Games PC TOMB RAIDER-ANGEL OF DARKNESS User Manual

WARNINGS:

EPILEPSY WARNING

A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. Exposure to certain patterns or backgrounds on a television screen or while playing video games may induce an epileptic seizure in these individuals. Certain conditions may induce previously undetected epileptic symptoms even in persons who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. If you, or anyone in your family, has an epileptic condition, consult your physician prior to playing. If you experience any of the following while playing a video game – dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of awareness, disorientation, any involuntary movement, or convulsions – IMMEDIATELY discontinue use and consult your physician before resuming play.

PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE DURING USE

• The PC compact disc is intended for use exclusively on IBM compatible systems with the minimum configurations specified on the system requirements of the game purchased.

• Do not stand too close to the screen. Sit a good distance away from the monitor, as far away as the length of the cable allows.

• Avoid playing if you are tired or have not had much sleep.

• Make sure that the room in which you are playing is well lit.

• Rest for at least 10 to 15 minutes per hour while playing a video game.

HANDLING YOUR COMPACT DISC

Avoid bending the disc. Do not touch, smudge or scratch its surface. Do not leave the disc in direct sunlight or near a radiator or other source of heat. Take occasional rest breaks during extended play. Always store the disc in its protective case.

ESRB RATING

This product has been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. For information about the ESRB rating, or to comment about the appropriateness of the rating, please contact the ESRB at 1-800-771-3772.

TECH SUPPORT CONTACTING TECH SUPPORT

If you have a technical problem with the game, our Support Department is here to help. Our web site contains up-to-date information on the most common difficulties with our products; this information is the same as that used by our support agents. If you are unable to find the information you need on our web site, please feel free to contact us via email, fax, telephone or letter. (When contacting us via email or fax, please make sure to put the game title in the subject of your

message.)

Assistance via the World Wide Web

The fastest way to answer most questions is by visiting our online support. You can find the latest support information for Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness at http://www.eidosinteractive.com/support/index.html. Our support FAQs are available 24/7 for your convenience. These pages are updated frequently and have the same information that our support techs use to answer your question if you call or email us. The answers to about 90% of the questions we are asked can be found there, so it really is worth the time to take a look!

The second fastest way to get an answer to your question is to email us. (You will find our email submission forms at our web site.) We typically respond to email queries within 24-48 hours during the business week. Response times can be considerably longer over the weekend, holidays and immediately after a product release. It all depends on how many people we have working and how much email is coming in at any one time, but we do try really hard to get you the right answer as quickly as possible. On weekdays, excluding holidays, during the hours when the phones are open, we still give email questions our highest priority.

Through this site you also have access to our FTP (File Transfer Protocol) area where you can download patches and new enhancements as soon as they become available.

Assistance via Telephone or Fax

We are available to take your calls Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Pacific Time at (415) 615-6220 (voice) or (415) 547-1201(fax). Our tech support department is closed on all major holidays. Note: You are responsible for all

toll charges when calling.

To ensure the quickest service, you will need to be at your computer and have the following information at hand:

• A complete listing of your computer’s hardware. (Contact your computer manufacturer if you are unsure.)

• What version of Windows

• A copy of your DirectX Diagnostics report. – Click on Start – Click on Run – Type dxdiag – Click on OK – Click on the Save Information button and save the file to your computer. – When you call our Technical Support line either have this file open or have a printed copy. If you send an email query

you can attach the file to the email.

• What error message(s), if any, you have had.

• How the game is currently configured.

NOTE: OUR SUPPORT AGENTS DO NOT HAVE AND WILL NOT GIVE GAME HINTS, STRATEGIES OR CODES. Product Return Procedure

In the event our support agents determine that your game disk is defective, you will need to forward material directly to us. Please include a brief letter explaining what is enclosed and why you are sending it to us. The agent you speak to will give you an authorization number that must be included and you will need to include a daytime phone number so that we can contact you if necessary. Any materials not containing this authorization number will be returned to you unprocessed and

unopened. Your postage paid package should be sent to the following address:

Warranty Policy

If our technicians determine that the product storage medium is found to be defective within ninety (90) days of original purchase (as described in Eidos Interactive’s Limited Warranty and unless otherwise provided by applicable law) Eidos Interactive will replace the item, free of charge, to the original purchaser, if the item is accompanied by the original dated sales receipt, packaging and RMA#. If you do not have the original receipt or the warranty period has expired, Eidos Interactive will replace the disk for a nominal fee.

Note: You are responsible for postage for your game to our service center.

you are using.

Eidos Interactive Customer Service RMA# (include your authorization number here) 651 Brannan Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94107

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CONTENTS

Report on Recent Atrocities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Pause / Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Basic Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Menu Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Cut Scene / Conversation Controls . . . . . . . . . 5

Character Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Lara’s Attribute Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Game Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Lara’s Special Moves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Generic Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Hand Over Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Jumping, Grabbing & Shimmying . . . . . . . . 12

Grab Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Last Chance Grab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Interacting with the Environment . . . . . . . . 13

Pushing / Pulling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Attacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Stealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Character Status Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Pick-Ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Von Croy’s Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Save Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Load Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

STUCK?

