XIII Century Blood of Europe GOLD
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1. amount of pauses allowed in the game or disable the Pause option in the game Difficulty level level of the game difficulty normal or easy Battle field the players will fight in this mode for strategic locations In order to capture a strategic location you need to repel enemies from the tent area and locate your army next to it The possession of at least of one of such locations allows to compensate your lost troops There are two game types Victory or Highest score time limited In the Highest score game mode the player wins who lost minimal number of friendly units and killed max number of enemies achieving the highest score Another way to the victory is to capture all strategic locations of the enemy and complete destructions of its troops Disposition a stage of troops setup before a battle The game will suggest you moving your troops in your part of the map after the map loading After the setup stage is finished press a button in the left upper corner of the screen to confirm your readiness to start a game Fog of war limited visibility of enemy troops and limited camera movement Time of day choose the time of the day of your battle morning daylight evening or night Map choose a map for your battle To comprise your army press the button Buy troops Forming an army Below you will see a window of army setup This window allows you form you army through troops purchase This wind2. indicates the unit stamina The shorter this indicator the worse the unit s fighting and defense becomes Morale indicator indicates unit morale The shorter this indicator the less eager the unit becomes in terms of fulfilling the orders and it is prone to desertion 11 X Ii Century gala cero V Unit status indicates the current status of the unit When a unit suffers losses and this level goes down your attention is attracted with blinking red color digits 7 Arrows indicator indicates the arrow stock arbalest bolts for long range units After emptying the supplies the indicator is not blinking the unit has to resort to melee combat 8 Movement mode indicates the current movement mode standing no symbols moving at a footpace or running 9 Behavior mode indicator indicates specified unit behavior which determines its reaction to the approaching enemy Hold position Attack Avoid minor action see Unit behavior mode 10 Indicators of special status these indicators inform about any special unit status which is of a great importance for its ability to fight a Unitis fighting b Unitis under attack c Unitis providing barrage fire d Unit is surrendering 11 Sign of royal unit the nation s leader or this battle s leader E Unit icon blinking with red or green color shows how unit perceives its current situation and also forecasts the near futu
3. at the enemy LL Cavalry in front infantry behind them shooters at the back To approach the distance of maximum effectiveness control the shooting unit moves CET directly transfer them to the desired place Shooter s attack it is practically the command to start firing at the enemy Give the attack order with Alt button pressed and held to make your shooters fight hand to hand stack their bows behind their back When a unit is in panic blinking white flag it will refuse to fulfill the order to change formation or its density restore the normal state of unit and try to give the order one more time 20 21 i c i i __ b a A i Number of files in which troops will form is specified by switch which shows the number of files One file formation E Two files formation En m Three files formation Select the units press and hold left mouse button then move the mouse to change the width of the army front s formation and relative position of the units the indicator of troops formation location will appear Move the mouse to choose the front facing direction the front depth and unit positions will be calculated automatically based on units selected their formations and number of formation rows selected Once satisfied with the result release the mouse button In game menu After pressing ESC button you can always call up the
4. battle Go button sets the unit movement at a marching pace 6 Run button sets the unit movement at gallop The unit may refuse to fulfill this order if the location or level of unit exhaustion does allow it to move fast Uo Cn 10 AA o Rn n 7 Formation buttons see Unit formation 8 Unit density buttons see Unit density 9 Behavior mode button specifies a reaction of units to the enemy s actions More details in Unit behavior mode 10 Army formation panel see more details in Army formation panel Unit icons Unit your main forces under command responsible for tackling your battle strategy Pay attention to each unit and do your best to skillfully command it it s your way to triumph on the battlefield All available options are present in unit icon and main status window in the game Type of unit army forces cavalry infantry archers swordsmen spearmen knights etc its general level noble common and heraldic membership coat of arms Unit rank specifies its experience level a Rookie no stars b Experienced one star c Veteran two stars d Elite three stars Formation and density this complex indicator represents a type of unit formation circle line bulge and its density compact normal and sparse See more details in unit formation and density Physical condition indicator
5. dispositions blue birds allies grey birds and enemy units red birds Apart from the information the mini map also allows to control the battlefield left click on a required point and your camera will move there With control panel buttons Zoom in o and Zoom out e you can respectively zoom in and out the map or an indicated object Do not forget however that when a unit leaves the perceived mini map it is possible that you will not see rear or flank attacks of the enemy in time Control panel Control panel unit command center This is a place where all main functions are con centrated controlling the chosen unit or the entire game 1 Menu button calls up the in game menu See more detailed information in chapter In game menu 2 Buttons Game speed three buttons which specify the speed of events in game Game speed does not influence your units capabilities it only gives more time for figuring out solutions in difficult situations or on the other hand can reduce the waiting time for army regroupings The speed can be a Normal events occur in real time b Accelerated the flow of time is accelerated the events occur quickly c Pause the flow of time is stopped Mini map zooming buttons See Mini map 4 Cancel all orders button allows to stop the units on the move or to cancel the attack target but cannot pull the unit out of the
