Instruction Manual ©Pangea Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved Nanosaur is a registered trademark of Pangea Software, Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS THE STORY ............................................................................................................................... 4 VIDEO MODE CONFIGURATION DIALOG .............................................................................. 5 USING 3D “ANAGLYPH” GLASSES........................................................................................ 6 RED/CYAN ..................................................................................................................
TECHNICAL SUPPORT........................................................................................................... 20 CREDITS .................................................................................................................................. 20 SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT.....................................................................................
THE STORY The year is 4122 and a species of dinosaurs known as the Nanoaurs rule the earth. Genetic experiments by human beings brought the Nanosaurs back from extinction and gave them intelligence, but a plague wiped out the humans so the Nanosaurs built a society of their own. However, genetic inbreeding among the Nanosaurs was beginning to pose a threat to their society, so a lone Nanosaur was sent 65 million years into the past to retrieve the eggs of their ancestors.
VIDEO MODE CONFIGURATION DIALOG When you launch Nanosaur 2 you will see the Video Mode Configuration Dialog: RESOLUTION This box has a pop-up menu showing you a list of all the available screen resolutions, and radio buttons for the color depth that you prefer. The lower the resolution, the faster the game will run. Certain video cards will not run well above a certain resolution, so if the game runs slow this is the first setting you should change.
USING 3D “ANAGLYPH” GLASSES When you enable 3D Glasses in the Video Config dialog the entire game will be rendered such that you must use anaglyph glasses to see what’s going on. Be sure that the red filter is over the left eye, and the blue/cyan filter is over the right eye. RED/CYAN These are the best type of anaglyph glasses to use, and these are what come in the boxed version of Nanosaur 2. Red-Cyan glasses work extremely well with LCD displays.
RED/BLUE Red-Blue Anaglyph glasses don’t give the same bright colorful images that the Red-Cyan ones do, but they might help reduce the color bleeding on CRT monitors. SAFETY & TIPS Please remember not to use the glasses as sunglasses or to use them for anything other than viewing anaglyph images. Limit your use of the glasses to avoid eye strain, and give your eyes time to re-adjust after using them.
USING 3D SHUTTER GLASSES Nanosaur II looks absolutely amazing with shutter glasses! It’s a similar experience to using the anaglyph glasses, but there’s no color distortion and the image is crystal clear! It’s like looking through a window into a real 3D environment. A few things to note about shutter glasses: 1. You need a at least 64MB of VRAM on your computer to use this mode, so some older machines with low-end 3D chips won’t be able to do this. 2.
SETTINGS DIALOG This dialog can be viewed at almost any time by pressing the F1 key, or you can select Settings from the game’s Main Menu. LANGUAGE This pop-up menu will show you a list of all supported languages in the game. Most dialogs and menu items will appear in the language you select. CONFIGURE GAME CONTROLS Click this to Configure the Keyboard and any Input Devices (see below).
THE GAME CONTROLS The first time you run Nanosaur 2 the default keyboard controls should be set to the following: DEFAULT KEY CONTROLS Arrow Keys Player Flight Controls SpaceBar Fire Weapon Shift Jetpack On Option Drop Egg Apple/Command Change Weapon TAB Toggle camera modes -/= Raise/Lower the Sound Volume. M Toggle Music On/Off F1 Invoke Options Dialog at any Time Apple-Q Quit the Application at any Time. ESC Pause Game. F15 Toggle Screenshot-safe Pause Mode.
CONFIGURING INPUT DEVICES The HID Input Device Configuration dialog is where you configure all joysticks, gamepads, keyboards, etc. for use with the game: To configure a device: 1. Select the device to configure from the Devices pop-up menu at the top of the dialog. 2. Select a Command from the Command pop-up menu. This is a list of all of the game’s actions which you can configure. 3. The Control pop-up menu will display which of the device’s buttons is assigned to the command you selected.
you need to plug a new device in, you must quit the game first, plug the device in, and then run the game again. USING THE MOUSE FOR CONTROL You can also use the mouse to control the player, however, the mouse is not configurable in the HID Manager dialog.
PLAYING IN ADVENTURE MODE In Adventure Mode your goal is to retrieve all of the stolen dinosaur eggs and send them back to Earth by throwing them into the various wormholes found all around each level. RETREIVING EGGS To pick up an egg all you need to do is swoop down and touch it. The game will automatically pick it up for you. Once you have an egg you should locate the closest wormhole and then fly over to it.
Each time you send an egg back to Earth it will appear in the status bar at the top of the screen. The egg display will indicate how many eggs of each color are remaining and how many have been retreived on the current level. Certain things may cause you to drop your egg: taking weapons fire, hitting an object, etc. A dropped egg will land on the ground where you can attempt to pick it back up, however, if the egg falls into a location where it is impossible to retrieve it, don’t worry.
FRAGMENT GRENADE When you shoot one of these out it will fragment into 4 sub-grenades to cover a wide area. This weapon can inflict a lot of damage when all of the fragments impact a target. HEAT SEEKING MISSILE This is probably the most effective weapon in your arsenal. When your targeting crosshairs indicate a lock, you can fire a missile and it will track the target until impact. If you fire without a targeting lock, the missile will shoot straight ahead and seek out a target on it’s own.
Fuel Powerus These will give you more jetpack fuel. Health Powerup These will give you more health. Shield Powerup These give you more shield power..
PLAYING IN NANO VS. NANO MODES THE GAMES There are three different Nano vs. Nano modes in the game. These are 2-player games where both players play on the same computer with a split-screen view. You can split the screen vertically or horizontally in the game’s Settings dialog: Racing In the racing games the goal is simple: win the race. The first player to complete 3 laps around the course will win. You can shoot the other player to slow him down, and get jetpack fuel to speed yourself up.
indicating which direction you should turn. When there are no arrows displayed then the player should be in front of you.
THE STATUS BAR A Health, Shield, Fuel meters B Current Weapon C Eggs – green indicates egg to be found, otherwise it shows the eggs you’ve saved.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT Most basic problems can be resolved by visiting our Nanosaur 2 support page at: www.pangeasoft.net/nano2/support.html However, if you cannot find the solution to your problem there, then please send email to: support@pangeasoft.net CREDITS DEVELOPED BY: Pangea Software, Inc. www.pangeasoft.
SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE. BY USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE, DELETE THE SOFTWARE AND ALL RELATED FILES FROM YOUR COMPUTER, AND PROMPTLY RETURN THIS PACKAGE AND ITS CONTENTS TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE FOR A REFUND.
