Aquanox Manual.pdf

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THE EQUIPMENT MENU
The button Equip allows you to re-equip your ship. But remember: you'll have
difficulty finding another computer as caring as me!!!
To equip yourself with some useful accessories, you’ll need to press to
open the equipment menu.
I N T H E E Q U I P M E N T M E N U
On the right of the screen, your
current ship is displayed; to the
left of that is a list of the
equipment slots that are
available to you with this type of
ship. Later, better ships will be
available and will have more
slots than this salad bowl we
got from El Topo. The individual
slots are clearly and
unmistakably indicated:
Weapons A maximum of two weapons per ship may be taken into battle.
Torpedo (not all models) If the ship has a torpedo launcher, you can stock up
here on a certain number of torpedo units.
Buzzer (not all models) If the ship has an automatic torpedo defense device,
you can enter the model you want to have.
Generator Here you can outfit your ship with a generator other than the
standard one.
Repair device If you install a repair device into your ship, the worst damage
(not all models) will be repaired during battle. This would save us a lot of
trouble!
Special item Here you can fit other special items as well.
Of course, you can equip your ship only with items that you have purchased in
the equipment shop, or items that you already own. If the ship does not offer
you enough equipment slots to meet your demands, then perhaps you should
look for a more sophisticated ship at the shop...
Once again, the respective equipment slot is selected with the arrow keys and
confirmed with . A list of choices then appears on the right, displaying
only those items that can be mounted into the slot selected. This list functions
in almost exactly the same way as the shopping list in the shop menu: here,
however, the arrow keys are used to load or unload items into one’s ship.
With or you can switch back again to the list of equipment
slots. From there you can either select a new slot or, by pressing ,
return once again to my main menu.
THE SHIP MENU
By using the arrow keys to
select the Ship button and
pressing the key, you
go to the Ship menu. Your ship
is shown in the middle of the
screen. Using the arrow keys
allows you to scroll through the
list of available ships here
as well.
Under the picture of the ship
you’ll see a list of technical
details, which will make your
choice easier.
The number under the entry Resale Price on the left-hand side will show you the
actual price of a ship. Since you cannot own more than one ship, your old ship
will be taken in exchange at purchase price when you buy a new one. You will be
able to test several ships in test missions without taking a loss ... not counting
the equipment you may use while testing.
Your current balance can be found underneath the entry for Resale Price.
If you want to acquire a ship, you need to press the key. Should you be
tempted to spend more than you have, as always, I will restrain you: I’ll keep you
out of trouble!
As soon as you’ve finished shopping, you can return to my main menu using the
key.
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