1 Skyscraper version 0.94 - Beta
3 http://www.tliquest.net/skyscraper
4 http://sourceforge.net/projects/skyscraper
5 email: ryan@tliquest.net
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10 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
11 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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17 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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27 Note - starting with the previous version (0.93), the TrueVision 3D 6.0 engine needs to be installed (releases prior to 0.93 used version 6.0 RC3)
29 Skyscraper is a 3D virtual building simulator written in Visual Basic 6.0 using the
30 TrueVision3D graphics library which can be found at http://www.truevision3d.com.
32 The current building used in the simulator is the Triton Center, designed by Ryan Thoryk,
33 which originally got it's inspiration from the 137-story Glass Tower in the movie The Towering
34 Inferno, and 7 South Dearborn, a 112-story proposed building for downtown Chicago.
35 Original models (2D and 3D) of the Triton Center were made in MyHouse for Windows 6.5.
36 The building's features and locations of equipment currently don't aim to be 100% accurate
37 or even realistic, but they might be changed in newer models of the Triton Center.
39 This release, version 0.94, is a major bugfix release (fixes 2 major bugs that slowed development to a crawl), and includes a new startup screen.
43 Important keys used in the game:
44 5 - play elevator music (disabled in this release)
45 6 - stop elevator music (disabled in this release)
46 F1 - to take a screenshot (saves as c:\shot.bmp)
47 PgUp - Look upwards (warning - there's alignment problems with this)
48 PgDown - Look downwards (same problem with above)
49 Home - Float upwards (jump if collision detection is on)
51 Space - Straight out viewpoint
52 Z - Run (hold down Z while moving)
54 Current building floor layout:
57 M - Mezzanine inside the 3 story lobby
58 2-39 - Offices, section 1
59 40-79 - Office, section 2
60 80 - Residential Skylobby
63 115-117 - Residential service floors and maintenance
65 130-131 - Machinery/Electrical
67 133 - Maintenance/Water Tanks
68 134 - Pool and recreation area
69 135 - 2 story ballroom with surrounding balcony
70 136 - balcony of the 135th floor ballroom
72 138 - Roof w/Heliport and radio/tv towers