| Jack the Uni-Psychle SE ReadMe |
1. Installation Jack the Uni-Psychle Second Edition requires 3.4 MB of space to operate on and requires 5mb of runtime memory. 2. Controls How exactly do you play Jack the Uni-Psychle SE? Well, it is actually very simple. The first thing you need to do is calibrate the controls. This can be done via the options menu by clicking on the word calibrate. If you start a new game without calibrating it will automatically bring you to the calibrate screen. You will configure keys on your device for the following controls. In Game Controls Move left - Used to move Jack left in game. Move right - Used to move Jack right in game. Jump - Used to make Jack Jump. Psychic Attack - Used to fire Jack's Psychic Attack. Pause/UnPause Game - Used to Pause/UnPause the game. Menu Key - Used to bring up the in game Menu screen. Menu Up - Not used in game. Menu Down - Not used in game. Now that you know the controls, the game play is quite simple as well. You navigate Jack around by using the left and right buttons and you jump from place to place to avoid falling into holes. There are 2 main types of non boss enemies in the game. The walking enemy and the jumping/hovering enemy. You defeat the walking enemy by jumping on its head and you defeat the jumping/hovering enemy by blasting it with your Psychic Attack. The five end-boss machines are unique and it will be up to you to figure out which attack is required to defeat them. There is an Optional Control set in game that can be done via the Stylus. NOTE: ipaq 36xx users and possibly older users must use the stylus controls at least for moving left and right as the 36xx ipaqs have a hardware flaw that two buttons can't be pressed down at the same time. If you notice in game there is a small graphic that looks like two of the Psychic Attack Brainwave graphics put together. You use your stylus on this graphic to control Jack. Clicking on the Left brainwave of the graphic will make Jack go left. Clicking on the Right brainwave of the graphic will make Jack go right. Clicking on the dot in the center will make Jack do a Psychic Attack. Clicking high up on the graphic will make Jack Jump. (You can click high and to the right to make jack do a moving jump to the right, same for left direction.) You can also use the keys in combination with the stylus if you prefer. Now all of the menus of the game can be controlled via the stylus or the keys on the front cover (With the exception of the Secret Code, which requires the keys, and the Controls Calibrate, which requires the stylus).
There are four types of menus that you will encounter in Jack the Uni-Psychle SE. The first is the Main Menu. You have three options: Start, Options, and Quit.
MainMenu Screen Key Commands Start ~ Jump Key Options ~ Pause Key Quit ~ Menu Key |
The next menu screen is the Options Screen.
Here you can use up and down to select either music, sound or secret code. When Music is selected you can use the left and right keys to move the slider left or right effectively lowering or raising the volume of the music. |
We recommend about a 1/3 on the slider so that the music does not over power all of the sound effects) You can use the Pause Key to check and uncheck the Music checkbox, to enable and disable the music. Sound works the same way as music as far as controls go. When you have Secret Code selected you can press the Jump Key or Press Left to activate Code Edit Mode. Then you can use Menu Up and Menu Down to select a number. Press the Jump key again to enter that number. Repeat to enter a code. You can press Menu Key (Or click on any other part of the screen with the stylus) to leave Code Edit Mode. And finally the Menu Key (When not in Code Edit Mode.) will bring you back to your previous menu.
The next menu screen is the Profile Screen.
This screen is so you can select an empty profile that your game will be saved in. (Jack the Uni-Psychle autosaves after each level) At this screen you can use Up and Down keys to navigate between the 3 profiles. |
If you have previously saved games then you can use left and right to roll back and forth to and from your previous level saves. Now with one of the profiles highlighted you can press the Jump key to select a new game to be saved into that profile or you can select to continue from that profile at the level you have chosen by pressing the Menu Key.
Our final menu screen, the InGame Menu, works just like the main menu.
The Jump Key chooses resume game, the Pause Key chooses the options menu, and the Menu Key chooses quit game. And there you have it for the controls. |
3. Support If you find any bugs in the game or have any suggestion or want to make any complaints or praises please feel free to email me at spock@discordstudios.com . 4. Changes to Version 2.0 -Now Jack’s jump height is based on how long you hold the jump button down. -Jack now is affected by gravity on hills and will slow down going up a hill. -Small tweaks to his acceleration and deceleration -A three point health system -Health Powerups -Invincibility Powerups -Zoomed out view -Redesigned levels 5. FAQ. Q. I have uninstalled the game but it did not delete everything. What should I do? A. If you noticed in the Remove Programs Dialog when you uninstalled it probably said it could not remove the Discord Studios\Jack folder. The reason is that Jack creates 3 files during the game for saved game info, etc that the installer knows nothing about, so it can't delete them. You can delete the folder manually from File Explorer. If you installed in Main Memory then it will be located in \Program Files, otherwise it will be on your CF card, etc Q. I pressed the hibernation button while the game was running. When I return to the game there are problems. Is this a bug? A. No. Being able to put your PocketPC to sleep during the game does not work on all machines. Since windows does not notify applications when you press the button, there is no way to detect this in Jack. So if it doesn't work correctly on your device then don't do it. Q. I just installed the game and I can't find the shortcut to it. Where is it? A. It will be in the Games folder in Programs under your Start Menu. Q. I just installed the game and the icon is all messed up and/or my sound is crackling. What is the problem? A. This seems to be an issue with windows on your device. Do a soft reset and it should fix the problem. Q. The key controls do not work correctly. I cannot jump and move at the same time. I have a ipaq 36xx or older. What is the problem? A. There is a problem with the earlier ipaqs that they could not have two hardware keys pressed at once. Please refer to Optional Stylus controls above.. Q. I have Actve Sync enabled and I get serious lag in Jack the Uni-Psychle. Why is that? A. Jack the Uni-Psychle SE is a very resource intensive game. It uses lots of CPU power to run when it is not minimized. So when active sync kicks in it steals some of that CPU power that jack needs, thus creating lag. This lag can happen in spikes in the game if your PPC is hooked to your computer and if you active sync actually syncs while jack is running then it will minimize jack and produce lots of lag in both jack and windows. Simple wait about 10 seconds before maximizing Jack again. (or you can play around with windows menus until you notice the lag is gone.) Thanks again for downloading our game and we hope you enjoy it. Tim Newell Discord Studios
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