===USING 3-D DINOSAUR ADVENTURE========================================== This section explains how to use each 3-D Dinosaur Adventure activity as you explore the world of dinosaurs. There is no "right" way to play with 3-D Dinosaur Adventure. You decide when, where, and how you want to travel from screen to screen. Just remember: You're on an adventure, so you may not always end up where you thought you were going! Where to find more information: If you have not yet installed and started 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, see How do I install the program? for instructions. Also see Appendix B: Questions and Answers. SOME BASICS Keep your 3-D glasses handy: When you are viewing three-dimensional images in 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, put on your 3-D glasses and make sure you are about two to five feet away from your computer monitor. It's OK to be closer than two feet, but the 3-D effect won't be as pronounced. Relax your eyes and blink a few times. At first, it may look as if you are seeing double, but as you relax your eyes, the double images will fuse together into a fully three-dimensional image. If everything goes right, the 3-D image will begin to appear as if it is hovering outside of the monitor. Move your head from side to side and it may seem as if the image in the computer is moving or that you are seeing different views of the image. Move the mouse: There are three different ways that moving your mouse makes things happen, depending on what part of 3-D Dinosaur Adventure you are currently using. Moving the mouse may cause the arrow pointer to move around the screen. It may cause an object on the screen to move back and forth or rotate. Or it may change your view so that it seems as if you are moving along with the mouse. Don't worry if the pointer suddenly disappears--this is normal when you are beginning a different 3-D Dinosaur Adventure activity. If you want to click on an item but you do not see the pointer, simply click your mouse button and the pointer will reappear. What if I don't have a mouse? If you do not have a mouse, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the pointer (if any) around on the screen and press in place of clicking the mouse button. You can also press to move the pointer to each button on the screen in turn; press to cycle backward through the buttons. If there is a dialog box on the screen, pressing or will move the pointer only to those buttons in the dialog box. Note the balloons: Many of the items on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure screen are labeled with "note balloons" that appear whenever the pointer touches that spot on the screen. If you want to know more about an item on the screen, move the pointer around that area to see if there is a note balloon to read. Turn off the sound: If you want to turn off a sound as it is playing, press . To set music to "off," press . Press again to turn the music back on. To set narration and other sounds to "off," press . Press again to turn the narration and other sounds back on. What if I get lost? If you're not sure how you got to a certain place and would rather be somewhere else, look for the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo and click on it to return to the Main menu. If there is no pointer on the screen, click your mouse button so that the pointer reappears. The first still screen you'll see when you start 3-D Dinosaur Adventure is the Main menu. There is a row of activity buttons across the top of the screen above the gate to the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure Theme Park. You can choose to go directly to a specific activity, or travel through the theme park to find the activities on your own. Before you decide what to do, you might like to move the pointer around the screen and read the note balloons. CHOOSE AN ACTIVITY BUTTON To go to one of the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure activities, click on the activity button of your choice. You will travel through time and space to arrive at the activity screen. (Watch carefully to see how to get to this activity on your own next time via the self-guided theme park tour.) If you want to get to the activity instantly, press to interrupt the journey. You can also get to an activity instantly by clicking on the shortcut button above the activity button you choose. TAKE THE THEME PARK TOUR Begin the tour: Click on the Help (question mark) button in the lower left corner of the screen to get some helpful hints for traveling through the theme park plus a handy map of the park. Click on the park gate to start the tour. The pointer will disappear and you can guide your mouse at your own pace to travel through the theme park. Check out the globe: Just inside the park gate is a large globe surrounded by water. You can spin the globe by moving your mouse in any direction. Click your mouse once to make the pointer reappear and then click on the globe if you want to leave the theme park to visit the Dinosaur Reference. See the section "Dinosaur Reference," below, for more information about using the Dinosaur Reference. Find the activities: The theme park is full of different paths to explore. You can look around the main visitor's area or enter one of the caves to travel back in time to the Triassic Tour, Jurassic Jungle, or Cretaceous Corner. When you reach a fork in the path, arrows will appear in the lower right corner of the screen to indicate that you have a choice to make. When you reach one of the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure activities, a Mouse icon will light up at the bottom of the screen to indicate that you can use your mouse to play the activity. Click your mouse once to make the pointer reappear, and then click on the sign or related object to choose that activity. Take a break: At any point along your path you can click your mouse button to make the pointer reappear. Click again to resume your journey, or click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu. DINOSAUR REFERENCE The