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1. IN GAME INTERFACE Though there are different ways to get into a game hosting joining or practicing everything works the same for all players once they enter a game session CHARACTER SELECTION The first thing you will see is the Character Selection sereen Basie information about the scenario currently being played is displayed here along with the specifie goals of each team Its up to you to decide which team character you wish to play and make a selection by pressing one of the corresponding number keys You may also press and hold the TAB key to view the current player statisties before making a choiee WORKING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Three characters are available to the side of Good the Paladin Druid and Sorceress Each has their own strengths and weaknesses and each are better suited to particular tasks PALADIN The Paladin is a true champion willing to lay down his life for those to whom he has pledged his loyalty Though more likely to take upa sword and wade into the thick of battle his training with some of the more unique crossbows should not be ignored The Paladin begins play armed with a Long Sword and a Crossbow The Crossbow fires a single bolt as its primary attack and fires a triple shot as its secondary attack DRUID The elves have a natural talent for magic and the Druid is no exception Though equally adept with melee and ranged combat the true power of the Druid lie2. random rotation list T remove a map from the rotation order select it and use the Up arrow loeated between the world and rotation lists ADVANCED Host OPTIONS Clicking on the OPTIONS button on the Host or Join Game sereen will display a list of options that you ean use to fine tune your network settings and how you look for and connect to games Ifat any time you find that the settings you have ehanged on this sereen prevent you from connecting to games you may use the DEFAULT button to reset your settings PORT This is the default port which the game will attempt to use to connect NETWORK TYPE Choosing the Network Type allows you to limit the amount of data which your computer will accept Setting this higher can improve data flow to the server but setting it too high can actually reduce performance PING This 1s a filter option Use this when looking to join a game to hide any servers that report a ping above this number i e setting this to 100 will only display servers to which you have faster than a 100 ping time MIN OF PLAYERS Hides games on the server list with less than this number of players currently in the game DEDICATED ONLY When on the server list will only display games running on a dedicated server BUDDY List Entering character names of your friends into the Buddy List will allow you to see servers that they are playing on Id add a player to the list just type their name into the top box
3. Rop OF SOULS Primary Attack Fires a magical bolt which inflicts significant damage on any target it hits Secondary Attack Fires the soul seeker which ruthlessly tracks its target t explodes for area damage when it comes into contact with anything including enemy fire The Rod of Souls may only be purchased by the Heretic STAFF OF SPARKING Primary Attack Fires a single eleetrieal bolt which travels straight toward its target and bounces up to three times before detonating Secondary Attack Fires multiple electrical bolts which bounce off any solid object causing damage to any player creature or object they touch along the way FIRE RING STAFF Primary Attack Fires a magical projectile which travels straight toward its target Explodes for area damage Secondary Attack Creates a short duration ring of magical fire around you which damages ary object player or monster which gets too close Excellent for close quarters fighting DRAGON STAFF Primary Attack Launches a fireball toward its target which explodes and causes significant area effect damage Secondary Attack Pressing and holding the right mouse button will cause a stream of dragon fire to Spray from the end of the staff causing devastating area damage The Dragon Staff may only be purchased by the Druid WAND OF FORCE Primary Attack Fires a precise magical beam which will knock back your target in addition t
