Rise of the Dragon - Reference Card

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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.

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