Midway 16-20044-101, 16-20040-101 manual Difficulty Adjustments Difficulty Adjustments Menu Screen

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DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENTS

DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENTS MENU SCREEN

The Difficulty Adjustments set how much skill players must have to complete a race. Use the operator control switches to select Difficulty Adjustments and press the TEST button to activate the sub menu. Select each variable using the operator control switches and press TEST to enter change mode. Use the operator control switches to change the variable, then press TEST to save changes and exit the variable.

Track Difficulty sets the initial time available for play. Higher values require players to maintain faster average speeds between checkpoints. The range of adjustment is from 1 to 100. Factory default is 40.

AI Difficulty sets the competitiveness of drone boats. The number of boats does not change, but their skill at negotiating the track does. The range of adjustment is from 1 to 100. Factory default is 50.

The Free Race Limiter enables the AI (Artificial Intelligence) to keep pace with players’ skill levels. Set this to ON to limit the number of free races based on player ability. Set it to OFF to keep AI values at a fixed level regardless of the number of free races won. The range is OFF or ON. Factory default is OFF.

Limit Free Races To is the award cut-off point. It prevents expert players from monopolizing a cabinet. It may be fixed or variable (see Free Race Limiter above). The range is 1 to 100%. Factory default is 20%.

Reset Tracks to Defaults returns the Track Difficulty settings to factory defaults. Choose this item to return this variable to its original value. This screen permits changes all of the existing values at one time.

Reset AI to Defaults returns the Track Difficulty settings to factory defaults. Choose this item to return this variable to its original value. This screen permits changes all of the existing values at one time.

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