6. the game opening this file browsing the game s developers and publisher s websites and uninstalling the game To launch the game choose the XIII Century Gold Edition shortcut on your Desktop if you did not cancel its creation during the installation process or XIII Century Gold Edition shortcut in the program group 1C Company XIII Century Gold Edition Game description Quick start 1 Launch the game 2 Inthe root menu choose XIII Century Blood of Europe or Campaigns 3 Choose nation and campaign which you want to play or Training for training battles X Dii Century gola celso 4 Choose from available battles the one you want to take part in If there are no available battles it means you have not passed necessary training Training campaigns 5 After loading the battle give primary orders to your army units see Battles general information and see game controls in help pressing F1 button 6 Release game pause press P button 7 Analyze react command Main menu profilc name pup In the main menu you can choose the following chapters of the game e Blood of Europe A new campaign comprising 8 battles on the side of legendary Dovmont of Pskov Game options allow to save the available forces between the battles and buy additional units See details in Blood of Europe Campaign e Campaigns 30 selected missions on the sides of medieval France England Ge
7. Dmiriy Kuritsyn Alexandr Shavlov Sergey Kozlov Grigory Svishiov Evgeny Lobko Sergey Kosachev Alexandr Zlochevskiy Alexey Sorokin Pavel Dmitriev Evgeniy Chichiov Alexandr Nechaev Oleg Zuev Ivan Judintsev Viktor Koncevich Denis Shubovskiy Sergey Storozhenko Andrey Shul meister Alexandr Drapailo Egor Didenko Vladislav Ostashenkov Nikolay Kurey Alexey Avakiants Vladimir Frolov Leonid Adamov Maksim Gorban Sergey Kliuchev Sergey Grishko Alexey Uteshev Alexandr Siomin Vladimir Hamardiuk Project development participants Sergey Gorobets Mihail Pokoiovy Pavel Prihod ko Sergey Chudakorov Sergey SAMIXON Samchuk Tat jana Katashinskaja Juriy Biryukov Anton Petrusevich Alexandr Kublitskiy Special thanks to Marjan MARIAN Jaremko Valeriy L vovich valeri Komarov Pavel pavlik Djomin Igor Anatol evich pinewood Shilov Rustam Zarus Chaudhari Vadim Mazur Ruzhena Alpaidze Also we want to express appreciation and gratefulness for all sincere support we received from the community and administration of internet source twow ru Very special thanks to our families and close people who together with us invested in the project some invaluable resources their patience and understan ding 2009 1C Company Developed by Unicorn Games All rights reserved
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9. R click Alt R click Double R click F5 F6 F7 Page Up Page Down Space hold Ctrl Ctrl comma dot Camera control R mouse Ctrl Up F mouse Ctrl Down W Up A Left S Down D Right Ctrl Left E Ctrl Right Double L click on unit s icon Alt L click on unit s icon M click M click hold Ctrl F2 F3 F4 F2 F3 F4 Alt PrintScreen PrintScreen Shooting mode control Go Hand to hand attack Run Fall in bulge Fall in line Fall in circle Speed up unit group Slow down unit group Show current destination and formation Decrease formation density Increase formation density Decrease formation width Increase formation width Turn unit group counterclockwise Turn unit group clockwise Camera zoom out Camera zoom in Move camera forward Move camera to the left Move camera backward Move camera to the right Rotate camera counterclockwise Turn camera clockwise Attach camera to a unit Select a unit and move camera towards it Move camera towards a unit without deselecting Camera zoom in Save camera position Activate camera with saving the position Screenshot without the interface Screenshot with the interface Game controls Fl Help P Pause Break Pause Num Game speed up Num Game slow down Esc In game menu Aiming cursor on unit icon Show unit info Cus save game Ctl smitt S Save game as Alt M Remove Show one of the
10. Specifies the quality of displayed grass on the land surface Consequently the enemy is more inclined to desertion e Camera mode Specifies the camera position limits in game horizontal Effects or vertical e Camera speed The speed of camera movement in game High values make control more dynamic but require more careful moves e Camera rotation speed Speed of camera rotation in game High values make control more dynamic but require more careful moves e Auto pause Whether the automatic game pause is activated after important changes in the structure and state of units Morale decrease e Fog of war limited visibility of enemy troops and limited camera movement You can also find the information on assigned keys in the low part of the window This information can be accessed ingame by pressing F1 key Sound e Shader type The version of pixel shader used specified by your video card capability and influences quality and compatibility e HDR light Whether or not high contrast light effect will be applied It influences the performance e Horizon Specifies whether distant landscapes are displayed e Shadows Whether dynamic shadows are active or inactive It influences the performance e Elements Specifies display effects dust spatter e Grass Specifies whether or not grass is displayed e Enhanced grass image Specifies the application of pixel shader e General volume The main volume of sound
11. are bonuses They impact e Attack ability first column e Morale level second column e Ability to face fire third column e Ability to fire fourth column only for shooting unit 13 Young retinue s mounted archers Bow 2 Sword 2 4 Base characteristics Skill Veterans Unit moral morale Tale Formation Uncovered ae The main bonuses are made up of those for basic characteristics specified by unit itself unchangeable and dynamic characteristics depending on the state of affairs and development of the events they change during the battle Basic characteristics 1 Current weapon for the unit 2 Armor level of protection for unit soldiers but at the same time their heaviness 3 Level of unit s experience The higher the experience of your units the more effective they are in fight the fewer losses they incur and the longer they can withstand unfavorable situations without panicking 4 Moral rank The higher the moral rank of units the better they endure unfavorable situations they also defend their fort better and attack faster Units with a low moral rank panic and desert more quickly Dynamic characteristics 1 Losses percentage of killed unit soldiers The fewer brothers in arms the more they are inclined to panic 2 The number of injured percentage of the current formation The higher the number of injured soldiers the worse they fight and their morale is l
