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C O N T E N T S
WELCOME TO POPULOUS II.................................................10
IN THE BEGINNING......................................................12
GAME MENU..............................................................21
CONQUERING WORLDS......................................................27
COLOSSEUM............................................................27
CLOSE-UP MAP.........................................................29
WORLD MAP............................................................31
RAISING AND LOWERING LAND............................................31
SETTLEMENTS AND SPROGING.............................................32
MANA.................................................................33
MANA GUAGE...........................................................33
PAPAL MAGNETS........................................................33
INFLUENCING BEHAVIOUR................................................34
WORSHIPPERS AND WALKERS..............................................34
SOUNDS...............................................................34
QUITTING A WORLD.....................................................35
COMMANDS...............................................................36
BASIC COMMANDS.......................................................36
DEVINE INTERVENTION COMMANDS.........................................43
WINNING................................................................53
EXPERIENCE POINTS....................................................53
GAME SUMMARY SCREEN..................................................54
SAVING A GAME........................................................54
STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES..............................................55
KEYBOARD EQUIVALENTS...................................................56
PLAYING BY SERIAL LINK.................................................57
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W E L C O M E T O P O P U L O U S ] [
note: Pages 1-8 were skipped since they were only art work & a short
cartoon. Page numbers are at the bottom of each page and reflect
the manual page, so that the table of contents are of use. To
print out, you'll have to reformat each page to conform to your
printer. The pages are of varying length, just as the text was
of varing length on each manual page.
O V E R V I E W
As one of the many sons of Zeus the All-Father, you demand your rightful
place among the gods on Mount Olympus. But Zeus isn't about to give
you your inheritance just for the asking. You must prove your worthiness
by defeating the 32 devine opponents who rule the 1000 worlds of
Populous II.
C R E A T E Y O U R D E I T Y
Your first task is to create the kind of diety that you want to be. You
choose the eyes, mouth and head piece that indicate weither you're
benevolent and wise, fierce and war-like, brutish and cruel, or some
bizarre combination of these characteristics.
Your god's personality affects how opponents react to you. For example, if
your diety looks aggressive, your opponent wages war harder. If your
deity looks like a scholar, the combat is more subtle and clever.
C O N Q U E S T G A M E S A R E P A R T O F A S E R I E S
There are two ways to play Populous II: Conquest games and Custom
games. In conquest mode, you must conquer a series of worlds. Each
world gets progressively harder as you face tougher terrrains, stronger
gods and more potent devine powers (known as Devine Intervention
Effects).
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E A C H C O N Q U E S T E A R N S Y O U E X P E R I E N C E
If you played a Comquest Game well, you're awarded experience. After
each conquest, you can exchange your experiance for greater power in
the six forces of nature. You can decide to concentrate on a particular
elelment -- becoming, say, a fire god -- or you can spread your
experiance over all the forces.
T H E U L T I M A T E G O A L -- D E F E A T Z E U S
The final battle in the conguest series is against your father and supreme
master, Zeus, Defeat Zeus and you can take your seat among the gods.
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C U S T O M G A M E S L E T Y O U C A L L T H E S H O T S
In Custom mode, play a random land with all the effects you have earned
in your Conquest games. For example, if you've played three Conguest
gmaes and see a variety of effects, in Custom mode you'll be able to play a
game with all those effects combined.
C O N Q U E S T P R O G R E S S A F F E C T S C U S T O M G A M E S
In a custom game. the Divine Intervention Effects you can do are limited
by your progress in the Conquest series -- you can't do effects you
haven't already used in a conquest game. This is the only limitiation to
the kind of Custom Game you make.
I N T H E B E G I N N I N G . . .
This section will help you get started by showing the thechniques and
concepts you'll need to conquer the first world in the Conquest series.
C R E A T E A G O D
From the Game Menu,left-click on Create Your Deity. The Create Screen
appears:
Click Proceed to return to the Game Menu
You'll start the game with five lightning bolts of experience. Apply
them to one of the six elements. You can spread your experience around by
clicking once on five different icons, or you can build up your strength
in one by clicking five times on one element.
After the end of each battle, you can earn more lightning bolts of
experience to build up your experience in the other elements even further.
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C H O O S E A C O N Q U E S T G A M E
Left-click on Conquest Game at the game menu. The Next Conquest screen
appears:
The Next Conquest screen shows you which Divine Intervention Effects
and special rules apply to the world your're about to conquer. In the
first world you can only do five Effects: Raise And Lower Land, Place
Papal Magnet, Ordain Perseus, Armageddon, and Columm Of Fire.
A tick ^ ( / )
( ^ = \/ )
indicates that a special rule applies to you in this world- For example,
the tick next to "water Is Fatal" indicates that people always drown
if they fall in water.
There are 1000 worlds in the Conquest series. Each world has a number and
a name. The number for the first world in the series is 0; it's name is
DOEGAC. Each time you conquer a world, ZEUS will give you the name of
the next world he wants you to battle on. Always write down the name
of any world Zeus gives you. If you quit populous II, you'll need this name
to continue the Conquest series where you left off.
Click proceed to begin the game.
P A U S I N G T H E G A M E
Once the battle starts, you'll want to pause the game from time to time so
you can follow the tutorial. To pause the game, press the F10 key. To
resume the game, press F10 again.
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T H E B A T T L E B E G I N S
When the game begins, you're looking down at your worshippers.
THE WORLD MAP is a view of the entire world you're currently on. Good and
Bad populations inhabit the world, usually on opposite sides of the map.
THE CLOSEUP-UP MAP is a magnified view os a point on the World Map. All
devine activies are carried out here.
WALKERS represent a number of people wandering the land as a tribe
seeking to establishing well-populated settlements. Walkers need shelter
against the climate and they'll settle on any piece of flat land that can
support them. When they settle they create dwellings.
DIVINE INTERVENTION EFFECTS are an arsenal of awesome powers and potent
disasters. There are six categories or elements, each with five individual
effects. The Effects you can do depend on the world you're fighting on.
THE MANA GUAGE measures your Mana. Mana is a reservoir of power you
can use to do Effects. Mana comes from the pious worship of your
followers -- the more worshipers you have, the greater your Mana. The
red line at the base of the Mana Guage indicates your total Mana. The
pointer indicates which effects you can currently do.
Right now you only have enough Mana to raise and lower land.
Occasionaklly you'll use up your mana and won't be able to raise or lower
land, but don't worry. As you gelp your prople multiply, your Mana will
increase.
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THE BASIC COMMANDS let you influence the general behaviour of your
followers, get information on populations and settlements, and bring up
the Game Requester.
THE COLOSSEUM is a population indicator for both Good and Bad
worshippers. As populations change, the Colloseum fills and empties to
reflect the fluctuating numbers of dwellers. Good populations appear in
blue -- Bad populations appear in red. The Colloseum can also be used to
track walkers and settlements and get information on their strength and
inventions.