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5. follow SAVE MONEY Sometimes you are better off going a few rounds without buying any equipment rather than spending everything you have each round By saving up you put yourself into a position to buy your character s super weapon and may be even some armor to help protect your investment Also you can always pick up the weapon of a fallen friend or foe APPENDIX B DEFAULT CAME CONTROLS The following are the default keyboard and mouse controls for Legends of Might and Magie You may change any of these settings from the Controls sereen in the Options Menu Move Fo rwa rd Move TE rd Select Previous Weapon Sidestep Left Sidestep Right Strafe RIGHT ALT Run Walk LEFT SHIFT Turn Left LEFT ARROW Tarn Right RIGHT ARROW Look Up PAGE UP Look Down PAGE DOWN Center View Drop Item not available on all items Use open door activate switch etc J Ace Buy Mem only available in purchase zones Show Hide Spoken Command Menu Show Hide Voting Menu Show Hide HUD Activate Chat Line Jump Crouch LEFT CTRL Send Chat Line when active Activate Chat Line team only Primary Attack Secondary Attack ranged Wespona onl y RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON Taunt random Taunt 1 LEFT MOUSE BUTTON Taunt 2 Reload Recharge Weapon Tau nt 3 Display
6. the way There is no time limit P y in an offline session but win loss conditions can still be met Play is normal in all other respects OPTIONS CONTROL SETUP This sereen allows you to configure your keyboard and mouse settings or any other compatible controller Every action can have a primary and secondary control ass gned to t To set a command double click on the setting you wish to change then press the key or button you wish to use for that action If you choose a key that 1s already in use elsewhere the old setting will be removed in favor of the new one Clicking OKAY will save your settings elicking CANCEL will close the window without saving changes and the DEFAULT button resets the entire command list to its original default settings GAMEPLAY OPTIONS There are an assortment of miscellaneous Preferences which you may adjust here T change a setting either elick on the current setting example clicking on the word ON changes it to OFF or click on the slider bar Options on this sereen include INVERT MOUSE Use this to flip the mouselook Y axis MOUSE SENSITIVITY Adjusts the speed of the mouse Setting this to the right will inerease your mouse pointer and mouselook speed CROSSHAIR Allows you to choose the look of your in game crosshair Click on the crosshair icon to eyele through the available erossha rs Selecting NONE will completely hide the crosshair CR
7. 11 P ocehass maiia a Ja techies sama 1 1 Equipment Categories 4 w e 4 6 Cee eee ee e S e 9 1 1 MAIN GAMESCREEN 12 Selecting Weapons 1 2 Reading the Main Game Sersen bi b s 13 Activating oA A A a s s 14 Exiting Sip Gas G a seach Ge a 14 GAME REFERENCE 15 SCENARIO IPES oi e See ve es 15 Espera 18 Urn EPDORRiBs Q ia s Ska X E esau Pe Reseue the Princess es0eecseceecess 15 Warlord Escape Serer rs ee ee o h asooo oouo 15 Slay the Dragon ee ee a 15 WEAPON AND ARMOR wo WO Oe 5 16 STARTING WEAPONS 16 BUY MENU WEAPONS 16 Might Weapons ee 16 Magie Weapons sis s S RIRIS p o e e e s rS SUS 18 Pee MOR F cee u 1 20 SINGLE USETTEMS 4 21 Buy Mama ipa eee sc uyapi s ui S 21 Secret Location Items aio Seseo tineo sosny 21 APPENDIX A BASIC GAMEPLAY TIPS 22 APPENDIX B DEFAULT GAME CONTROLS 23 CUSTOMER SUPPORT 24 GETTING STARTED INSTALLATION Insert the Legends of Might and Magie CD into your CD ROM drive If your computer has AutoPlay enabled installation will start automatically I your computer does not have AutoPlay enabled click Run from the Start Menu and type D setup exe where D represents your CD ROM drive then press ENTER For more complete installation instructions refer to the Quick Install instructions that are inc
8. ACK INDICATOR On the bottom right corner of the Armor icon isa green gemstone If you are wielding a weapon that is capable of performing a secondary attack this gem will light up to indicate that the attack can be used Note that some secondary attacks also use ammo mana CRYSTAL BALL The Crystal Ball shows you the loeation of any of your teammates in relation to your position Dots in the top of the display indieate teammates that are in front of you Up and Down arrows represent teammates that are on higher or lower elevations relative to your current position ROUND TIMER This timer displays how much time remains in the current round PRE ROUND Buy TIMER If the game host allows for purchase time usually a few seconds the Round Timer will count down this time before the normal round time begins During the Purchase Time you will not be able to move or attack but you can buy and equip weapons armor and other items TOTAL PLAYER GOLD Displays the current amount of gold the player possesses A spinning gold coin above your total indicates that your character is standing in a Purchase Zone During play any green or red numbers above your total indicate changes in your gold total CHAT TExt GAME MESSAGES Any Chat Text between players appears along the left side of the game screen where it will remain for a few moments before disappearing Game or system messages also appear in this display but in different colors to help disti
