# Star Fighter 3000 Pilot's Manual

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## - Using the Game Menus -

All options on the menu can be selected / altered using the return key or clicking the mouse. Use the cursor arrows or move the mouse to select different options

### - The Main Menu -

Start Game
  Start the currently selected mission.
New Game
  New game clears all progress on the current level pyramid, and starts a new game.
Select Level
  This toggles through whether the game should start on the Easy, Medium, or Hard level pyramid. Alternatively, you can enter a password.

  Selecting 'Pcode' displays the password for the last completed mission and allows you to enter a new code, which if correct, will select and set up the correct pyramid to a previous setting and start the game.

Configure
  Selects the configuration menu.
Quit
  Quits the program.

### - The Configure Menu -

Although the original in-game Configure menu has been retained in this version of Star Fighter 3000, it does not give access to all the options available from the Choices dialogue box and often a more limited range of settings is available.

Some earlier versions of the game saved configuration to file every time it was updated. You now have to explicitly save configuration (using the desktop interface) if you wish to retain settings between sessions.

Volume
  Alters the sound & music volume.
Control
  Select Keyboard, Mouse or Joystick control. Mouse control has 3 levels of sensitivity, 3 being the highest. Joystick may be either switched (Atari-type) or analogue (PC-type).
Setup
  Setup allows you to customise the game format by cycling through 7 options, each of which can be selected and altered:
  - Setup Backdrop [On / Off]
    This toggles the war backdrop. Turning the backdrop off will speed up the menu.
  - Setup Detail [V Low, Low, Medium, High, V High, Max]
    Reducing the detail level will speed up the game (especially on 'V Low', if your eyes can take it). The configured detail level affects both the texture map and the distance at which you can see objects.
  - Setup Music [On / Off]
    Toggles the in game music.
  - Setup Speaker [On / Off]
    Switches the internal speaker on & off. Unlike other options, the speaker state is not configured on start up.
  - Setup Keyboard
    This option allows you to redefine the ship control keys. On selection, you will be prompted with Left, Right, Dive, Climb, Thrust & Fire. Press and then release the required key at each of these prompts.
  - Setup Speed [Slow / Medium / Fast / Max]
    This sets the maximum speed of the game, the default being 'Medium'. 'Max' is unlimited just so people with fast computers can show off.
  - Setup Stereo [On / Off / Reverse]
    Turning off stereo sound effects will speed up the game. Reverse stereo is for people with their speakers the wrong way round.

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