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INSTRUCTION MANUAL THQ Customer Services 1

CONTENTS

Installation ...... 2 Starting Barnyard ...... 2 Game Profiles ...... 3 Controls ...... 3 When the Farmer’s away ...... 4 Main Menu ...... 4 Missions ...... 5 Map ...... 5 Game Screen ...... 6 Pause Menu ...... 6 Saving and Sleeping ...... 7 Items and Enemies ...... 7 Credits ...... 10 License Agreement ...... 12 2

Installation To install the game, insert the CD labeled DISK 1 into your CD ROM drive. If installation does not start automatically, follow the steps:

1. 2 . 3.

1. Click START

2. Click RUN

3. Type D:\SETUP.EXE (Where “D” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive)

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation.

Uninstalling The game can be uninstalled by using the Add/Remove Programs function found in your Control Panel. To uninstall, find the name of the program you want to uninstall in the list, click once to highlight it and then click Add/Remove.

Starting Barnyard To start the program, double click on Barnyard icon on your desktop or click Start\Programs\THQ\\Barnyard. 3

DirectX® During installation you will be prompted to install DirectX® 9.0. Barnyard requires DirectX 9.0 or higher. If you do not already have DirectX 9.0 or higher installed, follow the on-screen prompts to complete DirectX installation. Game Profiles In order to save and/or track your progress through the game, you will need to create or load a Game Profile. Make selections by pressing the Enter key. Use the ESC key to go back. After entering your name with the arrow keys, select “OK” and press the Enter key.

Controls

MENU CONTROLS Arrow Keys ...... Highlight Menu Selection Enter ...... Confirm Menu Selection ESC ...... Return to previous menu PLAYER CONTROLS WASD / Arrow Keys ...... Move F / ENTER...... Action Space...... Jump I ...... Inventory Left Mouse Button ...... Squirt milk Shift ...... Sprint Right Mouse Button ...... Aim ESC...... Pause Menu M...... Map Mouse ...... Move Camera 4

BIKE CONTROLS AD / Left & right arrow keys ...... Steer W / Up arrow key ...... Accelerate S / Down arrow key ...... Brake/Reverse Space ...... Jump I / Enter ...... Dismount Shift ...... Sprint Z ...... Ring Bell C ...... Center Camera ESC ...... Pause menu M ...... Map Mouse ...... Move camera When the Farmer’s Away Straight from America’s heartland comes a mooo-ving tale of friendship, adventure and udder chaos! Welcome to the Barnyard, where animals rule and the barn dances rock. Of course, as a member of the cow community, you’ll be expected to pitch in, pull your weight, and party like the animal you are. So milk it for all it’s worth with Otis, Miles, Pig, and the whole bovine brigade as they liven things up down on the farm while you bust a moo-ve to become a bonafide Barnyard hero! Main Menu New Game – Create your very own Cow and begin a brand new Barnyard adventure! 5

Load Game – Return to any previously saved game. Options – Adjust your Audio and Control settings. Bonus – Unlock cool Barnyard concept art, moo-vies and more. Antics – From Gopher Golf to Chasing Chicks, compete in an assortment of udderly fun-tastic mini-games. Missions Missions drive the story forward. Throughout the game you will be asked to carry out a variety of different tasks, some more dangerous than others. One to three missions can be active at any given time, but you must complete all of them to finish the game and become a true Barnyard hero! MAP 6

Game Screen 1) C l o c k – Shows the current time on the farm.

2) Stamina – More stamina means you are able to run longer. 3. 4. 5. 3) M i l k S upp ly – Rich, 1. 2. creamy, and oh-so fun 6. to squirt. Also great for blasting enemies, so keep them udders full!

4) Inventory – Keeps track of all your 7. collected items and stores other useful tools.

5) Gopher Bucks – How rich are you?

6) Mission Objective – Shows your current mission objective. (Just in case you forgot!)