C H A N G I N G Y O U R V I E W
Changing your view is fundemental to playing Populous. There are
several ways to change your view. The easiest is to scroll with the CURSOR
KEYS or the NUMERIC KEYPAD.
The World Map can also be used to change your view. The area you're
viewing is marked with a black diamond:
Point to the World Map and click a mouse button. A right-click jumps
your view to the spot you're pointing to. A left-click moves your view one
increment in that direction.
You can also scroll your view by clicking on the directional arrows
around the World Map. The longer you hold down the mouse button, the
more the map scrolls.
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F L A T T E N L A N D
Your followers need flat lands to farm and settle on, so the first thing you
should do is flatten the landscape around their settlements. The lay of the
land is on a grid of squares, so you'll raise and lower land square by
square. Note: on some worlds you won't be able to raise and/or lower on
your enemies land.
To raise a square of land, move the diamond cursor to the centre of the
square and left-click.
To lower a square of land. move the diamond cursor to the centre of the
square and right-click
C R E A T E L A R G E S E T T L E M E N T S
Creating new settlements is fundamental to winning a world. Settlements
grow according to the amount of farmland around them -- the more
farmland, the bigger the settlement.
The biggest settlements are castles. Castles increase your population the
fastest, so initially they're the most valuable. Castles are also the most
technologiclly advanced, and better weapons means your people will be
more effective fighters. To create a castle, flatten the land widely around
any dwelling.
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S P R O G E A R L Y , S P R O G O F T E N
As a settlemtn fills with people, it's flag rises. When it's flag reaches the
top, the settlement is full. At this point, a walker will automaticlly leave
and go in search of a new place to settle.
In the early parts of a battle, you don't want to wait for you settlements
to fill up before releasing walkers. The more large settlements you have,
the faster your population will rise. This is where the technique of
sprogging comes in. When you sprog, you're commanding a settlement to
send a portion of it's population out into the world in search of a new
home.
To sprog a walker from a dwelling, point to the centre of a dwelling and
click the right mouse button. The diamond cursor must be on the exact
centre of the dwelling.
C O M P A R E P O P U L A T I O N S
As you play, use the Colloseum to compare your population with the
enemie's. The Good population appears as blue dots -- bad appears as red.
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U S E D I V I N E I N T E R V E N T I O N E F F E C T S
Once you've increased your Mana, you can use some of the five Effects
available on DOEGAC. To switch between People Effects and Fire Effects,
click on the appropriate icon.
F I R E E F F E C T S
The one Fire Effect available on DOEGAC is Fire Collumn, which starts a
huge cloumn of fire that moves across the land. To do a Fire Collumn,
left-click on the Fire Collumn icon.
A small column on the pointer indicates that the column is now read to
be set down.
Move the cursor up the Close-Up Map and left-click to set the column
down -- it will appear in a somewhat random location. As dwellings burn,
enemy worshippers perish. Any land that the collumn moves across will
turn orange, indicating that it's scorched and ruined. The enemy will
have to raise or lower the ruined land in order to make it arable farmland
again.
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P E O P L E E F F E C T S
There are five People Effects available on DEOGAC.
° RAISE AND LOWER LAND: You know this one already. This lets you
flatten landscape into farmland by raising and lowering land.
° PLACE PAPAL MAGNET: This lets you place your Papal Magnet anywhere
on the the Close-Up Map. Left-Click on this button, and then move your
cursor to the Close-Up Map and Left-Click again. You can not place your
Papal Magnet unless you have a leader.
° ORDAIN PERSEUS: This changes your current leader into the hero Perseus,
who marches through your opponent's land and ddestroys any settlements
or people he encounters. Simply left-click on this icon to call the hero.
° ARMAGEDDON: This forces Good and Bad to fight until only one population
survives. Only use the Effect when your population is significantly
greater than the enemy's.
P A P A L M A G N E T S
The papal magnets are icons of worship for Good and Bad. You can move
your magnet to Bad territory, then influence your worshippers to go to it
and invade Bad settlements. The first of your walkers to encounter your magnet
becomes your LEADER. Convert strong leaders into special walkers called
HEROES with your papal magnet. You cannot place your papal magnet unless you
have a leader.
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U S E I N F L U E C E B E H A V I O R C O M M A N D S TO MOVE PEOPLE
Use the Influence Behavior commands to influence the behaviour of your
followers. The Influence Behavior commands are available on every world and
can be used without cost to Mana.
° GO TO PAPAL MAGNET: Influence your people to find their ordained leader
and follow him to the Papal Magnet. You can always find the leader by
right-clicking on this option. Use this option to draw your leader and
worshippers together, then turn your leader into a hero. If you like.
° SETTLE: Influence your walkers to build new dwellings and your people to
reproduce. To encourage faster settling, sprog worshippers from their
dwellings by right-clicking on any house.
° FIGHT: Encourage walkers to attack Bad settlements and worshippers. Fight
also encourages your people to settle and produce more walkers for battle.
° GATHER TOGETHER: Encourage your walkers to walk toward each other and
combine into one stronger walker. Note that each walker represents a group
of people, so when your walkers are gathering together, tribes are actually
combining to make a larger troop. Use this behavior when you want to build
and strengthen walkers. This option also influences your people to settle as
they come together.
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G A M E M E N U
° Create Your Diety
° Conquest Game
° Custom Game
° Load Game
° Quit to DOS
C R E A T E Y O U R D I E T Y
Lets your create and name your deity and assign any experience you've
earned to one of the six elements.
N A M I N G Y O U R D E I T Y
TO NAME YOUR DEITY:
1. Left-click on the name bar. A flashing dot appears.
2. Type the name of your deity and press RETURN.
C R E A T I N G Y O U R D E I T Y
Create your deity's looks carefully because they'll effect the way your
opponent god battles you. Choose a scholor's hat and wise eyes for clever
combat, or a warriors helmet and angry eyes for a ruthless battle experience.
TO CREATE YOUR DEITY:
1. Left-click on a selection arrow next to the feature you want to change.
Keep clicking to cycle through the various features.
2. If you need to back up, click the selection arrow opposite the one
you're using.
Choose your eyes, headpeice, and face carefully- your appearance actually
affects your opponent's reactions.
A S S I G N I N G E X P E R I E N C E
TO ASSIGN ANY EXPERIENCE YOU'VE EARNED:
1. Point to one of the six elements and left-click once for each lightning
bolt you want to assign.
The right half of the element icon turns gold one increment for each
lightning bolt you assign. When the right half is full, the left half
turns gold one increment and the right half goes dark again.
2. WRITE DOWN YOUR PASSWORD. You can re-enter this password in the same
slot next time you want to restart this game.
