THE KEY
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v1.72 (4/22/04)

Part II: The Valley of Stars

	Part II of The Key is simply an extention of Part I. At the end of Part I, the player was not able to access the Valley of Stars and continue the game; once Part II is installed, the player will be able to do just that. The Key is a modular game: as time goes on new locations will be added, and the player will never lose the ability to access previous locations. Part II may begin at the Valley of Stars, but the player can zip back to Arcadia anytime the player wishes -- and in fact, the player will have to do just that many times before the game is over.

	If you are reading this file, you must have unzipped the main download. Doing so will create two files: this readme and another one called P2RES.EXE. The file P2RES.EXE is a self-extracting zip file. All you have to do is run the self-extracting zip file by double-clicking on it. The file will ask where you want its contents installed; point it to the directory where you installed The Key and then run it.
	For instance, if The Key was installed into:

C:\THEKEY

	then hit the BROWSE button, select that folder, and press UNZIP. It might ask if you are sure you want to overwrite some files; if it does say YES -- some files, like the text files inside the PROGFILE directory and the file THEKEY.EXE itself need to be replaced.

	What will happen is that the self-extracting file will create a number of new directories. Instead of simply having the directory C:\THEKEY\ARCADIA, the player will now also have C:\THEKEY\BARREN, C:\THEKEY\VOS, and many more. New animations (if you downloaded the version with animations) will be placed into the C:\THEKEY\MOVIES folder, and a second sounds directory will be created at C:\THEKEY\SOUNDS2. ('C:\THEKEY' will probably be different on your computers: it is simply the directory in which you installed The Key. Part II needs to be installed in the same folder where you installed Part I.)

	To start playing Part II, the player must gain access to the Arcadia Comm Tower (either by loading a saved game or by starting a new game and resolving the puzzles) and enter the coordinates for the Valley of Stars in the hyperwave pillar. Once this is done, the player can simply click on the pillar and after reading a short congratulations message, will be transported to The Valley of Stars.
	Part II ends when the player figures out how to access the Graveyard Rimworld. To go to the Graveyard Rimworld and beyond, the player will have to download Part III. Part III has been completed; a link to download it can be found at:

http://www.godcentric.com/thekey/games.htm

	I hope you enjoy the game!

--JMKC
jonathan@starmanseries.com
