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Star Wars(R) Episode 1: The Gungan Frontier(TM) ReadMe
Version 1.0
4/14/99
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Thank you for purchasing Star Wars The Gungan Frontier. We
recommend that you read this file to get up-to-date
information about installing, running, and maximizing the
performance of The Gungan Frontier.
For additional information and in-depth technical
documentation about specific hardware, we recommend reading
the Troubleshooting Guide. The Troubleshooting Guide can be
accessed by clicking on README & TROUBLESHOOTING on The Gungan
Frontier launcher or by double-clicking LAUNCHER.EXE on the
CD-ROM. Also, for the very latest updates related to The
Gungan Frontier, be sure to check the Lucas Learning web site
at www.lucaslearning.com.
Contents of the ReadMe file:
1) GENERAL INFORMATION
A) A Message from George Lucas
B) Minimum System Requirements
C) CD-ROM Safety Tips
D) Laptop Systems
E) OEM Features on Brand Name Machines
F) Task Switching
G) Game Crash Issues
H) Internet Explorer 4.0 Active Desktop
I) Uninstalling The Gungan Frontier
2) PLAYING STAR WARS THE GUNGAN FRONTIER
A) Create-a-Critter
1) 50 Saved Critters Limit
2) Naming Your Create-a-Critters
B) Skipping Movies
C) Exiting the Player Select Screen
D) Keyboard Commands
E) Disabled Controls
1) In the Training Mission
2) In the Site Selection and Ship Loading Sequences
F) Number Pad Arrow Keys
G) Pausing the Game
H) Spinning Critter Cam
I) Game Windows
1) Clicking Outside of a Game Window
2) Accessing Bubble Help from within a Game Window
3) Saving the Game from within a Game Window
J) Bubble Help Errata
1) Landscape Droid
K) Contacting Boss Nass
1) Before Building an Ecosystem
2) While Playing a Mission
L) Jar Jar Asleep During Missions
M) Understanding the Bio-Score
N) Cannibalistic Carnivores
O) Hyperlinks in the Kresch
P) Understanding Harvest Levels
Q) Selectable Items in the Bio-Scan Window
R) Improving Performance
S) Options Settings in Saved Games
T) Viewing Your Saved Pictures
3) CONTROL ISSUES
A) Joystick Issues
B) Gamepad Issues
4) SOUND ISSUES
5) HOW TO CONTACT LUCAS LEARNING LTD.
A) Hint Line
B) Technical Support
1) Where to Find Us Online
a) Help Me Obi-Wan Kenobi...
2) Technical Support Phone Number
3) Technical Support Fax
4) Technical Support Mailing Address
C) Lucas Learning Ltd. Company Store
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1) General Information
A) A message from George Lucas, Creative Director of Lucas
Learning Ltd.
Many years ago as a filmmaker I developed an interest in
interactive technologies. As I began to work with them,
I realized that they had great potential for opening up
new kinds of learning experiences for young people.
They offered an alternative to some of the traditional
approaches to education that did not work for me as a
youth. As a result, for over 15 years I've been
committed to finding ways to capture kids' natural
interest in learning and engage them more actively and
productively in the learning process. Lucas Learning
reflects my own passion for learning as it creates
products like this one. The Gungan Frontier explores
rich content in an immersive and entertaining environment
as it engages the player in constructing and managing an
ecosystem. I hope you enjoy the experience and that it
will contribute to your own lifetime of learning.
George Lucas
B) Minimum System Requirements
COMPUTER: 100% Windows 95/98 DirectX compatible computer
required.
NOTE: Your system may require the "latest" Windows
95/98 drivers for your particular hardware.
GRAPHICS CARD: 2MB PCI Graphics card required.
CPU: Pentium 166 or faster required.
MEMORY: 32 MB or higher RAM required.
CD-ROM: Quad speed IDE or SCSI CD-ROM drive required.
SOUND CARD: 100% Windows 95/98 DirectX compatible 16-bit
sound card required.
INPUT DEVICE: 100% Windows 95/98 compatible keyboard and
mouse required.
DIRECTX: Microsoft DirectX 6.0 is included on this CD
and must be installed to play The Gungan Frontier. Please
refer to Installation and DirectX Setup in the
Troubleshooting Guide for more information about DirectX.
