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 MyPlace
 The game of Online Social Networking
 Readme and notes
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Please note
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This game will only operate on a WINDOWS OS.

Sorry about that.


Installation
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The disc should autorun with the installer page
appearing on insertion. Should this fail to
happen, use Windows Explorer/Finder to
navigate to your CD-ROM drive and click
'explore'. Find the file 'myplace.msi' and 
run it. This will run the installation package.

Any problems, please don't hesitate to email me.

Controls
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MyPlace uses both the keyboard and mouse. 
It is also possible to use a joypad.


Key functions
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Keypad num 1-9:

Use the numeric keypad on your keyboard to
control your character.


Q: Turn music off
W: Turn music on/restart tune
B: Pause game
Enter: Accept


Sound
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WinXP

Should the game appear muted, navigate to 'Sound, 
speech and audio devices' via the Control Panel.
From here, select 'Sounds and audio devices' and
select the 'audio' tab. 

Under the 'MIDI music playback' part, select
'Volume' and unmute/adjust volume level of
'SW synth'.



Special thanks
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* Nintendo and Rockstar Games for the
  inspiration to create this game.
* Maxis for the in-game musical piece.
  The track is from Sim City 2000.
* Marc Overmars and YoYo Games for providing
  Game Maker, the program with which 
  MyPlaceland was created.


Hints
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* If you get stuck, there's a hints file 
  available at illarterate.co.uk/indexhibit.
  Try not to use it though!

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 www.illarterate.co.uk
 danfarrimond@hotmail.com