Games PC STUNT ISLAND User Manual

STUNT

ISLAND

THE STUNT FLYING AND FILMING SIMULATION

HANDBOOK

Introduction

Stunt Island - The Place

In the spring of 1986, one of the movie industry’s most important deals was being struck. But this deal included no actors, no screenplay, and no director. Just an island.

Stunt Island was purchased in a joint venture of the major movie studios, Located off the coast of Southern California,

the island would provide a private place specializing in the filming of high-risk stunts.

Stunt Island- The Program

Stunt Island, the program, is entertainment software that recreates the activities of Stunt Island, the place.

You’ll have the opportunity to enter the world of film production as a stunt pilot, editor, director, and/or set designer

(you can participate in as few or as many of these activities as you want). No other program has this range of activities set behind the scenes of Hollywood.

During the past decade, obtaining permits to perform stunts in public areas became an increasingly difficult task for the film studios, Because stunts had evolved into sophisticated,

extravagant, and incendiary productions tracks blowing up, airplanes crash-landing in congested areas, multiple car crashes in crowded streets - the pre-filming logistics of acquiring a location and acceptable film time were becoming just as difficult as filming the stunt itself.

Having a private place tailored to handle high-risk activities would allow the movie studios the opportunity to invest valu-

able time work - into more critical stunt production issues.

otherwise spent on pre-production administrative

entire housing

Stunt Island is the worlds first and only stunt haven. If a stunt needs to be done, the only limitations are talent, imagination, and physics.

Introduction

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: About Stunt Island

Your Career Opportunities

on Stunt Island.. ................................

About This Handbook.. About Your Mouse, Joystick,

or Keyboard

The Movie Production Process .............. .

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Chapter 2: Setting up the Program ......

Equipment You’ll Need

Installing Stunt Island ........................ .12

Changing the Setup Starting Stunt Island

Exiting Stunt Island.. ........................... .17

The Places on Stunt Island.. ................ .18

Input Devices Used in Stunt Island......2 0

Selecting an Changing Numbers

Selecting an Item From a List Joystick Users..

Joystick Calibration Screen ............ .22

Save and Load File Requesters

............................. .14

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Onscreen

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Chapter 3: Aircraft Checkout Procedures..

Aircraft vs. Airplane.. Aircraft Availability

Onscreen Gauges..

Flying Stunt Island Aircraft................

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Option .........20

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Flight

Controls..

Neutral Position of Control Stick....3

Pitch.. .............................................. .31

Roll

................................................... 32

Yaw..

................................................. 32

Using the Rudder Using the Ailerons

Engine Power Controls..

Taking Off and Landing ...................... .34

Taking Off ....................................... .34

Using Flaps for Takeoff. ................. .34

Landing Landing on a Runway..

Ending Flight Without Landing......3 6

Autopilot.. ............................................ .36

Crashing or Ejecting.. ........................... 36

Weapons Use

Dropping Bombs..

Aircraft Views Keyboard Keys Available

During Flight .................................. .38

Tips on Successful Flying.................... .39

Recording During Flying Preferences Window

........................................... .35

Chapter 4: Stunt Pilot of the Year Contest..

The Contest Getting Stunt Assignments..

Payoffs and Penalties

on Stunt Performance..

Camera Crew

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Stunt Island Hall of Fame..................... 46

Competitors Leaving Stunt Island ......

The Stunt Assignments.. Stunt Assignment Clues

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Chapter 5: Production: Set Creation and Filming

Creating Sets Island View Window

and It’s Options

Prop Window and Its Options .............62

How to Select Your Stunt Aircraft........6 6

How to Place a Prop How to Move a Prop How to Delete a Prop Special Prop Controls

The Adjust Window ......................

How to Fine Tune a Prop..................... 73

How to Animate a Prop

Animating a Still Prop .................... .75

Animating a Dynamic Prop

Having More Than One

Stunt Aircraft How to Set Up Cameras

The Watch (WTCH) Option ................ 79

Adjust Screen

“Programming” Options

Saving and Loading Sets

Creating New Sets

How to Film a Stunt Leaving the Production Building

Questions and Answers..

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Special Events

Option .............................................. 89

AND

Qualifier.. .................................... .90

THEN

Option ...................................... .92

Setting and Using Flags

Collision Windows., ...........................

Setting the Recording Features

Auto-Edited Films ............................... .99

Dissecting Stunt Sets for Success..

Chapter 7: Tutorial: Creating Sets

and Events

Contest Scene

Designing the Setting Up the Cameras.. Parked Vehicles

Collision Windows., .......................... ,112

Animating the Police Car

................................ .87

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Set............................... .103

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103

107

Chapter 8: Post-Production:

Chapter 6: Setting Up

Editing and Special Effects 123

Editing Film Footage 124

Source Deck vs.

Destination Deck

Marking Footage: The

Cornerstone to Editing . . . . . . . . 128

Editing “On The Fly” 129 Recording From the Source Deck to

Destination Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Marking and Copying a

Single Frame . . . . . . . 130

Inserting Footage on the

...........

126

Destination Deck ........ 131

Deleting Footage from the

Destination Deck . . . . . . . . . .

Incorporating Visual Effects . ......... 132

Incorporating Music and

Sound Effects . . . . . . .

