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1. Ce on ini enk viande pE OSA EDEDPIE ERE AXE DEDE CERE VEI TRO UE X TRA 4 4 be rura T ER DEL Dd fob 10 Introduction The North Pole 1981 The deathly silence of an icy kingdom Meteorologist Alexander Nesterov is the last man to abandon the floating station Pole 21 He has received an urgent message from the mainland and must leave the vast Arctic on a comfortable ship which will pick him up at an appointed place at an appointed time However instead of a warm reception the scientist encounters a real nightmare when he accidentally finds himself on board the atomic icebreaker the North Wind which for many years has been drifting in a land of eternal ice The North Wind is eerily silent and reeks of loneliness and oblivion In the bowels of the dead ship time has stopped and everything is at a standstill Wandering through the huge labyrinth of the corridors and decks flooded with fear and despair the main character will uncover the dramatic story of the captain and his crew Fighting the feelings of lethargy which threaten to overcome him he must remain strong and alert Installing and Launching the Game System Requirements To run the game your PC must meet the following requirements Minimum configuration Operating system Windows XP Vista Pentium 4 CPU at 2 4 GHz 1GB RAM graphics card with 256MB of video memory at least NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 4GB of free hard drive space DirectX 9 0 compatible sound c
2. e RAM volume e Sound card model e Graphics card model and specifications e DVD drive model e Mouse model and driver version e DirectX version e Detailed description of the problem Troubleshooting Problem Game does not start Possible causes and solutions 1 The PC does not meet the minimum system requirements see Section 1 1 In this case you must install the game on a PC that meets the requirements 2 Not all the necessary software is installed see Section 1 2 Install all applications listed as necessary Problem Game runs but displays screen stripes irregular fonts etc Possible causes and solutions 1 Graphics card drivers are obsolete Update them by following either of the following links http support games 1c ru redirect atidrv or http support games 1c ru redirect nvdrv Problem Game runs very slowly Possible reasons and solutions 1 Graphics card drivers are obsolete Update them by following either of the following links http support games 1c ru redirect atidrv or http support games 1c ru redirect nvdrv 2 PC performance is not high enough Try the following 1 Exit all unused applications web browsers and instant messaging windows 2 Reduce quality in the game settings In particular reset the following a Texture resolution low b Normal maps low c Specular maps low d Soft shadows disabled e Motion blur disabled f Antialiasi
3. thermo1 jpg The outer circle shows the environmental temperature The larger the blue zone the colder The environmental temperature determines how fast a character accumulates or loses heat The closer a character gets to a heat source the larger the red zone is The inner circle indicates the character s own heat reserves The larger the red zone the more heat a player has When a character interacts with enemies or enters a cold area or open deck he loses heat When the red zone disappears the character dies is frozen and you must load the last saved game Many Gaining Heat Gaining heat is vital in the game A character can gain heat from various warm objects a little from a light bulb more from a heater or a hot pipe You can recognise these objects by their red or white glow warm1 jpg To gain some heat and thus restore your own heat reserves i e health get close to a heat source light bulb pipe or other heat source When the character stretches out his left hand click the right mouse button bound to Use or Aim actions Search for switches and buttons which turn on power supply and lights as they will let you maintain the necessary heat level and gradually bring the ship back to life Mental Echo The second unique element of the game is the Mental Echo ability which allows you to get inside the minds of the other characters and control their actions In the course of the game you will come acr