9. AME RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE Top IO Games of All Time Computer Gaming World Mar OI 2000 s Best Baseball Video Game Sports Illustrated Dec OO The finest baseball game on any system ever PC Gamer LV IH H D 3 M Q u N M y 4 j Q u Sports Game of the Year e Years Running IG HF M Computer Gaming World Mar OI Major League Basehall a asb www highheat com MLB com Ss Customer Support 650 385 3193 customer support 3do com x Monday Friday Sam 12pm 2pm 5pm Pacific Time Soames FA peg NEW bai COMPUTING 3 rme wit 2001 DO Company AJ Rights Reserved 300 Legends of Might and Magic Might and Ma High Heat New World Computing a 005 are trademarks and or service marks of The 3D0 Company in the U S and other countries MLBPA Official Licensee Maic e Bas seb aball rS Association Major peague Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Propert x tat Aud j theif espective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Creative Technology LTD in the U S and x s taing the LITHTECH game engine licensed from LithTec LITHTECH game engine 1997 2000 LithTech inc erved 8 mightandmagic com 377 Irrt I the sS Of GameSpy Intustries yc All other
10. OSSHAIR COLOR Click on the color box to cycle through the available crosshair colors TURN SPEED This behaves exactly like the Mouse Sensitivity setting but affects the speed at which you can turn when using the keyboard HEAD Bos When on your character s view of the world will bob and sway slightly as he or she moves around ALWAYS RUN When on your character defaults to run speed for all movement Holding down the left SHIFT key causes your character to walk Setting this to OFF reverses the run walk function of the SHIFT key SHOW PLAYER NAMES By default targeting a teammate in the game will display their name and health just above the crosshairs Setting this to OFF will suppress this display HEALTH AND AMMO DIsPLAY This has two settings Graphic and Numerie Graphie will display your character s health and ammo as bars while Numerie removes the bars and replaces them with numerice values VIDEO OPTIONS Use this sereen to modify any of your display settings or change the graphie detail levels in the game Selecting any of the options on the Options list wall display a description of that option Double elicking on any of the options will change its setting SOUND SETUP This sereen allows you to modify your sound settings The three slider bars are used for setting the volume of the sound effects SFX voices and music Additionally you can enable or disable EA X hardware support or turn the voice commands ON OFF
11. Player Seores Select Pri ary purchased Weapon Seleet Secondary default Weapon Select Melee Weapon Change Team Character Class Toggle Console Seleet Single Use Weapon Item Take Sereenshot Exit Game or active menu CUSTOMER SUPPORT However you choose to contact us there are some pieces of information about your computer that we will need in order y p y to help you properly You can get this information by following these steps First right chiek on the MY COMPUTER icon and choose Properties On this System Properties sereen you will find the following information that we will need Combuter OS type Windows version amount of RAM and CPU type After you get this information exit the System Pro erties screen then double left elick on the MY COMPUTER icon On this screen ri ht eliek on the icon of b the hard drive that the game is installed on and choose Properties On this sereen you will need to find out the drive s total capacity and the amount of free space left on the drive WEB SITE Visit www ddo com support for late breaking news and information answers to Frequently Asked Questions FAQ s links to hardware manufacturers web sites and the latest product updates If you want to ask a specifie technical question you can use the online email form available at our web site or send mail directly to the eustomer support 3do com address PHONE FAX