12. cess password for the server and let your desired players know this password Maximum number of players limitation of the number of players that can take part in the battle Pause limit number of pauses available for a player In case of choosing Unlimited this limitation will be switched off Game difficulty specifies the game style taking into account morale self command or arcade mode Time of day time of day of a battle Map one of the available maps of different sizes and seasons Battle field the players will fight in this mode for strategic locations In order to capture a strategic location you need to repel enemies from the tent area and locate your army next to it The possession of at least of one of such locations allows to compensate your lost troops There are two victory conditions you may choose between them the Highest score and Killing all enemies In the Highest score game mode the player who lost less units and killed more enemies gets the highest score Another way to the victory is to capture all strategic locations of the enemy and complete destructions of its troops 31 XIII Century aala sekien Disposition a stage of troops setup before a battle The game will suggest you moving your troops in your part of the map after the map loading After the setup stage is finished press a button in the left upper corner of the screen to confirm your readiness to start a game Fog of
13. e CPU Intel Pentium 3 2 GHz or AMD 3000 or Intel Core 2 Duo 1 6 RAM 1 5 GB e Video card GeForce 7900 or Radeon X1900 and updated drivers e 3 GB available of HDD space e Sound card e Keyboard mouse DVD ROM For the Internet game high speed Internet connection 256kb s or better il lih 2n E Jii OO E 1 _ O The following chipsets of graphic adapters are supported nVidia GeForce FX5900 GeForce 6xxx GeForce 7xxx GeForce 8xxx GeForce MANO ATI Radeon 9600 pro or better Radeon X200 RadeonR X300 RadeonR X550 RadeonR X600 RadeonR X700 RadeonR X800 RadeonR X850 RadeonR X1300 RadeonR X1600 RadeonR X1800 RadeonR X1900 RadeonR X1950 RadeonRX2xxx RadeonRX3xxx Installation and game launch Place the game disc into DVD ROM If autorun option is enabled the start menu of game XIII Century Gold Edition will appear on the screen If autorun is turned off please find autorun exe file in the root directory of the disc and launch it Choose Install in the start menu Game installation wizard will be launched It will guide step by step through the installation process Follow the instructions appearing on screen During the installation process the game files will be copied onto your hard disc and program group of game 1C Company XIII Century Gold Edition if you did not set another name during the installation process will be created in the Start menu containing shortcuts for launching
14. e Disable sound Disables all game sounds e Interface The volume of interface sounds e Environment The volume of environment sounds e Music The volume of music Effects The volume of effect sounds Speech volume The volume of voices a La LI et Famn PaSa rem aL Er at o F1 e XIN Century gsh exeliisisn Interface e Units selection It displays selected troops on the battlefield When disabled the picture becomes more realistic but game control becomes more difficult e Tips Whether the interface tips should be displayed e Unit indicators Displays short indicator of party and armies When disabled the picture becomes more realistic but game control becomes more difficult e Unit information Displays information about unit dynamic characteristics see details in Unit status window Detailed information gives an idea about the causes of bonuses and penalties placed on a unit and gives ground for tactical decisions e Cursor highlight After pointing the cursor you will highlight options everything your units only enemy units only you can disable this option e Auto highlight You will automatically highlight options everything your units only enemy units only you can disable this option e Interface mode Specifies whether the mini map and unit icons will be displayed e Scroll screen with mouse Triggers scrolling when you move the mouse p
15. e very helpful in hard situations Try to attack one enemy unit with several units of yours and do not let the enemy do the same thing Do not rush to finish enemy s unit which is in panic better to attack another one This will wreak havoc among the enemy forces and you will win with fewer losses Do not let your troops be preoccupied with pursuit or stay inactive direct them to necessary targets or position them Try to kill the enemy s army commander and protect yours Remember about friendly fire Firing at two fighting units you will fire at your troops as well Use saves after achieving some successes during the battle Play and win Game settings Resolution Resolution in pixels and the screen refresh rate Only adapter and monitor values supported by your video are available Wide screen Picture ration change for widescreen monitors or plasma panel displays Tiles and decals Quality of surface in general and single surface objects Influences the performance Textures The quality of picture specified by the level of texture details Lower quality gives higher performance X Ill Century ase ce Canem a e Geometry The quality of the picture specified by 3D objects details Lower e Game difficulty The level of realism and difficulty of the game Arcade quality gives higher performance mode does not take into account morale and self command of your troops e Grass
