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1. cesses eee eh 10 New buildings and units cep ete eee ee eee 11 Serm units ee rrr ao E NN we 11 Building Destructor Ta Teuron e a oe am 11 New Titan Advancements gue Se ee XX E 12 mee cplay Gape NIM ct 0er nenn 12 Chajaktewselktisgn 72 000 Fee aue apresa cess cee tenes 12 EL 12 Me ett internet na a n 13 Enhancements compared to SpellForce The Breaht of Winter 13 Enhancements in Player vs Player Mode 14 Playingion the Internet 1 ee pose ee 15 Credits 4 cas seca soe gts ss aa o OPM er ae 19 Key Configurati n me Mn ocho san o a CSUN TW Pe rs 21 pet s Parra INTRODUCTION Aonir s sacr fice and his instructions for the Guardians Transcript form the Runecircles of Erolfin translated by Har Emet in the year 12 rada called the Age of the Blades And so Aonir the Wanderer descended onto Eo after weaving the bane and forming the face of the earth out of the elements There he planted the Seed of Life the most valuable of all his assets When he was finished he lingered there Weakened and fatigue he wished to return home to the distant shores he had once set off from However the concern for his new creation would not cease from his iind Therefore he sent his lightout across the Star Sea and called for his children They soon hurried across the Eternal Abyss to stand by his side and he spoke See my creation I have formed a fertil
2. A chest may only be looted if there are no enemies nearby Enemy Settlements New enemies are generated in enemy settlements To prevent this you must destroy all enemy buildings in your area To do so select some of your own units and right click on a building whereupon your units will damage the building until it collapses in a huge cloud of dust Without the buildings additional enemy units can no longer be generated Notifications on the Map When battle activities arise with units that are assigned to you a red circle appears on the map showing the battle scene When you hit the spacebar in this situation the view switches to that scene immediately In doing so you can profit from the Click amp Fight system mentioned above as you are then able to click on the enemy and send your avatar heroes or groups to that spot right away Enemy Patrols The enemies in SpellForce are not inactive They send groups on patrol to look out for your units When one of these patrols discovers your units or one of them a yellow circle on the map shows this You can now react and intercept the enemy with your units before the patrols have hurried back to their settlement upon which assumingly a whole army would set off Nonetheless even if you do manage to intercept the enemy you will have to reckon with an even larger search patrol squad appearing somewhere close within a short period of time as the first patrol is now missing
3. DENGCDLC JoWooD Productions Software AG Technologiepark 4a A 8786 Rottenmann Austria Homepage JoWooD www jowood com Homepage Spellforce www spellforce com 2003 by Phenomic Game Development Published by JoWooD Productions Software AG Technologiepark 4a A 8786 Rottenmann Austria All rights reserved Software graphics music text names and the handbook are copyright protected The software and the handbook may not be copied reproduced or translated nor may they be reduced to any electric medium or machine readable format without prior written permission from JoWood Productions Software AG HEALTH PRECAUTIONS Certain people experience epileptic seizures while viewing flashing lights or specific patterns in our daily environment These persons can also experience epileptic seizures while watching TV or playing computer games Even gamers who have never experienced any seizures may nonetheless have an undetected epileptic condition Consult your doctor if you or a member of your family have an epileptic condition When you experience any of the following symptoms stop the game immediately Dizziness altered vision eye or muscle twitching mental confusion loss of awareness of your surroundings and or convulsions Technical support and Customer Service You are experiencing difficulties while installing the software or you are in the middle of the game and you dont know what to do next Internet Support w
4. Stone of Souls When your avatar dies in a battle his essence is bundled and revived at the last activated stone of souls To activate a stone of souls step up close to it with your avatar and select it Then click on the symbol at the left edge of the activity bar The stone of souls lights up and is now activated Along with that stones of souls also function similar to portals Select the stone of souls and click on the travel button in the activity bar at which a list appears of all the stones of souls you may travel to When you click on a destination you are transported to that location When the avatar dies in the course of the game and he reawakens at the last activated stone of souls two game minutes have passed in the meanwhile In reawakening your avatar also suffers a slight loss of experience A small amount of experience points is deducted from the current level Titans Each of the six races possesses the power to evoke Titans These are particularly powerful creatures that could take on whole enemy troops by themselves You can always only call upon one Titan of each race When a Titan is killed in action you may no longer evoke him on that platform You will need the largest headquarters for a Titan Click on it and choose the Titan from the activity bar When you are in possession of sufficient raw materials the Titan will appear after a few minutes 9 Multiplayer In the multiplayer mode you can compete against
5. This is where you can select from a large variety of maps which map you want to play But please keep i in mind that the maps vary according to the different levels of difficulty You can see how difficult a map is on the right underneath the map preview Maps with a difficulty level higher or lower than your Avatars level of experience will probably be either too easy or too difficult Therefore we suggest playing the maps in a more or less sequential order That way you also have the P Fe F eo 12 Rem ae qunm possibility to make sure you have found all the important it ms plans and runes that you vvill need for the more difficult maps A MR these items you might experience problems in later maps You can save the current condition of your character at any time When you exit a map the character data is automatically saved As soon as you have selected a map the Freeplay Mode Game Setup screen nwill appeag This is where you can select one of usually three starting points and then you re ready to enter the map LAN or Internet When you want to play Freeplay Mode together with your friends you will have te to keep the following in mind Ps alf 1 The more players ai in the game the more enemies you will encounter on the map 2 The experience points you or your friends gain after iag an eneriy are evenly divided among all players This also applies even if some players were not directly invol
6. 9 Multiplayerzi AA LARES ee eee 36 JO Credits s ea on ee ee EEE 38 EE OT I T t ae ee 4l 1 Foreword A long time ago a circle of magicians came together to bring the chaos in the world to an end and to redeem peace This alliance of 13 magicians did not only plan a golden era but they also thought out an approach that was supposed to bring ultimate control of all ancient forces to one of them The Plan of 500 Years That is how long it was supposed to take until a dark roamer was to give one circle mage the possibility to bundle all forces of the world in a ritual thus acquiring almightiness However the hunger for power separated the circle and peace perished A few years before the ritual the Convocation was to be conducted a devastating overarching war broke out and no race whatsoever was spared Finally the dark roamer appeared with his magnificent gleaming tail up in the darkness of the nights sky and the days of the Convocation had arrived Now one of them would become almighty Each of the circle mages began his ritual of convocation to become the chosen one but the Eternal Flames energies that used to flow through the world and its inhabitants were too powerful to be held by just one individual The Eternal Flames that once held the world together were now ripping it apart The fragments of whole continents are all that remained Left over pieces of a formerly flourishing world were now float
7. El d MILES as A Uses Miles Sound Sytem Technology Copyright 1997 2004 by RAD Gime Tools Inc Used under license T T L T nd A z P 2004 Phenomic Game Development Published by JoNooD pebifuctions SpeliFbrcei is a trad mark of JoWooD Productions Software AG All rights reserved 7 sl a WE Acknowledgements We would like to thank the developers of free software et SR used i in this prod ct Lua script language designed and written by Waldemar Celes Roberto Ierusalimschy and Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo Lua Copyright 1994 2000 Tecgraf PUC Rio All Peter reserved P P See www lua org for details i i Zlib Copyright O 1995 2002 Jean loup Gailly and Mark Adler mm a a See www gzip org zlib for details F STLport Copyright 1999 2000 Boris Fomitcheve 1 i f See http www stlport org for details Boost Smart Pointer Library Copyright 1998 1999 Greg Colvin and arten Dawes Copyright 2001 2002 Peter Dimov Table of Content Introdincttont cse ea dema a EE a A 5 Installation and Game Start cc eee eee ee nen 7 System requirements vertan cc cc ccc ep s ee ee domina 7 Installation cote eee crean t e Game start rt a o o ete a Da nll antl erg NOR New Features in SpellForce Shadow of the Phoenix i 8 Phoenix atn paige 4541 5 7721 e Eee a o e du ose eee Bae alls o 8 Avda cl org euet os aa a a Ra eh uii els 84 Predefined Avatar
8. For more information concerning running different game versions P please check the chapter Versions sbelow If you are rushing the same version and the red dots are still being displayed in the list you might have a problem with your Internet connection For more information please checks the chapter da EE During Gameplay via the Internet d The padlock means this game is password protected You need the a ad to join eS I ar F hk The column Version shows which version of SpellForce the game host is running All game participants must be running the same version of the game If the version required is equivalent to the version you are running the number will appear in green otherwise in red Usually the latest version of SpellForce is the version that is played You can find respective patches on our website www spellforce de Troubleshooting for Online Gameplay In case you are experiencing problems joining a game or you notic that others are experiencing problems joining a game you have opened it may be because of the configuration of your firewall or your router In this Tase fifst f all set The game option behind ro rter to be found under Options Network to on and try to enter of open a game again If you are playing behind a router you should always use this option If you are directly cofinected to the Internet then leave this option set to off If this does no
9. Hotkeys for mouse and keyboard Default The original settings are restored In the tooltips you can find out which settings you can make in the submenus Credits This is where you can find out who developed SpellForce Quit the game Click the Quit Game button to return to your desktop Click amp Fight environment 5 Controls In this chapter you will learn about what you see on the screen how to navigate precy y 8 yourself through the game environment and what you can do with your possessions Avatar Button Hero Buttons Game Selection window Activity bar The different races You will have control over six different races throughout the course of SpellForce Humans They are talented in hand to hand and long distance combat Their magic powers are average as is their armour and their architecture They have good know how of different methods used to gain aliments out of their environment Because of their human eyesight they fight better during the day rather than at night Elves Weak in hand to hand combat yet dangerous in long distance combat Very talented in the area of magical talents but only poorly armed Average architecture but the only race capable of replanting trees When standing between the trees the elf will suffer less damagethanks to the Ghost of the Forest Dwarves Good hand to hand fighters though bad long distance fighters No magical powers particu
10. a m Building Destructors The second new building available for each race allows you to summo that are particularly efficient in destructing buildings To do So select th then vly f E constructed building A button appears aa bottom lefisof the screen just liker when you re summoning Titans If you have th necessary resources you caprelick Er on this button upon which a Building destructor wil will appear directly next to the The dwarf building destructor mud the bufldingsl in close Bar Hei ds vvell m protected against any kind of long distance attack and magic X The building destructors from the other races are long distange page units Gu Their combat range is far higher than the combat range of toy ers however their 7 wi wur s long distance attacks nly have an effect on buildings Simply osition thesc units close to enemy buildings and they will automatically ack the n xt closest erfe on building da ade A o 1 ve m ege cal Important A building destructor unit is EX the unit limit I es normal units New Titan Advancements A new advancement can be applied to the Main House This gelv nceinent will make the Titan even noticeably larger and much more powerful In addition it is possible to summon the Titan multipl amp times once the advancement has been applied However it is still not pessible to possess more than one Titan at a time per race FR
11. belonging to the dark side of magic You will establish settlements with all of these races Each of these races possesses individual abilities and buildings which you will learn to use in the course of the game Rune Monuments Your avatar is a rune warrior The runes that are inserted in his rune tablet give him control over those monuments of a race located in the game environment These rune monuments serve to generate units This is where you can evoke units and the runes applied determine the type of unit and its individual strength You can find out how to use the rune tablet in the chapter Inventory Besides that amonument also serves as the first camp for settlements Later on in the game you will also find Hero Monuments where you can call upon specific warriors Creating units at certain monuments Let your avatar standclose to a monument and then select it You can now see a symbol in the activity bar which you can use to take possession of the monument thus activating it The flaming torches and the glowing eyes of the statues show you that the monument has been activated When you select an activated monument you can see which units you can now generate in the activity bar At the beginning of the game you will encounter the Monument of Humans and you will be able to generate human workers because this rune is in your avatars possession from the beginning of the game In order to release a monument click on the symb
12. p 2801 2801 47624 47624 6 Credits Phenomic Game Development Managing Director Boris Kunkel Creative Director Volker Wertich Project Manager Martin L hlein Code Technical Director Dirk Ringe Game Logic amp Network Marco Keuthen Game Logic Matthias Best Tools amp Logic Tobias Sprenger User Interface Klaus Gerstle Special Effects Jirka Dell Oro Friedl Graphics amp Sound Andreas Nitsche Al Dragica Kahlina Content Content Manager Steffen Itterheim Lead Story amp Dialog Lead Mission Design Arne Oehme Mission Design Andreas Jurksch Lead Scripting Jochen Peketz Lead Map Design Andreas Liebeskind Database Management amp Scripting Holger Becker Scripting Map amp Mission Design Michael Baur Sidonie Langer Marcus Lubczyk Andre Weckeiser In Game Cutscenes Marco Rademacher Art Art Direction Sven Liebich Senior 3D Artist Christian Siecora 3D Artists Martin Fiedler Christoph Zollinger 2D 3D Artist Hoa Tu Ngoc 2D Artist Ingo Sauer p Internal QA QA Lead Thorsten R pke Lead Tester Thomas Vogt Testers Thomas Fischborn Silas Katzenbach Jonathan Cefariello Silke Gohla Jan Stieffenhofer Frank Steinbacher Music amp Sound FX Dynamedion Sounddesign www dynamedion com Composition Tilman Sillescu Composition amp Scripting Pierre Langer Sound FX Conny Kollet Pierre Langer JoWooD Productions Softw