4. will be able to grab the weapon Lock and Chain overlay_for_manula psd hand lock Your character will use this improvised weapon as a knuckle duster Note that fights are controlled with the movement keys and mouse buttons The left mouse button is bound to the Punch action and the right is bound to Block The Forward Backward Left and Right keys determine the direction of the punch For example by pressing the Right key and the left mouse button you will punch with your right hand from the right By pressing the Right and Back keys and the left mouse button you will punch with your right hand from below Valve overlay_for_manula psd hand lock A valve broken off a rusty high pressure pipe will help you fight While a valve is too heavy to be swung fast its impact is great The controls are the same as for the Punch action Fire Axe overlay for manula psdMire axe In moments of despair this heavy tool becomes an indispensable melee weapon The axe is heavy and slow but very effective As well as using weapons you should also remember that manoeuvring jumping and crouching can be useful in a fight Walther AC 1940 Signal Pistol overlay_for_manula psd rocket o Ammo 6 round magazine o Rate of fire very low o Range long o Damage low o Features distracts enemies A double barreled weapon that fires signal flares which can be used to distract enemies After shooting a flare can get stuck in a wall and continue to bur
5. Cryostasis User Manual Contents CE O E ince aida cence ET TTE ICT 1 User Mantal cecus Co cid sina ten EE ake Ex RE inns CERES Ra DIGNE RE duke EIER UR RR Satins 1 Introd uc HOD o ei Oe eee RD cond arn id d EA C d ncn E T d pdf ER UR Lb D cR GN d tert 2 Installing and Launching the aatis uua duoi eios iet cue nts exe uut das catt na adr ics Z K cts 6 E cea ee vere Ten hens iue en tta ie ee Idi tees eee Pre 2 Additonal ONE ious eter oder dubs Eel cto pa chr wi dac adire e eda braded adhe nibh adig aeitededsawiaky 2 Distalna EINE Ga Pla Leo ctc Qatar Ca set oar aaah oui cC o Cl area sated wee ee bee ewe c 3 Eno Ee SING oe cic ka ei club elc col luu bib clo i CL ER C o buc eie rdg th 3 Game Describe coucou Eie es cas pas bois sexos xc 30 Ueda Medes sions bas baie dane sans kaini i wspx c dad 3 Main Mert oiii hepar o Or Rare e EE rA Re P STRIS RR A S NIA E S PRA GRIS RENE RR ere RR da pe 3 PANONE ose roce A ban aint sebelah cielo mittet iub acuta nita tal rd dial eal cte ace cala ine 5 WiC ADONIS assit ut ba babe bci boot Gc be cst EE VER HE rb boe a Dei pb ic iR oci uei Cbiobt o oa cod 5 Lock and CIslitissionia ainei a dio E SiC c E Eo rc Re CR 5 Removing the Gamme hcc er xu nbn Inda En X ISIR TE a SER rA I REAL IER da ERE 8 Technical SUG OIE ves heute oe ie ree nee oie pH ae eet RA REN pU HERR E ERU E EIE EE 8 Troubles hooia a a aa ea a td aA E at N AAA 9
6. ard DVD drive keyboard mouse Recommended configuration Operating system Windows XP Vista Intel Core 2 Duo CPU at 3 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 CPU 2GB RAM graphics card with 384MB of video memory Sound Blaster X Fi at least NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon 2900 6GB of free hard drive space DirectX 9 0 compatible sound card DVD drive keyboard mouse The game may not run on integrated graphics adapters and notebook PCs Additional Software To run the game correctly your PC must have some additional software installed These applications and drivers are available on the game disc and on the Web at the following links e DirectX o http support games 1c ru redirect dx e Ageia PhysX o http support games 1c ru redirect physx e WM9 codecs o http support games 1c ru redirect wmcodec1 o http support games 1c ru redirect wmcodec2 o http support games 1c ru redirect wmcodec3 e Graphics card drivers o http support games 1c ru redirect atidrv o http support games 1c ru redirect nvdrv e Update for Intel Dual Core processors o http support games 1c ru redirect intelhtxpfix e Adobe Acrobat Reader o http support games 1c ru redirect adoberdr Installing the Game Before installation make sure you have at least 4GB of free space on the hard drive on which the game is to be installed Place the Cryostasis disc into the DVD drive If the Auto inser
7. asked with creating an SMG which would be simple to produce and effective in a fight After field tests it was decided that the solution provided by Georgy Semyonovich Shpagin was the best This weapon was one of the most popular weapons of World War II DP 27 overlay_for_manula psd DP 27 o Ammo 47 round drum magazine o Rate of fire high o Range medium o Damage high o Features has to be wielded with two hands The 7 62mm Degtyaryov hand held machine gun is the most powerful weapon found on the North Wind The machine gun was adopted by the Soviet Army in 1927 In it V A Degtyaryov managed to combine technological simplicity and an endurance of 100 000 shots which was incredible for a machine gun at the time This weapon has an average rate of fire of 80 shots per minute The DP 27 uses heavy 47 round drum magazines Enemies In the game you will encounter many different enemies who have been awakened by the heat that you along with Alexander Nesterov create on the ship Wardens overlay_for_manula psd screen_zombie03 norm In life this character was a man obsessed with prisoners thoughts and hidden fears The Cold granted the Warden a distinctive appearance having personified in his mangled body the hidden desires of his wretched soul Instead of a face the Warden has a small prison cell If a character doesn t manage to flee on hearing his footsteps a Warden has metal rods instead of legs the light emanating from
