Paintball Party 1.51 (c) 2005 NewCreature Design
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Description
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Paintball Party is a unique multi-player action experience. Up to 4 players can
duke it out simultaneously on a single PC with 4-way split-screen action. Tons
of options and multiple game modes will provide you and your friends hours of fun.

Save replays of your best matches to rub it in later or study your opponents'
strategies and do them one better the next time. Slow-motion and zooming
capabilities allow you to see those exciting moments up close and personal.

Practice your shooting and jumping skills in the single-player Target Practice
and Scavenger Hunt modes.

Create your own add-on levels and characters with the built-in designing tools
for a truly personalized game.


System Requirements
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Pentium or better PC
VGA or better graphics card


Recommended System
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Pentium II or faster PC
16-bit sound card
Gamepad(s)


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Getting Started
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When you start Paintball Party you'll first be faced with the intro screens.
Simply press the Enter (Return) key to proceed until you come to the main menu.
The menu controls are pretty straightforward as you can see:

Up/Down keys - Navigate the menus
Enter        - Activate the selected menu item
Escape       - Return to the previous menu
Left/Right   - Modify settings


Graphics Options
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Paintball Party provides you with some graphics options to help you get the
game running up to speed on your PC. These options are explained below:

Allow 320x240   - Allow low resolution display in single player modes
Translucency    - Enable translucency effects
Vsync           - Synchronize graphics to monitor
Icons           - Show in-game helper icons
Radar           - Enable the radar
Logic Method    - Choose whether to allow frame-skipping
2P Split Screen - Choose split screen mode for 2 players


Audio Options
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The audio options are pretty self-explanetory

Music Volume - How loud the music plays
Sound Volume - How loud sound effects will play


Control Options
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This is the place to go to set up your controllers. You might want to disable
joystick support if you have an analog controller as it might not work. We
recommend using multiple gamepads if you have them.

Select the controller you want to customize to bring up the customize menu.
From here, select the command you want to modify and press Enter followed by
the button or key that you'd like for that command.


Miscellaneous Options
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Random Music     - When enabled, plays a random song instead of the stage
                   theme. In addition to being able to select the level themes,
                   any music file within the game directory may be chosen by
                   the game.

Allow Replays    - Allows you to record replays for viewing later. You can
                   still view replays if this option is disabled, you just
                   can't record them.

Default Music    - If you don't like the default music and would never like it
                   to be selected in the game, turn this option off.

Auto Targeting   - Allow opponents to be targeted automatically.

Character Themes - Allow character theme music to be played.


Global Controls
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If you so desire, you can change some of the options with the function keys.
Below is a list of all the options you can change using this method:

F1  - Decrease music volume
F2  - Increase music volume
F3  - Decrease sound volume
F4  - Increase sound volume
F7  - Take a screenshot
F8  - Toggle in-game icons
F9  - Toggle radar
F10 - Toggle Translucency effects
F11 - Toggle vsync
F12 - Change logic method


Replay Controls
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Here are the replay controls:

1-4    - Zoom in on a player's screen
5      - Go back to the split screen view
Space  - Pause
Enter  - Step to next frame
Right  - Fast forward
Left   - Rewind (this can be slow)
Up     - Rewind to start
S      - Hold for slow motion
Z      - Toggle super zoom (works with camera 1-4)
         Use the mouse to pan the camera when in super zoom mode
Escape - Exit replay


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Playing the Game
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Upon selecting the Play option from the main menu, you have a choice of either
Single Player or Multi-Player modes.

For Single Player mode, select your player and character using the left and
right buttons on the Player 1 controller and pressing fire.

In Multi-Player each player that desires to play must hit the fire key/button
on his controller in order to enter the game. From here each player can select
a player and character by using his left and right button, pressing fire to
select each. To cancel a selection, hit the jump button.

To delete unwanted players, press the Weapon Select button on your controller.
You will be prompted as to whether you want to delete it or not.

You may have noticed a character named "Custom" while browsing the characters.
If you select this character, a file select dialog will open allowing you to
import additional characters. Simply select the filename of the character you
want to load and hit the "Ok" button to load a custom character.

When selecting a character, you have the option to pick one at random. You can
do this simply by pressing Down. Pressing Up will select the Custom character,
allowing you to import an additional character from elsewhere on your computer.

