Tiny Tanks is easy to
play. From the main menu you choose a
server from the server listing. Click on
PING to check the server. From there you
simply click on JOIN GAME located in the server info window.
MAIN MENU
The main menu has
four titled windows. Server Listings, Server Info, Video Settings and Login Settings.
Server Listings
This window will list
all the online servers available. You will see the following buttons.
PING SERVER – Use
this to select the server you wish to play on
REFRESH ALL – Use
this to relist available servers
REFRESH FAV – This
will relist only servers that are online and in your favorites list
REMOVE FAV - This will remove the selected server from
your favorites list
Server Info
This window will display individual server
information for the selected server that you
Recently PINGED.
Server name ( if
you see a ( -R ) in the servername this means the server does not allow
ranking. And you will not gain rank Information
listed includes
playing there.
Map name, and playmode
Ping time in milliseconds ( how long it took to talk
to the server)
Server IP address
Server password box (only usable if the server is
password protected)
JOIN GAME – this will send you into the selected
server to play
QUIT – this will quit Tiny Tanks Online and return to the
desktop
Login Settings
Login Name – use this to choose a player name. Once you login with a name and password,
nobody else will be able to choose that name on any server. It’s yours
Login Password – choose your password carefully, and write
it down. There is NO WAY TO RETRIEVE
PASSWORDS IF THEY ARE LOST.
Favorite Team – the game will attempt to put you on the
team you prefer, but if the server has autobalancing turned on, you may get
switched to the other team immediately.
Enable Joystick – Check this box if you plan to use a
joystick. Supported Joysticks are XBOX
PC DUAL STICK , PC DUAL STICK AXIS PAD and compatible pads. If you do not plan to use a joystick it is
best to leave this box unchecked.
Anytime you adjust settings in this window you
must click APPLY in order for the changes to take effect.
Video Settings
Here you simply select your desired resolution
and mode, once selected you must use the APPLY CHANGES button
RENDER MODE QUALITY This mode enables certain graphics
features in the game.RENDER MODE SPEED This
mode should be used if the game runs slowly in QUALITY MODE
IN GAME CONTROLS
Movement Forward & Backward: Arrow keys, or GamePad stick #1
Turn Left & Right: Arrow Keys, or
GamePad stick #1
Strafe Left & Right: Q,E or NUMPAD, or
GamePad buttons
Spring Jump: Right mouse button,
or GamePad button
Fire weapon: Left mouse button, or
GamePad button
Chicken Booster: Spacebar, or GamePad
button
Sniper Zoom: Mid mouse button,
Control, or GamePad button
Detonate your land mines: Mid mouse button, Control, or GamePad button
Global Chat: Y key
Team Chat: U Key
Radar Scale:
R key
Camera Mode: C key
GO TO MENU: ESCAPE key
IN GAME MENU
Music Slider: Adjust music volume
Sound Slider:
Adjust
sound and voice volume
Radar Scale:
Cycle
radar scale from invisible, 50%,100%,150% size
Radio Button:
Cycle
the available background music.
Camera Button:
Cycle
the available camera angles during play.
Show Chat Button:
Cycle
different chat viewing options
Start Map Vote Button:
Start
a player poll to move to next map.
Vote No Button:
If
a vote poll is started, you can vote NO here
Vote Yes Button:
If
a vote poll is started, you can vote YES here
XFIRE VOICE Button:
If
the server has an xfire chatroom set up and you are an xfire user ( xfire is a free service) then you will instantly be
added into the live voice chatroom
for this server.
QUIT BUTTON:
Quits to the main menu
PLAYMODES
Capture
the flag
In this mode, players
must collect the enemy flag and return it to their own flag area.
If the enemy has
possession of your teams flag, you cannot score.
Team Deathmatch
This mode is kill or be killed. Teams gain scores when they destroy the enemy
and loose points When the enemy destroys
them. Players get two times the kill
points per kill in this mode.
Control Point
Players must maintain control of points on the map to
gain score. The more control points your
team possesses the more points you get every few seconds. To gain control of a point at least one team
member must stand near the control point while its arrow moves into your teams
color. The more team members are near the point, the faster the arrow will move
to your side.
White Rabbit
White rabbit is a modified version of TAG. One player is chosen at random , and becomes
the white rabbit. This player becomes
very fast, but unable to shoot anything aside from the E.M.P. If he is destroyed, the player that
destroyed him gets bonus score and then becomes the white rabbit. In this mode even players of the same team
can damage each other. It’s a race to destroy the rabbit for bonus points. If the rabbit survives for four minutes,
then that player gets bonus points for survival and a new rabbit is chosen at
random. CLASS SELECTION IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THIS MODE.
