Drafell
Grand Admiral
Mythica
Joined: May 30, 2003
Posts: 2449
From: United Kingdom
|  Posted: 2007-05-24 18:47
This is a transcript of the Basic Tutorial currently in use for the DarkSpace game.
HTML bold tags have been left in to indicate important keys or objectives in addition to the sage of upper case.
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Tutorial: Basic Training
Welcome to the DarkSpace basic tutorial. This tutorial will teach you how to navigate your ship, engage in basic combat, and capture planets. You may press F1 at any time to see additional help for that screen.
Click on the OK button to continue, click on the Cancel button to abort this tutorial.
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You are now in the TACTICAL view. Your ship is displayed in the center of the screen.Right Click and Drag in this view to change the view of your ship. The Mouse Wheel and the X/Z keys control zoom.
Try rotating/zooming your view before clicking on the OK button...
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This is your Ship Status display.
The Hull bar shows the status of your ships hull, at 0% your hull is breached and your ship is destroyed.
The Energy bar shows the amount of energy you have available for weapons and other ship systems.
The Signature bar shows how much radiation your ship is emitting, the more higher your signature the easier your ship is detected. Your signature is affected by your ships velocity, energy usage, and ECM/ECCM in the area.
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This is your Repair Queue, as systems get damaged, ship system icons will appear listed here in order of repair, Left click on a button to move it to the top of the queue, Right click to move a system to the end of the repair queue.
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This is your Systems Display, all your ships systems/weapons/drives are displayed in this area. Right Click on a system to target that system. Left Click on a system button to activate that system or weapon if usable.
If the icon for a system is white then the system is currently active, Green icons indicate the system is ready to use/fire, and grey icons indicate they are currently unavailable (i.e. charging, out of range/arc).
If the device uses ammo or fuel, the amount of ammo/fuel available will be displayed in the upper right.
The Hotkeys for a device will be displayed in the lower right, pressing the hotkey will use the device immediately.
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This is your Cargo Display. Any cargo your ship has in it's hold is displayed as buttons in this display. Left click on a button to unload it onto your current target. Right click on a button to target that cargo item.
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This is your Helm Display. Your ships current velocity and heading are displayed in this area. You may left click on the velocity/heading bars to control your ship. However, usually you would use the A/S/D keys to control your heading and the Q/W keys to control your velocity. The Arrow keys may be used as well to control your heading and velocity.
Try using the A/S/D and Q/W keys to control your heading and velocity, click on OK when you are ready to continue...
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Your current target is displayed here. Depending on the type of target additional buttons will appear beside the target window. You set your current target by Left Clicking on a target indicator. (The target indicators are those colored arrows along the edge of your screen, red for enemy, green for friendly, and yellow for neutral.)
A friendly scount is jumping to your location, you will see a green target indicator appear shortly, try left clicking on that indicator to set the scout as your current target...
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Press F2 or click on this button to enter the navigation view.
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This is the Navigation view which provides you with an overview of the current system. You rotate and zoom the camera in this view the same as in the tactical view. Hold down the Right mouse button and drag to rotate, use the mouse wheel or the X/Z keys to zoom.
TIP: SHIFT+Z will zoom in the maximum distance, while SHIFT+X will zoom out the maximum distance.
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The navigation screen allows you to move around the focus of your view. Try holding down the Left mouse button over an empty part of the map and DRAG. If you target an object and press Spacebar that will center the map on that object. Also, Double Left Click will center the map on an object as well.
Try looking around the system some, click the OK button to continue...
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Displayed here are your navigation contacts. You can LEFT CLICK on an navigation contact to target that object, and press SPACEBAR to center the map on that object.
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If you have not already, select MYCOPIA as your current target. Once selected you will notice a line appear between your current position and your target. The line will be either WHITE or RED which indicates if any known objects are between you and your target.
If you press the O key, that will command your ship to orbit Mycopia. Your ship will automatically set course and jump to the target avoiding any collisions
NOTE: You can press the J key to force a jump to your current target, however this will not avoid collisions or other hazards, so make sure the line is white.
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Press the O key to command your ship to orbit [/b]Mycopia[/b] then press F2 to return to the tactical view.
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You'll notice ships are already engaged in combat around Mycopia, do not engage or fire at any enemy ships yet, our mission is to land infantry on the planet for capture...
Enter orbit around Mycopia to continue...
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You are now in orbit around the primary planet of this system. Target Mycopia again if needed, the yellow markers on the planets surface are drop zones.
Select a drop zone by LEFT CLICKING, then press the U key to unload your infantry on the planet.
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Once the infantry has landed on the surface it will take some time to actually capture the planet. While we are waiting, lets help out the ICC destroyer, but first some basics on combat!
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Look for a RED target indicator, this is the enemy ship. (NOTE: Pressing the E key will target the closest enemy ship, pressing the R key will target the closest friendly ship).
Once the ship is targeted, you may press the F key to automatically follow, or the G key to shadow the ship (Shadow is like follow, except you just match heading/velocity and doesn't close range as much).
Press SPACEBAR to alpha strike, this fires all available weapons at your current target. NOTE: All weapons on your ship are limited by range and firing arc, when a weapon can fire will be indicated by it's icon turning green in the Systems Display.
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Target the enemy by pressing the E key, and help the destroy the enemy...
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YAY! you've just captured your first planet. Your faction can now build structures on the planet, and use it's resources to take control of this star system.
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You may now load your infantry back onto your ship to capture the other key planets in this system, Dawn and Ihzack.
Target Mycopia, then you will your infantry appear on the surface at the location you unloaded them, target the infantry and press the L key to load the infantry back onto your ship.
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You may now capture Dawn and Ihzack to end this tutorial.
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Tutorial completed...
[ This Message was edited by: Drafell on 2007-05-25 01:27 ]
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