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WARLORDS II SCENARIO BUILDER NOTES
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SAVE - SAVE - SAVE
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When creating a scenario take the time out to save the file at
regular intervals. Army and city set manipulations are particularly
memory intensive and you should save before starting these. When
you have completed a section of work it is recommended that you use
PACKSCEN to create a SZP file so that the work you have completed
is backed up. When you finish a scenario save the SZP file to a
disk and place it in a safe place. Remember that if in doubt, SAVE.
HARD DISK REQUIRMENTS
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The SCENARIO BUILDER requires about 9 megabytes of hard disk space
in addition to that taken up by Warlords II. A standard scenario will
take about 100K without city or army sets.
MEMORY REQUIREMENTS
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The Warlords II Scenario Builder requires 600Kb of free memory. If
you have less than this then the program will attempt to run but
there is a danger that the program will find it hard to keep
operating. If it does have problems it will announce that it is
having memory problems and return you to DOS. You can then use
memmaker or create a boot disk to free up additional memory.
WARLORDS II UPGRADED
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Warlords II needs version 1.10 or higher to run the SCENARIO
BUILDER. A number of improvements have been included. Note that
razing cities is now an option. In the random game you can now
select from normal, ice or mud terrain and select the army, city
and shield sets of your choice. The installion process will not
delete your save game files as stated in Page 5 of the manual as
they are still compatible with version 1.10.
NOTE: To quickly start a game at the Warlords level hit the 'I am
the Greatest' button twice. Now all the players are Warlords.
Double clicking on the player of your choice will allow you to get
the game underway.
LOST SCENARIOS
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When the SCENARIO BUILDER installs it takes a 'best guess' at the
number of scenarios that are currently in your system. This could
cause a scenario to appear to be 'lost' to the system .
This happens when you install scenarios before you install the
scenario builder. When you type WARSCEN to start the SCENARIO
BUILDER, it looks through your system and rebuilds the scenario
file in alphabetical order.
STARTUP PROBLEMS
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The startup procedure to the SCENARIO BUILDER uses a new
programming method that was not part of the original WARLORDS II.
If you experience any problems at all on startup, you can just skip
the startup procedure and go straight to the SCENARIO BUILDER by
typing:
CD WARLORD2 [ENTER]
WARSCEN1 [ENTER]
If you do experience any startup problems, please contact SSG
technical support at the addresses shown at the end of this manual.
ARMIES
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Armies now use the word DEFAULT rather than STANDARD in the game
and SCENARIO BUILDER. This is to be consistent with the city and
shield sets but is different from the manual.
PACKSCEN ADDITION
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PACKSCEN, in addition to the -c and -a switches, also has a -s
switch attached to it to disable the shield set that has been
attached to the scenario.
NAMES
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Some legal names may be so long that they overwrite the area
allocated in the game screen dialogs. These do not cause the system
any problems but can look untidy. It is best to check the names of
cities etc. in the game to see if this has occurred.
DELETING ARMY AND CITY SETS
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Deleting a scenario does NOT get rid of city or army sets attached
to the scenario as they may be used by another scenario.
CREATION HINTS
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Make temple allies fly as quests are often completed over water and
if there are no flying armies to be given the system will reward
the player in another way.
Do not make ruins and cities only accessible by air. The AI does
not like it although it will try its best.
Make sure that you make a cheap, fast flying army in any new army
set as players using the hidden map option do not want to be
handicapped.
SWITCHES
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The following switches are available when you play Warlords II
To use them, type them after the name "WARSCEN",
e.g. type "WARSCEN x" to use extended (rather than expanded) memory.
'x' Use extended memory
'h' Do not use expanded or extended memory
ILLURIA
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The Illuria scenario was published in Run 5 Issue 20. When
installing the SCENARIO BUILDER this scenario is updated and can be
used. However, if you install this scenario from a Run 5 disk after
the SCENARIO BUILDER has been installed then:
1. Create a new scenario called Illuria from the SCENARIO BUILDER.
2. Install the scenario overwriting the dummy one using ADDSCEN.
TROUBLE-SHOOTING
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1. Sound
Sound is only included as part of the start up sequence and is
not included in the SCENARIO BUILDER.
2. The Game Will Not Run
Make sure you have 600 Kb of free memory. Check this
with the MEM command. Type MEM at the DOS prompt and you will
be told "Largest Executable Program Size: XXX K". If "XXX" is
less than 600, you will need to free up some memory (refer to
your DOS manual).
Make sure you have installed the sound for the correct
Sound Card. For example, if you have an Adlib card and you
select PAS sound, the game will not run.
Type INSTALL to re-install your sound or type WARSCEN1 to start
the SCENARIO BUILDER without the startup sequence.
3. I Don't Get Any Sound in the startup sequence!
Make sure you have installed the sound for the correct
Sound Card. For example, if you have an Adlib card and you
select PAS sound, the game will not run.
Type INSTALL to re-install your sound,
If you have a Sound Blaster, make sure you have set
the correct MEMORY/IRQ/DMA settings. The install program should
automatically detect these values - if in doubt, use this program's
suggestions.
STRATEGIC STUDIES GROUP
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Addresses
in North America Strategic Studies Group Inc.
P.O.Box 30085, fax (904) 469-8885
Pensacola, Fl, 32503-1085 phone (904) 469-8880
Addresses
elsewhere Strategic Studies Group Pty. Ltd.
PO Box 261
Drummoyne fax +61 2 819-7737
Australia, 2047. phone +61 2 819-7199
24 Hour support fax +61 2 519 3397
Online Addresses Compuserve: 72662,3471
Applelink: AUST0161
GEnie: SSG