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Myst IV: Revelation Hints
Movement and Cursor Interaction
You will be moving through several Ages in "Myst IV". As with previous games in the Myst series, movement between these Ages is via linking books. And, as in the past, one of your tasks will be to find the linking books required to gain access to all of the Ages. Once you have located the various linking books, you can visit the Ages in any order, as often as you like. There will always be a way to get back; you will never be "trapped" in any of the Ages.
You will begin in Tomahna, the home of Atrus, Catherine, and Yeesha. Movement through any single Age is the same: a simple point-and-click interface allows you to move in a direction indicated by a hand-shaped cursor. Virtually all scenes include 360-degree panning, which is accomplished by moving your mouse right or left. There are two ways to set up your mouse movement, initially done from the Options selection on the Main Menu. You can either set it up so that the cursor remains centered on the screen and the scenes "spins" as you move the cursor; or you can set it up so that the scene remains fixed until your mouse pointer reaches either the right or left edge, and then it rotates in that direction.
Several different cursor icons will assist in providing clues as to what you can do where. A "relaxed hand" typically indicates that nothing can be done at that particular point on the screen, and clicking the mouse will simply cause the hand to "tap" on whatever is there. A "pointing hand" usually indicates an available direction of movement. Clicking the mouse when this icon is present will move to the next scene in the indicated direction.
A "spread hand" -- or a "grasping hand" -- typically indicates something that can be picked up, something that can be manipulated, or something that can be touched or acted upon. Clicking the mouse when this icon is present will allow you to open doors or drawers, turn wheels, grasp ropes, etc.
A hand holding a magnifying glass indicates that there is a close-up view that can be provided of some object, letter, or other item in the game. These close-ups may be necessary to get the clues needed to solve a particular puzzle.
The various Ages of "Myst IV" can become extremely tedious to traverse -- to say nothing of downright confusing! If you have enabled "Zip Mode" (from the Options menu selection) -- which is the default setting -- you will be presented with a "filmstrip" series of images at the bottom right-hand corner of your screen, showing some of the major locations you have already visited in the current Age. These are points that you can "zip to" from wherever you are by simply clicking on the appropriate thumbnail image on the filmstrip. If there are more than three "zip locations" (the maximum that can be shown at any one time), you can scroll them right or left (by clicking on the arrows at either end of the filmstrip) to see more. If a particular thumbnail image is "grayed out" (i.e., shows no color), that location is currently unavailable. Zipping is limited to locations within the current Age -- you can never use the zip button to travel between Ages.