13. Critical Short range Hits A 10 chance that the carrier will cause triple damage in short range combat damage in long distance combat included damage All healing spells have a 50 higher grade of efficiency p Heroes of Different Races In SpellForce The Order of Dawn all the heroes were still humans In contrast you will also encounter Goblins Orcs Elves Darkelves and even Blades among the heroes in SpellForce The Breath of Winter Their runes are hidden in Campaign and Freeplay Mode 4 Freeplay Game Mode In this game mode you and up to two additional players have the chance to let your Avatars collect items and experience without having to worry about quests of any kind A numerous amount of maps are available to you and in addition these maps are randomly altered Therefore you can never be sure that you will encounter the same enemy camps the second time you open a map The good thing is every time you reopen a map you will also encounter different items During the game the character can be saved as usual However only the character data is saved not the condition of the map you are currently playing To exit a map you must find and enter the exit portal When you exit a map the current character data is also automatically saved Character Selection The character selection screen will appear when you select Freeplay Mode The cha racter selection process is the same as in Campaign Mode however the ch
14. Phil Scott and Darryl Still ATT Developer Support esp Richard Huddy Jason Mitchell Kevin Strange JoWooD Productions Software AG Producer Christian Braun Director Product Management Robert Al Yazdi Marketing Director Gerald Kossaer International Localisation Manager Nikolaus Gregorcic Lead Graphic Artist Sabine Schmid International Security amp Protection Manager Gerhard Neuhofer International QA Purchasing amp Production Director Fritz Neuhofer QA Coordination Stefan Spill Leadtester Norbert Landertshamer Robert Hernler Reinhard Gollowitsch Tester J rg Berger Markus Brucher Martin Bucher Uwe Drescher Benedikt Ebli Roland Gaal Katharina Grassegger Georg Grieshofer Petra Grossegger Anton Handl Oliver Helmhart Barbara Hochwimmer Andreas Kainer Christian Rargl Stefan Klaschka Rene Kreuzbichler Alexander Kumer Rudolf Kussberger Peter Lippusch Hedwig Matl Mario Moser Bernd Pichlbauer Harald Ploder Christian Pohlhammer Mihai Popescu Stephan Radosevic Eveline Rinesch Erwin Rudorfer Peter Schicker Walter Schiedhofer Gerald Schurl Razvan Anton Seicarescu Matthias Thurner Dagmar Tiefenbacher Thomas Schwarzl Stefan Reitmaier Harald Fritz Website Manager Martin Langbrugger Marc Plex Olbertz Special thanks to Hopper Sascha Pieroth Oliver Staude Mueller Marian Suran Cauldron Ltd Manuel Fischer Cinematics amp Hi Res Marketing Material Virgin L
15. RS E N ls Nonetheless the povver he possessed as a dragon vvas _ N E to the pain and loneliness he felt in his heart DR SS since no living creature could survive around him only 3 cold and death were his constant attendants In search AH pe z of companions he roamed through the land but ever ything he met fled from him and the more he searched the more agony he carried into the world And should he continue wandering through the skies Fiara would be bound in an icy never ending winter But he did not give up his search Years passed and bit for bit Fiara died under the flaps of his white wings His search also led him to the edge of the great forest in the South of Fiara which the elves call Finon Mir Back when glazed frost the messenger of his appearing began to cover the crowns of the trees the young folk of the elves came together to discuss what they could possibly do to defend themselves against the power of the Frostweaver But the children of the forest had no answer They didnt understand Aryns behavior and none of them had enough power to face up to him So they called upon their ancient gods and hoped for advice but the gods remained silent As snow had already started settling on the branches of the old giant trees Cenwen one of the five rulers of the forest took off on her own to face the dragon While the other members of her folk fled in panic towards the South she fearlessly stepped out of the safety of h
16. click on the button LAN instead of the button Internet Now enter the address of the computer hosting the game into the field Server Address This can either be an IP or an URL List of Games Now you ve reached the list of currently running games This is where you can join a hosted game or host your own The column Game shows the name the host has chosen for this round The column Map shows the name of the map currently being played The column Player shows the max number of players that may take part in this round and how many have already joined for example 2 3 The column Ping shows the quality of the connection to the hosting computer The smaller the number the better the connection The column Status shows either a red or a green dot and in some cases the symbol of a padlock A green dot means the game is waiting for players to join this round A red dot means you may not join this game which can have several reasons The most common reason is that the game host has already closed or started this round A red dot also appears if you are running a different version of the game than the game host For more information concerning running different game versions please check the chapter Versions below If you are running the same version and the red dots are still being displayed in the list you might have a problem with your Internet connection For more information please check the chapter Prob
17. desire whereas some of them are behind locked doors at first or they are guarded which means you must first complete a certain quest to get to these portals The portal journeys take a very long time which is why you will not have any settlements when you return to a previous platform In game Options Menu During the game you can open a menu by pressing Esc or by clicking the options button in the upper right of the screen You can then use the following functions Options Opens the other options menu mentioned earlier Save Store your current game Leave game Return to the main menu Quit game Return to your desktop 0 o o Cancel Return to the game 6 Inventory You can open your inventory by clicking the button located on the far right of your activity bar Alternatively you can press the I key on your keyboard When you are ready to close your inventory click on the checkmark in the bottom right of the window or press the I key Alternatively you can use the Esc key As soon as you have evoked one or several heroes their portraits appear under Character points and Armor on the right edge of your inventory underneath your avatars portrait Click on a portrait to switch the inventory view to this character Please note that some indexes in your inventory are several pages long for example Objects Construction Plans and so on In this case two arrows and a page number show y
18. the activity bar has a grey background and cannot be clicked on either a raw material is missing or a necessary building Move the mouse cursor over the symbol and a tooltip appears showing which resource is marked red as soon as this resource is available you can generate the new unit Attack Enemies Like workers warrior areevoked at a monument and waits your commands The basic handling of warriors is the same as with all other units When units are attacked or when they notice imminent danger in the form of an enemy they will take action and if they have magic powers they will apply these automatically be it attack spells for enemies or healing spells for comrades To attack an enemy select a warrior and right click on the enemy Upon doing so the unit moves towards the enemy and attacks him Maximum Number of Available Warrior Units You can ascertain the number of maximal warriors in your settlement as well as the max number of workers in the selection window when you select the monument As soon as you own the small headquarters you can at least increase the maximum number of warriors step by step Click on the headquarters upon which you will see a symbol in the activity bar which lets you purchase a certain amount of possible additional soldiers for the amount of food that is shown You can repeat this procedure several times although it will become more expensive every time Magical Attacks When you select the avat
19. with 32 MB RAM compatible with GeForce2 or better y Windows 98 ME 2000 XP oe Approx 1GB available fixed disk storage dl Suggested Intel Pentium 4 1 8 GHz 512 MB RAM i j 3D Graphic card with 64 MB RAM compatible with GeForce4 Ti or better Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Approx 1 GB available fixed disk storage DirectX 9 0a or higher Wistallatiti T fe Please keep in mind that either SpellForce The Order of Dawn or SpellForce Gold Edition must be previously installed on your computer If none of these versions is installed please follow the installation instructions for SpellForce Ti be a er of Dawn or SpellForce Gold Edition in the respective handbooks If the two products mentioned above are installed on your computer then open the disc tray of your CD or DVD Rom drive and insert the CD SpellForce Shadow of the Phoenix Close the disc tray The setup assistant will start automatically if the Autoplay function on your computer is activated If Autoplay is not activated open the contents of the CD by opening your Workplace or Windows Explorer and donble clicking on the CD Now po on the file SpellForceSotP Setup exe to start the setup assistant Follow the instructions on the screen to install SpellForce Shadow of the Phoenix IE GAME START You have the following possibilities to start the game after the installation process T Double click the SpellForce
20. EEPLAY GAME MODE aP In this gafne mode you and up to two additional players have the Chance to let your Avatars collect items and experience without having to Yorry about Log of any kind A numerous dmount of maps are available to you and in Addition these maps are randomly altered Therefore you can never be sure that you will encounter the same enemy camps the second time you open a map The good thing is eyery time you reopen a map you vvill also encounter different items During the game the character can be Saved as usual However only the character data is saved not the condition of the map you are currently playing Mo exit a map you must find and enter the exit portal When you exit a map the current character data is also automatically saved Character Selection The character selection screen will appear when you select Freeplay Mode The character selection process is the same as in Campaign Mode however the characters in Campaign and Freeplay Mode are managed separately Unlike in Campaign Mode the savegame data only includes the charact r data Therefore if you load a savegame you will only load the character data you cannot reload the last map you played d Once you have selected a character you must decide whether you want to play by yourself or together with other players via LAN or the Internet Single Player z First you will see the screen Freeplay Mode Host
21. Now the selection window in the bottom left shows a view of the unit or building and the action bar at the bottom edge of the screen offers different actions you can initiate with them To center the view of the game environment around the selected unit right click on the selection window A green bar in the selection window also shows you the health level of a unit or the construction level of a building A blue bar shows you the Mana reserves of the unit which become less as magic spells are spoken but they regenerate in the course of time Moving a unit When you would like to move a unit through the game environment the first thing to do is to select the unit by clicking on it Direct the mouse pointer to the spot in the game environment you would like to command the units to go to and complete the process with a right click on that spot A little cloud of dust shows you that the command has been received and the unit sets off Selecting several units When you would like to select several units at the same time in order to move them through the game environment or give commands you can go ahead as follows Move the mouse pointer over the game environment press and hold the left mouse button Now move the mouse which allows you to draw a light colored frame A green circle appears around every unit in this frame As soon as you let go of the mouse button the units are selected Click on a unit to select it Now press and hold t
22. Upgrade Buildings And Units By upgrading buildings you can also upgrade certain types of units To do so click on the building and the activity bar will show if there are upgrades offered for it When you are in possession of enough raw materials simply click on the upgrade symbol in the activity bar and after a short period of time the upgrade is available Select Inactive Workers When a worker is currently inactive and awaiting commands you can use the worker button for inactive workers in the upper right to quickly select him When a number appears at the lower edge of this button then this number is showing you how many inactive workers you currently have When you click this button once a 1 appears at the upper edge of the button signaling that you have selected one of these units The more often you click on this button the more units you select By right clicking on the portrait button in the lower left you can center the view on this unit in the game environment As soon as you have commanded a certain amount of units to specific tasks construct a building or repair something mine raw materials the number on the worker button decreases by that amount By pressing CTRL and clicking on the worker button all inactive workers are selected at once When you press and hold ALI you can also select workers who have already received a task In conclusion if you press and hold both keys and click on the worker button ev
23. airat Product Management amp PR Primetide Jan Wagner Claudia K hl Leo Jackstadt Cinematics Virgin Lands Computeranimation GmbH www virginlands de Character modelling Textures amp Animations Vito Lamanna Ralf H ttinger Volker Jacklein Frank Hessefort Scenery modelling amp Lighting Stefan Spatz US voice samples VioletMedia Studios www violetmedia com Head of Studio Klaus Schmid Klaus Brunner Recording Engineer Voice FX Gennaro Giani Direction Sophie Ostria Voice Actors Jean Luc Julian Ann Alexander Sider Brad Daynes Shawn Lawton Peter Gilbert Cotton Calvin Burke Adam Cornell Gilbert Matta Susan Rae Polzer Howard Cooper Allen Hoaglund Mariette Meade Sophie Ostria Heather DeLisle Bonnie Gordon Thanks to MSI www msi com tw and Integris www integris at for providing the following PC systems to our QA for game testing purposes V Jede MSI Mega PC Ths tremens mosis y FECE IEEE 2 Integris Genesis Top INTZLIIS computers p 7 Key Configuration 3rd person iy EE oe eee ee ee ere Cursor up resp W See e ee Cursor down resp S Tamda or Dan sh ei nn Cursor left resp A os CS ae sm Cursor right resp D Pre cd ne SS YS creat ee eina Or ena aa Mouselook Iso Qi ae Oe Cursor keys resp AWSD Rotate mendo trelelie mE AV DEL resp Q Rotate Viewer Eee gt See ee en END res
