
Updated Version! (March 4, 1998)

This version has the Egyptian level and a Deathmatch level. This
version also supports play via the Internet (TCP/IP), as well as
modem support. For notes on how to set-up play for the Internet
please read the TCP/IP release notes.




              RELEASE NOTES for THE CHASM Demo.
           ---------------------------------------

 TABLE of contents:

    1. Controls.
      A. System requirements.
      B. Install & quick start CHASM.
      C. Menus.
      D. Control panel.
      E. Console commands.
      F. Command line.
      G. Sound.
      H. Keyboard commands.
      I. Default keys.
    2. The game.
      A. Briefing.
      B. Gameplay.
      C. Your additional environment.
      D. Multiplayer game.
      E. Network monitor.
    3. Troubleshooting & common problems.


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 | 1. Controls |
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 A. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
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   The minimum platform to start CHASM is:

 486 DX2-66 MHz CPU (Pentium processor recommended).
 Standard VGA card (PCI video recommended).
 8 MB of RAM (16M recommended under Win95).
 8 MB of free hard drive space.
 MS-DOS 4.0 or higher (Win95 DOS box, OS/2 DOS box).

 * VESA compatible card required for Network Monitor mode.

 Sound Blaster 16 or AWE32 recommended for good sound.




 B. Install & quick start CHASM.
----------------------------------------------------

  Create a directory CHASM on your hard drive. Copy CHASM.ZIP
 there and unzip it. To start CHASM type CHASM.EXE.
 The game starts in demo mode. To play the game
 use the menu commands.



 C. Menus.
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   Press ESC key to pop up the main menu. In single game mode
menu pauses the game. Use Up/Down arrow keys to move
highlighted selection. To select menu item press the Enter key.
Press the ESC key to return to Main Menu from the submenu or to the game
when you are in the Main Menu.

Description of menu items:

 == NEW ==
  Break the current game or demo and start a new game. Submenu
 for NEW contains selection of game difficulty: Easy/Normal/Hard.

 == NETWORK ==
  Operate multiplayer game. The Chasm Demo supports only Novell's ODI
 IPX stack under DOS  and  the Microsoft IPX stack in a Win95/
 Windows 3.1 DOS box. Up to 8 players can play in one network game.

  Submenu for MULTIPLAYER includes:
   JOIN - Lets you join to active multiplayer game, already
        started by another user. There are no submenus for this.
        When you select this command, CHASM will search
   START - Start new multiplayer game. Selection of this command
        brings up a submenu window:
      START GAME - start network game with current settings.
      Game mode: - select game mode DeathMatch (no monsters) or
                   Monster Hunting.
      Difficulty: - select difficulty level for the Monster Hunting mode.
      Level:     - select game level to play on.

   MONITOR - on the SERVER (SERVER - machine when network game is
     started using START command, other machines are CLIENTs
     using the JOIN command) which starts the Network Monitor. For more details
     about the Network Monitor see section "2.E. Network Monitor" of this
     document.

 == SAVE ==,
 == LOAD ==
  Pop up a list of saved games. Select the target slot and press the
 Enter key. Currently each saved game description contains level number
 and state of health.

 == OPTIONS ==
  Allow to setup game settings. Chasm automaticaly saves all settings
  before quitting, so you don't need to save it manually. Submenu for
  OPTIONS consist of:
   SetUp Controls...
      Permits you to change the default keys settings. Highlight
      the action you wish to reconfigure and press Enter. The name
      of key assigned to this action will change on the "?" symbol. Then
      press a new key or Mouse button that you like to use for this action.
  Video Modes...
	Allows several resolution modes, depending on the video card and VESA 2.0 
	availability. Please read the hi_res.txt file attached with this demo for more
	information.
  Display...
      Lets you change screen parameters:
      (Use Left and Right keys to change sliders.)
        View size - change size of view.
         Contrast - change palette contrast.
            Color - change color saturation.
       Brightness - change palette brightness.
   
   Always Run
      When Always Run is ON, you are always at max speed.
   Crosshair
      Shows/Hides crosshair.
   Reverse Mouse
      Invert vertical mouse movement for mouse view.
   Reverse Stereo
      Swaps Left and Right sound channels.
   FX Volume,
   CD Volume,
   Mouse sensitivity
      Self-explanatory
 == QUIT ==
   Exit Chasm and return to operating system.