QUICKTIME: QuickTime 3.0.2 is included on this CD and
must be installed to play The Gungan Frontier. Please
refer to Installation and QuickTime 3.0.2 in the
Troubleshooting Guide for more information about
QuickTime.
HARD DISK SPACE: Minimum Install requires 85 MB free
hard drive space. Typical Install requires 210 MB.
Large Install requires 270 MB. It is recommended that
you have an additional 20 MB of free space available
after installing the game for the Windows swap file.
C) CD-ROM Safety Tips
We do not recommend ejecting your Star Wars The Gungan
Frontier CD while the game is running. Exit out of the
game before ejecting the CD from the drive.
D) Laptop Systems
While Star Wars The Gungan Frontier should work fine on
most systems that meet the minimum hardware specifications,
it has NOT been tested with laptop systems and therefore we
can NOT guarantee compatibility.
Due to the wide variety of hardware configurations that
ship with today's laptop systems, it would be impossible
to configure a game that would work with all of them.
Many laptops are limited in their ability to be used as a
gaming machine because of memory configurations, their
microchannel architecture, port configurations (i.e. no
place for a joystick) and sound systems that are primarily
designed to be used with productivity software.
Laptop systems will also attempt to compress the
traditional version of the standard 101-function keyboard
(found on almost all desktop systems) into a much smaller
key configuration. This is usually done by relying on
multi-function keys that allow the user to assign different
functions to the same key. Unfortunately, this has been
known to cause problems with our games.
E) OEM Features on Brand Name Machines
Many brand name computers come with a variety of features
provided by the manufacturer, including special buttons on
the keyboard or special functions assigned to buttons
common to all keyboards. In general, we recommend that you
do not use the special 'bells and whistles' your machine
came with while playing Star Wars The Gungan Frontier.
Contact the manufacturer of your computer for more
information.
F) Task Switching (or ALT-TAB)
Task switching is not supported in Star Wars The Gungan
Frontier. If you need to access another program on your
computer while running the game, you must first quit out
of the game.
G) Game Crash Issues
If the game unexpectedly freezes up, returns you to your
desktop, or if you experience any other severe problems,
you should try to properly exit Windows and reboot your
computer. (As a rule, you should never turn off your
computer while the hard drive is active.) This will help
to prevent possible problems related to the error that
you have experienced.
If you end up at a black screen or the screen appears
frozen, please press ESC, SPACEBAR, or ENTER before
trying anything else.
If your screen remains black for an extended period of
time, restart your computer.
H) Internet Explorer 4.0 Active Desktop
If you are using Internet Explorer 4.0, we recommend that
you disable Active Desktop before playing Star Wars The
Gungan Frontier. Active Desktop uses memory and resources
that the game may need.
I) Uninstalling The Gungan Frontier
You may uninstall The Gungan Frontier by clicking on the
UNINSTALL THE GUNGAN FRONTIER button on The Gungan
Frontier launcher. Then follow the on-screen prompts to
complete the uninstall process. You may also uninstall
the game by selecting PROGRAMS, then LUCAS LEARNING, then
THE GUNGAN FRONTIER, then UNINSTALL THE GUNGAN FRONTIER
from the Windows Start menu.
If you uninstall The Gungan Frontier using the Windows
Start Menu shortcut or Add/Remove Programs, your saved
games, created critters, Save Picture files, and The
Gungan Frontier Options file will not be removed. You
will need to manually remove these files from your hard
drive.
2) Playing Star Wars The Gungan Frontier
A) Create-a-Critter
1) 50 Saved Critters Limit
Although there are literally millions of variations of
critters you can create in the Create-a-Critter section
of The Gungan Frontier, you can only save up to 50 of
these special critters. If you have already created 50
critters and wish to create more, you must first delete
some of your previously saved critters.
2) Naming Your Create-a-Critters
You may assign names to your created critters that use
the standard English alphabet letters, A through Z only.
Numbers and other special characters (e.g. "%") are not
supported in Create-a-Critter naming.
A Kresch entry is generated for each critter you make
in Create-a-Critter. However, if you assign a name to
one of your created critters that is the same as an
entry that already exists in the Kresch (e.g. 'Plant'),
when you try to open the Kresch entry for the critter
you made, the Kresch will open to the original entry
instead. You will be able to scroll to your created
critters using the NEXT and PREVIOUS buttons in the
Kresch. However, we recommend that you assign names to
your created critters that are unique from anything that
is already listed in the Kresch.