24. ands Computeranimation GmbH Motion Capturing by metricminds Additional QA and Beta Testing Enzyme Testing Labs Inc German Voice Samples recorded at Ton in Ton Wolfgang Zarges Thanks to MSI www msi com tw and Integris www integris at for providing the following PC systems to our QA for game testing purposes i MEST MSI Mega PC MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL Link to the Future Integris Genesis Top LA he ih mpmauErt 11 Key Configuration 3rd person Forward Cursor up resp W Backward Cursor down resp S Turn left or punish Cursor left resp A Turn right or punish Cursor right resp D Press and hold right mouse key Mouselook Iso Scrolling Cursor keys resp AWSD Rotate view to the left DEL resp Q Rotate view to the right END SteSp Ba Camera north HOME resp T Click and hold right mouse key Scrolling Zoom In Pg Ups resp vat Zoom Out Pe Di resp Es Inven tory I Jump to battle mode SPAGE CTRL 1 to CTRL 6 Define Group 1 6 Select group press twice to focus FI F6 Select Avatar Hero Leficlick Select Click and hold left mouse key Frame selection SHIFT Leficlick Add or remove to from the selection CTRL Leftclick Select unit type CTRL SHIFT Leftclick Add or remove unit type
25. ar or a hero you can choose magical attacks from the activity bar After you have selected a magical attack it will either be applied immediately or you will see a small symbol next to your mouse cursor When it is red you may not apply the spell You must move the cursor over a suitable object then the arrow will turn green and you can activate the spell with a left click When you click on the symbol in the activity bar again you deselect the magic spell However please keep in mind that some enemy units are resistant to certain magic spells You can see that a magic spell did not work when white sparks appear around the unit you tried to put the spell on the magical attack was blocked However you can also protect yourself against magical attacks from enemies by carrying objects with you that give resistance to particular types of magic Every magical attack costs the avatar or hero Mana Aside from that a magic spell cannot be applied immediately after applying it a first time for a certain amount of time its symbol will appear darker The more powerful a spell is the longer it takes for it to be available again Select All Units of One Type When you would like to select all units of one specific type in a certain area press and hold the CTRL key and click on one unit When you now assign a group to this selection you will have quick access to these soldiers at all times and of course you can form groups with a balanced co
26. aracters in Campaign and Freeplay Mode are managed separately Unlike in Campaign Mode the savegame data only includes the character data Therefore if you load a savegame you will only load the character data you cannot reload the last map you played Once you have selected a character you must decide whether you want to play by yourself or together with other players via LAN or the Internet Single Player First you will see the screen Freeplay Mode Host This is where you can select from a large variety of maps which map you want to play But please keep in mind that the maps vary according to the different levels of difficulty You can see how difficult a map is on the right underneath the map preview Maps with a difficulty level higher or lower than your Avatars level of experience will probably be either too easy or too difficult l herefore we suggest playing the maps in a more or less sequential order That way you also have the possibility to make sure you have found all the important items plans and runes that you will need for the more difficult maps Without these items you might experience problems in later maps 2 You can save the current condition of your character at any time When you exit a map the character data is automatically saved As soon as you have selected a map the Freeplay Mode Game Setup screen will appear This is where you can select one of usually three starting points and then you
27. are AG Producer Sascha Pieroth Director Product Management Robert Al Yazdi Marketing Director Gerald Kossaer 2 Director Business Development Michael Hengst Localisation Manager Nikolaus Gregorcic Copy Protection Mastering amp HOB Manager J rgen Sch pker Copy Protection Engineer Markus Stoller Int Security amp Protection Manager Gerhard Neuhofer Lead Graphic Artist Sabine Schmid Int QA Production amp Purchasing Director Fritz Neuhofer Lead Testers Norbert Landertshamer Reinhard Gollowitsch Robert Hernler Lead Assistance Roland Gaal Testers Dominik Bachner J rg Berger Stefan Bernhart David Brucher Markus Brucher Martin Bucher Benedikt Ebli Harald Egger Harald Fritz Katharina Grassegger Markus Griehsebner Georg Grieshofer Sascha Griesser Petra Grossegger Hannes Helmhart Oliver Helmhart Peter Hirschler Barbara Hochwimmer Mark H flechner Andreas Kainer Christian Kargl Stefan Klaschka Andreas K berl Manuel Kohl Rene Kreuzbichler Florian Kriz Alexander Kumer Rudolf Kussberger Sascha Leitner Peter Lippusch Hedwig Matl Mario Moser Harald Ploder Christian Pohlhammer Mihai Popescu Stephan Radosevic Markus Reiter Stefan Reitmaier Eveline Rinesch Gerald Sailer Peter Schicker Walter Schmiedhofer Gerald Schurl Martin Schwarzl Anton Seicarescu Stefan Seicarescu Markus S lkner Michael Steiner Dagmar Tiefenbacher HOB Coordinator Michael K
28. aught fireit may no longer produce any additional units this has no effect on existing units In the course of time a damaged monument will regenerate itself Magical Comrades The avatar can evoke magical comrades as long as he has learned the necessary abilities and the respective magic spell They constantly use his Mana reserves they follow the avatar everywhere he goes and they protect him from attackers Heroes Next to monuments of each individual race you will also find Hero Monuments Heroes are individuals with their own abilities and a more widespread radius of action than that of normal warriors and they are equipped and controlled just like your avatar whereas unlike the avatar they do not collect experience points Basic control of a hero monument is no different to that of other monuments Take it into your possession upon which you can see which heroes you can evoke in the activity bar The heroes have their own runes which you must insert into your rune tablet in your inventory As soon as you have inserted a hero rune into the tablet you can provide this hero with weapons and equipment in the equipment menu of your inventory The hero is then evoked with this equipment and even when he dies the objects are not lost he will possess the same equipment the next time he is evoked To exchange a hero rune inserted into the tablet with another one you will first have to remove all equipment from the hero and place ea
29. button That also applies for objects or persons in the game environment or in menus Move the mouse pointer over it to receive more information When you have learned to play SpellForce and you no longer need tooltips for every button you can also disable this function in the Options menu 4 Main Menu In the main menu you can choose the type of game you want to play and you can make basic settings Campaign The Campaign is the single player mode in SpellForce Choose this type to dive right into the game When you start a Campaign for the first time you can decide whether you want to create a new character or use a ready made one This character will represent you in the world of SpellForce and is known as your Avatar Create a new character for a Campaign Firstly you generate your game character by entering your name Use the buttons under the name to decide whether your avatar should be male or female Change between full sized view and portrait view in order to see your character in all facets You can also choose one of the different appearances After that in the right column you give your character a few basic capabilities First choose two categories for your character s special talents and then distribute 30 experience points among the personality attributes In the lower margin of the screen you can find out what effects the attributes have on the character by moving the mouse over the attribute As soon as
30. ch object back into the inventory You can assign a prime function to a magic spell of a hero by right clicking on it in the activity bar when the hero is selected The magic spell is marked and favorably used in battles from then on With an additional right click you can deselect the spell Evoking a hero costs rune power The less rune power your avatar possesses the longer it takes Rune power regenerates itself and is shown in the selection window when you select your avatar Click amp Fight System In SpellForce you can move into battle in the classic manner First select your own units then the type of attack and right click on the enemy However you can also make use of the advantages of the Click amp Fight System Simply click on an enemy in the game environment and action symbols will appear underneath the portrait buttons of the avatar active heroes and formed groups which you only have to click on to assign a certain type of attack to the respective portrait A sword stands for hand to hand combat whereas the avatar and the heroes gain quick access to magic attacks In doing so you can change your tactics in the course of a battle with very few clicks especially with strong enemies without having to select friendly units first In addition the Click amp Fight system offers you reasonable actions for your current selection That is why only healing or positive actions and magic spells appear under y
31. ct Lua script language designed and written by Waldemar Celes Roberto Ierusalimschy and Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo Lua Copyright 1994 2000 Tecgraf PUC Rio All rights reserved See www lua org for details Zlib Copyright 1995 2002 Jean loup Gailly and Mark Adler See www gzip org zlib for details STLport Copyright 1999 2000 Boris Fomitchev See http www stlport org for details Boost Smart Pointer Library Copyright 1998 1999 Greg Colvin and Beman Dawes Copyright 2001 2002 Peter Dimov m 1 Introduction Winter Dragon Generations before the first men climbed down the Windwall Mountains dragons reigned over the country They were able to fly freely through the skies over Fiara their power and wildness still unbroken and their freedom untarnished It was then in the days of the dragons when a single white dragon was born he ascended from an abandoned aerie above the Godmark high into the sky and with a single flap of his wings the whole country was enveloped with ice His carapace was the purest brilliant white anyone has ever seen His eyes glowered cold and clear like the winter sun and his breath was eternal frost No other dragon could compare with his power and greatness as he was the Breath of Winter His brothers and sisters fled from him and everywhere he came to rest the land froze and a cold hard layer of ice covered Fiara no matter where he went He was called Aryn the Frostweaver
32. d in the heading line of the list thus being available for further processing You will lose the raw materials you collectedif you issue a unit a new command while he is gatheringa raw material or transporting it In order to quicken the mining of these raw materials you can create lumbermen build up quarries or mines The workers in these buildings supply the processing buildings sawmill quarry smelting works and the food store as long as the distance between both buildings is not too long The magical raw materials Aria and Lenya only need buildings to win the materials further processing is not necessary Depleted Raw Material Resources When a raw material resource is depleted a worker will search the area within a certain radius for additional resources When he does not find anything he finally remains on one spot and waits for further commands Only trees are fully cut down all other raw materials grow back to a certain extent thus bringing endless yield Construct Buildings To construct buildings you will need the same workers who mine raw materials Thus you should generate enough workers to make sure the mining of resources is not decelerated when you have decided to construct buildings When you select one or more workers a hammer symbol appears in the activity bar When you click on this symbol the buildings you may construct appear in the activity bar whereas the buildings that appear darker are the buildings yo
33. e ee ee Options ee nn en u List of players in multiplayer mode What does t 1 1 9 m E d n The power compatibility and reliability of NVIDIA CPUs make them the overwhelming choice of game developers and this is why today s hottest games are developed on NVIDIA to be played on NVIDIA Look for this seal on games optimized for NVIDIA hardware to deliver an awesome gaming experience Equip yourself with an NVIDIA GPU so you can play your game the way it s meant to be played http eu nvidia com 2 wu JoWooD Ne ASNS Productions lt 2004 by Phenomic Game Development Published by JoWooD Podu ind Software AG Technologiepark 4a A 8786 Rottenmann Austria All rights reserved Ke e o o 22 Fu zi ee 6 A ii A em i i Mora A I vi r Ni Me vn IP n a A l i j L rj j L D i J P rap Bib k uper i f LETE m Li 1 Pax Ta f s Dr J i u i LB Ll 1 Fi TN vr wc c 7 F3 rs da p um 52 1 E H w cnt VO lt 2 Na a ie E bene pi a JoWooD Productions Software AG Technologiepark 4a A 8786 Rottenmann Austria 1 JoWooD Homepage JoWooD www jowood com Homepage Spellforce www spellforce com Q 2004 by Phenomic Game Development Fa Published by JoWooD Productions Software AG Technologiepark 4a A 8786 Rottenmann Austria All righ
34. e terrain out of this once broken world And the Seed of Life will soon bloom However I cannot dwell here to tend to my creation Therefore I have called youto fulfill this duty Father his children replied the powers you have banned are merely asleep Even if we unified our powers we would never be as mighty as you are Hoy will vve be able to face all the dangers to come No worries the Wanderer answered As long as the shine of my light can be seen glowing from the distant shores of our Homestead my powers and the bane will ba in effect I shed my blood to make this world a parin af me like many in j before With these words Aonir forged a blade of sharp stone and jabbed it into his body Many drops of his blood fell onto the fac of Eo Whefever a drop fouched the land they turned into purest crystal and ET Godstones were formed Exhausted the Wanderer spoke to his children From now on my power shall guide you Though there are yet many challenges awaiting you Tiara eldest 0f my children yo r home shall be the Disc of the Sun And as ya dance among the flames you will offer life here the necessary light and warm it i 2 T NE a requires to survive May you never tire Tiara i E 5 E Nor my son you shall receive the Disc of the Moon ds your reign Watch over the nights and the creature s sleep once Tiara has moved on Your light will es arus but
35. ed to you as quests can be found in your questbook afterwards more information in the chapter Inventory When the conversation has come to an end close it with the ESC key or the spacebar upon which the game continues pU Merchants You can find merchants in existing settlements and you can recognize them by the spinning coin over their heads When you right click on a merchant the trade menu opens In the left column you can see your own possessions in the right column you see what the merchant has to offer First click on an item in one of the columns and then click the Buy Sell button upon which the merchant will make an offer which you can accept or reject Depending on your character attribute Charisma the offer you receive will be good or bad In the middle column you can choose product categories and you can see how much money you possess 100 copper coins make one silver coin and 100 silver coins make one gold coin The Activity Bar The activity bar in the lower edge of the screen shows three static symbols and the possible activities you can administrate with the currently selected unit or the selected building In the lower right edge of the bar separated from the other buttons by means of an ornament you see these three buttons Click through monuments With one click you have fast access to the activities that an activated monument offers Click this button repeatedly to click through all you
