TRAILER PARK TYCOON DEMO September 30, 2002 *************************************************************** Table of Contents I. Equipment Specifications II. Instructions III. Basic Controls IV. Known Issues *************************************************************** I. Equipment Specifications Minimum Specifications: Pentium 2 450 Mhz Processor TNT2 Level Graphics Board (32mb) 128mb System Memory Direct Sound compliant sound card 200mb of free hard disk space Direct X 8.1 OpenGL 1.1 Compliant video driver for OpenGL rendering Suggested Specifications: P3/Celeron 700+ Mhz Processor Geforce1 level graphics board w/ 32-64 MB 256MB System memory 200mb of free hard disk space Direct X 8.1 If you have problems with Direct3D or OpenGL rendering, make sure you have the latest video drivers for your particular video card. You may also switch between Direct3D and OpenGL using the TPTVidConfig program provided. The following are the video/audio chipsets that TPT is known to work with: [VIDEO] NVIDIA TNT2 (64MB) NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS NVIDIA GeForce 2 Pro NVIDIA GeForce 2 Ultra NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 420 NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR/EX NVIDIA Quadro 4 750 XGL NVIDIA Quadro ATI Radeon 9700 ATI Radeon 7200 ATI Rage 128 Pro S3 Savage4 [AUDIO] Creative Soundblaster Live! Aureal Vortex 8830 II. Instructions Gettin’ Started Welcome y’all to Trailer Park Tycoon! Always dreamed of makin’ your own trailer park? Ever thought of runnin’ things your way? No? Well, shoot. . . How ‘bout makin’ a load of cash and gettin’ rich? Aha! I see your smile! Well if ya can design your park proper, ya’ll be rolling in cash. All you gotta do is pretty-up your park with thangs that’ll attract rent-paying residents. Once they’re in, ya keep ‘em happy and keep ‘em paying rent. Watch out fer disasters, though. Tornados, floods and the occasional alien may mess thangs up. WARNING: Your gonna need electricity to play this game. Running water is optional. To Install Trailer Park Tycoon: 1. Insert the Trailer Park Tycoon disc into your CD-ROM drive 2. The Setup screen will appear. 3. Click Install, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen. NOTE: If setup doesn’t start on it’s own when you put the disc in, right-click on My Computer and click Open. Then double-click the CD-ROM drive. Find Setup.exe and double-click it. That should do ya. The Quickie Intro Controls Most things in Trailer Park Tycoon are controlled by the mouse. Click the left-mouse button to do or select things. Click the right mouse button to cancel an action. View There are two ways to look at things in Trailer Park Tycoon: top down and ground level. The top-down view gives you a good look at the layout of your park. Ground level is good for some types of control (described below) and is just plain prettier. You can switch between views by left-clicking the little man/camera icon by the mini-map. Scrolling and Zoom In either view you can move the camera around using the arrow keys. You can also move by putting the mouse pointer at the edge of the screen. In both views you can zoom the view in and out by using the + and - keys. If you’ve got a fancy wheeled mouse, you can zoom in and out that way too. Game Play Each scenario you play will begin with a pop-up window, telling you what you need to do to win. You may need to make a certain amount of money, get your park into a certain condition, or do a combination of these things in a limited amount of time. Whatever the goal, you are going need to build a park with trailers, amenities and ornaments to attract rent-paying residents. You start with an empty park. There are lots marked with a 'T' for trailers and an 'A' for amenities. You can only put a trailer in the 'T' lot, and you guessed it, only amenities in the 'A' lots. To see what’s available, click on Amenities, Trailers or Ornaments. Clicking on one of the pictures in the mailboxes will bring up an information window with stuff like cost, rent and the traits the object has (trashy/flashy, cool/old school). To purchase and place the object in the park, left-click the right picture and move the ghosted image to the correct place on the map. Click again and the object will appear, costing you money. Trailers are the first things you should put down. Each trailer has a max rent and a pair of traits. All of these numbers will affect what kind of resident will want to move in to the trailer. You can tell what potential residents like by looking at the hint sliders above the info window. Try to choose a trailer with a trashy/flashy or cool/old school values that are similar to the slider values. Otherwise, you’ll have a dang hard time of gettin’ residents to move in! Once you have a trailer down, residents will drive up to your park sign and take a gander. It’s good to have several trailers ready right away so you can start earning’ some of your cash back. Remember, the more trailers you have, the more money you can make. Another thing to keep in mind is that some trailers can be upgraded. A little hammer on the trailer window will