3) Deleting a Saved Create-a-Critter
If you delete a saved create-a-critter, you will not be
able to load any saved games in which that critter was
used. You will need to delete those saved games.
B) Skipping Movies
To skip through any of The Gungan Frontier movies, you may
either click the left mouse button or press the ESC or
SPACE key on your keyboard. In multiple-movie sequences,
clicking the left mouse button will skip one movie at a
time. Pressing the ESC or SPACE key on your keyboard will
skip all movies in any sequence.
C) Exiting the Player Select Screen
To exit the Player Select screen and return to the Main
Menu BEFORE selecting a player (Obi-Wan or Queen Amidala),
press ESC on your keyboard.
D) Keyboard Commands
To view a list of keyboard commands while playing the game,
move your mouse to the top of the screen to make the Menu
Bar appear, then select KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS from the Help
menu.
KEY FUNCTION
P Turns Pause on/off
Space Opens Food Web/Index or closes
currently open display
N Names current lifeform
F Finds current lifeform
V Toggles surface/city view
W Opens Food Web screen
I Opens Index screen
G Opens Graph screen
L Opens Landscape screen
H Opens Harvest screen
K Opens the Kresch
M Toggles critter cam on/off
R Sets tool to Release
C Sets tool to Capture
B Sets tool to Bio-scan
S Sets tool to Stun
A to Z When in Index or Kresch, A-Z scroll
to the first lifeform, or entry, that
starts with that letter
Arrow Keys Scroll surface/city view
Left/Right Arrows Previous and Next in the Kresch
Up/Down Arrows Previous and Next in Index
+/- Zoom surface/city view
</> Rotate surface view
Help/F1 Toggles Bubble Help on/off
Caps Lock ON Disables food auto-release in
Beginner game
ESC Exit the Player Select screen before
selecting a character
Control-S Saves your game
E) Disabled Controls
1) In the Training Mission
Keyboard and mouse controls are disabled in the
Training Mission until you need them to carry out the
narrator's instructions.
2) In the Site Selection and Ship Loading Sequences
Keyboard controls are disabled during the Site
Selection and Ship Loading game sequences.
F) Number Pad Arrow Keys
The arrow keys on the number pad will not function in the
game if "Num Lock" is turned on. Turn "Num Lock" off if
you wish to use these arrow keys while playing.
G) Pausing the Game
To pause the game during play, move your cursor to the
top of the screen to make the Menu Bar appear. Select
PAUSE from the Settings menu. A check mark will appear
next to the word 'Pause' in the Settings menu while the
game is paused. To unpause the game, click the Settings
menu and select PAUSE again; the check mark will
disappear and the game will resume. You can also press
the 'P' key on your keyboard to pause the game; press 'P'
again to resume play.
NOTE: The Pause function is not supported in the
Training Mission.
H) Spinning Critter Cam
When Critter Cam is turned on in the game, the game camera
will follow every movement of the selected animal as the
animal weaves its way across the surface of the moon. To
make things more interesting, when the Spinning Critter
Cam feature is turned on in the Options screen, your probe
droid will also attempt to physically follow the selected
animal, causing your view of the surface of the moon to
rotate. The result is that when you turn Critter Cam off,
you may be facing a different area of the moon than the
Map reflects.
If this happens to you, do not despair. Notice the little
line on the side of the Location Indicator (the blue
circle) on the Map. This line will help you determine
which way is the top of your screen in comparison to the
Map.
To turn the spinning component of Critter Cam off, move
your cursor to the top of the main game screen to bring
down the menu bar. Click on SETTINGS to open the Settings
menu, then select OPTIONS. In the Options screen, click
the SPINNING CRITTER CAM button.
I) Game Windows
1) Clicking Outside of a Game Window
When a game window, such as the Harvest screen, is
open, clicking outside of that window will cause the
window to close.
2) Accessing Bubble Help from a Game Window
To access Bubble Help from within a game window
without closing the window, press F1 on your keyboard.
3) Saving from Within a Game Window
To save your game from within a game window without
closing the window, press CTRL-S on your keyboard.
J) Bubble Help Errata
1) Landscape Droid
The Bubble Help for the Landscape Droid states, "Kaadu
lay their eggs only in mud." This statement is
incorrect. Kaadu lay their eggs in both sand and mud.