Now you must choose a level. Use the Player 1 left and right buttons or the
keyboard left and right keys and press fire/enter to select the level. As for
characters, there is a "Custom" level which allows you to choose additional
levels you may have installed. Just select the file you want to load and hit
the "Ok" button.

As with characters, you may choose a level at random by pressing Down. Pressing
up will take you to the Custom level selection.

Note: all additional characters and levels that are in the Paintball Party
folder will be selectable as normal characters and levels. If you'd like your
additional characters and levels to appear in the selection arrays, be sure to
drop them in the folder where Paintball Party is installed.


Single Player Game Modes
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There are two single player modes in Paintball Party, the first being Scavenger
Hunt.

In Scavenger Hunt you must locate all five of the colored gems and bring
them back to the base (indicated by a green 'X'). The gems appear at random
locations and each gem must be brought back to base before another will appear.
You have 1 minute to find them all.

You say you're ready to use the paintballs. In Target Practice mode you get to
do just that. Locate the target and peg it with a paintball to make the next
target appear. Each time you hit a target another second is added to the clock.
When time runs out, your score and accuracy are displayed.


Multi-Player Game Modes
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The multi-player modes are the meat of Paintball Party. There are 4 different
multi-player games, each of which can be customized using the menus. All modes,
with the exception of Hunter, can be played with a time limit if you'd like. If
you're playing with a time limit, the player that has the most points when time
is up wins.

Splat Fest is the most straightforward game mode. Just peg the other players
with paintballs and try to avoid being hit. When one player reaches the winning
score (as set in the menu), he wins.

Hunter is very similar to Splat Fest except that each player is allowed a cer-
tain number of hits before they are eliminated. The last player left is the
winner.

Paint Tag is based on the idea of Tag. One player is it and the others are try-
ing to avoid being tagged by that player. While you're it, your clock is tick-
ing. Once you reach the elimination time, you are out. To make the game fair,
all players are it at the start. When a player tags someone else, they are no
longer it. Only players that are it are allowed to fire paintballs. The last
player standing is declared the winner.

Capture the Flag is sort of a multi-player version of Scavenger Hunt. A flag
appears at a random location and you must find it and take it to base. If you
are shot while you have the flag, you drop it. Once the flag is delivered to
base, another will appear. This continues until a player has delivered enough
flags to win.


Game Statistics
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In Paintball Party you have the ability to create your own player and build up
stats for accuracy and winning percentage. You can view these stats by
selecting the stats option from the Play menu. You can clear your player's
statistics by pressing the Delete key when viewing your stats.


Weapons
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There are 5 types of ammo in Paintball Party. You can enable or disable any of
the ammo types from the menus. Ammo types are as follows:

A - Normal
    Travels in a straight line until it hits something

M - Mines
    Sticks to the ground allowing you to set traps

B - Bouncing
    These bounce along until they hit a wall

S - Splitter
    Splits in 2 when it hits something, good for going around corners

H - Heat Seeker
    Homes in on the selected target

Ammo powerups respawn at the rate set in the menus.


Powerups
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There are a number of different powerups scattered throughout each level wait-
ing to be picked up. These provide some special abilities and are as follows:

R - Run
    Increase run speed

J - Jump
    Increase jump height

C - Cloak
    Makes you invisible and undetectable

D - Deflect
    Paintballs bounce off of you

F - Fly
    Allows you to fly
    
T - Turbo
    Allows you to fire paintballs rapidly

These powers wear off after 10 seconds. Powerups respawn at the rate set in the
menus.


Playing Tips
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With all the options available there are tons of different ways to play. Try
fiddling with the weapon and powerup options to find a mode that you and your
friends can agree on. Here's a game mode that we find to be a lot of fun:

Play Eliminator mode, giving each player 1 of each type of ammo, disabling ammo
respawning. Set the game to 1 Hit Elimination and remember to use that ammo
wisely!


Conclusion
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We hope you enjoy Paintball Party as much as we have creating it for you. If
you like the game, we encourage you to provide feedback, as this will help us
make our games better for you. If you'd like to comment, please utilize the
contact information below. Thanks.


Contacting Us
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If you have general questions about our programs or anything else you can
contact us via e-mail. Please report any bugs you find in our software as well.
Comments are also appreciated. Visit our web site for the latest updates and
releases.

E-mail     - todd@ncdgames.com

Snail Mail - 1409 Diuguid Drive Apt. A5
             Murray, KY 42071
             Apt. A5

Web Site   - http://www.ncdgames.com
