I see no manual on the front page... Although maybe it's buried somewhere, or at one of the dead links (like the AUP and the Melee manual linked in the FAQ - both dead)
I've been prone to bouts of prolonged idiocy, so if someone has a non-dead link for a manual that I missed somehow, please post it to me here. And no, the FAQ does not constitute a manual.
In case there is no manual, I suppose I could ask a few stupid questions:
Brown Rock: Vegita, Trunks, and few other classes have a brown rock with green drips coming out of it in their weapons inventory (I suspect this is not what it represents, but simply what it looks like to me), what is this, and how is it used?
Melee: When locked in Melee, there are two sets of arrows. The ones in the upper left, according to one thread I hunted down, are "randoms" - but said thread doesn't say what to do about them... Do I attempt to move with them, or against them? ...with the keyboard, or the mouse? Do I click during this process? I notice if I stay still they all fill up. Of the arrows at the bottom of the screen with the green progressing bar, same questions: move with, against, with mouse or keyboard, clicky or no clicky? Does +block do anything once in melee?
Knock Down: Through trial and error I *think* I've discovered that charging with the right click in melee mode knocks an opponent back, and if you knock them into the ground, this temporarily stuns them and you can follow it up with a Generic Beam for a finishing blow. I suspect I lack the skill to do this myself thus far, but it seems I've had it done to me several thousand times. Is there some way to "lock on" to an opponent in Melee, as I can't figure how the more veteran opponents manage to strike me with this four or five times consecutively before I can even react, when it takes everything I have simply to do it once... Or is this simply someone picks up over time?
Weapons: This goes to the question of manual, but again, if there is none, has anyone assembled a detailed description of the various weapons and their uses? I can't really think of a good way to do a search for this.
Teleport: Is there anyway to control where you teleport?
Turbo Mode: What are the benefits of turbo mode? (Flying faster seems to be achieved with double + dir, so I've no clue what Turbo mode is really for, other than draining Ki like mad).
Two game versions?: I tried to log onto this one server, and it started to download tons, and tons, and tons, of custom models, taunts, and wavs... An hour later it finished, and then crashed, missing a model. I've got version 1.2.3 from this page... Is this the complete version?... I've managed to play on other servers without difficulties. (Maybe beta?)
Players in game seem to have little interest in answering ESFN00b questions, so hopefully someone can point me at a manual.
I played the Quake3 version of this game way back, and it was MUCH simpler and more intuitive. This, however, seems to have greater potential - if I can figure how to play the damn thing! ;/
Thanks for any help in advance.
I've been prone to bouts of prolonged idiocy, so if someone has a non-dead link for a manual that I missed somehow, please post it to me here. And no, the FAQ does not constitute a manual.
In case there is no manual, I suppose I could ask a few stupid questions:
Brown Rock: Vegita, Trunks, and few other classes have a brown rock with green drips coming out of it in their weapons inventory (I suspect this is not what it represents, but simply what it looks like to me), what is this, and how is it used?
Melee: When locked in Melee, there are two sets of arrows. The ones in the upper left, according to one thread I hunted down, are "randoms" - but said thread doesn't say what to do about them... Do I attempt to move with them, or against them? ...with the keyboard, or the mouse? Do I click during this process? I notice if I stay still they all fill up. Of the arrows at the bottom of the screen with the green progressing bar, same questions: move with, against, with mouse or keyboard, clicky or no clicky? Does +block do anything once in melee?
Knock Down: Through trial and error I *think* I've discovered that charging with the right click in melee mode knocks an opponent back, and if you knock them into the ground, this temporarily stuns them and you can follow it up with a Generic Beam for a finishing blow. I suspect I lack the skill to do this myself thus far, but it seems I've had it done to me several thousand times. Is there some way to "lock on" to an opponent in Melee, as I can't figure how the more veteran opponents manage to strike me with this four or five times consecutively before I can even react, when it takes everything I have simply to do it once... Or is this simply someone picks up over time?
Weapons: This goes to the question of manual, but again, if there is none, has anyone assembled a detailed description of the various weapons and their uses? I can't really think of a good way to do a search for this.
Teleport: Is there anyway to control where you teleport?
Turbo Mode: What are the benefits of turbo mode? (Flying faster seems to be achieved with double + dir, so I've no clue what Turbo mode is really for, other than draining Ki like mad).
Two game versions?: I tried to log onto this one server, and it started to download tons, and tons, and tons, of custom models, taunts, and wavs... An hour later it finished, and then crashed, missing a model. I've got version 1.2.3 from this page... Is this the complete version?... I've managed to play on other servers without difficulties. (Maybe beta?)
Players in game seem to have little interest in answering ESFN00b questions, so hopefully someone can point me at a manual.
I played the Quake3 version of this game way back, and it was MUCH simpler and more intuitive. This, however, seems to have greater potential - if I can figure how to play the damn thing! ;/
Thanks for any help in advance.