12. al shot into the air which after a short time will explode into multiple shots raining down a magical fire that damages anyone in the area Pressing the right mouse button while the initial shot is in the air will eause it to detonate early EvE Bow Primary Attack Fires a powerful arrow straight ahead Its high rate of fire makes this weapon particularly deadly Secondary Attack Fires a magical eye which you then control and attempt to guide toward its target Excellent for scouting or for long range attack the eye explodes for area damage when it comes into contact with anything including enemy fire The Eye Bow may only be purchased by the Archer MAGIC WEAPONS Like Might weapons Magic weapons come in three types Rods Staves and Wands Rops FLARE ROD Primary Attack Fires a magical bolt toward its target Secondary Attack Fires a hot white flare into the world lighting up an area brightly for a short time If the flare hits a player or monster it will stick to them for its duration lighting them up and making them easy targets for enemy fire CHARGE Rop Primary Attack Fires a magical bolt which inflicts moderate damage on its target Secondary Attack Pressing and holding the right mouse button will draw available mana into the rod which is fired when the mana bar 1s emptied or when you release the right mouse button This charged shot is capable of devastating damage
13. and click the ADD button Once on the list you can remove them by highlighting their name on the list and clicking the REMOVE button JOIN GAME The Server List sereen will allow you to join a game that is eurrently in progress To join a game you may either double click on one of the games on the server list or select a game on the server list and elick the OK button at the bottom of the sereen Selecting the OPTIONS button will display a separate screen where players can set specific network settings SERVER LIST The Server List is the main part of this sereen It shows any Legends game that can be detected th rough GameSpy over the Internet or LAN You may enter the specifie IP of a server you wish to join and it displays that game server s name the map currently in play the current and maximum number of players and the average Internet ping time to that server T he REFRESH button at the bottom of the sereen will update the Server List You may also refresh an individual server by right clicking on it and selecting Refresh Server Clicking on any of the column headings will sort the Server List by category in alphanumeric order Clieking a second time will sort the list in reverse alphanumeric order SERVER NAME Every game server must have a name The person hosting the game will usually put some clue as to the game style being played i e House of No Camping Nothing but Sword In St
14. armor s each round of the game 18 played out players will earn or in some cases lose gold At the beginning of any round characters may spend some or all of their gold on equipment PURCHASE ZONES All characters start a round in a Purchase Zone Any character standing in a Purchase Zone may press theB key to activate the Buy Menu To purchase an item simply press the number key which corresponds to the item on the menu as long as it 1s a valid purchase the item will be added to your inventory or equipment roster If you do not have enough gold or 1f the item cannot be purchased by your character elass the item will be grayed out on the Buy Menu You ean exit the menu at any time by pressing the 0 zero key EQUIPMENT CATEGORIES Once on the Buy Menu players may purchase any item s their characters ean afford from the following categories Some items are restricted to specifie character classes and wall be grayed out on the list of items MIGHT WEAPONS Though they can be magically enchanted or enhanced these weapons require some physical strength to use This category includes throwing weapons knives axes hammers bows and crossbows MAcic WEAPONS These items aren t typically known for being weapons but their powerful magic certainly makes up for any lack of brute force Weapons in this category include various wands rods and staves ARMOR Not everyone can wear all types of armor but there is something a
15. ay purchase Chain Mail PLATE ARMOR Plate armor provides the best non magical protection available but at the greatest cost to your character s running speed Only the Paladin and Warrior may purchase Plate armor MAGIC ARMOR Offering better protection than Chain Mail but less than Plate Magie armor 1s preferred beeause it is light and available to all classes lt be pe SINGLE USE ITEMS Single Use Items represent scrolls and other miscellaneous items Most of these items are available on the Buy Menu but two ean only be picked up from secret locations within the game You may only carry one of each item at any given time Buy MENU ITEMS JUMP SCROLL For a short duration your jumping height and distance are dramatically increased FEATHER FALL SCROLL For a short duration you may fall any distance without taking damage LAVA PROTECTION SCROLL For the duration of the spell it allows you to swim in pools of lava without taking any damage SECRET LOCATION ITEMS WIZARD S EYE SCROLL Using this seroll wall briefly display the locations of your enemies within the Crystal Ball TELEPORT SCROLL When used this seroll teleports you back to your starting location H H G A The H H G A is a holy artifact of tremendous power Throw it in the direction of your enemies and run away because the wrath of this weapon does not discriminate friend from foe These ite
