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1 Running a Game from the ScummVMLauncher2 Running ScummVM from the commandline

2.1 Command line options2.2 Examples of Command LineUsage

3 Hotkeys4 Controls

4.1 Personal Computers4.2 Mapping for other devices

5 Copy protection6 Game specific instructions

6.1 LucasArts Games (SCUMMEngine)

6.1.1 Hotkeys6.1.2 ScummVM in-gamemenu6.1.3 Day of the Tentacleseaster egg

6.2 Revolution Software Games6.2.1 Beneath a Steel Sky6.2.2 Broken Sword 16.2.3 Broken Sword 2

6.2.3.1 Hotkeys6.2.3.2 Configuration

6.3 Adventure Soft Games6.3.1 Simon the Sorcerer 1 and26.3.2 Simon the Sorcerer'sPuzzle Pack6.3.3 The Feeble Files

6.4 Dragon History6.5 Flight of the Amazon Queen6.6 Future Wars6.7 Nippon Safes6.8 The Legend of Kyrandia6.9 Teen Agent6.10 Touch: The Adventures of the

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Fifth Musketeer

Start ButtonMake sure the desired game is selected on ScummVM's list and press 'Start'. You can alsopress 'Load' to restart the game from a previously saved state.

As well as starting your ScummVM games using the graphical Launcher, you can also startthem from the command line. The simplest way to run a game from the command line is totype, for example:

scummvm samnmax

Note this command is dependent on your system. You may have to specify exactly whereScummVM is installed to, for example in Windows:

c:\games\scummvm\scummvm.exe samnmax

Or in Unix:

/home/username/scummvm/scummvm samnmax

The short game name you see at the end of the command line ("samnmax" in this case)specifies which game is started. It either corresponds to a user-defined target (i.e. one that hasbeen added using the Launcher: this is the case in the example above), or to a built-in gameid.A brief list of the latter can be found in the supported games section.

There are many different options that can be specified to make ScummVM run the game justthe way you want, and these are listed in the table below. The meaning of most long options(that is, those options starting with a double-dash) can be inverted by prefixing them with"no-". For example, "--no-aspect-ratio" will turn aspect ratio correction off. This is useful ifyou want to override a setting in the configuration file.

Command line options

The list below contains only the most useful options. A list of all the ScummVM commandline options is available in Appendix.


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scummvm [OPTIONS] GAME

Short Long Description-v --version Display ScummVM version information and exit-h --help Display a brief help text and exit-z --list-games Display list of supported games and exit-c --config=CONFIG Use alternate configuration file-p --path=PATH Path to where the game is installed-f --fullscreen Force full-screen mode-F --no-fullscreen Force windowed mode

Examples of Command Line Usage

Running Monkey Island, fullscreen, from a hard disk (Win32)C:\Games\LucasArts\scummvm.exe -f -pC:\Games\LucasArts\monkey\ monkey

Running Full Throttle from CD, fullscreen and with subtitles enabled (Win32)C:\Games\LucasArts\scummvm.exe -f -n -pD:\resource\ ft

Running Monkey Island, fullscreen, from a hard disk (Unix)/path/to/scummvm -f -p/games/LucasArts/monkey/ monkey

Running Full Throttle from CD, fullscreen and with subtitles enabled (Unix)/path/to/scummvm -f -n -p/cdrom/resource/ ft

ScummVM supports various in-game hotkeys. The table below summarizes the hotkeyscommon to all games. Hotkeys specific to a game are listed in the Game specific instructionssection.

Note far mac users: recent keyboards on the macintosh computers map the function keys tosome system features by default (e.g. sound volume). To use these keys as function keys, e.g.F5, you need to use the fn key in addition to the function key, e.g. fn-F5. Alternatively youcan change the default behavior of these keys in the System Preferences (toggle on "Use F1,F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" in the Keyboard & Mouse panel).