Race Mode:
Race around the
checkpoints. Completed laps add to team score. In this mode players respawn
faster and they may use the chicken boosters at any time with a lower reload
penalty.
WEAPONS &
POWERUPS
Mortar cannon
The default weapon. deals
small damage. This weapon can hit a
player in mid air, however if its allowed to hit the ground it will explode and
hit all enemy players in a small area.
E.M.P pulse cannon
This weapon cannot
hit players in mid air, but it will hit all players in a small area when it
explodes on the
ground. When hit, the enemy will loose
all of their special abilities such as Spring Tracks, Plasma Shields, and
SpeedUp Powers. They will be forced to
Recollect those items
to use them again.
Sniper cannon
The sniper can only
hit one target at a time, normal shots do a lot of damage, but if you zoom in
with this weapon it does a great deal of extra damage to the target.
You can zoom in with
the sniper cannon with the middle mouse button , control key, or joystick
button.
Land mines
Land mines detonate
when an enemy is nearby causing a good amount of damage and sending the enemy
soaring into the air. Mines can also be
self detonated with the middle mouse button , control key, or joystick button.
Atomic rockets
These rockets do an
insane amount of damage in a very large area. They are slow moving and the
rocket launcher has a long reload time.
Nano repair blaster
This sends a laser
containing nano bots to the target area where they quickly form
A repairing wrench ,
any teammate can collect this wrench to be repaired. Repairing a friendly target can give you rep
points that can lead to ranking up.
Sonic Grenade Launcher
These energy capsules
can bounce off ground and walls before exploding and sending the enemy flying
through the air. They cannot hit a player in mid air, but can impact more than
one player at a time.
Plasma Shields: These absorb some
damage from enemy attacks
Spring Tracks: Allow the player to jump into the air
SpeedUp: Allow the player to
move a little faster
Players always start
with Spring Tracks and SpeedUp. They can
be lost if the player is hit with an EMP. Then they must be recollected
CLASSES
Soldier
This class is the default state of all players. The soldier can use Mortar Cannon, Land Mines
and Atomic Rockets. He has average defense and speed.
Pyro
The pryo moves 15% slower than the soldier, however his rockets and
mortar explosions create a devastating area of napalm that can damage enemy
players, as well cause them to catch fire, spreading the effect. Rocket napalm causes more damage than mortar
napalm. The pyro can only use Mortar Cannon and Atomic rockets.
Bomber
The bomber can self detonate causing enemies that are within range to
take severe damage , usually destroying them.
The bomber has a reduced penalty for death and so ranks down far less
often when destroyed. He also takes
three times damage from enemy attacks. The bomber can use his mortar cannon to
destroy himself.
Marksman
The Marksman has exceptional skill with the sniper cannon, and can
pinpoint the weakest spot in any plasma or metal armor. His zoomed sniper shots deal three times
normal damage, a one shot one kill in most cases. The Marksman takes awhile to reload his
sniper cannon. He has below average defenses.
Scout
Scouts are the fastest moving class available, and their radar will
show enemy locations even if they are not close to a radar tower. However they deal half damage to the enemy
and take double damage from enemy attacks.
The scout can use the EMP cannon, Sonic Grenade Launcher, and the Nano
repair cannon.
Juggernaut
Opposite the scout, the Juggernaut is the slowest moving class you can
find, but they are very tough. They take four times less damage from enemy
attacks and have an improved mortar cannon that deals two times normal damage,
and sends the enemy flying into the air when hit. The juggernaut is a good defender, with high
defenses. It can only use the Improved
mortar cannon, and Land mines.
Rankings and Stats
Rank is gained when other stats
accumulate to a certain point. Rank is lost when
A player dies too many times
without getting enough points in his other stats.
Other stats that can
be raised are
Kills
it takes a few kills to get one rank
Deaths
removes tally points wich makes it harder rank up, or can even cause
rank loss
Caps (flag captures) one flag cap can raise
rank several times
Saves (forcing enemy to drop your flag) one
flag save can raise rank a few times
Rep (repairing friendly tanks) a few repairs
can rank you up as well
Race mode allows you to rank up by completing
laps every few minutes
SERVER RANK SETTINGS
If a server does not
allow ranking , all stats but rank will continue to go up and up, until the
player logs off, at that point all stats but rank will be reset.
This non ranking mode
is much like your typical fps multiplayer game where your score is only held
per session.