16. bed throw which will bounce off the first thing it hits HERETIC The Heretie represents a balance of might vs magic eonstantly using his talents to attempt destruetion of the Champions of Good With the powers of darkness at his command he 1s capable of the stuff that nightmares are made of The Heretic begins with a War Hammer and a magical Rod The Rod s primary attack fires a single magical bolt toward its target Its secondary attack fires a shorter range spread fi re attack LETTING THE FATES DECIDE Rather than choosing a specific character you may instead choose the AUTO SELECT which will automatically make a team selection based on which team has less players Once the computer selects a team it will randomly assign one of that team s characters to you ARCHER The Archer 1s not suited for melee combat Not that he needs to be as his skill with a bow rivals the magic of the Sorceress and those who have faced him in combat would tell you his arrows at times seem possessed by dark sorcery The Archer begins with a Spear as his melee weapon His starting Bow however 1s enchanted with the power of Far Sight By pressing the right mouse button the Archer s view is magnified allowing him better aim Pressing the right mouse button a second time returns the view to normal THE BUY MENU Starting characters are given a small amount of gold with which they ean purchase weapons and
17. ect Add to Favorites remove a server from your Favorites List right elick on that server and select Remove Favorite ADVANCED JOIN OPTIONS Clicking on the OPTIONS button on the Join Game sereen will display a list of options that you can use to fine tune your network settings and how you look for and connect to games This is the same sereen that is accessible from the Host Game sereen LEGENDS GALLERY The Legends Gallery has three sections Legends Monsters and Weapons The Left and Right arrows eyele through each of the galleries Clieking the BACK button will return you to the brevious menu LEGENDS ineludes information about the six character elasses the two Warlords and the Princess This section 1s excellent for learning to recognize the different characters which will ultimately help you to distinguish between friend and foe MONSTERS gives a basie deseription of each of the monsters you will encounter while playing These images are not to seale as you will quickly discover the first time you see a Titan or the Dragon WEAPONS provides information on what each of the weapons can do This section is also extremely helpful for learning to identify one of these treasures should you come across one in the game PRACTICE OFFLINE Selecting Practice Offline will allow you to choose any team character or map It allows you to explore and learn the lay of the land without having other layers around to get in
18. hich infliets ineredible damage The Earthquake Hammer may only be purchased by the Warrior CROSSBOWS Bows IcE BLAST CROSSBOW Primary Attack Fires a shard of ice which direetly damages its target Secondary Attack Fires a blast of ice which shatters into multiple shards when it comes into contact with anything Pressing the right mouse button while a blast 1s active will cause it to shatter in midair TRACKING CROSSBOW Primary Attack Fires a crossbow bolt straight ahead which inflicts moderate damage to its target Secondary Attack Fires a magical bolt which tracks the nearest enemy GATLING CROSSBOW Primary Attack Fires a hailstorm of erossbow bolts In narrow spaces there is little your enemy can do to escape Secondary Attack Holding down the right mouse button will eharge the erossbow by loading multiple erossbow bolts into the barrel Releasing the right mouse button will fire all loaded shots simultaneously The shots seatter so this is best used at point blank range The Gatling Crossbow may only be purchased by the Paladin Bow OF CARNAGE Primary Attack Fires an arrow straight ahead Secondary Attack Ares an arrow toward the point where you aimed your erosshairs The arrow explodes when it contacts any creature or object dealing damage to anyone nearby DEATH BLOssoM Bow Primary Attack Fires a magical shot straight ahead Infliets moderate damage Secondary Attack Ares a magic