36. er Prade Dirk Ringe Special Effects Programming Jirka dell Oro Friedl Game Logic Programming Matthias Best Marco Reuthen Tobias Sprenger Network Programming Marco Keuthen Al Programming Dragica Kahlina Peter Prade User Interface Programming Klaus Gerstle Andreas Nitsche Sound Programming Andreas Nitsche Dirk Ringe Editor Programming Tobias Sprenger Additional Programming Steffen Bendel Effects Concept Artist Andreas Adamek Martin Fiedler 2D Art and Textures Hoa Tu Ngoc Character Design Formgeber 3D Modeling Christian Siecora Christoph Zollinger Artisan 3D Render ru Virgin Lands Computeranimation Assistant 3D Modeling Martin Fiedler 3D Animation Christian Siecora Virgin Lands Computeranimation Assistant 3D Animation Martin Fiedler Interface Art Hoa Tu Ngoc Box Design Sven Liebich Virgin Lands Computeranimation Special Effects Jirka dell Oro Friedl Music amp SEX Dynamedion Sounddesign www dynamedion com Lead Testers Thorsten R pke Thomas Vogt Testers Stephan Arndt Nikolaus Bliimlein Jonathan Cefariello Guru Geertz Silke Gohla Michael Kairat Silas Katzenbach Philipp Kersting Oliver Landrock Dirk Meinecke Arshia Nasser Zadeh Heiko Sennert Lars Stolley Joannis Thomas Thomas Vogt System Administration Christian Hacker Special Thanks to Birgit Krause Microsoft DirectX Developer Support esp Mike Burrows and Chas Boyd nVidia Developor Support esp
37. er forest and roamed through the frozen plains to find the Winter Dragon The biting cold penetrated her bones and ice and death wrapped themselves around po her The closer she came to the dragon the more brutal the cold became and before long Cenwen felt her consciousness fading To prevent herself from falling into death bringing sleep she raised her voice and began to sing She sang of confidence security and warmth just as they had always done around the campfires in Finon Mir Aryn heard her voice in the distance and glided down from the sky to see where the singing was coming from Suddenly he saw the elf kneeling in the snow powerless and close to death but she was determined to continue as she braved the power of the frost with her pure voice The Winter Dragon rested beside her and lowered his head as he had never before experienced anything so beautiful At that moment the elf queen turned silent and quit singing as she called upon the dragon Please hear my call oh powerful and mightiest of all dragons Hear my call oh messenger of winter and death Your presence is bringing frost over the land and death to all life The ancient forests will freeze to ice under your wings and my folk will die with them if you do not change your path What do you demand What could possibly calm the Frostweaver and save my folk At that Aryn raised his head and the cold shine of his eyes struck through Cenwens heart like the cold silver b
38. ers the possibility to direct your current view to specific places very quickly Like in the game environment the major portion of the map is still black The veil that covers the land will not be lifted until you let your avatar or another unit that belongs to you explores the area An area that has once been explored remains visible on your map although the veil falls after a while if no units are near The colored dots represent units and buildings according to the same arrangement as they do in the game screen Green Your own units or buildings Blue Allies or neutral units or buildings Red Enemy units or buildings Your avatar is represented by a large green dot Special objects are represented by a yellow dot and portals are marked with white dots Click on an area on the map in order to direct your view of the game environment to that spot A white area shows you which section of the game environment you are currently viewing and towards which direction you are facing The wider end of this visibility cone shows you in which direction you are looking into the landscape in the game screen When you have a unit or a group selected you can also send out a move command via the map Right click on the spot on the map you would like your unit group to move to Your Avatar Your representative in the world of SpellForce offers you the widest spectrum of possible activities In the upper left you have complete control
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40. ery single worker is selected whereas the manufacturers are excluded Selected available workers Available workers 8 Battle Workers in Battles In case your settlement is attacked and you are not yet in possession of soldiers the workers will defend themselves although they are not particularly strong In addition you can fend off enemies with your avatar Unlike your avatar and heroes workers and produced soldiers cannot regenerate their life points and Mana themselves They can be healed with magic spells and a food store offers them the possibility to tend for their wounds themselves although this action will use up a small amount of food However workers and manufacturers who are currently working will not defend themselves Generate Warrior Units at Monuments Like the workers warrior units are created at monuments and depend on the use of the respective rune although for many units you will additionally need raw materials in store or you must have constructed a specific building For the humans for example a forge is indispensable and when you construct several forges weapons can be forged quicker which leads to faster production of units Click on a monument In the activity bar next to the workers you will see the warriors that are available In order to be able to generate new warrior units you must find or purchase the respective plans and place them into the plan menu in your inventory When a unit in
41. es NAE Select Avatar Hero VES UTR EPI WR aa a a Pera MEE UR mo VS wm Pu d Le Select Click and bolit teft mouse key mercis RE ds ere wot Frame selection a gil BS i eroe ten da CE Add or remove to from the selection CPRE Leticlick 77 So Re 2 he ua ve Select unittype CTRL SHIFT Leficlick Add or remove unit PD to from the selection duchtclick 04 rm A 3 a Send group to destination force goto CTRL Righttlick e E Send group to destination attack while marching SHIFT Righielyi EU eI Set pathmarks to define a route for a group SHIFT Rightelick onthe unit 4 Mo o ADIRE Group follows destination unit s AFT Righgelick 7 ae e oie Ra XE Set patrol marks for a group or nit x SO FABA ar ESC asc TSEC Sgt Shift Enter PZN alu PM Te wad ae pP VH DP Select monument Same function as the monument button Stop action Selected units stand still immediately Stay in position selected units fight from their current position Selection of the strongest enemy viewable on the screen repeated clicking allows you to click through all of them What does ent cc on Pause Li een Hber tee eee ee ee Game Menu ee LL a ees Destroy own unit Chat in Multiplayer mode with other players Lee de ee Chat in Multiplayer mode with team this mean T Quicksave eaickload eect cco dee s ae Haye Options List of playet
42. escription of other rights and limitations 9 2 1 Safety copy Mor yr One single copy of the software product may be stored for safety or archiving purposes only 2 2 Limited warranty JoWooD Productions Software AG warrants for a period of 90 days starting from the date of purchase that the software will essentially work in accordance ooD sJimited warranty insofar de 1 Li with the accompanying printed materials rs The complete liability of JoWooD Productions Software AG and your only claimyconsists atethe option of JoWooD bursement of the paid purchase price or of Ispairing or substituting the software product which is not i as it is returned to JoWooD Productions Software AG together with a copy of the invoice n accordance wi This limited warranty will not apply if the failure of the software product is due to an accident misuse orfaulty application 2 3 Other warranty rights will remain unaffected c PIE sy The above warranty is gum by JoWooD Productions Software AG as manufacturer of the software ae PH Any legal warranty or liability claims to which you are entitled toward the UT ais whom you ought your version of the software prod ct are neither replaced nor limited by this warranty 5 a T p rmi mit P 3 da ET a LV dE gw a 4 Limitation of liabili a 7 j 418 2 4 Limitation of liability r alt j Pm To the greatest extent permitted by applicable law JoWooD Productions Software AG refuses to accep
43. ess experienced Avatar couldn t be up to the missions in a Shadow of the Phoenix P Most players quit the previous campaigns with ris on level 28 If your Avatar is on a lower level you will experience more the first quests You should then consider using one of the ee Avatars Your Avatar may take the E items Alon into the new campaign JA All Runes you may have placed in bie Rune Tablet Workers and Heroes Pe x Allitems that bere to dic Hero s or Avatar s armor All spells in the Spellbook P M culties i in al ER All building ang unit plans that were 2 in the intended ee slots All other items plans and Runes as well as money dre not I The story in SpellForce Shadow of the Phoenix altethates depending on the campaign you have taken your Avatar from ees mie Predefined Avatar We suggest using a predefined Avatar if you no longer have savegames from SpellForce The Order of Dawn or SpellForce The Breath of Winter on your computer or if your Avatar is on a level lower than 28 After selecting the Phoenix Campaign choose the option Predefined Avatar You may choose from various ready made Avatars Fach one is ig aady equipped with worker and hero Runes plans and items You may also select whether your Avatar should come fromthe story in SpellForce 2 The Order of Dawn select the Phoenix Stone for this option onthe story in SpellForce The Breath of Winter
44. game When you create the game you also have the possibility to set a password close the game that means not allowing any other participants join start the game or quit the game Internet A list shows you the currently running servers Click on one of them and then on the button Connect to join a game Connect to IP lets you enter the IP Address of a host manually The button Host Game allows you to create your own Internet game n 10 Credits Phenomic Game Development Creative Director Volker Wertich Technical Director Dirk Ringe Art Director Sven Liebich Virgin Lands Computeranimation GmbH Volker Jacklein Lead Content Designer Steffen Itterheim Lead QA Thorsten R pke Executive Producer Ralf Adam Managing Director Boris Kunkel Game Design Volker Wertich Mission Design Arne Oehme Additional Mission Design Steffen Itterheim Jochen Peketz Volker Wertich Interface Design Sven Liebich Volker Wertich Single Player Level Design Sidonie Langer Andreas Liebeskind Multi Player Level Design Markus Amberger Marcus Lubcyk Andr Weckeiser Scripting Steffen Itterheim Arne Oehme Jochen Peketz Asset Management Holger Becker Game Design Assistance Andreas Jurksch In game Cutscenes Marco Rademacher Story and Dialogue Arne Oehme User Manual Falko L ffler Lead Programming Dirk Ringe Graphics Programming Jirka dell Oro Friedl Andreas Nitsche Pet
45. he Shift key on your keyboard and click on additional units with the mouse to add them to your selection This way you can select as many units as you desire You can also deselect an already selected unit with Shift and click Altogether you can select up to 100 units at once The portraits in the selection window show you how many units you have and how many of one specific type As soon as you right click on an area in the game environment all selected units walk to this spot and gather there You can also choose single units in the selection window without breaking up the group in the game environment To do so click on the portrait in the selection window and a frame will show you that the following commands only apply to this character You can vary the selection here as well by holding the Shift key several units or by holding the Ctrl key all units of one type You can remove units from the group with Alt click Assign and Select Groups To quickly select a group you have formed in the game environment repeatedly you have the possibility to assign a hotkey for this group There are six small buttons available to do so underneath the raw materials index and the numeric keys to 6 To assign one of these hotkeys to a selected group or possibly just a single unit click on one of the small buttons or press and hold the CTRL key and additionally one of the respective numeric keys A small portrait bu
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47. ho have never experienced any seizures may nonetheless have an undetected epileptic condition Consult your doctor if you or a member of your family have an epileptic condition When you experience any of the following symptoms stop the game immediately Dizziness altered vision eye or muscle twitching mental confusion loss of awareness of your surroundings and or convulsions Technical support and Customer Service Table of Content You are experiencing difficulties while installing the software or you are in the middle of the game and you dont know what to do next LIH MUERE I eI ee Vc 6 Hotline 3 Updates in SpellForce The Breath of Winter eee 10 support kochmedia co uk 4 Freeplay Game Mode ee SEE 13 EL NC vurihedBlerheb eu 2p ERU EET 14 GS CHAIN UIT we E CRI 19 7 Key Configuration See E E 22 This product contains software technology licensed from GameSpy Industries Inc c 1999 2004 GameSpy Industries Inc All rights reserved BIN F Uses Bink Video Technology Copyright 1997 2004 by RAD Game Tools Inc IDEO v Used under license MILES 4 Uses Miles Sound Sytem Technology Copyright 1997 2004 by RAD Game Tools Inc Used under license 2004 Phenomic Game Development Published by JoWooD Productions SpellForce is a trademark of JoWooD Productions Software AG All rights reserved Acknowledgements We would like to thank the developers of free software technologies used in this produ
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49. i ne Felix Klofer Marc Kremer Carsten Cyliax Ronny Kahlert Jonas Stahl Achim Meinecke Kai D Stammnitz Mario Frank Music Sound FX Dynamedion Sounddesign d www dynamedion com a Original Score Tilman Sillescu Scripting Pierre Langer Sound EX Conny Kollet Pierre Langer m A JoWooD Productions Software AG Producer Sascha Pieroth Product Manager Jan Wagner Localisation Manager Gennaro Giani Copy Protection Mastering amp HoB Manager J rgen Sch pker Copy Protection Engineer Markus Stoller Int Security amp Protection Manager Gerhard Neuhofer Lead Graphic Artist Sabine Schmid QA Manager Robert Hernler Senior Lead Tester Stefan Seicarescu Lead Tester Gernot Greimler Testers Benedikt Ebli Harald Egger Sascha Griesser Petra Grossegger Rene Kreuzbichler Hedwig Matl Christian Oberreiner Christian Pohlhammer Christoph Reischl Markus Reiter Eveline Rinsch Peter Schicker Gerald Schurl Anton Seicarescu Markus Solkner HoB Coordinator Michael Kairat Cinematics amp Cover Virgin Lands Computeranimation GmbH www virginlands de Project Manager Lars Wagner Character modelling Textures amp Animations Vito Lamanna Ralf H ttinger Volker J cklein Frank Hessefort Scenery modelling amp Lighting Stefan Spatz Tobias Weing rtner 2D Work Vito Lamanna US voice samples Violetmedia GmbH Pro
