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edited by Calinou
on 2024/01/31 23:54
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edited by Calinou
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Change comment: Mention in-game options menu, unimplemented options and tip for skipping intro screens

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20 20  Even with cheats, the game on its own is nigh unplayable. Fortunately, the community has been working together to bring performance and stability patches to the game, as well as restoring content that was in the game but unable to be accessed by normal means. You can find the latest [[xdelta>>http://xdelta.org/]] patches in the [[#patches-and-fixes>>https://discord.com/channels/827608544555171850/969700298987819020]] channel at the [[Dinosaur Planet Community Discord>>https://www.discord.gg/dinosaurplanet]]. There are a few methods of updating your game found below, sorted by ease of use.
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22 +Choose **one** of the 3 methods below:
22 22  
23 23  == DinoLauncher ==
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80 80  = Running the game on real hardware using a flashcart =
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82 -In order for a patched Dinosaur Planet ROM to work on an N64 with an Everdrive 64, you'll need to copy and paste "DP=5" into save_db.txt under ID detection. Save_db.txt is located inside the ED64 folder on your Micro SD Card.
83 +In order for a patched Dinosaur Planet ROM to work on an N64 with an Everdrive 64, you'll need to copy and paste "DP=5" into **save_db.txt** under ID detection. **save_db.txt** is located inside the ED64 folder on your microSD card.
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87 += In-game options =
88 +
89 +When you start the game, you'll be greeted by intro screens and then a main menu with a **Start** menu, an **Options** menu and a language selection slider.
90 +
91 +The following settings are unimplemented and have **no** effect when modified:
92 +
93 +* **Control > Z Button** //(always acts as Combo – tap the Z button to toggle targeting, or hold Z for more than ~~0.2 seconds to stop targeting when the button is released)//
94 +* **Video > Screen Size**
95 +* **Audio > Setup**
96 +* **Cheats**
97 +* **Cinema**
98 +
99 +(% class="box successmessage" %)
100 +(((
101 +You can skip intro screens and go straight to the main menu by pressing D-Pad Left while the intro screens are displaying.
102 +)))
103 +
85 85  = Setting up the game for widescreen =
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87 87  The game has native support for 16:9 on both real hardware and emulators. When you launch the game, you are greeted with splash screens then a title screen. In the title screen, go to **Options** then **Video**, then set **Ratio** to **16:9** instead of the default **Normal**. Do not change the **Screen Size** setting as that setting has no effect.