let you make the trailer bigger and better. This is good if your resident changes his mind or if you want to charge more rent. Don’t be shy about keeping’ your park up to date! But it ain’t all about getting residents to move in. Now you’ve got to keep ‘em happy! Several things are going to affect a resident’s happiness: the amount of rent, the trailer’s trait values and a resident’s needs. You can check out a resident’s current happiness by clicking on them. A stoplight-colored thought bubble will show up. Green is happy, yellow is kinda-unhappy, red is angry and flashing red is a problem! Rent You can control rent by clicking on a trailer. You’ll see the current rent there. You can push the rent up or down by clicking on the little arrows. But be sure to check how much a resident will pay! Click on the R/T button to switch between the trailer and the resident who lives there. Match the amounts if you can. Even better, charge less. Being charged less rent makes anyone happy! Wants It’s important that a resident lives in a place he likes. The trashy/flashy and cool/old school traits describe what a resident wants. When you click on a trailer, a grid pops up to show you the area that will affect a trailer’s traits. Any object that sits in that grid, including other trailers, will affect these traits. Exceeding a resident's wants will make the resident happier. This is important because you can use this extra happiness to offset unhappiness created by a higher rent. Exceed a resident's wants and you'll be able to charge them more. This is a great strategy to help you win the game. Ornaments are the best way to change these traits. By carefully placing ornaments in a trailer’s grid, you can customize a trailer to a resident’s wants. But be careful, trailer grids can overlap. What’s good for one resident may be bad for another. Another thing, residents change their minds from time to time. So watch ‘em close and keep their trailers up to date. Needs Unfortunately, resident’s don’t just pay you rent. They have needs. Sometimes they get hungry, want to do laundry or look for something fun to do. Amenities satisfy these needs. You can see what a resident needs by clicking on the resident and looking at the icon. Look for the amenity that matches that icon and place it in the park. You get money from the residents when they satisfy their needs. Just like rent, the amount you charge for an amenity will affect resident happiness. Demolish Sometimes you just gotta get rid of something in you park. At any time, you can click on the demolish tab. This changes your mouse to demolish mode. Click on anything in the park to get rid of it. III. Basic Controls Movement Zoom In/Out: Mouse Wheel Down/Up or +/- Keys or UI +/- buttons Scroll: Mouse Pointer to Edge of Screen or Arrow Keys Selection Left-Mouse Button: Select an Object, UI Button or Resident Right-Mouse Button: Cancel current selection/play mode. Trailer/Resident Toggle: T Key or UI "T" and "R" buttons Select Next Trailer: . Key Select Previous Trailer: , Key Views Top-Down/Close Camera Toggle: C Key or Click on the Man/Camera icon located near mini-map. Rotate Camera: Click on the rotate arrows located next to the mini-map. Optional Close Camera Rotate: Hold down the shift key while using the arrow keys to spin left or right. Menu Shortcuts Park Sign: 1 Key Trailers: 2 Key Amenities: 3 Key Ornaments: 4 Key Demolish: 5 Key Direct Control Note: You can take control of anything that moves in your park. 1. Click on the Direct Control button in the UI. It is the tab directly over the mini-map. 2. Your cursor will change to a pointer with a question mark attatched. 3. Click on a Resident, critter or special character. 4. The selected entity is now under your control. Move it around using the arrow keys. 5. To perform actions, click on the various icons in the Direct Control tab. Your icon will change to show which action you are performing. Now click on another resident, critter or special character to perform the action. 6. Some actions require you to be close to your target. Try moving closer if the action doesn't work right away. IV. Known Issues Some Sound Blaster 64 and Live! users will encounter audio popping from UFOs. This is a current driver issue and can be resolved by following these steps: 1) Open Start Menu/Control Panel 2) Double-Click Sounds and Multimedia Properties 3) Click on Audio tab 4) In the Sound Playback box, click the Advanced button 5) Select Performance tab 6) Set the Hardware acceleration slider to "Basic" (2nd from left) 7) Select OK/Apply ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2002 Jaleco Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. Trailer Park Tycoon is a trademark of Jaleco Entertainment. Windows® is a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, NVIDIA The Way It's Meant to be Played and other NVIDIA Marks are trademarks of NVIDIA corporation in the United States and other countries. Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. Uses Granny Animation. Copyright (C) 1999-2002 by RAD Game Tools, Inc." 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