50. ing through nonentity connected by means of magical stones and portals Rohen one of the circle mages starts reconstructing what left over He explores the different platforms and gathers attendants he calls their community the Order of Dawn They want to put the broken world back together Eight years after the Convocation Rohen marks the start changing the fate of the world for all times He evokes the power of the rune However what hidden knowledge does this circle mage have 2 Installation amp Game start System requirements Minimum Intel Pentium III 1GHz 256 MB RAM 3D Graphic card with 32 MB RAM compatible with GeForce2 or better Windows 98 ME 2000 XP 2 GB free fixed disk storage DirectX 9 0a or higher Suggested Intel Pentium 4 1 8 GHz 512 MB RAM 3D Graphic card with 64 MB RAM compatible with GeForce4 Ti or better Windows 98 ME 2000 XP 2 GB free fixed disk storage DirectX 9 0a or higher Installation Open the tray of your CD or DVD drive and insert the SpellForce CD Close the tray When Autoplay is activated on your computer the setup assistant will start automatically In case you don t have Autoplay activated open the contents of the CD by opening Workspace or Windows Explorer and double clicking the CD Now you must double click on the file SpellForce Setup exe You have started the setup assistant Now follow the instructions on the screen to ins
51. installed this AddOn 3 FS Enhancements in Player vs Player Mode In the Player vs Player Mode you now have the possibility to either play according to the rules of SpellForce Shadow of the Phoenix or according to the original rules If you decide to play according to the Phoenix Rules you may not play with players who only have SpellForce The Order of Dawn or pe att The Breath of Winter installed on their computer When playing according to the Phoenix Rules you have th option to play with a ready made Avatar or with an Avatar from the Freeplay Mode That means you may aise your own Avatar which you created in the Freeplay Mode to face up against your friends in the Player vs Player Mode Pr i If you d cide to play according to the Phoenix Rules using a ready made Avatar these Avatars will comply with the Avatars from the original game however they are already in possession of building plans for the new Mrs d in Spelling Shadow of the Phoenix New Rule and Avatar Options then Internet PLAYING ON THE NTERNET Pr a If you would like to play a game via the Internet you require an Internet connection with a 56K modem minimum Additional costs may apply Gamespy 24 Play the Freeplay game mode nette Xia Gamespy by selediing Freeplay Game Mode And loading a character or create a new character if you don t already p have one Then select Internet and enter a name you would
52. it will be a welcome sign for the creatures of the night Daughter Elen wander through the country and guard the forces of life Watch over the treasures of nature the plants and the creatures of the forests Give them the water they so urgently need to survive and be their friend and protector Ulm you shall be the Keeper of Diversity and Change Nothing shall last forever and change shall determine the face of this world May your powersigive the flowers their colors and the creatures their variety Niethalf your might shall form them and strengthen them You will give them the power they need to survive As we know this world will not be without dangers In the depths of the earth I want you to forge their souls giving them courage and truthfulness Willpower and strength However you will also encounter those who are weak or double minded the ones who do not pursue their lives based on the truth They too shall have an advocate and that shall be you Zerbo Your deceitfulness and finesse shall offer them assistance and provide an example Sharina my daughter you will pass graciousness and bl ndness on to this world In the homes and families your soft hand shall guide their way Show them the joy of life of work and of being together Hirin you will be the Harbinger the one to bring good and bad You shall accompany the souls of the dying to the Halls of Death and guide those born into dife Sleep death and dreams b
53. ith this license or not This License Agreement will be terminated immediately without any prior notification by JoWooD Productions Software if you are in breach of any of the provisions of this license in which case you will be obligated to destroy all copies of the software product Safeguarding clause Should any provisions of this agreement be or become invalid or unenforceable the remainder of this agreement will remain unaffected Choice of law The laws of Austria will be applied to all legal issues arising out of or in connection with this contract JoWooD Productions Software AG Technologiepark 4a A 8786 Rottenmann Austria S JoWooD Ln m al Productions Homepage JoWooD www jowood com Homepage Spellforce www spellforce com 2004 by Phenomic Game Development Published by JoWooD Productions Software AG Technologiepark 4a A 8786 Rottenmann Austria All rights reserved Software graphics music text names and the handbook are copyright protected The software and the handbook may not be copied reproduced or translated nor may they be reduced to any electric medium or machine readable format without prior written permission from JoWood Productions Software AG HEALTH PRECAUTIONS Certain people experience epileptic seizures while viewing flashing lights or specific patterns in our daily environment These persons can also experience epileptic seizures while watching TV or playing computer games Even gamers w
54. ject Management Kl us Brunner Klaus Schmid Sound editing and postproduction Tobi Kretschmer Franz Bernardi Artistic direction Ellyn Epcar Stern Sound engineer Steve Braverman US voice actors Philip Hersh Jennifer Proud Dave Mallow Erika Weinstein Doug Stone Jack Lingo Pat Viall David Yuri Liam O Brien Paul J Hale Ethan Murray Sandie Hsieh Stephen Sanders Wendee Lee DC Douglas Geoffrey Fontaine Steve Kramer Bernie Lance Erica Shaffer Destiny KEv CONFIGURATION 3rd person Forward Sir Le Eae Toe a TRAS Aes Cursor up resp W Backward Un one vl TD Mies l l Ej Cursor down reaps so Turn left or punish csse olere a lr DE Cursor left resp Aa Turn right DE DUnish T nr RE Cursor right resp D Press and hold right mouse key ET en Mouselook Iso al Scrolling DP ne el gaan ete ag Cursor keys resp lt AWSD Rotate view to the left owen ae ARE P T Pep DEL r sp Q Rotate view to ihe VO uer rte T Aux ENDS resp E CAYCE RR ee ne pane HOME r sp T Click and hold right mouse Pey RE Ae chee A pm Scrolling LOOW LTR Me s a pie Ls DR TRI gio i set ee rie eg Pg Up resp R Zon VE en Mgr se Pg Dn resp F Inventory Paths oda S ET a E TGA I SPACE ia acer cee A EEE EAT tytn Define Group TU ig pq CEPR E Lid E Estee ie a doa Select group press twice to focus Vapi ee ee D m
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56. lade of a dagger Understand child of the forest since the day I was born I have been seeking those equal to me But I see how everything dies and I see that I bring nothing but agony to the world I will now return to the fields of my homeland and there in those lonely mountains I will wait for the end of time However shall your folk be spared you must fulfill one requirement You shall accompany me You have been the only one courageous enough to look into my eyes and your singing has touched my heart Accompany me back to the mountain and your folk shall be spared Cenwen looked up and stared at the Frostweaver for a long moment I am yours Frostweaver Take me with you to the North and with the power of my hope I will melt our hearts for the rest of my life But please spare my folk the agony With that the dragon grabbed her and with her he swung up high into the sky A good decision If your folk carries the same courage in their hearts as you do then you are truly worthy of life Should your folk ever be in distress at any time they shall call me and my power will be with them This will be part of our deal I offer you something of equal value as what I have taken The frost shall never be able to deprave them and the power of the ice shall be theirs as long as you are in their hearts And after the Winter Dragon finished speaking he raised his wings and swayed away towards the North back to the inhospitable m
57. larly strong armour Average architecture specialized in mining raw materials Their destroyer demolishes enemy buildings When a dwarf kills an enemy he automatically works his way up one level Dark Elves Above average in hand to hand combat though not in long distance combat Very skilled in the field of magic arts but only averagely armed Sophisticated architecture They do not have any workers but instead they have slaves Specialty Should they kill an enemy at night they receive a skeleton slave Trolls Very good in both hand to hand combat and long distance combat but only with two units No magical talent Well armed when the other races have delivered iron to them Simple architecture When a troll has lost half of his life energy he goes insane for a short period of time thus being able to inflict much higher damage to his enemy for a few seconds Specialty Corpse collector processes corpses to food Orcs Skilled in hand to hand combat but not in long distance combat above average magical talent Averagely armed Above average architecture When an orc has only _ of his energy left over he flees from the battle Specialty Drummers and other musicians spur on the orc fighters during battles Game environment Your view into the gaming environment takes up the largest portion of the screen If you would like to know the names of certain characters and what their health level is simply move the mouse over them Their name is show
58. lems During Gameplay via the Internet The padlock means this game is password protected You need the password to join The column Version shows which version of SpellForce the game host is running All game participants must be running the same version of the game If the version required is equivalent to the version you are running the number will appear in green otherwise in red Usually the latest version of SpellForce is the version that is played You can find respective patches on our website www spellforce de 22 Troubleshooting for Online Gameplay Se ae ooo In case you are experiencing problems joining a game or you notice that others are experiencing problems joining a game you have opened it may be because of the con 6500 6500 figuration of your firewall or your router UDP UDP In this case first of all set the game option behind router to be found under Options Network to on and try to enter or open a game again If you are e you are playing on the Internet via GameSpy playing behind a router you should always use this option If you are directly connected e there is no UPnP compatible router available or UPnP is disabled to the Internet then leave this option set to off If this does not help either check whether your router is UPnP compatible and whether e the option behind router is enabled the option UPnP is enabled on your router Please note that the u
59. like to use during 4 gameplay To play the one on one mode via Gamespy select One on One and PA Ll Direct Connection ere pF ag 4 To join a game via a direct connection simply click on the button LAN instead of the button Internet Now enterth address of the computer hosting the game into the fields Server Address This can either be am IP or an URL List of Games Now you ve reached the list of currently running games This is where you can join a hosted game or host your own The column Game shovvs the dant the host has chosen for this round ge The column Map shows the name of the map currently being played The column Player shows the max number of players that may oe partin this round and how many have already joined for example 2 3 PF M E AE P a The column Ping shows the quality of the connection to the hosting Sonia The smaller the number the better the connection a ame Wh 3 m i c M ur The column Status shows either a red or a green dot and in some cases the symbol of a padlock a S P P UP E BE j A green dot means the game is waiting for players to join this round A red dot means you may not join this game which can have several reasons The most common reason is that the game host has already closed or started this round A red dot also appears if you are r nning a different version of the game than the game host
60. link on your desktop Click the Start Button navigate to the folder Programs subfolder JoWood then SpellForce Now double click the SpellForce icon Open Windows Explorer or Workplace and navigate to the folder with SpellForce Double click SpellForce exe from there Fi Aa After a few seconds the game has been loaded and you are in the main menu New FEATURES IN SPELLFORCE SHADOW OF THE PHOENIX Phoenix Campaign Your mission is to survive a new epic adventure with new weapons new spells new heroes and new enemies but also including a few old acquaintances After you have selected the Phoenix Campaign in the Main Menu you must choose an Avatar for this campaign Unlike in SpellForce The Order of Dawn and SpellForce The Breath of Winter you won t have to start over from the beginning again You have the possibility to import an Avatar from one of the two other campaigns or you can play with a ready made Avatar Avatar Import After selecting the Phoenix Campaign select the option Import Avatar in the right half of the screen you will see the savegames from SpellForce The Order of Dawn in turquoise and SpellForce The Breath of Winter in green which are stored on your hard drive m E h eg gr Be SE M es ee See od Import Character Please keep in mind FU eee Only savegames in which the Avatar has reached at least level 25 are displayed A l
61. loses his life points during battles and his Mana by performing magic although both are regenerated in the course of time You yourself determined the abilities you see in the left column when you created your character before the campaign started This is where you can now gain a good overview learn new additional abilities or refine the abilities you already have The development of character values is coupled to your character s level of experience Every time you win a battle or complete a quest your character gains experience Although you gain more experience when you defeat various enemies if it is always the same type of enemy you defeat your experience level only rises very slowly Once you have gained a certain amount of experience you climb up one level which you are notified of acoustically When you open this menu the button new ability will appear in the left column At this point you can either learn a totally new upper category or detailed knowledge of an already existing class and aside from that you can increase your character attributes your character cannot use this object because he is still lacking necessary abilities Move your mouse cursor over the object and you will see a tooltip with the y j y p requirements for the object Sometimes an object occupies several of your character s possibilities to carry equipment In this case the area that cannot be used receives a red faceting For example when y
62. mbination of hand to hand and long distance fighters By clicking on the individual portraits in the selection window at the bottom left you can narrow down your selection In addition CTRL click is also possible in the selection window when you would like to control only one type of unit in the current selection Disadvantages of Wounded Units When the life energy level of wounded units has reached the red zone they move slower than healthy units Besides that in certain situations they will flee from a battle thus they are not very reliable Try to heal these units with a healing spell A food store offers workers and warriors the possibility to tend for their wounds themselves although this will cost a small amount of food The avatar and the heroes regenerate their energy themselves others need a food store Take On a Formation You can vary the position of currently selected units amongst each other by means of the static Formation button in the activity bar As soon as you click on the formation button the currently selected units keep their position amongst each other Aside from that you can choose from several preset formations in the activity bar In the 3rd person perspective formations may only be taken on when the avatar is not included in the current selection Attack Monuments Monuments may be attacked as well Though the structure in itself cannot be destructed as soon as a monument has been damaged and has c
