Loom/Controls

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Preferences[edit]

Loading the game offers some parameters to override the defaults.

a
AdLib or CMS/SoundBlaster
a
CMS/Gameblaster
ts
Tandy sounds
i
Internal speaker
m
MCGA
v
VGA
c
CGA
e
EGA
t
Tandy
2d
Use 2 floppy drives

Controls[edit]

  • Mouse
    • Use PC Mouse.png to move the cursor, PC Mouse Left Click.png or PC Mouse Right Click.png to select objects on the screen or play the distaff
  • Joystick
    • Use buttons to select objects.
  • Keyboard
    •  ↑   ↓  to control the cursor.
    • 1 3 7 9 to move the cursor directly to the corners of the screen.
    • Enter to choose (mouse click)

Distaff notes are performed with the keys QWERTYUI and cdefgabC

In-game options[edit]

  • Alt+J: Select joystick and automatically calibrate it.
  • Alt+M: select mouse
  • Alt+I: disable scrolling
  • Alt+X or Ctrl+C: Exit game
  • Ctrl+V: show version
  • Space: pause
  • F5: save
  • F6: Sound control (disables music → disables all sound → restores all sounds)
  • F9: Toggles Text display (CD-ROM version only)
  • >: Faster message speed
  • <: Slower message speed