Hotkey DescriptionCtrl-F5 Displays the Global Menu (see also Global Main Menu (GMM)).Cmd-q Quit (Mac OS X)Ctrl-q Quit (other unices including Linux)Ctrl-z ORAlt-x Quit (other platforms)

Crtl-u Mute all soundsCtrl-m Toggle mouse captureCtrl-Alt 1-8 Switch between graphics filters (see also Graphic filters)Ctrl-Alt +and - Increase/Decrease the scale factor (see also Graphic filters)

Ctrl-Alt a Toggle aspect-ratio correction on/off (see also Graphics settings)Alt-Enter Toggles between full screen and windowed mode


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Alt-s Make a screenshot (SDL backend only, which includes Windows, Mac OS X,other Unices and Linux)

Personal Computers

These instructions concern any computer that has a keyboard and a mouse (e.g. runningWindows, Mac OS, Linux). As for most applications running on computers, you will need themouse and the keyboard to control ScummVM and the games. When you are in the Launcheryou can configure ScummVM and games as well as start games, all with the mouse. Whenrunning a game there are a number of hotkeys to which ScummVM will respond (e.g. to savea game, take a snapshot, quit ScummVM).

The games supported by ScummVM are point-and-click games. This means that you need touse the mouse to control them. In some of the games (e.g. the older AGI games) you may alsoneed to use the keyboard to type actions to perform (e.g. "look door"). The exact controls foreach game depend on the game. For example, in most LucasArts games you can click on averb to perform an action or use a shortcut (e.g. press t for talk), but the Curse of MonkeyIsland has a different control system from the other games. Usually you can find theinstructions on how to control a specific game in the manual that came with it.

Mapping for other devices

See Appendix: Controls.

The ScummVM team does not condone piracy. However, there are cases where the gamecompanies (such as LucasArts) themselves bundled 'cracked' executables with their games --in these cases the data files still contain the copy protection scripts, but the interpreterbypasses them (similar to what an illegally cracked version might do, only that here theproducer of the game did it). There is no way for us to tell the difference between legitimateand pirated data files, so for the games where we know that a cracked version of the originalinterpreter was sold at some point, ScummVM will always have to bypass the copyprotection.

In some cases ScummVM will still show the copy protection screen. Try entering any answer.Chances are that it will work.

ScummVM will skip copy protection in the following games:

Maniac MansionZak McKracken and the Alien MindbendersLoom (EGA)The Secret of Monkey Island (VGA)Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's RevengeLure of the Temptress

bypassed with kind permission from Revolution Software.Beneath a Steel Sky


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bypassed with kind permission from Revolution Software.Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb (Floppy version)

bypassed with kind permission from Wyrmkeep Entertainment, since it wasbypassed in all CD releases of the game.

Simon the Sorcerer 1 (Floppy version)Simon the Sorcerer 2 (Floppy version)

bypassed with kind permission from Adventure Soft, since it was bypassed in allCD releases of the game.

LucasArts Games (SCUMM Engine)

Hotkeys

Hotkey DescriptionCtrl 0-9 Load game stateAlt 0-9 Save game statCrtl-d Starts the debuggerCrtl-f Toggle fast modeCrtl-g Runs in really REALLY fast modeCrtl-t Switch between 'Speech only', 'Speech and Subtitles' and 'Subtitles only'Tilde (~) Show/hide the debugging console[ and ] Music volume, down/up- and + Text speed, slower/fasterF5 Displays a save/load box (see ScummVM in-game menu).

Alt-F5 Displays the original save/load box, if the game has one (see ScummVM in-gamemenu).

i Displays IQ points (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Indiana Jones and theFate of Atlantis)Space PausesPeriod(.) Skips current line of text in some games

Enter Simulate left mouse button pressTab Simulate right mouse button press

ScummVM in-game menu

This is the menu that you get by pressing F5 in the LucasArts games. It replaces the originalmenu present in some of the games. You can still access the original menu using Alt-F5 andyou can save and load games using this, however it is not intended for this purpose, and mayeven crash ScummVM in some games.

