Star Control II
UNiQ DOX -Star Control II-
Requirments:
VGA/MCGA
640K
Hard Drive
9.2 Meg Installed
Recommended for a 20 MHZ 386
Optional Joystick
Sound Boards Supported
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Adlib
ASC Media Master
COVOX Sound Master 2
Speech Thing
SoundBlaster
SoundBlaster PRO
Disney Sound Source
Gravice Ultra Sound
Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum
Thundar Board
Parrallel Sound Devices
INTRO:
Welcome aboard. Star Control ][ will take you on a far journey, a space odyssey encompassing the realms of science-fiction and role-playing.
This epic adventure spans hundreds of light years, and evokes a history reaching back over 250,000 years. As you travel out among the stars, your decisions and actions will directly affect the destiny of 18 intelligent, star-faring species, including the inhabitants of Earth. Star Control ][ is only in part a sequel to Star Control, which focused exclusively on the strategy and tactics of the bitter Ur-Quan Slave War (known by the philosophical as the Great Crucible of Sentience). You need not have played the first game to enjoy this one. However, if you have never fought a Star Control space-battle, you may wish to practice with the SuperMelee game before facing enemy forces. The evil aliens you will encounter are adept at the art of war, and unforgiving of weakness.
Launching from Windows:
You can run Star Control ][ from Windows 3.0 or 3.1 as long as you have enough free RAM available.
NOTE: We DO NOT recommend playing Star Control ][ form Windows because sound and music will not be available.
Adding the Icon to Windows Program Manager:
Star Control ][ comes with its own icon for the Windows Program Manager. You can use this icon to run the game, but not until you install the icon to your hard disk.
To install the icon:
1. Go to the Windows Program Manager.
2. Open the group window for the group into which you'd like to put the game.
3. Choose NEW from the File Menu. The New Program Item Object dialog box
appears.
4. Select PROGRAM ITEM and choose OK. The Program Item Properties dialog box
appears.
5. Type STAR CONTROL ][ in the Description text box.
6. Type the path and name of STARCON2.PIF file in the Command Line text box,
then type \S:SILENT. For example, if you installed the game to
C:\STARCON2, then type C:\STARCON2.PIF\S:SILENT into the command Line text
box.
7. Choose CHANGE ICON. The Select Icon dialog box appears.
8. Type the path and name of the STARCON2.ICO file in the File Name text box.
For example, if you installed the game into C:\STARCON2, then type
C:\STARCON2\STARCON2.ICO into the File Name text box.
9. Choose VIEW NEXT. The game's icon should appear.
10. Choose OK. The Program Item Properties dialog box appears again.
11. Choose OK. The new icon should appear in the group window.
Keyboard Menu Controls:
Arrow Keys Move Highlight
ENTER Selects Hightlighted Option
SPACEBAR Returns to Previous Menu
Joystick Menu Controls:
Button #1 Selects Highlighted Option
Button #2 Returns to Previous Menu
Default Combat Comands: (Keyboard)
N 1 Use Special Power
M 2 Rotate Counter-Clockwise
, 3 Rotate Clockwise
. 4 Thrust
? 5 Fire Main Weapon
JoyStick:
Button #1 Fire
Button #2 Special Power
Imstructions for SuperMelee:
SuperMelee is pure Star Control combat. In this bonus game you can fight against the computer opponent, or even better, battle another human player. SuperMelee battles are fought between two rival teams, composed of up to 14 ships, using any combination of the 25 alien vessels from Star Control and Star Control ][.
If you have never fought a Star Control space battle, SuperMelee is the necessary training ground where you will learn to survive in the hostile starways of Star Control ][. You can begin by fighting weak opponents, learning the ins and outs of tactical combat. Then, as your skills improve, you can take on more cunning foes and begin to explore the unique stratagems
for each ship-to-ship combination.
The experienced Star Control player will relish the 11 new ship types, the multiplicity of ship battle combinations, and the ability to devise his or her own SuperMelee teams.
Starting:
Type MELEE from the dos prompt to start.
NOTE : The Melee program tries to run at the same speed on all computers. If
you would like to unleash your computer's power and play at maximum speed,
add /FRENZY on the command line after MELEE.
Keyboard Configuration Utility
The Keyboard Configuration Utility - KEYS.EXE - lets you reconfigure the keys
you'll use as the control keys in Star Control ][.
Type KEYS and the following will appear:
F1 Select a new keyboard layout
F2 Experiment with different keyboard combinations
F3 Information on keyboard configuration
F10 Quit to Dos
MINERAL CHART
MINERAL COLOR VALUE
Common Cyan 1
Corrosive Red 2
Base Metals Gray 3
Noble Gases Blue 4
Rare Earths Green 5
Preciuos Metals Yellow 6
Radioactives Orange 8
Exotics Purple 25