K) Contacting Boss Nass
1) Before Building an Ecosystem
Boss Nass can only be contacted via the Boss Nass
button after you have 50 lifeforms (plants or animals)
in your ecosystem.
2) While Playing a Mission
Boss Nass can not be contacted via the Boss Nass
button while you are playing a Mission.
L) Jar Jar Asleep During Missions
In the in-game Settings menu, you have the option to tell
Jar Jar to go to sleep ("Jar Jar Asleep"). During the
Missions, the Jar Jar Asleep option is automatically
turned on. You can not wake Jar Jar up while playing
Missions.
M) Understanding the Bio-Score
The Bio-Score counter appears in the upper right corner
of the main game screen. The number shown in the
Bio-Score counter is not a simple sum of the number of
lifeforms on the moon. Rather, it represents your score,
which is based both on how many lifeforms and how many
DIFFERENT SPECIES of lifeforms are on the surface of the
moon. Although the Bio-Score is not a simple population
indicator, you can view a graph of your Bio-score by
clicking the GRAPHS button on the main ship console, or
by pressing G on your keyboard.
N) Cannibalistic Carnivores
Some of the carnivorous animals in The Gungan Frontier,
e.g. the nyork, are cannibals. In other words, if no
other food is available for them, they will eat members
of their own species.
Food is not auto-released in the Beginner game for a
cannibalistic carnivore if you have no other food source
besides its own species loaded on your ship for that
critter.
O) Hyperlinks in the Kresch
The Kresch contains hundreds of hyperlinks (click on a
bold, colored word in a Kresch entry, and the entry for
that word will open). However, while the same word may
be used in different contexts in separate entries, each
usage is hyperlinked to the same entry, regardless of
context. This is due to the Kresch being only quasi-
sentient, unlike you!
:-)
P) Understanding Harvest Levels
Consult the CIVILIZATION area of the Kresch for
detailed explanations of the various Harvest levels used
in The Gungan Frontier.
Q) Selectable Items in the Bio-Scan Window
Items that are displayed in yellow text in the Bio-Scan
window are selectable: clicking on one of these items
will bring up information relating to the currently
selected critter. For example, click on the number next
to "Population" to open the Population Graph for the
selected critter.
R) Improving Performance
Star Wars The Gungan Frontier features complex
simulations of a swamp ecosystem and underwater Gungan
city. As such, it will push your computer's processor and
CD-ROM drive to their limits. However, there are several
things you can do to improve the game's performance:
Use a larger install.
Although The Gungan Frontier can read data directly from
the CD, it is always faster to access data directly from
your hard drive. Installing a larger installation of The
Gungan Frontier to your hard drive will make the game run
more smoothly.
Quit all other applications.
Running other applications in the background may cause
The Gungan Frontier to pause during gameplay, due to the
other applications requiring access to your computer's
various resources. We recommend quitting all other
applications prior to running The Gungan Frontier.
Turn off Performance Options in the Options screen.
For optimal performance, turn all Performance Options off.
To access The Gungan Frontier Options screen, click
OPTIONS on The Gungan Frontier Main Menu screen, or select
OPTIONS from the Settings menu on the in-game Menu Bar.
NOTE: Turning off any of the Performance Options will
change the way the game looks on your screen.
Lower the Terrain Quality in the Options screen.
For optimal performance, set the Terrain Quality to Low.
NOTE: Lowering the Terrain Quality will lower the
level of detail with which the ground and ground cover
plants are drawn on your screen.
Turn off Full Screen Movies in the Options screen.
In the Options screen, you have the option to view Full
Screen Movies. Turning this option off may improve the
performance of the movies on your system.
Please see the Troubleshooting Guide on this CD for more
information about improving performance of The Gungan
Frontier.
S) Options Settings in Saved Games
The selections you make in the game Options screen will
not be saved in your saved games, as these settings are
designed to affect the program as a whole, not individual
playing sessions.
T) Viewing Your Saved Pictures
In The Gungan Frontier, you may save a picture of your
ecosystem or underwater Gungan city using the "Save
Picture" feature (move your cursor to the top of the main
game screen to bring down the Menu Bar, then click on the
FILE menu, and select SAVE PICTURE.) To look at the
pictures you have saved, first quit out of the game.
