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SETTLERS II - VENI VIDI VICI

Copyright Blue Byte 1995-1996

English Version 1.01



Latest amendments and notes:



Memory requirements:

SETTLERS II requires around 7MB
of free XMS memory. If you do not
have enough XMS memory available,
the program will first try to run
in a memory-saving mode. This
means that certain graphics will
not be loaded. If this does not
work either, you could try running
the program without music. To do
this, start with the NOSOUND.BAT
batch file.




Smartdrive:


To reduce loading time we recommend
using the "SMARTDRV" program.
Please see your DOS manual for
installation.




Two-player mode:

A second mouse is needed to play
this game in two-player mode. It
should be noted that Player One
(the player on the left of the
screen) uses the mouse which is
supported by the mouse driver. The
second mouse is anticipated on the
other COM port. Mice are only
supported by COM port 1 and COM
port 2.
Two-player mode is only possible in
"free play" mode (see below).





Screen display - VESA driver:

SETTLERS II supports the VESA
VBE standard for the support of
SuperVGA graphics. Many SuperVGA
graphics cards are directly
compatible with VESA VBE.

If you have problems with your
graphics card, try the following
procedures:

1. If you have received a VESA VBE
driver with your graphics card,
install this and then try running
the game. Many VESA VBE drivers can
be installed directly from DOS.
Follow the instructions in your
graphics card manual.

2. In case you do not have a VESA
VBE driver for your graphics card
or your VESA VBE driver does not
function with this game, we have
included the UniVBE VESA VBE driver
on this CD. To install the UniVBE
VESA VBE driver, you must only run
the INSTALL.EXE program in the UNIVBE
directory on the CD. Please note
that the UniVBE driver is Shareware.
Do not forget to register if the
UniVBE driver is to help you further
with this game.
Follow the  instructions during
installation to  register this
copy of the UniVBE.



Autostart:

If you have problems in Windows 95
with the Autorun option, please go to
the AUTORUN.TXT file. There you
will find a list of possible fault
sources.




"Free play" mode:

In this mode you can choose from 18
different scenarios and determine
your enemies as well as various other
options.

- Scenario
Select a map. The size and maximum
number of possible players are
displayed. Obviously you can reduce
the number of players.

- Alliances
Here you indicate which players are
allied to each other.

- Game objective
When is a game won?
This is determined here.

- Goods in the storehouse
Here you can set the initial value
for raw materials and workers for
the players.
In the "free play" mode the same
starting conditions apply to all
players.

- Reconnaissance
If you set this switch to "Off", all
players can see the entire playing
area and all the enemy's buildings
at the same time.
"On" is the initial setting, which
also applies in the Missions
chapters.

- Start position
If you choose "according to
sequence", the start positions of
all players are the same each time
the scenario is started.

If you wish to play out large
scenarios in "free play" mode and
do not have sufficient free memory,
reduce the number of participating
peoples. Choose members of one race
as characters.
Some of the large scenarios are,
however, only accessible to users
with more than 8MB main memory.



Alliances:

As soon as a player attacks his
allies, these become his enemy. At
the same time, the allies of the
people attacked become the attacker's
enemies.
In the statistics window players
can check which computer enemy is
currently allied with whom. The
colors of the allies are shown as
small rectangles in the players'
portraits.



Storage of merchandise:

In the headquarters and storehouses
it is now possible to decide for
all merchandise and workers
individually whether they may be
stored in this special warehouse
or not. Players can also choose
individually which goods are to be
compulsorily transported out of
the store.



Protecting the headquarters:

Players can choose how many soldiers
are to protect the headquarters.
These will then only leave to defend
the HQ.




Keys "C" and "S"

During the game, key "C" shows you
the name of the building.
With "S" you can also insert
additional information on the
buildings.



Emergency program:

If you receive the message "The
emergency program has been activated"
in the message window, your remaining
stores of wood have been reserved for
building a woodcutter's hut and a
sawmill.
You should then build these
immediately.




Blue Byte News:

This CD also contains an edition of
the latest Blue Byte News. Change to
the NEWS directory and run the
INSTALL.EXE program in Windows.


You will find further information on
us, our products and great tips for
SETTLERS II in our Homepage:

URL:  http://www.bluebyte.com



Have fun!