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|We have a user documentation portal at [https://docs.scummvm.org docs.scummvm.org]. It covers all aspects of using ScummVM, including how to install ScummVM on a variety of platforms, how to add and play games, and how to tweak settings for optimal game play.
|We have a user documentation portal at [https://docs.scummvm.org docs.scummvm.org]. It covers all aspects of using ScummVM, including how to install ScummVM on a variety of platforms, how to add and play games, and how to tweak settings for optimal game play.
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#[[User Manual/Introduction|What is ScummVM?]]
 
{{ManualSectionNoLink|name=Using ScummVM|desc=# [[User Manual/Installing a game for use with ScummVM|Installing a game for use with ScummVM]], covers multi-CD games, additional files like kyra.dat, and extracting/converting audio tracks
# [[User Manual/Configuring a game in ScummVM|Configuring a game in ScummVM]], describes how to adjust per-game settings
# [[User Manual/Playing a game with ScummVM|Playing a game with ScummVM]]
# [[User Manual/Using Cloud and LAN features|Using Cloud and LAN features]]
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# [[User Manual/Appendix: Graphic filters|Graphic filters]]
# [[User Manual/Appendix: Graphic filters|Graphic filters]]
# [[User Manual/Appendix: Music and sound|Music and sound]]
# [[User Manual/Appendix: Tools|Tools]], a list of the tools available for use with ScummVM (e.g. for compressing audio), along with a description of their usage
# [[User Manual/Appendix: Tools|Tools]], a list of the tools available for use with ScummVM (e.g. for compressing audio), along with a description of their usage
# [[User Manual/Appendix: Integrations|Integrations]]
# [[User Manual/Appendix: Integrations|Integrations]]
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** [https://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=6303 Enhanced ScummVM MIDI music on Windows <nowiki>[forum]</nowiki>]
** [https://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=6303 Enhanced ScummVM MIDI music on Windows <nowiki>[forum]</nowiki>]
** [https://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=4639 Using Timidity with ScummVM on Windows XP <nowiki>[forum]</nowiki>]
** [https://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=4639 Using Timidity with ScummVM on Windows XP <nowiki>[forum]</nowiki>]
** [[HOWTO-Mac_Games|How to extract/copy Mac Games to use with ScummVM <nowiki>[wiki]</nowiki>]]
** [[HOWTO-LoomTG16|How to extract the Loom PC-Engine/TG16 data track to use with ScummVM <nowiki>[wiki]</nowiki>]]
** [[HOWTO-LoomTG16|How to extract the Loom PC-Engine/TG16 data track to use with ScummVM <nowiki>[wiki]</nowiki>]]
* Supported games:
* Supported games:
** [[Datafiles|List of games data files needed by ScummVM to play each supported Game <nowiki>[wiki]</nowiki>]]
** [https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/{{StableVersion}}/ Compatibility table for the latest ScummVM release <nowiki>[website]</nowiki>]
** [https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/{{StableVersion}}/ Compatibility table for the latest ScummVM release <nowiki>[website]</nowiki>]
** [https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/ Compatibility table for the development version of ScummVM <nowiki>[website]</nowiki>]
** [https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/ Compatibility table for the development version of ScummVM <nowiki>[website]</nowiki>]
** [[Engines|List of games that are supported by ScummVM or for which there is a work in progress <nowiki>[wiki]</nowiki>]]
** [[Engines|List of games that are supported by ScummVM or for which there is a work in progress <nowiki>[wiki]</nowiki>]]
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Latest revision as of 19:03, 18 June 2023

Check out our new user documentation!
We have a user documentation portal at docs.scummvm.org. It covers all aspects of using ScummVM, including how to install ScummVM on a variety of platforms, how to add and play games, and how to tweak settings for optimal game play.

Getting Help

  1. ReadMe file for version 2.8.1
    1. Czech translation
    2. German translation
    3. Swedish translation
    4. Danish QuickStart translation
    5. French QuickStart translation
    6. Italian QuickStart translation
    7. Norwegian (bokmaal) QuickStart translation
    8. Spanish QuickStart translation

Appendix

  1. Control Mapping for supported devices
  2. Graphic filters
  3. Tools, a list of the tools available for use with ScummVM (e.g. for compressing audio), along with a description of their usage
  4. Integrations

Links

You will find help on using ScummVM in other places on the web. Here are a few links to solve frequent issues or that my help you improve your experience with ScummVM.

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