User Guide

TWO THOUSAND HEADLESS

Here you can enter a name and associated phone number. Assign default settings

(COM/PORT/IRQ, modem init string, baud rate, etc.) by clicking Default Settings or use

custom settings by clicking on Custom Settings. Click SAVE to go back to the “Phone List”

dialog.

Once you have a number in the Phone List, you can select that number for dialing by click-

ing on it in the listing window. The number will appear in the Dial Box.

Once the required phone number is in the dial box, either by manual entry or by selec-

tion from the listing window, you should click on DIAL which will communicate with your

modem and dial the number. Once a connection has been established you will see the

“Host Serial Game” dialog.

NULL MODEM GAME

To begin a two-player Null Modem game, select Multiplayer Game from the Title menu.

Then select the Modem/Serial option. When both players are ready, click on the Null

Modem button, and a connection will be established.

Once a null modem connection has been established you will be taken to either the “Host

Serial Game” or “Join Serial Game” dialog, depending upon who clicked first on the Null

Modem selection.

HOST SERIAL GAME

HOST SERIAL GAME DIALOG

Here you must enter your name and choose a side and color.

The “Scenarios” window shows the available scenarios. As the game host this is up to you

to select, as are the Credits, Bases, Crates, Ore and AI Players options.

You will see a message window so that you can communicate with your opponent as you

select these game options. Messages from your opponent appear in window. As you

change options, these are reflected on the dialog that your opponent can see. As the host

you get to decide when to commence play. Once both players have agreed on the sce-

nario and options, you should click OK to begin play.