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Table of Contents Installing Playboy: The Mansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Complete Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Iconorama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Playing the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 The Main Gameplay Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 The Action Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 The Roster Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 The Hef Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 The Mansion Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 The Playboy Magazine Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 The Playboy Photoshoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Unauthorized copying, reverse engineering, transmission, public performance, rental, pay for play, or circumvention of copy protection is strictly prohibited. Minimum System Requirements Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Pentium(R) III 800 MHz or faster processor 128 MB RAM DirectX 9.0 Compatible 32 MB T&L capable Video Card (ATI Radeon 7500 or greater; NVIDIA GeForce 2 or greater) DirectX 9.0 Compatible Sound Card 800 MB of free hard drive space CDROM or DVD drive DirectX 9.0 (supplied) 1 Installing Playboy: The Mansion Please close all open applications, including virus protection applications. You may turn the virus applications back on after installation is complete. Insert the Playboy: The Mansion disk 1 into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. The Autorun program will appear. Follow the directions shown on your display. If the Autorun program does not appear automatically, click on START from the Windows Taskbar and select RUN. Then type in D:\Autorun into the Run dialog, and click OK or press ENTER. (If you CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive is something other than "D:", please insert the correct drive letter.) Main HUD UI Controls Move Hef Camera Control Magazine Menu Hef Menu Mansion Menu Roster Menu Relationship Menu Toggle Walls Toggle Mood Display People Finder Save Game Load Game Soundtrack Menu Time / Speed Controls Pause Game Cancel Toggle HUD Re-center oh Hef (while in People Finder) Common Menu Controls Sidebar items Upper Icon Submenus Move to next page Accept / OK Exit / Back Bottom Buttons Magazine Menu Cover Price & Ad Quantity & Magazine Cover Star End Party Photoshoot Controls Move Snap Picture Zoom Out Zoom In Change Pose Change Frame Change Wardrobe Show Mark Default Camera Position End Photoshoot Starting Playboy: The Mansion Insert the Playboy: The Mansion disc in the drive. Click START, then All Programs (or Programs) / Playboy: The Mansion / Playboy: The Mansion. Left-click on location to move to Arrow keys (or right-click and drag) F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F10 F11 F12 1-4 ESC or 2 Right-click Spacebar Home Complete Controls Use the mouse pointer to access all items and areas in the game. The following hotkeys will allow you even quicker access to specific areas and items. Arrow keys up and down Function keys Arrow keys left and right Enter ESC Number keys Up / Down / Left / Right Click on Hef Arrow keys or ASWD Left-click Mouse Wheel or Mouse Wheel or + F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 or Home X or ESC Slow Down Pause Game Normal Speed Speed Up Wall Display Mood Display People Finder 2 3 ICONORAMA As you play Playboy: The Mansion, you'll see various icons on your screen. Stats, Drives & Relationships Casual Relationship, Casual Action or Drive Professional Relationship, Professional Action or Drive Romantic Relationship, Romantic Action or Drive Basic Conversation Action Professional Development Drive Really Good Mood Savagely Bad Mood Physique Intellect Charm Interests & Professional Categories TV & Movies Sports Arts & Lit Humor Fashion Music Politics Sexuality Leisure Drive Tech & Toys Entertainment Drive Fame Additional Professions Staff Photographer Celebrity Playmate Staff Playboy Bunny Staff Journalist Miscellaneous Room Value Playmate Playing the Game New Game Screen Choose New Game to start living the high life! In Playboy: The Mansion, there are two different styles of play: Mission Play and Freeform Play. State of Mind or Action Success Failure Gain (to interest or fame) Loss (to interest or fame) Drunk Angry Jealous Tired Following Orders Mission Play Mission Play challenges you to progress through a series of missions that follow the road Hef took to build the real Playboy empire. You'll learn how to hire staff, take photoshoots, hold parties, request content, make girlfriends, make friends and, if you're lucky, make love. A Classic or Modern mansion layout is available to you, but as you customize your mansion, your tastes will transform it into a place you can truly call your own. Freeform Play Freeform Play allows you to progress and build the Playboy Mansion with no holds barred. You reach the goals when you choose, and take as long as you desire. Hang out in the Grotto, throw parties, and cruise the room for girls. Publish bigger and better magazines and watch your circulation rise. 4 5 The Main Gameplay Screen From the main gameplay screen, you control all aspects of your empire and may access any one of the game's six primary menus. Bank Account Magazine Menu Hef Menu Mansion Menu Roster Menu Relationship Menu The Action Menu Interacting with Your World Click on a person or object to see the Action Menu. The Action Menu gives you the opportunity to throw a party at a moment's notice or interact with any of the objects or people in your immediate vicinity. · The Roster Menu shows you a "who's who" of the Playboy Mansion. You'll see who's here, who's available for hire and who's currently in your little black book. You can also throw parties from this menu. Click the icon or press F4 for the Roster Menu. The Hef Menu contains your goals, stats, finances