Menu System:

You get to the menu system by mousing over the "menu" button in the upper left hand corner of the screen, or by pressing F1.

From the menu system you can change all of your user variables. If a key is associated with the variable, then you can also use the key to change the parameter without having to go to the menu system. The key presses only work outside the menu system.

View Points

You can change your view point in many ways.

Looking forward close to the front - select "Forward Near", or press 'D' Looking forward further back - select "Forward Mid", or press 'F' Looking forward far back - select "Forward Far", or press 'G' Looking backward right on front of wave - select "Backward Off the wave, looking at the wave from the center - select "Center", or press 'B' On the wave, viewing the frequency bars - select "View Freqbars", or press 'A' Cycle through all view points - select "Cycle", or press 'R'

Wave Speed and Roughness

In the "Wave" menu page you can change the "roughness" of the wave by dragging the slider, and you can change the "speed" of the wave.

Head Tilt and Dragon

You can turn head tilt on/off by selecting "HeadTilt", or by toggling the 'T' key. If head tilt is on, you'll ride more closely to the wave, getting a roller coaster like effect, which is great for some real up and down music. You can add/remove the dragon by selecting it, or by toggling the 'V' key.

Overview Page

There is also an "Overview" page, which gives you an essentialized, quick overview of Rhythm Rider. Just mouse over the text to expand it and make it readable. The Overview is also here: Overview

Quick Setup

The "Quick Setup" provides a fast and efficient three step method of setting up WMP so that it will work with Rhythm Rider. You can also get to "Quick Setup" from the wave visualization window. When no music is playing for about 20 seconds, a "No Music Streaming" message pops up click on it to get right to "Quick Setup".

The three Steps are:

Step 1) You run Windows Media Player (WMP) by pressing the button displayed. You may have to run WMP from Rhythm Rider at least once, because it automatically registers the Rhythm Rider 2.0 plug-in with WMP.

Step 2) Select the Rhythm Rider plug-in in WMP. You can do it as described in the menu system, by mousing over the WMP's music visualization window (press the "Now Playing" tab to get to that window, if it's not there when you run WMP) and then pressing the right mouse button, and from the pop up menu select "Rhythm Rider 2.0". There are several other ways to get there, one is to press the 'Alt' key to reveal the menu system (if it's not visible), and then from the "View" menu, select "Visualizations", and then "Rhythm Rider".

Step 3) Play music in WMP, and keep the visualization window visible. The rule is, so long as the visualization window is responding to music, so will Rhythm Rider.

Registering

If you decide to purchase Rhythm Rider (you need to visit www.alwayslearn.com), then you will receive registration code upon payment. To run the registration code, select "Register" in the menu system. Type in your name exactly as provided to you, and cut and paste your registration code into the registration code box. Press "OK" to register your code with Rhythm Rider 2.0. Rhythm Rider's registration will take effect, when you exit the application and run it again.