Eco-Phantoms PC Technical notes

General Information
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Turn on your PC in the usual way, inserting your MS-DOS or PC-DOS system disk
if required.
Place Disk 1 in drive A

Type INSTALL for full technical information on setting up Eco-Phantoms to
run on your PC. If you have more than 1 floppy disk drive or a Hard disk
then Eco-Phantoms can be installed to reduce or eliminate disk swaps. If
you only have one disk drive then you will have to swap disk from time to
time during the game (you will be asked to swap disk at these points).

To run from Floppy Disk
=======================
These instructions apply equally to 5.25" and 3.5" disks.

Place Disk 1 in Drive A
Type ECO for Eco-Phantoms or ECOS for Eco-Phantoms with Spanish Text.
Swap disk when requested.

To run from Hard Disk
=====================
First you will have to install the program to Hard disk.
Instructions for this are seen if you type INSTALL with disk 1 in drive A.
Once you have read the instructions you can install using a line such as

INSTALL A: C:

This will copy all the files from drive A to drive C. Install is quite happy
to install from any floppy drive to any hard drive. For example

INSTALL B: D: is equally valid.

Once you have installed Eco-Phantoms you can run it at any time by going to
its subdirectory (See Install for up to date details) and typing

ECO	for normal Eco-Phantoms
ECOS	for Spanish Eco-Phantoms

Using a Mouse with Eco-Phantoms
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If you want to use a mouse with Eco-Phantoms you must install a Microsoft
Compatable Mouse Driver before you type ECO or ECOS. This is usually
found on your system disk or in your system directory and is usually
called MOUSE, XMOUSE, GMOUSE or something similar. Due to the wide variety
of hardware that can be configured to the PC it is not possible to be
explicit in this area.

Using Keys with Eco-Phantoms
============================
If you do have an active Mouse Driver when you enter Eco-Phantoms the game
will assume keyboard use. The keys are :-

The shifted arrow keys will emulate the mouse pointer but there will be
quick key press options available in most cases.

The mouse emulation is set up so that the mouse cursor will move when an
arrow key and either shift key are pressed. When the shift keys are
not pressed the keys 'z' and 'x' will act as left and right mouse buttons.

Most of the key option below are also available when a mouse is installed.

General Keys
F1              - Go to Robot Room
F2              - Go to Gulleys
F3              - Go to Virus Lab
F4              - Go to People Room
F5              - Go to Engine Room
F6              - Use Ball Manipulator (in Gulleys only)
p               - Toggle Pause Mode
m               - Toggle Adlib Music if available and selected

In Gulleys
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Left Key        - Turn or Shift Left
Right Key       - Turn or Shift Right
Up Key          - Move Forward
Down Key        - Move Backwards
INSERT          - Toggle Shift/Turn mode
Key 9           - Call Collector (only when in a machine location)
F1 to F6        - Goto other service routines
Shift-S         - Save Game
Shift-L         - Load Game

When Collector is on screen
Key 8           - Leave Collector
Key 9           - Toggle Collector Mode

When there is something to shoot at
Use the mouse emulation mode.

When the communicator appears

keys 1 to 4     - Select one of the four shapes and place it in the currently
                  active communicator sector
key 5           - Next sector
F10             - Swap between page 1 and page 2
Left Key        - Next code when on page 2
Right Key       - Previous code when on page 2

Engine Room
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Left Key        - Choose Oil
Right Key       - Choose Fuel
Up Key          - Speed Up
Down Key        - Slow Down
Keys 1 to 5     - Oil or Fuel Turbine 1 to 5
F1 to F6        - Goto other service routines

Virus Lab
=========
Left Key &
     Right Key  - Choose an area to sterilise
INSERT          - Sterilise selected area
F1 to F6        - Goto other service routines

Robot Room
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Left Key &
     Right Key  - Select Robot
INSERT          - Drop Selected Robot (only works when outside a building)
F1 to F6        - Goto other service routines

People Room
===========
To apply Passenger Room functions to passengers or stores, use the mouse
emulation with shifted arrow keys, z and x to point to the required
passenger or stores item.

Keys 1 to 4	- Select destination room for send
Left Key &
     Right Key	- Alternative room select method
Key 5		- Select Feeder
Key 6		- Select Water
Key 7		- Select Send Passenger function
F1 to F6        - Goto other service routines

Inside Buildings
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Use the mouse emulation mode.
To quickly return to the door area of a building press t to teleport.

Additional Information

Some mouse drivers which support 3-button mice have been found to cause
problems after a while of playing the game. This is probably due to the
mouse driver software and so Eco-Phantoms will allow you to reset the mouse
by pressing the 'r' key. This will set the mouse pointer back at the
centre of the screen and you can carry on playing Eco-Phantoms. There is
no need to save the game.

Place a blank pre-formatted disk in your main floppy disk drive before saving.
Place the disk with a saved game on in the same drive before loading. If
Eco-Phantoms cannot find the file to load it will BEEP once and continue as if
you had not requested Load Game.
If you have a Hard disk then the game will be saved in your Eco-Phantoms
directory.

Adlib Music Support
If you have an Adlib Soundboard installed then you can hear the Eco-Phantoms
music by starting Eco-Phantoms using ECO S or ECOS S. Note: The save game file
from a game started with music active is not compatable with the game running
without music (and vice versa). The save game files have different names to
avoid accidental loading of the wrong type.

Hints for keyboard users
1. Scout ships may appear impossible at first but there is a trick to it,
don't give up too soon!
2. Most functions have a quick keyboard option to avoid using the keyboard in
mouse emulation mode.
3. To reach the door area of a building quickly or to get out of trouble
press the t (teleport) key.

Thankyou for buying Eco-Phantoms and please look out for Magic Garden also
from Electronic Zoo.
