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I remember it got very good reviews 5 years ago, when I was playing
Starcraft and Air Warrior and X-Wing, but I never got around to getting
it, until this week.

Is anyone playing it online? Not that I'm ready for that, I can't even
figure out how to play it! It didn't come with any manual, just a CD in
a box. I did a little of the training, but I would like to know what
the object of the game is, and what is does the overall gameplay consist
of. I started the "training", and it is not difficult, although I've
only done the first couple of lessons.

Does an online manual, or something like that, exist?

Thanks for some info,

m

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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is.

http://annevolve.sourceforge.net is what I was into until recently. My
interest will revive when someone takes up my "SailChallenge".
Humans may write to me at this address: zenguy at shaw dot ca
 
Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim (More info?)

On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 18:55:02 GMT, SeeBelow@SeeBelow.Nut wrote:

>I remember it got very good reviews 5 years ago, when I was playing
>Starcraft and Air Warrior and X-Wing, but I never got around to getting
>it, until this week.
>
>Is anyone playing it online? Not that I'm ready for that, I can't even
>figure out how to play it! It didn't come with any manual, just a CD in
>a box. I did a little of the training, but I would like to know what
>the object of the game is, and what is does the overall gameplay consist
>of. I started the "training", and it is not difficult, although I've
>only done the first couple of lessons.
>
>Does an online manual, or something like that, exist?

Isn't there a PDF manual on the CD?

As to the object of the game ... did you let the pre-game video play
all the way through?

Lemming
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Lemming wrote:
<snip>
> >Does an online manual, or something like that, exist?
>
> Isn't there a PDF manual on the CD?

Nope. I even did a search with windows "search" thing. There are no
..pdf files on the disk.

> As to the object of the game ... did you let the pre-game video play
> all the way through?

Yes. I know that the object is to get home, but I don't know how the
game is played. I continue to do the training; I've done 5 lessons. I
suppose I will pick it up little by little by trial & error, if I don't
lose interest. I have no idea how to get home, or how you find out how
to get home.

m

--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is.

http://annevolve.sourceforge.net is what I was into until recently. My
interest will revive when someone takes up my "SailChallenge".
Humans may write to me at this address: zenguy at shaw dot ca
 
Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.space-sim (More info?)

SeeBelow@SeeBelow.Nut wrote:

> Lemming wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>>Does an online manual, or something like that, exist?
>>
>>Isn't there a PDF manual on the CD?
>
>
> Nope. I even did a search with windows "search" thing. There are no
> .pdf files on the disk.
>
>
>>As to the object of the game ... did you let the pre-game video play
>>all the way through?
>
>
> Yes. I know that the object is to get home, but I don't know how the
> game is played. I continue to do the training; I've done 5 lessons. I
> suppose I will pick it up little by little by trial & error, if I don't
> lose interest. I have no idea how to get home, or how you find out how
> to get home.

The game is mission based like any other RTS out there - just listen to
the things you are told at the beginning of each mission, and you will
know what to do. Once a mission is finished, you will jump to the next
one, until you finally reach Higara.

If you have gameplay questions, visit the forums at
forums.relicnews.com, they have a friendly and competent crowd that will
surely answer your questions.


Jens
 
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Orbital Defence wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:46:17 +0200, Jens Nober <jnober@web.de> wrote:
>
>
>>SeeBelow@SeeBelow.Nut wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Lemming wrote:
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>>>Does an online manual, or something like that, exist?
>>>>
>>>>Isn't there a PDF manual on the CD?
>>>
>>>
>>>Nope. I even did a search with windows "search" thing. There are no
>>>.pdf files on the disk.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>As to the object of the game ... did you let the pre-game video play
>>>>all the way through?
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes. I know that the object is to get home, but I don't know how the
>>>game is played. I continue to do the training; I've done 5 lessons. I
>>>suppose I will pick it up little by little by trial & error, if I don't
>>>lose interest. I have no idea how to get home, or how you find out how
>>>to get home.
>>
>>The game is mission based like any other RTS out there - just listen to
>>the things you are told at the beginning of each mission, and you will
>>know what to do. Once a mission is finished, you will jump to the next
>>one, until you finally reach Higara.
>>
>>If you have gameplay questions, visit the forums at
>>forums.relicnews.com, they have a friendly and competent crowd that will
>>surely answer your questions.
>>
>>
>>Jens
>
>
> HELLO NURSE.

eh ? Should that mean something to me ?

Puzzeled
Jens
 
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SeeBelow@SeeBelow.Nut wrote:
>
> I remember it got very good reviews 5 years ago, when I was playing
> Starcraft and Air Warrior and X-Wing, but I never got around to getting
> it, until this week.
>
> Is anyone playing it online? Not that I'm ready for that, I can't even
> figure out how to play it! It didn't come with any manual, just a CD in
> a box. I did a little of the training, but I would like to know what
> the object of the game is, and what is does the overall gameplay consist
> of. I started the "training", and it is not difficult, although I've
> only done the first couple of lessons.
>
> Does an online manual, or something like that, exist?
>
> Thanks for some info,

I finished the training and I have just started the missions. It's
going pretty well. I do have one question: Is there an alternate way of
selecting a ship? It's essential to be able to select a ship, or ships,
but the only way I know to do that is to identify it by eye, and then
click on it. Sometimes that is very difficult and too slow. Is there a
way to pop-up a list and click on a name, or to cycle through the
available ships?

Thanks for all the good info so far, and for this one.

m

--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice, there is.

http://annevolve.sourceforge.net is what I was into until recently. My
interest will revive when someone takes up my "SailChallenge".
Humans may write to me at this address: zenguy at shaw dot ca
 
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