Next, open The Gungan Frontier folder from the Lucas
Learning program folder on your hard drive (or the
location to which you installed it). The files for your
saved pictures will appear in this folder, titled
"Screendump1.bmp," "Screendump2.bmp," etc. Double-click
on the file you wish to view, and the picture will open.
NOTE: We recommend that you open your Save Picture
files in the Paint program that is included with
Windows. Other programs of this type may not let you
view the pictures, or the pictures may appear
corrupted. These pictures can also be opened in some
word processing programs if you have the correct
graphics filters installed on your computer.
3) Control Issues
A) Joystick Issues
The Gungan Frontier does not support joysticks.
B) Gamepad Issues
The Gungan Frontier does not support gamepads.
4) Sound Issues
If you find that the music in the game is too loud or too
quiet and you are unable to change the volume through the
Gungan Frontier Options screen, you may adjust these levels
using the Windows Volume Control icon. To do this, first
quit out of the game, then double-click on the speaker icon
in the right corner of the Windows task bar. You may then
adjust the volumes as desired.
5) How to Contact Lucas Learning Ltd.
Please see the Troubleshooting Guide on the CD for
late-breaking news and help.
Lucas Learning has set up a variety of services to provide
you with information about our latest games, hints and
gameplay assistance, and technical support.
A) Hint Line
If you need a hint, you may call our automated Hint
Line. The average call length is three minutes. This
service requires a touch tone phone.
NOTE: You must be at least 18 years old or have
your parents' permission to call.
U.S.
1-900-740-JEDI (1-900-740-5334)
95 cents per minute
(The option to speak with a live Hint Operator is also
available through this number)
Canada
1-900-677-JEDI (1-900-677-5334)
$1.25 (U.S.) per minute
B) Technical Support
1) Where to Find Us Online
Visit the Lucas Learning Web site at
www.lucaslearning.com. You can reach us through the
Technical Support section of the Lucas Learning web
site. From there, you will have the option to receive
online technical support through the 'Help Me Obi-Wan
Kenobi...' page, browse technical documents, or
leave a message for an online representative.
a) Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi...
We are proud to feature the 'Help Me, Obi-Wan
Kenobi...' page, which is available in the Technical
Support section of the Lucas Learning web site at
www.lucaslearning.com. Here, Obi-Wan offers
interactive solutions to technical issues based on
information you provide. Obi-Wan offers technical
support 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
2) Technical Support Phone Number
This number is for technical assistance only. Hints
will not be given out over the Technical Support line.
Also, when contacting us, please be sure to specify
which type of computer (IBM-PC or Macintosh) you are
using.
If you need technical assistance, please don't hesitate
to contact us after reading the Troubleshooting Guide
and the ReadMe.txt file. For your convenience, if you
cannot get through to a representative by phone and you
have access to a fax machine or any of our online areas,
please consider contacting us through one of these
alternate means. When contacting us, please be sure to
provide us with as much information as possible. Make
sure to note the exact type of hardware that you are
using in your system, including: your version of
Windows, your sound card, CD-ROM drive, amount of RAM
present, speed and manufacturer of your processor, and
the specific type of modem that you are using (for
questions involving the Internet). If your computer is
a Macintosh, please be sure to note the specific
model number of your system, and the version of the Mac
OS you are using. Also, make sure to include the title
and version of the game, and a detailed description of
the problem.
You can reach our Technical Support department by
calling (415) 448-8000. We are available to help you
Monday-Thursday from 8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
-5:30 p.m. On Friday we are available from 8:45 a.m.-
11:45 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (Pacific Time).
3) Technical Support Fax
For your convenience, we also offer the option of
faxing your technical questions to (415) 448-8999.
Please be sure to include all the information about
your computer and problem, as requested above. When
sending us a fax, please include your name, return fax
number with the area code, and a voice phone number so
we can contact you if we experience any problems when
trying to fax you back.
4) Technical Support Mailing Address
Lucas Learning Ltd.
P.O. Box 10667
San Rafael, CA 94912
Attn: Product Support
C) Lucas Learning Ltd. Company Store
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Copyright (C) Lucas Learning Ltd. and its licensors.
Copyright (C) LucasFilm Ltd. & TM.
All rights reserved. Used under authorization.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters and events
portrayed in this game are fictional. Any resemblance to
real persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely
coincidental.
No plants, animals, or Gungans were harmed in the making of
this product.