

Welcome to Locus for MS-DOS.



Locus DOS version 1.0 (c) 1995 Zombie LLC. All rights reserved.



This is the README file for the DOS version of Locus.  Read on to find out
late-breaking news that has happened since the printing of both the Locus
Instruction Manual and the Manual Addendum.  Be sure to read those
documents for complete info on installation, setup, game control, and so
on!



For a quick intro to the game, press the Info button on the Locus Main Menu.



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Updates and Patches



Be sure to check out Zombie's website for occasional updates or patches
for Locus.  The Zombie website is at http://www.zombie.com.



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Autocenter/Absolute Control



In the Options Menu, you may change the way your mouse controls your
movement by adjusting the slider bars for turning, acceleration, and
autocentering.  Autocenter controls the sensitivity of turning.  If you
have the autocentering low (slider on the left end of the autocenter bar),
your cycle will tend to stay in a turn, and will have a large reaction to a
small mouse movement.  If you turn up the autocentering (slider on the
right end of the bar), your cycle will tend to re-center itself quickly
after making a turn, and will not be so sensitive to small mouse movement.




When you are just learning to play, we suggest turning up the
autocentering of your cycle.  You should also turn up autocentering if you
use the keyboard to control your movement.



There is a cheat key for "absolute control," which re-centers the turning
of your cycle every frame, giving the effect of a "tighter suspension" on
your cycle.  To toggle absolute control on and off, hit the F8 key.



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Trouble Shooting Notes



"The 3D sound of the ball seems to be backwards, or it doesn't sound 3D to me."

Your speakers may be reversed-try switching your speakers around.  If you
don't hear any sounds moving around, you may not have a stereo sound
card-check the manual that came with your sound card.



"How can you keep the video segments from playing?"

You can turn animations off in the Options Menu, and you can get out of
animations or video that are already playing by hitting the ESC key while
they're playing.



"I have a Pentium 120, a Mach 64 PCI, and I'm running univbe, but the
video doesn't work."

This will always be the case.  The video won't work properly if you are
running univbe.exe (universal vesa bios extensions).   Make sure that you
disable univbe.exe if you are running it (check your AUTOEXEC.BAT).



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Produced and developed by Zombie Virtual Reality Entertainment.

For technical support or comments, email drtrouble@zombie.com.

Visit the Zombie homepages at http://www.zombie.com.



Distributed by GT Interactive Software.



Remember, read the Instruction Manual and Addendum for more complete
information!



