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1. Computer controlled players will not accept an offer if their trade price is not matched Along with ships and genes you can offer or request blood Drag a scroll bar to the left or right at the bottom of the interface or use the Equalize button This will make up the difference in a trade price with an amount of 0 010 0 f You can also change your diplomatic relations with a party by offering peace or a pact Peace means that your units will not attack the other party s units and vice versa but you remain in different teams Pact means that you are on the same team sharing victory or defeat Prices are also affected by your diplomatic relations with another party the better the relations the lower the prices You can declare war by attacking another party s unit When you are in a pact with another party you can call for help by using the cross hairs button next to the party s name and then choosing an object as a reference point A computer guided ally will come to assist you in battle for a certain period of time in an area around the chosen object When that period of time expires it will return to its base You will be able to call for HE agais aftera recovery period indicated on the cross hairs button Healing l e Ships injured in battle can be healed Select any Resource Collector blood to all nearby ships that need it You will see a red glow emitting from the Resource Collector and going into2. 14 0 PRODUCT WARRANTY DreamCatcher will gladly replace any disc free of charge whether accidentally damaged or due to manufacturer defect within the first year of ownership To obtain a replacement disc please return the faulty disc with a check or money order for US 8 00 to cover postage and handling fees Please Note Add US 2 00 for each additional disc Please be sure to include the following Uli Telaals Address City State Prov Zip Code Postal Code Country Telephone Number Email Address if applicable Product Name s Brief ote describing the problem WEIBO l DreamCatcher Interactive Inc 1658 North Milwaukee Ave Suite 450 Chicago IL 60647 United States 15 0 END USER SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT Copyright 1997 2007 DreamCatcher Interactive Inc This Software License Agreement Agreement is a legally binding agreement between DreamCatcher Interactive Inc DreamCatcher and you Please read the Agreement carefully before using the software If you have any questions about it we encourage you to seek independent legal advice By clicking on I AGREE you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement by law clicking on the I AGREE button constitutes a valid signature If you do not agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement please cancel the installation of this application and return the product to your point of purchase for a refund 1 License DreamCa
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4. and most importantly to play Genesis Rising in multiplayer mode over the Internet click Play Internet Game Play Internet Game The Play Internet Game menu allows you to host or join Internet games If you wish to join an Internet game click on any of the listed games The View Closed Matches check box allows you to view locked games You can watch locked games as a spectator but you cannot join them The small P icon next to a match indicates password protected matches You will be able to join such a match only if you obtain the correct password from the match host To create your own match select a map from the Multiplayer Levels list and left click on the Host button Select the Advanced Options button if you want to set victory conditions or to specify a password You can also add a brief description of the level that you will be hosting for other players to read LAN Game Genesis Rising can also be played over a Local Area Network against other players Select LAN Game and left click the Host button to host a LAN game or select Join to join a LAN game that is being hosted by someone else Zz D S 6 0 OPTIONS MENU The Options Menu allows you to adjust the game settings in order to achieve the best performance and to adjust for your gaming style Options include Graphics and Audio Graphics Settings The Graphics Settings menu allows you to adjust the screen resolution and refresh rate Yo
5. ll probably need some practice before you are able to defeat your first enemies If your ships are destroyed simply produce some more and try again Collecting Additional Resources After you ve defeated an organic enemy ship its carcasses will remain in the battlefield unless you have used very destructive projectile weapons that completely destroy the carcass You can extract genes and blood from these carcasses Some extracted genes may be of a higher level than those you have Higher level genes allow you to put more firepower in ships that have a limited number of gene slots Extracting genes from carcasses will also automatically acquire their templates for you This will allow yo to produ e more of the same gene naturally at higher cost than those of lower level Sell the lower level agnes to other parties on the map if you don t need them anymore Upgrading Your Fleet s Genes Acquiring higher level weapon and ability genes is crucial to victory in a EU aver gamo There are many ways to do this Yo c n obtain different gene types by trading with PEREA pan or gih other players eee You can obtain new genes by attacking convoys in the system A new trade caravan has entered the system message indicates that a convoy bearing new ships and genes to a trading Station has entered the system You have the option of waiting for the convoy to deliver the goods and then buying them from a trader or y
6. LASS Stone Ships The Lapis have the ability to shape their vessels out of asteroids This allows _ them limitless resources The Lapis Light Fighter is easily created from smaller asteroids It uses a lava beam weapon The Artillery unit uses long range Drake weapons and lava beams The Lapis Heavy Fighter is capable of petrifying enemy ships It also uses lava beam weapons The Lapis Builder is capable of combat but its primary function is to build ships from asteroids 7 The Gigafortress is the result of the Lapis turning their stone 5 to ship ability on an entire planet mi tio Cold Whites Ice Ships The Cold Whites have the ability to shape ships out of bergs of ice comets floating in space The ships can regenerate when exposed to freezing temperatures Two Ice ships near each other will automatically heal themselves Heavy Fighter The Cold White Heavy Fighter uses an ice beam as a primary weapon It can also withstand a lot of damage Mothership The Cold White Mothership is a unique vessel Shaped by the will and the ability of the Cold White leader the Ice Queen IL it is a formidable vessel It has the ability to freeze enemy units The Caster is a fragile long range Cold White unit MELC Pirate Fighter gt 7 Pirate fleets consist mostly of stolen enemy ships The Pirate Fighter is constructed from parts stolen from other vessels It has a high arm
7. The Omnicruiser i is capable of mutation and an be ad pted to numerous tactical needs It is also capable of giving birth to some types of Military ships It has the ability to store resources inside its blood tank It also has the unique ability to reconstruct the tissue of dead vessels into fully functioning units The Station is a Stationary organic unit It has the ability to produce blood that is used as a resource It can also produce Heavy Fighters Organic Stations are very durable and can withstand the attack of an entire fleet if properly mutated Defiance The Defiance based their fleet design on stolen human genetic blueprints and as such their vessels resemble human vessels They do not however use armor to reinforce their ships They subscribe to a cheap and expendable philosophy in order to easily carry out guerilla type attacks Light Fighter Light Fighters are very fast attack ships that always come in packs They are capable of self destructing and damaging nearby enemies in the process The Defiance mostly uses Medium Fighters to guard their _ important resource points They prefer Light Fighters for attacks since Medium Fighters require more blood and managing Medium Fighters are capable of self destructing and damaging nearby enemies in the process Heavy Fighter Heavy Fighters are the most powerful Defiance vessels The Defiance has yet to