Saving Edited Footage 136 Leaving the Editing Room Maximum Film Values Incorporating Your

Own Sound Files Previewing Films to

Other PC Owners . .

Chapter 9: Tutorial: Editing a

Loading the Highway Take Editing the Footage Inserting Audio and Visual Effects

Chapter

10:

Industry

............................ 142

History and Insight . .

Stunt Flying History . . . .

The

Film Industry

A Conversation with

Chris Howell, Stunt Coordinator 154

148

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137

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Film......14 1

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132

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138

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Appendices

Appendix A: Aerodynamic Forces 157 Appendix

Appendix C: Helpful Information and

Appendix D: Disney Software

Stunt Island

Permanent Locations

Troubleshooting Guide

...........

159

160

Customer Service

Appendix E: List of Files Installed

Stunt Island 172

Appendix F: Keyboard Keys 176

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167

Index 178

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1

About Stunt Island

Your Career Opportunities on Stunt Island

You can do as much or as little as you want on Stunt Island:

Be an apprentice stunt pilot. Fly stunts without entering the contest or doing film work.

Prove yourself the hottest stunt pilot by winning the Stunt Pilot of the Year contest and ha

Create films without having to fly. Take pre-shot footage and edit it any way

you like.

Design your own sets. You have dozens of locations and hundreds of props to choose from.

Become a stunt coordinator. Plan your own stunts from start to finish.

Do it all - design, fly, and film your own stunts.

ve the newly finished airfield named after you.

About This Handbook

Although reading this handbook will give you a clearer understanding of Stunt

Island, you can also learn how to use the program through the time-honored method of trial and error. Almost all the options are available by moving the pointer on them and then selecting them. If you want to get into the program and sample it on your own, read Chapter 2 for details on how to install the program and controls

you can use; then check out the island. If you get stuck, just refer to the index or

the table of contents to look up answers.

Chapter 1

About Stunt Island

If you prefer a more organized approach, read through this handbook. You’ll get the complete details on Stunt Island.

This Can Be a Complicated Program.. .

If you try to set up, film, and edit a stunt right after you’ve loaded this program for the first time, you can make this one of the hardest programs in the world to understand. The more advanced stunts just aren’t easy to create. But the more complicated aspects of Stunt Island also provide its depth, making this program one that’s endlessly playable.

Step 2. When you’re ready to enter the competition for the first time, go ahead. But we still recommend answering No to doing

your own editing. As a pilot, focus on the competition and leave

the technicalities of editing to the post-production staff.

Step 3. If you’ve done the competition, or have no plans to enter it, go on to set designing and editing (answer Yes to, “Do you want to do your own editing?“). Learn to place props and animate them. Then try flying and filming with the sets that

you’ve made. When that’s done, practice editing the film.

. . .When It Happens to Be a Simple One

If you approach Stunt Island one segment at a time, it’s simple to learn and master. The outline below is the way we recommend you familiarize yourself with Stunt Island. It will keep you from being overwhelmed by the many features of the program.

Step 1. When you start the game, you’re asked, “Are you going to be in the competition.?" Select No. Enter the competition later, after you’ve put in some flying time. You’ll take away a lot of the frustration if you can fly without contest pressures and

penalties.

Practice flying. Check out each of the planes and get a feel for

their individual flight characteristics. Learn to read the gauges

and control the points-of-view.

When you’re asked, “Do you want to do your own editing?” select No. When you select No, your films will be automatically edited for you.

Chapter 1 About Stunt Island

Step 4. The most complicated thing you can do is create your own stunts. Stunt Island gives you the tools to become a stunt coordinator, letting you build stunts just like those used in the Stunt

Pilot of the Year contest. These stunts have specific goals that you outline as “must-do” in order for this stunt to be a success.

Chapters 5 and 6 explain how you can create your own stunts.

About Your Mouse, Joystick, or Keyboard

You can use your mouse, joystick or keyboard to control the program. Because there are three devices to input information with, they’re often referred to under the generic term of “input device” or “control stick.” Wherever you see “input device” or

“control stick” in the handbook, we’re referring to your mouse,

joystick or keyboard

For added reading ease, we use “select click a mouse or joystick button, or press Enter on the keyboard to choose an option. Your

whichever you’re using.

when you need to

onscreen

pointer tturns into cross

hairs + when it’s positioned on something that can be

selected. If the pointer doesn’t turn into cross hairs, the onscreen

item can’t be selected.

Check the section called “Input Devices Used in Stunt Island”

in Chapter 2 to learn more about how each input device works

The Movie Production Process

The movie making process has three important development phases: 1) pre-production, 2) production, and 3) post-production.

Pre-production involves such aspects as scriptwriting, casting, director selection, etc.

Pre-production elements and issues need to be determined before filming can begin.

Production covers the actual movie making process. You select the plane, props, and camera angles that will be used, and then you film the stunt sequence.

Post-production includes the work that needs to be done once all the film has been shot: editing the film, adding special effects, sound and credits, viewing the edited film in the theatre, etc.

In the Stunt Island program, you’ll mainly focus on production and post-production work. The only pre-production decision

you’ll need to make is deciding whether you’ll fly, set design,

stunt coordinate, edit, or do any combination of these jobs.