16. game field e On the mini map To choose a single unit you can e Click on it on the game field OR click on its icon under unit s icons section e OR click twice on the unit icon or point the camera to it Besides there are convenient methods of selecting groups e To select all units press Ctrl A e To select all units of a kind e g all shooters press o F9 to select all mounted units o F10 to select all infantry units o FII to select all shooting units e To select all units of a kind e g heavy knights double click the unit on the battlefield e To select a group of units o click on the flag of a group of units or press 1 2 3 etc in order to select groups 1 2 and 3 respectively o press twice etc 11 2 etc 22 To select this group and to move the camera to it e To select several units into a box press left mouse button and hold it while moving the mouse all units inside the box will be selected e Press and hold Shift button to choose individual units adding them to the selected set 15 For the whole list of possible methods of unit selection using keyboard refer to Control keys chapter Unit readiness There is a possibility of combining units in groups for convenient control during dynamic battles of XIII Century Any command given to the group is understood as given to each and every unit in the group To combine selected units in a group press Group button or Insert butto
17. game of 5 or 6 players The winner in the Internet game is the one who either killed or sent flying all the enemies or gained the best score in case of battlefield Choose Internet game in the main menu to start the game a window for e mail input appears your e mail is needed for registration and game entrance X IIl Century asla exem y m Input your e mail in this window it will become your ID If you lose your password The top part of the window shows a list of active and stand by players of the Internet we ll send it to this e mail of yours game You can join a game where the number of player is lower than the maximum eesk Games marked with to join them are secured with password You have to know a password The bottom part of the window is designed for the chat and a list of players bottom right You can view the profile of the selected player send a message ignore player s messages or enter the chat room To join an available Internet game choose it in the list and press Enter To create a server for an own internet game press Create Creating an Internet game If you input a new e mail a new Internet account will be created you will need to fill in the main data in the pop up window as follows e Nickname other players will be able to see it it will be displayed in the statistics e Multiplayer key unique key you receive with the game box e Pas
18. he lake Peipus the Teutonic Knights aimed their steel swords at the pearl of the Northern Russia Pskov Russian led by Dovmont of Pskov stopped them Many fearless knights will shed their blood in the coming battles but whoever will come to us with a sword from a sword will perish This is the past and the future of the Russian land Welcome to the noble times of knights and great battles with the game XIII Century Gold Edition This is a detailed and realistic real time strategy Player s task is to win in the thoroughly recreated battles of the past Lead the armies which are embedded into the History for ever Good luck on the fields of great battles of the past System requirements Minimum e Operating system Windows 2000 Windows XP Service Pack 2 Windows Vista e CPU Intel Pentium 2 0 GHz or AMD 2000 RAM 512 MB e Video card 256 MB GeForce MX400 or Radeon 8500 and updated drivers e 3 GB available of HDD space e Sound card keyboard mouse DVD ROM e For the Internet mode high speed Internet connection 128kb s or better Game may refuse to work properly on notebooks and PCs with integrated video cards Minimum system requirements guarantee that the application will work correctly at minimum game video settings To experience the game and graphics at the optimum level your PC should meet recommended requirements Recommended requirements e Operating system Windows 2000 Windows XP Service Pack 2 Windows Vista
19. in game menu where you can e Obtain information about objects and tasks of the battle e Save or load saved game e Replay the battle Change settings e Surrender in the battle and exit to the main menu or the campaign tree e Stop the game and exit to Windows 22 Sr kh i A B z O E O User s battles All battles are already won but you want more Do you want to bring to combat nations that have never fought each other There is a User s battle to make it happen Here you can recreate and play such battle Battle creation consists of two steps During the first you specify time of day and choose a map where the battle will take place During the second step you form armies participants of this battle esis sekien d Parties of the battle You can create up to 6 armies participants of the battle on this screen e Party nation which will take part in the battle to do this click on the coat of arms or on red band at the bottom e Your side or the enemy Digit I informs this is your army or allies II the enemy e Behavior mode for armies controlled by computer attacking crossed swords defensive shield and mixed crossed swords and shield Every unit participant of the battle costs Better equipped and experienced units are more expensive Army creation is limited with e budget of conventional money which you can spend on recruiting e 20 units in one a
20. inskaja Vladislav Melkumov Sergey Chudakorov AUN Century esie sehin Promo trailers Igor Legen kiy Vladislav Melkumov Natalia Sleptsova Promo trailer for E3 2007 Alexandr Zhukov Video Entertainment Prodaction Company ABYSS LIGHTS STUDIO 1C Company Producer Andrey Grishenko Game design Co producer Dmitry Voronov Technical producer Dmitry Dolgov Marketing and PR Alexey Artemenko Alexey Pastushenko Svetlana Gorobets Anatoliy Subbotin Package design and PR materials Alexandr Majorov Ljudmila Traflialina Website development Natal ia Artemenko User s manual Andrey Grishenko Konstantin Sapronenkov Testing Alexandr Shishov Dmitry Savin Andrey Moshkov Mihail Korolev Beta testing Sergey Krikun Juriy Pavliuk Mar jan Jaremko Alexey Lisun csi il lih 2n E Jii OO E 1 _ O Alexandr Maksimov Andrey Bulatov Mihail Kamakin Valeriy Komarov Leonid Bushuev Vladimir Mihailovskiy Petr Artamonov Alexey Kirziy Andrey Gorbachev Il ja Tkachenko Anton Ahrimenko Evgeniy Kozlov Anton Kirsh Dmitry Hadzhamberdiev Il ja Dmitrievskiy Nikolay Dokuchaev Artur Diodorov Alexandr Kucheriavenko Vadim Karpus Konstantin Kozlov Dmitry Tret iakov Alexey Redichkin Andrey Dineev Maksim Rodikov Lev Lidin Juriy Borkov Sergey Horev Andrey Riaboshlyk Il ja Stepanov Vasiliy Nagornov Artem Perevoshikov Andrey Mamchuk Pavel Ovcharenko Il ja Shepelev Igor Chichiov Alexandr Totskiy Leonid Jakimov