Call the EIDOS Gameplay Helpline

1-900-285-4500

Up to $1.99/minute

Please be 18 or have parental permission

or call 800-295-5870 with a major credit card

Central National Bureau. Paris

Commissioner Mirepoix, Special Crimes Investigation Force

To the Préfecture de Police

REPORT ON RECENT SERIAL ATROCITIES

WITHIN THE CAPITAL

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As yet no significant arrests have been made for

this latest spate of “Monstrum” killings in the

al. Seventeen have been reported so far. A wo

pit

s seen leaving the apartment of the latest vict

Professor Werner Von Croy. Described as Caucasian,

brunette, about 1.8m and of slim build, she was wearing

jeans, denim jacket and a pony tail. She is dangerous

and probably armed. Officers are being advised to use

extreme caution when apprehending the suspect.

The press have sensationalized this latest outbreak

of killings as "The Monstrum’s Dark Renaissance,"

referring to similar atrocities in the capital over the

last decade, and possibly as far back as the 1950s.

There are definite links to atrocities in other

European cities going back at least fifty years.

Forensics have made no headway regarding the

bizarre metallic eruptions found on the bodies of all

victims. At present nothing appears

individuals involved. There have been significant

numbers of casualties within Parisian gangland

factions.

It would all appear to be the work of a sin

highly psychotic perpetrator. The bodies were

desecrated and all crime scenes daubed with

unintelligible graffiti, indicating some ritualistic

fixation. There are no known survivors of these attacks

so far.

The suspect’s apprehension

made top priority.

INSTALLATION

1.Quit all applications and close all windows on your desktop.

2.Place the

Darkness™CD in your CD-ROM drive. When you close

the drive door, the Tomb Raider installation menu will appear.

If AutoPlay is disabled, the menu will not appear. To manually access the installation menu:

a. Double click the MyComputer icon on your desktop.

b. Double click the CD-ROM icon that appears in the

c. Double click setup.exe to open the installation menu.

3.Follow the onscreen prompts to complete the installation.

4.When installation is complete, you will have the option to play the game, quit without playing, or read the Readme text file. Refer to the Readme file for updates, manual alterations and troubleshooting.

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Angel of

newly-opened window.

OPTIONS MENU

The Options Menu features the following options:

AUDIO

VIDEO

CONTROL

SUBTITLES

— Change the audio settings for:

Music Volume, Speech Volume, Effects Volume

Additional Settings

the audio configuration automatically. However, you can manually reconfigure them here.

— The game code attempts to set up the quality settings automatically. However, you can manually reconfigure them here.

— Follow the onscreen instructions

to redefine the currently mapped controls.

— Turn cutscene and FMV subtitles ON

(default) or OFF.

— The game attempts to set up

BASIC CONTROLS

MENU CONTROLS

CURSOR KEYS / MOUSE

the menus.

— Move through

GETTING STARTED

Following the opening movie and when prompted, press the Enter key to begin the game. Doing so calls up the Main Menu, offering the following options.

MAIN MENU

NEW GAME

new adventure.

LOAD GAME

where you can load a previously saved game.

OPTIONS

— Prepare to join Lara on a brand

— Proceed to the Saved Game screen,

— View and use the Options Menu.

MOUSE 1 / ENTER KEY

BACKSPACE

— Retreat back one menu level.

— Make selections.

CUT SCENE / CONVERSATION CONTROLS

Follow the onscreen prompts throughout the movie cutscenes and conversations. Press the Enter key to speed up conversations and confirm prompts.

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CHARACTER CONTROLS

Cursor Keys

/ @— Move forward / step backward.

$/ ^

— Turn in the appropriate direction on the spot.

(sidestep left / right when Walk key is pressed; see below).

Enter (Stealth)

• Press to enter Stealth mode.

• Press again to resume normal stance.

Spacebar (Weapons)

• Press once to draw your current weapon.

• Press again to holster the weapon.

Shift (Walk)

• Tap to toggle between Run (default) and Walk modes.

• While running, press and hold along with the cursor keys to slow down to a walk, and with the $/ cursor keys to sidestep (see above).

• Press and hold along with the Alt key for a short “hop” jump.

Num Pad 0 (Sprint / Camera)

• Press and hold while running to sprint. (Note: Lara needs to collect a lower body upgrade to sprint. She’ll tell you when she feels strong enough to run faster.)

• Press and hold while stationary, then use the cursor keys to control the camera at the character’s eye level. Release the key to return to standard view.

Num Pad 1 (Duck)

• Press and hold to duck down, then use the cursor keys to crawl. Release the key to resume normal stance.

• While ducking, press the Enter key to perform a commando crawl.

End (Roll / Target)

• Press to perform a 180° roll.

• When your weapon is drawn, press to switch targets.

Alt (Jump)

• Jump up.

*/ @

Ctrl (Action)

• Fire when weapon is drawn.

• Fight when weapon is holstered and you’re near an enemy: tap once for a single punch, twice for a double punch, and three times to kick.

• Press to perform all scenery interaction and initiate conversations.

• When at the edge of a ledge, press to climb down and hang. Also press to grab ledges and release from a fixed grab.

• In Stealth mode, press to “wall hug” when near a flat upright surface.

Tab (Inventory)

• Pause the game and display the Inventory.

Esc (Pause)

• Pause / Resume the game.

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LARA’S ATTRIBUTE UPGRADE

Lara can improve her physical attributes by collecting upgrades at various points. For example, when she collects a “lower body” upgrade she’ll be able to sprint and jump higher and further. She can then retrace her steps to reach previously inaccessible areas.

Note: Kurtis does not have attribute upgrades.

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