Manual E_of_K GB 1st 7/30/01 12:21 Page 2 EPILEPSY WARNING A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. Exposure to certain light patterns of backgrounds on television screens while playing computer games may induce an epileptic seizure in these individuals. Certain conditions may induce undetected epileptic symptoms in persons who have no history of prior seizures of epilepsy. If you or anyone in your family has an epileptic condition, consult your doctor prior to playing. If you experience any of the following symptoms while playing a computer game: dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of awareness, disorientation, any involuntary movement, or convulsions ­ IMMEDIATELY discontinue use and consult your doctor. Welcome to the Edge of Chaos In the twenty-fourth century, the citizens of the Core Systems lead a life of opulence and luxury. However, far from Earth and its notions of justice, powerful corporations rule the Badlands Cluster with an iron fist. The brave few who were prepared to make a stand have paid the ultimate price for their courage... On the cold frontier of Known Space, the murder of one man will set in motion events that could lead to freedom for the Badlands ­ or to the utter annihilation of humanity. Cal Johnston You are Cal Johnston, tough, smart and a born leader. You were only 12 years old when you witnessed Caleb Maas brutally murder your father, Felix. Now, 15 years later, you may finally be able to exact your revenge. Jefferson Clay Clay is a one-of-a-kind computer simulation of an ancient war hero. When he died more than a century ago, his personality and knowledge were preserved. Clay serves as your mentor and guardian. Jafs A gifted smuggler and forger, Jafs is Cal's best friend and confidant. He is also a skilled cargo pilot and an adept negotiator. Azraelle Takagi Cool and enigmatic, little is certain about Azraelle. However, she is an exceptional combat pilot and was once a pirate of some considerable renown. Az has never really revealed her true reasons for joining Cal. Lori Trieste Young and idealistic, Lori is Az's close friend and ally. What she lacks in combat experience she makes up for with dogged persistence. Lemuel Smith Despite his towering stature and partially cybernetic body, Smith is genial and popular. A self-taught engineer, he has remarkable skill in any field involving machinery. Caleb Maas Sadistic and cruel, Caleb is the recent heir to the Maas Industries fortune. His keen instinct serves him well in both starship combat and the boardroom. PACK CONTENTS · · · · 2 CD ROM Disks This Manual Edge of Chaos Control Guide Registration Card CAUTION Mishandling can damage the CD-ROMs that hold INDEPENDENCE WAR 2: Edge of Chaos. Please remember to fill in the questions on your registration card and return it. The information will help us in developing future games you want to see. Thank you. QUERIES If you should find either the program or the documentation unsatisfactory in some way, please write and let us know. EDGE OF CHAOS On The Internet To keep informed with all things related to the INDEPENDENCE WAR universe visit Infogrames' website at www.edgeofchaos.net. Here you will find a wealth of information for pilots, heroes and rogues of all abilities. For more information on the Independence War Universe, visit Particle Systems website at www.independencewar.com. 3 Manual E_of_K GB 1st 7/30/01 12:21 Page 4 Rules and Regulations . . . . . . . . 30 Shields and Self Defence. . . . 40 LDA shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Ramming speed!. . . . . . . . . . 40 Power management . . . . . . . . 40 Home Sweet Home . . . . . . . 41 The Base Computer Interface. . 42 HANGAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 TRADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 INVENTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 RECYCLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 MANUFACTURING . . . . . . . . . 42 COMMUNICATIONS . . . . . . . . 42 ENCYCLOPEDIA . . . . . . . . . . 42 The Hangar and Maintaining Your Ships . . . . . . 43 LOADOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 CUSTOMIZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 ADD CARGO . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 MANIFEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Customizing Your Loadout . . . . 43 Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Hardpoints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Heat and power requirements 44 Internal cargo space . . . . . . . 45 Further information . . . . . . . . 45 Trading For Fun And Profit . . . . 45 Trades list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Doing the deal . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Getting tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Manufacturing goods . . . . . . . 46 Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Piracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Cargo and pods . . . . . . . . . . 47 Persuasion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Hauling it home . . . . . . . . . . 48 CREDITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Contents Welcome to the Edge of Chaos . . . . . 3 Cal Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . Jefferson Clay . . . . . . . . . . . Jafs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Azraelle `Az' Takagi . . . . . . . . Lori Trieste . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lemuel Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . Caleb Maas . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardware Requirements . . . . . Minimum specification: . . . . . Recommended specification: . Installing EDGE OF CHAOS. . . . The Readme File . . . . . . . . . Infogrames Customer Service Numbers . . . . . . . . . Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . Story Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instant Action . . . . . . . . . . . . Multi-player . . . . . . . . . . . . . Become a Combat Pilot in 60 Seconds . . . . . . . . . . . Moving Around . . . . . . . . . . . Defending Yourself . . . . . . . . More Information . . . . . . . . . Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . START NEW GAME . . . . . . . LOAD GAME. . . . . . . . . . . . INSTANT ACTION . . . . . . . . MULTIPLAYER. . . . . . . . . . . OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MOVIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CREDITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QUIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GAME TYPES . . . LAN GAME. . . . . INTERNET GAME OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 GRAPHICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 Escape Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 3 How to Pilot The New 3 1502-X Command Section . . . . . 