21. interface s elements M Remove Show all interface s elements Uninstalling the game In order to uninstall the game use the Add or Remove programs function in Control panel Windows After uninstalling the game your saved games and screenshots remain in XIII Century Gold Edition folder in My documents unless you selected the Delete saved games option during the process of uninstalling 39 XM Ceni WU esie sehin E Technical Support If you encounter problems while installing or playing the game do the following before you contact us Choose Run in the Start menu Type dxdiag in the dialog window and press Enter to run Microsoft DirectX Diagnostic Tool Pass all tests A Having passed the tests press Save All Information Send the text file obtained and a description of your problem to our technical support Information Required Game version installed updates Operating system Processor brand type and clock speed RAM volume Sound card type Video adapter model and parameters CD DVD ROM drive type Mouse type and driver version DirectX version Detailed description of the problem that you faced Contact Via e mail at support 1cpublishing eu Please use the e mail address provided All support enquires to the company address or phone number s cannot be answered by our staff For more information and updates please visit www lcpubl
22. ishing com Registration Join the 1C community by registering on our website www 1cpublishing com and receive all the latest news on 1C games events contents etc kh Ais ia _ _ Credits Unicorn Games Studio Lead programmer Nikolay Hate Matiychuk Lead game designer Alexandr Professor Marasin Lead art director Jaroslav Pavlishinec Lead animator Vladislav Melkumov Content manager Igor Master Kendzucyu Legen kiy Historical consultations texts Taras Tatarik Volynets Office mother Ol ga Bileka Programming Sergey IsiSerg Lishishin Sergey Shuher Lebyodkin Vladimir Faust Nesteruk Animation Natal ja Sleptsova Game graphics Konstantin Miron Mironov Svetlana Atamanchuk Svetlana Slavinskaja Sergey Shaterny Lead audio operator Oleg Metys Bondarenko Music Composer Evdokim Reshet ko Vocal Anna Chaikovskaja Evdokim Reshet ko Alto Orest Krysa Horn Alexandr Prokopchuk Drums Konstantin Bushinsky Percussion Evdokim Reshet ko Timofey Reshet ko Zhaleyka hautboy guitars tara i santura imitation Evdokim Reshet ko Bass Dmitry Bem Keyboard Dmitry Bem Evdokim Reshet ko Orchestration Evdokim Reshet ko Dmitry Bem Audio operators Evdokim Reshet ko Timofey Reshet ko Audio engineer Dmitry Bem Producer Evdokim Reshet ko Co producer Eduard Pristupa with Timoxa Records with Yellow Barrow Records Video Intro trailers Svetlana Slav
23. l over the events on the battlefield The camera is controlled by the mouse and keyboard movement see chapter control keys e After moving mouse to the edge of the screen camera will slide in a corresponding direction forward backward blue zones left right green Zones corner wise grey zones or rotate clockwise counterclockwise yellow zones e To zoom out scroll mouse wheel up and to zoom in scroll mouse wheel down For the same purpose you can use the keyboard e The camera can be moved using W A S and D keys e The camera can be rotated by Q and E keys Besides it is possible to rotate camera by moving the mouse with middle button wheel pressed down and held It is convenient to control camera through the mini map By clicking the left mouse button on any place in the mini map you will move the camera to that place without changing the direction of camera or picture scale You can also move camera quickly to any unit on the battlefield by double clicking on the unit icon You can set the chasing camera mode following a given unit by pressing N key In this mode player can zoom in and out The chasing camera is switched off after any other camera command moving rotating etc Mini map Mini map an integral part of any real time strategy gives a player the most important information about the battlefield its landscape and main objects obstacles bridges
24. n units will be combined into a group and assigned the next available number e To combine selected units in a group press Ctrl 1 group 1 Ctrl 2 group 2 etc e Toungroup selected units press Group button one more time or Delete button When you do that ungrouped units stay selected Formation Like in real battles the XIII Century game offers well ordered military units Depending on the composition of a unit and distance separating soldiers its capability of fighting and withstanding the enemy attacks including arrows can differ substantially Depending on form of ideological figure which unites all unit soldiers the unit can take one of the following formations e Line File main infantry formation soldiers are standing together When the width of formation is much bigger than its depth it is called line when depth surpasses the width it is file It is applied in general by infantry prior to confronting the enemy during attack and on the move 16 e Bulge main cavalry formation and heavy foot borne knights It lets break the line of the enemy like with the use of ram while keeping good defense There is a cavalryman the most honorable and strong in the first file in the second two in the third three and so on e Circle a special circle for infantry formations usually spearmen which is a good counter measure for the enemy cavalry attacks from any
25. n a unit is in panic blinking white flag it will refuse to fill the order of changing position and ordering is called army formation and can be executed on several formation or density restore the normal state of unit and try to issue the order one selected units or even the whole army more time Use Formation panel button e to select one or another army formation and specify such formations Attack the enemy T ME ur Shooters in front infantry behind them cavalry at the back Click on the enemy on the battlefield or on its mini indicator to attack the enemy with ny y i a selected unit or a group of units the cursor will take the shape of Sword for melee units Shooters in front infantry behind cavalry on the right E Bow with arrow for shooting units l amp J dein Shooters in front infantry behind cavalry on the left Combination of bow and sword for selected units of different types IM Shooters in front infantry behind cavalry on both flanks oy 2 s Click the enemy on battlefield or on its mini indicator to start firing at the enemy with ww Shooters behind Tana TOnt cayi E selected shooting units archers or arbalesters Pay attention the cursor will take the shape of Seat Shooters behind infantry in front cavalry on the left Start firing at the enemy l m on Shooters behind infantry in front cavalry on the right Move into positions and start firing