7) Mini-Map – Lost? No problem. This hand-dandy map gives you an overview of the whole farm, including the locations of items, animals, and mission objectives. Pau s e Me n u Press the ESCAPE key at any time during gameplay to pause the game and access the Pause Menu. 7

• Continue: Resume gameplay and get back to business. • Options: Access the Options Menu. • Objective: Uh… What was your mission again? • Quit: Exit the game and return to the Main Menu.

Saving and Sleeping When the game starts, Miles will show you your sleeping area. Sleeping restores your stamina, and passes time from night to day. You can also save your current game here.

Items and Enemies Food – Can be found growing around the farm. You can use food for recipes and mocktails, sell to the gophers, or enjoy a quick snack to pick up your stamina.

Gopher Bucks – Used to buy equipment, food, and barn upgrades at the Gopher Underground. Save ‘em up or spend ‘em quick, it’s up to you.

Cell Phone – Receive text messages from other characters about missions, mini-games, and barnyard parties!

Sunglasses – Get ready for squirting fun! Just lock on a target and squirt away.

Milk Cans – Fill ‘em up and shake ‘em up! Make cream and butter the natural way.

Keys – Collect keys to open gates to brand new areas. 8

Map – Rummage around in your knapsack and find this helpful guide to the barnyard neighborhood.

Bike – Hop on for faster travel around the farm. Can also be used for racing.

Metal Detector – Locate buried objects and hidden secrets.

Crates – Break ‘em open and reap the rewards!

Tree Notes – These secret messages just might help you on your mission.

Milkweed – These amazing botanicals grow into real-working ladders. Just plant, squirt and start climbing.

Flowers – Ten flowers of the same type make a bunch. Ah… Smell so good!

Gold Rush Machines – Feeling lucky? Go ahead and give ‘em a spin.

Raccoons – These pesky rascals tend to keep their distance, but will attack if cornered.

Coyotes – These vicious critters seldom leave the junkyard. But when they do, beware their razor sharp claws!

Farmer – While the Farmer’s away the cows will play… Just don’t let him catch you in the act. 9

Recipe Rocks – X marks the spot. Turn these rocks over to uncover a tasty recipe for cooking or mocktails.

Cookbook – This book holds all of the recipes that you find under Recipe Rocks. Gather the right ingredients and head to the kitchen to get cooking!

Mocktails – Open this book to see the Mocktail recipes that you can make in the Night Barn.

Troubleshooting For optimal performance we recommend that you close any other applications that are running on your computer prior to playing Barnyard.

We strongly recommend that you obtain the latest DirectX compatible drivers for your video and sound cards. Using drivers that are not compatible with the latest version of DirectX can have unpredictable results. Updated drivers are typically available at no charge through your hardware manufacturer’s website. Popular video chipset manufacturers include: ATI – www.ati.com Intel – www.intel.com Nvidia – www.nvidia.com For additional information on DirectX, please visit www.microsoft.com/directx/ 10