8. possible to attack the shipment convoys and take these genes by jome but sh Traders will then declare war on you B S N B Bringing the Mothership Into Battle After you have defeated several small enemy groups and upgraded your ships with higher level genes collected from their carcasses you will want to use your Mothership in battle to attack stronger enemies If you move your Mothership away from the Station your Resource Collectors will follow it This will significantly decrease your resource collecting rate since the distance to travel to your Station will increase To avoid this first perform the Storage upgrade on the Gene Laboratory to provide it with the ability to store resources Once the upgrade is complete you can bring your Mothership along The Resource Collectors will then begin storing blood in the Gene Laboratory instead of the Mothership Now you can attack the stronger enemies Building Up the Fleet By now you probably have a significant amount of blood stored enough to upgrade the Mothership with the ability to produce Medium Fighters Then you can upgrade the Gene Laboratory to produce eavy Fighters and insert new more powerful genes in them Gradually you ll become strong enough to attack alien Stations When attacking Stations use long range artillery to weaken their defenses and be sure to destroy any Resource Collectors before you approach Otherwise they will be able to continual
9. 0 CREDITS PRODUCTION Producer Jay Podilchuk Associate Producer Chris Nesbitt Executive Producer George Chastain Jr Additional Production Ray Baun Robert Stevenson Production Assistant Kamaal Anwar MARKETING Global Product Marketing Manager Byron Gaum Product Manager Christos Andrikakis Art Director Jay Kinsella Lead Illustrator Russell Challenger Graphic Designers Esther Sucre Trang To PR Coordinator Suzanne MacGillivray Webmaster Ted Thompson Director of Global Marketing Lorraine Lue QUALITY ASSURANCE QA Lead Michael Geist Testers Allison Skerl Kamaal Anwar Michael Ashe Burt De Francesco Steve Sutton Jeremy Norel QA Manager DEE DEVIO LEGAL AFFAIRS Leslie Rosenthal EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT President and CEO Richard Wah Kan Co Managing Director DreamCatcher Europe Stephane Grynszpan V P and CFO Sean Carr V P of Marketing MEIRE IPA G Business Development Robert Stevenson METAMORF MANAGEMENT CEO Metamorf USA Branislav Vajdic Advisor W Paul Kohler CEO Metamorf Serbia Zorica Milosevic Xo Vit Yo gu Kom 0 10 Ljubomir Rajsic PRODUCTION Project Lead Goran Rajsic B ll Project Manager Goran Milisavljevic Lead Programmer Vladimir Petrovic 3D Graphics Programmer Nebojsa Dragosavac Al Programmers Vladimir Petrovic Branislav Vajagic Network Programmer Vladimir Zidar Programmers Adrijan Bandu B
10. all follow the will of God The Church is led by the Bishop These three elected leaders decide the destiny of the Empire and by extension the fate of the universe Other Factions The Inquisition The Inquisition is a secret paramilitary organization created by the Church of the Savior They are feared throughout the universe and even military warriors find their acts atrocious The Defiance The remnants of the many alien races and worlds that the Empire has obliterated have banded together to form a renegade army called the Defiance The Defiance is led by Loodweeg the Macabre the only surviving member of his race Races Humans Humans have existed for many millennia however little of the history of the Human race prior to the arrival of the Savior is recorded It is known that Humans were a war like race often engaging in conflicts among themselves At their weakest they were driven from their home planet by various alien factions and then scattered across the universe The s attered humans were hunted throughout the universe until the arrival of the Savior The Savior united the remaining humans and they began a great counterattack The aliens captured brutally tortured and finally killed the Savior His death served to ignite the passions of the Humans Enraged and strengthened by this vicious act the humans used their newfound technology the Organids to reclaim their home plane
11. on the Helper Grid The Helper Grid can be toggled on or off with the tilde key This grid allows for a better sense of depth perception which helps you make distinctions between nearby ships of small size and distant ships of greater size Attacking the Enemy With one of your ships selected attack an enemy ship by left clicking the Attack order in the Orders Panel and then left clicking with the cross hairs cursor on the enemy ship Shortcut Right click on the enemy ship Hint The enemy which you encounter in the first tutorial fires Drake missiles which are slow guided projectiles with a lot of splash damage You can avoid these projectiles by moving your ship out of their trajectories B S N 6 Harvesting Ship Carcasses When you destroy an organic enemy ship a carcass is left behind with some amount of blood in it You can order your ship to harvest a carcass and collect resources from it by left clicking the Harvest order and then left clicking on the carcass Shortcut Right click on a carcass Your ship will extract as much blood from a carcass as it needs to refill its blood supply Of course this is limited by the amount of blood remaining in the carcass Blood is a very valuable resource in the Genesis Rising universe It is used to repair damaged organic ships and to build new ships it is also used as a trading commodity During the harvesting pro
12. the healing units and issue a Heal order The Resource Collector will slowly distribute gt 7 R S N jG Click the Heal icon again to stop healing It is wise to have Resource Collectors healing constantly when harvesting the Station This way upgraded ships with new genes inserted will have their increased blood capacity filled immediately Invasion Enemy ships and Stations can be invaded In order to do this you will need to insert an Invasion gene into one of your ships You do not begin with this gene so you will need to buy it from a Trader party that has a nearby Station Invading is simple Select a ship with the Invasion ability press and hold the Spacebar and then click the Invade icon just as any other special weapon Finally left click on an enemy target that you wish to invade You cannot invade enemy ships if your maintenance limit has been reached However you may always invade enemy Stations The yellow bar above the enemy ship will indicate the invasion progress If it reaches the end the unit you invaded will become yours When an enemy is invading one of your ships that ship s icon on the Fleet Panel will pulsate You will need to use Crippler weapons to stop an enemy invasion 8 0 MULTIPLAYER GAME OVERVIEW Genesis Rising multiplayer allows you to play one of three different factions Military Defiance and Inquisition Each faction starts with a different gene pool