C O N Q U E S T G A M E
Choose from the CONQUEST GAME to play all the worlds in progression of
difficulty. As you progress and gain experience, opponents get stronger
and more crafty, landscapes get more harsh, options are restricted, and
available Effects change.
There are 1000 worlds in Populous II, but you dont have to complete each
one in order to face Zeus in the final combat. If you demonstrate sufficient
skill, you can skip worlds- for example, you could go from world 0 to 18,
and from there go to world 26, and so on.
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N E X T C O N Q U E S T S C R E E N
The Next Conquest screen shows you which Divine Intervention Effects and
special parameters apply to the world you're about to conquer. A tick
indicates that a special rule appllies to both you and your opponent in
this world- for example, the tick next to "Water Is Fatal" indicates that
people will always drown if they fall in water. And X indicates that a rule
does not apply.
THE FOLLOWING RULES MAY BE IN EFFECT ON CERTAIN WORLDS:
R A I S E / L O W E R A N Y W H E R E O N M A P
^ You can raise and lower land regardless of whether a settlement is
in view on the Close-Up Map.
X You can only raise and lower land when a settlement is in view on the
Close-Up Map.
R A I S E / L O W E R A N Y W H E R E A T S E A L E V E L
^ You can only raise and lower land at sea level.
X You can not raise and lower land at sea level view on the Close-Up
Map.
C A N ' T R A I S E / L O W E R O P P O N E N T ' S L A N D
^ You cannot raise or lower your opponent's land.
X You can raise and lower your opponent's land.
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C A N ' T R A I S E L A N D
^ You cannot raise land.
X You can raise land.
C A N ' T L O W E R L A N D
^ You cannot lower land.
X You can lower land.
W A T E R I S F A T A L
^ Your people automatically drown in water.
X Your people can be saved if they're dropped in water.
O P P O N E N T ' S D O T S N O T S H O W N O N M A P
^ You can see opponents on the World Map.
X You cannot see opponents on the World Map.
N O S P R O G W I T H R I G H T M O U S E B U T T O N
^ Right-clicking lowers land no matter where the cursor is on the map.
X Right-clicking on the centre of a dwelling sprogs a walker.
D I S A S T E R D O T S N O T S H O W N O N M A P
^ You cannot see disaster effects on the World Map.
X You can see disaster effects on the World Map.
S W A M P S A R E S H A L L O W
^ When a person from this side falls in a swamp, the swamp is "filled"
and disappears.
X No matter how many people from this side fall in a swamp, it will never
be filled.
S H O W O P P O N E N T D E I T Y:
Left-click on the green button to read a description of your current opponent.
P R O C E E D
Left-click on Proceed to begin conquest.
C A N C E L
Left-click on Cancel to return to the Game Menu.
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N A M E S
Each time you start a world, you receive the name of the next world you are
to conquer. ALWAYS WRITE DOWN THIS NAME. If you quit Populous II, this is
the only way you can resume the Conquest series where you left off.
TO RESUME THE CONQUEST SERIES WHERE YOU LEFT OFF:
1. Select CONQUEST GAME from the Game Menu. The Next Conquest game appears.
2. Click on the BATTLE AT bar. A flashing dot appears.
3. Type the name of the next world for you to conquer and press RETURN.
C U S T O M G A M E
Through playing a few conquest games, you experience different combinations
of Divine Intervention Effects and earn new ones. Choose Custom Game to play
a random landscape using all the effects you've earned so far in your Conquest
games. CUSTOM GAMES WON'T ADVANCE YOU TOWARD FINAL VICTORY AGAINST ZEUS.
A D J U S T I N G G A M E P L A Y
Custom Game start out very hard, so to adjust it to your level:
1. Left-click on the Game Requester icon to bring up the Game Requester.
2. Left-click on Game Option to bring up the Game Options Requester.
3. Left-click on any of the options to change any of the special parameters
for Good (you).
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4. Left-click on the green button next to For Good to change it to For
Bad. Now left-click on any of the options to change any of the special
parameters for your opponent. Initially your opponent can create and
destroy land very fast, so you may want to alter Bad's abilities to
raise and lower land and slow you opponents down with the COMPUTER
SPEED bar.
5. Left-click on OK to return to the game.
P A I N T M A P M O D E
The Paint Map mode lets you customise games further by letting you:
° Change maps and landscapes
° Adjust Mana levels for both sides
° Set down walkers, trees, rocks on the map
For details on the different Paint Map options, see Game Requester under
Basic Commands.
L O A D G A M E
Load a saved game. See your Command Summary Card included in your package
for instructions about how to load a saved game.
Q U I T T O D O S
Exit to DOS.
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C O N Q U E R I N G W O R L D S
C O L O S S E U M
The colosseum reflects population and level of technology of the world, a
settlement, or a walker.
WORLD POPULATION
Use the colosseum to check up on the world's population from time to time.
As the Good (blue) and Bad (red) populations grow, representatives of both
sides enter the colosseum. Good worshippers dressed in blue sit on the left,
Bad worshippers dressed in red sit on the right. The blue and red
representatives of the general population never leave. They are always
showing and always represent only the total population of the world.
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SETTLEMENT POPULATION
You can check on the population of a settlement at any time. Query any
settlement and you'll see the level of technology from a fist (very
primitive) to a sword (very advanced), and population count in the form
of eight flags moving up and down flagpoles around the back of the
colosseum. It appears in decimal order:
left to right - hundred millions
ten millions
millions
hundred thousands
ten thousands
thousands
hundreds
tens
TO CHECK THE POPULATION OF A SETTLEMENT:
1. Left-click on the Query icon.
2. Move your cursor to a settlement on the close-up mao
3. Left-click on the dwelling to attach the query icon to it. The
settlement appears in the center of the colosseum and a question
mark appears on tp of the dwelling.
In the middle of the colosseum , you'll see a picure of the settlement.
The flags on the colosseum flagpoles reflect the amount of the population.
If you sprog a walker from a queried settlemt, the first walker out of the
settlement takes the query mark with them.
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WALKER POPULATION
Walkers represent a certain number of people in a tribe. When you query a
walker, he or she appears in motion in the middle of the colosseum. Their
tribes total population is displayed on the eight flagpoles behind the
colosseum (see Settlement Population above for an illustration of how to
read flagpoles.) When a queried walker settles, joins another walker, or
another household the query is transferred to the new walker or dwelling.
The Level of Technology of a walker appears in the form of weapons in the
lower left corner of the colosseum. A fist indicates the lowest form of
technology a sword the highest.
TO CHECK A WALKERS POPULATION:
1. Left-click on the Query icon
2. Move your cursor to the person or settlement you want to query.
3. Left-click again.
A question mark appears on top of a queried walker.
C L O S E - U P M A P
The close-up map is where you carry out all divine commands and effects.
View settlements, watch battles, lay wast to enemy land, build your land.
The close-up map reflects the section of land that is covered by the black
cursor on the world map.
