The Black Cauldron 3-d Animated Adventure Reference Card for Apple ][gs The Black Cauldron is a 3-d Animated Adventure Game that uses mouse, joystick or keyboard shortcut commands rather than typed in text commands to control the actions of your character. Because of random events and variable scoring, it is possible to play Black Cauldron many times over and never play exactly the same game twice. Although your score may vary from game to game, the maximum number of points possible is 230. This reference card contains information on starting, playing, savinf and restoring games. Refer to it whenever you need to remind yourself of a particular option or command while playing Black Cauldron. Before starting to play you should make backup copies of your original disks. GETTING STARTED: Floppy drive(s) If you will be playing from floppy disks (not hard disk), before starting to play you may wish to format a "saved game" disk. If you use this disk, you will not have to write saved-game information to your original program disk and will be able to write-protect your original program disks. To format a blank disk, see the instruction manual that came with your Apple ][gs computer. LOADING INSTRUCTIONS: (from floppy disk) 1. With the computer off, insert program disk 1(label side up) into the disk drive. 2. Turn on the computer. The program will boot automatically. GETTING STARTED: Hard disk installation 1. Turn on your computer and allow ProDos to load. 2. Insert program disk 1 into the disk drive and close the door. 3. Use the desktop or utilities to copy the files on the disk to the hard disk. Repeat for each program disk. LOADING: 1. Turn on your computer and allow ProDos to load. 2. Boot your adventure game from the desktop. 3. Before you can begin, you will be prompted to insert your program disk 1 into the drive to verify you are an authorized user. All other information form the game will be loaded off of your hard disk. *** Editors Note: It has yet to ever ask me to insert the original. *** MOVING THE HERO: A joystick, mouse or keyboard moves the main character north, south, east, west or diagonally. To halt your character's steps with the keyboard, press the last direction key again, or the 5 on the number pad. If you are using a mouse, start movement by single clicking the left mouse button. The character will move to the point where the left mouse button was last clicked and stop there, unless there is an obstruction in his path. During the game you can use any form of control at any time. Just click the mouse, press a direction key or move the joystick. COMMANDS: Either the mouse or keyboard may be used to open pull-down menus and select options within those menus. The following is a list of some useful options and their keyboard shortcut commands. Help: To recieve on screen help on game commands and their effects, press SHIFT-1. Sound: To toggle sound on and off, press SHIFT-2. Inventory: To view a list of items you currently have (your inventory), press TAB. To select an item from your inventory, press SHIFT-3. Use: To use an object you have selected, press SHIFT-4. Look: To look at an area or object, press SHIFT-8. Do: To do a game action (talk, enter, exit, get, etc.), press Shift-6. Pause: To pause a game press ESC. Restart: To restart the game from the beginning, press SHIFT-9. Save: To save your current game, press SHIFT-5 and follow the instructions that appear onscreen. Restore: To restore a previously saved game, press SHIFT-7 and follow the instructions that appear onscreen. Quit: To quit the game and return to ProDos, press OPTION-Z. SUMMARY OF COMMAND KEYS SHIFT-1 HELP screen SHIFT-2 Toggle SOUND on or off SHIFT-3 CHOOSE INVENTORY screen SHIFT-4 USE object currently selected SHIFT-5 SAVE current game SHIFT-6 Do something: talk, enter, exit, get, etc. SHIFT-7 RESTORE previously saved game SHIFT-8 LOOK at an area or object SHIFT-9 RESTART game TAB INVENTORY AVAILABLE screen OPTION-Z QUIT game, return to ProDos ESC Pause game. SAVING THE GAME: To allow for errors in judgement, and also for some creative exploration, we make it possible for you to save and restore yourgame at almost any point. Before you try something taht looks dangerous, or just because you have been playing awhile and you don't want to risk losing the progress you've made, SAVE YOUR GAME! You have a choice of saving your game on your program disk or to a formatted "save game" disk. At almost anytime during a game you may select Save Game from the pull- down menu, type "save game" and RETURN or press (shift)5 to save your game. At the dialog box, follow the directions below to save your game. SINGLE DISK DRIVE USERS: If you are saving your game to the game disk, type the name you wish to title