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Field clearanceHow to Play
Starting the game
- Press PLAY, then Start. The first visit downloads the game data, which takes a little while; after that it starts in about a second.
- On the launcher stone pick PLAY for the original 1997 game, or MODDED for the new missions and harder difficulty stones.
- On the main menu, PLAY asks for a difficulty and starts Mission 1. LOAD opens saved games and the level select; picking a plain Level N there asks for the difficulty too (Easy Level N and Medium Level N start straight away). The skull is the San Diego bonus level.
- Before most missions you see the briefing, then choose your team with recruit points.
Your first mission
- Move your people around to uncover the map. Supplies look like piles of yellow boxes.
- Select a person, press BUILD and place a Base Camp near the supplies.
- Click a person on a crate: they carry supplies back to the camp by themselves.
- Build two tents and find Sarah. Double-click the camp to recruit more help.
Controls
| Input | Does |
|---|---|
| Left-click | select a person, dinosaur or building; with something selected: walk, attack, pick up, enter |
| Left-drag | draw a box to select several |
| Shift / Ctrl + click | add to or remove from the selection |
| Double-click | information on a person or dinosaur; recruit, hatch or upgrade at a building (R also recruits); bring people out of a tent, shelter or High Hide |
| Right-click | cancel building or repair; deselect. With people selected: enter a shelter, repair, set off TNT |
| Mouse at the edge | scroll the map (arrow keys and WASD work too) |
| Mouse wheel, + / - | zoom in and out |
| Esc | cancel placing; pause menu: objectives, game tips, configure, save, load, restart, quit, mission editor |
| B / T | build a Base Camp / Tent |
| Tab | select the whole team |
| Space | centre on the selection |
| Ctrl+1..9, then 1..9 | save and recall groups |
| P | pause |
| F5 / F9 | quick save / load |
| K, M | music on or off, minimap on or off |
On a phone or tablet, tap to click. B, T, Tab, Space, the groups, P, the wheel zoom and the keyboard scrolling are OpenChaos additions; the 1997 game used the mouse plus a few keys (Esc, Enter, F3-F5 and the cheat keys).
Cheats
Hold Ctrl+Shift+S and press X to open the cheat console from the original game. Some commands:
| Type | Does |
|---|---|
money 100 | add supplies |
egg trex 2 | add eggs to the inventory |
win / lose | end the mission |
macleod 1 | your units can't be hurt |
upgrade S 2 | a level 2 speed upgrade (S D A V C = speed, damage, armour, vision, carry) |
heal 50 | heal the selected units |
remdul | summon the Remdul |
Shift+F shows or hides the whole map. Load Game → Level select (or L on the Load screen) starts any mission, including the Easy and Medium versions; a plain Level N asks which difficulty first.