Wolfenstein 3D  -  The classic 3D shoot-em-up

by Id Software

RISC OS conversion by Eddie Edwards
Powerslave Software


NOTE: Wolfenstein 3D will NOT run from floppy
disc. It is split over Games Discs 1 and 2, and
the contents of both archives need to be merged
to a directory on your hard drive before the
game will work. To do this, double-click on
Wolf_1 on Disc 1 and copy the Wolf icon that
appears to your hard drive. Insert Disc 2,
double-click on Wolf_2, and drag the Wolf
icon that appears to the same directory on your
hard drive to which you copied the Wolf icon
from Disc 1.

RISC USER SPECIAL EDITION

To celebrate our 100th issue, Wolfenstein 3D
has been updated to work on all current Acorn
machines, and is now fully StrongARM-compatible.
Small bugs in 1994's commercial release have
been fixed, the front-end has been improved, and
the software protection has been removed so that
the game can be installed easily onto hard disc
and then run without the need to insert a
key-disc.

The cheat mode has also been enabled by default,
but that's all we're telling you about it for
the moment!


THE STORY SO FAR...

You stand over the guard's body, grabbing
frantically for his gun. You're not sure if the
other guards heard his muffled scream. Deep in
the belly of a Nazi dungeon, you've only a
knife, a gun, and your wits to aid your escape.

Just a few weeks ago you were on a
reconnaissance mission of extreme importance.
You were to infiltrate the Nazi fortress and
find the plans for Operation Eisenfaust.
Captured in your attempt, you were taken to
their prison, and awaited your execution. Only
you know where the plans are kept, and the
Allies will face a great defeat if you don't
escape! You must face the horrors of the prison
keep known as Wolfenstein.

Captain William J. "B.J." Blazkowicz, you've got
a gun and eight floors of hell to get through.
Good luck!

If you make it, you'll have something to tell
your grandkids about...

If you don't, at least you'll go out in a blaze
of glory!


INSTALLING AND RUNNING WOLFENSTEIN 3D

Before running Wolfenstein 3D you will need
to install it on your hard drive. Double-click
on the Wolf_1 icon on the RISC User Games
Theme Disc 1 to open the archive. Drag the
Wolf and Info icons that appear to a
suitable directory on your hard drive. Remove
the RISC User Games Theme Disc 1 from the disc
drive and insert Disc 2. Double-click on the
Wolf_2 icon on Disc 2 to open the second part
of the archive. Drag the Wolf icon that
appears into the same directory on your hard
drive to which you copied the Wolf and Info
icons from Disc 1.

To run the game, double-click on the !Wolf icon
on your hard disc. This will install a desktop
front-end. Note that if you hold down the
right-hand Ctrl key while double-clicking the
icon, you will bypass the desktop front-end and
launch straight into the game.


THE DESKTOP FRONT-END

When the Wolf icon is on the icon bar, clicking
on it with Select will launch the game. Clicking
Menu will bring up a menu from which you can
open a Choices window, and clicking with Adjust
on the Wolf icon will also open the Choices
window directly.

The Choices window provides a variety of
options:

VSWAP options: see the file "VSWAP Info" for
information about VSWAP files and how to handle
them. VSWAP files allow you to use custom
scenarios with Wolfenstein 3D, and several new
VSWAP files can be found on the Internet.
Dragging a directory containing the appropriate
new files needed by Wolfenstein 3D into this window
(or onto the icon bar icon), and ensuring that
the "Use alternative VSWAP file" switch is
turned on, will allow you to use the new
scenarios with the game.

If you have Internet access, you may find the
following sites a useful start in your search
for Wolfenstein 3D extensions:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4825/wolf.html

http://www.magicnet.net/~macabre/wolf.html

ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/pub/wolf3d

Monitor options: here you may choose whether to
use screen mode 13 or mode 49. Mode 13 is the
default, because it works with all machines, but
mode 49 should be used if your computer supports
it. (You require a multisync monitor and an ARM3
or better processor to use mode 49.)

Memory options: choose Low memory if your
machine has only 1Mb of RAM.


PLAYING THE GAME

When you first launch Wolfenstein 3D, an
animation plays; you may skip this by pressing
Escape. When the title screen is displayed, and
the music plays, press a key to get to the main
menu. Full instructions on playing the game are
provided in the game itself (choose "Read this!"
on the main menu to see them).


DEFAULT GAME KEYS

Up arrow		Forwards

Down arrow		Backwards

Left arrow		Rotate left

Right arrow		Rotate right

Alt+Left arrow	Strafe left

Alt+Right arrow	Strafe right

Ctrl (Action)		Fire/stab

Shift+up/down	Run forwards/backwards

Space bar		Activate door/secret door/elevator


SPECIAL KEYS

1,2,3,4	Select weapon

Escape	Return to main menu

F1		Quick-save game (save slot 0)

F2		Quick-load game (save slot 0)

F7		Decrease size of game window

F8		Increase size of game window

P		Pause/resume game


The default game keys can all be redefined, and
Wolfenstein 3D can also be played with the mouse
or an Acorn-compatible joystick.

Enjoy!


CREDITS

 1992 Id Software, Inc.
 1994 Powerslave Software
 1997 RISC User
All Rights Reserved

Archimedes conversion by Eddie Edwards

Wimp code by Daniel Simms

Thank you for buying Wolfenstein 3D. If this is
a pirated copy, please report yourself to the
police immediately.

 Copyright RISC User Magazine 1997
