Games PC RED FACTION User Manual

RED FACTION

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

INTRODUCTION

Mars in the near future.

Mars is the planet of opportunity, its mineral wealth
feeding the insatiable needs of Earth, a planet stripped
of raw materials and minerals. Ultor Corporation, aptly
named after the ancient Roman temple dedicated to
Mars the god of war, owns all the mining rights on the
planet. The company is an expert at maximizing pro­duction while minimizing costs. Fortunes are made
as cargo ship after cargo ship return to Earth
filled with precious Noachite.

Mine workers, misled by promises of adventure and
easy money, arrive on Mars by the shuttle load. Few
ever make it back to Earth. Conditions in the Ultor
mines are brutal. The work is dangerous and the min­ers’ living quarters are disgusting. Environmental suits
and bunks are shared between miners on different
shifts. Food is lousy and in short supply. And beatings
from Ultor guards are commonplace.

Worst of all, a mysterious, disfiguring Plague is run­ning rampant through the mines. As the death toll rises
and Ultor remains complacent, the miners’ fear and
discontent grows. Pamphlets and posters from an
underground organization begin showing up all over
the mining complex. Signed by the mysterious Eos, the
pamphlets tell of bizarre deaths and missing comrades
and urge the miners to take action against Ultor.
Tensions run high. The mines are wired like a powder
keg. All it will take is a spark…

During a shift change, a young miner is brutally
assaulted by an Ultor guard. Another miner, Parker,
witnesses the brutality and is quickly caught up in the
chaos. He has no choice. Kill or be killed. A rebellion
explodes across Mars.

Can you live long enough to become a hero?

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CONTENTS

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Default Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

New Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Load Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Multi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Join Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Create Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

The HUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Remaining Health/Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Ammo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Incoming Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Saving and Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Weapons and Ammo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Character Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Hendrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Eos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

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GETTING STARTED

INSTALLATION

Insert the CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
Double-click on the “Installer” icon to begin installa­tion.

Follow the on-screen instructions that appear after the
Install Program begins.

START-UP OPTIONS

Resolution - Choose from the available screen resolu­tions. 640x480 allows for the best performance.

Monitor Color Depth - Choose thousands or millions
of colors. Thousands allows for better performance on
Mac’s with Rage Pro graphics.

Use Compressed Textures - Choose this option if
your graphics accelerator card has 8MB or less
VRAM. If graphic anomalies occur, turn this option off.

Fast Animations (recommended) - Improves
framerate of the animations.

Command Line - Enter optional command-line
switches.

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DEFAULT CONTROLS

With the Default configuration, you will use the mouse
to look around the environment. Use the keyboard to
control your movements.

BUTTON COMMAND ACTION

Movement

Run Forward W
Run Backwards S
Slide Left A
Slide Right D
Jump Spacebar
Crouch C
Slide Up Numeric Keypad +
Slide Down Numeric Keypad Enter
Look Up Numeric Keypad 2
Look Down Numeric Keypad 8
Turn Left Numeric Keypad 4
Turn Right Numeric Keypad 6

Weapons

Fire Primary Mouse Button
Alternate Fire Ctrl-Mouse Button
Holster Weapon H
Reload Weapon R
Next Weapon ]
Previous Weapon [
Melee Weapons 1
Semi-automatic Weapons 2
Heavy Weapons 3
Explosive Weapons 4

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Miscellaneous

Use Return
Quick Save F6
Quick Load F9
Message Log M

Multiplayer Features

Chat T
Team Chat Y
Multiplayer Stats Tab

Note: These are the default controls for Red
Faction. To customize the controls, select

CONTROLS from the Options Menu.

NEW

When beginning a new game, you will be asked
to indicate if you’d like to undergo Training before
starting play.

LOAD

Use the mouse or arrow keys to select a saved game
then double click or press RETURN to load the saved
game.

Red Faction saves your game configuration and set­tings information. These settings are automatically
loaded upon boot-up.

MULTI

Up to 16 players can compete against each other
using an Internet or LAN connection via TCP/IP. You
can join a game in progress or you can set up a new
game server from the Multi Menu.

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PLAYER

Customize the appear­ance of your character
for multiplayer games.
Select from a list of
options to change your
name and model.

JOI N GAME

Select JOIN GAME
to view the Servers
Screen. Here you can view a list of available games, the
speed of each network, which multiplayer map is run­ning, and the current number of players in the game.

1. LAN Only—This option is off by default, showing
you all tracked Internet game servers. Turning this
option on shows only games running on your local
area network.

2. Next choose a game
type.

• Deathmatch—Every
man for himself, the
player with the most
kills wins.

