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"New Game" - Starts a new singleplayer game of XIII.

"Continue" - You can view various aspects of what you have achieved in
your profile by going into this section. You can also resume
your current game from the most recent level you have played.
More information on this section is located further below in
this section.

"Load Game" - You can select both Auto Saves and Manual Saves you have made
in various parts of the game. Select the save slot you want
to load to play it.

"Multiplayer" - This gives you access to the Multiplayer Mode of XIII. There
are a variety of options to select in the multiplayer mode
depending on the type of game you want to play. More info on
multiplayer is given further below this walkthrough at the
"Multiplayer" section.

"Options" - Being one of the most important sections of the menu, the
options menu gives you a selection of various things that
you can change to suit your needs. More information on the
options menu is given further below in this section.

"Quit" - This option asks you if you want to quit from XIII.

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*** Continue Menu ***

The continue menu contains a whole heap of different sections just for your
profile. These include things like giving you a brief outline of the story
from what you have accomplished so far, looking at information you have
obtained about the characters etc., and also being able to play the game from
the most recent level.

"Conspiracy" - This is the section which gives you brief details about each
of the members involved in this conspiracy. You need to find
each of the other 19 conspirators before being able to see
them on the list.

"Documents" - This section provides information based on any documents or
other pieces of information retrieved from the singleplayer
mode of the game. More info on the documents are given further
down the walkthrough, at the "Secret Documents" section.

"Story" - This section gives a brief outline of the story up to the most
recent level you are up to.

"Skills" - This section demonstrates all the skills that Steve Rowland
was able to achieve while he was doing his training. You can
easily learn these throughout the singleplayer game.

"Play Game" - Select this option to progress with the game from the level
you last left off.

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*** Options Menu ***

= = = Controls Menu = = =

This is the area you can change the bindings to all the keys to suit the player
while playing the game with the most comfortable button bindings. The default
keys are given below in the next section, but here are some of the options you
will come across when changing things like the Look options etc. The following
three options all appear in Look Options.

"Mouse Sensitivity" - This slider adjusts the amount of mouse sensitivity.
Decreasing the white slider lowers the amount of
sensitivity taking it longer for the mouse to move
side to side etc. Increasing the white slider raises
the amount of sensitivity making the mouse faster
therefore requiring less movement of the mouse to
move around.

"Mouselook" - The two options for mouselook is 'yes' or
'no'.
Setting the mouselook to 'yes' means that you can
use the mouse to look around [strongly suggested].
Setting the mouselook to 'no' requires the player
to use the keyboard keys to look around rather than
the mouse. This can become very frustrating!

"Invert Mouse" - This determines the 'Y' axis or vertical movement
of the mouse when moving and aiming etc. Selecting
the invert mouse option to 'yes' inverts the vertical
axis so whenever you look around, moving the mouse
upwards makes the screen go downwards and pointing it
downwards makes the screen go upwards. Selecting the
invert mouse option to 'no' keeps the vertical axis
at the normal position - up is up and down is down.

"Advanced" - This tab only appears in the Shoot options, but this
is the area which gives you the ability to hotkey
different classes of weapons.

"Reset" - Found on the main page of the Controls section, the
reset button makes all the key bindings placed back
to default settings if they have been changed.


= = = Difficulty Menu = = =

You can choose the difficulty for the singleplayer mode of the game by entering
into this menu. There are four different difficulties to choose from. The four
difficulties are: Arcade, Normal, Realistic and XXX.


= = = Audio Menu = = =

A rather simple menu, this is where you can adjust the audio levels for the
sound while in the game.

"Music" - You can either switch on or off the music throughout the
game.

"Sound Volume" - The volume slider either increases or decreases the amount
of volume for all the sound in the game.


= = = Video Menu = = =

"Gamma" - The slider increases and decreases the amount of gamma in the
game. Gamma works just like brightness.

"Brightness" - The slider increases and decreases the amount of brightness in
the game.

"Contrast" - The slider increases and decreases the amount of contrast in
the game.

"Resolution" - Choose the resolution you want the game to run on by clicking
the left or right arrows. Clicking the left arrow decreases
the resolution while clicking the right arrow increases it.

"Default" - This puts all the video options back to default settings.

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*** Parental Lock ***
This option blocks out any forms of 'crude' language and removes any graphic
violence involved anywhere in the game, once it is activated.


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B03 \ * * * Default PC Controls * * *
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The learning curve for this game is very easy and quick to get used to, so even
for the first time player - it should only take around in average 5 to 10
minutes to get hooked with the default keys. I suggest that all players of this
game use the 'default' settings as this is definitely the best configuration
that you can use for the game.

Remember though, the player always has the choice to change any key they
want, so if you are not comfortable with the default keys, then change ahead!

Here are the given keys for the default configuration:

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"Move Options"
Forwards - W
Backwards - S
Strafe Left - A
Strafe Right - D
Jump - Space
Crouch - C
Run/Walk - Left Shift


"Shoot Options"
Attack/Fire - Left Mouse Button
Alternate Fire - Right Mouse Button
Reload - R
Next Weapon - Mouse Wheel Up
Previous Weapon - Mouse Wheel Down


"Look Options"
Look Up - Backspace
Look Down - =
Centre View - End


"Other Options"
Grab/Use - E
Next Inventory - G
Previous Inventory - F
Score - F1
Pause - Pause
Chat - T
Chat Team - Y
Quick Heal - Q


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B04 \ * * * Save Functions * * *
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This section will give some brief detail about the saving functions in XIII.

First of all, XIII is a game which you cannot save anywhere you desire. You
obviously can save the game whenever you feel like it during any part of a
certain level, but that does not mean the game will definitely save at the
area you just saved at.

Instead, XIII uses a checkpoint system. Most levels have at least one
checkpoint depending on the length or difficulty of the level. Whenever you
start a new level, the beginning acts as if it is a checkpoint, so you should
quicksave the game once you start a level. It is advised you do this because
there is no auto-save function, meaning if you do not quicksave once you start
a new level, you'll have to load the quicksave you have made in the previous
level if you were to die or exit the game while playing the level you have
not saved on yet. While playing a level, you can press 'F5' to quicksave the
game or press 'F9' to load the quicksaved game you have made.

When you go to the load game list in the main menu, all the games you have
saved will have information about which level the game was saved on and also
the time and date at which it was saved. You can only have one quicksave
game, which is found always at the top of the load game list with the two
letters 'QS' next to the other save information. Quicksaving again in another
level will overwrite the previous quicksave. If you wish to keep permanent
saves you make anytime during the game, make sure you pause the game and go
save game and select the slot you want it saved on.

You can easily finish the entire game by just using the quicksave and
quickload functions. Only bother making a permanent save if you want to keep
a favourite level of yours to play whenever you feel like it.


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B05 \ * * * PC Requirements * * *
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Since the game obviously does not include high-end graphics like the ones you
see in Half Life 2, the requirements for XIII are not too high, but while this
is true, it is always a good idea to have at least a decent computer to play
the game.

The following lists show the minimum and recommended requirements for XIII
which can be referred to also in the instruction booklet or game box if you
have purchased the full version game, but I have decided to put them in here
for convenience.

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*** Minimum System Requirements ***

Operating System : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.