15 3 Flying Your Ship . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3 Linear Displacement Drive (LDS) 17 6 The Heads-Up Display . . . . . . . 17 6 RETICLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6 CONTACT LIST . . . . . . . . . . 18 6 6 ORB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 MFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 SYSTEM STATUS . . . . . . . . . 20 GRID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 CONTRAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 BRACKETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 CLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . 8 8 8 8 Using the Command Menu . . . . 21 MAIN MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 NAV SUBMENU . . . . . . . . . . 22 AUTOPILOT SUBMENU . . . . . 22 WEP SUBMENU . . . . . . . . . . 22 CMD SUBMENU . . . . . . . . . . 23 DOC SUBMENU . . . . . . . . . . 23 COMMS SUBMENU . . . . . . . . 23 Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 AUTOPILOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 THE STARMAP . . . . . . . . . . . 24 THE CAPSULE DRIVE AND LAGRANGE POINTS . . . . 25 Using Weapons Systems . . . . . 26 Weapon selection . . . . . . . . . 26 Targetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Discipline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Shares and bonuses, in order of payment . . . . . . . 30 Command structure . . . . . . . 30 Final word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Lefty's Advanced Flight Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Advanced Piloting . . . . . . . . . . 31 The flight computer . . . . . . . 31 Lateral thrusters. . . . . . . . . . 32 Free flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Heat and Power . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Heat and overheating . . . . . . 33 Power and brownouts . . . . . . 34 The Engineering Screen. . . . . . 34 Designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Alert lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 System information. . . . . . . . 35 TRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Power output . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Status display . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Lefty's Advanced Combat Tactics. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Group tactics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Wingmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Turret Fighters . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Tactical camera . . . . . . . . . . 37 Getting the Edge . . . . . . . . . . 38 Sub-targeting . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Sneaking around . . . . . . . . . 38 Remote piloting . . . . . . . . . . 38 Weapon tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 LDSi missiles and LDSi fields . 39 Particle beam cannon . . . . . . 39 REM missiles . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Disruptor missiles. . . . . . . . . 39 .7 . . . . 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 Multiplayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 4 Manual E_of_K GB 1st 7/30/01 12:21 Page 6 Installation Guide EDGE OF CHAOS is designed for computers using the Microsoft Windows®95b, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows ME operating systems. The game also requires Microsoft DirectXTM8.0, and you will be able to install this on your computer as part of the installation process. Hardware Requirements Minimum System Requirements: · AMD® K6-2 350 MHz or Intel® Pentium® II 300 MHz or better. · 64 MB RAM. · 16 MB DirectX-compatible 3D Video Card. · 600 MB hard drive space for installation. · 128 MB hard drive space after installation. · Microsoft DirectX-compatible sound card. · 4x CD-ROM drive. Recommended specification: · AMD Athlon or Intel Pentium III or better. · 128 MB RAM. · Microsoft DirectX-compatible sound card. · 16x CD-ROM. · 600 MB hard drive space for installation. · 128 MB hard drive space after installation. · 3-axis 4 button joystick with a 4-way hat switch. · 28.8 Kbps modem for internet multiplay. In addition your machine should have the following: · Microsoft DirectX 8.0 (installed by the game). Installing EDGE OF CHAOS After starting your computer place the CD marked "EDGE OF CHAOS Install Disk" into your CD-ROM drive. Follow the on screen instructions to install the game. If you do not have Autoplay enabled, open My Computer and double-click on the icon for your CD-ROM drive, then double-click on SETUP.EXE to start the install program. If you do not have Autostart enabled, open "My Computer" and double click on the CD-ROM drive icon. Double click the SETUP.EXE program. After the game has installed you can play from the Windows Start button by selecting Program Files -> EDGE OF CHAOS. Customer and Technical Support (U.S. & Canada) Assistance Via World Wide Web Get up-to-the-minute technical information at the Infogrames,Inc. web-site, at: http://www.us.infogrames.com, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Through this site you'll have access to our FAQ documents (Frequently Asked Questions), which contain our latest troubleshooting information. You'll have access to a Message Board and links to our E-Mail area where you can leave us your tech support problems and questions if you do not find your answers within the FAQ. Help Via Telephone/Fax Or Mail In The United States & Canada For phone assistance, call Infogrames, Inc. Support at 425-951-7106. We have an Interactive Voice Response and Faxback system that is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. If you should need live support, we are available Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM until 6:00 PM (PST). Please note that live Tech Support may be closed on major holidays. We ask that you do the following when calling: be at your system; have your system information ready for our technicians. It will expedite your handling significantly. You may also fax in your Technical Support questions or problems to: (425) 806-0480, or write in to the address below. INFOGRAMES HINT LINE - 1900-454-HINT: $.99/minute. If you're under 18, get a parent's permission before calling. 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