diff --git a/sc2/AUTHORS b/sc2/AUTHORS index 33fb39a22..597ef23e8 100644 --- a/sc2/AUTHORS +++ b/sc2/AUTHORS @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Core team (in alphabetical order): Additional programming (in alphabetical order): Geoffrey Hausheer + Nicolas Simonds Alex Volkov Music remixers (in alphabetical order): @@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ Other contributions (in alphabetical order): Erol Otus (Splash screen) Brian Rogers Horatiu Romosan (v0.1 Win32 installer) - Nicolas Simonds (code patches) Joffrey Smith (setup graphics) Peter van Valderen Alex Volkov (additional slides) diff --git a/sc2/doc/users/manual.txt b/sc2/doc/users/manual.txt index f552b81ff..c253913a2 100644 --- a/sc2/doc/users/manual.txt +++ b/sc2/doc/users/manual.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -THE UR-QUAN MASTERS v0.3 alpha -- homepage: http://sc2.sf.net/ +THE UR-QUAN MASTERS v0.4 alpha -- homepage: http://sc2.sf.net/ -Welcome to the third release of the Ur-Quan Masters port. This +Welcome to the fourth 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. @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ various command line options to customize your experience: -r 320x240 (or --res) Sets the screen resolution. Unless --opengl is set, the only valid -values are 640x480 and 320x240 +values are 640x480 and 320x240. -d 32 (or --bpp) @@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ autodetect an appropriate value. Valid values are 16, 24, and 32. -f (or --fullscreen) Uses full screen mode. Pretty straightforward. Usually good to -combine with -r 320x240. +combine with -r 320x240 unless you're using a scaler. -o (or --opengl) Use OpenGL drivers. This produces higher-quality graphics, and may be -faster as well -- but it also may not work on older cards. +faster as well -- but it also may not work on older cards. It also +permits use of any screen resolution. -c (or --scale=mode) @@ -43,10 +44,11 @@ none. Try these to get smoother graphics with cost on performance. -b (or --meleescale=mode) -Melee scaling mode (nearest, trilinear, pc/step). Default is trilinear. -Slower machine owners can set it to nearest to get better performance -in melee but degraded visual quality. The fastest mode is step, it is -also the mode DOS original used (step and pc modes are equivalent). +Melee scaling mode (nearest, trilinear, pc/step). Default is +trilinear. Slower machine owners can set it to nearest to get better +performance in melee but degraded visual quality. The fastest mode is +step, which is also the mode DOS original used (step and pc modes are +equivalent). -s (or --scanlines) @@ -89,8 +91,8 @@ Set sound effects volume (0-100). -T (or --speechvol) -Set speech volume (0-100). If set to 0, game runs in 'no speech' mode and -oscilloscope reacts to the music. +Set speech volume (0-100). If set to 0, the game runs in 'no speech' +mode and the oscilloscope reacts to the music. -m 3do (or --music 3do) @@ -132,21 +134,20 @@ Disables subtitles. --cscan pc -Use PC style planet information when scanning (text). +Use PC style planet information when scanning (text). Default. --cscan 3do Use 3DO style planet information when scanning (pictograms). -Default. --menu pc Use PC style menus (text) and 'CREW'/'BATT' in melee instead of icons. +Default. --menu 3do Use 3DO style menus (pictograms). -Default. --font pc @@ -587,8 +588,9 @@ and vice versa. ADD-ONS -Version 0.3 of The Ur-Quan Masters has basic support for add-on packages. -Though it is not very elaborate yet, you can install some content add-ons. +As of version 0.3, The Ur-Quan Masters has basic support for add-on +packages. Though it is not very elaborate yet, you can install some +content add-ons. Inside the directory where the content is installed, in the content/packages/ directory, there is a directory 'addons/'. In this directory, you can @@ -599,9 +601,8 @@ inside the directory content/packages/addons/ will be included in the game. '--addon' may be specified more than once to enable multiple add-ons. -At the time this version of The Ur-Quan masters is released, there aren't -any official add-ons yet. Keep an eye on http://sc2.sf.net/ for those. -Our boards, which can be found on this site too, are a good place -to start looking for unofficial ones. - +The Precursors UQM Remix project is intended to be used as an addon. +If you installed UQM 0.4 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.