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Chris Wright wrote:
> A lot of the posts at the moment seem to be from people asking about
> controls for the PC version of SA.
I'm still learning the keys as I go through the missions. Newbies
may not have figured out the obvious way to hunt for the correct keys.
This turned into a much longer post than I had anticipated and I
probably skipped some stuff anyway. You can search for the feature you
are having trouble with.
When you start the game, after hitting a couple of space bars to get
past the opening screens, the Main Menu appears which gives you get
three options: Start Game, Options, Quit Game. Left Click on Options.
You can also use ESC in the game to get back to the Pause Menu: Resume,
Start New Game, Map, Stats, Brief, Options, Quit Game. This is about
the Options menu.
The Options Menu has four choices: Controller Setup, Audio Setup,
Display Setup, Language.
Controller Setup has four more options: Configuration, Redefine
Controls, Mouse Settings, Restore Defaults. The adjustment hints at
the lower right of the screen (sometimes at the top) are pithy and
cryptic, but read them very carefully if you are having trouble.
Sometimes you click on a choice, sometimes you use the mousewheel,
sometimes you need to hit backspace, sometimes you need to confirm with
Enter. It is very easy to get this wrong and get stuck. If you get
stuck actually read the whole screen. I know you have programmed
yourself to skip most of it.
Redefine Controls brings you to another menu (Controller Setup) with
two choices: Foot Controls and Vehicle Controls. Note the hints at the
bottom: Backspace - Clear, Click LMB/Return - Change This are the
meat and potatoes menus of game playing controls. It is kind of tricky
to use.
Mouse Settings has four choices: Mouse Sensitivity, Invert Mouse
Vertically, Steer With Mouse, Fly With Mouse. Invert Mouse Vertically
controls the View Tilt Forward/Back on foot and in vehicles. Changing
this allowed me to make GTAIII, Vice City and San Andreas work the
same. It was very difficult playing all three games when the defaults
were set differently. A great option.
Audio Setup has six choices: Radio, SFX, Radio Eq, Radio Auto Tune,
User Track Options, Radio Station.
User Tracks Options has three choices: Play Mode, Automatic Media Scan,
Scan User Tracks.
User Track Options allows you to add MP3s. Read the instructions
carefully. "To play your own music in game - create short cuts to
your music tracks in the "User Tracks Folder". Scan User Tracks is
used after you have placed these shortcuts, so the game with notice
them.
Display Setup has eight options: Brightness, Legend, Radar Mode, HUD
Mode, Subtitles, Store Gallery Photos, Advanced, Restore Defaults.
Restore Defaults generally restores defaults limited to the menu you
are in, use at your own risk.
Advanced brings up a Display Menu with seven options: Draw Distance,
Frame Limiter,
Widescreen, Visual FX Quality, MIP Mapping, Anti-Aliasing, Resolution.
Resolution is screen resolution in pixels wide and high. Note the
hint: Left/Right/Mouse Wheel to Adjust. Then "Click LMB/Return -
Apply new Settings. Clicking on resolution with LMB does nothing. You
need to do both actions. I would do this before starting the game, not
after you have started it and ESC'ed out.
Language has two choices, English or Spanish (Buenos Dias!)
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