main part of the Dinosaur Reference screen is a picture window. The text in the window to its left goes along with the picture. Below the picture window are the control buttons, which provide program options, and the data line, which reflects information about the dinosaur in the picture window. Above the text window is the map window, which shows the location of the animal or event described in the text window. The buttons at the top of the screen are the category buttons, which let you tap a specific category of dinosaur information. The picture window Move the pointer around in the picture window and read the note balloons to get more information about the picture shown. Click on a note balloon to visit a different screen about a related subject. The text window Read all about it: Click on the single up and down arrow buttons below the text window to scroll the window so you can read all the text. The text will scroll as long as you hold down the mouse button, and will stop scrolling when you release the mouse button. To scroll quickly one page at a time, click on the double arrow buttons below the text window, or press or . Look for more information: To go to the Dinosaur Reference index, click on a word in the text window that interests you. The text window will change to display an index of words used in the Dinosaur Reference and the screens in which they appear, with the word you chose (or a similar word) at the top of the window. From the index, you can click on the name of the screen you want to visit, or press or click on the Retrace button to return the text window to its previous display. To move forward or backward in the index one page at a time, click on the single up and down arrow buttons below the text window. To scroll quickly to the next word in the index that has a different second letter, click on the double down arrow button below the text window. Similarly, to scroll to the previous word in the index that has a different second letter, click on the double up arrow button. NOTE: To get to a specific word in the Dinosaur Reference index as quickly as possible, just start typing the word! The data line The data line below the picture window shows either the year of the current screen (if the time line is active), the length of the dinosaur on the current screen (if the length line is active), or the weight of the dinosaur on the current screen (if the weight line is active). Cycle through the data lines: You can cycle through the three different data lines (time, length, and weight) by clicking on the button to the left of the year, length, or weight information display. Choose a screen by year, length, or weight: Click anywhere on the data line to visit the screen that is most closely related to the year you clicked on, or to visit the screen that shows a dinosaur of the length or weight you clicked on. If you want to move just one screen forward or backward in time, press <+> or <-> or click once on the right or left arrowheads at either end of the time line. You can also click on the slider and hold down the mouse button as you drag the slider to another part of the bar. The map window Travel to a new location: Click anywhere in the map window to visit the screen that is most closely related to that location. Spin the earth: To rotate the globe, click on one of the arrow buttons surrounding the map window, or hold down as you press the up, down, left, or right arrow key to rotate the globe up, down, left, or right by set intervals. You can also rotate the globe by placing the pointer at any spot on the earth except the very center, then pressing and holding down the mouse button. The longer the line that appears when you do this, the faster the globe will rotate. Zoom in and out: To move closer to or farther from the earth, click anywhere on the slider bar below the map window. Click on the left or right arrowheads on the slider bar or press or to zoom in or out gradually. You can also click on the slider and hold down the mouse button as you drag the slider to another part of the bar. Expand the globe: Click on the button below the map window slider bar or press to get a full screen view of the map window. All of the map window features described above will continue to work in this mode. Pressing or clicking anywhere on the map or on the button below the slider bar will return the screen to its normal display. Category buttons Each of the seven buttons above the picture window stands for a different category of dinosaur-related knowledge: Earth, Early Life, Dinosaur Neighbors, Herbivores, Carnivores, Family/Lifestyle, and Paleontology. Choose a screen by category: Click on any of these category buttons to travel immediately to the next screen in history that relates to that category. To see all the screens in a particular category, keep clicking on that button. To travel backward in history within a certain category, hold down and click on a category button. Control buttons The buttons below the picture window perform the functions described below. Take a closer look: Click on the Zoom button, when available, to expand the picture window to fill the screen with a close-up view of the current image. This button will appear gray when no close-up images are available. Go back the way you came: Click on the Retrace button, or press , to travel to the screen you visited last. Each time you click on it you'll travel back one more screen. You can also move forward in the "history" of your travels by holding down and clicking on the Retrace button or by pressing . Watch and listen: Click on the Audio/Video button to replay a sound or movie associated with the current screen. Print the text: Click on the Print button to send the contents of the text window to your attached printer. (This will work only if your printer accepts ASCII text.) See it in 3-D: Click on the 3-D button, when available, and put on your 3-D glasses to see a three-dimensional version of the image in the picture window. This button will appear gray when no 3-D images are available. Return to the Main menu: When you have finished with the Dinosaur Reference, click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu. DINOSAUR SAFARI The object of this game is to answer the questions by indicating the correct prehistoric animal. 