User manual GAMES PC SIM ISLE

[. . . ] ISLE Windows 95 System Requirements Installing and Starting M i s s i o n s In The R a i n f o r e s t CD-ROM Quick-Start Guide Windows'95 Edition 2 2 2 Table of Contents Handy Reference SimIsle Mini-tutorials . 4 7 ISLE Introduction Pack your bags, have the neighbors collect your mail, and take a working vacation in the rainforests of SimIsle. Build tourist hotels, exploit natural resources and develop industry in a land of beauty and danger. Can you become wealthy and keep native populations, tourists, and industry leaders happy?Or will your actions destroy the delicate balance of a fragile ecosystem? SimIsle for Windows 95 System Requirements · Any computer using Windows 95 (486/66 minimum recommended) · 8 MB RAM · 5 MB free on hard drive · 2x CD-ROM You must have the SimIsle CD in your CD-ROM to play the game. [. . . ] You can click on the Click to Continue button to get back to your exotic island world after you've caught your breath. Speed The Speed button is a three-way toggle: its default is Medium. Clicking on it will change game speed (the passage of game turns described above) to Fast, clicking it again changes speed to Slow, and another click returns it to Medium. If you're impatient for your timber to be cut or your tourists to arrive, you might enjoy the Fast setting. If you're a person that likes the dripping of the rainforest waters to lazily trickle down those broad leaves, Slow might be just about your speed. Experiment and see. Page 43 ISLE Effects On The Effects On button is a toggle that when clicked changes to Effects O f f . When the effects are on, you will hear sounds--such as your agent's jeep starting up, the buzzing of saws when you open sawmill windows, button clicks--when certain commands are executed. The button defaults to On. Music On The Music On button is a toggle that when clicked changes to Music Off. When on, you will hear the rhythms of the rainforest at program and scenario startup and occasional music that accompanies game development. The default is On. About The About button displays the version and copyright information for the software. Click the Continue button to return to the rainforest. Quit The Quit button gets you outta that steamy tropical world, but you do get a chance to reconsider, because an Are You Sure?You'll be prompted to save any new changes to your open game. Scenario Recap The clearing and burning of rainforest for farm and cattle grazing (or any other activity) releases vast amounts of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide -- all potent greenhouse gases. It is estimated that tropical deforestation annually contributes 23-30% of all carbon dioxide, the gas believed to play a large part in global warming. The Scenario Recap Button displays (by way of the SimFax machine) the Same island information Seen by Using the Info button on selected islands in the Scenario Selection Map. The faxed message will also tell you the current game date, which can be critical for those scenarios that are time-dependent. Page 44 SimIsle -- Reference Pin Key: Off The Pin Key: Off button toggles to Pin Key: On when clicked. When on, the command puts a small window on the right side of your screen that details the color-coding of the pins that represent the island's developed properties. The window will disappear when you choose the higher map magnifications and reappear (until turned off in the Files window) when you return to low magnification. The Info Box Up item refers to the color a pin will be when you've opened its information window. Pin Key window Stats Box The Stats Box displays a balance sheet detailing incomes and expenses, broken down by the Last Year and Last Month, contrasted with This Year and This Month. Click on the Statistics button to see the facts and figures about your current resource holdings, tourism statistics and scenario goals progress. Click on OK to return to the island. Trees: On The Trees: On button is a toggle that when clicked turns to Trees: Off. When on, you can see (at high magnification) all of the foliage colors, sizes and varieties of the diverse rainforest flora. When off, your island terrain will still have some color differentiation, but all of the dense stands of forest trees and bushes will be removed. (You'll still be able to see logged and polluted trees. ) You can get a clearer sense of relative area elevations by turning off the trees and using the Grid command (see below). Trees defaults to On. Trees on Trees off Animations: Low The Animations: Low button is a three-way toggle: its default is Low; clicking on it will change game animations to High, Page 45 ISLE clicking it again turns the animations Off, and another click returns the button to Low. [. . . ] It is the bright light of the tropical sun which powers the rainforest. Using solar energy, plants manufacture simple sugars from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and from water by the chemical process of photosynthesis. These sugars are the building-blocks of molecules which make up plants' cell walls and woody substance. Furthermore, they can be broken down as needed to provide energy and atoms for use in the complex biochemistry of life. [. . . ]