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  • 2Running ScummVM from the command line
  • 4Controls
  • 6Game specific instructions
    • 6.1LucasArts Games (SCUMM Engine)
    • 6.2Revolution Software Games
      • 6.2.3Broken Sword 2
    • 6.3Adventure Soft Games

Toonstruck is an adventure game developed by Burst Studios, published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment and released in 1996 for DOS.In the game, a live-action protagonist Drew Blanc, played and voiced by Christopher Lloyd, is transported into the cartoon world he created while suffering from a creative block.Blanc is accompanied by his animated sidekick Flux Wildly, voiced by Dan Castellanata. Toonstruck is an adventure game released in 1996 in which, although all the imagery is drawn and scanned into the game, the protagonist Drew Blanc (played and voiced by Christopher Lloyd) is an actual video-captured representation of the actor (the name is a pun, since the character has 'drawn a blank' on coming up with a new idea for a character).). Drew's sidekick, crudely named Flux Wildly. Toonstruck: closed-fixed: 2015-02-03 4: 6869: TOON: Wrong talk animation after Jim's gym demonstration: Toonstruck: open: 2015-05-15 5: 6867: TOON: Missing Flux animation when asking him to open cupboard: Toonstruck: open: 2015-08-02 5: 6435: TOON: wrong aspect ratio in Android version: Toonstruck: closed.

Running a Game from the ScummVM Launcher

Start Button

Make sure the desired game is selected on ScummVM's list and press 'Start'. You can also press 'Load' to restart the game from a previously saved state.


Running ScummVM from the command line

As well as starting your ScummVM games using the graphical Launcher, you can also start them from the command line. The simplest way to run a game from the command line is to type, for example:

Note this command is dependent on your system. You may have to specify exactly where ScummVM is installed to, for example in Windows:

Or in Unix:

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The short game name you see at the end of the command line ('samnmax' in this case) specifies which game is started. It either corresponds to a user-defined target (i.e. one that has been added using the Launcher: this is the case in the example above), or to a built-in gameid. A brief list of the latter can be found in the supported games section.

There are many different options that can be specified to make ScummVM run the game just the way you want, and these are listed in the table below. The meaning of most long options (that is, those options starting with adouble-dash) can be inverted by prefixing them with 'no-'. For example,'--no-aspect-ratio' will turn aspect ratio correction off. This is usefulif you want to override a setting in the configuration file.

Command line options

The list below contains only the most useful options. A list of all the ScummVM command line options is available in Appendix.

ShortLongDescription
-v--versionDisplay ScummVM version information and exit
-h--helpDisplay a brief help text and exit
-z--list-gamesDisplay list of supported games and exit
-c--config=CONFIGUse alternate configuration file
-p--path=PATHPath to where the game is installed
-f--fullscreenForce full-screen mode
-F--no-fullscreenForce windowed mode

Examples of Command Line Usage

Running Monkey Island, fullscreen, from a hard disk (Win32)
C:GamesLucasArtsscummvm.exe -f -pC:GamesLucasArtsmonkey monkey
Running Full Throttle from CD, fullscreen and with subtitles enabled (Win32)
C:GamesLucasArtsscummvm.exe -f -n -pD:resource ft
Running Monkey Island, fullscreen, from a hard disk (Unix)
/path/to/scummvm -f -p/games/LucasArts/monkey/ monkey
Running Full Throttle from CD, fullscreen and with subtitles enabled (Unix)
/path/to/scummvm -f -n -p/cdrom/resource/ ft

ScummVM Hotkeys for all games

ScummVM supports various in-game hotkeys. The table below summarizes the hotkeys common to all games. Hotkeys specific to a game are listed in the Game specific instructions section.

Note for Mac users: To use Function keys as function keys, e.g. F5, you may need to use the 'fn' key in addition to the function key, e.g. fn+F5. (Alternatively you can change the default behavior of these keys in the System Preferences).