3-D Dinosaur Adventure will challenge you to find one of the animals on the screen. Click on your answer. The narrator will let you know whether you are correct. If you complete the game, you'll be returned to the Main menu automatically, or you can click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu at any time. 3-D DINOSAUR MUSEUM Put on your 3-D glasses and use your mouse or the arrow keys to navigate through the 3-D Dinosaur Museum. Be sure to explore all four rooms of the museum. To get out of a room, move your mouse backward or press the down arrow key, and you will automatically "back out" the door. When you reach the 3-D movie theater, keep moving into the room until the movie screen fills up your computer screen. Then click your mouse button to start the movie. Press or click your mouse button if you want to interrupt the movie before it's over. When you have finished with this activity, click your mouse button to make the pointer reappear and then click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu. DINOSAUR STORYBOOK The storybook narration will begin automatically. Words are highlighted as they're read. Click on the red triangle to the left of the text to re-read the text. Click on individual words to re-read them. Click on animals to hear their names. Click on the right-facing stegosaurus at the bottom of the screen to go to the next page. Click on the left-facing stegosaurus to go back a page. When you complete the storybook, you'll be returned to the Main menu automatically, or you can click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu at any time. DINOSAUR MOVIES Once you have taken your seat in the theater, you'll be presented with a full-screen menu of movie clips. Click on the clip from the movie you'd like to see. To stop a movie before it is finished, click your mouse button or press and you will be returned to the movie menu. For the WaveBlaster choice, with its higher quality music, this feature has been disabled. When you have finished with this activity, click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo at the bottom of the movie menu to return to the Main menu. CREATE-A-SAURUS Click on one of the patterns along the top of the screen to "decorate" the dinosaur pictured in the center. (Remember to click your mouse button whenever you need to make the pointer reappear.) Click on one of the dinosaurs along the bottom of the screen when you're ready to decorate a different dinosaur. Your pointer will disappear after you click on a different dinosaur, and you can move your mouse left and right to rotate the dinosaur and see how it looks on all sides. You may find that the dinosaur has an opinion about what you've done! Click on the talking dinosaur at the left edge of the screen if you want to hear the dinosaur's opinion again. When you have finished with this activity, click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu. NAME-A-SAURUS The object of this game is to match the name of each prehistoric animal with its picture. Look at and listen to the name shown at the top of the screen. Click on the picture of that animal. 3-D Dinosaur Adventure will let you know if you are correct. You can click on the name at the top of the screen if you want to hear it again. If you complete the game you'll be returned to the Main menu automatically, or you can click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu at any time. WHO AM I? The object of this game is to identify correctly close-up illustrations of different parts of prehistoric animals. In the center of the screen you'll see a close-up illustration of part of an animal. What animal is it? Click on one of the small black-and-white illustrations at the sides of the screen that you think shows the same animal. If you are correct, the small picture will become a full-color illustration. You have two more sets of pictures to challenge you after you've identified the first eight pictures! If you complete the game, you'll be returned to the Main menu automatically, or you can click on the 3-D Dinosaur Adventure logo to return to the Main menu at any time. SAVE THE DINOSAURS The object of this game is to save as many dinosaurs as possible before the comet hits. The timer in the lower left corner of the screen shows you how much time you have to save the dinosaurs. The narrator will tell you which dinosaur to save. It's up to you to find it! You'll need to know which era your dinosaur belongs to in order to select the right door: Jurassic, Cretaceous, or Triassic. Go through the door you think is the right one and then click on the dinosaur you were sent to save. Click on the Hint button in the hallway to get general information about playing the game. Look for more Hint buttons to click on if you need more help along the way. 3-D Dinosaur Adventure will give you more information if your first guess is not correct. If you are correct, you'll be returned to the beginning hallway and given a new assignment. Traveling hints: You'll find that moving around in this game is different from the rest of 3-D Dinosaur Adventure. You are free to move anywhere instead of following a path. Use your mouse to navigate down hallways and around corners in this game. This takes a little practice. Don't be afraid to push the mouse hard so you'll go far. Push the mouse diagonally (to the left or right) to change directions. You might prefer to use the arrow keys at times: Press the left arrow key to turn left, press the right arrow key to turn right, press the up arrow key to move forward, and press the down arrow key to move backward. Once you are moving in the proper direction, press <+> to accelerate (speed up) and <-> to decelerate (slow down). STOP End your session: To exit from 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, click on the Stop button on the Main menu or press or .