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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
GAME CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PLAY THE GAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
THE CHARACTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
HUNTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
DEEP IN THE FOREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
BOOG’S WILD SKILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
BOOG AND HIS ANIMAL BUDDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
WILD CHALLENGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INSIDE FRONT COVER
TECHNICAL SUPPORT . . . . . . . . INSIDE BACK COVER
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GETTING STARTED
Installation
System Requirements
Supported OS: Windows® 2000/XP (only)
Processor: 1.5 GHz Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ (2.0 GHz
recommended)
RAM: 256 MB (512 MB recommended)
Video Card: 64 MB DirectX® 9.0c-compliant (supporting shader
model 1.1) (see supported list*)
Sound Card: 16-bit DirectX 9.0c-compliant. (PC audio solution
containing Dolby® Digital Live required for Dolby Digital audio.)
DirectX Version: 9.0c (included on disc) or higher
CD-ROM: 16x CD-ROM or 4x DVD-ROM or faster
Hard Drive Space: 1.93 GB
Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse,
and gamepads. (Software for controller configurations and a .PDF
listing the recommended configuration will be included in your
Open Season™ folder.)
*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 3/4/5/FX/6/7 series (GeForce 4 MX not
supported)
ATI® RADEON® 8500/9000/X families
Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported.
These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. Additional
chipsets may be supported after release. For an up-to-date list of
supported chipsets, video cards, and operating systems, please visit
the FAQ for this game on our support website at:
http://support.ubi.com.
NVIDIA® nForce™ or other
motherboards/soundcards containing
the Dolby® Digital Interactive
Content Encoder required for Dolby
Digital audio.
NOTICE: This game contains
technology intended to prevent
copying that may conflict with some
disc and virtual drives.
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Installing Open Season™
To install Open Season™, follow these simple steps:
1. Start your computer.
2. Insert the Open Season™ Installation CD into your CD-ROM
drive. The Autorun menu should appear.
3. Click the Install button. The installation wizard will walk you
through the set up and installation process for the game.
4. After installing the game, select Ubisoft/Open Season/Play Open
Season from your Start menu or double-click the Open Season™
shortcut on your desktop. Doing either of these starts the game.
Note: The Open Season™ Play CD must be in your CD-ROM drive
to start the game.
Uninstalling Open Season™
To uninstall Open Season™, follow these simple steps:
1. Start your computer.
2. Insert the Open Season™ Installation CD into your CD-ROM
drive. The Autorun menu should appear.
3. When the Autorun menu appears, click on the Uninstall button.
It will automatically uninstall all components of Open Season™.
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GAME CONTROLS
INTRODUCTION
Boog Controls
Press W, A, S, D / Arrow keys
Move mouse
Click left mouse button
Click right mouse button
Press E / Delete
Press Q / Page Down
Press and hold
/ Right Ç
Press C / Right Shift
Click / Press and hold middle mouse
button / Left q / Numpad 0
Move Camera Behind Player Press Left Alt / Numpad 1
Cancel a Throw
Press F / e
First-Person Camera
Press and hold X / Numpad 2
Shows Boog’s Energy Bar Press R / Numpad 4
Pause Game
Press s
Boog Movement
Camera Movement
Roar
Grab/Throw
Talk
Call Elliot
Hide
Smell
Run
Elliot Controls
Boog, a friendly 900-pound grizzly bear, lives with Park Ranger
Beth in the town of Timberline. The domesticated bear spends his
days performing in Beth’s wilderness show, riding in her truck, and
sleeping comfortably in her garage. Boog lives the good life – until
a pesky, but fun-loving, one-horned mule deer named Elliot comes
into his life and changes it forever.
Elliot gets Boog into some trouble, which forces Beth to send them
both to the forest for good. Boog’s lost in the wilderness and to
make matters worse, he and Elliot suddenly realize that hunting
season is now open!
All Boog wants to do is get back to his comfy garage in Timberline,
and to do so, he must now learn to make friends with the other
animals and get their help to scare away that crazy Shaw and the
other hunters. Help Boog become a wild grizzly bear so he and
Elliot can defeat Shaw and return the forest to nature’s control!
Move W, A, S, D / Arrows
Move mouse
Press and hold
/ Right Ç
Click right mouse button
Press E / m
Click left mouse button
Click / Press and hold middle mouse
button / Left q / Numpad 0
Move Camera Behind Player Press Left Alt / Numpad 1
First-Person Camera
Press and hold X / Numpad 2
Show Elliot’s Energy Bar Press R / Numpad 4
Pause Game
Press s
Elliot Movement
Camera Movement
Jump
Grab
Talk
Taunt
Run
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PLAY THE GAME
Main Menu
Start Menu
Use the mouse to navigate this menu. Left-click on Start Adventure
to start playing.
Press the Enter key to begin.
Create Profile
When the game starts, the New Adventure screen is displayed.
