Sunny 1,000 Collection/SUNNY1000.iso/Files/Dos/Strateg/WARDIARY.ZIP/wardiary.exe/rar/MANUAL.TXT

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                                W A R  D I A R Y

                                      from

                                The Game Factory


War Diary is a real-time strategy game based on actual events that took place
in the 16th century.

Towards the end of the 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, through conquest,
united Japan for the first time. A brilliant strategist, his appetite for
power was not satisfied with this achievement. He set his sites on something
bigger....

Hideyoshi requested that Korea allow passage of his troops on their  way to
invade China. Korea refused, and in 1592 Hideyoshi landed between 150,000 and
200,000 troops on Korean shores. The Japanese possessed a weapon the Koreans
had not encountered before -Guns. Using matchlock guns that had been copied
from the portuguese in 1542, the Japanese advanced quickly, seizing the
capital, Seoul, within
two weeks.

It is into this scenario that you are thrown in War Diary. As a Korean General,
you must crush this invading army in a series of campaigns that will challenge
your mind and make your heart  beat that little bit faster...

For more details on the history behind War Diary, please see the file
"history.txt" (in this folder or directory).



                                     SETUP
(this section is duplicated in the file "install.txt" If you want to print out just
the setup instructions, it's probably easier to print out that file).


War Diary as a minimum requires:

a 486 or greater, 8 MB of RAM, Mouse or compatible pointing device,
Sound Blaster or compatible sound card. 2X CD-Rom drive (4X recommended)
for the full version.


To install:

If you do not setup the game as shown below, you will not be able to load
any games that you save (the program will crash when you attempt to load them).


Windows '95

Open the folder that you installed War Diary to.

Click on "Setup" to configure your system
for War Diary.

When finished:

Right click on the file "Gamedemo".

Click on "Properties" in the pop-up menu that
appears.

Click on the "Program" tab (2nd tab in at the top).

Click on the "Advanced" button.

Check (by clicking on it) the "MS-Dos mode" box
(third box down).

The program is now ready to play.


DOS/Windows 3.1

It is best to run the game directly from Dos.
Exit Windows 3.1 before setting up or playing.

Games will not be saved properly if an expanded memory manager
(such as EMM386 or QEMM) or Smartdrive is running while you play the
game. The saved files will be corrupted.

In order to save games, you will need to prevent these programs from loading
into memory when you start your computer.

How to do this:

The computer reads two files -"config.sys" and "autoexec.bat" when
it starts up. This tells it to load the expanded memory manager and
Smartdrive. We can edit these files and prevent the programs from
loading.

The easiest way to do this, is to create a special setup for War Diary
by using a boot disk:


Place a blank floppy in drive A:

type "format a:/s" at the Dos prompt and hit the [enter] key on your keyboard
(formats a disk in drive a and transfer
essential system files to the disk).

type "C:"  and hit the [enter] key
(switch to drive C)

type "cd\"  and hit [enter]
(change to the root directory)

type "copy config.sys a:"  and hit [enter]
(copies the config.sys file to the floppy in drive A)

type "copy autoexec.bat a:"  and hit [enter]
(copies the autoexec.bat file to the floppy in drive A)

type "a:"  and hit [enter]
(switch to the floppy in drive A)

type "edit config.sys"  and hit [enter]
(edit the config.sys file in drive A)

Towards the top of the file is a line with "EMM386" or "QEMM386" or
something similar. At the beginning of this line type "REM".

e.g. c:\dos\emm386.exe

     becomes:

    REM c:\dos\emm386.exe

Save and exit.

type "edit autoexec.bat"   and hit [enter]
(edit the autoexec.bat file)
In this file there will be a line with "Smartdrv.exe".
Again, at the beginning of this line type "REM".

e.g. c:\windows\smartdrv.exe

change to:

     REM c:\windows\smartdrv.exe

The "REM" tells the computer to ignore this line, so the program
will not load. You can put REM in front of any line, to prevent any
programs that you do not need for playing War Diary, from loading.
This will free up more memory. You will need sound (e.g. a line with
SET BLASTER=) and a mouse (e.g. a line with mouse.exe)

Save and exit.

Leave the floppy in drive A and restart your machine.

At the Dos prompt, switch to the drive and directory (or folder)
where you installed the War Diary demo.

type "setup" to configure the game for your machine.

type "gamedemo" to start War Diary.

To play War Diary in future, place this floppy boot disk in your
A drive and restart your machine.

Have fun!


                     HOW TO PLAY

At the Main Menu:

        Start Game      -starts a new game
        Load Game       -loads a saved game
        Opening         -not available in the demo.
                 In the full version, when you click here
                 you get nearly 150 Megs of 3D animation
                 showing some of the background to War Diary.
        Quit


The demo consists of two fully playable levels.