Chapter 1 About Stunt Island

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CHAPTER 2

Setting Up The

Program

Equipment You’ll Need

To use the Stunt Island software, you must have: +

IBM or 100% compatible; 386SX with 16 MHz processor or better required; 386DX with 33 MHz processor or faster strongly recommended

640K of total RAM (random access memory); need 570K of free RAM;

additional RAM memory strongly recommended + VGA 256-color and color monitor + PC-DOS/MS-DOS; supports 3.3 to 5.0

3.5” high density (1.44 MB) or 5.25” high density (1.2 MB) disk drive

+ +

Hard disk drive (requires 13 MB of free disk space)

The following equipment is optional:

Joystick

Mouse with 100% Microsoft compatible driver

The Sound Source, Sound Blaster, Thunder Board, Tandy Sound (DAC) or

PS/1 Audio Card

AdLib or Roland MT32/LAPC-1 Expanded or extended memory (for details on expanded or extended

memory, see Appendix C)

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Installing Stunt Island

Stunt Island comes with an Install program that guides you through the install process.

music device and then press Enter to accept. Press Esc to

l0-key

cancel. (If you’re using a

pad, make sure the Num

Lock key is off.)

Stunt Island must be installed onto a hard disk drive. It cannot

be played from floppy disks.

Note: To use a Thunder Board or other Sound Blaster

compatible card, choose the Sound Blaster option.

In the following instructions we refer to your computer’s floppy disk drive as the A: drive and the hard disk drive as the C: drive. If your floppy or hard disk drive is something other than drive A: or C:, substitute A: or C: with the correct drive letter(s).

Insert Stunt Island Disk 1 in drive A:. Change to the A: drive by typing

and pressing Enter. Type

INSTALL

and

press Enter.

2. A screen stating “This Program installs files onto your hard disk and lets our program know about your equipment

4. The Drive Letter screen appears. If there are any partitions on

configuration” should appear. Press Enter to continue.

Note: During the install process, you can press Esc to back up a step or to abort the Install program.

3. The Setup screen appears. You will see that an input device, a sound device, and a music device have been selected this is what the Install program automatically detected.

Note: The Install program notifies you if your computer does not have enough hard disk space and/or memory to install or run Stunt Island. At this point you may want to exit the Install

If you want to change an option, press the up or down arrow keys to highlight the option and press Enter. Use the up and down arrow keys to select an input, sound, or

program and make any changes to free up memory or hard disk drive space. If this screen appears due to lack of hard disk space, you can go back to the Drive Letter screen and select

If the Install program cannot detect the option you selected, you will see a warning message. If you select the option anyway, the Stunt Island program may “freeze” when you start it, requiring you to restart your computer and go through the setup process explained in the next section.

Once you’ve selected the appropriate options for your

computer’s current configuration, select

above configuration

and press Enter.

Install with the

your hard drive, or if you have more than one hard drive,

the Install program will identify them and ask you to select the drive on which you want to install Stunt Island. If there

are no partitions on your hard drive, the program will choose

drive C and go directly to the Destination Path screen.

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another driver if you have other partitions. (See Appendix C for tips on handling memory problems.)

The Destination Path screen appears. The default subdirec-

tory selected for Stunt Island is \STUNTISL. To change the subdirectory name, press the Delete key to delete

STUNTISL; then type the new subdirectory name you want to use (up to 8 characters). Be sure to include the \ (backslash) at the beginning of the subdirectory name.

The other box on the screen, System Information, shows hard disk space and memory usage. You’re shown the amount currently used, the amount used by the Stunt

Island program, and what is left of both after installation. The amount of conventional memory used is only during the use of Stunt Island.

Press Enter to accept the subdirectory name and begin the

copying process. You will see a Copy Status screen which visually tracks the copying progress. You will be prompted to insert new disks when necessary.

The Installation Complete screen appears when the instal-

lation process is finished. Press Enter at this screen and you’ll go to the directory where you installed the program; you can then type STUNT to start the program.

(See the section “Starting Stunt Island for complete details.)

Put your original disks in a safe, clean place in case you ever need to reinstall the program.

A-lO Thunderbolt

Manufacturer: ........................

Take-off speed: Stall speed:

Maximum speed:

Maximum altitude:

Flaps:

......................................

Retractable landing gear:

........................

............................

...................

.................

........ Yes

.Grumman Corporation

138 m.p.h. ,115 m.p.h. .439 m.p.h. ,45,000 feet

Yes

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Changing The Setup

Once you’ve performed the initial installation, you can change the setup at any time. Maybe you’ve just purchased The Sound Source to use with your computer, or maybe you just want to make sure the PC speaker sounds are off.

Starting Stunt Island

1. To start the program, go to the Stunt Island subdirectory.

For instance, if you used the default STUNTISL subdirectory in the Install program, you would type

press Enter.

CD\

STUNTISL

and

To change the setup, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Stunt Island subdirectory. For instance, if you accepted the default \STUNTISL subdirectory when you installed the program, you would type and press Enter. Then type You must type the question mark (preceded by a space) after STUNT or you will not get the screen that lets you make changes.