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You can move around the Close-Up Map in several ways.
The cursor keys will scroll in their respective directions. Also, the outer
number keys on the numeric keypad will scroll in their respective directions.
YOU CAN ALSO USE THE BROWN DIRECTIONAL ARROWS AROUND THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
MAP:
1. Move your cursor to a directional arrow.
2. Left-click to move one increment in that direction.
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W O R L D M A P
The world map shows the landsxape of the world you're currently on.
° Blinking white dots are Good settlements
° Blinking yellow dots are Bad settlements
° Blue dots are Good walkers (your followers)
° Red dots are Bad walkers (but do not wear orthepedic shoes)
° The small black diamond is the section of the world that is currently
on the Close-up Map
° Grey dots are plauged houses
TO MOVE AROUND THE WORLD MAP:
Put your cursor on the place you'd like to go, then:
° Right-click to jump directly to that point
° Left-click to move towards that point one section. Keep clicking to
move further
To scroll around the World Map, Hold down the right mouse button
and move the mouse any direction on the map.
R A I S I N G A N D L O W E R I N G L A N D
Left mouse button raises land, Right mouse button lowers land.
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Flattening out farm land is vital for our population to spread out and
grow. Raise land from the ocean's waters to extend peninsulas or flatten
mountains into rich soiled acreage. To raise land out of the water, just
move your cursor out into the body of water and left-click.
During a Custom game, you can define special rules about raising and
lowering land for you Custom game.
TO LOWER LAND:
1. Choose the Raise/Lower icon from the influence behaviour bar
2. Move the main point of the cursor (the black diamond) to the tip of a
pyramid of land on the close-up map
3. press the right mouse button to lower it
TO RAISE LAND
1. Choose the Raise/Lower icon from the Influence behaviour bar
2. Move the main point of the cursor (the black diamond) to the low
point you'd like to raise on the close up map
3. Press the left mouse button to raise it
S E T T L M E N T S A N D S P R O G G I N G
Creating many big settlements is vital to the growth of your population
and your power. Initially your settlements are small tents and huts, so
spread out flat farmland around them to transform them into powerful
castles. New settlements automaticly occur as old ones fill up and
walkers move out in search of more farmland to build on.
Sprogging is the most important technique to practice for spreading your
population. Command well-populated settlements to release a walker to
create new settlements and build the population. Well-populated
settlements are recognisable yu their high'flying flags: the further a flag
is up the flagpole, the higher the number of people at that dwelling.
TO SPROG A WALKER FROM A DWELLING:
1. move the main point of the cursor to the centre point of a dwelling
2. Right-click
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M A N A
Mana is the substance from which you draw power. You earn mana from
your populations divine offerings, so increase your population as quickly
as you can by sprogging dwellings to create new worshippers and
dwellings. In order to use higher-level Divine Intevention Effects, you
must have enough mana, but keep in mind that when you perform an effect,
you use mana up. Different effects cost different amounts,so use
your mana gauge to budget your power.
M A N A G A U G E
The mana gauge increases every time you earn mana. Likewise, it
decreases every time you use mana to perform a Divine Intervention
Effect.
The red line just below the Divine Intervention effects desplays your total
mana. The pointer just next to that shows what effects you have enough
mana to perform (you can perform all effects at the pointer and below).
P A P A L M A G N E T S
The papal magnets are icons of worship for Good and Bad. You can move
your magnet to Bad territory, then influence your worshippers to go to it
and inbade Bad settlements. The first of your walkers to encounter your
magnet becomes your leader. Convert strong leaders into special walkers
called Heroes with your papal magnet. You can't place your papal magnet
unless you have a leader.
(Papal magnets: Good is a whirling golden jack with orbiting balls,
Bad is a silver Medusa's head)
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I N F L U E N C I N G B E H A V I O U R
Manipulate your way to victory by influencing your populations
behaviour with the influence behaviour Commands. These commands
are always available whether your strong or weak. For information
about how to use these commands see "influencing behaviour
commands" under COMMANDS.
W O R S H I P P E R S A N D W A L K E R S
Worshippers is a term for your entire population. Walkers are the
members of your population walking across the land. All worshippers
have a level of intelligence according ot the level of technology of the
dwelling they emerge from.
SPECIAL WALKERS
Some walkers have special attributes.
LEADERS
Both Good and Bad populations can have a leader of the people,
recognisable the the miniature papal magnets of thier heads. when
you select the Go to Papal Magnet icon, your people will first go to
thier leader, then follow him to the papal magnet. Leaders are the
only members of your population you can transform into Heroes, and
when you do, you'll need to create a new one by selecting Go To Papal
Magnet.
HEROES
There are six heroes, one from each category of effects. when you
have enough mana, turn your leader into a hero for greater destruction.
Heroes tend to be immune to the effects of powers from within thier own
category.
S O U N D S
Sounds are an important part of Populous II. If you hear the sound of fire
burning, and earthquake, or other disasters, check your territory -
somewhere your opponent has just done some creative landscaping to your
settlements.
HEARTBEAT
Throughout the game, you'll hear a steady heartbeat - your heartbeat.
The slower it pounds, the more healthy you are.
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DINGS
You'll hear a few metalic dings during play of Populous II which mean
several different things: possibly a hero has been created or a papal
magnet has been moved. Pay attention to events and sounds to be able to
identify which sound means what.
EFFECTS
You'll hear sounds of many different Divine Intervention effects. the
effects you cause are only audible when the are showing on the close-up
map, but any effects used by your opponent on your land are audible as they
happen.
Q U I T T I N G A W O R L D
TO QUIT A WORLD:
1. Left-click on the Game Requester icon (the planet at the top of the bar)
2. Select SAVE GAME to save game, or QUIT MAP to quit the world. For more
information about saving a game see your Command Summary Card
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B A S I C C O M M A N D S
The Basic Commands let you influence the general behaviour of your
followers, get information on populations and settlements, and bring up
the Game Reqester. Starting from the bottom of Behaviour Influence bar
the icons are described as follows:
Go To Papal Magnet -- your papal magnet
Settle -- an arrow pointing to a flag
Fight -- an arrow pointing to two opposing swords.
Gather Together -- an arrow pointing to a worshipper
Query -- a question mark Game
Requester -- a planet.
To use one of these commands, left-click on its icon.
GO TO PAPAL MAGNET
Place your papal magnet in a strategic area then influence your people to
walk to it. If you don't have a leader, use this command to get a walker
there faster (he'll turn into your leader as soon as he touches the magnet).
Remember, you can't place your papal magnet if you don't have a leader.
SETTLE
Influence your people to build and settle on the land you flatten for them.
GATHER TOGETHER
When two walkers randomly run into each other, they become one stronger
walker, but influence your walkers to come together into fewer, stronger
walkers with this Gather Together command. your walkers tend to
settle during this behaviour, so you'll be building strong settlements as
well as people.
