Hypertrails a futuristic time-trial GA for Spore Galactic Adventures, by sefmonsta 1) Gameplay 2) Installation 3) Known Issues 1. Gameplay ---------------- On beaming into the Hypertrails arena, you will have a few seconds to pick up your light-trails unit... place your mouse pointer over the unit below the hand icon and click the left mouse button... and be quick! Now it's time to race... CONTROLS: Place the mouse pointer near the bottom of the screen and hold down the right mouse button. With it held down you can now steer your lightcyle using the mouse... Simply press 'w' to move forward, and use 'a' and 'd' to strafe (may require some practice). Use the mouse wheel to zoom in or out. LAP OBJECTIVES: Yellow Gates - Keep to the track and you will pass all the yellow gates as you go. If you fall of the track, the chances are that it's game-over. Blue Rings / Nodes - These are items you'll need to collect in order to progress to each area OBSTACLES: Take care to avoid red or orange mines and barriers. Remember: it's okay to step off the gas in the tight corners, or you might want to take out a couple of mines early on to allow you a faster route on the next lap... none of the explosives re-generate, so this can be a good tactic - if you are conservative with the health pickups! PICKUPS: There are a few speed boosters on the track (shaped like arrows) - these do not regenerate, so use only when you aren't already boosted to get the most out of them. The longer speed ramps do regenerate, but only appear during the last two laps. There are only two health pickups so be careful around those mines! OTHER FEATURES: There are several other features you will encouter around the course... you'll discover them as you go! LEADERBOARD: Check your time against the best on the grid... ...if you're playing the Sporepedia version, login to see the list. ...if you're playing the Nexus version, upload a screen grab of your time to the Hypertrails page on the Nexus. 2. Installation ----------------- Find your My Documents folder: Users > Yourname > My Documents (usually on your main drive) Double click to extract the Hypertrails file and open it. Drag the 'My Spore Creations' folder into your 'My Documents' Folder, choosing 'yes to all' when asked to merge the folders. Load up Spore and play! 3. Known Issues -------------------- Hypertrails is a max-complexity adventure that pushes the Spore engine to it's limits. As such, players on laptops or lower end machines should turn down the shadow and draw distance settings. Don't gamble and risk a crash... load up with lower settings to start with, and reload with higher settings if your machine is up to the task. Minor glitches can be expected, although care has been taken to minimize collision-surface clipping/sinking. There is always a small chance you'll get stuck somewhere, but Hypertrails has been built from the ground-up to minimise these events.