2. The Setup screen appears. To change the input, sound, or music option, press the up or down arrow keys to highlight the option you want and press Enter. Using the up and down arrow keys, select a different input, sound, or music option and then press Enter to accept. Press Esc to cancel. (If you’re using a 10-key pad, make sure the Num Lock key is off.)

3. Once you’ve made the changes you want, select

with the above configuration

program will save the new configuration. The Setup process is complete and the game will start with the new

options.

STUNT

and press Enter. The Setup

CD \STUNTISL

? and press Enter.

Install

2. Type STUNT and press Enter.

If your screen goes blank, reboot the computer and run the Setup program as explained in the previous section, making sure to select the correct input, sound, and music options for your computer setup. If you still have problems with loading the program, please see Appendix C.

3. As the program loads you may see “Caching data extended [or expanded] memory.” The program is setting up available extended or expanded memory for use with Stunt Island. You will only see this screen if you have extended or expanded memory. Stunt Island works equally well with both of (but not both).

4. The Introduction film appears. If you want to bypass this film, click the mouse or joystick button or press any key.

it will use whichever you have the most

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Welcome to Stunt Island!

When you first arrive at Stunt Island, you’re dropped off in front of the production building.

Joystick users:

Island and you’re using a joystick, the first thing you see is the

Joystick Calibration screen. Follow the

If you need details on this screen, see page 22.

Next, you may be asked to answer a question about a particular aircraft. Locate the aircraft in this handbook by using the index. Go to the page indicated to find the answer. Type in the answer and press Enter. If you answer the question correctly, the game will begin. If you answer it incorrectly, you’re

returned to the DOS prompt. Type

try again.

You’re asked, “Do you want to be in the competition?”

NO:

If you select No, a pilot will not be set up for you. Also,

If this is the first time you’ve loaded Stunt

onscreen

STUNT

instructions.

and press Enter to

A-E

lntruder

Manufacturer* Take-off Stall speed: Maximum speed: Maximum altitude: Flaps:

. . . . . . . . . .

...... .......

speed:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 m.p.h.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,400 feet

. . ........................

Retractable landing gear:

. .

..Grumman Corporation

m.p.h. m.p.h.

Yes

. . . . . .

..Yes

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the competition standing screens will not appear in the game.

YES: Selecting Yes lets you see the competition standings in

the game. All stunts you fly (those offered by the stunt coordinator) count towards your total pilot score.

When you select Yes, you’re asked, “Is this your first time here or are you an old timer?”

Next, you’re asked, “Are you going to do your own editing?”

If you’re new, use your input device and select “I’m new to

the island.” Type in your name and press Enter. Then choose a nickname by positioning the cursor on the down

arrow next to Nickname and then clicking the mouse or

joystick button or pressing the Enter key. Highlight a

nickname and then click a button or press the Enter key

to select it.

If the nickname is currently being used, you’re asked if you want to replace the current pilot, Up to 17 separate characters can be tracked by the program (one for each nickname).

NO: If you select No, after you complete a stunt you’ll go to

the theatre to view the automatically edited film. If you’re new to Stunt Island, we recommend you select No so the films will

-,-.

If you’re

been here before.” Then select your name from the list and then select OK. You’re then asked to confirm your nickname. If your name isn’t on the list, select “I’m Not Listed” so you can enter your name.

old timer, use your input device to select “I’ve

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be edited for you.

Selecting No does not mean you will be barred from the editing room. The program will just bypass the editing room after you’ve flown your stunt since the program assumes you won’t want to edit. You can still go to the editing room if you want. (You can change this option at any time by bringing up the Preferences window. See page 40 for details,)

YES: If you select Yes, the films you create will not be auto-

matically edited for you. You can go to the editing room at any time to put your own films together.

Exiting Stunt Island

To exit the program, select the signs that say Ferry or Leave On Ferry.

If you’re not in the Stunt Pilot of the Year contest, you can press

Ctrl-Esc at any time to go immediately to DOS. Make sure you don’t press Ctrl-Esc before you’ve had a chance to save the files you’re working on (like sets, takes, or films), otherwise you will lose your current work.

Competitors who entered the Stunt Pilot of the Year contest should leave on the ferry or else their accomplishments will not

be saved. When you’re leaving on the ferry, you’re asked, “Do

you want to end this game?” Select Yes or No. If you choose Yes, you’re then asked, “Do you want to save your Pilot?” Be sure to select Yes so your achievements are recorded. If you

B-2 Stealth Bomber

Manufacturer: Take-off speed:

Stall speed: ..........................

Maximum speed: ................... ,627 m.p.h.

Maximum altitude: .................

Flaps: ......................................

Retractable landing gear:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northrop

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

m.p.h.

...11 7 m.p.h.

.50,290

feet

Yes

........

Yes

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select No, everything you’ve done in this last session of play will

Airfield - All the planes are kept here. You can select the

not be recorded. Finally, you’re asked, “Do you want to start a

new game?” Select Yes to start a new game or No to see the Exit

screens and return to DOS.

plane in the hangar to get a list of planes to scout locations

with.

If you want to start a new game with a new character, answer Yes to

“Do

you want to start a new game?” You’ll go to the start of the program where you can enter a new name and choose a new nickname.