FIGHT
Influence your walkers to walk toward Bad settlements and fight for your
cause. your walkers also settle and produce fighters while influenced to
fight.
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QUERY COMMAND
Left click on the query command for information about various people
and settlements.
TO GET INFORMATION:
1. Left-click on the Query icon
2. Move your cursor to a target dwelling or walker on the close-up map
3. Left-click again to attach the query mark to them
Any dwelling or walker with the query nark on themappears in the
centre of the colosseum. Only one dwelling or walker can be queried
at a time. th colosseum reflects the population and technological
intelligence of the walker or dwelling. For mor information, see The
Colosseum under "CONQUERING WORLDS".
GAME REQUESTER COMMAND
Left-click on the world icon to bring up the Game Requester.
The Game Requester lets you save and load games, quit or restart the
world, and set various game options.
There are two kinds of buttons: green, and gold. The green buttons let you
choose between two different things or bring up a defferent requester. The
gold buttons let you turn an option on or off. When the gold button is
pressed in, the opion is on; when the button is out, the option is off.
There are also ticks (^) and X's next to some options. A tick means the
option is active, the X means it's inactive.
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I AM GOOD/BAD
You're good by default. In custom games, however, you have the
option of being a Bad god. Left-click on this option to change your
morality from Good to Bad or vise versa.
COMPUTER ASSIT ON/OFF
When this option is turned Off, you have to raise and lower land and sprog
settlements yourself. When On, the computer takes over some of these
tasks so you can concentrate on destroying the enemy.
COMPUTER V HUMAN/COMPUTER
In Computer V Human mode, you play against the computer. In
Computer V Computer mode, you can watch the computer play both
sides, then join in when you like.
LOAD GAME
The Load Game option lets you load previously saved games. For detailed
loading instructions, see Loading Saved Games on your Command
Summary Card.
SAVE GAME
The Save Game option lets you save games to disk. For precise saving
instructions, see the Saving Games on you Command Summary Card.
RESTART MAP
The Restart Map option lets you restart your conquest of the current
world.
QUIT MAP
The Quit Map option lest you quit the current world and return to the
Game Menu.
CONQUEST GAME
a tick(^) means that you're currently playing a Conquest Game -- an X
means that you're not.
CUSTOM GAME
a tick (^) means that you're currently playing a Custom Game -- an X
means that you're not.
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SERIAL GAME
The Serial Game option lets you establish a data link between computers
connected via modem or serial cable. For moew details, see Playing By
Serial Link.
P A I N T M A P
The Paint Map option lets you change the features on a Custom Game
Map. This optoin can only be selected for Custom Games. Left-Click on
the gold button to activate the Paint Map feature, and then click OK.
When you return to the map, the Paint Map option appears in the upper
right corner:
P A I N T M A P O P T I O N S
BLUE MAN -- To add good walkers to the landscape, left-click on the
Blue Man button, move the mouse to the map, and click the left mouse
button for each walker you want to put down.
RED MAN -- To add Bad walkers to the landscape, left-click on the
Red Man buttton, move the mouse to the map, and click the left mouse
button for each walker you want to put down.
TREE -- To add trees to the landscape, left-click on the Tree button,
move the mouse to the map, and click the left mouse button for each
trr you want to put down.
ROCK -- To add rocks to the landscape, left-click on the Rock button,
move the mouse to the map, and click the left mouse button for each
rock you want to put down.
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MY MANA -- to raise you mana, left-click on the up arrow. To
lower your mana, left-click on the down arrow.
HIS MANA -- To raise your oppenents mana, left-click on the Up
arrow. Tp lower his mana, left-click on the Down arrow.
LANDSCAPE -- Left-click on the up arrow to scroll through the
different landscapes: Fertil, Snow, Desert, and Sludge.
NEW MAP -- Left-Click on the New Map button to select a different
map to conquer.
G A M E O P T I O N S
Left-click on the Game Options button to bring up the Game Options
requester:
The Game Options let you determin how certain features on the
landscape work. You can only adjust these options for a Custom Game.
Any changes you make to the settins affect only the side current
displayed (for Good or for Bad).
Left-click on the green button to choose wether you're setting the game
options for Good or for Bad, and then left-click on the ticks (^) and X's to
turn the option on or off.
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G A M E O P T I O N S
FOR GOOD/BAD
Lets you choose which side (Good or Bad) you're currently setting
options for.
RAISE/LOWER ANYWHERE ON MAP
^ You can raise and lower land regardless or wether a settlement is
in view on the Close-Up Map.
X You can only raise or lower land when a settlement is in view on
the Close-Up Map.
RAISE/LOWER ANYWHERE AT SEA LEVEL
^ You can only raise and lower land at sea level.
X You can not raise and lower land at sea level.
CAN'T RAISE/LOWER OPPONENT'S LAND
^ You cannot raise or lower your opponent's land.
X You can raise or lower your opponent's land.
CAN'T RAISE LAND
^ You cannot raise land.
X You can raise land.
CAN'T LOWER LAND
^ You cannot lower land.
X You can lower land.
WATER IS FATAL
^ Your people automaticly drown in water.
X Your people can be saved if they're dropped in water.
OPPONENT'S DOTS NOT SHOWN ON MAP
^ You cannot see opponents on the World Map.
X You can see opponents on the World Map.
NO SPROG WITH RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON
^ Right-clicking lowers land no matter where the cursor is on the map.
X Right-clicking on the centre of a dwelling sprogs a walker.
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DISASTER DOTS NOT SHOWN ON MAP
^ You cannot see disaster effects on the World Map
X You can see disaster effects on the World Map
SWAMPS ARE SHALLOW
^ When a person falls into a swamp, the swamp is "filled" and disappears.
X No matter how many people fall in a swamp, it will never be filled.
COMPUTER SPEED
If you have a computer with an advanced processor, you might want
to slow down its reactions to make the game more fair. Lift-click
anywhere on the black bar to move the setting.
SPECIAL CODES
Many codes to enter in this slot will be relesed in forthcoming publications
but we'll start you off with one. Left-click
in the slot, then type Music, and play Populous II to deluxe mood music.
ABOUT
Who designed, create, concieved and programmed Populous II.
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D I V I N E I N T E R V E N T I O N C O M M A N D S
30 Divine Intervention Effects are your weapons against your opponent
and your only means for helping your population. Effects use up your
mana; great effects like tidal waves and earthquakes are expensive. a
lesser effect like lowering and raising land costs little. you can strenghten
any effect by applying earned experience points to its category at the Deity
Creation screen.
P E O P L E E F F E C T S
These commands allow you to afect your population
RAISE/LOWER LAND
Flattening out farm land is vital for your population to spread out and
grow. Raise land fron the ocean's waters to extend penninsulas or flatten
mountains into rich soiled acreage. Tor raise land out of the water,
just move your cursor out into the body of water and left-click.
