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<span style="color:red">'''The structure of the User Manual is being changed. Until it is completed some links might be temporarily dead and the content of the pages might seems strange. Hopefully the manual should be back to normal by Saturday August 1, 16:00 GMT'''</span>{{Edit-first-section}}__NOEDITSECTION__ __NOTOC__
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|'''Check out our new user documentation!'''
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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.
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{{ManualSection|location=User Manual/Introduction|name=Introduction|desc=A description of what ScummVM is.}}
{{ManualSectionNoLink|name=Getting Help|desc=
 
# [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/blob/v{{StableVersion}}/README.md ReadMe file for version {{StableVersion}}]
{{ManualSection|location=User Manual/Quick Start|name=Quick Start|desc=A short guide on how to use ScummVM.}}
## [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/raw/v{{StableVersion}}/doc/cz/PrectiMe Czech translation]
 
## [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/raw/v{{StableVersion}}/doc/de/LIESMICH German translation]
{{ManualSection|location=User Manual/ScummVM Interface|name=ScummVM Interface|desc=A description of the ScummVM interface, in case you ever wondered what a specific button does.
## [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/raw/v{{StableVersion}}/doc/se/LasMig Swedish translation]
# [[User Manual/ScummVM Interface#Main Window|Main Window]]
## [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/raw/v{{StableVersion}}/doc/da/HurtigStart Danish QuickStart translation]
# [[User Manual/ScummVM Interface#Options|Options]]
## [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/raw/v{{StableVersion}}/doc/fr/DemarrageRapide French QuickStart translation]
# [[User Manual/ScummVM Interface#Game settings|Game settings]]
## [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/raw/v{{StableVersion}}/doc/it/GuidaRapida Italian QuickStart translation]
# [[User Manual/ScummVM Interface#General Main Menu (GMM)|General Main Menu (GMM)]]
## [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/raw/v{{StableVersion}}/doc/no-nb/HurtigStart Norwegian (bokmaal) QuickStart translation]
# [[User Manual/ScummVM Interface#In-game menu|In-game menu]]
## [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/raw/v{{StableVersion}}/doc/es/InicioRapido Spanish QuickStart translation]
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{{ManualSectionNoLink|name=Using ScummVM|desc=A detailed description on how to use ScummVM.
{{ManualSectionNoLink|name=Appendix|desc=# [[User Manual/Appendix: Controls|Control Mapping for supported devices]]
# [[User Manual/Installing ScummVM|Installing ScummVM]]
# [[User Manual/Appendix: Graphic filters|Graphic filters]]
# [[User Manual/Configuring ScummVM|Configuring ScummVM]], describes the settings and command-line parameters that you can use so that it runs games exactly the way you want it to
# [[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/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/Appendix: Integrations|Integrations]]
# [[User Manual/Adding and Running a game in ScummVM|Adding and Running a game in ScummVM]]
# [[User Manual/Configuring a game in ScummVM|Configuring a game in ScummVM]], describes how to adjust per-game settings
#[[User Manual/Removing a game from ScummVM|Removing a game from ScummVM]]
#[[User Manual/Uninstalling ScummVM|Uninstalling ScummVM]]
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# [[User Manual/FAQ|FAQ]]
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.
# [[User Manual/Contacts|Contacts]], lists places where you can get help
* HOW-TOs:
# [[User Manual/Reporting bugs|Reporting bugs]], to help us improve ScummVM
** [https://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=8440 How to catch ScummVM errors <nowiki>[forum]</nowiki>]
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** [https://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=8012 How to play multi-disc games with ScummVM <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>]
{{ManualSectionNoLink|name=Appendix|desc=Contains comprehensive technical information on various topics.
** [[HOWTO-LoomTG16|How to extract the Loom PC-Engine/TG16 data track to use with ScummVM <nowiki>[wiki]</nowiki>]]
# [[User Manual/Appendix: Command line options|Command line options]] a list and descriptions of all the command line options you can use with ScummVM
* Supported games:
# [[User Manual/Appendix: Config file description|Config file description]], describes the ScummVM configuration file
** [https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/{{StableVersion}}/ Compatibility table for the latest ScummVM release <nowiki>[website]</nowiki>]
# [[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
** [https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/ Compatibility table for the development version of ScummVM <nowiki>[website]</nowiki>]
The list of games supported by the most recent stable version of ScummVM can be found on the [http://www.scummvm.org/compatibility.php?version={{StableVersion}} Compatibility page], or the games supported by the current unstable version can be found on the [http://www.scummvm.org/compatibility.php SVN Compatibility page].
** [[Engines|List of games that are supported by ScummVM or for which there is a work in progress <nowiki>[wiki]</nowiki>]]
The [[Engines|Engines page]] in the wiki also lists these things, along with the engines that are still work-in-progress.
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