############################################################################### LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC Escape from Monkey Island™ Version 1.0 ############################################################################### Thank you for playing Escape from Monkey Island. We recommend that you read this file to get the most up to date information about installing, running and playing the game. Be sure to check the LucasArts website at www.lucasarts.com for the very latest information related to Escape from Monkey Island. ############################################################################### System Requirements -------------------------Computer: 100% DirectX compatible computer required. CPU: Pentium class 200 MHz or faster CPU required. Pentium II class 233 MHz or faster recommended. Memory: 32 MB or higher RAM required. Graphics Card: 4MB PCI or AGP Direct3D compatible graphics accelerator card required. 8MB AGP graphics accelerator card recommended. CD-ROM: Quad speed CD-ROM drive required. Sound Card: 100% DirectX compatible 16-bit sound card required. Input Device: 100% Windows compatible Keyboard required. A mouse is not required for control within the game. Optional support for joysticks and gamepads. DirectX: Microsoft DirectX 7.0a is included on this CD and must be installed to play Escape from Monkey Island. NOTE: Your system may require the "latest" Windows drivers for your particular hardware. OS Escape from Monkey Island supports Windows 95, 98, 2000 or ME as your operating system. MS-DOS, Windows 3.1x, Windows NT 3.x, Windows NT 4.0, Linux and OS/2 are not supported. Installation: Standard Installation requires 195 MB free hard drive space. It is recommended that you have an additional 75 MB of free space available for the Windows swap file. Video Cards Supported -----------------------------For a list of supported video cards at the time of release, please refer to the Trouble Shooting Guide ############################################################################### General Information -----------------------If Launcher Screen is Too Large for Screen ---------------------------------------------------If your font size is set to "Large Fonts", the launcher will appear to be twice as large as it should be and you may not be able to see all of the launcher buttons. We suggest you set your fonts to "Small" to see the entire launcher. To do so: Right-click on your desktop Click on "Properties" Click on the "Settings" tab Click on the box under "Font size" near the bottom Click on "Small Fonts" Click on the "OK" button at the bottom of the window Desktop Color Palette -------------------------We recommend that you set your desktop to High Color (16 bit) color. When playing Escape from Monkey Island with your desktop set to a color palette other than 16 bit, you may experience various problems while running the game. Task Switching -----------------We recommend that you do not task switch while playing Escape from Monkey Island. At the time of release, we have seen problems while task switching on various video cards that can cause the game to lock up or quit unexpectedly. CTRL-ESC -------------We recommend that you do not use CTRL-ESC while playing. ############################################################################### Installing Escape from Monkey Island ----------------------------------------------------Insert the Escape from Monkey Island CD into your CD-ROM drive. The Launcher screen will open automatically unless Autoplay is disabled. If it does not, double-click on the My Computer icon, then the CD-ROM icon. This should bring up the launcher menu. If it does not, double-click on Monkey.exe in the window that opens. Click on the top button from the following options and the installer will guide you through the installation process. Install Help Analyze Your Computer View Readme View Troubleshooting Guide Go Back Options Additional Options Visit www.lucasarts.com Register Online View License Agreement Go Back Go Back Exit The default installation location is C:\ProgramFiles\LucasArts\Monkey 4. There are three Installation Options available. The Standard Install requires 195MB of free hard drive space and the Complete Install requires 1133MB. There is also a Custom Installation option, which allows you to select separate components to be installed to your hard drive. The requirements for a Custom install range from 8MB up to 1133MB. We recommend that you have at least an additional 75 MB of free space available on the hard drive after installing. Running Escape from Monkey Island --------------------------------------------------------To run the game, click on your Start Menu, select Programs, then LucasArts, then Monkey 4 and click on Play Monkey 4. This will bring up the Launcher screen. Click on Play Monkey 4 on the launcher and it will begin the game. Although it is possible to run the executable directly off of the CD, we recommend that you use the shortcuts the installer creates in the Start Menu or the shortcut to Monkey4 which is created on the desktop during installation. Running the executable directly from the CD may cause the game to run much more slowly and hit the CD much harder. ############################################################################### Keyboard Commands -------------------------, , [shift] [Enter] [pgup],[pgdn] , <alt>-,<alt>- <shift>-[pgup], <shift>-[pgdn] <shift>-<alt>-, <shift>-<alt>- e, l,[keypad5] u Turn left/right Move forwards/backwards Run Default action Cycle sentence line/hot object or dialog choice Page up/Page down dialog choice Look at Use, Talk to p, [keypad+] i, [insert] F1 O In Inventory --------------, p, [keypad+], [enter] ESC, i u Pick up Enter inventory Menu Quick Exit from the current room or location Cycle inventory left/right Select inventory item Exit inventory Select combine item (press Enter on another item to combine) Movement Modes ---------------------The Escape from Monkey Island supports two different movement modes: character-relative and camera-relative. Character-relative movement is the default mode; your left and right on the keyboard is the same as Guybrush's left and right. Camera-relative movement means that your left and right on the keyboard is the same as left and right on the screen, independent of the direction that Guybrush is facing. Mouse Support ------------------There is no mouse support used while running Escape from Monkey Island. Joystick and Gamepad support ------------------------------------ You can assign game button functions to each of the 4 directions on the HAT control of a typical flight stick style joystick, even though the manual says that the HAT control is not used. If you are using one of these joysticks, it is recommended that you map functions to the hat accordingly so that you can make full use of the features on your joystick and minimize the needs to use the keyboard during play. For joysticks or gamepads with analog sticks, an analog mode is available from the in-game Options menu. Enabling this allows you to control whether Guybrush runs or walks and how swiftly he turns by how far the stick is pushed. If you are playing with a digital type gamepad you should leave this option turned off. ############################################################################### © 2000 LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC. LucasArts is a registered trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. Escape from Monkey Island is a trademark of LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC. All rights reserved All hail Murray and his EVIL plots to Conquer the World. Bwaahaahaahaa