Hardball III
2 Select the area to pitch to. Hold down the desired location key. How long determines how far inside outside, etc., pitches will be.
3 Pitch the ball. Press and hold down Enter.
4 Press ESC to call a timeout.
Fielding - Keyboard
Throwing to a base.
Hold down the base key you want to throw to and press Enter/Fire Button.
Pick-Offs
Hold down base key and quickly press and release Enter/Fire Button. You must pick your pitch before you can try a pick-off.
Fielding the ball.
After a ball is hit, a yellow circle appears by the feet of the player nearest the ball. Use the chart at the right to move the highlighted player. If he is close to the ball, pressing Enter will cause him to dive or jump. If the ball passes him and another player is closer, press Enter to switch player control.
Notes:
Running from Windows 3.0
You can run HardBall III from Windows 3.0 as long as you have enough free RAM available (see Memory Requirements). If you need to free up some memory, you should read the chapter on Optimizing Windows in your Windows manual.
Note : The Al Michaels Play-by-Play Announcer Feature is NOT available under Windows. Except under 3.1 with the Proper Sound Card Driver Installed.
Adding the Icon to Windows Program Manager
HardBall III comes with its own icon for the Windows Program Manager. You can use this icon to run the game, but not until you install the game to - your hard disk.
To Install the icon
1 Go to the Windows Program Manager.
2 Open the group window for the group into which you'd like to put the game.
3 Choose NEW from the File Menu. The New Program Object Dialog box appears.
4 Select Program item and choose OK. The Program Item Properties dialog box appears.
5 Type HardBall III in the Description text box.
6 Type the path and name of the hardball.PIF file in the Command Line text box. For example, if you installed the game to C:\hardball, then type c:\hardball\hardball.pif into the Command Line text box.
7 Choose Change Icon. The Select Icon dialog box appears.
8 Type the path and name of the hardball.ico file in the File Name text box. For example, if you installed the game into C:\hardball, then type c:\hardball\hardball.Ico into the File Name text box.
9 Choose View Next. The game's icon should appear.
10 Choose OK. The Program Item Properties dialog box appears again.
11 Choose OK. The new icon should appear in the group Window.