The Places on Stunt Island

Stunt Island has five important places:

Housing or Cabin 273 - This is the place you’ll call home

during your stay. The housing sign takes you to the outside of your cabin, while the Cabin 273 sign takes you inside.

Production Building - This is where you’ll go to get stunt

assignments, or design sets and create stunts of your own.

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Post-Production Building - This houses all the equipment

needed to edit a film.

Ferry Harbor - This is the departure point for all Stunt

Island guests and employees.

All the Stunt Island locations are clearly marked with the following signs. Select the sign to go to that location.

Housing or Cabin 273 - Come here to check your ledger,

phone messages, and the daily standings. Select Housing to get

to the outside of your cabin and select Cabin 273 to go inside.

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Beechcraft

Bonanza V-35

Manufacturer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beech Aircraft Corp.

Take-off

speed:.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Stall speed: Maximum speed, Maximum altitude, Flaps:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

.., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 m.p.h.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,858 feet

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Retractable landing gear:

m.p.h. m.p.h.

....

Yes

. . . . . . . . Yes

The Ledger and Daily Standings only open if you’ve entered the Stunt Pilot of the Year contest. The Ledger shows the money you received for the stunts you’ve done, and how many takes it took to complete each stunt. The Daily Standing shows the the point standings of the pilots in the contest. There will also be phone messages on your answering machine to listen to.

To exit the cabin, select the keys on the desk.

AIRFIELD - Takes you to the airfield where you can fly a variety of aircraft.

PRODUCTION or PROD - Takes you to the production

building where you can get assignments from the stunt

coordinator or go to Set Design where you can select a film

location and set up props and cameras.

STUNT COORD - Takes you directly to the stunt coordinator’s office in the production building.

POST-PROD - Takes you to the post-production building where you can edit and view film footage.

When outside the post-production building, you have immediate access to these areas:

EDITING - Takes you directly to the editing room in the post production building.

THEATRE - Takes you directly to the theatre in post production so you can view film footage.

FERRY Stunt Island. Select Leave On Ferry to exit. If you entered

the Pilot of the Year competition, you must exit on the ferry or all that you’ve done in this game play session will not be saved.

EXIT room, building, etc.

Input Devices Used in Stunt Island

You can use a mouse, joystick, or the keyboard to control the

game.

Takes you back to the ferry so you can leave

Select Exit anytime you want to exit a screen,

When outside the production building, you have immediate access to these offices:

SET DESIGN

the production building.

Takes you directly to the set design room in

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Selecting an Onscreen Option

onscreen

Your

it’s positioned on something that can be selected. If the pointer doesn’t turn into cross hairs, the onscreen item cannot be selected.

pointer tturns into cross hairs + when

To select an option: Mouse users - Roll the mouse until the pointer is on the option

you want and then click either mouse button to select it.

Joystick users - Move the joystick until the pointer is on the

option you want and then click either joystick button to select it. Keyboard users - Press the up, down, left or right arrow keys

until the pointer is on the option you want and then press Enter to select it.

As you’re reading the instructions throughout the handbook, you’ll

notice that there are many references to Mouse users - Button 1 is the left button. Button 2 is the right

button.

Keyboard users - Button 1 is the Enter key. Button 2 is the (forward slash) key.

Joystick users - Because joystick designs vary greatly, we can’t

tell you exactly which button is button 1 and which is button 2.

Some joysticks even have three or four buttons. If you’re a

joystick user, you’ll have to do some testing to determine which

buttons act as button 1 and 2.

Changing Numbers

In options that have values that can be changed, there are two ways to change the values:

You can select the - (minus) or + (plus) button next to the number to decrease or increase the value. Each selection with button 1 changes the value by one, while each

button 1

and

button 2.

Boeing

Manufacturer... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boeing

727

Commercial

Airplane Group Take-off speed: Stall speed: Maximum speed: Maximum altitude: Flaps:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes

.............

,............................

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 m.p.h.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,000 feet

Retractable landing gear:

150 m.p.h.

125 m.p.h.

. . . . . . . . Yes

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selection with button 2 changes the value in larger increments of 5 or 30.

You can also press any letter to jump to that letter in the list. If nothing in the list starts with that letter, nothing will happen.

You can select the value itself and then enter a new number. Use the Backspace or Delete key to delete the current value. Mouse users can highlight the entire field and then

type a number to replace the highlighted number.

Selecting an Item From a List

A requester (a window you can interact with) appears when you need to select an item from a list. To choose an item from a requester:

Mouse users

Roll the mouse up or down to position the

Joystick Users

Your joystick will be active if it was detected and selected in the Install or Setup program. (Simulated flight yokes like the Flight Yoke 2000 will be treated like a joystick.) If a joystick is detected by the program, you must use it as the flight input

device flight. To use an input device other than a joystick, be sure to select a different input device option through the Install or Setup program.

cross hair on an item, click either mouse button to highlight it, and then click on OK. You can also double-click on an option to select it.

Joystick users

Push the joystick forward or pull the joystick

Joystick Calibration Screen

The Joystick Calibration screen automatically appears the first

time you load the program if a joystick is detected.

back to position the cross hair on an item and then click either

joystick button to highlight it. Click on OK to select the high-

lighted option. You can also double-click on an option to select it.

