

    	               F  A  T  A  L      F  U  M  E  S

                               by ABAX SOFTWARE

                   Reference manual for shareware version
     	   		          5.11.1996


  Fatal Fumes and all material in this manual are (C) Jussi Koskela 1996



CONTENTS

Before you start........................................1
	Introduction....................................1.1
	What is Fatal Fumes.............................1.2
        Files...........................................1.3
	System requirements.............................1.4
	Supported operating systems.....................1.5

Getting started.........................................2
	Sound setup.....................................2.1
	Loading the game................................2.2
	Menu controls...................................2.3

Race Guide..............................................3
	Driving controls................................3.1
	Cup modes.......................................3.2

Registering.............................................4
	Why should I register?..........................4.1
	How to register.................................4.2
	Rights of a registered gamer....................4.3


Appendix A..............................................A
        About ABAX SOFTWARE.............................A.1
	Contacting us...................................A.2
	Credits.........................................A.3



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1. Before you start

 USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK. EVEN THOUGH FATAL FUMES HAS BEEN
 THOROUGHLY TESTED ON VARIOUS SYSTEMS THE AUTHOR HAS NO LIABILITY FOR ANY
 POSSIBLE DAMAGE CAUSED BY FATAL FUMES.

 YOU MAY NOT MODIFY ANY FILES OF FATAL FUMES OR THIS MANUAL.


1.1 Introduction

 Welcome to the shareware version of Fatal Fumes.
 Thank you for your interest for this game. As you have copied or downloaded
 this free of charge vesion you have already helped us to succeed.
 But your mission is not yet over. You have to copy this game to all your
 friends and distribute it everywhere, so everyone could enjoy it.

 This shareware version should give you a good foretaste of all you will
 get when you register. If you like this game and continue playing it after
 an evaluation period of 30 days we really recommend you to register.
 You will get the full version of Fatal Fumes and we'll get a little fee
 for our work.


1.2 What is Fatal Fumes?

 Fatal Fumes is a car racing game like you have experienced never before.
 Featuring:
  -Incredible steering touch
  -Intelligent opponents
  -Full screen 256 color parallax scrolling at incredible speed of 70 fps
  -Six channel digital music
  -Beautiful art
  -Enjoyable multi-screen tracks

1.3 Files

 The shareware paggage should include all these files.
 Do not modify or delete any of them!

  FF.EXE           Fatal Fumes executable
  SETUP.EXE        Sound setup
  INSTALL.EXE      Install program
  DATA000.JUS      Datafile
  DATA001.JUS      Datafile
  DATA002.JUS      Datafile
  DATA003.JUS      Datafile
  DATA004.JUS      Datafile
  DATA005.JUS      Datafile
  DATA006.JUS      Datafile
  SWTRACKS.JUS     Datafile
  FFMANUAL.TXT     This documentation
  FILE_ID.DIZ      Fatal Fumes description
  GAME.CFG         Sound configuration file (created after setup)


1.4 System requirements

 Required
  -486SX or better / 486DX 50 for maximum performance
  -530 kb free base memory
  -1.0 Mb hard drive space
  -100% VGA compatible video card
 Optional
  -2 button mouse
  -SOUND BLASTER or compatible sound card + 2.5 Mb XMS memory


1.5 Supported operating systems

 DOS :                   Fatal Fumes is designed to be run directly from DOS.
 OS/2 Warp DOS session : Works fine when vertical retrace is set on.
 Windows 3.0 / 3.1 :     Seems to be slow. Try turning music off.
 Windows 95 :            Works in fully configured MS-DOS mode.


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2. Getting started

2.1 Sound setup

 Fatal Fumes supports Sound Blaster or 100% compatible sound cards.
 Tested with Sound Blaster 2.01, Sound Blaster 16, GUS and GUS MAX cards.

 Execute SETUP.EXE

 If the setup program can't find your sound card's environment settings
 it will ask IRQ, DMA channel and I/O port settings for your sound device.


2.2 Loading the game

 To load Fatal Fumes run FF.EXE
 In special situations you can start with following command line parameters:

 /DMA     : Tests the sound card's DMA speed. Use this parameter always
	    if the music plays in wrong speed.

 /NOSOUND : Disables music.
 /NOMOUSE : Disables mouse.
 /WAIT    : Waits for key press after the game is loaded.
 /HELP    : Displays the command line parameter info.


