Syberia Manual

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Epilepsy warning

Please read before using this game or allowing your children to use it.

When subject to certain types of light effects, some people are prone to epilepsy attacks, leading
to loss of consciousness. This may be due to images flashing up in quick succession, simple
geometric figures in repetitive movement, or lightening and explosion flashes. Such attacks
can occur without warning when watching video games featuring these effects (even if the
viewer has no previous medical history of epilepsy). If you or a member of your family has
already shown epilepsy-related symptoms in the when subject to such lighting effects, you
should consult your doctor before viewing this game. Parents should be particularly careful
with children before playing video games. If you or your child experience the following
symptoms: dizziness, problems focusing, eye or eye-muscle contractions, troubles balancing,
involuntary movements or spasms, or momentary loss of consciousness - then you should stop
playing immediately and consult your doctor.

Precautions to take during use

Do not stand too close to the screen. Sit a good distance away from the screen, as far
away as

the length of the cable allows.

Preferably play the game on a small screen.

Avoid playing if you are tired or have not had much sleep.

Make sure that the room in which you are playing is well lit.

Rest for at least 10 to 15 minutes per hour while playing a video game.

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If you think this product is an illegal copy, or you have information about pirated products,
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1- Installation

1.1 - Minimum system requirements:

Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP

Pentium II 350 MHz processor

16 MB compatible Direct3D (DirectX 7) 3D graphics card
64 MB RAM

400 MB free on hard disk

16X CD-Rom drive

DirectX 7 compatible sound card

Recommended system requirements:

Pentium III 500 MHz processor

32 Mb compatible Direct3D (DirectX 7) 3D graphics card
128 Mb RAM

CD-Rom 24X

1.2 - Installing the game

WARNING: Make sure all other applications are closed before starting the set-up program.

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Place CD-ROM 1 in your CD player. If set-up does not run immediately, double click on "My Computer",
then on the CD-ROM player icon and run the Setup.exe program. Or click on the Start button in Windows
and select the Run option. Type D:\SETUP in the dialogue box (if "D" is the letter representing your CD-
ROM player) and click on "OK".

Once the set-up program is launched, follow instructions displayed on the screen.

Syberia will install itself, by default, into the C:\Program Files\Microids\Syberia\ directory.
You may select another directory during set-up if you wish.

1.3 - Starting the game

You may start the game by:

Y Double clicking on the game icon on your PC desktop;
Y Clicking on the Windows Start menu, and selecting \Programs\Microids\S yberia\;
Y Double clicking on the Syberia.exe icon in the directory where Syberia has been installed.

2 - The Main Menu

At the start of Syberia you have several options:

2.1 - New game

When you play for the first time, a cutscene is launched automatically explaining your context at the start of
the adventure.

2.2 - Load game

Each saved game is represented by a picture and is dated the day and hour of saving. To resume a saved
game, click with your left mouse button on the corresponding image.

This option enables you to view the cutscenes that you have already played in the game.

2.4 - Credits
This option displays the game's credits.

2.5 - Options

This sub-menu enables you to adjust the various graphics and sound options of the game.

This option halts the game and returns you to Windows.

3 - Options
3.1 - Sub-titles (Yes / No):

To display (or not) the game's sub-titles at the bottom of the screen.

3.2 - Level of detail (High / Low):

Use this option to adjust the graphic quality of the game according to your computer's performance. Setting
Level of detail to High enables you to get the most out of the visual effects of the game and will enhance
your immersion in it. Setting Level of detail to Low will disable some of the optional visual effects

3.3 - Screen depth (16 bits / 32 bits):

This option offers another way of adjusting the quality of the game's graphics to suit your computer. In 32-
bit mode, the game will use a wider range of colors and therefore the display will be optimal. On the other
hand, in 16-bit mode you will improve performances but your color range will be more limited. 16-bit mode
is particularly recommended for PCs with graphics cards lower than 32 Mb.

The game should be re-booted for this option to take effect.

3.4 - Anti-aliasing (Yes / No):

This option enables you to soften the characters' contours and enhance their graphics. We recommend that
you do not activate this option if your computer has limited capacities, as this may be detrimental to
performances.

The game should be re-booted for this option to take effect.

3.5 - Sound volume:

This menu enables you to adjust the volume of sound effects and voices.

3.6 - Music volume:

This menu enables you to adjust the volume of the background music.

4 - How to play

It is possible to play Syberia entirely with the mouse.

Y = Left click for movement and actions.

Y Right click to view the game menu, use an object from the inventory, consult documents
or use your cell phone.

Y = To jump a cutscene or a line in the dialogue, press the Esc button or right click with your
mouse.

Y = Torun, double left click on your mouse.

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6 - Menus and controls

6.1 - The inventory menu

To reach the end of your mission, you have to collect objects that will
be automatically placed in your inventory. Right-click to access your
inventory.

To select an object, click on it with the left mouse button. The object
selected will appear on the bottom left of the screen. To leave the
inventory without selecting an object, right click on it with your
mouse.

