User Guide

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GAME
HERE YOU START PLAYING THE GAME. THE AUTOMATIC FLYING CAMERA WILL TAKE YOU TO
THE CAR SELECTION GARAGE, WHERE YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR DESIRED VEHICLE. EACH
VEHICLE HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE STEERING QUALITIES
, AND THEY HAVE BEEN CATEGORISED
INTO LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY.
SELECT THE ONE YOU WANT, AND THEN YOU WILL BE OFF EARNING YOUR B-HUNTER
BADGE.
N
ETWORK
HERE YOU CAN GET CONNECTED WITH OTHER B-HUNTER PLAYERS OVER DIFFERENT NET-
WORKS. JUST CHOOSE THE NETWORK TYPE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE USING, AND THE
PROGRAM WILL FIND THE OTHER PLAYERS AUTOMATICALLY. FOR CONNECTING TO PLAYERS
ON REMOTE NETWORKS (E.G. OVER THE INTERNET) OR VIA A MODEM, YOU MAY HAVE TO
SPECIFY AN
IP-ADDRESS OR A TELEPHONE NUMBER TO CALL.
SETUP
THIS ROLLER LETS YOU CUSTOMISE DIFFERENT CONTROL OPTIONS IN THE GAME. YOU CAN
SET THE VOLUME OF MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS UNDER
"AUDIO". YOU CAN CHANGE THE
RESOLUTION AND DISPLAY DRIVER TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE SPEED UNDER "VIDEO".
FINALLY YOU ARE ABLE TO CHANGE THE CONTROL KEYS AND MOUSE FUNCTIONS FOR PLAY-
ING THE GAME. IN THE "INPUT" ROLLER YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF SETTING UP YOUR OWN
SET OF CONTROL KEYS, TO MATCH YOUR PREFERRED SETTINGS.
IN THE INPUT SETUP MENU, THE FIRST BUTTON ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT BETWEEN VARIOUS
PRESET INPUT CONFIGURATIONS
. YOU MAY ALSO CREATE, MODIFY OR DELETE YOUR OWN
CUSTOM INPUT CONFIGURATIONS.
I
NSTRUMENTS
KNOW YOUR VEHICLE! THAT IS THE FIRST AND BEST ADVICE ANY VETERAN WILL GIVE YOU.
IT IS ALL-IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW HOW YOUR HOVER CRAFT OPERATES, AS IT WILL BE
PUT INTO MORE EXTREME SITUATIONS THAN OTHER NORMAL CRAFTS.
T
HE CAR IS BALANCED AND PROPELLED BY 4 POWERFUL HOVER JET ROCKETS, WHICH IN
TURN ARE CONTROLLED BY THE INTERNAL ONBOARD COMPUTER. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
TELL THE CAR IN WHICH DIRECTION TO GO, AND THE COMPUTER WILL TRANSLATE YOUR
COMMAND INTO THRUST
. THE FEW INSTRUMENTS YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL MAY SEEM
SIMPLE, BUT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE AND EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE IN
THE CITY. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THEM NOW:
S
HIELD AND ENGINE
WHEN THE HOVER JETS WERE INVENTED, IT SOON BECAME CLEAR THEY WOULD NEED SOME
KIND OF PROTECTION FROM ALL THE SMALLER COLLISIONS THAT THEY WOULD ENCOUNTER
WITH OBSTACLES AND OTHER CARS
. A PROFESSOR NAMED TOM GJOP SOON INVENTED AN
EFFECTIVE DEFENSIVE LIGHTWEIGHT SHIELD THAT WOULD PROTECT THE CAR.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS NOT ABLE TO WITHSTAND HEAVY DAMAGE OR COLLISION IMPACT.