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20. ies the amount of time in minutes a specific scenario will be in play When this time expires the map will change when the current round has been completed During the game you may view how much time remains by pressing and holding the TAB key to display the Player Scores list The remaining time is displayed in the top right corner of this sereen Default Value 20 ROUND TIME Allows you to seta maximum time in minutes that any given round will last before declaring a winner and starting a new round Default Value 5 PURCHASE TIME Specifies in seconds how much freeze time players will have before the Round Timer begins at the start of a new round This will give players a chance to purchase items equip themselves at the start of a round without losing amy aetual time in the round When the Purchase Time expires the Round Time begins counting down and players will be able to move normally Default Value 5 OTHER SERVER OPTIONS FRIENDLY FIRE When ON players ean injure or kill teammates W hen OFF teammates suffer no damage from each other s attacks Default Value OFF ALLOW VOTING W hen ON players ean vote to change to a different scenario in the map rotation or vote to remove other players from the game When OFF only the server host has the ability to remove players or change the scenario before the map rotation time expires Default Value ON BALANCE TEAMS This option is used to maintain even teams Players will on
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22. k l gt An ES alls k e Tr u POr EP S ae I 4 T K s rL f TOL J h N nw My h K a amp 9 a weg an J Jeo Lie ae S S eS k t INSTRUCTION MANUAL A w AE h e r n Pode 1 2001 The 3D0 Company All Rights Reserved 3D0 Legends of Might and Magic Might and Magic New World Computing and their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of The 3D0 Company in the U S and other countries Creative Environmental Audio and their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Creative Technology LTD in the U S and other countries This product contains the LITHTECH game engine licensed from LithTech Inc LITHTECH game engine 1997 2000 LithTech Inc All Rights Reserved LITHTECH and the LithTech logo are trademarks of LithTech Inc GameSpy and the GameSpy logo are trademarks of GameSpy Industries Inc All other trademarks belong to their respective owners New World Computing is a division of The 3D0 Company The software and related manual for this 3D0 product are copyrighted No portion of this product may be photocopied scanned translated reproduced copied or reduced to any tangible or electronic medium or machine readable form or publicly performed or displayed without the prior written consent of The 3D0 Company The owner of this product is entitled to use the software and related manual for his or her own use but is not en
23. luded in the Legends of Might and Magic jewel case booklet or the README TXT file in the directory on your Legends CD PRE GAME INTERFACE MAIN MENU The Main Menu is the first sereen that appears after viewing the Game Intro From here you can choose to proceed to a game configure game settings view the Legends Intro or Credits or Exit the game GAME Selecting this option will take players to the Game sereen t is from here that you will choose to host or join a game view the Gallery or use the practice offline mode OPTIONS Choosing OPTIONS will allow you to configure any of your game settings including the controllers display and sound settings VIEW INTRO Choosing this option replays the Legends of Might and Magie Intro Movie CREDITS Choose this option to view the game eredits for Legends of Might and Magie EXIT Quits Legends of Might and Magic You will be prompted to confirm this decision GAME SCREEN Hosr Choosing HOST will bring up the Host Setup sereen It is from this screen that you will start a new game session JOIN Choosing this option will display the Server List sereen Use this option to join a game session that is already in progress GALLERY This option takes you to the Legends Gallery where you can view information on the characters weapons and monsters that you will encounter in the game PRACTICE OFFLINE This option will allow you to check out any of the games level
