SubSpace Auto Boost (SAB) 1.0 A "100% booster" solution for Continuum by 2b3, Blood Squad (EG) (c) 2004 mxlabs.com ------------------- SubSpace Auto Boost (SAB) was designed for the lazy part of the community. The typical lazy SubSpace player drinks a beer or ice coffee in the garden while enjoying the sun and playing some good old 2d online shooter. It would be too much work to hold Shift for the average lazy ss player. And this is why _I_ released this program. ;) It enables boosters, or "thrusters", or "the thing that speeds u up when u press shift") all the time which can be either good or bad for you... 1. INSTALLATION 2. USAGE 3. PROBLEMS AND BUGS 4. CHANGELOG 5. THE FUTURE ####################################################################### 1. INSTALLATION ####################################################################### - Copy ssautoboost.exe to your Continuum Folder - Start Continuum, go to the Keyboard Definitions (press CTRL-K or via the Menu Bar -> View -> Keyboard/Controller Defs) - Click on the key you assigned to "Boost" (usually Shift) - Press F12 - Apply Settings and you're done ####################################################################### 2. USAGE ####################################################################### ::: ACTIVATING SAB ::: Option 1: Pre-Loading - Run SAB before starting Continuum Option 2: On Demand - While running Continuum go back to Windows (ALT-TAB / Windows Key) and run SAB *Note* Depending on your Windows Settings, either a DOS window will show up for some time and then close or it is possible that you don't see a new program (window) at all! SAB does not rest in your memory so CTRL-ALT-DEL will not show you whether SAB was activated. If you are unsure, go to a zone in which thrusters cost more energy than the recharge rate (eg. RedStar) and you can be sure SAB works. ::: DEACTIVATING SAB ::: - Press F12 to completely deactivate the auto boost. You will have to start SAB again in order to get auto boost back! ####################################################################### 3. PROBLEMS AND BUGS ####################################################################### There aren't any known bugs yet. *cough* In this episode of problems and problems and problems: 1. SAB CAUSES SECURITY VIOLATIONS AND/OR IS RECOGNIZED AS A VIRUS 2. MY REGULAR BOOST DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE 3. I USE F12 MYSELF ########## 1 ::: SAB CAUSES SECURITY VIOLATIONS AND/OR IS RECOGNIZED AS A VIRUS ::: Depending on your virus scanner or other programs related to your system security you might not be able to run SAB. And if you have a paranoid virus scanner, SAB might even show up as a virus. This is because the file carries a big runtime library (500+ kb) and not because of the program itself. I can assure you that SAB does not contain any malicious code if you downloaded it http://www.mxlabs.com/games/subspace/ . Thus you might have to add ssautoboost.exe to your "trusted tasks" depending on your security utilities. Note that SAB does not come with a GUI so don't format C: if you still don't see it in your taskbar ("activating SAB" for more). 2 ::: MY REGULAR BOOST DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE ::: This is more of a general problem with the SAB approach. SAB remaps Boost to F12. So once you deactivate it by pressing F12 again, you have to hold F12 for boost just like you would have held Shift regularly. Yes, I know this is a serious pain in the a.. fingers. I plan to fix this in the next version by dynamically mapping keys. I studied some flagging and fraying macro sets and F12 was one of the keys not being used at all, this is why it was chosen to be the "go to" key. You can, of course, exit the zone you're in and remap Boost to Shift if you want to use Thrusters like you did before. 3 ::: I USE F12 MYSELF ::: Remap it. SAB will only work with F12 as of now. This is why it says version 1.0 on the top of this file. You will get to choose the key in the next version. 4 ::: MY GAMES / PROGRAMS / OPERATING SYSTEM CRASHES ::: Although this should never happen, it did when I tested SAB on a Win9x comp. If you are one of these lucky people with a big blue screen of death after running SAB and closing Continuum, you should stick to this order: 1. Start Continuum 2. Enter the Zone 3. Activate SAB 4. Play... [...] [...] [and another ...] 5. Deactivate SAB 6. Leave the Zone 7. Exit Continuum It looks like Continuum can handle the constant Boost while SAB manages to create a speed which is too high for the slow windows 9x series ;) ####################################################################### 3. CHANGELOG ####################################################################### 1.0 May 2nd, 2004 - SAB not running in memory anymore once it applied the boost - Fixed most of the win9x crashes - now there is a 50/50 chance 0.1 May 1st, 2004 - First stupid release ####################################################################### 3. THE FUTURE ####################################################################### The Future looks bright. SAB 2.0 will have a windows GUI so all lazy 13yr old subspace players can use it and will probably automatically start with continuum if desired. Also it will feature dynamic key sets and some more features which make the life of a flagger easier. I am also thinking about giving SAB access to subspace in general which would enable a big set of "conditions" which could be combined. eg. IF I have X-RADAR and ANTI and NO TEAM KILL MESSAGES IN LAST 5 SECS => say "X CLEAR" I'm already testing functions like automatically attaching to the one with the highest bounty on my team... but it will surely take some time to make a stable program. If I ever have enough time to finish these things, SAB will be a brilliant addition for the lazy SubSpace Player. ####################################################################### CREDITS Credits go to Flab., Hypoz, ambient and King starting a stupid discussion about key definitions... eg. ambient> im considering getting a large clip to hold down some random key that i plan to set it to ####################################################################### LICENSE / DISCLAIMER this program comes "as is", without any warranties or other crap. If it kills your computer, dials 1-900 numbers in the background or burns down your house it is YOUR problem, not mine. SAB is under Beerware License which means I'd be glad if you sent me your local beer or just drink one in my name if you like this program. Oh, and if you're underage just drink a coke or so, no worries. ####################################################################### the end. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ####################################################################### Freeware and 2d space shooters 4 life =) ####################################################################### ----------------------------------------------------------------------- contact: MSN - Bzzz2k4@hotmail.com SubSpace - 2b3