• CTF—Capture the
other squad’s flag as
many times as you
can in the given time
limit.

• Team Deathmatch—The team with the most kills
wins.

Note: Servers running mod games are shown in a

different color in the server list.

3. Finally, find and choose a server to play on.

• Join—Click on a game name, then click on JOIN
to connect to an available game.

• Get Servers—Request a list of available servers.

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• Refresh Selected—Update the server information
for the selected game.

• Add Server—Add a specific game server by
entering its IP address.

• Refresh All—Update the information for all the
listed game servers.

• Back—Return to the Multi Menu.

You can sort the available games by any of the
following characteristics by clicking on its Tab above
the server list: Favorites, Server Name, Ping, Map
Name, Players and Game Type.

CREATE GAM E

Host a multiplayer game on your computer. Customize
your server by using the Options and Advanced
Options menus before selecting START.

Options

• Server Name—To create a game, the first step is to
give your server a name for other users to select.

• LAN Only—By turning
this on, your game will
be running only over
your local area network,
and not over the
Internet via the
THQMultiplay Game
Tracker.

• Game Type—Decide
the game type for the
server. Notice how the
Map List changes for

each game type—some maps are unavailable for differ­ent game types.

• Max Players—Select the maximum number of users
that can connect to your server. The more connected
users, the greater the possibility of slow-down.

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• Password—Only players who know the password
can connect to and play on your server.

• Map List—Add or Remove maps from the Map List
by clicking on the Map name to change its status—
click maps not on the list to add them, click maps
already on the list to remove them. At the end of a
level, the next map in the list will load automatically
and will begin the next multiplayer game.

Advanced Options

• Weapons Stay—Select YES for permanent
weapons placement.

• Force Respawn—With YES selected, each
player will be forced back onto the map without
pressing any keys.

• Falling Damage—Select YES for players to take
damage from falls.

• Team Damage—Choose YES to allow a player to
take damage from friendly fire.

• Balance Teams—With this option selected the
server will automatically assign players to teams at
the start of a level to maintain a competitive level of
play between the two teams.

Start

After customizing the settings, select START to begin
a new multiplayer game.

Note: A DEDICATED computer will run a
game server for other users, creating a faster
and more secure gameplay environment. You
will not be allowed to play the game while in
the Dedicated mode. You must use the “-dedi­cated” command-line option in order to run a
dedicated multiplatyer server.

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OPTIONS

Set the audio, video, game and control settings
in the Options Menu.

GAME

Difficulty Level

Adjust the level of difficulty between EASY/
MEDIUM/HARD/IMPOSSIBLE by clicking
on the Right/Left arrows.

• Easy—The easiest setting available.

• Medium—The enemies are smarter and
attack quicker.

• Hard—The game is extremely difficult when playing
through the Hard level of difficulty.

• Impossible—If you can handle the heat,
choose Impossible.

Toggle the following options ON or OFF:

• Show 1STPerson Weapon—Turning this option
off means your currently selected weapon will not
render in the first-person view.

• Autoswitch Weapons—With this ON, you automat-
ically switch weapons when you find one better than
what you’re using. The prioritized list of weapons
can be changed below.

• Autoswitch Explosives—Turning this option OFF
prevents you from accidentally autoswitching to an
explosive weapon. Turning it ON keeps explosive
weapons in the Autoswitch list.

Autoswitch Priorities

You can change the priority of each weapon or explo­sive here. Click on a weapon to move, then select
either MOVE UP or MOVE DOWN to increase or
decrease the weapon’s priority. The priorities will only
be enabled when the Autoswitch Weapons and/or the
Autoswitch Explosives options are turned ON.

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VIDEO

Change the video settings to increase the performance
of your system. You can greatly enhance the gameplay
experience by reducing, or turning off, some of the
video options.

Detail Level

Choose between LOW,
MEDIUM, or HIGH
detail. By toggling any
of the options ON or
OFF, this setting will
automatically switch to
CUSTOM.

Gamma/Brightness

Use the slider to adjust the color balance and bright­ness to match your monitor’s performance.

AUDIO

Move the sliders to increase/decrease the SOUND
EFFECTS, MUSIC and MESSAGES volume.

CONTROLS

Customize the mouse and keyboard settings here.

Mouse Sensitivity

Use the slider to increase/decrease mouse sensitivity.

Mouse Y-Invert

When ON, the Y-axis on the mouse (UP/DOWN) will
be inverted.

Select Action

Bind keyboard commands to specific actions here.
After highlighting an action, click, press RETURN or
click on Change Binding. Now type the new keyboard
command you would like to use for the selected action.
Selecting DEFAULT restores the original settings.