 D. Control panel.
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  Control Panel provides control of game modes and parameters and is
 designed for experienced users. Use <BackSpace> key to toggle
 Control Panel. Control Panel is divided into two parts:
 Local Menu and Console. Use the <TAB> key for switching between Local Menu
 and Console.

 * Local Menu contains the following options:

   NEW     - the same as NEW in Main Menu.
   MONITOR - starts network monitor.
   OPTIONS - currently disabled.
   DISPLAY - change display settings: contrast, color and brightness.
   QUIT    - quit to DOS.

  Console consists of the Command line and Message display.
  Command line is required for the entering Console commands.
  Message display shows the results of executed commands and
 special internal system messages.
  Console has a command history. Pressing the up and down arrows
 in the Console will change to the last command entered.



 E. Console commands.
----------------------------------------------------
 Here are the list of the main Console commands:

   NEW              - start new game.
   RESTART          - restart current level.
   QUIT             - quit to DOS.

   CHOJIN           - immortal mode.
   AMMO             - restore ammo for all weapons.
   WEAPON           - gives all weapons to player.
   INVISIBLE        - gives 2 minutes of invisibility.
   ARMOR            - gives 200% of armor.
   FULLMAP          - allows you to see the full map of the current level.
			

   KILL             - kill all monsters on the level.
   REANIMATE        - (debug) reanimate all monsters.
   RESPAWN <#time>  - set the monsters respawn time.
                      (#time=0 means no respawn)
   REVERSE          - swap right and left sound channels.
   DEPTH            - enable/disable distant fade.
   SHADOWS <number> - set the upper limit of shadows casting by 3D object.
   GO <#level>      - warp to specified level.

==== Multiplayer commands =====
   KILLP <pnumber>  - kill player with specified number.
   KICK  <pnumber>  - disconnect player from multiplayer game.
   NICK  NEWNAME    - set your name for multiplayer gaming.
                      NICK without newname shows current name.
   RESETFRAGS       - available only on SERVER machine and
                      set all frags in 0 state.

 * Command without a parameter returns to its current state.



 F. Command line.
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 You can use these options launching CHASM from the DOS command line:

   "-nosound"       : disable sound code.
   "-warp <#level>" : warp to map level #level.
   "-start"         : start SERVER in Network CHASM.
   "-join"          : join network game.



 G. Sound.
----------------------------------------------------
 Chasm automaticaly detects the type of sound card, installed on
your computer, checking the BLASTER variable in AUTOEXEC.BAT.
Chasm gets the PORT address, IRQ number, DMA number and CARD TYPE
from this variable. A typical blaster setting for SB16 looks
like this:

  SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6

 You have to set this variable in your autoexec.bat manually or
run your Sound Blaster diagnose.exe utility to automatically
set this variable. If you can't get Chasm to work, try to start
it with -nosound command in command line. It will disable
all the sound code and do a "safe" loading.



 H. Keyboard commands.
----------------------------------------------------
 Here are the keyboard commands that doesn't control gameplay and
can't be changed in OPTIONS\SetUp Controls.

  Main Menu          ESC
  Control Panel      BackSpace
  Save Game          F2
  Load Game          F3
  Options Menu       F4
  Multiplayer Menu   F5
  Quicksave          F6
  Quickload          F9
  Quit menu          F10
  Save screenshot    F1
  Change Sceen size  +,-
  Show Map           Tab 
  Change map size    [,]
  Select weapon       1,2,3,4,5,6



 I. Default keys.
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 List of keys assigned to common actions by default:

  Move Forward       Up
  Move Backward      Down
  Turn Left          Left
  Turn Right         Right
  Strafe Left        <
  Strafe Right       >
  Fire               Ctrl
  Use                Space
  Strafe On          Alt
  Speed  Up          LShift
  Look   Up          A
  Look   Down        Z
  Center View        S


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 | 2. The game.  |
 +---------------+

  A. Briefing.
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  B. Gameplay.
----------------------------------------------------
  C. Your additional environment.
----------------------------------------------------
  A,B,C not documented yet.


