DomeWars Help

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There are many options for playing Dome Wars:

File
  • New Game - Begin a regular game.
  • Open Game - Open a saved game.
  • Join Net Game - Not available in this version.
  • Tournament - Begin a 10-round tournament against computers of increasing difficulty. Compete for a high score!
  • Save Game - (only during game play) Save game to disk.
  • End Game - (only during game play) End the entire game and return to main menu.
  • End Round - (only during game play) End the current round of play and go to the next one.
Preferences
  • Music - Choose whether to play background music or not.
  • Sound - Choose whether to play sounds or not.
  • Buy Weapons - Choose whether players/computers can buy weapons during the game.
  • Simulate Faster - Speed up certain aspects of the game, for those who want to play as quickly as faster.
  • Wind - Make aiming more difficult by adding a bit of wind.
  • Shifting Winds - Make the wind change after each player's turn.
  • Trace Shots - Show (don't erase) shot trajectory on screen.
  • Computers Talk - Use speech manager to get computers to talk to you when they die.
  • Control Panel - Shows a control panel of weapons, etc, at the bottom of the screen.
  • Order
    • Random - A random tank goes first each round.
    • Round-Robin - Players take turns going first.
    • Losers First - Player with lowest score goes first.
    • Winners First - Player with highest score goes first.
  • Num Rounds - Choose how many rounds to play.
  • Starting Cash - Choose how much cash players begin the game with.
  • Game Speed - Choose how fast to simulate shots. 1 = slow, 10 = fast.
  • Walls/Floors/Ceiling
    • Solid - Projectiles explode on impact.
    • Bouncing - Projectiles bounce off on impact.
    • Wrapping - Projectiles go off one side of the screen and come back on the other side.
    • Open - Projectiles height is never limited.
  • Computers - Buy Weapons/Shields (should be obvious)
Other
  • Edit Death Quots - Edit what the computers say when they die (if speech is enabled)
  • Edit Weapons - Edit the custom weapons available in the game.
  • Define Mountain - Edit the parameters for terrain creation.
  • View Game Config - (only during game play) Show the wall/floor/ceiling settings and how many rounds are left.
  • Redraw Screen - Erase the screen if it is too cluttered with traced shots.
  • View High Schores - Show tournament high scores.

 

 

 

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