Create your profile.
• Start Adventure: Start a new adventure or continue your
current adventure.
• Replay Scenes: Replay a scene you’ve unlocked.
• Wild Challenges: Play all seven wild Open Season™ mini-games.
Five are unlockable through Boog’s adventures.
• Beth’s Scrapbook: Collect Ranger Badges and add them to
Beth’s Scrapbook.
• Wild Academy: Boog can learn new Wild Skills. The more
Wild Style Points he earns throughout his adventure, the more
he learns!
• Options: Access the Options menu to adjust various settings.
The settings you choose are saved to the current game.
• Credits: View the list of people who helped create this game.
• Quit Game.
To create your profile name, leftclick on each letter using the
mouse. When you’re done, click on
Confirm to continue.
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Pause Menu
THE CHARACTERS
Boog
• Mission Log: Check your current mission description and progress.
• Scene Status: Check the number of Ranger Badges and Wild
Style Points earned so far in the scene.
• Boog/Elliot Controls: Quick reminder of the controls for the
current playable character.
• Options: Adjust various settings. The settings you choose are
saved to the current profile.
• Quit Game.
Boog is the reluctant hero of Open
Season™. This 900-pound bear wants
nothing more than to continue living
in the tranquil town of Timberline
with his friend Ranger Beth, who
rescued him as a cub. Boog is really
comfortable living around humans and
is the main attraction of the local
nature show. He has absolutely no
wildlife skills and would be at a
complete loss if he ever had to “rough
it” in the woods.
Elliot
Elliot is a pesky, fast-talking mule
deer who arrives in Timberline
missing an antler and strapped to
the hood of a truck – thanks to the
fanatical hunter Shaw. As the runt
of the forest, Elliot comes across as
a pest, but all he really wants is to
be accepted. After he persuades
Boog to untie him, their lives are
changed forever.
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Beth
McSquizzy
Beth is a kind, good-natured park ranger who loves
animals. She’s the one who found Boog as a small
cub and raised him.
A Scottish Highlands rebel, he’s the leader of the
Furry Tail Clan and the Guardian of the Pine.
While all the squirrels are fiercely protective of
their trees, nobody messes with McSquizzy.
Rosie and Maria
Gordy
Gordy is the town sheriff and Beth’s friend. He
likes Boog, but feels that animals belong in the
wild, not in Beth’s garage.
Don’t tangle with these two ladies. If you dare to
be around them, watch out, because they’ve got hot
tempers and a sassy comeback every time. Cross
their path and you’ll get a stinky surprise!
Giselle
Shaw
Shaw is a mean and pitiless hunter who thinks
hunting should be allowed anytime and anywhere.
He is the scariest hunter in the forest and perhaps
more than a little crazy.
A beautiful mule deer who renders Elliot
speechless, Giselle is the shining star of the
forest’s herd. Quick-witted and strong-willed, she
puts up with Ian but secretly has a soft spot for
runty Elliot and will try to help him – if nobody
is watching!
Ian
Ian is a big, strong, and good-looking leader of the
deer herd. He’s proud of the lame jokes he makes.
As the herd’s alpha male, he picks on Elliot every
chance he gets.
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Serge
HUNTERS
Serge is the leader of the traumatized duck
squadron. These ducks just can’t take being shot at
anymore and refuse to fly. It’s rumored they talk
with a secret code.
Reilly
The construction foreman of the forest, Reilly the
beaver is an extreme perfectionist who takes great
pride in the building of his dam. He is a thorough
worker who gets the job done come heck or high
water – and has plenty to say when Boog messes
up his work.
Miss Feathers
The Wild Skills teacher has been educating the
creatures of the forest for generations. Boog is the
oldest student she has ever had, but Elliot was the
most trouble.
Buddy
It’s difficult to get close to someone with so many
quills, which is sad because this loner is in
constant search of a hug. He doesn’t understand
that he’s downright painful to be around.
It’s Open Season, so Boog and Elliot are bound to encounter
hunters. The hunters would like nothing more than to catch the
biggest prize of them all – a bear!
Use Boog’s Wild Skills to scare away the hunters.
• The first attack will stun the hunter.
• The second attack will scare away the hunter for good.
A question mark over a hunter’s head
means he is searching for Boog. Hide
from the hunter before he spots you.
An exclamation point appears over a
hunter’s head when he sees Boog. Use
your Wild Skills to take on the hunter,
or run away and hide from him.
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DEEP IN THE FOREST
Ranger Badges
Butterflies
Follow the butterflies. They identify objects you
can interact with and places you should visit.
Find and collect Ranger Badges throughout the game. Each
Ranger Badge collected will be added to Beth’s Scrapbook. After
you finish a scene, you can go to the Main Menu and open the
Scrapbook to look at your new Ranger Badge and discover
something new about the forest! Complete a collection of Ranger
Badges and unlock cool rewards!
