Games PS2 PROJECT SNOWBLIND User Manual

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Liberty Coalition Army 2ndLieutenant Nathan Frost has been transformed. There was that last searing blast from the bomb, an excruciating gurney ride into the surgery unit — Frost wondering if he even had a face left — some strange talk about BP,pulse and…scarecrows?

Now he is alert, standing, disoriented a little, but stronger than before.A sense of extreme power is coursing through him and he sees apprehension in the eyes of all who pass.

Frost has been transformed into the prototype. He is the first-born in a top secret program to create a bioaugmented super-soldier.

Now that joke about a oneman army is true...

GETTING STARTED 2

DEFAULT CONTROLS 3

GETTING INTO THE GAME 6

GAME SCREEN 8

INVENTORY 10

WEAPONS 11

BIO-AUGMENTATIONS 13

THE SNOWBLIND EFFECT 14

VITAL TASKS 14

HACKING 15

REPUBLIC SECURITY SYSTEMS 15

VEHICLES 15

COLLECTIBLES 16

SAVING GAME DATA 17

PAUSE MENU 17

ONLINE PLAY 18

ONLINE MULTIPLAYER GAMES 20

HOSTING A GAME 23

LOCAL AREA NETWORK 23

MULTIPLAYER GAMES

FRIENDS LIST 24

STATS 24

CLANS 25

TROUBLESHOOTING 26

FPO

Inside Front Cover

Placeholder

MENU CONTROLS

Start/Pause game

button

Select menu item left analog stick/directional buttons 1/

Change setting directional buttons 4/

Confirm selection

button

Cancel/Back to previous menu

button

GETTING STARTED

DEFAULT CONTROLS

Set up your PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system according to the instructions in its Instruction Manual. Make sure the MAIN POWER switch (located on the back of the console) is turned ON. Press the RESET button.

When the power indicator lights up, press the OPEN button and the disc tray will open. Place the

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disc on the disc tray with the label side facing up. Press the OPEN button again and the disc tray will close.

Attach game controllers and other peripherals, as appropriate. Follow on-screen instructions and refer to this manual for information on using the software.

Memory Card (8MB)(for PlayStation®2)

To save game settings and progress, insert a memory card (8MB)(for PlayStation

2) into MEMORY CARD slot 1 before powering on the console. At least 229KB of free space on the memory card is required to save game data. An additional 543KB of free space is required for saving network files. Multiplayer profiles need 32KB of free space.

This game supports saving and loading of game data in MEMORY CARD slot 1 only. You can load saved game data from the same memory card or any memory card (8MB) (for PlayStation

2)containing previously saved

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games.

DUALSHOCK®2 ANALOG CONTROLLER CONFIGURATIONS

Note: Illustration may not match all PlayStation 2 console types. For owners of SCPH-70000 series PlayStation 2 systems, refer to the setup instructions supplied with your system.

Connect the DUALSHOCK®2 analog controller to controller port 1 before starting play. When the vibration function is ON, the controller will vibrate in response to game events.You can reconfigure the controls and toggle the vibration function on/off in Options Mode. (See page 6.)

Note: All controls used in this manual are the default controls.

INVENTORY CONTROLS

Open inventory

button (hold)

Select inventory section/item

button (hold) + left analog

(with inventory open) stick or directional buttons Equip selected item Release qbutton

Note: You can also select items with the inventory closed. See On Foot Controls on page 4.

ON FOOT CONTROLS

Move left analog stick Look/aim right analog stick Fire primary weapon/Throw held object/

button

Charge Kinetic Kicker (hold) Use secondary weapon/Quick detonate

button

grenade after throwing/Activate riot wall Cycle through primary weapons directional buttons

(with inventory closed)

1/2

Cycle through secondary weapons directional button

(with inventory closed) Cycle through augmentations directional button

(with inventory closed) Alt Fire (primary weapon)/Pull object

button

Chat

button (hold)