The Leader board
The online Leader
board show the top 10 ranked players from every server.
RANK REWARDS
Rank rewards are
still being tweaked and balanced.
Tiny Tanks All star
status.
CONTENT AND UPDATES
Tiny Tanks will self
update when it notices that its crc checksums on files doesnt match that stored
on the master server.. Downloading the needed files
When a player tries
to join a game, and does not have that map.
He has the option of downloading the map from the host, providing the
host server has downloads
set up.
THE SERVER SOFTWARE
The server is pretty
straight forward, you launch it and it starts a hosting session. From its main control panel you can select
a server namd and
password, as well as setup certain game properties. Also you can input an xfire chatroom name to
use
this will allow
players who connect to this server to join that xfire voice chat session with
one click.
Other functions of
the server include : Loading and
removing maps from the map rotation, kicking and banning players, setting map
time limit and score limits,
adjusting lag
tolerance, allowing or not allowing ranking, changing server port#, and more.
Map editor: the tiny tanks map editor will be
released to all for free in the near future.
You do not have to buy it. Its first release will be a beta test release
fully working but with some kinks to work out.
Credits..
Concept &
Design Jeff Frazier (
rifraf )
Programming. Jeff Frazier
Core Models and Artwork Jeff Frazier
Toon Country
Models Mathieu Granjon
Voice Talent Jeff Frazier
Sounds David Yingling
Music Vince Webb
Special thanks to..
Jeff Gamna
: Hard core tester & Map
maker
Stevie Goodwin : Math Wizard
Nathan Shirley :
Tester
Mathieu Granjon : Artist , donated media
Tiny Tanks is supported by XFIRE. Experience In game real time voice chat. Join xfire for free
FAQ
Q: Where is everyone, I never see anyone in the game
A: As of version 1.04 Tiny Tanks has had no real
advertisement, we hope to get more players in by getting the word out, and/or
getting published. You can help with
this if you like by telling your friends about the game.
Q: The game runs a little slow on my computer what can I do?
A: A few things to try that can speed up Tiny Tanks are
·
From
the main menu Check the SPEED option for render mode and apply.
·
Choose
a lower video resolution such as 800x600
·
If
your graphics card has a windows control panel, open that and check for
performance options.
Q: Why won’t the Tiny Tanks updater work for me?
A: Some Virus protection programs do not allow it to operate
properly, some have been noted to even delete Tiny Tanks files. You should set permissions for TinyTanks both
the client and the updater within your virus and firewall programs so they will
allow it to work properly.
Q: Why can’t I ping a server?
A: Sometimes the default or current port settings conflict
with other ports used on your computer.
Try choosing a new random port number, and apply those settings.
Q: Why can’t people connect to my server and play?
A: In order for others to communicate with the Tiny Tanks
Server your router or modem must be set up properly to allow incoming
communication from outside your local network. This is called Port Forwarding and is done slightly differently from one
modem/router to the next.
Q: When I try to log into a server it says the username is
already logged in.
A: It’s possible in rare occasions for the game to stop but
not have the chance to log your name out of the database, if this happens your
name will automatically be logged out within five minutes. This should only
happen if the game is halted unexpectedly and not shut down properly via the
quit button.
Q: When I play on a server I always get kicked for lag.
A: each server can set a lag tolerance and it may kick
players that do not communicate fast enough with the server. This could be
because of internet connection speed or even location of server or distance
from your local region. It could also be
a server that has a poor internet connection speed. Try other servers and see how that works.
Q: Tiny Tanks tells me it has to update over and over.
A: This can only happen if the update files were not
properly set up on the master server.
You can redownload the installer and reinstall , or manually download
update files if this problem persists.
It’s recommended you wait a few minutes and try again to insure this is
a persistent problem.
Q: After an update, I get a MAV error.
A: This is most commonly related to virus protection suites
not allowing assets to download properly.
We are looking into workarounds for various
virus packages.. (See below for AVG )
You can download the installer to install
the latest version without using the update process.
Q. I use AVG security suite, the updater won’t work, and
some maps won’t download, what can I do?
A. It seems AVG catches the new data as its being written to
hard disk in some cases and doesn’t allow it to save properly. Temporarily Disabling Resident Shield and
Link Scanner seem to fix this issue and can be done prior to updating or
downloading maps if you have issues with this while using AVG.
Remember to
re-enable these features after you are finished updating
http://free.avg.com/ww-en/kb.num-2429
disable the Resident Shield.
To disable the LinkScanner.