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1. left mouse button the TAB key corresponds to the right mouse button All of the verbs used in the game can also be selected by using key board commands Each key corresponds to one verb Pressing the appropriate key once is equivalent to moving the cursor over the verb and pressing the controller button The keys are mapped as follows Day of the Tentacle Maniac Mansion the old one G P U Q W E R T Give Pickup Use Push Open Walk New Turn to kid on O L S A S D F G Open Lookat Push Pull Close Pickup Unlock Turn Shove off C T Y Z X C B Close Talkto Pull Give Read Whatis Use Fix Yank Other keyboard commands Day of the Tentacle FUN S TION AND GOMMAND KEYS Save or Load a Game Flor F5 Bypass a Cut Scene ESC or press both mouse joystick 1 Switch to Hoagie 2 Switch to Bernard 3 Switch to Laverne Note When talking with a E antes character keys 1 6 will select Peto Came TS the different dialogue choices Pause the Game SPACE BAR 1 being the top choice and Sound Control music only 6 being the bottom choice softer m a louder Maniac Mansion Message Line Speed the old one Faster U Scroll inventory list up Slower I Select upper left inventory Clear dialogue line period item O Select upper right Mouse On CTRL m inventory item Joystick On CTRL j J Scroll inventory list down Be sure to centre joystick first K Select lower left inventory Toggle text on off CTRL t Exit Game without savin2. Maniac Mansion 2 Day of the Tentacle IBM Reference Gard CONTENTS Your Maniac Mansion 2 Day of the Tentacle package should contain the following VY One Compact Disc or V This Reference Card VY Six game disks v One User s Manual GETTING STARTED CD ROM VERSION To play the game from your Compact Disc use these commands Switch to the correct drive for example type s and press ENTER Type dott and press ENTER to start the game GETTING STARTED PG 3 5 DISK VERSION Note We recommend that you first make backup copies of all disks and put the originals in a safe place The disks are not copy protected so to copy them just follow the instructions that came with your computer To install Day of the Tentacle to your hard disk from the floppies included in the package boot your computer then insert Disk 1 in drive A type a and press ENTER This utility will also work from drive B When you see the A gt prompt type the word install and press ENTER Follow the on screen instructions to install Day of the Tentacle on your hard drive To play the game from your hard disk use these commands Switch to the correct drive for example type c and press ENTER Type ed dott and press ENTER to change to the correct directory Type dott and press ENTER to start the game SETTING PREFERENCES When loaded the program will check to see if you have a mouse dri ver or joystick installed or a AdLib or S
3. The PC 3 5 version requires at least 570k free base RAM in order to run It will recognise up to 2 megs EMS RAM but does not require it With EMS properly configured Day of the Tentacle can run with as little as 530k free base RAM If you are using DOS 5 0 you may utilise its ability to load certain RAM resident programs high to free up base memory Refer to the original Microsoft documentation for further information You may also make a boot disk with DOS 5 0 that will set up the optimal con figuration for running this game To make a boot disk please follow the instructions below using the underscore _ to denote a space 1 Insert a brand new unformatted high density floppy disk into the A drive 2 At the C prompt type format_a _ s lt enter gt 3 At the C prompt type copy_command com_a lt enter gt 4 At the C prompt type a lt enter gt 5 At the A prompt type copy_con_config sys lt enter gt files 20 lt enter gt buffers 20 lt enter gt 6 Press the control and z key at the same time lt enter gt 7 At the A prompt type copy_con_autoexec bat lt enter gt prompt p lt enter gt path c c dos lt enter gt 8 Press the Control and z key at the same time lt enter gt You should add to the boot disk relevant files for your particular sound card mouse CD ROM driver and EMS driver CD ROM ver sion to ensure you will receive full support from these p
4. de of their own environment Most _ mouse drivers can be loaded by typing mouse or a similar command at the C prompt Please consult the original documentation that came with your mouse to find more information about enabling com mands Erratic behaviour in a mouse may also be due to a hardware conflict or incompatible mouse driver Please check with your mouse s manufac turer to be certain you are using the most recent mouse driver version TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Please be certain you have read and checked each section of the troubleshooting guide before calling Technical Support Although we are more than happy to assist you we often find that many problems can be solved by simply checking the above section and the game s READ ME file Please also be aware that due to the millions of soft ware and hardware configurations possible you may still have to refer to your computer dealer hardware manufacturer or software publisher to properly configure their product to run with our game When you call please be either sitting in front of your computer or have a complete and detailed list of your machine s current software and hardware configuration so that we may more readily assist you Our technicians may be reached on 0171 368 2226 and are on duty from 10 00am to 1 00pm and 2 00pm to 5 00pm Monday to Friday You may also fax our Technical Support Department on 0171 468 2006 or write to us at LucasArts Entertainment c o Vir