13. unit K Shared nits by organic races B S Z D Resource Collector also capable of distributing blood to friendly units It can be used in combat but has very limited mutating capabilities Gene Laboratory All genetic mutations are conducted in the Gene Laboratory This is the gene research facility It is also capable of storing 0 0010 f The following are non organic units that have built in weapons These units cannot be changed by genes and they cannot use genes Cy Breed Techno Ships The Cy breed believe themselves to be the most technologically sophisticated race in existence They quickly realize that their mechanical ships are inferior to the organic ones used by both humans and Defiance Medium Fighter Talie The Medium Fighter is a standard Cy breed unit equipped with lasers Heavy Fighter The Heavy Fighter is heavily armored and uses both beam weapons and projectiles It is capable of besting smaller organic units crew transportation unit as it can travel large distances The Tanker is a cargo transport unit It is heavily armored but due to lack of speed and weaponry it cannot withstand attacks from enemy ships The Cy breed s Station 1 is used as a research facility that is also capable of defense and vessel production The Cy breed s Station 2 is equipped with heavy weapons and is used mainly as military headquarters
14. Move your ships around the map and inspect these outposts Place your cursor over each ship you encounter If the cursor outline is red its _ owners are hostile and will attack you when you approach Some of them are traders or space patrols that won t attack you but will fight back if you attack them first Keep away from the enemy Stations Your fleet is not yet Stong __ enough for them if you encounter a hostile ship you can inspect what genes it sonar by n placing your cursor over it or by selecting it Avoid anpe with NG 3 or higher Cf B ll N 6 genes for now You will need more ships before you can challenge them Once you have found a suitable opponent make any necessary adjustments to your ships For example if the enemy has projectile weapons an anti projectile shield would be useful If the enemy has Crippler genes then you should probably insert the Purify gene in one of your ships to prevent your ships from being disabled If you have already spent all your blood reserves on other genes you can always sell them to another party and produce those that you need As a general rule it is a wise to insert at least one Short Range or Long Range gene into your ships otherwise you will not be able to destroy enemy ships When you engage in combat keep an eye on your ships health bars and withdraw them if their blood levels drop too low It is cheaper to heal a ship than to produce a new one Yov
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16. aboratory screen by pressing the Escape key or clicking on the Exit button en Each gene inserted into a ship raises that ship s health point limit modified by a the magnitude of the gene A ship with 1000 health points can be mutated into lt aship with 2000 health points if enough genes are inserted into it However the ship does not automatically gain these new health points After each genetic modification the health point limit rises but the current amount of health points remains the same until you fill the ship with blood The same applies in reverse each gene extracted from a ship reduces the ship s health point limit Place the cursor over the ship icon on the Fleet Panel to inspect current and maximum health point levels Using Special Weapons Once you have inserted a gene into your ship you can use the resultant weapon or capability Some genes provide ships with weapons that must be activated Hold down the Spacebar to display an icon for each ship s Special Weapon which will appear above the ship If the ship is out of camera view its Special Weapon icons will be shown next to its icon on the Fleet Panel Thus weapons can still be fired from distant ships Left click on a gene icon and then left click on an enemy ship once the cursor changes into cross hairs to fire it Press the Alt key to see all of the ship s weapons 7 2 The Squadron In this tutorial you will learn to command seve
17. aced with organic technology he began a political career and climbed the ladder to the Chair of Three Soldier averages 35 years Soldiers are members of the military They wear military armor Orkhan 60 years 45 years 65 years when last seen Eon is a former military intelligence agent who joined to serve Iconah s fleet out of respect for Iconah s father and admiration for Iconah s skills He is also Burn s best friend Burn followed Eon and joined to serve in Iconah s fleet Burn s parents were killed by aliens on a distant human colony He was saved by Eon s squadron and the two have been inseparable since He is also Iconah s friend Orkhan is Captain Iconah s father He was a military intelligence agent and carried out many top secret missions along with Eon Orkhan kept the identity of lconah s mother secret Iconah last saw him when he was a child before Orkhan left for a secret mission to find the Heart of the Universe Orkhan has not been seen since and is assumed to be dead Inquisition Character Inquisitor averages 25 years Description An Inquisitor is a foot soldier in service of the Church The Church recruits young boys and secretly trains them in combat to serve them in this paramilitary branch a gs h amp mo unknown Bishop is the leader of the Church He has been its leader for as long as anyo
18. ame with many game play twists You will lead a fleet of organic ships and develop them throughout the campaign You will meet many alien races and engage them in both conversation and in combat You may even find that they are willing to trade with you There is a vast universe ahead of you and this manual will be your guide It will help you prepare for and overcome any challenges that the game will present 5 2 Game Menus Main Menu The Main Menu allows you to start a Single Player game an Internet game or a LAN game You may also view the Options Menu view the Credits or Quit Game by left clicking on the appropriate button The underlined letters represent keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys Simply press the corresponding letter on your keyboard to select a menu option Single Player The Single Player option allows you access to the Genesis Rising single peyer campaign as well as to tutorials and bonus missions ry Note Bonus missions are unlocked upon completion of the single player campaign gt Player Profile If you are playing Genesis Rising for the first time then you must create a new player profile before beginning the campaign or playing a LAN game T R S l N 6 Choose Create New Player Profile to create a new profile Your player profile will save information regarding your campaign progress Note Deleting a profile will also delete the attached campaign progress Player Profile Menu Interne
19. and has distinct Mothership and Fighter unit abilities All factions can aquire and use any gene in the game Speeding Up the Blood Income Your starting fleet consists of a Station a Mothership a Gene Laboratory and a Resource Collector Send the Resource Collector to harvest resources and if you wish produce another Resource Collector to double the blood transferring rate between Station and Mothership The moment the second Resource Collector leaves the Mothership order it to begin harvesting Keep the Mothership close to the Station to shorten the distance the Resource Collectors must travel on their route Later you can produce more Resource Collectors fill them with blood and then send them to battle to refill damaged ships You can also produce Harvest ability genes and insert them into Resource Collectors to increase their blood capacity and transfer rate Making the Initial Fighter Fleet Make at least two Light Fighters and then enter the Gene Laboratory Notice that in multiplayer you have gene templates that differ from those found in the single player campaign Do not worry for there is plenty of time to experiment with them and find your own winning strategy Produce enough genes to outfit your fighters Finally group your fighters together to go off and explore the map Independent Parties There are several Stations on the map as well as several alien outposts hidden around planets and in asteroid fields