HotkeyDescription
Ctrl-F5Displays the Global Menu (see also Global Main Menu).
Cmd-QQuit (MacOS)
Ctrl-QQuit (other unices including Linux)
Ctrl-Z OR Alt-XQuit (other platforms)
Ctrl-UMute all sounds
Ctrl-MToggle mouse capture
Ctrl-Alt 1-8Switch between graphics filters (see also Graphic filters)
Ctrl-Alt + and -Increase/Decrease the scale factor (see also Graphic filters)
Ctrl-Alt AToggle aspect-ratio correction on/off (see also Graphics settings)
Alt-EnterToggles between full screen and windowed mode
Alt-SMake a screenshot

Controls

Personal Computers

These instructions concern any computer that has a keyboard and a mouse (e.g. running Windows, Mac OS, Linux). As for most applications running on computers, you will need the mouse and the keyboard to control ScummVM and the games. When you are in the Launcher you can configure ScummVM and games as well as start games, all with the mouse. When running a game there are a number of hotkeys to which ScummVM will respond (e.g. to save a game, take a snapshot, quit ScummVM).

The games supported by ScummVM are point-and-click games. This means that you need to use the mouse to control them. In some of the games (e.g. the older AGI games) you may also need to use the keyboard to type actions to perform (e.g. 'look door'). The exact controls for each game depend on the game. For example, in most LucasArts games you can click on a verb to perform an action or use a shortcut (e.g. press ‘t’ for talk), but the Curse of Monkey Island has a different control system from the other games. Usually you can find the instructions on how to control a specific game in the manual that came with it.

Mapping for other devices

See Appendix: Controls.

Mac

Copy protection

The ScummVM team does not condone piracy. However, there are caseswhere the game companies (such as LucasArts) themselves bundled'cracked' executables with their games -- in these cases the datafiles still contain the copy protection scripts, but the interpreterbypasses them (similar to what an illegally cracked version might do,only that here the producer of the game did it). There is no way forus to tell the difference between legitimate and pirated data files,so for the games where we know that a cracked version of the originalinterpreter was sold at some point, ScummVM will always have to bypassthe copy protection.

In some cases ScummVM will still show the copy protection screen. Tryentering any answer. Chances are that it will work.

ScummVM will skip copy protection in the following games:

  • Maniac Mansion
  • Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
  • Loom (EGA)
  • The Secret of Monkey Island (VGA)
  • Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
  • Lure of the Temptress
    bypassed with kind permission from Revolution Software.
  • Beneath a Steel Sky
    bypassed with kind permission from Revolution Software.
  • Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb (Floppy version)
    bypassed with kind permission from Wyrmkeep Entertainment, since it was bypassed in all CD releases of the game.
  • Simon the Sorcerer 1 (Floppy version)
  • Simon the Sorcerer 2 (Floppy version)
    bypassed with kind permission from Adventure Soft, since it was bypassed in all CD releases of the game.

Game specific instructions

LucasArts Games (SCUMM Engine)

Hotkeys

HotkeyDescription
Ctrl 0-9Load game state
Alt 0-9Save game state
Crtl-Alt-dStarts the debugger
Crtl-fToggle fast mode
Crtl-gRuns in really REALLY fast mode
Crtl-tSwitch between 'Speech only', 'Speech and Subtitles' and 'Subtitles only'
Tilde (~)Show/hide the debugging console
[ and ]Music volume, down/up
- and +Text speed, slower/faster
F5Displays a save/load box (see ScummVM in-game menu).
Alt-F5Displays the original save/load box, if the game has one (see ScummVM in-game menu).
iDisplays IQ points (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis)
SpacePauses
Period (.)Skips current line of text in some games
EnterSimulate left mouse button press
TabSimulate right mouse button press

ScummVM in-game menu

This is the menu that you get by pressing F5 in the LucasArts games. It replaces the original menu present in some of the games. You can still access the original menu using Alt-F5 and you can save and load games using this, however it is not intended for this purpose, and may even crash ScummVM in some games.

This menu can be used to load and save games as well as change the game settings (e.g. music volume).

A more detailed description of this menu is available on the ScummVM Interface page.

