Solaris battalion Quick Reference

			  Version 1.2 release 3
			     July 16, 1996


STARTUP HINTS

  The script "battalion" starts the game.

  Press space to select your monster with keys 6 to 9 (Googelon, Techs, the
  Vapour or Flutter), then press 1 to enter monster's view. Move using the
  mouse or arrow keys, shoot with the left button or Ctrl and press Esc to
  exit. The a and z keys tilt the monster's head.

  The s key toggles sound effects and g toggles pointer grab, useful for
  the Mesa version to keep the pointer inside the window.

  In demo mode (before and after a game), you can press h to view the
  on-screen help and H to see the high scores.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

  -a(lone)	    Fight alone.
  -b(ackdrop)	    Hide the overlays.
  -d(etail) n	    Set graphics level-of-detail to 0..2. The Mesa version
		    defaults to 0 (low) and OpenGL version to 2 (high). The
		    d key changes the detail level while the game is running.
  -m(usic)	    Initially turn on the background music.
  -s(ound)	    Initially turn on sound effects.
  -lscores¹	    Use local high scores file (in /var/tmp), even if startup
		    script has been set up to access a global high score file.
  -mesa¹	    If OpenGL² is installed, use this option to tell the
		    startup script to run the Mesa instead of OpenGL binary.
  -help		    Shows game version and a list of command line options.

DEMO MODE COMMANDS

   Space	    Selects your monster (keys 6...9).
   h		    Displays the on-screen help.
   H		    Displays the high scores.

PLAY MODE COMMANDS

   Mouse/arrows	    Moves the monster.
   Left button/Ctrl Shoot!
   1, 2, 3	    Selects monster view / overview / army view. Use the
		    i,j,k,l keys to rotate the battlefield in overview mode.
   4		    Displays the map, with your monster at the center.
   a, z		    Tilts monster's head.
   d		    Steps through detail levels 0, 1, 2.
   g		    Toggles pointer grabbing, which locks the mouse pointer
		    into the battalion window. Gives you better control if
		    you move using the mouse.
   m		    Toggles background music.
   p		    Pauses the game.
   s		    Toggles sound.
   ESC		    Exit.

ABOUT SOUND

   The volume is initialized to a low level by audioplay, called from the
   startup script. Change the level/comment out as appropriate.

ENVIRONMENT

   BATTALIONSCOREDIR  Defines directory for high score file (default /var/tmp).
		    This variable is already defined in the startup script, but
		    the line is commented out.

   BATTALIONSCOREUNIQUE  Setting this variable limits the number of high score
		    entries per user to one (only the top entry). To enable
		    this behavior, uncomment the line in the startup script
		    that defines this variable.

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¹) The -lscores and -mesa options are handled by the startup script.
²) The Sun OpenGL 1.0 runtime packages must be installed in order to use the
   battalion.opengl binary. OpenGL 1.0 supports only the Creator 3D framebuffer.