
TPS-SPEED v1.00
(C)2006 by Alessandro Riva
http://www.maskedbear.com

special thanks to all Caiman forum and site for support and
especially to Trek, Maro and BearCub for great feedback :)

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Freeware Licence:
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This software is distributed AS IS.  The author takes no
responsibility for any damage of any kind caused by the use
or misuse of this program.
This program is Freeware and it and any part of it
included all media cannot be decompiled, redistribuited
or sold without the written permission of the author.
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Instructions:
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Drive your hovering ship to victory over 6 tracks
Compete in the Championship, too, and drive your ship
to the title!
You may choose bewteen a roster of 6 ships initally,
when unlocked you may choose between 8.
You may unlock 3 extra tracks, too, the reversed
versions of three original ones, and, then,
you may unlock and compete in a R Championship,
with the three R tracks plus 3 original ones.


Keys:
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Arrowkeys Left/Right: control your ship
Arrowkey Up: thrust
Arrowkey Down: brakes
Shift: activate the first available powerup (if any)
Ctrl: activate the bonus slot powerup (if any)
"1-6" keys: activate powerup 1-6
"C": change camera(external, chase or internal views)
Return/Enter: proceed from Results&Table end-race screen
"P": pause game
"O": resume paused game


You may choose between four difficulty levels:
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- ROOKIE
- SEMI-PRO
- PRO
- LEGEND


You may play different game modes:
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- SINGLE RACE
Drive in a single race on a track of your choice
- CHAMPIONSHIP
Drive a complete season of 6 tracks trying to
conquer the title
If unlocked you may also compete in the R Championship,
consisting in 3 original tracks + 3 reversed tracks
- TIME TRIAL
Fight against time to obtain the record (Beta version
still hasn't the record saving system, so you can
only view your session best time)
- ARMOURED BATTLE
You may drive a special single race where
you have Armour powerup always on and infinite
Missiles and Mines, same have your opponents
- SUPER SPEEDERS
A single race with infinite Turbos and Catapults
For those who like faster driving


Powerups:
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Simply drag&drop powerups if you have enough coins
into the 5 slots. If you want to discard a powerup
from a slot drag it and drop into the screen, the
coins will be refunded to you. Same thing to
move a powerup from a slot to another.
!! Trap Powerup note !!:
When activated the Trap powerup releases the Trap,
marked with an "X" on the track map. Press
again the activation key to start the Trap!
Please note that if the Trap is released under
a tunnel it will be placed at the end of
the tunnel itself instead!


Settings:
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In the settings workshop you may change sharp tunings
of your ship. You have 2 Delta Points at start and
you can remove points from a skill and add to another
according to the track you are going to challenge.


Special adjustements in gfx.ini:
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you may change two graphic features modifying gfx.ini
file; open it, default is:
	shipshadows=off
	trees=on
You may add ship shadows if you own a powerful PC
simply writing "on" instead of "off", so 
	shipshadows=on
Same way you may remove trees from Baloomba Beach track if
you have a slow framerate in that track simply writing
"off" instead of "on", so
	trees=off
when done, save and close gfx.ini


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Enjoy the game!
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