2.3 Menu controls

 If you have a mouse and a mouse driver installed the default control device
 is mouse. To change to keyboard control start the game with /NOMOUSE
 parameter or select mouse off from options menu.

 Mouse controls
  Move cursor over a button you want to push and click the left mouse button.
  Select the right value for a parameter (for example LAPS / OPPONENTS)
  by clicking left or right mouse button.

 Keyboard controls
  Select button you want to push with UP and DOWN arrows and press ENTER.
  Select the right value for a parameter (for example LAPS / OPPONENTS)
  by pressing LEFT or RIGHT arrow.

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3. Race

3.1  Driving controls

 Player 1 controls
     UP    arrow - accelerate
     DOWN  arrow - brake
     LEFT  arrow - turn left
     RIGHT arrow - turn right

     TAB   - change camera view
     PAUSE - pause the game
     ESC   - abort driving

3.2 Cup modes

F1 scoring
 The winner is the driver who scores highest points on selected tracks.
 Scoring by place on each track:

     1st     10 points
     2nd      6 points
     3rd      4 points
     4th      3 points
     5th      2 points

Total time
 In this cup mode the driver with the fastest total time on selected tracks
 is the winner. Notice : The maximum time one can lose on single track is
 (10 + 2 * amount of laps) seconds.

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4. Registering

4.1 Why should I register?

 Because you love Fatal Fumes you must have some idea how much time we have
 spent making it. Giving you this evaluation version totally free has been
 really fair from us. Now it's your turn to be fair and send your little
 donation to support our work.
 As if this wasn't a reason good enough you will also receive an advanced
 version of Fatal Fumes that makes your racing experience even more furious!
 The registered version comes with an easy-to-use TRACK EDITOR,
 over 40 TRACKS, 12 CARS, fancy NEW GRAPHICS, a TWO PLAYER GAME MODE etc.

4.2 How to register

 Read the ORDERING INFO from the game menu.


4.3 Rights of a registered gamer

 As a registered gamer you will HAVE RIGHT TO:

   1. You may install the game on only one computer.

   2. You have right to Replace a broken Fatal Fumes disk by sending it back
      to us within 60 days from the day it was sent to you by us.
      After the 60 day period include five U.S. dollars to cover the expences.
      Note that only the first disk replacement is free and for following
      replacements you MUST include five U.S. dollars.

   3. You have right to copy freely any track file of Fatal Fumes.
      Asking any payment for track files is strictly forbidden!


 As a registered gamer you will NOT HAVE RIGHT TO:

   1. As you have already familiarized yourself with the shareware version
   of Fatal Fumes you do not have right to return us the registered version.

   2. You may not copy, transfer or reproduce any part of Fatal Fumes or this
   documentation except the backups made for your own use.
   THIS MEANS THAT YOU MAY NOT GIVE AWAY OR SELL COPIES OF YOUR REGISTERED
   VERSION OF FATAL FUMES. IF YOU SELL YOUR -ORIGINAL- FATAL FUMES DISK
   YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE FATAL FUMES ANY LONGER ON YOUR COMPUTER.


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Appendix A

A.1 About ABAX SOFTWARE

 Abax Software is a small group in Finland devoted in developing
 high quality software on PC. Yet we want to keep our prices low so that
 everyone can afford it.

 Fatal Fumes is our first project ever to see the daylight. Its development
 started in summer 1995 and even though we are launching it now in
 November 1996 we shall continue developing it and making it even better!
 Expect to see some major updates in the year 1997. All updates will be
 free of charge and available from many BBSs.

 Check out also our possibly upcoming WWW site:
 http://www.abax.sci.fi

 Ville Koskela's personal WWW site:
 http://www.hut.fi/~vkoskela


A.2 Contacting us

 If you have some ideas, questions, bug reports or comments concerning
 Fatal Fumes feel free to contact us.

 Write in English or Finnish, please.

 Mail:
 Jussi Koskela
 Kaenkatu 4 B 20
 04230 Kerava
 Finland, Europe

 E-mail:
 mikko.viinikainen@mbnet.fi


A.3 Credits

    Jussi Koskela:     Game design
		       Programming
	               Graphics
		       Track design
		       Manual

    Mikko Viinikainen: Music
		       Track design

    Ville Koskela :    Car physics
	               Additional graphics

    Kalevi Koskela :   Photography