Stage 1 (of your campaign)

Your homeland is under attack. The enemy have landed in the south
of the country at Pusan Bay. There, they captured Dongrae castle, butchering
most of the inhabitants. They are now headed for the strategically important
castle of Saejae. It is your job to gather the royal forces in the area and
secure the castle.

This level is fairly easy and is intended for you to get used to
the controls etc. for the game.


The screen is divided into several areas:

In the lower left:

Map of the entire level. Unexplored areas are black. Your troops are in light
green, your buildings a darker green. The enemy's troops (when visible) are
red and their structures pink.


In the lower middle:

Status Indicator        shows health of person or building currently
                        selected on the main screen. Also shows level
                        of experience (from 1 to 4) of character.

Options                 Available options for that person or structure.


In the lower right corner:

Clock             indicates the time of day or night. Enemy troops and
            positions are not visible at night, except when your
                        men are near them (or a priest uses a magical power
            called Night Vision -only available in the full
            version)


Weather Vane         shows the direction the wind is blowing in


Very Top of Screen:

Resources        shows the amount of Money (M) you have, Food (F),
            Trees felled (T), and Iron (I)


Main Screen:

Here is where all the action takes place. You till the soil, harvest your
crops, fell the trees, smelt the iron, construct your buidings, make your
weapons, create characters, fight the enemy and more!

    Screen Mode:
    To get a wide view main screen just hit the "Tab" key.
    Once in the wide view screen you can call up the map by hitting
    the space bar.

        Scrolling:
    The screen scrolls as you move the mouse or use the arrow keys on
        your keyboard.

    Game Menu:
    Press the "F10" key to bring up the Game Menu.

    Save         Save a game
    Load        Load previously saved game
    Set Up        Change game settings such as volume and speed
    Win        What you need to do to win this game
    <=        Return to the current game
    Quit        Quit and exit to title screen.

    Calling up the Game Menu will also Pause the game.


Resources:

Money        Needless to say, this is an essential resource. You need
        it for creating buildings, ships, troops etc. Food, Iron
        and Trees can be sold to raise money.

Food        Each day, depending on the number of troops, peasants etc.
        you have, a certain amount of food is consumed. You can
        obtain more food by either buying it or harvesting it.
        A peasant can harvest food only from farmland. When it is
                first harvested, the farmland has a value of 100 (i.e. it
                produces a hundred units of food for each crop that the
                peasant carries back to the main hall). When crops are grown
                continuously, this value decreases (for each journey, the
                peasant carries back less and less food).  Letting the
                farmland lie fallow will restore the value to 100.

Trees        Required for building and certain weapons such as bows and
                arrows. Peasants fell trees and bring them back to the
        main hall.

Iron        Required for building and certain weapons such as swords
        and cannons. Peasants working as Blacksmiths produce Iron.


Buildings:

Main Hall    This is the hub of your base. Here, you trade,
        importing or exporting raw materials, and construct
        buildings.

        Trading:
        Click on the Main Hall. There are three options
        available just to the right of the Status Indicator. The
        top right has a money symbol (looks like a doughnut with
        a square hole in the middle). By clicking on this, you
        are taken to the Trading Post screen.

        At the Trading Post:

        Offering Price     -the price offered for your raw materials.
                   The more often you sell your resources, the
                   lower the price will be each time you
                   return to the Trading Post. Supply and
                   Demand. Holding on to the resource for
                   some time maximizes it's price.

        Buying Price      -the price at which you can purchase a
                   resource. Always higher than the Offering
                   Price.

        To trade, simply click on the red (for selling)or blue
        (for buying) arrows. Click "OK" for each time you want
        to complete a transaction.

        When you are finished trading, click on the Red stop
        symbol in the lower right corner.


        Building:
        The other icons to the right of the Status Indicator are
        for construction of buildings. Different types of
        buildings are associated with each button. In the first
        level a Barracks, an Arms Works and a Guard Tower
        can be constructed. In the second level, a Blacksmith's
        and a Shipyard can also be built. In the full version
        there is a much wider range of buildings with everything
        from a Temple to a Stables.

        To construct a building, just click on the building button,
        choose a building, and if you have sufficient money, trees
        and iron, it will be built in the Main Hall (the cost of each
        building is shown as you move the cursor over each icon).

        When the building is finished, click on the
        Main Hall. A green box appears and with your mouse
        you can move the box to where you want the building
        to appear. If the box turns red or partly red, you cannot
        place the building there. Make sure that you don't block
        any routes for peasants or access to other buildings.


Barracks    This is where you create your troops and peasants.
        There are three options -peasant, fighter and arm.


        Peasant:
        By clicking on the peasant button a peasant is created.
        He does not need to be equipped with anything and will
        appear beside the barracks once created.

        Fighter:
        A soldier is created by clicking on the fighter icon. Once
                created, he needs to be armed by clicking the Arm icon (hand
        holding a sword). He will not appear on the field until
        armed.

