Welcome to Miniverse

Mini Golf SE Instructions
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The Miniverse Story
Getting Started
How to Putt
Personal Utility TeleType (PUTT) Display Panel
Keyboard Commands
About Miniverse Skins
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The Back Story:

Miniverse itself is a universe custom engineered for miniature golf -- epic-sized minigolf. An advanced race whose love of the sport defied all logic (and the recommendations of their accountants) persuaded them to build the largest miniature golf structure in all of infinity. This mini-universe contains planets and moons that are lovingly terraformed into challenging miniature golf courses. To better the experience, shields were implemented to keep the ball within the walls of the course...a feature you won't find back home.

Players can choose on which planet to play. Single and multiplayer options are available with both stroke play and croquet-style death matches. Courses are littered with obstacles ranging from typical sand and water traps to explosive devices. Secret areas, hidden holes, and alien power-ups all add to the chaos.

In celebration of the grand opening, the alien management of Miniverse is holding a contest that searches the far reaches of space for the finest miniature golfer – and you’re invited. So pack up your putter and put on your space helmet. You’re going to Miniverse.
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Main Interface
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Start Game- Brings up the Start Game Options, and begins a new game.
Start Training- Brings up the Training Options, and begins the training course. This is highly recommended for new users and will demonstrate all the features of how to play the game.
Setup- Customize your basic game rules from here.
Exit- Exits the program and returns to the desktop.
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Start Game
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Players-	Choose the number of players from 1 to 4.
Game-	Choose the type of game.
Customize Game-	Set up the options for this round.
Course-	Select the course.
Player Name-	Name of each player.
Pull/Push Putt-	Select each individual player’s putting method.
Change Color-	Change the color of individual player’s ball.
Cancel-	Return to the Main Screen.
Start Game-	Head out to the course!

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Putting Methods
There are two different types of putting methods. Try them both and see which one you like best:

Pull Putt: (Default putting style)
1. Left click mouse button on ball and hold mouse button in.
2. While holding the mouse button in drag the mouse in opposite direction of where you want
the ball to go.
3. Like a sling shot, the farther you pull back the faster the ball will go.4. Release the mouse button to hit ball.

Push Putt: (F8 will toggle putting style)
1. Left click once on the ball to begin putting.
2. Rotate mouse left and right to aim shot. Click when you are satisfied with the angle.
3. Pull mouse toward you (down) to increase power. Click when you are satisfied with the power.
4. Push mouse away from you (up) to hit the ball. The harder you push, the faster the ball will go. (The ball will travel no faster than the power level previously selected.)

Note: clicking the right mouse button cancels either shot.
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Start Training

Players-	Choose the number of players from 1 to 4.
Game-	Choose the type of game.
Customize Game-	Set up the options for this round.
Player Name-	Name of each player.
Pull/Push Putt-	Select each individual player’s putting method.
Change Color-	Change the color of individual player’s ball.
Cancel-	Return to the Main Screen.
Start Training-	Head out to the course!

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Setup

Resolution-	A larger resolution will allow you to view more of the course, but will be more "choppy" on slower machines.
Fast Video Writes-	Slows down the action for very fast machines.
Sound-	Turn the game sounds on and off. Also toggles the background noise.
Frame Limiting-	Also improves performance. Choose a lower speed on a slow computer.
Game Interface-	Choose one of the pre-loaded "skins" for the Personal Utility TeleType (PUTT) display. Changes the color and texture of the panel.
Skip Intro Movies-	Will not show the introduction movies.
Don’t Flip Interface-	Will not mechanically "flip" the interface when switching between screens. This will help on slower PC’s where the flipping is slow.
Use Full Screen…	Toggles interface between full screen mode and running in a standard Window.

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Special Keys

END	Show detailed score panel
ESCAPE	Press to exit the game
SPACE	Minimize/Maximize Information panel
ENTER	Hold to show player’s numbers and names
Arrow Keys	Scroll Screen
PGUP	Show hole overview
HOME	Center ball
F8	Toggles Push Putt/Pull Putt method for current player
F5	Sets maximum frames per second that are drawn. Slows down Miniverse on faster systems. Ball movement is smoother.
F4	All sound on/off
F3	Background sound and music on/off
F1	Putting Help

About Miniverse Skins
Filenames, fonts and general location loosely follow the popular WinAmp skin format, so it shouldn't be much trouble to convert your favorite WinAmp skin to the MiniBox format. In the Skins directory, under your Miniverse directory, there is a Miniverse Base Skin. You can use this as a template for skin design. If you are interested in more information about skin designing please check out our web site at www.no2games.com. We will be adding "helper" skins and user submitted skins over the next few months.

NOTE: Take care not to DELETE any files in these folders!
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Personal Utility TeleType (PUTT) Panel
Press the spacebar to minimize this screen during the game for a better view of the course.

Last Message---Repeats the last message displayed.	Messages---Displays in-game messages, as well as the current shooter.
Push/Pull Toggle---Toggles between Push Putt and Pull Putt.	Strokes--Current shooter’s strokes.
Sound On/Off---Toggles the sound On/Off.	Par---Par for the current hole.
Putt Help---Displays in-game Putting Help.	Scores---Displays the players score.
Center ball---Centers the ball on the screen.