MATA NUI ONLINE GAME OFFLINE EDITION - READ ME IMPORTANT NOTICE Do not rename, rearrange, move, or delete any of the files or folders in this folder. Doing so will cripple the game. If you are playing with the "save" feature from your internet browser, the game may act as if it has not saved. You will delete you browser cache before you play each time. This game can automatically save your progress in two ways. Either with the built-in save feature only available when played with the EXE (launched by Launcher.vbs), or with PHP. To play this game with the PHP save feature, you will either have to upload it to server with PHP support or use a local server program like XAMPP (instructions below). Installation into XAMPP (or other local server program) is only required for saving with PHP, NOT with the built-in save feature for the EXE version. DIFFERENCES FROM THE ONLINE VERSION THAT LEGO HAD Some files were changed to make the game close to the original, online state. METHODS OF PLAY This game can be played from your internet browser, a stand-alone Flash Player, or by the included EXE (see instructions below). You must have Flash Player installed to play the game from your internet browser. Version requirements are Flash Player 5 or higher. This game has been tested to work in Flash Players 5 through 10. HOW TO INSTALL THE GAME 1. Install a local server program like XAMPP. This game was designed to be played with XAMPP, however, it is possible to set up the game for other server programs. 2. Run the file "Installer" VBScript Script File (Installer.vbs) and follow the prompts (If this does not work, manually copy the "matanui" folder to the top-level server folder [most-likely "C:\xampp\htdocs\" for XAMPP for Windows]). -- HOW TO PLAY WITH BUILT-IN SAVE FEATURE (EXE VERSION ONLY) -- (Installation NOT required.) HOW TO OPEN EXE: Open "Launcher" VBScript Script File (Launcher.vbs). Alternately, open the "matanui" folder, and open "Launcher" Application (Launcher.exe). -- HOW TO PLAY WITH PHP SAVE FEATURE -- (Installation required. XAMPP must first be run. Only the Apache program must be run. Unless you run it as a service, you will have to re-run XAMPP every time Apache is stopped [i.e. when you turn off your computer].) HOW TO OPEN IN AN INTERNET BROWSER: Open "Launcher" HTML Document (Launcher.html) in your internet browser. Alternately you can enter this location into the URL box of your internet browser: http://localhost/matanui/Launcher.html HOW TO OPEN IN A STAND-ALONE FLASH PLAYER: 1. Launch your stand-alone Flash Player. 2. Open the file at this location: http://localhost/matanui/Launcher.swf -- HOW TO PLAY WITH WITHOUT SAVE FEATURE -- (Installation not required.) HOW TO OPEN IN AN INTERNET BROWSER: Open "Launcher-NoSave" HTML Document (Launcher-NoSave.html) in your internet browser. HOW TO OPEN IN A STAND-ALONE FLASH PLAYER: Open the "matanui" folder, and open "Launcher" Shockwave Flash Object (Launcher.swf) in your stand-alone Flash Player. HOW TO RESTART THE GAME: Use one of the following: Internet Browser: Click the restart button. EXE: Open the "matanui" folder then open "RestartGame" Application (RestartGame.exe). Manually: Open the file "getstate" Text Document (getstate.txt) within the "matanui" folder in a text editor, and replace all the text with the following line: nostate=1 HOW TO SWITCH THE GAME LANGUAGE: Use one of the following: Internet Browser: Click the switch language button. EXE: Open the "matanui" folder then open "SetLangENG" Application (SetLangENG.exe) for English. "SetLangDEU" Application (SetLangDEU.exe) for German. Manually: Open the file "getlanguage" Text Document (getlanguage.txt) within the "matanui" folder in a text editor, and replace all the text with one of the following lines: For English: language=eng For German: language=deu PROBLEMS TO WATCH OUT FOR (Please note that these problems may not affect you.) The game will sometimes freeze up. The only cure is to reload the game. The audio will sometimes drop out. The only cure is to reload the game. If your pack disappears you will have to reload the game. The elevator in the Great Mine in Onu-Koro will sometimes act as if you have entered it from the other level and carry you back to where you started. You will have to ride the elevator again. INTERESTING NOTES The floating gold Kanohi Hau beneath the Great Sundial was a part of a contest run in 2001. Contestants were to find words, written in the Matoran script, online or in print, under gold masks such as this one, decode them, write down the words on an official entry form, and then mail the form in for a chance at a 14-karat solid gold Kanohi Hau. There are many extraneous files that were included in the "matanui" folder. These files include various forms of concept art. Some files have unused images inside of them. The music played during the Nui-Rama swarm is Ride of the Valkyries, by Richard Wagner. The walls of the Sanctum include packaging information from a LEGO set; "Made by LEGO. Produktion AG. CH-6340 Baar, Switzerland. Distributed by The LEGO Group. DK-7190 Billund, Denmark C2001 LEGO Group". The walls of the Sanctum include a quote from Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series: "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" The map you use to tell Turaga Nuju where you will lead the alliance reads "Ko-Koro" where it should read "Po-Koro". CREDITS Thanks to -Auron- and Gatanui. PLEASE NOTE This offline version of Mata Nui Online Game is NOT official and was not made available by The LEGO Group or the producers of this game. This game was assembled almost entirely from the official offline version made available by The LEGO Group and Templar Studios. This game was produced for The LEGO Group by Templar Studios; all of the files for this game are the property of The LEGO Group and possibly Templar Studios, and as such please treat the game with respect. Some files were modified for file name corrections, restoration purposes, and making the save feature possible. This copy was created to preserve this game for the future. Assembled by JrMasterModelBuilder.