Proto:Hover! (1995)/19950420 ReadMe

This is a sub-page of Proto:Hover! (1995).

These are the contents of README.TXT as included in the 19950420 pre-release version of Hover!:

Microsoft Hover! Latest Info
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This file describes known bugs, gotchas, and helpful hints for the Hover!
Beta release.

Your test version includes the wildest mazes on three worlds...Neon, Castle and Sewer.  The goal is to weave your hovercraft through zany mazes and collect all of  the bluemany flags  (and points) before your computer drone opponents collect your red flags.  As you progress through the each level of game play you will be rewarded with points.as possible before time runs out.  

However, making it to the top of the scoreboard is not as easy as it seems.  You will discover many obstacles in your path including floor traps that spin, change direction and hold on to hovercraft.  There are also ramming hovercrafts that claim you as the target!

Of course, you are not completely defenseless.  You find a variety of ingenious items to help you out-run and out-maneuver opposing crafts and obstacles:

· Springs allow you jump over traps or on to high steps.
· Walls can be set behind you to block on-coming crafts.
· Cloaks make you invisible to your stalkers.under the most crowded of areas

To get started, follow easy-to-use instructions in the “Help” menu.  Set your skill level and control support and you are ready to go.

We welcome your feedback and hope you agree that Hover is the craziest commute around!


Contacting Microsoft with Bugs and Feedback
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To provide us with your feedback please use the WinBug reporting tool 
with Hover! in the title.


Desired Feedback
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There are a few specific areas that we would like people to check out 
and give us comments and feedback on:

· Can you please note the sound card and driver and let us know how
  well the sounds work? Play around with the settings in Options:Sounds
  dialog. If you experience problems with sounds, please use the Sound Configuation
  utility in the Hover! folder to set the exact configuation for Hover! to use.

· In our battle to get great speed we have implemented a special video mode. Can you
  please test it out by hitting F4 with the Shift key down, or going to 
  Options:Full Screen with the Shift key down? 

If you experience any problems or have any comments about these areas, can you
please let us know?  Thanks!


Known Bugs And Limitations
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This is a Beta, so it isn't the final product.  So, we have a few problems and
fixes that we know about that will be fixed in the final release:

· At times, if you jump just right onto the very edge of a ledge, you can fall   
  through a floor and the world will look corrupted.

· We are constantly trying to improve our drawing speeds or Frames Per Seconds.
  If you feel that there is a specific condition that you have encountered that
  unduely limits the speed of the game, then please let us know.

Driver-Specific Problems
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Hover! has a few problems with some video and sound drivers. Specifically we are aware that:

· Hover may not function properly with the S3 video drivers. In fact, you may crash.
  If you expeierence problems with the S3 video drivers, please note your configuration
  and the version number of the driver and contact us with that information.

· Hover! may experience sound problems such as hissing, sounds cutting in and out, and
  the Midi music turning on and off.  If you experience this, If you experience problems with     sounds, please use the Sound Configuation utility in the Hover! folder to set the exact
  configuation for Hover! to use. If the problems persist, please turn off Sound Mixing in 
  the Options:Sounds dialog.  And once again, please let us know about the problems
  that you are having and the sound card and driver you are using.