Games PC PLAYBOY-THE MANSION User Manual

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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

WARNING: READ BEFORE PLAYING

A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures
when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. Exposure to
certain patterns or backgrounds on a computer screen, or while playing
video games, may induce an epileptic seizure in these individuals.
Certain conditions may induce previously undetected epileptic
symptoms even in persons who have no history of prior seizures or
epilepsy. If you, or anyone in your family, have an epileptic condition,
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following symptoms while playing a video or computer game - dizziness,
altered vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of awareness,
disorientation, any involuntary movement, or convulsions ­IMMEDIATELY discontinue use and consult your physician before
resuming play.

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)

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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

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

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

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.)

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.

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.

Slow Down Speed UpPause Game Normal Speed

Wall Display Mood Display People Finder

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Stats, Drives & Relationships

Casual Relationship,
Casual Action or Drive

Professional Relationship,
Professional Action or Drive

Romantic Relationship,
Romantic Action or Drive

Basic Conversation Action

Leisure Drive

Entertainment Drive

Fame

Miscellaneous

Room Value

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.

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.

ICONORAMA

As you play Playboy: The Mansion, you’ll see various icons on your screen.

Interests & Professional Categories

TV & Movies Music

Sports Politics

Arts & Lit Sexuality

Humor Tech & Toys

Fashion

Additional Professions

Staff Photographer Staff Journalist

Celebrity Playmate Playmate

Staff Playboy Bunny

State of Mind or Action

Success Angry

Failure Jealous

Gain (to interest or fame) Tired

Loss (to interest or fame) Following Orders

Drunk

Professional Development
Drive

Really Good Mood

Savagely Bad Mood

Physique

Intellect

Charm

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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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

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.

Bank
Account

Magazine
Menu

Hef
Menu

Mansion
Menu

Roster
Menu

Relationship
Menu