8. his cell face will help locate the enemy When a Warden dies the light in his cell goes out In life a Warden liked to pace loudly to attract prisoners attention and now the sound of his metal rods echoes in the cold chambers of his icy prison Servant overlay_for_manula psd screen_zombie02 norm The purpose of his existence is eternal service Having betrayed his comrades and sworn allegiance to a new master the Servant was granted his reward keys to all doors iron shoulder straps a metal collar and a mask with ear holes The Servant s lot is to eavesdrop at doors so the Cold has not given him eyes but instead hammered in two rusty nails The Servant had to spend so much time kneeling that the knees of his trousers and the toes of his socks are worn out Now his legs are protected by iron tips and special knee caps A Servant is less dangerous than a Warden but you shouldn t write off a creature which has been hiding behind a closed door for years waiting to hear the footsteps of a careless victim Guard overlay_for_manula psd screen_zombie01 norm Having never had anything of his own the Guard spent his entire life looking after somebody else s goods He was personally responsible for small and large warehouses containing numerous crates containers and tanks filled with important goods Now the Guard waits for intruders in order to prove that he is not just an old sentry dog Armed with a rifle this enemy is especially dangero
9. n for about 10 seconds Enemies who react to heat sources will be distracted by the flare and will attack it Mosin Nagant 1891 overlay_for_manula psd mosin o Ammo 5 round magazine o Rate of fire low o Range long o Damage medium Also it was known in the Russian Army of its time as the Three Line Rifle or Mosinka A relatively powerful but heavy and slow weapon this rifle can fire from a long range and its rate of fire is about 10 shots per minute For your information this weapon was the first in Russia to use smokeless powder Tokarev SVT 40 overlay_for_manula psd tokarev o Ammo 10 round magazine o Rate of fire medium o Range long o Damage medium The Tokarev Self loading Rifle is a lethal argument in conflicts with creatures of the Cold The SVT found on the North Wind suffers from a lower rate of fire due to damage caused by the cold About a million and a half SVT rifles were produced in the USSR and quickly gained popularity Soviet soldiers lovingly called SVT 40 with a female name Sveta it has high rates of fire about 25 shots per minute and damage But it does not cope well with dirt and frost and has a strong recoil PPSh 41 overlay_for_manula psd nnw o Ammo 71 round drum magazine o Rate of fire high o Range medium o Damage medium The high rate of fire of the Shpagin submachine gun will allow the player to fill his enemies with lead at medium and close range In 1940 Soviet engineers were t
10. ng disabled g Anisotropic Filtering disabled h Water reflections disabled i Water Caustics disabled Credits Action Forms Alexander Tugaenko Lead Game Designer Aleksey Tugaenko Technical Director Lead Programmer Denis Vereschagin Project Manager Dmitry Kozmin PR Manager Dmitry Nechay Game Designer Evgeni Kiver Script Programmer Elena Lichman Accountant Ivan Pogodichev Lead Sound Designer Composer Igor Karev Executive Director Maksim Savchenko Sound Designer Mikhail Korshunov Concept Artist Petr Lysenko Lead Artist Stanislav Dmitriev Senior Programmer Yaroslav Kravchenko Director of Development Vitaly Kotenko Level Designer Oleg Sitnikov 2D 3D Artist Special thanks to Timur Mutsaev Dmitry Gait Artem Kuryavchenko Pavel Shalaev 1C Company Producer Andrey Grischenko Design Co producer Dmitry Voronov Technology Co producer Dmitry Dolgov PR and Marketing Nikolay Baryshnikov Anatoly Subbotin Svetlana Gorobets Packaging and Promotion Alexander Mayorov Lyudmila Traflyalina Localisation Oleg Mironov Irina Dancheeva Translation Artem Pavlenko QA Lead Alexander Shishov Testing Sergey Kiyatkin Nikolay Nikolayev Andrey Moshkov Dmitry Shamansky Kirill Pogonin 2008 1C Company Game developed by Action Forms Ltd All rights reserved Published and distributed by 505 Games under license from 1C Company Trademarks belong to their re
11. oss frozen people These are victims of the ship who failed their tasks in the past You now have the chance to right their wrongs Get close to them stretch out your hand click the right mouse button and you will find yourself inside the character s body from where you will be transferred back in time to the moment of the tragedy Then you will try to accomplish the task that the given character failed to complete and thus change their future mental jpg If you fail to accomplish a task or solve a problem you will automatically return to your own body from where you will be able to try again Note that when you are in another body and time during a Mental Echo you will have no temperature sensor or weapon except for the one carried by the given character Flashlight lighter jpg Since the game takes place inside an icebreaker locked in an Arctic ice trap it is no surprise that some locations are dark until you bring light to them To make this task easier you carry a flashlight which works for about three minutes at a time and can be turned on by pressing E Weapons In Cryostasis weapons have the following peculiarities e There is no universal crosshair on the screen so to shoot accurately it is recommended that you click the right mouse button to enable aiming mode e To pick up a weapon from the ground you must get close to it and crouch down Alt by default Then your character will stretch out his hand and you