20. cess your ship also analyzes carcasses for any genetic material genes available It will transfer any genes found within the carcass to your Gene Laboratory s Gene Bank Gene Laboratory Left clicking the DNA icon on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen will open the Gene Laboratory Here you can add weapons and abilities to your units by inserting genes into each gene slot Special Items Abilities Warps Boosters 7 Cripplars Select a ship icon from the Fleet Panel The selected ship will be shown in the static viewscreen to the immediate left of the Fleet Panel along with its gene configuration The realtime viewscreen in the top left corner of the Gene Laboratory will show the ship in present time Your Gene Bank will be shown in the lower half of the screen There are two types of icons in the Gene Bank gene templates which appear faded out and Sts which appear bright Templates will be explained in ie third tutorial Gene Categories Genes are sorted into categories that are represented by the oun Genes fall into ohe of seven categories Short Range Long Mange OPIS Boosters Wares Abilities and Special Items Short Range are weapons that will automatically and continuously fire at enemy targets You do not need to specifically issue an order to use weapons E from this category tong Range are weapons that need to be given a special order to fire They _ can be fired on very distant tar
21. d started a plotted revenge upon humans Mellagio is a mysterious being rumored to be the leader of the stone Lapis Pirates Fax Chance Lapis unknown Those few who have seen the living Lapis claim they are made of stone molten stone and Lava sentient Cold unknown The Cold Whites are an all female Whites race Very little is known about anthropo them other than the fact that IL is morphic their Queen ice life form sentient female unknown unknown Fax Chance is a notorious pirate anthropo who often poses as a successful morphic merchant He is wanted in most alien race systems and so must constantly male stay on the move Character Race Age Description The Cerebrals appear to be made of bone They are skeletal Little else is known about them other than they are an ancient race Witnesses claim they perform Cerebral unknown horrendous experiments on test Cerebral subjects unlucky enough to be caught by their vessels Non Faction Human 35 years Judger Infinity is the newly female appointed leader of the Judicature and as such she now sits on the Chair of Three Before becoming a judge Infinity was a baroness and governed a distant alien Judge planet held under human control Infinity She was famous for her strict rule and swift punishments Infinity wiped out crime and disorder on the planet but was feared by her subjects 12
22. d with 5 1 speaker output Keyboard and two button Keyboard and two button mouse with scroll wheel mouse with scroll wheel iplayer LAN or 56K Internet LAN or broadband Internet connection connection 3 0 INSTALLING YOUR GAME Installation Instructions It is strongly recommended that you close all non essential programs before beginning the installation of this software on your computer This includes anti virus and anti spyware software which may interfere with the installation process To install Genesis Rising perform these actions 1 Insert the Genesis Rising CD 1 into your CD ROM or DVD ROM drive 2 If the autorun mode on your computer is active the installation will start automatically after you have inserted the CD into the drive Follow the on screen instructions B S N B 3 Ifthe auto run mode on your computer is disabled perform these actions a From your desktop click on the Start button and then click Run b Type the letter of your CD ROM drive followed by Setup exe e g D Setup exe and then click the OK button N OR a Double click on the My Computer icon either on your desktop or in your Start menu Right click on the CD ROM drive with the Genesis Rising CD 1 and select Open to access the contents of the CD c Double click on the Setup application file to launch the installation 4 Read and click to accept the End User Software License Agreement and then follow the on screen in
23. ed cult that worshipped the Hero as Savior that was sent by God It is a religion that preaches that the Human race is descended from God and thinks of itself as divine B S N 6 Humanity s great advantage in their on going war against non human races is their development of organic technology easily adaptable to any enemy and adjustable to any terrain The epitome of this technology is the organic vessels and weapons that they AERO V1 1 0 01 10 f The Chair of Three The Chair of Three is the governing body of the entire Human Empire The triumvirate is composed of a leader from three different powerful factions that oversee the everyday lives of the empire s citizens The factions are the Military the Church and the Judicature The Military The Military enforces the will of the Empire It relies heavily on the Organids living genetic machines Military commanders are skilled in genetic engineering along with strategic combat making them formidable opponents in battle The Military high commander is General Supreme The Judicature The Judicature ensures that Human civil laws are enforced throughout the universe In theory they do not meddle in religious or military matters but rather concentrate on politics and crime prevention The Judicature is led by Judge Infinity The Church The Church is by far the most fanatical faction in the Chair of Three They watch over all living beings and ensure that
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25. etal in appearance having no flesh upon their bones It is suspected that they are capable of infesting the bodies of other alien races and of controlling their nervous system Survivors of such encounters claim that horrendous experiments are performed on test subjects unlucky enough to be caught by their vessels 11 0 GENESIS RISING UNIT AND CHARACTER OVERVIEW The events in Genesis Rising take place in the very distant future three thousand years after what Humans believe was the arrival of the Savior The Human race has conquered most of the Universe They consider themselves a divine race and believe all aliens as inferior Those that do not obey are severely punished or destroyed The dominion of the human race was made possible by the development of the Organids genetically designed organic machines that could easily adapt to any enemy strategy and technology The governing body of the human Empire is The Chair of Three a triumvirate made up of three representatives from the three most powerful factions in the Empire the Military the Church and the Judicature Only a small part of the Universe remains unconquered It is a galaxy where the Universal Heart the enigmatic entity that spawned all life and matter is thought to be hidden At least that is what the humans believe The player will take the role of Captain Iconah a battle hardened fleet commander and a brilliant enetic designer who is sent o