63. n and a small bar gives information on the character s health A circle around certain characters in the following named units and buildings shows the affiliation Green Circle This unit or building is under your control and may be selected Blue Circle This unit or building is friendly or neutrally minded towards you but you may not control them directly Red Circle Enemy unit or building Scroll the view of the game environment To move the viewable screen section you have the following possibilities Use the cursor keys or A S D W to roll the section in the appropriate direction Move the mouse pointer to the edge of the screen in the appropriate direction The landscape moves in the appropriate direction until you move the mouse away from the edge again Press the right mouse button and hold it down The mouse pointer changes Now move the mouse in the direction of the new view you would like to have and then let go of the mouse button when you have finished repositioning Rotate the view of the game environment Press and hold the right mouse button and then press and hold the left one The mouse pointer changes Now when you move your mouse to the left or to the right you rotate your view Let go of both buttons to go back to selecting units Normally your view realigns in northern direction when you have finished rotating You can change this under Options You can realign your posi
64. ng chapter Quests Quests are the missions your avatar must face Some are necessary for the progress of the game and must be completed Others are side quests and can be completed whenever you feel like it for fun though they offer interesting rewards A quest can arise as a result of the progress of the story line which is usually told ina cinematic sequences or in the game environment when you right click on a character with an exclamation mark or question mark spinning over its head This character will then explain how you could help him her In the center column with the heading Main Quests you can see an overview When you click on one of the quests the details of the quest will appear in the column to the right When you move the mouse cursor over one of the details a c Em CC tooltip with additional information will appear Quests that have not been completed are light yellow whereas solved quests are shown in grey In addition you can use the buttons Active Quests and Completed Quests to modify the display When you are not sure how to continue in the game or if you load a save game file after a longer period of time this is where to go to find out which quests must be completed next 7 Establishing Settlements In the course of SpellForce you will encounter six different races Humans elves and dwarves belonging to the white side of magic and orcs trolls and dark elves
65. ol near the right edge of the activity bar next to the static symbols When you click on a Unit symbol a bar in the selection window will show you the creation progress By means of additional clicks you can order up to seven additional units which will be generated one after another Available maximum workers Available maximum soldiers Progress Current Unit 5 Waiting loop Once a unit is created in a magical light in the monument it steps outside and awaits your commands When you right click on a selected monument in the game environment you set a gathering point for new military units which is marked with a flag A settlement can only own a certain amount of units depending on buildings and raw materials When you click on a monument 4 numbers show you how many workers you have already created from the possible maximum of workers The numbers underneath show the same information for your soldiers The maximum number of units increases with the developments in your settlement whereas the headquarters define the limit for civil units and the restorations to the headquarters that are paid for with food define the limit of military units Every time you call upon a unit whichdoes not demand any raw materials thus workers or a hero it costs rune power The less rune power your avatar possesses the longer it takes to generate this unit Your current level of rune power is shown in the selection window whenever you select
66. ompatible router available or UPnP is disabled e the option behind router is disabled Ports you are playing on the Internet via a direct connection there is no UPnP compatible router available or UPnP is disabled 2801 2801 6073 6073 47624 47624 T CREDITS Phenomic Game Development Man ging Director Boris Kunkel Creative Director Volker Wertich Project Manager Martin L hlein Assistant Game Designer Kian Piruzram Code Technical Director Dirk Ringe Lead Programmer Marco Keuthen Special Effects Jirka Dell Oro Friedl Al Dragica Kahlina Game Logic Matthias Best Tools and Logic Tobias Sprenger Content Content Manager Steffen Itterheim Lead Story amp Dialog Lead Mission Design Arne Oehme Lead Scripting Jochen Peketz Database Management Holger Becker Mission Design Map Design Scripting Michael Baur Holger Becker Sidonie Langer Andreas Liebeskind Marcus Lubczyk Jochen Peketz Additional Database Management Felix Kl fer Andreas Rei ner Art Art Direction Sven Liebich Senior 3DArtist Christian Siecora 3D Artists Martin Fiedler Christoph Zollinger 2D 3D Artist Hoa Tu Ngoc 2D Artist Ingo Sauer Manuel Reinher Sn FS Pierre Langer Additional Art Roman Pfrengle Frauke Bonsch Internal QA QA Lead Thorsten R pke Lead Tester yr j Thomas Vogt io uf Testers P You i Andreas Re
67. on your computer prior to installing SpellForce The Breath of Winter In case SpellForce The Order of Dawn is not installed on your computer please follow the installation instructions in the SpellForce The Order of Dawn handbook If SpellForce The Order of Dawn has been previously installed then insert the SpellForce The Breath of Winter CD into your CD or DVD drive Close the tray The setup assistant will automatically start if the autoplay function of your computer is enabled If autoplay is disabled you can access the content of the CD by opening your Workplace or the Windows Explorer and double clicking on the CD icon Now double click on the file SpellForceTBoW Setup exe to start the setup assistant Now follow the instructions on the screen to install SpellForce The Breath of Winter Game Start You have the following possibilities to start the game after the installation process Double click the SpellForce link on your desktop Click the Start Button navigate to the folder Programs subfolder JoWood then SpellForce Now double click the SpellForce icon Open Windows Explorer or Workplace and navigate to the folder with SpellForce Double click SpellForce exe from there After a few seconds the game has been loaded and you are in the main menu 3 Updates in SpellForce The Breath of Winter Main Menu Aryn Campaign The goal is to master a totall
68. or save game files In this screen you can also delete save game files and characters To do so select the character in question and click the button Delete Character or select the save game file with a mouse click and click the button Delete Saved Game Please bear in mind that upon deleting a character all the save game files coherent to this character are also automatically deleted Tutorial Prehistory If you are playing SpellForce for the first time you will begin with a tutorial In the tutorial you will not only learn about the history of your avatar but you will also learn the basic functions of the game You should play through this tutorial in order to learn the most important modus operandi When you would like to start SpellForce with a new character you can skip the tutorial by activating the respective checkbox under the character s name When you have confirmed a new character or save game you will find yourself back in the world of SpellForce after a few seconds Multi player To find out about the possibilities of the multi player mode please read that chapter further towards the end of this handbook Options When you click on Options you can change settings in the following areas of the game Ingame Various settings such as the easy mode where the level of difficulty for the whole campaign becomes easier Video Screen resolution and detail levels Audio Volume Controls
69. ou place a two hand sword in one of both hands the second empty hand turns red because the sword must be used with both hands You may keep the objects in your inventory as long as you desire or you can sell them to a merchant although you can also destroy them if you are sure you definitely no longer need them To do so click on an object and then click on the trash can in the lower left of your inventory Please bear in mind that once destroyed the object is irretrievably lost Book of Spells In the course of the game you will receive magic spells in the form of script rolls In order to apply them to learn them so to speak you must first put them in your Book of Spells and then in your Magic Memory Hand to hand combat abilities also fall into this category which you learn automatically by upgrading your battle skills As soon as your avatar has reached a certain level he can apply certain hand to hand combat skills They are treated just like magic spells First off click on a magic spell in your inventory and then click on an empty space in your Book of Spells Now the spell has been recorded In order to apply a magic spell during the game you must transfer the spell to your Magic Memory Click on a spell in the Book of Spells and then click on one of the empty fields in the bar above the book You can exchange the magic spells in the Magic Memory as often as you desire but only the spells from the Book of Spells Yo
70. ou that you can scroll through the respective index Equipment Here on the left side you can see all pieces of equipment you have found in the course of the game which are of use to your avatar and your heroes Please note that there is only one generally valid equipment inventory for your avatar and heroes which is why you can always trade pieces of equipment between characters or place Charakter values Character them back into the inventory At the same time the spatial distance between each Equipment Selection individual person does not play a role eee In order to carry and use an object click on it once and then click on the respective Rune Tablet part of the body in the silhouette of your character located in the centre To the right the attributes show you the effect this particular object has Planes Questbook When one of the objects to the left in your inventory has a red background it means Destroy objects Close inventory Character Points This is where you get all the details about the skills and abilities of your avatar and the hero you have evoked In the first line three essential values are shown Armament class life points and Mana energy for performing magic The armament class is coupled with your momentary equipment check the next chapter The level and endurance of a character are decisive for his maximum amount of life points whereas character level and wisdom determine the maximum Mana supply A character
71. ountains far beyond the Grimwarg Notches That is where he settled and while the elf queen sang for the both of them he created a protective cover made of ice to retain them from the rest of the world for all time and preclude the rest of the world from him Today only the mighty glacier they call Frostweaver announces the trade that once took place between the elves and the most powerful dragon of all times The humans and the dwarves say the sound of Cenwen s pure voice can still sometimes be heard up there in the icy loneliness of the mountains But only do Cenwens children and the ordains of Aryn know that the Winter Dragon is still alive and that he has given them his power while he listens to the singing of the elf hidden deep underneath the ice Eleyna Songweaver The beginning of time 2 Installation and Game Start System Requirements Minimum Intel Pentium III 1GHz 256 MB RAM 3D Graphic card with 32 MB RAM compatible with GeForce2 or better Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Approx 800 MB available fixed disk storage 2 GB for the original game DirectX 9 0a or higher Suggested Intel Pentium 4 1 8 GHz 512 MB RAM 3D Graphic card with 64 MB RAM compatible with GeForce4 Ti or better Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Approx 800 MB available fixed disk storage 2 GB for the original game DirectX 9 0a or higher Installation Please keep in mind that SpellForce The Order of Dawn must be installed
72. our avatar and heroes when you select a friendly unit The smaller an action symbol is in the frame the closer the target is this way you can plan how far the respective unit will have to walk thus how long it will take until the command is put into action The Click amp Fight commands only appear for units that are located within a certain radius of the selected enemy Select the Strongest Enemy In order to select the strongest enemy very quickly and fight him with the Click amp Fight System effectively press the Tab key on your keyboard Now you can initiate whole waves of attacks Press Tab repeatedly to scroll through all visible enemies Loot Enemies and Chests You will come upon chests in the game environment some of which have a golden glow Certain enemies are also left behind after an attack with this glow It shows that there are still objects located here that you can take with you Select one of your units and right click on a chest or the enemy When the unit is standing close enough to the chest or the enemy a window will open in the lower left edge of the screen showing the contents You may now click on the objects you would like to take with you upon which they are sent to your inventory You can also click on the checkmark underneath the menu which lets you take all the objects shown Go to your inventory to apply the objects to your avatar or hero or to simply take a closer look at them
73. over your avatar simply by clicking the Avatar Button That is how you select your avatar Right click on the button and the total viewable area is centered on your avatar A green bar in the button shows your avatars energy and a blue bar shows his her Mana reserves Dialog With Other Characters Many characters that your avatar meets in the course of SpellForce are individuals who play an important role You can recognize these characters by the exclamation mark or the question mark spinning above their heads Characters that are important for the progress of the storyline have an exclamation mark You will receive the most important missions quests from them All characters with a question mark give you secondary tasks sidequests that are not important for the progress of the story line although the sidequests do bring in experience or interesting objects You can speak to these characters by selecting your avatar and then right clicking on the other character Your avatar walks over to the person and talks to him her During the conversation you cannot control your avatar The perspective changes and you can see portraits of the speaking characters and sub titles of their conversation in the lower edge of the screen Use the spacebar to scroll further in the dialog At some points you must use the numeric keys or your mouse to choose what your avatar should say from several options Some things you find out from other characters issu