Punch/Melee attack

button Use/Cancel selected bio-augmentationtbutton Crouch

button

Reload primary weapon/Talk/Interact

button with object/Open unlocked door/Climb or descend ladder

Jump

button Precision aim/close look

button

(primary weapon) Toggle Navigational Display mode

button

IN VEHICLE CONTROLS

Enter vehicle

button Steer left analog stick Accelerate

button

or left analog stick

Brake/Reverse

button

or left analog stick

Fire primary weapon (if equipped)/Car horn

button

Fire secondary weapon (if equipped)

button Turret control right analog stick Exit vehicle

button

OGRE CONTROLS

Move Ogre legs left analog stick Rotate Ogre body/Aim weapons right analog stick Auto center

button

Fire machine gun

button

Fire rockets

button

SINGLE PLAYER HACKING CONTROLS

Fire icepick into panel/Hack panel

button

Select option from hacked panel display left analog stick or directional buttons

1/2

Execute selected option

button Aim/Control gun turret right analog stick Fire gun turret

button Pan surveillance camera right analog stick Zoom camera in/out left analog stick Exit hacked panel display

button

MULTIPLAYER HACKING CONTROLS

Select hack tool/Execute hack

button

EMPLACEMENT CONTROLS

Use emplacement

button

Fire emplacement

button Emplacement control/Aim right analog stick Auto level emplacement

button

Exit emplacement

button

To create a profile:

L On the Profile screen, select an unused profile. L To optionally enter a new name,select

Rename Profile

and use the virtual

keyboard to enter the new name.

L Select

New Game to start a new game.

You will be prompted to save

the profile when you begin play.

WHO ARE YOU?

You are Nathan Frost, a bio-enhanced super soldier. In addition to weapons expertise with firearms and explosives, you can use specialized bio-augmentations. These bio-augmentations were surgically hard-wired into your body. You now have lethal combat skills never before seen on the battlefield.

But there is a tactical downside.You are vulnerable to EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) which can disrupt your onboard electronics and render you momentarily or permanently helpless. Your bio-augmentations begin to fail and you become snowblind until your systems recover.

MISSIONS

You must complete missions as issued by Coalition Command. In every mission you must complete all primary objectives (objectives are added as the mission proceeds), protect yourself and protect your men. You will undertake two different mission types:

Firefight missions

that are all-out urban warfare.

Stealth missions

where you attempt to infiltrate key areas before attacking

the objective. Discover y in this type of mission makes the job much tougher.

MISSION OBJECTIVES

Your orders are assigned as mission objectives.

L Mission objectives appear as yellow circles on the Radar. (See pages 8-9.) L Press the

w button to see primary and secondar y objectives (on the Pause

screen) during play.

L Press the

q button to toggle Navigational Display mode, which marks

the direction to the next objective.

L Coalition Command will be in contact via radio with objective updates

and intel.

GETTING INTO THE GAME

MAIN MENU

The Main Menu appears after you power-up the game. Use the menu controls to select the following options:

SINGLE PLAYER Fight through

the hell of an urban civil war.You will fight alone or lead a coalition squad, depending on the mission.

MULTIPLAYER Play online with up to 15 other Internet players

(16 players total).

MULTIPLAYER Play over a Local Area Network (LAN) LOCAL NETWORK connecting up to 16 PlayStation 2 consoles.

OPTIONS Adjust various game settings, including:

Controls

— Select a control scheme.

Invert V ertical Axis

— Toggle the camera

view on (inverted) or off (normal).

Look Sensitivity

— Adjust the camera

response time.

Volume

— Adjust the volume of SFX (sound effects), Music and USB Headset (multiplayer only).

Brightness

— Adjust the brightness of your

TV screen.

Vibration & Subtitles

— Turn the controller’s

vibration function and game subtitles on/off.

Dolby®Pro Logic®II

— Toggle Dolby Pro Logic II surround sound on/off. (Connect your console to a sound system with Dolby Pro Logic II or Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding to experience the excitement of surround sound.)

PROFILE

The Profile screen appears after you select a game mode. Create a profile before you start playing

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. The profile contains your save game files,option selections and online identity.

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