and a help screen. Click the icon or press F1 for the Hef Menu. The Magazine Menu allows you to choose the content for the current issue, review existing content and select your Playmate of the Year. Click the icon or press F1 for the Magazine Menu. · · Use "Command" options to give people orders. · Request Interviews, Essays or Cover Shoots from celebrities. · Request Articles, Centerfolds or Pictorials from staff members. · Ask Playboy Bunnies to greet guests or to serve drinks. · Change a Playmate's wardrobe. · Ask people to follow you or order them to stop. Use "Conversation" options to develop casual, professional or romantic relationships with people. Casual conversation options have handshake capsules. Professional conversation options have performance graph capsules. Romantic conversation options have heart capsules. Basic conversation options have portrait capsules and are not specific to a particular type of conversation. The more you talk, the more options you'll have available to you and the stronger your casual, professional or romantic relationship is likely to become. The stronger your relationship, the more likely you are to succeed in any conversation option or command. · The Mansion Menu lets you create the Playboy Mansion of your dreams. Click the icon or press F3 for the Mansion Menu. · The Pause Menu pauses the game, and also allows you to save and load games, adjust the game's options, check out the soundtrack and visit the "extras" menu filled with unlockables and cheats. Click the icon or press ESC to enter the Pause Menu. · The Action Menu allows you to throw parties or interact with any person or object in your mansion. Walk up to a person or object and click on them to access the Action Menu. Each of these menus is discussed in detail later on in this manual. 6 7 The Conversation HUD: Drives and Relationships When you talk with someone, you'll see the Conversation HUD on your screen. The Conversation HUD tells you all about your various relationships with a person as well as his or her drives and overall mood. Casual Relationship Professional Relationship Romantic Relationship Entertainment Drive Personal Development Drive Leisure Drive Mood Romantic Drive Professional Drive Casual Drive parties offer you an opportunity to increase your fame. The more famous you are, the more famous your friends will be. The Guest List To make your parties all they can be, consider inviting: · Staff members so any interviews or photoshoots that you secure can be done on the spot. · Playboy Bunnies to serve and greet guests. · Playboy Playmates to raise guests' moods. · Your girlfriends to talk you up, raising (or lowering) your relationship value with people. The Roster Menu Your Little Black Book The Roster Menu -- the electronic version of your not-so-little black book -- contains detailed information on all the interesting people in your life. From the main gameplay screen, click the icon or press F4 to enter the Roster Menu. Person's Name, Profession and Fame In Mansion Staff Celebrities Inner Circle Relationship meters show you the strength of your relationship. A green bar represents a positive relationship. A red bar means they'd absolutely pay to be somewhere else. The longer the bar the stronger the sentiment. There are three types of relationships you can form with people: · Casual relationships allow you to form friendships with others. People who have high casual relationships with you can be invited to join your Inner Circle. They'll be able to stop by whenever they'd like, and you're welcome to call them over, too. · Professional relationships allow you to transform Playboy magazine from a one-shot wonder into a worldwide empire. You'll be able to sign contracts that'll further your career and make deals that will win you (or lose you) money. · Romantic relationships lead to... well, girlfriends among other things. Your girlfriends have the ability to influence how others feel about you. · Drive meters show you how satisfied a person is in any one of his or her six drives. Each represents a person's need to pursue certain activities. · The Entertainment Drive is the need to enjoy fun activities. · The Leisure Drive is the need to relax. · The Personal Development Drive represents people's desire to make him or herself the best person they can be personally and professionally. · The Casual Relationship Drive is a person's need to form friendships with other people. · The Professional Relationship Drive represents the inner mogul. · The Romantic Relationship Drive represents a person's need to be romanced and to be romantic. · The Mood Meter gives you an at-a-glance look at a person's mental state. Zodiac Current Location Stats People 101: Everything You Need to Know Each Black Book entry contains all the information you could possibly want to know about a person. Throwing Parties 8 Parties are a huge part of the Playboy lifestyle and an even bigger part of life at the Playboy Mansion. It's here that you'll make the connections you need -- professional, romantic and casual. Every party has the potential of a new girlfriend or a contact with someone who might be a valuable and interesting source for magazine content. Most importantly, 9 Celebrity Professions Actor Athlete Author Comedian · Photographers are hired for cover, pictorial and centrefold shoots. The best photographers work on their charm and their intellect, realizing it's as much about the camera as it is about the subject. · Journalists are hired to provide articles and interviews for your magazine. The best journalists work on their intellect and their charm, believing it will improve the quality of their pieces. To hire or fire a particular staff member, click the Hire or Fire button. Your account will be charged one month's non-refundable salary, and they'll be automatically paid by direct deposit so long as they remain on your staff. Celebrities The celebrity roster shows you a virtual "who's who" of the H ...