To run PlayMaker Football邃｢ you will need an Apple Macintosh邃｢ Plus, SE, SE/30, Classic, LC, II, Quadra, Centris, Performa or PowerPC with at least 2 MB of memory, running System v.6.0.7 or higher. 4 MB of memory is required for System v.7.0 or above.
You will need approximately 5.2 MB free on your hard drive to install PlayMaker Football邃｢.
If you want to print teams, playbooks or game statistics you will also need to have a printer attached to your Macintosh.
REGISTERING PLAYMAKER FOOTBALL邃｢
When you first receive your copy of PlayMaker Football邃｢, it is in an "unregistered" state and will only operate as a demo version. The demo version allows you to use the entire game, but several key features are disabled - saving a playbook or recording a game film for example. To unlock the full feature set, you must register your copy of PlayMaker Football邃｢.
Before you can register, you must obtain a key code. PlayMaker, Inc. will send a Key Code after receiving valid order information and payment from you. For details on sending your order information to PlayMaker, Inc., please see the last chapter, About Keyware.
Along with the Key Code, your User Name and a Personal ID will be sent.
IMPORTANT - WRITE DOWN YOUR USER NAME, PERSONAL ID, AND KEY CODE EXACTLY AS THEY APPEAR, YOU WILL NEED ALL OF THESE ITEMS TO REGISTER OR RE-REGISTER PLAYMAKER FOOTBALL邃｢.
When you are ready to register PlayMaker Football邃｢ select the Register PlayMaker Football窶ｦ menu item under the Apple (ï｣ｿ) menu. The following dialog will appear:
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You will need to type in a User Name. This User Name is the name that the registration process will stamp onto your copy of PlayMaker Football邃｢. After you type in your name, the dialog will produce a Personal ID. Your Personal ID is your confirmation that you are typing in your User Name exactly as we have it recorded. Be sure the Personal ID matches the one sent to you by PlayMaker, Inc.
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Once you have typed in your Key Code click OK and you will be ready to play!
STARTING PLAYMAKER FOOTBALL邃｢
If you are playing on a color system, you should set your color depth to 256 colors. Do this by selecting the "Monitors" control panel in the Control Panel folder and selecting "256" and "Colors." PlayMaker Football邃｢ will also run with the color depth set to 16 colors, but certain screens will look better in the 256 color mode. Of course, PlayMaker Football邃｢ will also run in Black & White, or 2 color, mode.
To jump right into PlayMaker Football邃｢ and start playing perform the following steps:
Double-click on the PMFB icon. At the title screen, select Game from the File menu.
Select New Game from the File menu.
Click on the helmets to select two teams from the Teams & Playbooks folder.
If you want to play against another human click over the words "Computer Coach" underneath one of the team names.
Click the OK button to start the game.
For more details about the various game options, please refer to the section Playing a Game in the chapter The Game.
USING DRAG & DROP
PlayMaker Football邃｢ supports drop launching. If you drop a team file onto the PMFB icon, PMFB will open to the Team Draft module; if you drop a playbook file or a team and a playbook onto the PMFB icon, PMFB will open to the Chalkboard Editor; and if you drop two teams and two playbooks onto the PMFB icon, PMFB will open to the New Game Dialog box, with the teams inserted into their proper positions. (Note: this feature is currently unavailable for the PowerPC.)
USING THE PROGRAM
The following terms are used in the manual:
POINTER: The small arrow on the screen is used to 窶徘oint窶 at things on the screen. The pointer is positioned by moving the mouse.
CLICKING: Clicking refers to the action of moving the pointer over a portion of the screen and pressing and releasing the mouse button.
BUTTONS OR ICONS: These are circles or rounded rectangles with labels. You 窶彡lick窶 on a button when you want to perform the action described by the label. Most windows have a default button which can be activated from the keyboard by pressing the Return or Enter key. Default buttons are indicated by the heavy border around the button.
SELECT: You select a menu item or icon by pointing at it and clicking.
MENU BAR: This is the white strip across the top of the screen. Open a menu by pointing at a title and clicking. While holding down the mouse button, move the pointer down to the specific menu item you want to select. When the choice you want is highlighted, release the mouse button.
WINDOWS AND DIALOG BOXES: Often when you make a choice from a menu, a dialog box or window will appear on the screen. Some dialog boxes allow you to click on various buttons to change things. When you are done with a dialog box, click OK to continue. Some dialog boxes allow you to click Cancel to void the choices you just made.