26. nits is 7 the storyline of the battle suggests bringing additional troops under your command depending on the combat situation 2 You can buy additional units in the tab Groups if you have enough money and free slots in your camp 7 in total You can also sell a unit and free the space and resource for buying a better unit 3 As usual upgrades of troops will help you to increase the quantity and skills of your unit its morale or self command These upgrades cost money but they don t require additional space in your camp thus they can be of great use 4 You can choose the Realism Level and Fog of War before the battle start The last parameter determines the limited visibility of enemy units and the camera movement Please take into account that the minimap doesn t indicate the enemy location at long distance if Fog of War option is enabled In game interface and controls The game interface consists of basic elements 1 Battlefield 2 Mini map and control panel 3 Icons of auxiliary units in the army 4 Unit status window Battlefield A location and participants of the battle are represented on the battlefield You can see and control the location its inequalities and obstacles combination and disposition of forces their maneuvers and formations control the general course of action and enjoy the epic picture of medieval combat Camera control The camera operation is very important for strategic contro
27. ointer near the border of the screen Control keys Selection and grouping Ctrl A Select all units Alt A Deselect all units RO Cina Select all cavalry units F10 Ctrl I Select all infantry units Bil ink M Select all shooting units Site F 11 Adding to already selected Alt F9 F11 Deselect Ctrl ieee 0 Group selected units under the numbers 1 2 0 Shitty 2 20 Add to already selected Alt E20 Deselect Insert Group selected units under the next available number Delete Ungroup units left them selected If only several units are selected they will leave the group 1 2 0 L click on gr icon Select these groups 11 22 00 Double L click on gr icon Select these groups and move camera to their position or to the position of the most important unit if selected units are dispersed L click on terrain Deselect all units L click on unit Select unit Ctrl L click on unit Add to already selected Shift L click on unit Add to already selected Alt L click on unit Deselect unit Double L click on unit Select all units of this type L click on unit s icon Select unit Ctrl L click on unit s icon Add exclude to from already selected Shift L click on unit s icon Add exclude to from already selected Alt L click on unit s icon Deselect unit Unit control Tab Open Close army formation menu Backspace Cancel orders O Attack mode H Hold position mode B Evasion mode 37
28. ommand troops of one side of the battle The victory is achieved not only by sheer numbers but first and foremost by military skills The skills you need to be victorious are knowledge and application of rules governing medieval battles Contrary to other games of similar genre there is no deployment stage in XIII Century You get control over your army at a specific moment deployed or already on the move and decide about all maneuvers directly giving orders The following are the main battle components Participants Several armies take part in the battle you and your opponents In custom and network games there can be several enemies as well as CPU controlled allies Th amp i katie mall ien a har p raer arm hat he rest ie canis iln 7 XI Century The army consists of units and every unit consists of soldiers In every battle available in the game you choose one of the sides Your troops are indicated with blue marks on the mini map The other party is indicated with red marks these are the opponents The CPU is your opponent both in the campaign mode and single battles In the network game other users are your foes however some enemies can be CPU controlled Your allies are indicated with grey marks on the mini map Battle goals and victory conditions The goal of the majority of battles to defeat the opponent by destroying or routing their troops Usually the battle is counted as you
29. ow includes the following elements 1 Player army army you comprised Click with the right mouse button on a troop icon to sell it 2 Unique troops these are troops which can be purchased in a limited number and only in form of foot or horse troops Click with the left mouse button on the icon of this troop to buy it 3 Standard troops units which can be purchased in any quantity so far the money is sufficient To buy a troop click it with a left mouse button 4 Autobuy press this key to form an army automatically 5 Party choice you are purchasing an army for 6 Money available 7 Total number of warriors in the formed army 8 Troop settings you can increase the number of warriors in the troop weapon skills level of morale and self command This will require a particular amount of money 9 Ready press it after you have finished the process of army formation and you are ready to start a battle X Ill Century aala selio y Network battle course The network game runs in general like in a single player game but with certain distinctive features e You can exchange messages with players using Y button to send message to all players and T button to send a message only to your allies e Number of pauses can be limited within server s restrictions see Game server settings e Increasing the time speed is unavailable If you are not the battle winner when
30. ower 3 The exhaustion level of unit Exhausted worn out units fight less effectively than the fresh ones and they are more inclined to desertion 4 Whether unit is under the enemy attack The unit suffers losses and has lower morale under enemy s attack 5 Morale The more demoralized units are the worse they fight and are less inclined to fill your orders they are prone to desertion 6 Formation density The more compact the formation is the better it holds enemy attacks but more losses it suffers because of enemy fire 14 OD 3 lh e Jii ale E 1 Ee 7 Rear flanks cover There are several options for a unit Cover the front the rear the right and the left flank The better a unit is protected the more attack bonuses and morale it possesses 8 Unit speed The unit that confronts the enemy on the run has lower protection and attack ability 9 Location If the unit moves on the field swamps or ford it moves more slowly and cannot gallop 10 Discipline How good unit works under your command Remember not all parameters that influence the unit and its behavior are specified in this list a lot of close parameters dependent for example on the kind of weapon terrain conditions previous course of events are also taken into account Selecting a unit Any command moving attack or behavior mode changing is available for selected units You can select units e Through unit icon e On the