To use an object, select it then click on the zone or the character on which you wish to use it. If the object
selected cannot be used, the No Action Possible icon will appear.

When Kate receives a telephone call, she will reply automatically.

To call someone, click on the telephone icon in your inventory. The
Cell Phone interface will open. Dial the 8 figure telephone number of
the character to whom you wish to speak. There are also numbers in
the telephone's repertoire that you may consult by clicking on the up
and down arrows (c.f ®). When the 8 numbers have been entered or
you have selected a number in the inventory, press the Call/Answer
button (c.f ®). When you have finished your call and you do not want
to make any others, click on the Off button (c.f ®).

To consult or use your documents, click on the Documents icon
of your inventory.

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To consult a document, click on the eye icon, then click on the
document of your choice.

To use a document, click on the hand icon, then click on the
document of your choice. Documents are accessed in the same
way as objects.

6.4 - Dialogues

If you direct the pointer at a character and it turns into a "Talk
to character" icon, you can converse with a character. To engage
in conversation with a character, click the left button of your
mouse. Some characters have more to say than others.

You can structure your conversations using the Dialogue
notebook that appears on the left of the screen. There are various
themes in the notebook. You can thus tackle themes relevant to
your progression by clicking on them in the Dialogue notebook.

When you want to bring the conversation to a close, click on the
arrow at the bottom of your notebook.

New and different themes will be added to your list as the adventure goes along. You will be notified of their
availability by a sound and a notebook icon, which will appear for several seconds at the bottom left of the
screen.

Author and
Art Director
Benoit Sokal

Production Manager
Stéphane Grefford

Technical Manager
Didier Poulain

Project Manager
Marie-Sol Beaudry

Lead Modeler
Nicolas Cantin

Lead Animator
Frédéric Gagné

Lead Programmer
Rémi Veilleux

Lead
Integrator
Marc-Antoine Lussier

France-Canada
Coordinator
Catherine Peyrot

Game Designers
Dominic Mercure, Patrik Méthé

Editor
Catherine Peyrot

Set Design
Alex Touikan

Modeling and
Texture Art /
Environment
Mathieu Aerni
Steve Beaudoin
Johanne Drolet
Maxime Pelletier
Mélanie Tremblay

Characters
Jean-Fran¢ois Carrier
Yanick Cloutier

Animation Cutscenes
Rifaat Dagher

Patrick Gosselin
Jean-René Trudel

Animation In-game
Luc Lanteigne
Marc Lepage
Richard Néron

Programming
Benjamin Contant
Luc Tremblay

Integration
Stéphane Cyr
Israel Duschene
Vincent Lamarche
David L'Heureux
Eric Martel
Gaélec Simard

Mo-Cap Director
Susannah Skerl

Mo-cap Actors
Genevieve Bélisle
Joél Melangon

Q/A Manager
Rémi Hachoud

Testers

Renaud Léonard
Frédéric Richard
Vincent Roy

Additional Crew
Jean-Sébastien Brazeau
Rémi Breton

Michel Cadieux

David Chapados
Olivier Décarie
Stéphane Gaudette
Sébastien Jean

Patrick Ménard
Marjolaine Phillibert-Lajoie
Pascal Sauvineau
Frédéric Simard
Francois Tétreault
Johannes Thé

Focus group
Martin Poirier,
Angelos Vernucci
Marie-Eve Dufour
Patrick Collas

Audio Production / Sound Design /
Music / Recordings / Localizations
KBP - Paris

Artistic Direction, Cast &
Production (KBP)
Dimitri Bodiansky

Sound design
& lead sound engineer
Bruno Guéracgague

Music
Nick Varley, Dimitri Bodiansky

Production Assistant
Ariane Lacroix

Audio Post production
Karoll Cafardy, Nick Varley
Christophe Grémiot

Bruno Guéracgague

Voice talents (FR)

Francoise Cadol, Luc Gentil,
Caroline Daparo, Danielle
Hazan, Marie Vincent,

Claire Guyot, Céline Monsarrat,
Cédric Dumond, Manu Garijo,
Marc Moro, Christian
Fisher-Naudin, Hubert Drac,
Nick Mead, Michel Barbey;
Jackie Berger, Stéphane Godin,
Jean-Louis Faure.

Localization Team Manager
Véronique Négre

Localization Manager
Véronique Neégre, Julia Lenze
Nick Underwood,

Giorgio Papetti (Jingle Bell),
Alessandra Neve (Jingle Bell)

Localization /
Microids coordination
Héleéne Touly

Product Manager
Frédéric Pons

VP Marketing
Michel Bams

Packaging & Printed
Eric Royou
Audrey Odent

Network administration
Elliot Gozansky
Rami Darwish.

Thanks to

Chantal Couture, Martine
Sokal,

Nicolas Augustin, Franscisco
Cabrita, Vincent Brisebois,
Josée Bellehumeur,

Karine Boulianne,

Maryse Bouchard, Jeff Roberts.

Syberia, produit par
Olivier Fontenay
Microitds Canada inc.

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