26. gets R S l N 6 Cripplers are special weapons that will damage disable or diminish capabilities of an enemy unit Boosters will enhance a friendly units capabilities Abilities category genes will add new capabilities to existing units or enhance existing ones Special Items are items that can be used a limited number of times They can not be reproduced by the player Place the cursor over the icon at the top of each category to display additional information about each The icons show the part of the ship that will be morphed when genes of this category are inserted Move the cursor over individual gene icons to see the gene descriptions Altering the Ship s DNA Drag and drop any gene from the Gene Bank onto the ship in the static viewscreen or in the Fleet Panel Once a gene is added it will begin to alter the ship The transformation time will vary depending on the level of the gene that is inserted The level or magnitude of a gene is indicated by the numeric subscript attached to the gene Genes can also be dragged and dropped from the ship back to the Gene Bank The level of a weapon or ability in a ship is the sum of all genes of the same type inserted into a ship s DNA A ship will change its appearance as it gains or loses abilities When you insert a Long Range gene for example an organ for firing Long Range weapons will grow on the ship When you are done inserting genes into your ship exit the Gen L
27. he right hand side of the screen is called the Fleet Panel You can use this panel to select any ship in your fleet even those which are not currently visible on the screen Mouse controls Click Issue default order Hold amp move mouse Rotate camera Click Select and target units Select orders and weapons _ Double click Focus camera on target Hold amp move mouse Region select units Zoom in out B S N 6 Controlling the Camera Double clicking on any object or its icon selects it and focuses the camera on it Holding down the right mouse button and moving the mouse causes the camera to rotate around the unit while it is in focus Rolling the mouse wheel causes the camera to zoom towards or away from a selected object Moving the cursor to the edge of the screen pans the camera in that direction This action automatically detaches the camera from any object it has been focused on Moving the Ship Units can be moved around by issuing a Move order All orders that can be issued to a selected unit are located on the Orders Panel that is located in the lower right hand corner of the screen Place the cursor over the different Orders Panel icons to see a description of what they do Select a ship and left click on the Move icon in the Orders Panel Left clicking anywhere on the grid issues a Move order to the selected ship s Shortcut Right click on an empty portion of space Turning
28. he yellow line shows that the ship is trying to invade another ship The violet line shows that the ship is trying to harvest from a Station or a Carcass P pY a E E en E 0 U Z D Keyboard Short cuts Ps jouw Tf tat a oa Toggle objective display on off Open Close trading interface ae Open Close message history display pos Select all units Select all combat units Select all combat units without mothership 10 0 GENESIS RISING THE UNIVERSAL CRUSADE Factions and History Background Humankind was on the brink of annihilation Alien factions had risen up and vowed to rid the universe of the human plague And then the Hero appeared a demagogue with the power to unite the fractured humans into a cohesive force that could make a stand against the invading aliens The aliens recognized this and sought to curtail his influence but his torture and death at their hands only served to fuel the passion of the humans Not only did they succeed in driving off the encroaching alien horde but they then began their own campaign to rule the universe Three millennia have passed since the great upheaval and the Human race has conquered most of the universe in the name of the Hero now deemed a Savior They have become interstellar tyrants and the alien races that don t obey them are wiped out without any consideration Only one religion is now tolerated It is a religion that has evolved from a twist
29. holj Programmers RECIO RCO 010 Ivana Jovancic Animators Dusan Vlatkovic Goran Dimitrijevic 13 0 TECHNICAL SUPPORT Motion Capture Actors Pedja Rakic Lena Cvetkovic Milo Lekic DEMORE Post Production Facilities Studio Atlantis D Los Angeles Studio Dog Sidney Actors David Andrews Carl Smolka Cynthia Chylinski Denny Brooks Dokata Hall Elliottt Newman Jeremy Saville Linda Lee Mathew Barch Todd Resnick Vim Venture Writers Mark Cecere DEVIO ESIE AUDIO PRODUCTION Post Sound Supervisor Todd Resnick Casting Resnick Interactive Development LLC Engineers Jared Scott Jesse Lee David Coleman SFX Engineer Todd Resnick __ If you are experiencing technical problems with this software and you have carefully followed the instructions in this manual you may find further See in the TOneWwing places y Pigase visit KA Technical Support section of our Web site where we have posted common problems and solutions that may help you at Online Support http www dreamcatchergames com dci support index php B S N B You may also complete the Technical Support form located at our Web site at Email Support http www dreamcatchergames com dci forms tech_ Su e ele amelale Please provide a detailed description of the problem you are experiencing i e error message where in the game the problem occurs etc This will help our Representatives find a solution much quicker
30. irst be transported from the Station to the Mothership The Mothership can produce Light Fighters Gene Laboratories and Resource Collectors and can be upgraded to produce Medium Fighters To upgrade the Mothership click on the Upgrade icon in the Orders Panel while your Mothership is selected The Mothership does l not have a harvesting organ so it cannot heal directly from carcasses nor can _ it Welles other ships fee N 6 The Gene Laboratory s primary function is to produce genes from templates It is also capable of storing resources and producing ships but unlike the Mothership the Gene Laboratory needs to be upgraded to perform either of these functions There are two upgrades for the Gene Laboratory The Storage upgrade gives the Gene Laboratory the ability to store resources in place of the Mothership This is useful if you wish to send your Mothership into battle The Production upgrade available only to Defiance Gene Laboratories allows production of Heavy Fighters but this requires that the Mothership be upgraded first In addition when a Production upgrade has been performed your maintenance limit increases Note This is a unique ability that only the Defiance faction acquires all other factions are required to upgrade their Stations in order to produce Heavy Fighters Gene Laboratories do not have the harvesting organ and thus cannot perform Harvest or Invade actio
31. ll raise a ship s temperature Temperature is represented by a red tint on a ship s Fleet Panel icon An overheated ship s icon is fully tinted red When a ship is overheated it will be unable to fire any special weapons until the temperature drops sufficiently When the ship has fully cooled down the red tint will disapp ar completely 7 3 The Base The Starting Fleet At the beginning of this tutorial your fleet of organic ships will consist of a Station and a Mothership Later you will produce a Resource Collector a Gene Laboratory and other ships The Station is an organic facility that provides the main resource in the Genesis Rising universe blood Because it has the greatest number of health points the Station is very hard to destroy It does have a major disadvantage however its complete lack of mobility Therefore it usually serves as a shelter for other ships Whenever you feel that your ships are too weak to fight you may withdraw them to the vicinity of the closest Station It has enough gene slots to fend off the toughest of foes When upgraded the Station will also be able to produce Heavy Fighters Blood is used for the production of organid ships and for restoring their health points As it is the basis for organic technology it is also used as currency throughout the galaxies The Mothership is one of two ships that has the ability to produce other ships This requires blood that must f