Wild Style Points
Traps and Campfires
These are points collected by doing wild activities in
the forest such as scaring hunters, finding hidden
Ranger Badges, and helping animals.
Animal traps and campfires
can be used against hunters.
But be careful, because they
can hurt Boog as well!
Berry Bushes
Smell your way around the forest and you will find
berry bushes. Eating berries will restore some of
your health.
BOOG’S WILD SKILLS
Aimed Throw
• When Boog is holding Elliot or a skunk, click and hold the right
mouse button until you see the aiming arrows.
• Use the W, A, S, D or arrow keys to aim.
• Release the right mouse button to throw.
• To cancel any Aimed Throw, press the F or e key.
Quick Throw
• When Boog is holding any animal, click the right mouse button
to quickly throw the animal.
Smell
• Boog can smell hidden objects.
• Press and hold the C or right q key to use the smell skill
and find new objects.
• Hidden objects are identified by a colored mist.
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Hide and Sneak
• Approach a hunter from behind without being seen and you will
automatically start to Hide and Sneak.
• Press and hold the
or right Ç key to hide. The timer
icon turns red when your hiding time is up and you’ve been spotted.
• When up close to the hunter, use one of the other Wild Skills to
stun or scare away the hunter.
Timer Icon
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BOOG AND HIS ANIMAL
BUDDIES
When Boog arrives in the wild, he is not welcomed by the animals
of the forest. By performing specific tasks for hostile animals,
Boog will earn their friendship. He can then use them to stun or
scare away the hunters.
Elliot
• Throw Elliot at hostile animals to distract them.
• Once Boog learns the Ultimate Elliot Survival skill, throw Elliot
at a stunned hunter to scare him away for good.
Rabbits
Roar
• The Proximity icon appears when you are very close to a
hunter. You can then click and hold the left mouse
button to bring up the Roar Meter and let go before the
meter reaches the end.
• A Wild Roar is when you let go of the left mouse button while
in the red section of the Roar Meter, scaring away the hunter
for good.
Charge
• Click and hold the middle mouse button, left q key, or
Numpad 0 and run in a straight line to change to a fourlegged run.
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• Pick up and Quick Throw rabbits near hunters to distract them.
• When Boog is holding a rabbit in his hand, click and hold the
right mouse button to use the Cross Hare. Aim at the hunter’s
head and release the right mouse button. The rabbit will fly and
latch onto the hunter’s head and then stun him.
Skunks
• Use skunks as stink bombs by aiming and throwing them near hunters.
Hint: If you aim the skunk in the right spot, the hunter will run
into nearby traps and campfires.
• Aim and throw the skunk directly onto the hunter’s head to get
the First-Person Skunk. Click the right mouse button repeatedly
to spray and stun any nearby hunters with the skunk’s stink.
Hint: This is really useful to stun and scare away groups of hunters.
Squirrels
• To get a squirrel out of a tree, throw Elliot at the tree or run
and charge into the tree.
• Throw a squirrel near any tree. The squirrel will climb the
closest tree and shower any hunter close to it with acorns.
• Try a Hide and Sneak behind a hunter and latch a squirrel onto
his head by clicking the right mouse button
to begin the First-Person Squirrel. Click
the right mouse button to throw acorns at
the surrounding hunters. Hit a hunter twice
with acorns and he is scared away for good.
Hint: This is really useful to stun and scare
away groups of hunters.
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WILD CHALLENGES
Choose Wild Challenges from the Main Menu and challenge up to
four of your friends in seven hilarious mini-games. Five are
unlockable during Boog’s adventure.
Rabbits Everywhere!
Click the right mouse button to grab a rabbit and throw it in the
big burrow. Carrots attract many rabbits. The highest score wins!
Log Challenge!
Jump from log to log using the W, A, S, D or arrow keys. Press
the
repeatedly to spin your log to unbalance another player
or counter the player’s spins. The last one standing wins!
Flowers for My Deer!
Every deer wants a bouquet of flowers. Press the
to grab
flowers of the correct colors. Deliver your complete bouquet to the
deer to score points.
Press the F key to drop whatever you are holding. The first player
to reach 10 points wins!
Shake that Butt!
Open Season™
Proof-of-Purchase
Watch Buddy carefully to know when to shake your butt and when
to stop. Press the A and D keys quickly and repeatedly to shake
off the porcupine. Fill up your Shake Bar first to win!
Duck Chorus!
Watch Serge’s quack sequences and then match them. May the best
quacker win!
Rise, Rise to the Top!
Press the
to raise your platform only when it’s your turn.
First team to the top wins!
Open Season: TM & © 2006 Sony Pictures Animation Inc. All rights reserved. Game Software excluding
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Wild Memory
Run to a burrow and press the
to reveal the hidden object.
Find the other identical object to earn
points. The highest score wins!
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