TO LOWER LAND:
1. Choose the Raise/Lower icon from the influence behaviour bar (Opposing
arrows)
2. Move the main point of the cursor (the black diamond) to the tip of a
pyramid of land on the close-up map
3. Press the right mouse button to lower it
TO RAISE LAND
1. Choose the Raise/Lower icon from the Influence behaviour bar
2. Move the main point of the cursor (the black diamond) to the low
point you'd like to raise on the close up map
3. Press the left mouse button to raise it
PLACE PAPAL MAGNET
YOU MUST HAVE A LEADER BEFORE YOU CAN PLACE THE PAPAL MAGNET. Clicking on
this icon lets you place your papal magnet. Putting it in the right place
at the right time offers great strategic advantage. Place it protectively
inside castle walls and influence your walkers to gather there, combining
for strength. Place it deep in the heart of enemy territory and influence
your walkers to walk to it; they'll destroy all that comes in the path of
thier holy pilgramage.
The first walker to arrive at the papal magnet is your leader. When your
leader is at the magnet, he is surrounded by a blue flame of holy fire and
is invincable.
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TO PLACE THE PAPAL MAGNET
1. Left-click on the Place Papal Magnet icon (Papal Magnet)
2. Move your cursor to the point on the close-up map you'd like to place
the magnet
3. Left-click
Right click on the Place Papal Magnet icon to jump directly ot the current
papal magnet location on the close-up map.
PERSEUS
Change your leader int the hero Perseus by clicking on this icon. Perseus
is the most intelligent of the greek heroes, and makes a strong and skillful
soldier driven to destroy Bad settlements. Turn as many leaders as you want
into Perseus, but remember, each time you turn your leader into a hero,
you'll need to establish a new leader by selecting the Go To Papal Magnet
command.
To turn your leader into Perseus, left-click on the Perseus icon. (Helmet)
LAY PLAGUE
Lay plague on an enemy walker or settlement. When a walker has the plague
they'll spread the illness to all dwellings and people they touch. Plagues
can only be stopped by destroying the infected people and settlements.
Plagued people don't give you any mana, and if Armageddon is declared, they
instantly disintegrate leaving only your healthy population to fight for
your cause.
Identify a plagued person or house by the vulture circling in the air above
the infected person or dwelling. If you hear the tell-tale "caw-caw" of
the plague vulture and you don't see one onscreen, check your settlements.
Your opponent has infected your population.
TO LAY PLAGUE:
1. Left-click on the plague icon (Skull)
2. Move your cursor to the dwelling or person you want to infect
3. Left-click
Repeat all steps for each new dwelling or person you want to infect
Be carefull, Plague spreads fast!
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DELCARE ARMAGEDDON
When you have enough mana and your population is larger and stronger then
your opponent's, declare Armageddon to get the forces of Good and Bad to
march to the centre of the world and fight to the death.
To declare armageddon, left-click on the Armageddon icon.
V E G E T A T I O N
Control the vegatation of the world with Vegatation effects.
GROW FOREST
Earn poularity points by planting trees around your settlements.
TO PLANT TREES:
1. Left-click on this icon (tree)
2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map
3. Left-click again to plant the trees.
RENEW LAND
Renew damaged land with greenery and flowers. After a volcano, planting
greenery is the only way to make the land liveable for your people. People
are happy on a beautiful landscape, so increase your popularity points by
planting this greenery around your settlements. This greenery spreads if
planted in the right patterns, cluster plantings together and give them
plenty of room to spread.
TO PLANT:
1. Left-click on the greenery icon (flowers)
2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map
3. Left-click again to plant
SWAMP
Lay a swamp on enemy land to swallow Bad walkers
TO SWAMP ENEMY LAND:
1. Left-click on the swamp icon
2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map
3. Left-click again to lay the swamp.
For a bigger swamp, repeat all the steps a few tims in one area
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PLANT FUNGUS
Plant deadly fungus around enemy settlements and watch it spread to cover
their territory. For the most damaging spread and growth pattern, plant
fungus in straight rows of thre or five, but be careful with it. If it
creeps into your territory, it could finish off your settlements as well.
TO PLANT FUNGUS:
1. Left-click on the fungus icon
2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map
3. Left-click again on the pieecs of land where you want it planted
ADONIS
Turn your leader into ADONIS, the hero of vegetation recognisable by his
head of leaves. He divides after combat, multiplying your number of
hero's roaming the world for your cause. Turn as many leaders as you want
into Adonis, but remember that each time you turn your leader into a hero,
you'll need to establish a new leader by selecting the Go To Papal Magnet
Command.
TO TURN YOUR LEADER INTO ADONIS, left click on the Adonis icon.
E A R T H
Earth effects give you control of earthly disasters and benefits.
ROADS
Build roads on flat ground and low slopes for your people to walk on and
make their travel faster, or use them to block the spread of fungus.
Roads are laid down one square at a time.
TO BUILD A ROAD:
1. Left-click on the road icon
2. Move your cursor to the area you want to begin building on the close-up
map
3. Left-click and move the mouse in row to lay down the squares of a road,
right-click to remove a square.
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CITY WALLS
Build city walls on flat ground around your settlments to protect your
worshippers. Neither you nor your opponent can alter the land a city
wall is built on. You can't build on enemy land
After you build your first wall, all other city walls must be connected
to it. For example, if you build a city wall around one settlement, the next
piece of all you lay down must stem from the original wall and extend
out to the next settlement you want to surround. The only way to have
two separate walled settlements is if your opponent somehow destroys the
connector between the two.
TO BUILD A CITY WALL:
1. Left-click on thr City walls icon
2. Move your cursor next to the settlement you want to surround on the
close-up map
3. Left-click in a circle around the settlement to lay the wall
EARTHQUAKE
Cause a rumbling earthquake to split the enemy territory wide open and leave
behind a rift that swallows your opponent's population. Earthquakes are
special in that you aim them in a general direction with the pointer that
orbits your cursor.
TO CAUSE A EARTHQUAKE:
1. Left-click on the earthquake icon ('sound' waves). A pointer slowly
orbits your cursor
2. Move your cursor to the close-up mao next to where you want to start
the earthquake
3. When the pointer is aiming the right direction, left click again
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BATHOLITH
A batholith is an underground movement of rock which causes the land to rise,
and forces numerous boulders to surface. Create a batholith on enemy
territory to destroy their farmland.
TO LAY A BATHOLITH:
1. Left-click on the Batholith icon
2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map
3. Left-click and hold to cause the batholith. Hold down the mouse
button for larger batholiths
HERACLES
To turn your leader in the hero Heracles to double his strength and
send him crusading into enemy territory. Turn as many leaders as you
want into Heracles, but remember that each time you turn your leader
into a hero, you'll need to establish a new leader by selecting the
Go To Papal Magnet Command.