74. p E Camera _ gt EA ee HOME resp T CheE and hosen no es gt en rs Scrolling 00 De en Pg Up resp R Loo mnao en Bene Pg Dn resp F es GR a gS RE L ee eee I poe LOS EPID AG ee es TAA eere SPACE E TREE EE ers a ae ee Define Group ees ee i i Select group press twice to focus SS Select Avatar Hero ps EE RR SE EO nn Select Ciocana hold W MOUSER RR can nn Frame selection me i Add or remove to from the selection ER RnB mee 1 ee ba lun Select unit type CTRL SHIFT Leficlick Add or remove unit type to from the selection BC Sep i a a Send group to destination force goto CT RERIGh tC Chee een ur Send group to destination attack while marching SFHEFRiehtchch SAID ee X Set pathmarks to define a route for a group SHIFT Rightclick on the unit Lu Group follows destination unit IC Eu HE ai oe uo Set patrol marks for a group or unit p RE Select monument Same function as the monument button SS Stop action Selected units stand still immediately Ec e Stay in position selected units fight from their current position Dc ce Selection of the strongest enemy viewable on the screen So repeated clicking allows you to click through all of them Pause DE o ds i Game Menu ES EE ES EE ee El Destroy own unit ii C C UE Chat in Multiplayer mode with other players Silas ote UE CT IL Chat in Multiplayer mode with team d erar s p a Quicksave I ee SS es Quickload FEI ea ee
75. please select the Shadowblade The story in SpellForce Shadow of the Phoenix alternates depending on the campaign you have taken your Avatar from Select the Shadowblade or the Phoenix Stone resources you can click ori this Buen upon which ten units will appear Dc o next to the building d a pes Be The swarm units are not calodiited it into the PA limit hover you Li never a produce mor than ten per race ma F ee oe a Important When you summon a swarm unit the tea remains th sammie x y building u Ly f A P d p P 2 UU p t pe ele ri 1 NEW BUILDINGS AND UNITS T rna d s sl pr Ec You will find plans for new buildings in fhe course of the opes or in the i Freeplay Mode Two new building plans are available for each race ez may summon a nevv unit in each of the new buildings Ti a ry i Shin umits Ze One of the two new buildings for each te face serves to summon swarm units To do so select the newly constructed building A button appears in the bottom left 7 of the Screen just like whensyou re summoning Titans If you have the t and theam unt of units produced always sums sup to ten independenton whether you still had gang swarm units or not Hint Swarm aie appear realy 2 next to their building tberefore tt is advisable to construct these buildings directly near the front line in order to secure quick reinforcements RS er Jp
76. r monuments When you want to center your view on the monument you have currently selected right click this button with your mouse Meanings and functions of the monuments are explained further on in this handbook Formations This button is only available when you have selected several units When you click this button the units will keep their position amongst each other from then on Along with that you can choose from other fixed formations in the activity bar Please keep in mind that you cannot assign any formations as long as your avatar is in the selection Inventory Use this button to open your inventory which is explained in the following chapter Monuments Formations Inventory The Raw Material Index In the upper edge of the screen various cells show you which raw materials are available in your settlement Wood Sontes Iron Moonsilver Aria Lenya Food te When you are playing on a platform with two different settlements the raw materials available for both settlements are separated by a cross provided that your are simultaneously managing a settlement of the dark side and a settlement of the white side Portals Magical portals connect the single platforms of the game world When you enter one you reach another platform which is another totally different area of the world where creatures live that you have possibly never come across before Portals can be used in both directions and as often as you
77. re ready to enter the map LAN or Internet When you want to play Freeplay Mode together with your friends you will have to keep the following in mind 1 The more players participating in the game the more enemies you will encounter on the map 2 The experience points you or your friends gain after eliminating an enemy are evenly divided among all players This also applies even if some players were not directly involved in eliminating the enemy 3 Ifa player picks up an item that item will appear in each player s inventory Please keep in mind that you can save your character data at any point in time also in multiplayer games by using the quicksave key F7 for example We recommend saving your game on a regular basis especially when youre playing via the Internet That way your latest data is not lost in case you are unintentionally disconnected s Playing via the Internet If you would like to play a game via the Internet you require an Internet connection with a 56K modem minimum Additional costs may apply Gamespy Play the Freeplay game mode online via Gamespy by selecting Freeplay Game Mode And loading a character or create a new character if you dont already have one Then select Internet and enter a name you would like to use during gameplay To play the one on one mode via Gamespy select One on One and then Internet pU Direct Connection To join a game via a direct connection simply
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79. s in multiplayer mode The power compatibility and reliability of NVIDIA GPUs make them the overwhelming choice of game developers and this is why today s hottest games are developed on NVIDIA to be played on NVIDIA Look for this seal on games optimized for NVIDIA hardware to deliver an awesome gaming experience Equip yourself with an NVIDIA GPU 50 you can play your game the way it s meant to be played http eu nvidia com 1 2 Level Editor and Software Development Kit ue i Fi END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EUEA This original software is protected by copyright and trademark law It may only be sold by authorized dealers and only be used for private purposes Please read this license carefully before using the software Bysinstalling or using this software product you agree to be bound by the provisions of this EULA 1 Software product license L 1 1 This End User License Agreement will grant you the following fights ge zd jT D This End User License Agreement is a legally valid agreement between you either as a natural or as a legal person and JoWooD Productions Software AG AR a By purchasing this original softWare you are granted the right to install and use the software on a single computer JoWooD Productions Software AG does not grant you any right of owhershipsto the software and this license does not represeht a sale of the software You are the owner of the CD ROM on which t
80. se of UPnP poses a security risk Further details on this may be found in your router user guide Pre cn ge hi il Ge rr en nn this sti oesnt work perhaps because the router you are using doesnt support SS p IE UPnP you can transfer the required ports see below to your router or firewall an zn or alternatively you can declare your computer a DMZ computer This nevertheless carries a security risk with it The relevant details may be found in the instruction manual of your router or firewall UDP UDP 6073 6073 List of ports which must be transferred if d d e you are playing on the Internet via GameSpy there is no UPnP compatible router available or UPnP is disabled e you are playing on the Internet via GameSpy e there is a UPnP compatible router available and UPnP is enabled theoption behind router is disabled pq gi quo ee ou are playing on the Interner via a direct connection 2 there 1s a n compati e router avaliable an nfi 1s enabled UDP e the game option behind router is activated gt none e you are playing on the Internet via a direct connection UDP e there is a UPnP compatible router available and UPnP is enabled e the game option behind router is disabled 47624 47624 e you are playing on the Internet via GameSpy e you are playing on the Internet via a direct connection there is no UPnP compatible router available or UPnP is disabled po I
81. t help either check whether your router is UPnP compatible and whether the option UPnP is enabled on your router Please note that the use of UPnP poses a security risk Further details on this may be found in your router user guide If this still doesn t work perhaps because the router you are using doesn t support UPnP you can transfer the required ports see below to your router or firewall or alternatively you can declare your computer aDMZ computer This nevertheless carries a security risk with it The relevant details may be found in the instruction manual of your router or firewall List of ports which must be transferred if e you are playing on the Internet via GameSpy e there is a UPnP compatible router available and UPnP is enabled e the game option behind router is activated gt none i e you are playing on the Internet via a direct connection e there is a UPnP compatible router available and UPnP is enabled gt none you are playing on the Internet via GameSpy e there is a UPnP compatible router available and UPnP is enabled the game option behind router is disabled A 6 FS Ports UDP 6500 6500 af you are playing on the Internet via GameSpy there is no UPnP compatible router available or UPnP is disabled e the option behind router is enabled Ports et ET nn TUme a e yo are playing on the Internet via GameSpy there is no UPnP c
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83. tage upon which a bar will appear in the selection window The more workers you command to construct the building the faster the construction will proceed And you can add more workers at any point in time by selecting some workers and then right clicking on the construction site or you can draw others back by selecting those workers and giving them others jobs Manufacturers When construction is completed the building is ready to operate The workers who were commanded to construct the building automatically turn into manufacturers for that specific building and begin their new duty if the establishment can employ several workers In case the building does not need manufacturers or if there are too many workers the rest of the workers remain at the building and await new commands A flag at the top of a building shows you if the building is occupied Manufacturers take over the same jobs normal workers do when they have been commanded to one specific raw material but they are much faster Tear Down Buildings You can tear down a building you no longer need by selecting it and clicking on the demolish symbol in the activity bar After confirming this procedure is irreversible and you loose the raw materials invested in this building Repair Buildings You can repair damaged buildings by selecting one or more workers and right clicking on the building The workers will then repair it although this process costs you raw materials
84. tall SpellForce Game start You have the following possibilities to start the game after the installation process Double click the SpellForce link on your desktop Click the Start Button navigate to the folder Programs subfolder JoWood then SpellForce Now double click the SpellForce icon Open Windows Explorer or Workplace and navigate to the folder with SpellForce Double click SpellForce exe from there After a few seconds the game has been loaded and you are in the main menu N M 3 Game introduction Welcome to the world of SpellForce You will encounter humans dwarves elves trolls dark elves and many other creatures You will build up and destroy settlements You will lead troops in the battle against all evil You will study new magic powers and learn how to use them You will make new friends and foes This handbook will show you how to find your way around in SpellForce your possibilities to take action and how to apply them in the game In following we will talk about Click and Double click This means the left key on your mouse In case the right mouse key is meant it will be explicitly indicated at that point Tooltips In case you are not sure which action is evoked by pushing a button during the course of the game just move your mouse pointer over the button and a window will appear explaining the function of that
85. tion towards the north manually by pushing the key T Zoom into the game environment It is also possible to zoom into or out of the game environment Turn the scroll wheel of your mouse upwards or downwards or push the Scroll Up key to zoom in closer to the scene If your avatar is visible in the current section of the window the view switches to behind this character To return to the steepest perspective which is almost vertical turn the scroll wheel downwards or press the key Scroll down Your avatar is also the only character that allows you the possibility to control him her and experience the world of SpellForce directly by looking over his shoulder 3rd person perspective Right click on the portrait button of the avatar to face him her directly Then turn the scroll wheel of the mouse upwards or push and hold the Scroll up key or R key until you see your avatar from the back Now you can control him with the cursor keys or the keys A S D and W When you press and hold the right mouse button or press A and D your character can walk sideways To return to the normal perspective turn the scroll wheel downward or press and hold the keys Scroll down or F When the view does not return to this perspective your avatar is probably not in the viewable section of the screen or he she has died Selection window You select a unit or a building by clicking on it in the game environment
86. to from the selection Rightclick Send group to destination force goto CTRL Rightclick Send group to destination attack while marching SHIFT Rightclick Set pathmarks to define a route for a group SHIFT Rightclick on the unit Group follows destination unit ALT Rightclick Set patrol marks for a group or unit Key Configuration Select monument Same function as the monument button Stop action Selected units stand still immediately Stay in position selected units fight from their current position Selection of the strongest enemy viewable on the screen repeated clicking allows you to click through all of them Pause Game Menu Destroy own unit Enter Chat in Multiplayer mode with other players Shift Enter Chat in Multiplayer mode with team EF Quickload 20 Quicksave PF Options The power compatibility and reliability of NVIDIA GPUs make them the overwhelming choice of game developers and this is why today s hottest games are developed an NVIDIA to be played on NVIDIA Look for this seal on games optimized for NVIDIA hardware to deliver an awesome gaming experience Equip yourself with an NVIDIA GPU 50 you can play your game the way its meant to be played DeNOOUC RS JoWooD Productions 2003 en Phenomic Game Development Published by JoWooD Productions Software AG Technologiepark 4a A 8786 Rottenmann Austria All rights res
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88. ts reserved Software graphics music text names and the handbook are copyright protected The software and the handbook may not be copied reproduced or translated nor may they be reduced to any electric medium or machine readable format without prior written permission from JoWood Productions Software AG HEALTH PRECAUTIONS Certain people experience epileptic seizures while viewing flashing lights or speci fic patterns in our daily environment These persons can also experience epileptic seizures while watching TV or playing computer games Even gamers who have never experienced any seizures may nonetheless have an undetected epileptic con dition Consult your doctor if you or a member of your family have an epileptic condition When you experience any of the following symptoms stop the game immediately Dizziness altered vision eye or muscle twitching mental confusion loss of awareness of your surroundings and or convulsions Technical support and Customer Service 7 You are experiencing difficulties while installing the software or you are in the middle of the game and you don t know what to do next Hotline support kochm dia co uk E 7 POWERED Bv Fame o L d Uses Bink Video Technology Copyright 1997 2004 by RAD Game Tools Inc Used under license This product contains software technology licensed from GameSpy Industries Inc c 1999 2004 GameSpy Industries Inc All rights reserved d T
