taunting with a Pkunk" is better
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Secondary weapon: "Tongue attack", a point-blank range attack that
does grievous damage.
SUPER MELEE
Super Melee mode is pure combat. It's designed to let you hone your
skills for the full game, or to challenge your friends to fleet
matches. Selecting "Super Melee!" from the main menu will bring you
to the super melee main screen.
This screen is dominated by the fleet design screen. Move the cursor
over a ship slot and press ENTER to change the ship assignment, or
press DELETE to remove the ship. You may select the fleet name and
press ENTER to edit the fleet name to something of your choice. The
number next to the fleet name lists the fleet strength; this is simply
the sum of the point values of all ships in the fleet.
The right hand side of the screen has buttons for managing the battle.
Each side has four buttons associated with it: LOAD, SAVE, CONTROL,
and NET. The LOAD and SAVE buttons let you load and save fleets. A
variety of fleets of various strengths are pre-defined, and you may
add your own by saving fleets you design.
The CONTROL button has one of five settings. HUMAN CONTROL puts the
fleet under the control of a human player. (The precise controls for
that player are set in the Setup menu, but the bottom player's
controls are always the same as the full game's controls.) Then there
are three levels of computer control:
- WEAK CYBORG is not a particularly good shot, and will only use
special weapons if the ship absolutely requires the special weapon
to function at all (Pkunk, Slylandro). This difficulty level only
appears in the full game when fighting crippled ships.
- GOOD CYBORG will actually use its special weapon, but it's still
not much of a threat. The Good cyborg provides a gentle
introduction to Star Control combat if you are unfamiliar with the
gameplay. However, you will soon wish to switch to...
- AWESOME CYBORG. The AI will fully exploit each ship's abilities,
and is also a tolerably good shot, compensating for inertia and
choosing its shots. Enemies you meet in the full game are almost
always piloted at this level. If a battle is giving you trouble
in the full game, this is the setting you want.
The last control option is NETWORK CONTROL, which will be set if that
side is controlled by a non-local opponent. To set up a network game,
push the NET button on the side you wish to be under your opponent's
control.
In order to connect, you must agree on a port (the default is 21837,
which should not require any change) and set a net delay in frames.
To compensate for network lag, a keypress or keyrelease will only take
effect after this many frames. While higher values make your ship to
seem to respond more sluggishly, they give the keypress information
more time to reach the remote party. If the game stutters, this is
because it is waiting for this keypress information to arrive, which
is an indication that the input delay is too low. Super Melee runs at
24 frames per second, each frame delayed will delay the input by about
42ms. The delay used is the maximum of the desired value for both
parties. The default is 0. Values lower than 4 are typically
acceptable in terms of responsiveness. Future versions may
automatically decide on the best value to use.
Once the port and delay are set, one player must select the first
option (Wait for incoming connection), while the other enters his
opponent's hostname or IP address into the Host field and then pushes
"Connect." Once the connection is established, the control scheme for
the remote player will flip to NETWORK CONTROL to register the
connection. To disconnect, change it away back to one of the HUMAN or
CYBORG options. Once connected, you are both free to edit your fleets
to provide a properly balanced battle.
Once all fleets are in readiness, press the BATTLE button in the
center right. (In a network game, both players must select it with no
intervening fleet edits. Moving away from BATTLE or having your
opponent change their fleet will cancel your readiness state, and you
will need to reselect the BATTLE button.) When all players are ready,
the battle begins.
The ship selection screen is much as it would be in the full game,
with two notable exceptions: a question mark in the upper right allows
you to select a new ship randomly from those remaining, and a red X
allows you to exit the combat entirely. (It is also possible to exit
the melee at any time by pressing F10, just as one can exit anything.)
If nobody quits, the combat will continue until one side has been
completely destroyed. At this point, both fleets are shown so that
one may compare initial and remaining fleet strengths. Press a key to
return to the melee menu.
To return to the main menu after finishing with Super Melee mode, push
the QUIT button in the lower right.
GENERAL GAME CONTROLS SUMMARY
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UP: Thrust
LEFT and RIGHT: Steer
RIGHT CTRL or ] or ENTER: Fire Primary Weapon
RIGHT SHIFT or [: Fire Secondary Weapon
RIGHT CTRL or ENTER: Fire Primary Weapon
RIGHT SHIFT: Fire Secondary Weapon
ESCAPE: Emergency Warp Escape
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UP: Forward
LEFT and RIGHT: Steer
RIGHT CTRL or ] or ENTER: Fire stun bolt
RIGHT SHIFT or [ or ESCAPE: Blast off
RIGHT CTRL or ENTER: Fire stun bolt
RIGHT SHIFT or ESCAPE: Blast off
MELEE CONTROLS SUMMARY
Top Player
E: Thrust
S and F: Steer
Q: Fire Primary Weapon
A: Fire Secondary Weapon
W: Thrust
A and D: Steer
V: Fire Primary Weapon
B: Fire Secondary Weapon
Bottom Player
UP or ENTER: Thrust
LEFT and RIGHT: Steer
RIGHT CTRL or ] or ENTER: Fire Primary Weapon
RIGHT SHIFT or [: Fire Secondary Weapon
RIGHT CTRL or ENTER: Fire Primary Weapon
RIGHT SHIFT: Fire Secondary Weapon
These controls are configurable by editing the keys.cfg file which will
be automatically generated in your personal directory for uqm data the
first time you start the game.
The location of this directory varies per system.
These controls are configurable from the Setup Menu. You may define
up to six "Input Templates" and assign a template to either or both
players. Some commonly used key configurations are pre-defined, as
well as popular variants. To change key bindings, select the binding
you wish to change and press ENTER. At the dialog box, press the key
(or joystick gesture) that you wish to assign to this action.
SAVED GAMES
The saved games are kept in your personal directory for uqm data.
This directory is automatically created the first time you start the
game. The location of this directory varies per system.
On Microsoft Windows systems this is a folder named 'uqm' in the
application data folder for the current user.
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On Unix systems this personal uqm data is stored in "~/.uqm".
Later versions of The Ur-Quan Masters will include a key configuration
tool. In the meantime, the keys.cfg has a bunch of comments in it
that should help you set up your joystick and remap key controls to
your satisfaction.
SAVED GAMES
The saved games are kept in the same location as the keys.cfg file, under
"save". You will need to know this if you intend to transfer them to another
computer. Note that currently games saved on a Mac will not work on a PC,
and vice versa.
You will generally only need this if you intend to transfer savegames
to another computer. Note that currently games saved on an PowerPC Mac
will not work on a PC (or an Intel Mac), and vice versa. AMD64 and
Intel savegames may be safely transferred.
ADD-ONS
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add-ons.
The Precursors UQM Remix project is intended to be used as an addon.
If you installed UQM 0.5 from the Windows installer, the remix packs
If you installed UQM 0.6 from the Windows installer, the remix packs
are available as options. Installing any of them will cause the
default shortcuts to include the "remix" addon by default.