Guide to AirBuccaneers HD Pre-Alpha

 

AirBuccaneers HD Pre-Alpha
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- Vikings versus Buccaneers in the air
- Battleships for each side
- 2 maps: daytime forest (peelometsa) and nightime snowy hills (hamyjarvi)

Default Keys
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WASD Movement keys
Space Jump, attach rope
Left Control Detach rope
Left Mouse Fire
Right Mouse AltFire
Mouse Wheel Next weapon / previous weapon
Numbers 1-8 Change inventory item
T Chat
Y TeamChat
H Chat history
V Communication Menu
Tab Scoreboard
F1 Help
F9 Screenshot
Z Camera mode
Esc Menu

Inventory Items
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- Empty Hands are necessary for cannon aiming and balloon steering; you can also get more ammunition from the storage barrel.
- Torch for firing the cannon
- Cannonballs can be used on cannons
- Sword is used for hacking enemies.
- Gunpowder pouches can be used to destroy other balloons, objectives and other players.
- Telescope for snooping around
- Airmines for laying minefields into the air and loading into the cannon barrel for cannon rocket shot.
- Defence Musket for blocking incoming direct cannonball hits

Ship
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- Use empty hands on the the steering wheel to enter the balloon steering mode. In this mode you can change the direction and height of the
balloon. To exit the steering mode press left mouse button again.
Ship boost moves when steering:
- Upwards blast (4xUP), Dive(4xDOWN), Fast forward or “Puhuri” (2xDOWN+2xUP) and Strafes (4xLEFT or 4xRIGHT)

Cannon
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Cannon contains three different positions:
- Use the back of the cannon to enter the cannon aiming mode.
- Use a cannonball on the cannon barrel to load it up for normal shot.
- Use gunpowder pouches (1 to 3) on the cannon barrel to load it with flamethrower shot.
- Use airmines on the cannon barrel to load it with a rocket shot.
- Use the torch to light the firewire in order to shoot with the cannon

If you are seasoned AirBuccaneers veteran, then you should know that compared to the UT2004 Mod version
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- Friendly fire: You cannot damage own team mates or own ships, but you can still damage yourself
- Glider per ship: Choose a glider which takes you to a specific ship
- Clouds
- Ship repairs: Use empty hands on the bow of the ship to fix it
- Ship healthbar shown in the hud for all crew members

Hosting a Server
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1) Configure server:
serverName=Abu Server
- name of the server

serverPublicAddress=
- IP address or dns of the server. If defined, is sent to the master server list and will be shown in the server browser list for all players.

serverPort=25002
- used port

allowDiscovery=false
- if set to true, server will broadcast inside lan and will be visible in the server browser inside lan.

password=
- password for the server

timeLimit=20
- per round

scoreLimit=10
- Not in use at the moment

friendlyFire=0
- Can teammates hurt eachother or own team ships. Set to 1 to allow damage from to own team mates and ships.

windMultiplier=1
- how strong are the winds

map[0]=Peelometsa
map[1]=Hamyjarvi
- map rotation

adminPassword=
- admin password. If empty cannot login as admin. If set, login with /adminlogin xxx where xxx is password. The scoreboard contains kick and ban buttons besides player names.

banTime=30
- ban time in minutes

2) Doubleclick ABUAdvancedServerLauncher.exe to start the server.

Customizing the Controls
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You can invert vertical mouse movement by setting invertMouse=0 in settings.txt to 1 instead.

You can define custom controls of your choice under the Controls section is settings.txt.
The names of keys follow this convention:
- Normal keys: “a”, “b”, “c”, “d”, “e”, “f”, “g”, “h”, “i”, “j”, “k”, “l”, “m”, “n”, “o”, “p”, “q”, “r”, “s”, “t”, “u”, “v”, “w”, “x”, “y”, “z”
- Number keys: “0″, “1″, “2″, “3″, “4″, “5″, “6″, “7″, “8″, “9″
- Arrow keys: “up”, “down”, “left”, “right”
- Keypad keys: “[0]“, “[1]“, “[2]“, “[3]“, “[4]“, “[5]“, “[6]“, “[7]“, “[8]“, “[9]“, “[.]“, “[/]“, “[*]“, “[-]“, “[+]“, “enter”, “equals”
- Modifier keys: “right shift”, “left shift”, “right ctrl”, “left ctrl”, “right”, “left alt”, “left cmd”, “right cmd”, “alt gr”
- Mouse Buttons: “mouse 0″, “mouse 1″, “mouse 2″, “mouse 3″, “mouse 4″, “mouse 5″, “mouse 6″
- Special characters: “!”, “\”", “#”, “$”, “&”, “‘”, “(“, “)”, “*”, “+”, “,”, “-”, “.”, “/”, “:”, “;”, ” – Special keys: “backspace”, “delete”, “tab”, “clear”, “return”, “pause”, “escape”, “space”, “numlock”, “caps lock”, “scroll lock”,
“insert”, “home”, “end”, “page up”, “page down”, “help”, “print screen”, “sys req”, “break”, “menu”,
- Function keys: “f1″, “f2″, “f3″, “f4″, “f5″, “f6″, “f7″, “f8″, “f9″, “f10″, “f11″, “f12″, “f13″, “f14″, “f15″

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