This menu can be used to load and save games as well as change the game settings (e.g.music volume).

A more detailed description of this menu is available on the ScummVM Interface page.


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Day of the Tentacles easter egg

At one point in the game, you come across a computer that allows you to play the originalManiac Mansion as an easter egg. ScummVM supports this, with a few caveats:

ScummVM will scan your configuration file for a game that's in a 'Maniac' sub-folderof your Day of the Tentacle folder. If you've copied the data files from the CD version,this should already be the case but you have to add the game to ScummVM as well.To return to Day of the Tentacle, press F5 and select "Return to Launcher".This means that you could in theory use any game as the easter egg. Indeed, there is a"secret" configuration setting, "easter_egg", to override the ID of the game to run. Beaware, though, that not all games support returning to the launcher, and setting it up touse Day of the Tentacle itself as the easter egg game is not recommended.

Revolution Software Games

Beneath a Steel Sky

Hotkey DescriptionCtrl-d Starts the debuggerCtrl-f Toggle fast modeCrtl-g Runs in really REALLY fast modeF5 Displays a save/load boxEscape Skips the game introPeriod (.) Skips current line of text

Broken Sword 1

Hotkey DescriptionF5 or Escape Displays save/load box

Broken Sword 2

Hotkeys

Hotkey DescriptionCtrl-d Starts the debuggerCtrl-f Toggle fast modep Pauses

Configuration

This game has some specific configuration settings described in the Configuration section.

Adventure Soft Games

Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2


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Hotkey DescriptionCtrl0-9 Load game state

Alt 0-9 Save game stateCtrl-d Starts the debuggerCtrl-f Toggle fast modeF1 - F3 Text speed, faster - slowerF10 Shows all characters and objects you can interact withEscape Skip cutscenes- and + Music volume, down/upm Music on/offs Sound effects on/offb Background sounds on/off (Simon the Sorcerer 2 only)p Pausest Switch between speech and subtitles

v Switch between subtitles only and combined speech and subtitles (Simon theSorcerer 2 only)

Simon the Sorcerer's Puzzle Pack

Hotkey DescriptionCtrl-d Starts the debuggerCtrl-f Toggle fast mode- and + Music volume, down/upm Music on/offs Sound effects on/offp Pauses

The Feeble Files

Hotkey DescriptionCtrl-d Starts the debuggerCtrl-f Toggle fast modeF7 Switch charactersF9 Hitbox names on/offs Sound effects on/offp Pausest Switch between speech and subtitlesv Switch between subtitles only and combined speech and subtitles

Dragon History

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following hotkeys are supported:

Hotkey DescriptionF5 Display Global Main Menui Show inventorym Show mapEscape Skip the intro, exit map/inventoryq Turn on/off quick walking

Flight of the Amazon Queen

Hotkey DescriptionCtrl-d Starts the debuggerCtrl-f Toggle fast modeF1 Use Journal (saving/loading)F11 QuicksaveF12 QuickloadEscape Skips cutscenesSpace Skips current line of text

Future Wars

Hotkey DescriptionF1 ExamineF2 TakeF3 InventoryF4 UseF5 ActivateF6 SpeakF9 "Activate" menuF10 "Use" menuEscape Show command menu

Nippon Safes

Hotkey DescriptionCtrl-d Starts the debuggerl Load games Save game

The Legend of Kyrandia

Hotkey DescriptionCtrl 0-9 Load game state


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Alt 0-9 Save game stateCtrl-d Starts the debugger

Teen Agent

Hotkey DescriptionF5 Display Global Main Menu

Touch: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer

Hotkey DescriptionCtrl-f Toggle fast modeF5 Displays optionsF9 Turn fast walk mode onF10 Turn fast walk mode offEscape QuitSpace Skips current line of textt Switch between 'Voice only', 'Voice and Text' and 'Text only'

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