89. tton with a number will now appear in the middle of the upper edge of the screen The number tells you how many units you selected You can now select the group at any time by pressing the assigned hotkey on your keyboard or by clicking on this portrait button Click on the small button again to break up a group upon which the portrait button disappears Numbers Above Units During certain activities numbers appear above the units The color of the number shows what has happened to this unit and can be altered in the Options menu Pathmarks and Patrols While you are navigating units through the game environment you can also carry out the following activities Press and hold CTRL and right click The unit goes to the destination point and reacts to enemy attacks while doing so With the normal right click the unit s go to the destination point first then they defend themselves Press and hold Shift and right click Set pathmarks The unit walks down the path that has been set with pathmarks until it reaches the last mark Press and hold Alt and right click Set marks for a patrol route The unit walks up and down the path set with patrol marks In the game environment path and patrol points are marked with flags You can delete these points by selecting the unit and you can send it to another spot with a right click Map The map in the bottom right gives you an overview of the complete game environment and off
90. u can find out how to activate a magic spell in the Chapter about the battles Rune Tablet Runes are inserted into the rune tablet to evoke units at the monuments The runes define the type and the strength of workers and battle units of the build up races as well as that of the heroes At the beginning of the game you only have the Workers Rune of the humans although you will find new runes in the course of the game which you can use to call upon even more versatile heroes and stronger units to support you The higher the level of a rune is the stronger the units that can be generated at that monument Aside from that not all openings of the tablet are available at the beginning of the game These openings will not be opened until your avatar has gained experience and climbed a few levels Just like all other objects runes can be sold or destroyed However you should consider selling a rune very carefully because the units that you call upon with it are very important assets in SpellForce Plans Plans are script rolls with construction plans for buildings and warriors written on them In order to activate a plan click on it in the left column choose the correct race by using one of the 6 buttons with the different races on them and then place the plan in one of the empty fields You can now start constructing this building immediately Although highly developed buildings demand basic buildings learn more about that in the followi
91. u may not construct because of lacking raw materials or other missing buildings The specific reason why not is marked red in the tooltip Plans for Buildings In the Plan menu of your inventory you can find out which buildings may be constructed This is where you must activate the suitable construction plan under the respective race before the workers are able construct a building Set the Contours of a Building A contour of the building you want to construct will appear in the game environment once you have chosen a building from the activity bar Now move the mouse cursor to see which lots are available for that building You can scroll through the game environment at the same time The contour of the building will only appear if the soil conditions and the surrounding area allow construction on this site Thus when you move your mouse cursor over an area with hills or an overgrown area the contour will stay at the last spot where construction of the building was possible and a red symbol next to the mouse cursor shows you that you cannot construct a building in your current position Press and hold the CTRL key and use the scroll wheel of your mouse to rotate buildings When you have decided which construction site you prefer click on that spot and the workers will immediately set off to begin constructing the building You can find out about the progress of construction by clicking on the building during the construction s
92. up to 8 players using a local network or the Internet When doing so each gamer can choose his game character from 10 default avatars all of which are fully equipped Unlike in the campaign you do not gain experience and your level does not rise and in addition you do not have an inventory Net Selection First off you must decide whether you would like to play in a local network or the Internet After that enter the name you would like to have to take part in the game When you want to play via the Internet you will need an Internet connection and a 56kb modem minimum It is possible that additional costs incur as a result of the Internet connection LAN A server list shows you which games are currently active in the network First off choose the game you would like to take part in and click on the button Join Game In case the server is protected by a password you must enter it now You instantly come to the LAN Game Preparations When you would like to host your own LAN Game click on Create Game You can change additional settings in the menu LAN Game Preparations First off choose your avatar from the list of default characters and join a team You can then decide where you want to start The other players that have signed up appear in the overview You can exchange text messages with them by means of a chat window When you finally set your status to green you give notice that you are ready to join the
93. ut also happiness and health will be the goods you trade May they fear you and love you at the same time And at last you Ereon You will be the Keeper of their Knowledge Science research and magic shall provide a better future for the races You shall take down all their knowledge and legislations in a book so that I may learn the story of my creation when the end of time arrives j Now set off and fulfill these duties until the end of this world has come In return every creature shall render homage to you in thankfulness and loyalty as you are their guardians and their pr servers Yet keep iri mind my creation is immaculate itis the beginning and the end the present and the future The Seed of Life shall sprout and grow as I have created it Watch over it for every life is unique And with that the Stargod Aonir quit speaking and left Eo to return to the shores of his homeland From there his light shines protective over his children as they now protect us Nonetheless they shall never interfere in our history and never shall they join forces with the creatures of Eo nor shall they accept them as friends These are the Rules of Aonir and they apply to the gods as well as the creatures of Eo Whoever breaks them shall accept the curse of the Father God E 6 25 DirectX 9 0a or higher Po uh INSTALLATION AND GAME START System requirements Minimum Intel Pentium III 1GHz 256 MB RAM E 3D Graphic card
94. ved in eliminating the enemy 3 If a player picks up an item that item will appear in each player s inventory Please keep in mind that you cari save your character data at any point in time also in multiplayer games by using the quicksave key F7 for example We recommend saving your game on a regular basis especially when you re playing via the Internet That way your latest data is not lost in case you are unintentionally disconnected Enhancements compared to SpellForce The Breabt af Winter 15 additional maps are available for the Freeplay Mode Avatars fr m the Freeplay Mode in SpellForce The Breath of Winter can be customized her And like in the Phoenix Campaign the highest level for Avatars is novv 50 instead of 30 as it formerly was and the highest level for abilities is now 30 instead of 12 ur On the map Questplace Nymeria you may accept missions that will bring you valuable rewards You may only enter this map alone however you may play together vvith up to 2 additional players while solving the missions as in the former versions To activate a missionon the map the Host the player x deg the AS Li F ds must accept the mission If other players aside from they Hast have accepted the mission these players will also participate in the ganie Please keep in mind that after installing SpellForce Shadow of the Pinos you may only play the Freeplay Mode with other players who have also
95. ww jowood de support This product contains software technology licensed from GameSpy Industries Inc c 1999 2003 GameSpy Industries Inc All rights reserved er POWERED BY F Uses Bink Video Technology Copyright 1997 2003 by RAD Game Tools Inc Used under license Uses Miles Sound Sytem Technology Copyright 1997 2003 by RAD Game Tools Inc Used under license 2003 Phenomic Game Development Published by JoWooD Productions SpellForce is a trademark of JoWooD Productions Software AG All rights reserved Acknowledgements We would like to thank the developers of free software technologies used in this product Lua script language designed and written by Waldemar Celes Roberto Ierusalimschy and Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo Lua Copyright 1994 2000 Tecgraf PUC Rio All rights reserved See www lua org for details Zlib Copyright 1995 2002 Jean loup Gailly and Mark Adler See www gzip org zlib for details STLport Copyright 1999 2000 Boris Fomitchev See http www stlport org for details Boost Smart Pointer Library Copyright 1998 1999 Greg Colvin and Beman Dawes Copyright 2001 2002 Peter Dimov CONTENTS Page SU SDXRIO Diei re ee ee 6 QUI Ua ee EN EE EE 4 3 Game Introduction Dec dits EEreeell 8 4 Main Menu neo ee 8 5 Game Controls Wt ee MN 12 6 Inventory aem ee n 2d Z Building Settlements ri cah THERE A dr 25 8 Battles 2 aa Era UNE am 30
96. y new campaign new enemies new spells new heroes new weapons and new challenges Freeplay Mode In this new game mode everyone can test his her capabilities even without quests You can play this game mode by yourself or with up to two additional players via LAN or the Internet More details concerning this mode can be found in the chapter Freeplay Mode Player vs Player This is where you can start the multiplayer mode from SpellForce The Order of Dawn in the AddOn SpellForce The Breath of Winter Additional Controls Buildings under construction and complete If you would like to construct a building you can now check the tooltip of the respective building to see how many buildings of this type have already been completed and how many are still under construction TEEN P Ta Woodcutter s Hut 2 1 Resources Wood 40 Resource Building Wood Up to 5 workers can be assigned here fora more productive gathering of wood Trees in dose range are required 3 T T IRE Mis PT Ti P f a ow er ete yt ER f v Image Total buildings For example 3 represents 3 finished buildings in this case 241 means that 2 buildings have been completed and one is still under construction If you are constructing the first building of a specific type you will see the display 0 1 107 Sorting the Inventory Now you have the possibility to sort the items in every field in the inventory When you sort the items the
97. y will first be sorted according to the type of item and then according to value ECHIFPIEITT 3 er am A Armourcdass vw onu ps zi I Mana ai u hid 4 Ere ntn urna Dexberity Andsty intellayener Fre koe Mad lack Mag Minc Pel gory c Image Sort button Book of Spells The spell level is now displayed directly on the symbols of the spells This offers a much better overview Image Spell levels are displayed Miscellaneous New Enemies Of course you will encounter a variety of new enemies in SpellForce The Breath of Winter including a few very impressive final enemies But we don t want to give away too much at this point New Spells There are spells hidden in Campaign Mode as well as in Freeplay Mode These spells have a noticeably different effect than the spells you have encountered so far New Equipment and Equipment Sets New enemies call for new weapons SpellForce The Breath of Winter offers 150 new pieces of equipment This also now includes equipment sets with three pieces of equipment that belong together per set Your Avatar receives a special bonus when he is carrying all the items of one set Nine sets are available altogether Name Dom ar re Rune magic The values of the items in the equipment sets increase by 50 Aonirs Light Mana and life points regenerate 50 faster Counter attack A 10 chance that an attacking short range enemy will hit himself
98. you have distributed all the points you can use the checkmark in the lower right to finish creating your character and the game begins Choose a ready made character for a Campaign In case you find it too troublesome to create a character simply choose one of the ready made characters You also can read up on all the abilities and attributes of the character that is supposed to represent you just like when you create your own character Character changes in the course of the game Whether you create your own character or you use a ready made one all the character values are simply the starting point of a development You will extend the characteristics of your avatar in the course of the game and also learn new skills which you will need on your journey Character values are updated by means of an automatic button when you are using a ready made character Managing save game files When you have already started a game with one character you can manage and edit save game files in the Campaign screen IMPORTANT When you start a campaign with your avatar every advancement i e every save game is coupled with that character Load a saved game In case you would like to load the save game file of a particular avatar select the character in the left column first and then select the save game file in the right column with a mouse click Now click on the checkmark in the lower right and the game will load Deleting characters
99. your avatar or a monument and it regenerates itself in the course of time Collecting Raw Materials In the upper edge of the screen you can see the amount of raw materials you possess Raw materials are necessary to construct buildings and to repair them All raw materials can be found in the game environment Some can be collected directly byworkers others demand a building prior to collectingthem Raw materials that can be collectedby workers without the necessity of a building T Wood Basic construction material D Stones Construction material hs Iron ore Necessary for weapons and equipment Raw materials that can only be collectedwith construction buildings m Moonsilver A rare metal used for the extraordinary weapons of the dwarves and dark elves Aria Magical water that generates Mana for humans and elves Food Provides adequate supplies for the units w L2 Lenya Magical plant that creates elfin magic used by elves and orcs Raw material yield and processing establishments You can easily gatherthe three raw materials wood stone and iron by selecting several workers click on them or draw a frame around them commanding the leader to go to the raw material resource and right clicking on it The workers will now set off to collectthe raw material you selected in this area They will then bring their yields to the monument or a particular building for raw materials whereas upon delivery the yield is credite

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