31. r victory when all the enemy units have been annihilated or when they have deserted The victory defeat condition in the network game can be total annihilation or capitulation There s another condition for battlefield mode scoring an indicated number of points playing for time Army units The following is the list of possible units in the game e Footmen and horse cavalry Cavalry of course is more mobile but not without weaker points e Light medium and heavy depending on the quantity of armor the soldiers wear Light units practically do not have any defense knights in turn are an example of heavy units e Different experience novice veteran and elite More detailed informati on can be found in unit status chapter Long range and close combat Archers and crossbowmen are long ranged units They have a secondary weapon usually the sword which they can use when they run out of arrows or during the hand to hand combat Blood of Europe Campaign 8 missions at the side of Dovmont of Pskov are awaiting you in this campaign The main feature of this campaign is that you can save and lead the troops you are starting this campaign with through all the missions This new feature resulted in the enhanced interface you will see before the battle it will include the following elements 1 Your army has 7 constant locations for placing your units it doesn t mean that amp A SN EEE the maximal number of u
32. re green everything is alright ready for upgrading red danger Please pay attention that some icons in the campaign Blood of Europe differs from others they are trimmed with an additional metal fringe see the picture This is a designation of units which you bought for additional money and not received due to the battle scenario Take care of these units but use them actively as these are usually your strongest warriors Unit indicator When on the battlefield your units and the units of your foes are marked with indicators This indicator shows whether this unit is yours or enemy s Your forces color is blue the allies color is grey and the enemies are red Army forces shock infantry footmen shooters 12 csi il lih 2n E Jii OO E 1 0 pearmen shock cavalry mounted shooters You can choose a unit by clicking on its indicator the selected unit s indicator turns yellow the indicator of a selected unit The indicator also shows morale of the unit a white blinking flag means that morale is decreasing If the white flag is shown permanently the unit has been defeated and is leaving the battlefield panic stricken indicator of panicking units You can give an order to attack the enemy by clicking either the enemy unit or its indicator Unit status window The most important unit status parameters which influence the fighting ability and specify its strength
33. rmany Rus and Mongolia Play against the AI in realistic conditions of true historical battles e Your rank Your battle achievements the number of battles you have won how courageously your troops fought and how hard it was to achieve each victory Internet game Fight any of thousands real opponents get the highest rank in battles on line See details in chapter Internet game e Battle creation The battles which you can create allow you to choose the place of action war participants and their military structure See details in chapter User s battles e Network game Battles in which other players are your opponents via LAN or the internet For more detailed information see the chapter Network game e Game loading Loads a previously saved game It can be a campaign battle or the user s battle created in Battle creation e Replay of battle Loads a battle replay You will witness the battle in chronological order e Settings Here player can setup the game video settings sound controls and game process See Game settings e Profiles Here player can change the profile profile means settings adjusted to preferences and results of game experience In the main menu player can see which profile is being currently used e Authors Information about the game s developers e Exit to Windows Finishes the game and exits to Windows Battles general information In Blood of Europe you c
34. rmy Recruitment On the recruitment screen you need to form the army specify the number and structure of its units e Unique units units consist of leaders and noblemen who take part in the battle Note that almost all characters listed here have cavalry and foot borne version of a unit and there is only one version you can set on battlefield cavalry or foot borne Click on the unit in order to add it to the army e Standard unit here the main work force of the army is located Click on a unit in order to add it to the army e Player s army selected units which will take part in the battle as elements of this army Click right mouse button to exclude the unit from the structure e Unit settings here you can upgrade some characteristics of selected units for example number depending on available budget e Side here you can choose the side which you can fully equip After specifying the structure of armies for all participants you have completely arranged the battle environment The only thing that remains is to press Ready button Internet game You can enjoy playing XIII Century Gold Edition with your friends or other players per Internet The main feature of Internet play is that you are fighting against humans and not the AI which increases the fun From 2 up to 6 players can play XIII Century Gold Edition simultaneously per Internet only powerful network controllers can host a
