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THE SETTLERS II - VENI VIDI VICI

Copyright 1995-1996 Blue Byte Software
English / US Version 1.02


CONTENTS
1. Memory Requirements
2. Smartdrive
3. Two-player Mode
4. Screen Display - VESA Driver
5. Autorun (WIN 95)
6. "Free game" Mode
7. Storage of Merchandise
8. Protecting the Headquarters
9. Keys "C" and "S"
10. Emergency Program
11. Blue Byte News
12. Brief walkthrough of "Chapter 1"

1. Memory Requirements
The 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.


2. Smartdrive
If you are using MS-DOS, we 
recommend you use the
"SMARTDRV" program. This will reduce
the loading time of the game. Please
see your DOS manual for installation.


3. 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. 
Typically, this mouse will be
connected to a PS/2 port, COM 1 
or COM 2. The second mouse must
be connected to a free COM port.
This must be either COM 1 or
COM 2. Two-player mode is only
possible in "free game" mode
(see below).


4. 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:

- 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.

- 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 you find
the UniVBE driver helpful.

Follow the  instructions during
installation to  register this
copy of the UniVBE.


5. Autorun (WIN 95)
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.


6. "Free game" 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. You can reduce
the number of players by unchecking
the box on the far left of each player.

- Alliances
You can set who will be your ally
or foe here. In "People vs. People"
all peoples of the same culture
are on the same side. "Human vs. 
Computer" means that all human
players are allied and all
computer players are against you.
"Every man for himself" means that
all players (computer or human)
are opponents to each other.

NOTE: 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.

From within the game, the alliances
can be checked in the General
Statistics window. The colors of
the allies are shown as small
rectangles in the players' portraits.

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

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

- Exploration
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 when
playing through the "Campaign".

- 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 game" mode and
do not have sufficient free memory,
reduce the number of participating
peoples by selecting members of only
one race as opponents, make sure you
do not have "People vs, People"
selected in "Alliances" (see below).

Some of the larger scenarios are
accessible ONLY to users with more
than 8MB of memory.


7. Storage of Merchandise
In the headquarters and storehouses
it is now possible to individually 
decide for merchandise and workers
whether or not they may
be stored in this particular 
storehouse. Players can also choose
which goods are to be taken out
of the store.


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


9. 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.


10. 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.


11. 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 to access playable
demos and great videos of upcoming
Blue Byte Software programs.

You will find further information on
Blue Byte Software, our products and
great tips for SETTLERS II on our
Internet homepage:

http://www.bluebyte.com


12. Brief walkthrough of "Chapter 1"
The is a lot to do in "Settlers II" so
keep playing and you will keep finding
new things to try.

Once the chapter starts you will get a
message window - this window will pop
up from time to time to give you new
information and tell you what to do
next.

The first thing you need to do is to
build a Woodcutter, Quarry and a
Sawmill. Press the space bar, you
will see the screen fill up with
golden flags and buildings.  The flags
represent places where you can build
roads, and the buildings show where
you can build each of three sizes of
buildings.

The woodcutter should be first. Click
on one of the small golden huts above
and to the left of the HQ (tent), it
is important to remember that a
woodcutter will need trees nearby to
cut down. The windows that pops
up is the action window, it allows
you to do many things throughout the
game. Right now it shows all the
types of buildings you could build at
this location. Move the mouse over the
building that shows woodcutter on the
bottom of the action window and click.
A empty lot with a blue flag is now
on the screen.

Now you need to connect the blue flag
in front of your HQ to the one in
front of the soon-to-be woodcutter.
To do this click on the flag in front
of the woodcutter, the action window
comes up again, this time with
different options. Click the build
road option and then on the flag in
front of the HQ, you now have your
first road. Builders and
helpers will now come out of the HQ
and start to build the woodcutter's
quarters for you.  As you 
watch you can see them moving
building materials (wood and stone)
to the new building site and begin
construction.

Now you need to build the Quarry.
The quarry is also a small sized
building. Follow the same steps
above but build the Quarry close to
the outcrop of rock to the lower
right of the HQ, after all to create
stone for building the stonemason
needs large amounts of granite to
work with.

Next is the Sawmill, where the
carpenter works. The Sawmill is the
first medium sized building you will
need. You must click on the golden
icon of a 'L' shaped building on the
map and in the activity window.

By now you should see a dove on the
bottom left of the menu bar on the
bottom of the screen. Now click on
the dove to open the Post Office
window. You will receive many
messages here, from the attack of
other peoples to where a geologist
finds new raw materials. To close
most windows you can click the top
left corner or right click anywhere
inside the window.

If your not sure what a button does
press the 'i' key and move the
mouse over the button, it will
give you a short description on the
button.  You can also click on
the '?' in many windows to get a
more complete explanation on what
that window does.

Now experiment.  Try clicking on
the HQ and to see what you
can do there. You can see what
raw materials you have left, how
many people of each profession
you have and how many soldiers
are set to defend your HQ.  You
should not need to make adjustments
to the HQ often, so be careful, you
can unbalance your whole economy
here.

Click on the saw mill to see what
stock is waiting to be turned
into boards for building.

There are many other windows and
functions in the game, you have
a good start, pay attention to
raw materials and supplies.  Above 
all else ...

Have fun!