32. ly heal their ships Keep track of the amount of blood in your Station The moment it drops to zero your blood income stops Make sure that you invade another party s Station before this happens Mini map P The mini map shows a simplified 2D overhead view of the battlefield You can select your units and right click on the mini map to send them to a location You_can also left click on the mini map and the battle view camera will automatically jump there Buttons on the mini map include Zoom in zoom out toggle fleet colors display lock and unlock camera focus 9 0 ADVANCED INTERFACE FEATURES You can add or remove ships from the current selection of ships by holding the Shift key and left clicking on the ships or their icons on the Fleet Panel To center focus the camera on an object without selecting it press Ctrl and left click the object This way you can also focus on projectiles like Drake and Geneticallity Double click a number or press the number key twice assigned to a group to center the camera on it Press the Alt key to display additional information about your ships This incl d s the ship s weapons abilities and dotted lines connecting the Raps to their current target The blue dotted line shows that the ship is moving to a location The red line shows that the ship is attacking another ship The orange line shows that the ship is trying to fire a special weapon T
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34. n a quest to explore and conquer the Universal Heart Units Organic units are superior to most other types of units They canbe enetically mutated and equipped with any weapon or ability They can also _ regenerate Military organic units are Aoa by armor to increase their durability i in combat B f S Z D Military Light Fighter The Light Fighter is the most common military ship It is capable of limited genetic mutation but is very maneuverable and can play an important role in any squadron The Light Fighter also has the ability to self destruct and in the process heal nearby units by distributing its blood to them The Medium Fighter is commonly used by the military in larger battles It is adaptable to all kinds of tactical situations It also possesses the ability to self destruct and in the process heal nearby units by distributing its blood to them The Heavy Fighter is an elite unit With the right mutations its firepower can exceed that of a Mothership These vessels require gargantuan amounts of blood and only the most experienced commanders use them It has the ability to self destruct and in the process heal nearby units Py distributing its blood to them The Omnicruiser is a Mothership class vessel but it is not Military standard issue It was grown by Orkhan Iconah s father and later raised by Iconah himself It is one ofthe A most powerful vessels in the human army
35. ne can remember Old men remember him leading the Church as little boys He is kept alive by organic technology Bishop knows more about the Empire and the secrets of the universe than any other living human Cy breed Cy breed anthropo morphic alien race sentient male 58 years Juno is a devoted member of the Church and carries out Bishop s orders with perverse pleasure He despises all alien races and strongly believes in the religious dogma of the Church unknown Cy breed are a machine race They are interested in science and technology rather than war and conquest For the most part they are peaceful and will usually attack only when provoked Loodweeg The Macabre Lapis Mellagio Clinger insectoid alien race sentient unknown anthropo morphic reptilian alien race sentient male Lapis living stone sentient averages 200 years unknown Clingers are a race evolved from predator insects on their home world Their home planet surface iS poisonous and deadly so these aliens cling to high trees and floating surfaces specific to their habitat Loodweeg is the leader of the Defiance Loodweeg was the protector of his race and served as a general on his home world Humans invaded 50 years ago and destroyed everything and everyone When he was defeated and his planet was lost he retreated to far reaches of space an
36. ns Maintenance YW 27 28 Every ship in your fleet has a maintenance cost This number is shown in the production panel as part of a ship s price Thetwo numbers in the upper right hand corner of the screen next to the blood reserves are the current maintenance cost and the maintenan e limit Once the maintenance limit is reached you will be unable to produce more ships unless some existing ships are destroyed or traded or your maintenance limit is increased Tae are two ways you can increase your maintenance limit gt 1 Perform the production upgrade available from the Gene Laboratory Or the i Station explained above a 2 Invade another Station using the Invade ability explained later Blood Reserves Your collected blood reserves are shown in the upper right 213048 hand corner of the screen Resource collecting ships collect blood You must first produce one in order to begin collecting resources Ship Production Select the Mothership and click the Produc m icon in the Orders Panel The Orders Panel changes to the Production Panel Left click on the Resource Collector icon to begin production Its price will be subtracted from your blood reserves When unit production begins the Resource Collector icon will be added to the Fleet Panel on the right The icon will appear faded indicating that ship production hasn t finished The moment the ship s icon is fully brightened the Re
37. or rating and considerable firepower gt B S IN 6 Fax Chance s ship has armor plating of purest gold and is considered to be one of the most luxurious frigates in his home galaxy It also has many secret cargo compartments that hold stolen goods and has fighter class firepower Cerebrals Mothership _ The three Cerebral Motherships always travel together and are capable of self resurrection This makes them virtually impossible to defeat Non Faction Units Neutral Organic Factionless Coroner The Coroner is Orkhan s Iconah s father personal fighter A Waste Eater is an organic unit that collects carcasses Characters Military Character 40 years Description Iconah is a battle hardened commander a captain in the service of the human military who is skilled in resolving conflicts through diplomacy He has been victorious in many violent encounters with alien fleets Iconah doubts the views of the Church and perceives them as fanatical and somewhat twisted He is also one of the military s foremost genetics experts Iconah has a twenty year old son who is a member of the Church General Supreme 70 years General Supreme is the leader of the Military and as such sits on the Chair of Three General Supreme was once a ruthless soldier who despised politicians but after numerous injuries where many of his body parts were repl
38. ou may opt to intercept the convoy and take the cargo by force The quickest way to get new genes is to attack nearby alien camps These are independent hostile parties with no strategic artificial intelligence They will only attack you when you are nearby Some have Stations that can be invaded You can find new genes by collecting them from their carcasses If you do not invade or destroy their Station then a new set of enemy ships will soawn with higher level genes Through this strategy you can keep killing them periodically and upgrade your gene levels Genes can also be scavenged from enemy units This will allow you to keep up with an enemy s technology and prevent any nasty surprises Special Items Non organic ships leave cargo behind instead of a carcass This cargo can be harvested just like a carcass and contains valuable Special Items These can be inserted into your ships like genes and fired as special weapons Trading Neutral parties on the map outlined in blue in the diplomacy interface receive shipments during the course of the game session These shipments are announced and you can use the diplomatic interface to check in on what new genes or ships are offered Through trading you can acquire higher level genes without the need t defeat an enemy in combat However it is not always the best strategy since 2 other players fleets may develop much more quickly through combat Itis