TO TURN YOUR LEADER INTO HERACLES, Left-click on the Heracles icon
A I R
Wepaons such as rain, lightning, and gale force winds are at your
command when you select elements from the Air category.
LIGHTNING
Electrocute enemy walkers and destroy and destroy enemy settlements and
farmland by striking with lightning bolts. You won't be able to aim
the lightning bolts exactly, so just strike on or near the target area.
TO STRIKE WITH LIGHTENING:
1. Left-click on the lightning icon
2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map. Notice the storm
cloud following your cursor -- it's waiting for your command to
strike
3. Left-click and hold to strike. The longer you hold down the mouse
button, the more damage done
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WHIRLWIND
Start a whirlwind spinning through enemy settlements for maximum
devistation. When a whirlwind goes off land, it creates a land-eating
whirlpool in the water. If an armed worshipper gets sucked up by a
whirlwind, all his weapons are flung out of his hands, and he is reduced
to low intelligence. Anyone sucked into a whirlwind gets flung to the
ground when the wind stops.
TO CREATE A WHIRLWIND:
1. Left-click on the whirlwind icon
2. Move your cursor to a target on the close-up map
3. Left-click again to start the whirlwind.
For each new Whirlwind, repeat all steps.
STORM
Create a rainstorm over enemy territory and destroy your opponents land
with lightening and heavy rain. There is no way to stop a storm.
TO CREATE A STORM:
1. Left-click on the storm icon
2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map
3. Left-click again to start a storm
HURRICANE WIND
Create a gale-force wind to sweep the landscape and devastate enemy land.
TO CALL A HURRICANE:
1. Left-click on the hurricane icon. A pointer orbits your cursor.
2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map
3. When the orbiting pointer is facing the direction you want the gale to
blow, left-click again.
ODYSSEUS
Change your leader into Odysseus, fastest of the heros, and send him
crusading into enemy territory, Turn as many leaders as you want into
Odysseus, but remember that each time you turn your leader into a hero,
you'll need to establish a new leader with the Go To Papal Magent Command.
TO TURN YOUR LEADER INTO ODYSSEUS, left-click on the Odysseus icon.
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F I R E
The fire elements are doubly potent because they burn up enemy
settlements and worshippers, and ruin all farmland they come in contact
with.
FIRE COLUMN
Start a towering colum of flame randomly burning across an are with this
effect. Fire columns tend to move uphill hover around the top, So they
damage more land when lit on flat ground.
TO LIGHT A COLUMN OF FIRE:
1. Left -click on the column of Fire icon
2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map
3. Left-click again.
Repeat all steps for each new column
RAIN OF FIRE
Start a devastating rain of fire over enemy territory.
TO START A RAIN OF FIRE:
1. Left-click on the Fire Rain icon
2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map
3. Left-click again.
VOLCANO
Erupt a valcano on enmey land and send lava flowing out to the sea to
become a basalt peninsula in the water. Land beneath the Volcano is
almost permanently destroyed. The size of the Volcano you cause depends
on your experiance points invested in Earth effects at the Diety Creation
screen.
If a volcano erupts on your land, cap it as soon as you can by building
land on top of it, then flatten it out. The only way to make the land
useable again is by planting greenery on the damaged area. Protect your
settlements from burning lava with a low hill.
TO CAUSE A VOLCANO:
1. Left-click on the volcano icon
2. move to an area on the close-up map
3. left-click again.
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ACHILLES
Change your leader into Achilles, a fast runner with a head of flames
who burns everything n his path. Turn as many leaders as you want into
Achilles, but remember that each time you turn your leader into a hero,
you'll need to establish a new leader with the Go To Papal Magent Command.
TO TURN YOUR LEADER INTO ACHILLES< left-click on the Achilles icon.
W A T E R
Create tidal waves, whirlpools and baptismal fonts with the effects in
this category.
BASALT
Create bridges of basalt across water by causing minor volcanic activity
with this effect. Arrest enemy sand expansion by laying basalt in the
water around enemy coastline.
TO CREATE A BASALT BRIDGE:
1. Left-click on the Basalt icon. An orbiting pointer rotates around your
cursor
2. Move your cursor to where you want the starting pont of the basalt
bridge
3. When the orbiting pointer points in the direction you'd like the bridge
to lay, left-click again
WHIRLPOOL
Lay land eating whirlpools in the water off the coast of enemy territory.
Whirlpools multiply wuickly and there's no way to stop them, so plant them
far away from your land.
TO CAUSE A WHIRLPOOL
1. Left-click on the whirlpool icon
2. Move to the target on the close-up map
3. Left-click again to start the whirlpool
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BAPTISMAL FONTS
Baptismal fonts create pools of holy water in the ground. When a walker
falls into one, he or she changes to the opposite faith (Good walkers turn
Bad, Bad walkers turn Good). Create fonts on enemy territory to create
walkers faithful to your cause in the heart of your opponents settlements.
This effect is tricky because occasionally two fonts appear next to each
other, and when a walker falls in and changes, he'll immediately fall into
the adjacent font and return to his original loyalties.
TO CREATE BAPTISMAL FONTS
1. Left-click on the Baptismal Fonts icon
2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map
3. Left-click again to create the fonts
TIDAL WAVE
Set Tidal Waves far out in the oceans off your enemy's coastline to wreak
devastation to his territory. A Tidal Wave affects the entire world, so
settle your people on high land before you start one. If your enemy lays
a Tidal Wave, rise a high wall of land around your coastline to keep water
out.
TO CAUSE A TIDAL WAVE
1. Left-click on the Tidal Wave icon
2. Move your cursor into the oceans far off enemy coastline on the close-
up map. The further out you begin your tidal wave, the more momentum
it can build up on its way inland
HELEN OF TROY
Turn your leader into Helen of Troy, a woman of legendary beauty and grace
who has led many a man to his doom. She marches into enemy territory and
leads your opponent's worshippers to a watery grave in the seas. Turn as
many leaders into Helen of Troy as you want, but remember (all together
now) each time you transform a leader, you'll need to establish a new one
by selecting the Go To The Papal Magnet Command.
If your enemy creates Helen try destroying her with fire, or lightning.
She's very wise and can sense when your targeting her, so she'll attempt
to escape your gaze by switching directions often, so be prepared to act
fast when you see her on the close-up map.
TO TURN YOUR LEADER INTO HELEN OF TROY,
Left-click on the Helen of Troy icon.
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W I N N I N G
There are several different ways to win Populous II. You can win worlds,
win experience points (even if you lose a world), or you can reach the
ultimate goal, defeating Zeus.
E A R N I N G E X P E R I E N C E P O I N T S
As you earn experience ponts, apply them to one of the six categories of
effects at the Deity Creation screen. As you invest experience points
in a category (population, fire, water, etc.) the power of any effect you
use from that category increases. For example, say you earn five lightning
bolts of experience after a battle and apply them all to the fire category.
