If the game will not start, or if you receive an error right as the game launches, run the file called Checkup.exe in the Castaways folder.  It will register any necessary files for you automatically.

Game Keys:
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Adjust screen reader, Tab.
Adjust SAPI voice speed, Page up, and page down.
Adjust game speed, pressing Shift and [ left bracket and ] right bracket.
Adjust sounds volume, [ left bracket and ] right bracket.
building open or close, prevents supplies from being brought to it, Backspace.
buildings to destroy, or cancel a new construction, Delete. (if the building was complete, you will get half of the building materials back)
buildings,Shift D, and F.
Display people who are online with you, shift question mark.
invaded by Goblins, Pressing Shift G.
jump you to a particular column on the map, Shift, and a letter.
jump you to a particular row on the map, Shift, and a number.
message edit field, when in multiplayer mode, question key.
message menu, mute, or un mute, messages displayed for different job types, Shift ` grauve key.
Messages backlogged, ` grauve key.
Hear how many ticks (game turns) have passed so far, Shift, and space bar.
messages, display the last 10, The number keys.
Online chat Messages, last 30 chat, <less and > greater,
Send an online chat message, /
Send an online chat emote action, type /e slash e. before your action.  For example:  /me jumps up and down.
move around the map, Arrow keys.
pause and unpause the game, Spacebar.
people's hunger levels, Shift, T.
people hunger condition, G.
Open the training menu for soldiers, U.
people upgrade one with a tome, U.
toggle territorial setting, T.  When turned off, your soldiers will not attack enemy goblins or troops.
population  people who fit the job type you cycled to, D, and F.
population  through different jobs they can do,A, and S.
Population  through a job starting with a certain letter.  Control, and that letter.
population information, V.
population job summary, jumps you to the specific job that the selected person has, W.
populationgiving a job summary, E, and R.
raid against the enemy when on War tent, Backspace.
Storage of basic items, C.
Storage of food, Z.
Storage of refined items, X.
Give a person a different name, Alt + R (after selecting them with D and F)

Each time you begin a new game, a file called Messagelog.txt is created, and contains all of the messages that have occured during your current game.  Even if job types are muted, the messages will appear within this file.


System requirements:
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Windows XP
Windows Vista will work but may require an extra step
Windows 7 will work but may require an extra step
Direct X7


If you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7 you may encounter an error if you don't have direct X7 registered. Follow these steps to register the file and the error should be corrected.
Put dx7vb.dll into the c:\windows\syswow64 folder. The file to copy can be found within the game's folder. After copying, open command prompt as an administrator. Go to c:\windows\syswow64 and type regsvr32 dx7vb.dll

If you are running a 32 bit version of Windows Vista or Windows 7, you won't have a syswow64 folder.  If that is the case, follow these instructions instead.  Put dx7vb.dll into the c:\windows\system32 folder. The file to copy can be found within the game's folder. After copying, open command prompt as an administrator. Go to c:\windows\system32 and type regsvr32 dx7vb.dll


If you attempted to register direct X, but had difficulties, here are step by step instructions:
(If you are running a 32 bit version of windows, replace "syswow64" with "system32" in these instructions.)

Copy dx7vb.dll into the c:\windows\syswow64 folder.
Open up the command prompt as an administrator (being on an admin account does not mean the same thing).
There are 2 ways to achieve this.  If you're able, right click on the command prompt icon and select "Run as Administrator".
If you must use the keyboard, use the Windows context key after you have highlighted the command prompt icon.  This will bring up the menu allowing you to select "Run as administrator".
Once command prompt opens, type the following 5 commands, and press enter after each one:
cd..
cd..
cd\windows
cd\windows\syswow64
regsvr32 dx7vb.dll


Multiplayer:
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When attempting multiplayer mode for the first time, you might receive an error, depending on which files your computer has registered.  Just like the steps above, the files MSWINSCK.OCX, and MSINET.OCX, may need to be registered.  The vast majority of players did not have to register these files, and multiplayer started up perfectly on the first try, but this information is here in case you happen to need it.  The people who did need to register something for multiplayer, usually only had to register one of the two files.  The error produced by the game, would indicate which of these files needs to be registered in order for multiplayer to function.



Credits:
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- Game design, story, art, and programming by Aprone (Jeremy Kaldobsky).
- Game sounds have been pulled from various sources including donations from my pals at Audiogames.net.  Eventually I will be replacing the sounds with ones provided by community member, Locutus.
- Community members have come together to modify this read me file, and they have also put together the buiding and job guide files which are also contained within the game's directory.
- The current sound pack has been created by Kai.


Help:
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The community has done a great job of providing help to new players.  Included with the game are 2 files that are very helpful!  jobs guide.rtf and Buildingguide.txt explain the jobs and buildings of the game.  If you are interested in an audio walkthrough of the game, Nocturnus created one and it can be found here:
www.kaldobsky.com/audiogames/nocturnus/castaways.mp3


Website:
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If you are looking for other audio games, or accessible software tools, please some visit my web page.
www.kaldobsky.com/audiogames/