5. e to type a new name for that slot or use the backspace key to change the existing name and save over a previously saved game Press ENTER or click on OK to save the game Click on CANCEL if you have changed your mind and do not wish to save it To LOAD Click on the LOAD option The current list of saved games will be displayed in slots along the left side of the screen Click on the up and down arrows to scroll through the list right click on the up or down arrow to shortcut to the first or last save game slot Select a slot by point ing the cursor to it and clicking Click the cursor on OK to load the game or CANCEL if you have changed your mind and do not wish to load it Warning Loading a previously saved game will cause you to lose the game you are currently playing If you think you will want to return to the game as it was before you pressed F1 be sure to SAVE the game before LOADing a differ ent one TROUBLESHOOTING This section will provide you with some solutions to gamers most common technical problems If you are having difficulty getting Day of the Tentacle up and running please refer to this section and the game s README file before contacting technical support Chances are they will help you out Memory Concerns The CD ROM version of this game requires at least 2 megs free RAM in order to run Please be sure you have installed your EMS Drivers correctly Day of the Tentacle will only utilise expanded memory EMS
6. eripherals Please note that the instructions above are meant for uncompressed hard drives Boot your machine with this disk in the A drive and it will come up with the maximum amount of memory possible DOS 6 0 includes a memory management utility called MemMaker It will assist you in freeing up as much free RAM as possible Please refer to your original Microsoft documentation for further information and instructions Compression Programs This game was designed to run optimally on an uncompressed hard drive If you do choose to compress your hard drive the game s performance could be affected in various ways These effects may vary depending upon which compression program you choose to run Sound Cards If you are experiencing problems with your sound card try running the diagnostic software that came with your card Most sound card problems are due to configuration errors If you are using a sound card that is not listed on the system sticker on the out side of the box or are running a sound card in emulation mode your sound may not perform optimally Sound card performance will also be affected if you do not have enough free memory Please be certain that you meet the minimum requirement for free RAM Mouse Setup If you are having difficulty with your mouse please be certain that its device driver has been installed and loaded proper ly Windows and other software packages often have built in mouse drivers that will not function outsi
7. g ALT x or CTRL c Version Number CTRL v item L Select lower right inventory item F1 F2 amp F3 Switch kids MEMORY ALERT The CD ROM version requires 2 megs free EMS RAM to run smoothly The PC 3 5 version requires about 570k of free memory with 2 megs EMS RAM itll work with as low as 530k but more is always better If your computer does not have sufficient memory to run Day of the Tentacle the game will alert you after starting You can still play the game but your hard drive will be accessed more frequently This activity could cause certain parts of the game to slow down noticeably If this happens quit the game save game first and try to free up more memory by removing any terminate and stay resident programs you have installed SAve LOApD INSTRUCTIONS Press F1 or F5 when you want to save or load a game CD ROM version saved games are stored to a directory on your hard drive called DOTT CD Once the save load screen is displayed you can move the cur sor and click on SAVE LOAD PLAY to return to the game as it was before you pressed F1 or QUIT to quit the game To SAVE Click on the SAVE option The current list of saved games will be displayed in slots along the left side of the screen Click on the up and down arrows to scroll through the list right click on the up or down arrow to shortcut to the first or last save game slot Select a slot by point ing the cursor to it and clicking Now you will be abl
8. gin Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited Technical Support 2 Kensington Square London W8 5RB ABSOLUTELY NO HINTS WILL BE GIVEN ON THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LINE Day of the Tentacle and 1993 LucasArts Entertainment Company Used under authorisation All rights reserved Maniac Mansion is a registered trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd The LucasArts logo is a regis tered service mark of LucasArts Entertainment Company LucasArts is a trademark of LucasArts Enter tainment Company Used under authorisation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines LucasArts Entertainment Company P O Box 10307 San Rafael CA 94912 Distributed by Virgin Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited 2 Kensington Square London W85RB
9. oundBlaster sound board and will set up the game appropriately If you are using a Roland or General MIDI sound board you must tell the computer by typing dott r or dott g If you wish to override these default settings you may do so by adding the following letters separated by spaces after typing dott when you start the game a AdLib SoundBlaster music Roland music General MIDI music Use mouse control a jn jr Use joystick control Use keyboard control Text mode this will turn off all digitised sound amp speech s220 7 8 Set SoundBlaster address int k bufsize For example to start the game with AdLib sounds and using a joy stick type dott aj cae ot Sate KEYBOARD GURSOR GONTROLS You can use a mouse for cursor control if you have installed a com patible mouse driver Use the left mouse button to select objects on the screen for use in the sentence line as well as to select a line of dialogue in a conversation Press the right mouse button to use a highlighted verb with the object to which the cursor is pointing If you have both a mouse and a joystick installed you may select one as your controller by holding down the CTRL key and pressing m for mouse or j for joystick You may also recalibrate your joystick if the cursor is drifting across the screen by centring the joystick and press ing CTRL j For keyboard cursor control use either the arrow keys or the keypad The ENTER or 5 key corresponds to the
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