  D. Multiplayer game.
----------------------------------------------------
  CHASM support network multiplayer game by using IPX protocol
 with up to 8 players in one network game. To enable network CHASM
 under DOS, you must load the IPX.COM driver provided by Novell.
 If you play Chasm in a Win95 DOS box, be sure that the IPX protocol
 is installed.

  To run Network CHASM you must select one machine (preferably the fastest
 one) to work in SERVER mode.

  SERVER - machine in network game that controls all game processes
           and pass calculated data to other computers (CLIENTs) in net.
  CLIENT - all other computers in the network game.

  You must follow these steps to launch Network CHASM:

   1. Check that the IPX driver is installed on all computers you want to play.
   2. Start CHASM by typing CHASM.EXE.
   3. To start a Network Game, select one machine as a SERVER and
       activate command "NETWORK\START" in the Main Menu. The network
       game will then be started.
   4. Other players can connect to the SERVER at any time using
       command "NETWORK\JOIN". To leave the Network game use the "NEW" command.
   5. A Network Game can be stopped by using the "NEW" command on SERVER.
      It automatically disconnects all CLIENTs.

  Some cheat codes available only on the SERVER machine 
  to add some features to other players:
  AMMO      #playernumber
    Add all ammos to specified player.
  WEAPON    #playernumber
    Add all weapons and ammos to specified player.
  INVISIBLE #playernumber
    Makes specified player invisible for 2 minutes.
  ARMOR     #playernumber
    Set armor level to 200% for specified player.
 For example: WEAPON 0 adds all ammo to server.



  E. Network monitor.
----------------------------------------------------
  Network monitor is the mode for a multiplayer game, that can be
 activated on the SERVER machine and allows two main features:
  1. View the action of up to 4 players in different windows.
  2. Make the SERVER work in dedicated mode.

  To start the monitor, go to the main menu and select Network option,
 then highlight Monitor item and press Enter. If you have a VESA
 compatible video card and SERVER was started, then you will see
 a monitor screen. The SERVER cannot play the game, while the Network Monitor
 is active. Monitor screen consists of four windows, where you can see
 what other players are doing, and Control Panel in left hand corner
 screen. In the righ hand corner of the screen you will see a list of numbered players with
 their frags numbers.
  Press ESC to switch between Control Panel and windows. If you are in
 windows mode, current window has light border as selection.  To move
 selection, use arrow keys. 1st window assigned to
 1st player, 2nd to 2nd and etc. You can reassign any window to any
 player, pressign number of players ("1".."7") when desired window
 is selected. To disable active window press "0". If all windows are
 disabled SERVER switches to DEDICATED mode. This mode is the best
 mode for multiplayer game. SERVER does not show any pictures on the
 screen and controls game only. This provides smoother action for
 all other players in the network.
  To return to normal game mode, select BACK TO GAME in Control Panel's
 local menu and press ENTER. You will return to the same position where
 you were before starting the Network Monitor.




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 | 3. Troubleshooting & common problems.  |
 +----------------------------------------+

  Using the default configuration and recommended platform you should have
 no problems running the CHASM demo.

 Known problems :
 ------------------

 Q:  I receive " Runtime error [#ERROR CODE] at [SEGMENT:OFFSET] ".
 A:  If you receive this message, please save indicated address
     in form [#ERROR CODE] at [SEGMENT:OFFSET] and E-mail it to
     chasm@megamedia.com

 Q:  I have a sound card, but can't hear any sounds in the game.
 A:  Currently CHASM works only with the Sound Blaster family compatible
     cards. So if your card is not SB compatible you will get any
     sound. Other reasons could be not setting the BLASTER variable
     in your AUTOEXEC.BAT. In this case you will need to set this variable 
     in your autoexec.bat manually or run your Sound Blaster diagnose.exe utility
     to automatically set it up. And don't forget to check the FX volume in the Options
     menu.

 Q:  I get :
    1. " Unhandled exception [#N] at [XXXX:YYYY] Error code [#E]".
    2. " Loader error (0000): unrecognized error ".
     What's wrong ?
 A:  These are not CHASM errors, but DPMI server internal problem,
     try to start chasm again or change your Operating System settings.

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