your saved game and press RETURN. If you are using a "saved game" disk, eject the program disk by pushing the eject button on the disk drive and insert your "saved game" disk into the drive. Click the DISK button on the dialog box. Type the name you wish to title your saved game and click the SAVE button on the dialog box. You will be prompted to return your original program disk when the save is completed. TWO DISK DRIVE USERS: If you are saving your game to the game disk, type the name you wish to title your saved game disk and press RETURN. If you are using a "saved game" disk, place it in the other drive and click the DISK button on the dialog box until the desired disk name is shown. Type the name you wish to title your saved game and click the SAVE button on the dialog box. IN GENERAL: If your character is standing beside a tree when you save a game, title your saved game "BESIDE.TREE" or whatever has meaning to you. Saved game titles will be listed in the dialog box in alphabetical order. If you wish to store your games chronologically name them then "A.NAME, AA.NAME, B.NAME, BB.NAME," etc. to "Z.NAME, ZZ.NAME." After saving 48 games start a new directory and begin again. You may continue to save games until you are prompted that the dsk or directory is full. Each directory will store up to 51 games. To create a new directory (folder) access the disk you are using to save games. Type in the name of your new directory but do not press RETURN. Click the mouse on "New Folder." To open this new directory click the mouse on "Open." RESTORING A GAME: Select Restore Game from the file menu, type "restore game" and press RETURN or press SHIFT-7 to restore a previously saved game. When the dialog box appears, all the titles of games you have saved on the disk will be shown. If you have one drive and are using a "saved game" disk, click the DISK button. If you have two drives and are using a "saved game" disk, insert it into your other drive and click the DISK button on the dialog box until the desired disk is shown. To select the game you wish to restore, scroll through the list of saved game titles and double click the mouse button on the game you wish to restore. Games are stored alphabetically. Pressing the first letter of a saved game title will highlight the first game beginning with that letter. WHEN YOU ARE DONE: When you want to quit playing the game select quit from the pull-down menu, press ALT-Z or type "quit" and press return. Amendments to Apple IIgs 3-d animated adventure game reference card. MAKING BACK-UPS OF YOUR ORIGINAL: You may make back-up copies of your original disks. The steps are as follows: 1. Boot system. 2. Run System Utilities. 3. Highlight "Duplicate a disk." Press RETURN 4. Use a blank 3.5" disk and follow the on-screen prompts to format and copy your disk. (Make sure your original disk is protected.) 5. At the end of the disk copy you may recieve a bad block read error. Disreguard this message and press RETURN. Your back-up is now complete. 6. Repeat steps 3-5 for each disk. (OR YOU MAY USE ANY FAST-COPY (3 1/2") PROGRAM.) AMENDMENT TO HARD DISK INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: Each data folder must be combined into one data folder on the hard disk. *** Editors Note: This means copy the files from the data folder on bc.2 to the data folder on the hd created by coping bc.1 to the h/d. ACCESSING THE CONTROL PANEL: While running the game you may access the control panel by pressing CTRL/OPENAPPLE/ESC. The control panel will allow you to adjust features such as sound, volume, etc. HAVING DIFFICULTY RUNNING YOU PROGRAM? It may be that your computer has an older version of ROM. Make sure your system has ROM 2.0 (B). If your system has ROM 1.0(A) you can exchange it for 2.0 (B) at your Apple dealer (contact dealer for details). *** Editors Note: I have contacted Apple and they know nothing about ROM revision 2.0 (B). The latest ROM revision for the Gs is revision 1.0 (A). The Mac is at 2.0 (B). Since the introduction of the Apple IIgs several versions of the System Disk have been released. It is recommended that this game is operated with System 2.0 or newer. WARNING! You cannot save a game to your program disk (as listed on your reference card). Saving games to the program disk may result in disk failure. To prevent possible disk damage, save all of your games to a formatted "save game" disk. *** Editors Note: *** This is all the dox that came with Black Cauldron Gs, except for the map and the story book. Neither of which do you really need. *** SEE TIPS /HINTS/SOLVE TEXT FILES IN THE SUB-DIRECTORY FOR MORE INFO. THEY WERE CONVERTED FROM THE OLDER IIE/IIC VERSION AND STILL HAVE SOME VERY PERTINENT INFO YOU CAN USE. SINCERELY, THE DOC