12. settings audio settings and controls For more information see the veftes section e Credits see the list of developers and companies who took part in creating this game The following options can be adjusted in the Options Menu o Controls redefine keyboard bindings o Video adjust resolution gamma correction texture quality and visual effects o Audio adjust volume and driver type o Game enable or disable automatic weapon switching subtitles options video jpg options control weapon tif Main Character In Cryostasis you can play as one of several characters but the main character is the polar explorer Alexander Nesterov through whose eyes the story will unfold overlay_for_manula psd hero Alexander Nesterov is a Soviet polar explorer and meteorologist He is a strong hardy and inquisitive man who is not afraid of the terrible mysteries hidden in the bowels of the dead ship Since none of these events were planned Alexander boards the North Wind without any weapons At first he will have to survive using his fists and items which he finds on the ship a lock and chain and a valve broken off a rusty high pressure pipe Unique Features The unique features that distinguish this game from others include the temperature sensor and the Mental Echo ability Temperature Sensor Since heat is critical to this game instead of a health bar it features a temperature sensor which indicates the level of heat
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14. t disc notification feature is enabled you will see the game s Start Menu Otherwise browse the disc root folder and run autorun exe In the Autorun Menu select Install to launch the wizard that will guide you through the installation process During installation the game files will be copied to the hard drive and the 505games 1C Cryostasis program group by default will be created in the Windows Start Menu It will include shortcuts to start the game open this manual browse the websites of the game developers and publisher and remove the game Running the Game To run the game double click the Cryostasis desktop shortcut or select it in the 505games 1C Cryostasis program group by default in the Windows Start Menu You can also use the option in the Autorun Menu which appears when you insert the disc into the DVD drive if the Auto insert disk notification feature is enabled If during installation you specified that the installation wizard should place the game shortcut on the desktop then you should also be able to start the game using this shortcut Screenshots saved games and logs will be located in the My Documents My Games Cryostasis folder Game Description Main Menu Having started the game the following options are available in the Main Menu main menu jpg e Continue load the last saved game e New Game start a new game e Load load a previously saved game e Options adjust video
15. us in long range fights He reloads his weapon after each shot though and you can use this to your advantage Game Controls This game does not feature an on screen crosshair so making contact with objects such as doors levers buttons characters and weapons on the ground is done by stretching out the character s left hand Both the Use and Aim actions are bound to the right mouse button Action Alt Space Shift Direction Key I O Caps Lock Left Mouse Button Right Mouse Button E Mouse Wheel Removing the Game To remove the game from your hard drive select the Remove Re install game item from the game s program group in the Start Menu You can also use the Remove button on the Autorun Menu which appears when you insert the game disc into the DVD drive if the Auto insert disc notification feature is enabled Technical support If you encounter problems while playing the game please try the following before contacting the publisher e Choose Run in the Start Menu e Type dxdiag in the dialog box and press Enter to run the Microsoft DirectX Diagnostic Tool e Pass all tests e Having passed the tests press the Save All Information button e Send the report with a description of the problem to Technical Support Please also provide the following information e Game version and installed updates e Operating system e Processor brand type and clock speed

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