Keyboard users

Press the up or down arrow keys to highlight the option you want and then press Enter to highlight it. Move the cursor to OK and then press Enter to accept the option. Or you can position the cursor on an option and then quickly press Enter twice to select it.

you will not be able to use the keyboard to control

Shortcuts for Selecting Items

The Pg Up and Pg Dn keys move up and down a list one

screenful at a time.

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When you see the black dot in the upper left corner of the

Joystick Calibration screen, hold the joystick in the upper left

position and then click a button. When the dot is in the center, leave your joystick in neutral position (by not touching it) and then click a button. Finally, when the dot is in the lower right corner, hold the joystick in the lower right position and click a button. The joystick should now be calibrated.

The dead zone is an area in the center of the joystick that

indicates your joystick’s sensitivity. The lower the number, the more sensitive the joystick control will be. For instance, at the default value of 20%, the cursor will move pretty much in direct response to your joystick movement. If you changed the value

to 75%, your joystick will probably have the room to move quite a bit before the onscreen cursor moves in response. You can change the number by clicking on the up or down arrow.

After the joystick is calibrated, move the joystick around to

see if the cursor on the screen responds to the joystick’s movement. If it doesn’t, press C to recalibrate the joystick.

You can press Alt-J to open the Joystick Calibration screen at any time to recalibrate your joystick.

Keyboard Users

If you need to regain control of your cursor (e.g., the cursor is

“trapped” in a text field) press the Tab key.

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Boeing 737

Manufacturer...... .....

. . . . . . . . . Boeing

Group

Take-off speed:

Stall speed...........

Maximum speed: Maximum altitude: Flaps:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes

Retractable landing gear:

................

. . . .

..........

............

......... I ......

145

m.p.h.

125 m.p.h.

532

m.p.h.

45,000 feet

. . . . . Yes

Commerci

al Airplane

Save and load File Requesters

You’ll see Save and Load requesters throughout your work.

Save File Requesters

Save requesters lets you enter names for your work to be saved under and determine where you want to save them.

The default locations for saving files are in the \STUNTISL subdirectories. You can select [ ..] to “back out” of the current subdirectory. Subdirectories have brackets [ ] around them. The name of the current directory is shown after DIR (e.g.,

Dir:C:\STUNTISL\SETS).

To access drives greater than F:, type that driver letter in the Filename field and then press Enter. The subdirectories and

files in that drive should appear. For example, if you want to access the J: drive, type

To save a file, select the field after Filename. Use the Backspace or Delete key to erase any characters in the field and then type in a name. You have a limit of 8 characters in a name (not including the file extension). Invalid characters such as hyphens or slashes will not be accepted in the Filename field.

All Stunt Island files have file extensions that help identify the

type of file. For instance, all files that are sets have the file extension of .SET. All films have the file extension of .FLM.

Here’s a list of all the file extensions you’ll want to know:

and press Enter.

You’re not required to enter a file extension when you save a

The program uses the drive that you loaded Stunt Island onto as the default drive, although it is capable of recognizing drives

A: through F:. If you want to load from or save to a different

drive, select that drive letter. Drives that you can’t select are “ghosted” (in a lighter color). You can also type in the drive

letter before the filename to access the file (e.g.,

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file

when you select Save to save a set, you’ll see the default name

of TEMP.SET (which represents “Temporary Set”). You could

delete TEMP.SET and enter a new name like GUNBOAT. The

file will be saved as GUNBOAT.SET.

.FLM .SET .TKE .voc

the program automatically does it for you. For example,

Films Sets Takes Sound Files (only applicable to Sound Blaster and Thunder Board owners)

Load File Requesters

The Load requesters basically have the same options as the Save requesters.

Notice that when you load a file, you always see an asterisk followed by a file extension name in the field after Filename. The asterisk is a “wild card” that represents everything, while the file extension is specific to the type of file. This tells the program to show all filenames that end with that specific extension.

For example, if you were loading takes in the editing room, you’d see *.TKE after Filename. This tells the program to show all files that end with .TKE. If you want to load a take that you

didn’t save with the .TKE extension, you won’t see it in this

list. You’d have to enter *.* or

[and the extension you used]

after Filename to tell the program to show you other files. You’ll find using extensions is a good way to keep common

files grouped together, making them easy to locate.

To open a file or subdirectory, highlight the name and then select OK. You can also double-click on a filename to open it.

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CHAPTER 3

Aircraft Checkout Procedures

Most stunt production veterans know how hard it is to get planes for high risk

stunt scenes probably be easier. But because you come to Stunt Island with high recommendations from others in the industry, and because your flight experience

has been exceptional, we wanted to create an atmosphere where your hard work is rewarded. Specifically, we want to make it easy for you to fly whenever you get the urge to practice your talent.

Aircraft vs. Airplane

Aircraft is the term for a structure or machine that travels through the air, regardless of whether the object is lighter or heavier than air and regardless of whether it’s propelled by an engine or not. A balloon is just as much an aircraft as a Boeing 747.

An airplane is more specific in definition. Airplanes are fixed-wing aircrafts that are heavier than air. Airplanes are held aloft by the aerodynamic forces of

air as it is driven forward by propeller(s) or jet propulsion.

