User Guide

28 DUNE 2000
MULTIPLAYER GAME
MULTIPLAYER ONLY KEYS
ALLY [‘A’ KEY]
During multiplayer games, it is sometimes advantageous to ally with other players. To Ally
with a player select one of that player’s units, and hit the ‘A’ key.A message will tell everyone
that you have Allied with the other player.Allies will not attack each other automatically.You
will also see all of your Ally’s units on the radar map, and his units will reveal the areas of
the battlefield for you that you did not have uncovered.
Making alliances are only ONE-WAY. If the other player does not Ally with you, their units
will still attack yours, but yours will not attack back. It is a good idea to make sure the other
player wants to Ally with you before you commit to the alliance.
To break an alliance, select one of your Ally’s units, and hit the ‘A’ key again. Unlike making
an alliance, breaking an alliance breaks it for both players. Both sides’ units will become
hostile to each other immediately.
MESSAGE SYSTEM [F1 - F8]
To send messages to the other players in a multiplayer game, hitting F1 - F7 will prompt you
to enter a Message to a specific player. F8 will send your Message to everyone currently
playing.
You can determine who each key represents by looking at the score screen in the map
display.The players are listed in order (top to bottom), excluding yourself.
Note that when you are entering a Message, none of the keyboard commands will function.
If you wish to abort the Message, hit the ESC key.
MODEM/SERIAL GAME
DUNE™ 2000 is designed to be played as a head-to-head game either by modem or null
modem link. A null modem link is a special cable which you should be able to purchase at
your local computer supplier. Such a link allows two computers which are within 30 feet of
each other to be connected.
SERIAL GAME PRELIMINARIES
Before you can play a Serial game, you will
need to configure DUNE™ 2000 with the
appropriate settings. To do this, select
Multiplayer Game from the Title menu.
Then, select “Serial” and click “Settings”
from the “Select Serial Game” dialog.