24. ly be able to join a team with fewer players or any team if numbers are equal but the game will cheek every other round to make sure the balance still exists If at a checkpoint one team has 2 or more players than the other team players will be moved to the other team until the player difference is O or 1 Default Value ON DEDICATED SERVER When ON this game session will use the computer as a dedicated server A player will not be able to play the game from this machine Default Value OFF MONSTERS K All of the maps contain at least a handful of monsters which will attack any player If you prefer to play without monsters change this setting to OFF Note that the Dragon and the Princess are not affected by this setting as they are Mission Objectives in scenarios in which they appear Default Value ON LAN ONLY Whena game is set to LAN Only it will not offer or allow any connection to the Internet Only players on the LAN will see the game server on the server list Default Value OFF WORLD LIST The World List box contains any maps that are properly installed on your computer You may select a world to play from this list or you may create a rotation order by selecting a world and using the Down arrow located between the world and rotation lists The rotation list ean be any length and can contain the same world multiple times Please note that if the rotation list is left empty the World List will be used as a
25. ms are not available for purchase They can only be found as random items within certain scenarios HASTE SCROLL Using this seroll wall dramatically for a short time increase your character s running speed INVISIBILITY SCROLL When used your character will vanish for a short time leaving only your weapon visible APPENDICES APPENDIX A BASIC GAMEPLAY TIPS Though this is by no means intended as a eomprehensive strategy section there are a few things you can do to increase your chances of winning or even SUrVIVinNg a given round in arny of the Scenarios STICK TOGETHER A team that sticks together will win much more often than one that doesn t You can watch each others backs eoncentrate weapon fire against any stragglers from the other team and if someone 1s kalled it 1s more likely that a teammate will pick up their weapon rather than it potentially falling into the hands of the enemy BE PATIENT W henever people are faced with a time limit the natural tendency is to rush However even a 9 minute time limit is quite a long time and sometimes it s best to approach a situation slowly where you have the chance to pick off a few of the enemy before charging right in Pick A LEADER t sometimes helps to have one person on your team ealling the shots especially if you re going for a patient coordinated approach Of course having a leader really only works 1f the team 1s willing to
26. ng the 4 key Single use items may be dropped using the G key READING THE MAIN GAME SCREEN There is quite a bit of information available to you on the Main Game sereen This is what it all means Crystal Ball Chat Text A A 7 Sterman 100 Heal 5 lt 2 7 i S r ow ana 23 a J A ali Bar y or Icon Purchase Zoneihdicator V a L 100 s00 Round Timer L00 r ey Ammo Mana Bar F wes K Player Gold HEALTH BAR Shows the character s current health AMMO MANA BAR Shows the level of ammunition or power remaining in the currently equipped weapon The bar will shrink as an item s power is used When the bar reaches zero the weapon will automatically reload recharge If you wish to manually reload pressing theR key will dump the remaining power in the weapon before reloading ARMOR AND WEAPON ICONS Attached to the end of the Health Ammo bars is the Armor display which indicates what armor your character is currently wearing W henever you equip or change weapons a similar Weapon icon will be displayed for a few seconds to indicate what weapon your character 1s now wielding x In the upper left corner of the Armor icon 1s a smaller icon which indicates your character s elass This ieon also appears on the Player Scores sereen aceessible by holding the TAB key in game for easy identifieation of each player s character choice SECONDARY ATT
27. nguish the type of message To send game chat press the T key and begin typing your message then hit ENTER to send it To send game chat to just your teammates press the Y key ACTIVATING THE CONSOLE During a game some settings or advanced features can be activated using the Console Press the key to toggle the Console ON OFF Any information reported to the Console will appear here including Chat Text which has already disappeared from the Main Game sereen Fora full explanation of the Console and its commands please refer to the README TXT file in your Legends of Might and Magie Folder EXITING THE GAME Pressing the ESC key at any time during play will display the Pause Menu From here you may resume the game exit the Legends of Might and Magie game access the Options sereen or return to the Main Menu Choosing Exit or Main Menu will remove you from the current game session GAME REFERENCE SCENARIO TYPES Scenarios in the Legends of Might and Magic game fall into one of four categories In all cases eliminating the other team counts as a victory SWORD IN THE STONE The Good and Evil teams are in a race to retrieve the Sword in the Stone from its resting place and deliver it to a loeation on the map specified in the scenario deseription To pull the sword from the pedestal target it and press the E key You must keep the sword targeted until it s free of the pedestal Once you have drawn the