39. ral units at once __Left click and drag a selection box around your ships When multiple ships are selected any order that you issue will be given to all selected ships Selected ships icons are highlight d in the Fleet Panel You can add units to a selected group by holding the Shift key down and left clicking on additional units B S N 6 Memorizing Selections Grouping While a group of ships is selected holding down the Ctrl key and pressing a number key 1 5 will assign that group number to the selection Ship icons in the Fleet Panel will automatically reorganize to show memorized selections more clearly All groups will be ordered numerically and separated from ships not belonging to any group N d J L Mw i w a a y lt P3 y E 4 a h s C NIG _ _ _ ry N ey x _ fT IAM e Ships in a group can be quickly selected by pressing their assigned group number key You can add units gt to a memorized selection by selecting a ship or ships oh a and then pressing the Shift key along with the group oi 251 number to which you wish to add them az Weapon Reload Time Once a ship fires a Special Weapon it requires a certain amount of time to recharge You cannot fire that Special Weapon from that ship again until the reload indicator disappears Ship Temperature Firing a Special Weapon wi
40. ranislav Vajagic Marko Djurovic lgor Barjaktarevic Dragan Jerosimovic Additional Programmers Goran Milisavljevic Milos Stojanovic Lead Concept Artist Relja Pajic Concept Artists Milos Slavkovic Goran Dimitrijevic S l Senior 3D Artist Sinisa Milosavljevic 3D Artists Vladimir Milosevic Antoan Simic Goran Dimitrijevic Dusan Vlatkovic Lead Animator Dusan Vlatkovic Texture Artists Dragan Jakovljevic Jamon Goran Dimitrijevic Miroslav Boskov 2D Artists Dalibor Faqueer Novak Additional 2D Artists Nikola Vitkovic Jelena Kevic Level Designers Ninoslav Stojcic Borko Milosevic SICUINEVAIE 0 Additional Level Designers Jasmina Jovancic Music Composed by Aleksandar Randjelovic N Singers Lana Mirkovic Jana Milisic Tomislav Vitaz Dusan Djukic Aleksandar Randjelovic Horn Flute Piccolo Zorz Grujic Music Mixed at Kamarad studio by Djordje Jankovic and Aleksandar Randjelovic Music Mastered at Skala studio by Djordje Jankovic Tol UT ate E DISIT DaT as Zeljko Lazic Goran Milisavljevic Legal Advisor Josif Juskovic Testers Dalibor Faqueer Novak Darko Rajsic Genesis Rising is based on the comic book l Cruciform by Goran Rajsic and Nikola Vitkovic MOTION CAPTURE Centroid Motion Capture doo CEO Michael Stilgoe 01 0 Aleksandar Momcilovic Techincal Director Jugoslav Stojanov Motion Capture Supervisor Ognjen To
41. rom DreamCatcher you must immediately destroy the Application Software and related documentation and all copies thereof 7 DreamCatcher Media Warranty DreamCatcher warrants that for one year from date of original purchase the compact disc used to distribute the Application Software shall be free of all manufacturing defects Additionally for the same one year period DreamCatcher will replace free of charge any compact disc that may be damaged in any way You must return the defective or damaged compact disc along with proof of purchase and signed warranty card A postage and handling charge of US 8 00 must accompany the order Please note Add US 2 00 for each additional disc B ll o N 6 8 Disclaimer of Warranty on Application Software The Application Software and related documentation are provided AS IS and without warranty of any kind and DreamCatcher expressly disclaims all warranties expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of non infringement merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose DreamCatcher does not warrant that the functions contained in the Application Software will meet your requirements nor that the operation of the Application Software will be uninterrupted or error free or that defects in the Application Software will be corrected Furthermore DreamCatcher does not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the Applica
42. source Collector will leave the Mothership ready for use Leave the Production Panel by using the Back icon You can cancel production at any time by selecting the icon of the ship that is being produced on the Fleet Panel and clicking Abort Creation on its Orders Panel If you produce more ships than can fit in the Fleet Panel you may roll the mouse wheel over the Fleet Panel to scroll the Fleet Panel up and down Resource Collecting To harvest blood from the Station select the Resource Collector issue a Harvest order and then left click on the Station s Short cut Right click on the Station with the Resource Collector selected ay Ba The e Collector will approach the SO and then it will sella harvesting pona B S N 6 When the Resource Collector is full of blood it will return to the Mothership to store blood in your blood bank It will repeat this process automatically until you stop it or until the Station runs out of blood Gene Production When the Resource Collector collects enough blood you can produce a Gene Laboratory As you have learned in the first tutorial you can access the Gene Laboratory screen and modify your ships with existing genes but you cannot produce genes without a Gene Laboratory In order to produce genes enter the Gene Laboratory screen and then left click on any gene template faded gene icons to produce a gene Gene production always costs a certain amoun
43. structions 5 The installation will automatically create a program icon group and a shortcut in your Start menu b N Note 1 Genesis Rising comes on multiple CDs During the installation you will be prompted to insert additional CDs to continue installation When prompted open your CD ROM or DVD ROM drive insert the requested CD and click on the OK button to resume installation Note 2 You will need to install DirectX 9 0c in order to properly run Genesis Rising During the installation you will be prompted to install DirectX 9 0c if you do not already have the most recent version installed on your computer To launch the game from your desktop click Start All Programs mag DreamCatcher Genesis Rising Genesis Rising 4 0 UNINSTALLING YOUR GAME To uninstall Genesis Rising perform these actions Option 1 From your desktop click Start All Programs DreamCatcher Genesis Rising Uninstall Genesis Rising Option 2 From your desktop click Start Control Panel and then select Add or Remove Programs From the list of Currently installed programs select Genesis Rising and click the Remove button 5 0 GETTING STARTED 5 1 Introduction Welcome to Genesis Rising You are about to embark on a great adventure amid the far reaches of space in the guise of Captain Iconah one of the greatest strategists that the Military has in their ranks Genesis Rising is a real time strategy g
