Thank you for installing TurboLode v1.2

Please feel free to contact me for any bug report. I would be
glad to receive any level that you could make with the editor,
I'll publish them on the TurboLode web site.

Moreover, please tell me if the OpenGL version works with your
3D Card. I'd love to establish a compatibility list.


REMARKS 
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- The first time you'll launch the game in software mode, it will 
  generate an optimisation file in the TEXTURE/ Folder. This 
  generation process can take some time to complete, depending
  on your system, so don't think the game has crashed ! For your
  information, it takes about 4 seconds on my Celeron 433.

- If you uninstall this game, 2 icons will remain in your start
  menu (the network mode icons). You will have to remove them by
  Hand. Sorry for the inconvenience.



GAME RULES
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TurboLode is a 3D evolution of the original "Lode Runner" from 
Broderbund.

Your goal consists in catching all the yellow ingots from a level,
and to escape by the exit door.

Unfortunately, some flying sentries will try to catch you. If a 
Sentry touch your hero, he losts one life.

You have no weapon to help you. You can only run and hide.



GAME CONTROLS
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TurboLode can be played using the joystick, the keyboard or the 
mouse. The mouse control option must be choosen by hitting the F3 
key.

At any time, hit the F1 key to see the commands of the game.

Basicaly, you can run and jump. To get an ingot or a bonus, just 
walk over it.

Sometimes, you can dig the ground near you. In this case, the cell
that can be diged becomes darker. Just hit the action button (or 
the SHIFT key) to dig the cell. BE CAREFUL, some ground elements 
can auto-regenerate after a short time.

In some cases, you will also have to push blocs or activate levers.
To do so, just stand infront of the desired object, and hit the 
action button (or the SHIFT Key).


GAME OPTIONS
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All the game options can be activated from within the game. These
options are:

 - Mouse mode (F3): Switch between (no mouse/mouse/inverted mouse) modes

 - Change resolution (F4): Change the screen size. PLEASE USE THIS OPTION
                           in window mode only.

 - Details (F5): Activates or de-activates the well textures.

 - Fullscreen (F6): Switch between fullscreen & window modes

 - Music (F7): Switch music on/off
 
 - Stereoscopic (F8): Enables the RED/BLUE or RED/GREEN glasses stereoscopic
                      mode. SOFTWARE MODE ONLY

 - FPS (F9): Shows the Frames per second count

 - Network infos (F11): Shows the other players status. NETWORK MODE ONLY



NETWORK MODE
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TurboLode supports a multiplayer mode. To activate it, you must launch the
game with the "/network" command line parameter. During the installation
process, 2 icons should have been installed, corresponding to the OpenGL
and Software versions of the network mode.

The network mode uses DirectPlay , and for this reason supports the 
following network devices:

 - LAN
 - Internet
 - Parallel cable/Serial cable

The TurboLode network mode is limited to 4 players per game. It basicaly 
plays all the levels of the game in a multiplayer manner. 

It's up to you to decide if you want to play the levels in a cooperative
manner (and to finish all the levels together), or if you want to play a
"Kill-Them-All" game (by digging under your opponents for example).

To complete a level, all the ALIVE players must stand on the exit point
of the level (marked by a yellow rotating EXIT symbol).

On the Radar, players are represented by yellow points.

The user who has created the game is considered as the master of the game:
he can decide to change the level by loading a saved position or to abort 
the game. This will impact on the other players game.

FOR ADVANCED NEWORK USERS: TurboLode network mode refreshes all the players
informations at fixed time intervals. At the startup, this "Refresh Interval"
is calculated as the biggest ping time between the players. Nevetheless, it
can happen that this calculation provide really pessimistic values (depending
on the state of the network during the initialization process). For this
reason, the master of the game can change this refresh rate by hand by
hitting the "/" (decrease time) and "*" (increase time) keys during the game.
Take care that this could overload the network.

During a network game, hit F11 to get informations about the other players
status.



COPYRIGHT
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This game is freeware, and may not be sold under any form.

If you are the author of one of the music used in this game,
and if you want me to remove it, please e-mail me.

You are encouraged to give this game in its original form to 
everyone.



CONTACT
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Turbolode homepage: http://www.momorprods.com
E-mail            : Emmanuel ICART (eicart@momorprods.com)