Day of the Tentacle: Maniac Mansion Easter Egg

At one point in the game, you come across a computer that allows you to play the original Maniac Mansion as an easter egg. ScummVM supports this, with a few caveats:

  • ScummVM will scan your configuration file for a game that's in a 'Maniac' sub-folder of your Day of the Tentacle folder. If you've copied the data files from the CD version, this should already be the case but you have to add the game to ScummVM as well.
  • To return to Day of the Tentacle, press F5 and select 'Return to Launcher'.
  • This means that you could in theory use any game as the easter egg. Indeed, there is a 'secret' configuration setting, 'easter_egg', to override the ID of the game to run. Be aware, though, that not all games support returning to the launcher, and setting it up to use Day of the Tentacle itself as the easter egg game is not recommended.
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Revolution Software Games

Beneath a Steel Sky

HotkeyDescription
Ctrl-Alt-dStarts the debugger
Ctrl-fToggle fast mode
Crtl-gRuns in really REALLY fast mode
F5Displays a save/load box
EscapeSkips the game intro
Period (.)Skips current line of text

Broken Sword 1

HotkeyDescription
F5 or EscapeDisplays save/load box

Broken Sword 2

Hotkeys
HotkeyDescription
Ctrl-Alt-dStarts the debugger
Ctrl-fToggle fast mode
pPauses
Configuration

This game has some specific configuration settings described in the Configuration section.

Adventure Soft Games

Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2

HotkeyDescription
Ctrl 0-9Load game state
Alt 0-9Save game state
Ctrl-Alt-dStarts the debugger
Ctrl-fToggle fast mode
F1 - F3Text speed, faster - slower
F10Shows all characters and objects you can interact with
EscapeSkip cutscenes
- and +Music volume, down/up
mMusic on/off
sSound effects on/off
bBackground sounds on/off (Simon the Sorcerer 2 only)
pPauses
tSwitch between speech and subtitles
vSwitch between subtitles only and combined speech and subtitles (Simon the Sorcerer 2 only)

Simon the Sorcerer's Puzzle Pack

HotkeyDescription
Ctrl-Alt-dStarts the debugger
Ctrl-fToggle fast mode
- and +Music volume, down/up
mMusic on/off
sSound effects on/off
pPauses

The Feeble Files

HotkeyDescription
Ctrl-Alt-dStarts the debugger
Ctrl-fToggle fast mode
F7Switch characters
F9Hitbox names on/off
sSound effects on/off
pPauses
tSwitch between speech and subtitles
vSwitch between subtitles only and combined speech and subtitles

Bud Tucker in Double Trouble

HotkeyDescription
Ctrl-Alt-dShow/hide the debugging console
Ctrl-fToggle fast mode
F1Toggle verb style between icons and text
F2Show/hide subtitles
EscapeSkip cutscenes, skip current line of text
Period (.)Skip current line of text
pPause

Dragon History

Use left mouse button click to walk and right mouse button click to use an item or talk.You can also use any mouse button click to skip the current spoken sentence. In addition the following hotkeys are supported:

HotkeyDescription
F5Display Global Main Menu
iShow inventory
mShow map
EscapeSkip the intro, exit map/inventory
qTurn on/off quick walking

Flight of the Amazon Queen

HotkeyDescription
Ctrl-Alt-dStarts the debugger
Ctrl-fToggle fast mode
F1Use Journal (saving/loading)
F11Quicksave
F12Quickload
EscapeSkips cutscenes
SpaceSkips current line of text

Future Wars

HotkeyDescription
F1Examine
F2Take
F3Inventory
F4Use
F5Activate
F6Speak
F9'Activate' menu
F10'Use' menu
EscapeShow command menu
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Nippon Safes

HotkeyDescription
Ctrl-Alt-dStarts the debugger
lLoad game
sSave game

The Legend of Kyrandia

HotkeyDescription
Ctrl 0-9Load game state
Alt 0-9Save game state
Ctrl-Alt-dStarts the debugger

Teen Agent

HotkeyDescription
F5Display Global Main Menu

Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer

HotkeyDescription
Ctrl-fToggle fast mode
F5Displays options
F9Turn fast walk mode on
F10Turn fast walk mode off
EscapeQuit
SpaceSkips current line of text
tSwitch between 'Voice only', 'Voice and Text' and 'Text only'

Cruise for a Corpse

You can bring up the save menu by press both mouse button simultaneously.


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Description of Toonstruck

A great but overlooked cartoon adventure, Toonstruck is a modern-day Who Framed Roger Rabbit? story where a likable cartoonist (played convincingly by Christopher Lloyd) gets trapped into a cartoon world of his creation and must restore (relative) order before he can get home.

Great voice acting, fun puzzles that do make (zany cartoon) sense once solved, and charming antics round off this excellent underdog. Too bad the slated sequel never came out.

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