Abuse-SDL 0.6.1 README ---------------------- ---- 1. Introduction 2. Additional Features 3. Requirements 4. Running Abuse-SDL 5. Configuration 6. Notes 7. Special Thanks 8. Feedback ---- 1. INTRODUCTION Welcome to Abuse-SDL, the port of the classic game Abuse to the Simple DirectMedia Layer. Abuse was originally developed by Crack dot Com and released 1995 for MS-DOS. A Linux version was also made available at a later date. It had a few limitations the most restrictive of which was that it only ran on an 8-bit display, and only in a window. Abuse-SDL will run at any colour depth and supports fullscreen mode, as well as many other new features. It should also be more portable and hopefully run on a variety of *nix variants. 2. ADDITIONAL FEATURES Abuse-SDL has the following extra features over the original Abuse: Runs at a screen bit depth of 8, 16, 24 or 32. Fullscreen display. Scaling bye any amount (eg. 2, 3 or 4) Stereo sound with panning. Mousewheel support for changing weapons. Customizable keys. 3. REQUIREMENTS Abuse-SDL has the following requirements: SDL 1.1.6 or above. Registered Abuse(original CD), Abuse Shareware, or fRaBs(Free Abuse) 4. RUNNING ABUSE-SDL If Abuse-SDL has been installed properly, the command: abuse.sdl will start the game. The following command-line switches can be used: -datadir <arg> Set the location of the data files -doublebuf Enable double buffering -edit Start in editor mode -f <arg> Load the map file named <arg> -fullscreen Enable fullscreen mode -lisp Start in lisp interpreter mode -mono Disable stereo sound -nodelay Run at maximum speed -nosound Disable sound -scale <arg> Scale by <arg> amount 5. CONFIGURATION Abuse-SDL also has a configuration file where these options can be set instead of using the command line. The file "abuserc" will be created in your ~/.abuse directory the first time Abuse-SDL is run. Lines starting with a ';' are comments. Setting an option to '1' turns it on, and '0' turns it off. To change the keys used in the game, simply type the key after the option. The following special keys can also be used: LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN : Cursor keys and keypad. CTRL_L, CTRL_R : Left and right CTRL keys. ALT_L, ALT_R : Left and right ALT keys. SHIFT_L, SHIFT_R : Left and right SHIFT keys. F1 - F10 : Function keys 1 through 10. TAB : TAB key. BACKSPACE : Backspace key. ENTER : Enter key INSERT, DEL : Insert and Delete keys. PAGEUP, PAGEDOWN : PageUp and PageDown keys. CAPS, NUM_LOCK : Caps-Lock and Num-Lock keys. SPACE : Spacebar. The default key settings are as follows: Left : Left cursor key. Right : Right cursor key. Up/Jump : Up cursor key. Down/Use : Down cursor key. Prev Weapon : Left or Right CTRL keys. Next Weapon : Insert key. The mouse always controls your aim, with Left button for fire and Right button for special. Mousewheel can be used for changing weapons. 6. NOTES Scaling: Scaling is still experimental and not very fast. Try scaling by different amounts to see which ones work the best. fRaBs: The current release of fRaBs has some naming issues under Linux. In the 'addon/leon/' directory a lot of the files are uppercase when Abuse is expecting them to be lowercase. Renaming the files be all lowercase will fix this problem. 7. SPECIAL THANKS Go to Jonathan Clark, Dave Taylor and the rest of the Crack Dot Com team for making the best 2D platform shooter ever, and then releasing the code that makes Abuse-SDL possible. Also, thanks go to Jonathan Clark for allowing me to distribute the original datafiles with Abuse-SDL. 8. FEEDBACK If you have any questions, comments or constructive criticism, my email address is: trandor@labyrinth.net.au The Abuse-SDL webpage can be found at: http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~trandor/abuse ---- Have fun!