        Arm:
        Clicking on this icon, gives a list of troops waiting
        to be equipped with weapons. Clicking on a soldier will
        reveal a list of available weapons. Click on the weapon
        that you wish to arm the soldier with.

        On most levels, you are given a small stock of arms for
        your troops. However, these soon run out and you will have
        to create more in an Arms works.

Arms Works      Here you create the weapons for your army. Only two
        types of swords and arrows are available in the demo.
        Click on either the sword or arrow icon to produce
        either one. The more powerful the weapon, the greater
        it's cost in terms of money and resources used in it's
        construction.

        Weapons get worn down with use. A sword may have to
        be replaced or an archer may run out of arrows. When
        this happens a flashing red arrow will appear beside
        the soldier whose weapon needs to be replaced.

Guard Tower     Shoots arrows at invading enemy troops.

Blacksmith's     When manned by a peasant produces Iron.

Shipyard    In level two of the demo, this can produce
        a Transport raft.

            Transport raft:
            Used for transporting troops. Can also be used
            as a Pontoon bridge. Wind direction effects how
            quickly it can move.

            In the full version, the shipyard also builds
            Battleships.



Characters:

        Characters and some structures such as Guard Towers
        and Battleships have different levels of experience. These
        range from 1 to 4, with 4 being the least experienced and
        1, the most experienced. Those with little experience (e.g.
        a soldier fresh from the barracks) need the most guidance.
        In a battle, they're actions often need to be directed. Those
        with more experience can take care of themselves.

        All characters have three icons associated with them. A
        "run" icon (picture of a running man), a "stop" icon (picture
        of a man with a walking stick) and an "action" icon. The
                action icon, in the case of a footman is a sword (for
                attacking), an archer -a bow and arrow (for attacking), and
                for a peasant some farming tools (for harvesting etc.). After
                clicking on a character, you can order him to move to or
                attack a specific location by clicking on the icon and then
                clicking on the location on the main screen.

        You might also notice, a small question mark below the status
                indicator. This is for adding items such as a shield, ginseng
                for health etc. These items are only available in the full
                version.


Peasant        Harvests crops on farmland, cuts down trees, smelts
        Iron in Blacksmiths.

Footman         Equipped with sword. Has strong stamina and fighting
        power.

Archer        Equipped with bow and arrow. Weak stamina and
        fighting power. However, can inflict damage on the
        enemy from a greater distance than Footman.

Gunner        Mans a powerful Cannon. Slow moving. Exploding
        cannonballs can injure your own troops who may
        be near the enemy. (Full version only)

Priest        Weak fighting power, but has a wide range of
        magical powers including shooting balls of
        fire, powers of healing and summoning Lightning.
        (Full version only)

Knight        Mounted on horse and equipped with a sword. Strong
                stamina and fighting power. Moves quickly. Cannot
        be created until Stables are constructed.
        (Full version only)

Specter        Summoned only at night by a Priest. Attacks the enemy
        with a sword. Daylight destroys him.
        (Full version only)



Stage 2

The capital, Hanyang, is in grave danger. The King has dispatched his
son, Prince Imhae, to Kangwa island to try to block the enemy's
advance. Unfortunately, the enemy has already arrived and the Prince
and his troops are in grave danger. You must command a relief force
that will find the Prince and return him to his father.

Additional buildings available on this level:

        Shipyard (can build Transport rafts)
        Blacksmith's




We hope you enjoy the demo!


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Order the FULL version today:


Nearly 150 Megs of 3D animation!

New buildings include:

  Temples          -produce Priests and all their magical powers,
            including summoning lightning, shooting balls
            of flame, healing, summoning specters, night
            vision, being able to see traps, changing the
            direction of the wind, and stopping or starting
            rain.

  Tool Works       -produce Ginseng for health, daggers and shields,
            for extra protection for your troops and peasants.
            Also produce boots that allow your men to move
            much more quickly.

  Heavy Arms       -produce Gunners for manning your Cannons,
  Works             Ballistas for shooting super arrows.


  Stables          -produce horses and knights.

  Traps                 -Blows up when stepped upon. Visible to our
                    forces, but invisible to the enemy.

  Guard Tower       -can be upgraded with Cannons!

  Main Hall         -can be armor plated for extra protection.


New characters include:

Priests, Gunners, Knights, Specters


New weapons include:


New swords (six altogether)

New types of arrows (six including crossbows)

Cannons -up to six different kinds!

Ballista (machine that shoots arrows at a very rapid rate)

Three different kinds of super arrows (for the Ballista)

Battleships (the Turtle ships of Admiral Yi  -see "history.txt")


And most importantly, new challenging levels for you to
fight the enemy for!


This whole rich world is just barely crammed onto a CD-Rom.

How much are we going to charge you for all of this?

$60? $45? No. Just $19.95!

See the file "Order.txt" for details.



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If you have any questions about War Diary, please contact us
via email at:

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or by phone at:

        + 1 203 776 8608






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