The next time you use any effect from the fire category, it's stronger.
Fire columns last longer as do Rains of fire. Achilles is stronger and
faster, and your volcanoes are much more damaging and permanant.
To apply a lightning bolt of experince to a category, left-click once on
a category icon.
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G A M E S U M M A R Y S C R E E N
At the end of every world, you'll be seated across the table from your
opponent god and given lightning bolts of experience for your battle.
Your opponent deity gives you lightning bolts as a reward for your strategy
and speed, which you can exchange for experience at the Deity Creation
screen.
S A V I N G A G A M E
See your Command Summary Card included in your package for information
about how to save a game.
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S T R A T E G I E S A N D T E C H N I Q U E S
SPROG FOR POPULATION
Right-click on the very centre of a dwelling to get walkers to leave and
settle. This is the most effective way for you to increase your manna
Quickly. (When the No-Sprog light is lit, place a small hill just off
centre of a settlement until a walker emerges, then remove the hill)
SINK ROCKS
Lower the land around any rock to the water and the rock sinks forever.
Build new healthy farmland over the area where the rock once was.
REPAIR DAMAGED LAND
To repair fire or quake damaged land, lower or raise it, then flatten it
again. The land instantly becomes farmland again.
LAY FONTS AROUND ENEMY PAPAL MAGNET
When your enemy's worshippers are walking to thier papal magnet, lay
baptismal fonts around it. The ensuing fight is a vision to behold.
LEAD YOUR ENEMIES INTO A SWAMP
Create roads across enemy territory. Bad worshippers will tend to walk on
the roads, so create a swamp at the end of one. Watch bad worshippers drown
in the mud.
LAY WHIRLPOOLS IN ENEMY TERRITORY
Lower land into the water until you create a lake in the middle of enemy
territory, then plant whirlpools in the lake. The whirlpools are
indestructable and eat away at the enemy's land.
CREATE HILLS AGAINST TIDAL WAVES
Build populations on high land or build a wall of land around your
coastline before you cause a tidal wave. If you don't, your likely to
wipe out a large chunk of your population.(Tidal waves are an equal
oportunity destroyer.)
CREATE HILLS AGAINST LAVA
Lava always flows in a straight line, so is some is heading toward your
settlements, raise a section of land in front of the flow to stop it.
CREATE A LINE OF HILLS AGAINST THE RANDOM EARTH ELEMENTAL
When you hear the earth elemental, locate him quickly, then start where
he began to crack your territory, hold the cursor arrow in the direction
he is going and left-click fast and furious to your other coastline. Later,
when the elemental has disappeared into the sea, repeat the process with the
right button to remove the hill line.
QUICK EXPANSION AND HIGH AGGRESSION KEYS TO SUCCESS
Nice gods finish last.
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K E Y B O A R D E Q U I V A L E N T S
Pause................. F10
Zoom in............... - (Minus) key on keypad
Zoom out.............. + (Plus) key on keypad
Full screen........... ENTER on keypad
People Effects........ F1 key
Vegetation Effects.... F2 key
Earth Effects......... F3 key
Air Effects........... F4 key
Fire Effects.......... F5 key
Water Effects......... F6 key
Take a Snapshot....... F7 key
Scroll Up............. Up arrow cursor key
Scroll Down........... Down arrow cursor key
Scroll Right.......... Right arrow cursor key
Scroll Left........... Left arrow cursor key
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P L A Y I N G B Y S E R I A L L I N K
There are two ways to play Populous II against a human opponent: using
a modem to connect to a remote player, or by using a null modem cable to
connect the serial ports of two computers (this is datalink mode).
To play a serial game, both players need original copies (hehe, not!)
of Populous II.
F I R S T T H I N G
TALK TO THE OTHER PLAYER!
DECIDE:
° Who is going to play as the Good god and who plays the Bad.
° Who will send and who will recieve (remember, the one who sends is
paying the phone bill).
° Times for game pauses, when one player pauses, the other gets
automatically paused.
C O N N E C T I N G I N D A T A L I N K M O D E
1. Get a null modem cable. You can probably find one in your local
computer store.
2. Make sure power to both machines is OFF.
3. Connect the cable between the serial ports of the two computers.
4. Turn both machines ON.
5. Boot the game on both machines and start the game in Custom mode
by left-clicking on CUSTOM at the Game Menu.
6. Next choose who is going to be the Good god and who will be the Bad god.
7. Left-click on the Game Requester icon.
8. When the Game Requester screen appears, left-click on SERIAL GAME
9. When the Link Requester screen appears, adjust your baud rate by
left-clicking on the arrows on either side of the BAUD RATE number.
Baud rates of the two modems MUST be the same.
10. Left-click on CONNECT.
You'll get a message box that tells you the modem's trying to connect
and what number its on. It will stop as soon as you're connected.
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C O N N E C T I N G M O D E M S
1. Ensure both the computer and your modem are turned off
2. Connect the modem's serial cable to the computer, then connect the
modem to the phone line.
3. Turn on the modem and your computer.
4. Boot Populous II on both computers.
5. Both players must choose the same world; either choose Custom mode
with the befinning five effects available, or choose Conquest mode
and both type in the name of the world with the effects you want, and
go back to Custom mode with those effects. Alternatively, you both
could use an identical saved game.
6. Left-click on the Game Requester Screen, then left-click Good god
or Bad god, whichever you've agreed to with your opponent.
7. Left-click on the Serial Game option, then left-click on OK.
8. When the Link Requester screen appears, adjust your baud rate by
left-clicking on the arrows on either side of the BAUD RATE number.
Both players must have and select the same baud rate.
9. The Modem Message line on your Link Requester screen is where you can
type commands to your modem.
See your modem's manual for the exact commands your modem can
recieve. To send a command, left-click in the Modem Message line, type
your command, then press RETURN. Your command appears on the line
beneath. If you type a second command, you need to delete the old
message first
10. As a general guide to connecting, do the following:
The dialing plater should type ATD and the receivers phone number
(no spaces), then press RETURN
The receiving player, once he has heard his modem answer, should type
ATA, followed by RETURN.
11. If you have successfulluy established a connection, both players
should see a string of question marks (????) appear in the box below
the Modem Message line. Both players should nwo left-click on CONNECT.
Both machines will soad the selected world and play can begin.
Note: There are many reasons why you may have difficulty in connecting with
modems. If you are experiencing difficulty, try connecting to your friend's
computer with a modem terminal package, or something similar before
loading Populous II. Consult your modem manual for any commands you may
need to know to configure your modem correctly.
P A U S I N G T H E G A M E
If you pause the game with F10 or by bringing up the Game Requester,
your opponent gets paused too, so schedule pauses before you link up.
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