Star Trek: Starfleet Command other
Star Trek(r): Starfleet Command(tm)
Readme File
14 Jan 2000
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Installation Instructions
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Run SETUP from the Starfleet Command CD-ROM. Follow the on-screen
instructions.
Note that Starfleet Command requires DirectX 6.1 or later and it is
highly suggested that you have the DirectPlay 6.1a Update if you are
not using DirectX 7 or later. See: www.microsoft.com/directx
This version of Starfleet Command is the most recent version
available, 1.02.01.
For the latest updates and information, point your web browser to:
www.interplay.com/sfcommand
or
www.starfleetuniverse.com
See the Supplemental Manual.pdf file in the Manual folder for more
detailed gameplay information about this version.
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Bonus Files for Star Fleet Battles
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A series of .pdf files in the SFB Folder give you the complete
Cadet's Handbook for Star Fleet Battles, the board game that
SFC is based on.
See www.starfleetgames.com for more information about Star Fleet Battles.
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Manual Corrections
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The following changes were made after the manual went to print:
Briefing Button: The button to display your mission briefing
during a mission is actually located on the communications panel.
Weapon Groups: Weapon Groups are saved by each unique ship class.
These groups are saved across all save games.
Shipyard: Right-click on a ship to jump to that Vessel Library entry.
Nebulas: You cannot reinforce shields in a Nebula.
Capturing: A ship is captured when all enemy marines have been
defeated and after a period of time (as your marines capture
control stations and the bridge). Captured ships become part
of your team, but cannot be controlled and will automatically
attempt to disengage.
Hotkeys
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SHIFT-0 (or SHIFT-COMM OFFICER, if you change the defaults)
displays a summary of the mission briefing during a mission. This
is just like pressing the Briefing button on the comm panel.
F12 saves a screenshot file (24-bit .BMP) in the Starfleet Command
root folder.
Credits Errata:
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Ron Austin - Special Guest Artist/One Heckuva Guy
Dave Demaio - Interview Video Director of Photography
Michael "Spriggan" Motoda - QA Manager
Chris Goff - Manual Lookover
Brian Roney - Testing
Our apologies to:
Mark Means, Darrell Jones, and Ismael "Ishtar" Quijano
Beta Tester Credits:
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Thanks to all the beta testers for their help and assistance.
Starfleet Command would not be the game it is without their
time, energy and reports.
Michael Alfaro, Ross Allen, Gerald Barber, Jas Batra, Brian Belz,
John Benner, Philip Billington, Bob Bingham, Chris Blough, Terry
Bluhm, Jim Boegman, Tobi Bonthrone, Jason Bowman, Barr Bradley,
Cary Brown, Glen Bucher, Donald Burns, Patrick Burnside, Andrew
Burton, Tim Callahan, John Carrasquillo, Jason Carter, Jeff Chan,
Kasey Chang, Marc Chinitz, John Chodera, Claude Cimon, Geoff Conn,
Lee Contini, Ferril Crosby, Anthony Daly, MacInnes Darcey, James
Davie, Michael Deluca, Pete Dennett, Jacob Dodd, Brian Downer, James
Duncan, John Dunkelberg, Kevin Eberwein, Daniel Eberwein, Kevin
Elhart, Bradley Ellison, David Finan, Jody Ford, Marcelo Gaitan, Rob
Girard, Christopher Goff, Jeffrey Goggans, Scott Gorring, Barry
Hales, Andrew Harding, James Hicks, Steve Hunter, Chris Isaacson,
Earnie Juan, Scott Karr, Eric Kelley, James Kenagy, Edward Kilburn,
Elliot Kravitz, John Lang, Chris LaRusso, Brian Lewis, Christopher
Lewis, Marty Liddell, Rich Matheson, Mark McAdams, Robert McClure,
Marcus McCreless, Kimberly McDaniel, James McLean, Mark Means,
Christopher Meyer, James Miller, Herb Mohns, Graham Moore, Bill
Moore, Joshua Morris, Sean Mudge, Mike Mulka, Chris Nelson, William
Oettinger, Tvedten Oystein, Jim Pierce, Brian Pruitt, Roderick Que,
Steve Quick, Steck Randall, Scott Randall, Stan Rejczak, Matthew
Reynolds, John Roberts, Patrick Rowley, Darrel Rudolph, Michael
San Jose, Micheal Sears, Stephen Smith, Jamie Smith, Rian Snider,
Alex Soto, Steve Spiller, Dean Stow, Jay Sutton, Jeff Taylor, Chris
Taylor, Will Todd, Jay Tourigny, Joe Turbyfill, Chris Tyrell,
Bradley Upson, Eric Vasbinder, Michael Walsh, Dwayne Webb, Brent
Werness, Mike Westbrook, Brian Wiley, Joseph Wilkey, Harris William,
Robert Willis, Jeff Willis, Bradley Wohlenberg, Dave Womer, Kevin
Yasumura, William Young, and Dave Zimmer.
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Troubleshooting
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The following may help if you are having problems running Starfleet Command:
1. Starfleet Command will not run if the Virtual Memory feature of
Windows has been disabled.
2. Install the most recent video and audio drivers.
3. Flickering graphics on TNT-based cards: try disabling V-Synch.
4. ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP 2x: Do not ALT-TAB out of Starfleet Command.
There is a driver problem that will hang the machine.
5. The tutorials are time sensitive. If you play faster than the default
speed, the tutorials may get out of sequence. There are no problems
playing the tutorials at a slower speed.
6. Your desktop resolution setting must be at least as large as the
resolution setting you are trying to play the game as. For example,
if your Windows desktop is set to 800x600, don't try to play the
game in 1024x768.
7. Attemping to play an audio CD without a full install may cause
a lock-up while playing SFC.
8. ATI Rage 128 Expert or Extreme: If you do not see text in the 3d
tactical view, try software mode.
9. Multiplayer on LANs: If you are playing simultaneous LAN network
games, press UPDATE before joining a game if you have identical
session names.
10. If you install on a system without a version of DirectX installed,
of if you are having trouble installing, double-click SETUP.EXE on
the CD-ROM.
11. If a player is dropped, DirectPlay may take up to one minute at
the end of a multiplayer session to clean up.
12. If you have trouble with a Modem game, go to Start:Control
Panels:System:Device Manager:Modem. Remove any bogus serial
connections.
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Technical Support
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Interplay Entertainment Corp. Technical Support now offers troubleshooting
guides with complete installation and setup instructions as well as
information that will help you overcome the most common difficulties.
If you have access to the World Wide Web, you can find these at:
www.interplay.com/support/
Here you will find troubleshooting information on as well as
information on regular system maintenance and performance.
DirectX www.interplay.com/support/directx/
Joysticks www.interplay.com/support/joystick/
Modems and Networks www.interplay.com/support/modem/
(For game-specific information and additional troubleshooting,
visit our main page at www.interplay.com)
If you have questions about the program, our Technical Support Department
can help. Our web site contains up-to-date information on the most common
difficulties with our products, and this information is the same as that
used by our product support technicians. We keep the product support pages
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Legal Stuff
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Copyright 1999 by Interplay Entertainment Corp. All Rights Reserved.
Portions copyright 1999 Amarillo Design Bureau. Some elements
based upon the board games created by Amarillo Design Bureau.
Starfeet Command Copyright 1999 Interplay Entertainment Corp. All
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