RISE OF THE DRAGON from Dynamix Amiga Quick Reference Card INSTALLATION Amiga Installation Procedure The following are instructions for installing Rise of the Dragon onto a hard disk and booting the system. Both can be done from either the Workbench or the CLI. In the instructions we assume that you are using floppy drive DF0: and hard drive DH0:. If your drives go by different names, replace the drive label in the example with the correct one. For example, if you have an Amiga 3000, you will probably need to replace DH0: with WORK:. Copying Rise of the Dragon to a Hard Disk 1. Boot your system 2. Insert Dragon Disk #1 into the first internal floppy disk drive. 3. From Workbench, double click on the Rise of the Dragon #1 icon and then on the Install icon. 4. From the CLI, type CD DF0: and press the return key. Then type INSTALL and press the return key. The Dynamix Install Utility window will appear. 5. Choose which drive and directory you wish to install the program to. The default directory is: DH0:Dynamix/Dragon. To change the path, click in the Destination Directory box and type in the new path. 6. Click on the INSTALL button. 7. At the prompt, click on the OKAY button to install the program files. To cancel the installation process, click on the CANCEL button. LOADING Amiga Loading Instructions From Floppy Disks NOTE: You may run the Dragon program from multiple floppy drives. Self-Booting 1. Insert Rise of the Dragon Disk #1 into drive DF0: 2. Turn on the system. From Workbench 1. Boot your system with Workbench. 2. Insert Rise of the Dragon Disk #1 into a disk drive. 3. Double click on the Dragon #1 disk icon. 4. Double click on the Dragon icon. From the CLI 1. Boot your system with the CLI. 2. Insert Rise of the Dragon Disk #1 into DF0: 3. Type CD DF0: and press the return key. 4. Type DRAGON and press the return key. From a Hard Disk From Workbench 1. Load Workbench. 2. Double click on the hard disk icon. 3. Double click on the Dynamix drawer. 4. Double click on the Dragon drawer. 5. Double click on the Dragon icon. From the CLI 1. Load a CLI window. 2. Type CD DH0:DYNAMIX/DRAGON and press the return key. 3. Type DRAGON and press the return key. NOTES Amiga Specific Notes 1. Rise of the Dragon does not multitask with other programs. For best performance, make sure no other programs are running when you start Dragon. 2. Although your system may have one megabyte of memory, you still may not have enough available memory to run Rise of the Dragon. Self-booting the program from disk should provide you with enough free memory to run the program. NOTE: Memory allocated for hard disk partitions or resident programs will reduce the amount available for running programs. 3. If your system has only the minimum RAM required to play (1MB), the Detail Level Slider is set to low and cannot be changed. 4. If you are playing off floppies, you can speed-up game play or disk loading by turning off the music or by inserting the music disk (#10) in a second drive. 5. If you are using more than one floppy drive, leaving the Music Disk (#10) in an external drive will reduce disk swaps. TROUBLESHOOTING Problem: Even though my computer has 1MB of memory, I receive a message saying there is not enough memory to run Dragon. Possible Solution: Avoid running other programs before you start Dragon. Such programs might be using memory that Dragon needs. It helps if you run Dragon from the CLI without loading the Workbench. You can also save memory by running Dragon from the Workbench when there are no CLI or application windows currently open. Problem: My computer doesn't have a hard disk, so I'm often forced to swap disks during game play. Possible Solution: You can reduce the number of disk swaps by turning off the game's music or leaving the Music Disk (#10) in a second drive. Press Alt-M to turn of the music. Problem: Constantly playing music bugs me, but I still want to hear sound effects. Possible Solution: Press Alt-M to turn off the music or select "music off" from the Options Menu. Problem: Everytime I set the game's Detail Level to high, the computer lowers it. Possible Solution: Unless your computer has more than 512K of chip RAM, you will be unable to set the game's Detail Level to high. Owners of Amiga 1000s, or some older 500s and 2000s, will need to upgrade their computers to the 1MB Fat Agnus chip to increase the amount of chip RAM. CONTROLS MOUSE Look = Click the Right mouse button. Operate = Click the Left mouse button. Move = Click and Hold the Left mouse button and move. Main Inventory = Click Right Mouse button while on inventory. Quick Inventory = Click Left mouse button while on inventory. Using Weapons = Click Right mouse while on that object. The above + Clicking & Holding Left mouse and selecting where you want to use the item. KEYBOARD Look = Press the Return key Pick Up/Drop & Operate Commands = Pick Up = pressing the Space Bar or keypad 5. Drop or Operate = Space Bar keypad 5. Main Inventory = Press Return while on Inventory. Quick Inventory = Press Space Bar or keypad 5 while on Inventory. Using Weapons = Object + Backspace = Aim Locked. = Aim Locked + Spacebar or keypad 5 = Fire. Keyboard Cursor Control The numeric keypad has Arrow Keys which control up, down and diagonal movement of the cursor. The values are: 1 = Diagonal Down & Left 2 = Down 3 = Diagonal Down & Right 4 = Left 5 = Pick Up & Drop 6 = Right 7 = Diagonal Up & Left 8 = Up 9 = Diagonal Up & Right Enter = Look KEYBOARD HOT KEYS ESC or F10 ..... VCR Menu Alt-R or F9 .... Restart Alt-Q .......... Quit Alt-S or F2 .... Sound ON/OFF Alt-M .......... Music ON/OFF Alt-P .......... Pause Game F5 ............. Save Game F7 ............. Restore Game C .............. Screen Clock ON/OFF NOTE: During character interaction and non-interactive story sequences, pressing SPACEBAR or RETURN will advance to the next dialogue box or story screen. ARCADE CONTROLS Walking Diagonal Up & Left = Walk Left Diagonal Up & Right = Walk Right Left = Walk Left Right = Walk Right Diagonal Down & Left = Walk Left Squatting Diagonal Down & Right = Walk Right Squatting Down = Duck Jumping & Leaping Diagonal Up & Left = Leap Up and to the Left Diagonal Up & Right = Leap Up and to the Right Left = Jump Left Right = Jump Right Up = Leap Up Down = Jump Down Mouse Controls Move the mouse pointer over the arrow that represents the direction you want to move and click the left mouse button. Move = press left button Shoot/Combat = press right button Jump = hold down right button, then click on direction arrow Power Bar Gray = can't jump White = short jump Red = long jump Hold down the right mouse button until the Power Bar turns white or red. Then click the mouse on a direction arrow to make the jump.