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wpe9.jpg (4957 bytes)Alien Invasion Control Panel

The Control Panel allows the player to adjust 10 major features of the game. The Panel is divided into two sections - PLAYER and ENEMY.

Player

The first three items Shots, Auto, and Multiple all control how the player's ship fires (try setting all three to maximum for awesome firepower)

  • Shots - How many shots can be on screen at any one time. This limits the firing rate when repeatedly hitting the fire button or fire key.
    Minimum (default) 1 shot
    Maximum 9 shots

  • Auto - Controls the speed of autofire. eg. holding down the CTRL key, SPACEBAR, or Joystick Button will fire a stream of shots at a rate determined by this setting. The SHOTS setting also impacts on this command eg. If the SHOTS setting is set low it will limit how many shots can be fired regardless of how fast the AUTO setting is.
    Minimum - No Auto Fire
    Maximum - Continuous Auto Fire

  • Multiple - Spread of shots (see images above)
    Minimum - 1 vertical stream
    Maximum - Spread of 9 shots

  • Speed - Controls the movement speed of the ship when pressing the cursor keys or joystick. You can also position the ship by pressing the number keys (1-9) or by clicking in the game area with the mouse.
    Minimum - No Movement
    Maximum - Very Fast

  • Lives - Initial number of lives when starting the game. Normally both players would have the same number of lives. However, there may be a good reason for having different lives in some circumstances, so like all the other controls, each player can have a different setting.
    Minimum - 1 life
    Maximum - 9 lives

Enemy (Aliens)

  • Fire - Bomb dropping rate (how frequently a new bomb is released)
    Minimum - No Bombs
    Maximum - 2 Bombs per second

  • Bomb - Speed of falling bombs
    Minimum - Static
    Maximum - Bullet Speed

  • Speed - Horizontal speed of aliens
    Minimum - static
    Maximum - Bullet Speed

  • Increase - Sets the speed increase of each successive wave of Aliens
    Minimum - No Increase
    Maximum - approx 30% increase

  • Descent - Vertical descent rate of aliens
    Minimum - No Descent
    Maximum - 1/4 screen per Descent

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