Before running the Install program, please restart your Mac while holding down the Shift Key. This will turn all extensions off, and prevent any conflicts which may interfere with the installation process.
Memory
Note: the memory requirements listed in the manual are for the 68k Macintosh version only, and are not valid for the Power Macintosh if Virtual Memory is turned off. In this case, add 1.3MB to all the listed figures. In this Read Me! file, all references to memory will be given as “2.5MB (3.8MB)”, where the amount in parentheses is the memory for the Power Macintosh.
The minimum amount of free memory Warlords II requires is 2.5MB (3.8MB). If you have a 4MB (8MB) Macintosh you may need to turn off some System Extensions to free up sufficient memory. However, we do not recommend using Virtual Memory. Warlords II has it’s own memory management scheme, which slows down considerably if Virtual Memory is present.
The more memory you make available, the faster the game will run.
For best performance, give Warlords II 4MB (5.3MB) or more.
If you have less than 3MB (3MB) allocated to Warlords II, the startup animation will not run, music will not be played and the Strategy Map will be restricted to the small size.
Note for RAM Doubler users: If you are using RAM Doubler, do not allocate more than your physical memory size to Warlords II. If you allocate more memory to Warlords II, RAM Doubler will need to use it’s advanced techniques to make more RAM available, which will slow down Warlords II.
Balloon Help
Due to a bug in Balloon Help, we have been forced to change the way help is accessed. All online help functions are exactly as described in the manual, except that a mouse click is now required while holding down the Control Key. You can still turn on Balloon Help from the Help menu, but we do not recommend doing this as it will waste System Memory, and eventually result in a System crash.
Music
If you have more than 3MB (3MB) of memory allocated to Warlords II, and you are still not getting music, or the music sounds strange, then it is possible that QuickTime does not have enough memory to play the music properly. QuickTime needs System memory. To make more System memory available, try the following:
• quit other applications that are running
• turn off unnecessary System Extensions
• as a last resort, allocate less memory to Warlords II, as long as this does not reduce the allocated memory below 3MB (3MB).
Dialog Speedup
This application changes the marble picture used as a background to the dialogs in Warlords II. The new background picture is a simple gray, and is very quick to draw, thus speeding up Warlords II. This speedup will be most noticable on 68030 Macintoshes and slower 68040 Macintoshes. As Power Macintoshes are already very fast, this speedup is not required.
To install the new background, simply drag Warlords II onto this application. Do this again to restore the original marble background.
Game Clarifications
Some people have asked us what the little bags of gold are that may stay behind on the map after a hero is killed. These bags contain the items that the hero was carrying. To pick these items up, move a hero over the bag, and use the Inspect Heroes menu item in the Heroes menu (see pp 50-52 of the manual).
There is a limit of 1000 armies in Warlords II. This limit covers all eight sides in the game. Once this limit has been reached, cities will stop producing armies automatically. Also, any heroes you are offered may not be able to appear.
Random scenarios cannot be converted between the Macintosh and the IBM versions of Warlords II. If you wish to play an email game involving players using the IBM version, you will need to use one of the standard scenarios.
GeoPort Incompatibility
We have discovered an incompatibility on some machines between Warlords II and the fax software supplied with GeoPort Telecom Adaptors. If you are running this software and experience any problems, especially with sound or during combat, you should turn off the fax software. This will involve removing the following extensions, Fax Extension, Fax Sender and Fax Terminal 7.5 compatibility if present, from the Extensions folder in your System Folder and also the Express Modem Control Panel from the Control Panels folder in your System Folder and restarting your Macintosh. It appears that v1.2.2 of the GeoPort software helps to solve the problem.
Monitors
Warlords II will attempt to arrange the windows well for your monitor size. However, if you need to change the window arrangement, the new positions will be remembered.
If you have a large monitor, you should allocate more memory to Warlords II.
Power Macintosh
The Game Settings dialog now contains two new options that are not documented in the manual. These options appear only in the PowerMac version of Warlords II.
• Fast hidden map: this changes the way the edge of the visible area is drawn, speeding map draws significantly.
• Speed limit: this puts a limit on the maximum number of squares an army can move in a second. If you find that the armies move too fast, turn on this option.
Speed tips
Things to do if you find that Warlords II runs slower than you would like:
• Give Warlords II as much memory as you can.
• Reduce the size of the main window.
• Ensure the monitor is set to 256 colors.
• Turn off unneeded System Extensions.
• Turn off the music.
Random Map Scenarios
When you create a new random map you are asked to name the newly created random map scenario. This file must be present for any save games using this scenario to work. If you create a new random map scneario and save the file with the same name as an existing random map scenario you will invalidate any save games based on the first scenario. Warlords II will not be able to detect the error and the results will be unpredictable. Please be very careful when naming your random map scenarios.
PowerTalk
In this version of Warlords II, PowerTalk games will not work if you choose addresses from a Personal Catalog. We are working with Apple to fix this problem, but as yet there is no solution.
We have tested Warlords II running using both AppleTalk addresses and a PowerShare server. In order to use these, select addresses from the Catalogs file on the desktop. The screen shot below shows this file open. There is a PowerShare catalog to select addresses from, and an AppleTalk catalog. PowerShare catalogs will only be displayed if you are running on a network with a PowerShare server. The AppleTalk catalog will always be available if you are on a network.
A future version of Warlords II will allow addresses to be selected from personal catalogs.
Note for Power Macintosh users: At the moment we cannot get the PowerTalk functions to work correctly on Power Macintoshes. The problem means that you cannot initiate a PowerTalk game from a Power Macintosh. However, if a game is initiated on a Macintosh, Power Mactintoshes may participate. We are working with Apple’s Developer Technical Support to identify and resolve the problem. This may take some time, but a patch will be issued when we have a solution.
Where to contact SSG
Customers in North America:
PO Box 30085,
Pensacola FL 32503-1085
USA
Tel (904) 496 8880
Fax (904) 496 8885
Customers in Australia and Elsewhere:
P.O.Box 261, Drummoyne,
NSW. 2047 Australia
Tel (02) 819 7199
Fax (02) 819 7737
SSG's Online addresses are:
Compuserve 72662,3471
Applelink AUST0161
GEnie SSG
Internet 72662.3471@compuserve.com
Changes in each version
Changes in v1.0.4
• Fixed a bug where reverting without saving did not initialise the setup screen.
• PowerMac only: added an option to speed up the drawing of the hidden map.
• PowerMac only: added an option to slow down the movement of armies.
Changes in v1.0.5
• Now checks for QuickTime when turning off sound.
• Tidied up using System Memory.
• Help is now activated using Control-click.
• Lowered the minimum number of cities in a random scenario to 40.
• If an army is being vectored to a Standard, and an enemy army is standing on the Standard, the vectoring army will return to it’s city.
• Cancel the undoing of movement after planting the flag.
• MS-DOS games can now be saved on Turn 1.
• Corrected the help for the Diplomacy Action dialog.
• Improved the search algorithm for finding Army, City and Shield files when loading scenarios.
• Corrected a bug causing History to be sometimes written more than once per turn.
