First Start | Installation | Network Play | Configuration | FAQ | Redistribution

# WARNING!!!! The documentation has not been updated for 0.2.7.x due to lack of time. Only the in game help documentation is up to date. If that is not enough, please drop by the Armagetron Forums, locataed at guru3.sytes.net where we will be more then glad to help you! We are sorry for any inconvienence.
-The Devel Team

# First Start

### History

This game is based on Armagetron by Manuel Moos.

### WARNING: (READ IT! it's NOT legalese, I mean it!)

Some people react on flashing lights in a very unpleasant manner: they experience epileptic seizures. Even if you did never have such a seizure, you may still be affected by those induced seizures. Since Armagetron Advanced contains rhythmic flashing lights (the grid you race over...), there is a higher risk of induced seizures than in normal computer games. FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, do NOT play Armagetron Advanced on a wide TV screen or in a dark room and always keep a good eye distance to your monitor. WE DO NOT FEEL RESPONSIBLE for anything that might happen to you while playing Armagetron Advanced, even if you do respect these advises (See legal stuff below).

### How to play

The rules are simple: you ride a lightcycle, a kind of motorbike that can only turn 90 degrees at a time, leaves a wall behind and cannot be stopped. Avoid running into a wall while trying to make your opponent run into a wall. Just in case you do not know: this idea is stolen from the Disney movie "Tron" from 1982. The earliest known game of that type was SNAFU from 1981.

Acceleration is possible by driving close to player walls, be it your own wall or the wall of your enemy. Every time you make a turn, you lose a little bit of your speed, so don't be too nervous; speed is your only resource against other players!

### Quick start

First, you'll be confronted with the selection of your favourite language. Use CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT to select, then CURSOR_DOWN to move to the "Accept" menu item. Then, press ENTER/RETURN three times. You'll immediately be set to fight against one weak AI opponent.

#### Initial keyboard layout

turn left | : y,z,w
turn right | : x
brake | : v
switch camera | : c
glance | : cursor left/right/down
show scores | : TAB
scroll message console | : page up/down
toggle fullscreen | : f
pauses/unpauses the game | : p
quit to the game menu | : q/ESC

SHIFT-ESC is the "boss key" and quits Armagetron Advanced as fast as possible.

#### Menu navigation:

Move up one item | cursor up
Move down one item | cursor down
Change item | cursor left/right
Enter Submenu/Activate item | return/enter/space
Leave Menu | ESC

#### change controls (in "Player Menu"/"Player x"/"(Camera) Input Configuration" and "System Setup"/"Misc Stuff"/"Global Keyboard Configuration"):

Press enter or space on the control you wish to change, then press the key/mousebutton you want to assign to that control. Moving the mouse also works.
Press delete or backspace to reset the control binds for the selected functions.

After your first matches, you should go into the "Player Menu", set your name, your keyboard and mouse configuration. Then, get some friends together and try the multiplayer modes!

### Feedback, support, keeping up to date:

Please see the contact page for details.

## Credits:

Thanks go out to:

- Fabrice Holbé (
  ) for the font and most importantly: the GREAT MOVIEPACK! Yes!
- Chaz Guarino (
  ) for extracting the sounds from the movie in high quality.
(Both the moviepack and the movie sounds are available for download separately on the Addons page because of their size and copyright issues)
- Ben Hines (
  ) for the Mac OS X port
- Max Rudberg(
  ) for the Mac icon
- My brother Benjamin and my girlfriend Sibila Madzalik de Morais for extensive testing
- All the other fans that sent their suggestions and comments, especially eRVee and Andrew Macks!

### Author/Maintainer/Contact:

This software was mainly written by Manuel Moos (
). Please see the feedback page before mailing me directly.

### Legal stuff: license and warranty

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

This document was created by Manuel Moos

Last modification: Mon Mar 6 15:57:27 UTC 2006

First Start | Installation | Network Play | Configuration | FAQ | Redistribution