CREDITS CUTSCENE ANIMATORS TEST SUPERVISOR SPECIAL THANKS BLUE TONGUE Andrew Dyson Nickolas Gardner Brian Farrell ENTERTAINMENT Shannon Caldwell Jack Sorensen Kate Inabinet TEST LEADS Edward Zinser CREDITS Neil Kennedy Steven Kitchens Tiffany Ternan PRODUCER; Julian Lamont Jim Kennedy Nick Hagger Heath Pagram TESTERS Germaine Gioia Abhi Ryan Frederic Lavoie Debbie Fingerman ASSISTANT PRODUCER Joshua Tefertiller Brandy Carrillo Graeme Webb ADDITIONAL Malik Aziz Jenni Carlson Gareth Luke Stefan Kamoda Brett Danek Amy Bernardino Te r r e n c e C a t t r e l l Christopher Folino GAME DESIGN FIRST PARTY SUPERVISOR Fernando Velloso Nick Hagger GAME AUDIO Jason Tani Kris Buccieri Mark Morrison Stephan Schu?tze Melissa Rivas John Guscott FIRST PARTY SPECIALISTS Chad Ellman TECHNICAL MANAGER Arielle Jayme Laura Campos Graeme Webb QA MANAGER Alexis Ladd James Gilbert-Rolfe Nizam Abdallah David Marino Joshua Austin ENGINE PROGRAMMERS Jennifer Henschel Ta n y a H a ide r Derek Burnheim QA TEAM Jean Philippe Randisi Adrian Garrett Ben Abbott QA TECHNICIANS Gregoire Halbout Florian Strauss Choon Tsung Low Richard Jones Nicole Withers Shane Stevens Ee Leng Chang David Wilson Nathalie Massabni Michael Young Daniel Stante Jonathan Gill Miriam Wermelt Chris Arnwine LEAD PROGRAMMER ADDITIONAL QA MASTERING LAB TECHNICIANS Greg Stewart Dan Khoan Chau Murray Lorden Charles Batarse Angela Lin Glen Peters THQ PROGRAMMERS Anthony Dunnet INternational Joel Anderson OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR T. Ry a n Ar n o ld J.D.Praveen Babu Belinda Henderson SVP EUROPEAN PUBLISHING Mark Boulton GAME EVALUATION TEAM Ian Curran Vincent Chau SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR Sean Heffron Richard Hunton Stephan Neofitou Scott Frazier DIRECTOR, GLOBAL BRAND Sam Izzo Matt Elzie MANAGEMENT Lindsay Loughlin HUMAN RESOURCES Eric Weiss Michael Pattison Jesse Neave Andrew Kirkby Arieh Schneier Jane Robertson THQ INC. SENIOR GLOBAL BRAND Jarrod Smith MANAGER Michael Young PRODUCTION DIRECTOR LICENSOR MANAGER Jennifer Wyatt-Ambler Kevin Chan Stephanie Wise Mickey Torode LEAD ENVIRONMENT Pe te Murphy ARTIST ART DIRECTOR PRODUCTION RESOURCE Karine Goethals Ben Crouch Te r r y L a n e MANAGER Claudia Kühl Jenae Pash Angela Bateman CONCEPT ARTIST CREATIVE DIRECTOR Lloyd Chidgzey Nick Hagger GLOBAL LOCALIZATION ASSISTANT GLOBAL BRAND MANAGER MANAGER ARTISTS GENERAL MANAGER Amy Small Julien Socquet-Clerc Adam Bras Kevin Chan Tre v o r B u r r o ws Ben Crouch MARKETING DIRECTOR - Anthony Newall Russell Hughes EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS GLOBAL Victoria Fisher Lewis Mitchell Steven Spagnolo BRAND MANAGEMENT Darren Tibbles Shane Stevens John Ardell GLOBAL PR MANAGER Stephen Rushbrook Guy Cunis Anthony Clare THQ QUALITY SENIOR GLOBAL BRAND ASSURANCE MANAGER INTERNATIONAL ART DIRECTOR LEAD ANIMATOR Danielle Conte Till Enzmann Abhi Ryan DIRECTOR, QUALITY ASSURANCE BRAND MANAGER DTP OPERATOR (ICS) CORE ANIMATORS Monica Vallejo Jeremy Taylor Anja Johnen Tim Brooks Detlef Tapper Shannon Caldwell QA MANAGERS MARKETING COORDINATOR Dirk Offenberg Kate Inabinet Mario Waibel Sam Guilloud Jens Spangenberg Andy Yong Michael Motoda Jörg Stauvermann DIRECTOR - CREATIVE Ramona Sackers SERVICES Ramona Stell Howard Liebeskind EUROPEAN LOCALISATION CREATIVE DIRECTOR SERVICES Susanne Dieck MANAGER Kirk Somdal EUROPEAN LOCALISATION ENGINEER Bernd Kurtz 11

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