44. t This began a new era of crusades es A campaign to conquer the universe Three thousand years later they have mostly succeeded B S N 6 Cy breed The Cy breed are an anthropomorphic alien race largely cyborg like in appearance The Cy breed had believed that they were the most technologically sophisticated race in the universe until they met the Humans and the Defiance with their organic ships The Lapis The Lapis are a Zonta lithic race They are made of living stone and considered to be lesser gods in the Lifewave galaxy They patrol that region in great stone ships of which no one has ever seen the inside The Clingers evolved from predator insects that once inhabited their home world Because the planet surface was poisonous and deadly these aliens developed the ability to cling to the upper branches of tall trees and floating surfaces specific to their habitat The Clinger home world is now under Human control but many have fled to join the Defiance The Cold Whites The Cold Whites are seemingly an all female race indigenous to a gigantic ice planet in a distant frozen system How they reproduce remains a mystery as does their lifespan They are much larger than Humans and are quite insular seldom allowing visitors to land n their planet Very little is known about them The Cerebrals are an ancient race having existed since long before known recorded history They are skel
45. t Game In order to play Genesis Rising over the Internet against other players left click on the Internet Game button GameSpy ID Account Management Genesis Rising uses an account login based on a GameSpy ID Unless you already have a GameSpy ID which you can use you must register a new one by selecting the Create New GameSpy ID option You will then be required to fill in your e mail address username and password in the boxes that are provided If you have a pre existing GameSpy ID account use it to login For more management options for GameSpy ID accounts including password reminder options visit http www gamespyid com Once you have created a GameSpy ID or have used your existing GameSpy ID for the first time in Genesis Rising the game will remember it as the last user s data so that you can subsequently login directly by left clicking the Login button Internet Game Interface After successfully logging in the Genesis Rising Multiplayer Lobby interface will appear The Multiplayer Lobby allows you to chat with other GameSpy users on the j Main Channel You may also start your own chat channel by left clicking on lt the Open New Chat Channel button or by double clicking on any username from the Bees in Current Channel list re y 7 The Multiplayer Lobby also allows you to view player rankings click View Rankings to manage your GameSpy ID Account click GameSpy ID Account Management
46. t of blood and increases with the gene level Drag the genes that you produce onto a ship s empty gene slot Each gene you insert into a ship will increase its blood capacity The health bar will appear to shrink because of the increased blood capacity but the current blood level will remain the same To fill the ship s blood bank to its increased Capacity you can either order it to harvest a carcass or have the Resource Collector use its healing ability Diplomacy and Trade You can trade with any party on the map whether it is computer lt lt controlled or controlled by another player Click on the diplomacy b tton at the bottom of the screen and select the party with which you want to negotiate The dipl macy viewscreen will appear Your character will be on the right PE hand side and the other party s leader will appear on the left hand side The frame color surrounding a party indicates its disposition to you blue indicates neutrality green indicates friendliness and red indicates hostility Click on any of the icons in the other party s inventory to indicate what you want from them Then click the icons in your inventory to offer items in trade The items that are selected for trade will be temporarily moved to the receive and give fields until both players confirm that they agree with the trade Click on the items in the receive and give fields to return them to inventory
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49. u may also adjust Texture Geometry and Shader Quality here by selecting a High Medium or Low setting for each The Low graphics settings are recommended for those with systems that just meet the Minimum system requirements Audio Settings The Audio Settings menu allows you to choose between DirectSound and Software sound drivers Please note that the DirectSound driver is hardware accelerated and can only be used if your audio hardware supports it Overall game performance will be better with this option enabled You ca also adjust volumes for music sound effects in game speech and master channels and you can choose whether subtitles are shown or hidden 7 0 TUTORIALS These tutorial sections will familiarize you with Genesis Rising through three tutorials They can be read separately or read while playing them in the game 7 1 The Basics The first tutorial introduces camera and ship controls Follow the on screen instructions until you reach the end of the tutorial Left click on a unit to select it These organid ships are alive The green line that appears above the ship represents its current health status It shows the amount of blood that the selected ship can lose before it dies in other words the amount of damage it can take You can also see a ship s health bar by simply placing the cursor over it The selected unit s icon will be highlighted in the upper right corner of the screen The index of ships on t
50. um Fighter is the most commonly used vessel in the res Inquisition s arsenal It is capable of consuming its own gt genetic material in order to regenerate during combat MANE Heavy Fighter The Heavy Fighter is a frightening Inquisition unit usually used to guard Inquisition Motherships They can be mutated to have significant amounts of firepower A couple of these fighters can easily take down enemy Stations and E Motherships Heavy Fighters are capable of consuming their own genetic material in order to regenerate during combat Cathedral The Cathedral is an organic Inquisition Mothership unit The Inquisition Mothership is reinforced by double plated metallic armor and also has the ability to activate an energy shield that makes it almost invulnerable It has the ability to produce some types of Inquisition vessels and has the ability to store resources in its blood tank Cruciform The Cruciform is the Inquisition Station The Inquisition chose the human organic prototype of a deep space church building as a base for their operations This Station is built in the shape of the Savior and serves both as headquarters of the War Effort and as a holy place _ Judicature Galacruiser The Galacruiser is Infinity s Mothership class vessel She acquired it long before being elected Judge It is a diplomatic ship but its mutation capability allows it to become a superior fighter
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52. use this vessel They are preparing a surprise attack on the Humans who are unaware that the Defiance can match their technology Heavy Fighters are capable of self wheat bee and damaging Peary enemies in the process B S NI 6 Medula The Medula is a Mothership class unit The Defiance has found a way to cheaply create this type of unit and usually deploy it with Light Fighter squadrons as support It has the ability to store resources inside its blood tank The Medula is capable of consuming smaller vessels in order to sustain itself in combat It can also produce many Defiance unit types Station The Station is a Stationary organic unit It has the ability to produce blood and vessels The Station s appearance with its grotesque alien head mutated at its center is the brainchild of the leader of the Defiance These Stations are meant to serve as monuments and to instill fear into the enemy Inquisition The Inquisition is a paramilitary branch of the Church Their fleet began with impounded military units but those vessels have been evolved to accommodate their needs _Light Fighter a The Inquisition Light Fighter is a simple organic unit used as a scout ship It can change function dep nding on mutation type It is capable of consuming its own genetic material in order to regenerate during combat Medium Fighter The Medi
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