Weird Worlds Manual

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Shrapnel Games, Inc. Weird Worlds3

THE OBJECT OF THE GAME

Discover exotic star systems; seek out new technologies, artifacts and lifeforms;boldly blow up stuff where no one has blown up stuff before!

The object of Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is to captain a starship, leaveyour home world (Hope, in the Glory star system), explore as much of Sector Prime(deep space) as you can, build up a flotilla of starships, make various discoveries andthen return to your planet of origin (Hope) before your mission time expires.

Mission success is calculated and scored depending on the value of what you bringback with you, like ship upgrades, artifacts, technologies, lifeforms, allies, interestinginformation and even representatives of alien races.

GAME LAUNCHER

START

Launch the game program and go to the Main Menu.

MODS

Open the Mod Loader.

VIDEO SETTINGS

Use DefaultsCustom ModeFull Screen ModeWindowed Mode

QUIT

Terminate the game program.

MAIN MENU

START

Go to the SPACE DOCK to start the game.


SCORES

View the HIGH SCORE LIST.

SIMULATOR

Start the COMBAT SIMULATOR.

SETTINGS

Adjust the volume levels of sound effects and music.

QUIT

Terminate the game program.SPACE DOCK

CAPTAIN NAME

A captain name is generated randomly each time the game is played. You may enteryour own captain name if you wish. Lock your captain's name for multiple sessions byclicking RANDOM so it turns to LOCKED.

STARSHIP NAME

A starship name is generated randomly each time the game is played. You may enteryour own starship name if you wish. Lock your captain's name for multiple sessions byclicking RANDOM so it turns to LOCKED.

SELECT SHIP

Choose ship type and mission

Science Vessel = Science missionPirate Corvette = Pirate missionTerran Frigate = Military mission

MAP SIZE

Choose map size, number of stars and the length of the mission.

Small - 16 stars/10 years

Medium - 32 stars/20 years


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Large - 48 stars/30 years

NEBULA MASS

Choose the amount of Nebula to appear on the starmap. Nebula areas usually slowthe movement speed of a starship or flotilla considerably.

Less - 20%Normal - 30%More - 40%

Note that these are approximate percentages.

ENEMY STRENGTH

Choose the strengths of enemy flotillas to make the game easier or more difficult.

Less - Small flotillasNormal - Average-sized flotillasMore - Large flotillas

Note that a flotilla is a group of starships.

TUTORIAL

Clicking this button will ENABLE or DISABLE the tutorial mode.

START

Go to the MISSION BRIEFING.

CANCEL

Return to the MAIN MENU.

MISSION BRIEFING

The Mission Briefing screen will provide you with a quick review of your missionobjectives.

Science mission

Primary objective: Collect unusual lifeforms.Secondary objective: Discover star systems and other space phenomena.


Pirate mission

Primary objective: Collect anything of high value.Secondary objective: None.

Military mission

Primary objective: First Contact with alien races.Secondary objective: Collect technology.

CONTINUE

Begin the game.

CANCEL

Return to the SPACE DOCK.

INTERFACE & SPECIAL KEYS

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is controlled with the mouse and one mousebutton. It has a one-click interface that is very easy to use.

The most important special key to remember is F1, which will evoke a HELP popup atany time during the game.

The second most important key is the SPACEBAR, which is primarily used to PAUSEstarship combat.

The number keys, 1-5, will select individual ships in the order that their icons are linedup at the top of the STARMAP VIEW and BATTLE VIEW screens.

Pressing ESC during the game will halt the game and evoke the DEBRIEFINGscreen. Pressing the ESC key at any other time will evoke the MAIN MENU.

Pressing F12 will take a screenshot and store it in the game folder as a .tga image

file.

ALL SPECIAL KEYS

Starmap View & Battle View

F1 - HELPF12 - ScreenshotNUMBERS 1-5 - Select ShipESC - Quit to DEBRIEFING or MAIN MENU


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CREDITS

SHRAPNEL GAMES

PUBLISHER

Tim Brooks

PROJECT MANAGEMENT & MARKETING

Richard Arnesen

COMMUNITY RELATIONS & BETA TEST COORDINATION

Mindi Arnesen

CUSTOMER SUPPORT & PRODUCT COORDINATION

Annette Brooks

MANUAL COVERART

Greg Jackson

PRESS RELATIONS

Scott Krol

LEAD BETA TESTER

Lloyd (Gene) Anglen

BETA TESTERS

David Birch Josh BycerJeffrey Cherpeski Brian Dean

Luke Hazlett Scott LantzKevin Matheny Soenke NommensenJames T. Phillips Jerry RoysJames Sterrett Stefan Weniger

DIGITAL EEL

GAME DESIGN

Digital Eel


CODE

Iikka Kernen

ART

PhosphorousIikka Kernen

Rich Carlson

SOUND & MUSIC

Rich Carlson

FEARLESS TESTERS

James Cook Chris CummingsBob Dalgliesh James Ernest

Thomas & Zoe Flint Bruce LadewigKevin Matheny Joe Pallai

John Slade James SterrettBrian Uhrig Thom WetzelEd Zavada

SPECIAL THANKS

Scott KrolChris Laskowski

Chris MorganSteve Rogers

SCIENCE CLASS

David Darlingwww.daviddarling.info

INTERSTELLAR ADVICE

Anthony Affrunti

dark_guestEternalSpearmanLionel Johnson

liljohn118thWaythorn

GAME MANUAL

Rich Carlson


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PERMISSIONS

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space uses SDL and SDL_image dynamically linkedlibraries (interface compatible with SDL 1.2.8 and SDL_image 1.2.4), released underLGPL license: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html

The use of LGPL libraries in a closed source application such as Weird Worlds:

Return to Infinite Space is allowed by section 6b of the license. Pre-built binaries areincluded in the installation for your convenience.

SDL source code and binary downloads are available at the SDLwebsite: http://www.libsdl.org/

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space also uses the following open media standards:

OpenGL: www.opengl.orgOpenAL: www.openal.orgOgg Vorbis: www.xiph.org

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