“borrowing” a B-2 Stealth Bomber from the government would

Because the things you can fly in Stunt Island are not necessarily airplanes like the duck, pterodactyl, hang glider, and paraglider used in this handbook.

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the term aircraft is

Aircraft Availability

All of the aircraft are available for use by Stunt Island pilots. You are not required to be working on a film project to check out an aircraft. To check out an aircraft for flight practice, follow these procedures:

Go to the airfield by selecting Airfield.

Select the hangar (building) to view the inventory of available aircraft.

You’ll see a list of the aircraft you can fly:

Select an aircraft and then select OK. The names of all the aircraft available will not be visible in the window at the same time. You can scroll through the aircraft inventory by selecting the down arrow to the right of the window, by selecting an area on the scroll bar (vertical bar), or by selecting the button in the scroll bar and dragging it down until the name of the desired aircraft appears.

When you select an aircraft, you start in the forward view

through the cockpit. You can press the F1 through F7 keys to change the pilot’s view. When you’re in the forward view

(Fl),

you can press the F9 key to toggle the cockpit on or off.

Onscreen Gauges

When Forward view is selected (press

Fl),

you see your air-

craft’s gauges laid out in the cockpit (if you don’t see the cock-

pit, press F9 after pressing

Fl).

There are five different types of

cockpits. Below is one example with the gauges highlighted.

Stealth Bomber

Boemg

727

Boemg

737 Boeing 747 Bristol

Bulldog

Cessna 172

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B C

EF G

A - Engine power: The position of the throttle lever

sponds to the engine power you selected by pressing keys 1 through 0 on the main keyboard. If your joystick has a throttle, use that to control engine power.

corre-

B - Horizon gauge: Shows the artificial horizon. Notice that when you bank or pitch, the artificial horizon line changes to

represent that movement.

C - Speed indicator: This indicates the speed at which you are traveling.

D - Vertical climb indicator: This gauge shows the change in

feet per minute. Each number represents 100 feet. When the

needle is in the upper half of the gauge, the aircraft is climb-

ing. When the needle is in the lower half of the gauge, the aircraft is descending.

E - Altimeter: The altimeter shows the aircraft’s altitude.

Each revolution of the small hand represents one thousand feet. Each revolution of the large hand represents one

hundred feet.

F - Clock: This is the time elapsed since you got into your

aircraft.

G - Compass: This shows your north, south, east, and west

direction heading.

If the cockpit view is off, or if you are in any other view, you’ll

Bristol Bulldog (Mk IIA)

Manufacturer: .........................

Take-off speed:

Stall speed: Maximum speed: Maximum altitude: Flaps:

.......................

............................

....................

.................

......................................

Retractable landing gear:

Bristol Aeroplane

.65 m.p.h.

.55 m.p.h.

135 m.p.h.

.25,000 feet

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see the necessary in-flight readouts along the bottom of the screen.

ALTITUDE: The altitude of the aircraft above sea level, expressed in feet.

SPEED: The speed of the aircraft expressed in miles per hour.

DIR: The direction the aircraft is flying measured in degrees. Due north is 0 degrees, due east 90, due south 180, and due

west 270.

The red dot on the stick schematic indicates the position of your flight control stick. (See “Flight Controls” for details on how the stick schematic feature works.)

The white dot along the right side of the stick schematic indicates engine power setting.

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Flying Stunt Island Aircraft

Some of you more advanced pilots may get into our aircraft and

get fidgety

automated many of the controls that the pilot normally would adjust because as a stunt pilot, your primary concern is to Suc-

cessfully execute a high risk stunt.

not enough controls for you to manipulate. We’ve

Although not necessary, pilots who really want to can work on

their aileron and rudder skills. The use of independent rudder

control is explained in “Using the Rudder.”

This section does not go into the aerodynamic forces that affect flying, nor does it cover the dynamics of stalling, which is referred to. If you know little about flying and would like to learn more about the technical details, please see Appendix A.

Flight Controls

Stunt Island planes can be controlled using a keyboard, a mouse, or a joystick. As the pilot, you control the aircraft’s pitch, roll, and yaw.

A control stick schematic is always displayed on the lower right corner of the information display bar, except in the cockpit view (Fl). When the dot is in the center of the schematic, your control stick is in the “neutral position.”

Neutral Position of Control Stick

you were in the real cockpit of an aircraft, you would be con-

trolling the aircraft by using a “yoke” or a “flight stick.” The yoke (shaped somewhat like a bull’s horns) and the flight stick move three dimensionally. Both controls have a ‘neutral posi-

tion,” which is a point of rest the control will return to when you let go of it.

Joysticks also have neutral positions. If you’re using a joystick,

notice how it always returns to the upright position when you let go of it. The dot in the stick schematic represents the position of your stick. When you release your joystick, the dot always returns to the center of the schematic.

Although there’s no “stick” on a mouse or keyboard, you can

treat it as if it had one because of the Control Centering option.

When Control Centering is on, the mouse or keyboard behaves like a yoke or flight stick and automatically returns to the neutral position when you stop moving it. This allows you to make subtle adjustments during flight.

Control Centering’s default setting is On. To turn it off, press

Alt-P to open the Preferences window and select Off.