35. side Soldiers form a circle while pointing their spears outward so unit is basically facing all sides simultaneously 17 When unit is in panic blinking white flag it will refuse to fill the order of changing formation or its density restore the normal status of unit and try to issue the order one more time Formation density Formation density specifies how every soldier is protected and how much they are exposed to attacks Generally density can be compact normal and sparse e Compact formation is a good choice in hand to hand combat breaking the line or stopping the enemy e Rare formation is very effective when your unit is under heavy fire of the enemy to put it simply many arrows will miss the target Some densities are unavailable for certain formations See table below x sparse normal compact Line 18 When a unit is in panic blinking white flag it will refuse to fill the order of changing formation or density restore the normal state of unit and try to issue the order one more time Unit behavior mode Unit has some freedom in this game to make their own decisions depending on what behavior mode you have set Aggressive unit will attack the closest enemy in sight and then pursue it e Hold position unit will remain in place when meeting the enemy unit does not attack the approaching one by themselves and does not abandon positions in order to pursue excep
36. sword your password to your Internet account e Country name of the country you wish other players to see E mail address of the electronic mail for this Internet account Later you will be able to modify this data in the tab Profile of the main menu of the Internet game This picture shows the main menu of the Internet game Basic parameters of the Internet game to be created are preset in the window where you need to input the following Game name this name will be visible to other players in their game lists e Password if you wish to play only with your friends create a password and let them know it e Max players limit of players to join the game The parameters of the game are adjusted in the window Online game see the it on the picture below 26 27 In the upper part of the screen you can see a list of players who joined the game free slots choose a nation or one of two parts to play for The following options can be chosen for free slots AI Defense AI opponent will play in the defense mode Al Aggressive AI opponent will play in active attack mode Al Free AI opponent will choose the mode depending on the current situation Closed not to wait for a player and not to let the AI army play for this player The upper right part of the window shows the parameters of the game to be created Money money limit for purchase of armies Pause limit
37. t for turning to meet the enemy front wise e Avoid engagement unit avoids engagement moving away from the attacking unit in the same direction It is effective for shooters or luring the enemy into traps e Wait for the order to fire only for shooters shooters unit will not shoot at the enemy by themselves even if the latter is in range they will do that after your order only Change of position and formations Click right mouse button on the game field in any place or on the mini map to move selected unit to this location Double click the intended place to get your unit running at a gallop for cavalry toward this place or select Run button when your unit is already on the move If the current formation of unit is line file then in order to make your unit change the front width upon reaching its destination press and hold left mouse button and start moving the mouse the indicator of the last position will appear Move the mouse to change the direction front is facing and its width Front depth is automatically adjusted according to the size of unit and its formation density XM Century sysfke sehen n Pay attention in bulge and circle formations units cannot change their front s Army formation panel width or depth Relative position and coordination of troops is very important in battles 1 E s Ea l of XIII Century just like in real battles Combinations of the army formations Whe
38. war limited visibility of enemy troops and limited camera movement Army recruiting No matter if you join the available server or create it by yourself you get to your army recruitment screen This screen is in fact similar to the army formation screen User s battles but with following distinctive features There is a chat to communicate with other players at the bottom of the screen During the army recruiting time in the lobby you can send messages to other players and spectators There are necessary control elements at the bottom of the screen 6 slots are there for the players of the network game and controlled by them If you are the creator of the host server you can kick out undesirable players After army recruiting phase press Ready button and you will be able to see the sta tus of other players and commence the game Tactical hints l p 3 Look closely at the status and condition of your units it will changed specifying how the unit will act Use game pause to estimate the situation and give the orders Your strength is in units interaction do not send your units on their own 32 n i z _ _ N ie 12 Video Even weak arbalesters taking cover from heavy cavalry can inflict serious losses The weak point of the troops is in lack of unity Try to attack the enemy from the rear and flanks Your Commander In Chief gets a horn which increases morale it can b
39. your troops are fully annihilated or forced to flight you can watch the battle progress between other players as a spectator Game session is over when one of the players wins after that a new game can be cre ated LAN game To start playing a LAN game choose Network game in the main menu In general the LAN game is similar to the Internet game but definitely has some crucial features e You can see in the list of available game only the games running in your local network e Battle results are not saved and not available in overall statistics of players You can join an existing game server or create your own server thus other players will have to join your game To join an available game server select it from the list and press Join You will be prompted to a Recruitment screen see below where you can choose the party you will play for and form troops Also you can wait for other players there and agree about additional game rules using an in game chat if required un ie dii E z is You can join the available game server or launch the game as server which other players will join Game server settings If you create your game server you need to specify the number of parameters Server name the name of the server as it will be displayed in the list for other network players Password in order to limit the availability of the game or letting only certain players join the server set ac
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