Readme for Sea War: The Battles 2
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  Sea War: TheBattles is a modern version of well-known
battleship classic game. You have to prepare your fleet and
try to sink the enemy one in this famous turn-based strategic
game. Beautiful 3D graphics and realistic sound FX enhance the
thrill of warfare. You can fight against the computer or a 
friend through local network or over the internet. You can
enev play together with friend on one computer!
  Game features four episodes with different weapons and ship 
sets. Use Powder Bomb in "Age of Sail" level, Flying Mine in
"Fantasy World", Dashed Rocket in "Supernova" and Ball Lighting
in "On the Orbit" level.

  Except for great weapons Version 2 has beautiful visualization
effects of blast and shot path. More convenient scene controls 
include steering wheel for scene rotation, periscope to inspect 
your and enemy fleet, and trumpet to chat in network mode. 
Version 2 also has additional mode of match between human
opponents on one computer.

  Watch out for blowing fragments! They are able to make some 
holes in your screen!



Minimal Requirements 
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CPU 300 Mhz, 64Mb RAM, 3D Accelerator with 16M RAM,
DirectX7.0 or higher.



How to play
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- Shoot enemy by clicking mouse on any free cell inside 
enemy field.

- Rotate arena in desired direction by steering wheel or
directly by clicking right mouse outside battlefield

- Zoom view by click left mouse outside battlefield

- Inspect your and enemy fleets by clicking on periscope 
or at the score field of any player

- Chat with partner in network mode by clicking at trumpet
or press Enter

- You can manually setup your fleet by turning OFF
checker AutoSet mode in Play Game dialog. 

- Turn onscreen controls ON/OFF by double click left mouse
button outside battlefield or press 'Q'

- Add your own MP3 files to the "data/Musics" subfolder 
of the installed game folder and enjoy ability to switch 
background music in Options dialog

- Turn background music ON/OFF using M key during play 



How to play network game
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To play network game against other player always use 
"Network Game" item of main menu.
First player, originator, have to select desired network 
mode (Local or Internet) and check "Originate" checker ON.
Second player has select same network mode, but check
"Join" item. 
For "Local" network mode second player will see list of
available SeaWar originators and select desired one to join. 
For "Internet" network mode second player has to specify 
address of originator in the "Server Address" field.
You can specify this address in any known form - either 
named string (i.e. myfriend.site.net) or digital IP address. 
If you are unclear about this name/address ask your network 
administrator about it.



Shareware Demo vs. Full version
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Demo version has no network mode, allows to play the only 
"Age of Sale" episode, and you are able to finish 
game rarely - sorry! 
Get full version to allow full functionality.


How to Register
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To obtain full version you have to purchase and register it.
Go to www.terragame.com/swbuy.shtml to pay online, or
purchase registration from other software vendor. Then
you'll get immediate access to your personal SeaWar download 
area and can install full version on your computer.
Registration is dscribed in your download area page.


Troubleshooting
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- Use parameters "-640", "-800", "-1024" to force desired screen
resolution. This could be useful if you have videocard with small
memory.


Enjoy playing Sea War: The Battles 2!

Check out www.terragame.com for updates and new games, that 
coming soon!

Should you have any questions email to seawar@terragame.com

TerraGame Group
www.terragame.com