Pitch

Moving the aircraft along its lateral axis results in a change in pitch. When pitch changes, the nose of the aircraft rises or falls. To change the pitch of an aircraft, move your control device forward or backward.

Cessna Model 172 (Skyhawk)

Manufacturer: .........................

Take-off speed:

Stall speed: Maximum speed: Maximum altitude: Flaps:

...................................... Yes

Retractable landing gear:

.......................

............................ .45

...................

.................

Cessna Aircraft Co.

.55 m.p.h.

m.p.h. ,138 m.p.h. .12,000 feet

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Roll

Moving the aircraft along its longitudinal axis results in roll. To roll an aircraft, move the control device left or right.

Using the Rudder

You can use button 2 to actuate the rudder. When button 2 is pressed and the control device is moved to either the left or

right, the aircraft will yaw in that direction without rolling.

The rudder, located on the back edge of the aircraft’s vertical

Yaw

Moving the aircraft along its vertical axis results in yaw. Imagine putting your foot on the ground and grinding it. The toe of your shoe, as it moves left and right, illustrates the movement of yaw.

Yaw occurs in two ways: 1) It’s a natural by-product of working the pitch and roll, or 2) You can induce yaw by specifically using the rudder.

Yaw will be at its greatest influence when the control device is moved diagonally. (Keyboard users need to alternate up or down arrow keys with left or right arrow keys to achieve yaw.)

tail, controls the aircraft’s yaw. When the rudder is to the right, airflow will react against it and push the tail of the aircraft to the left causing the nose to yaw to the right, When the rudder is to

the left, the opposite will occur, and the nose will yaw to the left.

Rudder

area

The Independent Rudder option is available in the Preferences

window by pressing Alt-P. The default option is On.

Using the Ailerons

The Independent Aileron control option is available in the Preferences window by pressing Alt-P and selecting Off next to

Independent Rudder control. when you have

control, you do not have independent rudder control; you must choose one or the other.

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You can use button 2 to actuate the ailerons. When button 2 is pressed and the control device is moved to either the left or

right, the aircraft will roll in that direction without yawing.

The ailerons, located on the back edge of the aircraft’s wings,

help control the aircraft’s roll. When the right aileron is up and

the left is down (button 2 is pressed and the control stick is

moved to the right), airflow will react against the ailerons

causing the aircraft to roll to the right. When the left aileron is up and the right is down (button 2 is pressed and the control stick is moved to the left), the aircraft will roll to the left.

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area

Using the ailerons lets you keep yaw to a minimum as you roll the aircraft. This is particularly useful if you need to fly sideways through a narrow corridor like a canyon or between buildings.

Curtiss JN “Jenny”

Manufacturer,.. . . . . . Curtiss Aeroplane and

Motors Corp. Take-off speed: Stall speed: 30 m.p.h.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 m.p.h.

Maximum speed: 75m.p.h.

Maximum altitude: . . . . . . 14,000 feet

Flaps: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No

Retractable landing gear: . . No Note: The other Jenny airplanes are simply color variations of this one.

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Engine Power Controls

The keyboard controls the power settings for the aircraft’s engine(s). Press a key from 1 to 0 on the main keyboard (not the keypad) to select a power setting. The (+) and allow you to gradually adjust the power.

Key

2 3 4

7 8 9 0

Backspace

If you are flying with the cockpit view on, the aircraft’s power setting will be displayed on the cockpit panel by the position of the throttle lever. The higher up the throttle lever, the more engine power you have.

For those of you flying with the cockpit view off, the white dot along the right side of the stick schematic will indicate

the aircraft’s power setting. When the dot is at the top of the cross hair, the aircraft is at full throttle. The lower the white dot is on the stick schematic, the lower the engine power.

10% of available engine power 20% of available engine power 30% of available engine power

40% of available engine power

50% of available engine power 60% of available engine power 70% of available engine power

80% of available engine power 90% of available engine power

100% of available engine power

Increase engine power by 2% Decrease engine power by 2%

Cut engine power to 0%

Function

(-)

keys

Taking Off and landing

Taking Off

Press 0 to open the engine to full throttle and start the aircraft rolling down the runway. The miles per hour will increase on the airspeed indicator. When the aircraft reaches its take off speed, pull back on the control stick to lift the aircraft into the air. Remember the type of aircraft you are flying; modern jet aircrafts can take off and climb at greater angles, while older aircrafts and propeller aircraft will stall if you pull back too far on the stick.

If you’re flying with Control Centering on, you need to keep

rolling the mouse back or keep pressing the down arrow key

on the keyboard to simulate pulling back on the flight stick; otherwise, the stick moves back to the neutral position when you stop rolling the mouse.

Once you are established in a stabilized climb (not descending or turning) press G to raise your landing gear (if applicable). Flying with your landing gear down increases drag, which slows the aircraft.

After you level off at the desired altitude, be sure to reduce engine power to somewhere between 60% and 70% for jets and 80% to 90% for propeller aircrafts. Flying at full throttle makes the aircraft much more responsive to the slightest stick movement, which may make it seem harder to control.

Using Flaps for Takeoff

If you want to get your aircraft airborne quickly or if you need

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