Super Phoenix 1.0.0 d11 Manual

Copyright ©2001-2003 Neil Carter, released 4 February 2003.

Please email n.carter@nether.org.uk for more information, for permission to distribute or to report bugs.

Legal Information

This software (the Super Phoenix application and associated data files, and the concepts contained within) is the copyright property of Neil Carter, all rights reserved. Parts of this software may be the copyright of others, and this information will be detailed at a later time, or will be released upon request. ‘Super Phoenix’ is a preliminary name, and may change at a later time.

This is a development release, and as such certain problems are known to exist, and there may be other faults. There is no warranty of any kind for this software and you use it entirely at your own risk. Due to the development status, you may not distribute this software any further without permission.

Minimum Requirements

• Mac OS 9.0
  • 32Mb of free memory
  • CarbonLib 1.5
  • InputSprocket and DrawSprocket version 1.2
• Mac OS X 10.1
  • 128Mb of free memory
• G3 or G4 processor
• Apple OpenGL
• A fast graphics card that can accelerate OpenGL

Mac OS updates, Apple OpenGL and Game Sprockets are available from Apple. I recommend you use the newest updates for the best performance and compatibility, especially under Mac OS X.

Super Phoenix is a very fast game, so you'll need either a fast processor, a fast graphics card or (preferably) both. I recommend a newer ATI Radeon or Nvidia Gforce card. The ATI Rage128 Pro is the minimum recommended graphics card, but older Rage Pro cards from beige G3s and old iMacs can be made to work if you reduce your screen resolution and colour depth and turn fog off from the settings menu. Reducing the screen resolution and number of colours may help when using cards with very little VRAM.

Please note that joysticks and redefinable controls are not yet supported under Mac OS X, but will be added to a later version.

Known Problems

There are no known bugs that cause the game to crash at present. However, these problems still exist:

• Multiple monitor support doesn't work properly. The wrong monitor is usually selected.
• Occasionally a pair of ships the collide will get stuck together and explode.
• Summon/dismiss wingman and change formation controls are not yet implemented.
• The dodge/dive control is set up in an experimental way which will be changed for the final release.
• Computer pilots are only good at shooting and dodging. They're pretty bad at being wingmen or protecting their allies. They also don't respond to the different characteristics of particular ships or weapons.

The following bugs affect Mac OS X only:

• Joysticks are not supported at present.
• Keyboard controls are not yet redefinable.
• Occasionally the keyboard controls stop working altogether under Mac OS X! This is due to a bug in the operating system which also affects other applications such as Photoshop. To fix it, log out and log in again or restart your computer.
• Sometimes the sound stops working for a few seconds. This also appears to be an operating system bug that affects other applications.