28. o inflicting damage Secondary Attack Pressing the right mouse button engages the Far Sight ability Pressing the right mouse button again returns sight to normal LIGHTNING WAND Primary Attack Fires a precise eleetrieal beam which inflicts moderate damage on its target Secondary Attack Pressing the right mouse button engages the Far Sight ability Pressing the right mouse button again returns sight to normal SUNRAY WAND Primary Attack Fires a devastating beam of magical energy capable of striking down an opponent ina single blow Seeondary Attack Not really an attack pressing the right mouse button activates Far Sight granting sight to the wielder at a greatly increased magnification Pressing the right mouse button a second time will further inerease the magnification and pressing the right mouse button again returns sight to normal The Sunray Wand may only be purchased by the Sorceress ARMOR All armor is available from the Buy Menu Heavier armor offers more protection but also reduces your character s running speed potentially making you an easier target You keep any armor you buy until your character dies LEATHER ARMOR Leather armor offers the most basic protection but it s stall significantly better than no armor at all All classes may purchase Leather armor CHAIN MAIL Chain Mail provides a slight edge over Leather armor All classes except for Sorceress and Archer m
29. on which is specifie to that character class and ean never be dropped Even when you purchase another weapon you will always have these weapons as a backup The melee weapons inflict above average damage to your target while the basie ranged weapons are best upgraded through the Buy Menu Starting weapons and their effects are deseribed with each character class in the CHARACTER SELECTION section of the manual BUY MENU WEAPONS MIGHT WEAPONS Might weapons consist of three types Thrown Weapons Crossbows and Bows THROWN WEAPONS THROWING KNIFE Primary Attack Throws a knife straight at where you point your crosshairs Secondary Attack Lobs a knife which stieks into the ground For a short duration the knife wall explode if any character or creature comes near it GRAVITY AXE Primary Attack Throws an axe straight at where you point your erosshairs Infliets moderate da mage Secondary Attack Lobs an axe which acts as its own gravity well Players monsters and loose objects will be pulled toward the center of the affected area making escape diffieult until the effeet wears off EARTHQUAKE HAMMER Primary Attack Throws a hammer that will bounce off of the first thing it hits potentially allowing it to hit targets which the wielder cannot directly see Secondary Attack Ares a hammer toward the point where you aimed your erosshairs T he projectile causes an earthquake centered at the point of impaet w
30. one ete but it could be anything the host desires MAP NAME This displays which map is currently being played You can sort by this column to find your favorite PLAYERS MAX This displays two numbers The first is the number of players currently in the game and the second 1s the max mum number of players allowed in the game at any given time PING This displays the average ping time in milliseeonds from you to this server Lower 1s better GAME TYPE Displays the type of scenario being played Por a list of game types refer to the GAME REFERENCE section of this manual PLAYER LIST AND RULE LIST W henever you select a game server the Player List and Rule List will update to show details about that game PLAYER LIST This shows the names of players currently in the game along with how many kills and deaths each one has RULE List Any setting that the host player has control over when starting the game Round Time Purchase Time Friendly Fire ete is displayed in this panel along with its status The Rule List includes Round Time in minutes Allow Voting Yes No Map Rotation Time in minutes Balance Teams Yes No Purchase Time in seconds Monsters Yes No Friendly Fire Yes No LAN Only Yes No FAVORITE SERVERS Legends allows you to keep track of your favorite game servers To add a server to your Favorites Last right elick on that server in your list and sel
31. s and characters Though it uses the same interface as the Host Game sereen the game that 1s ereated will not be made available online for other players to join OPTIONS SCREEN CONTROLS Choosing this takes you to the Control Setup sereen It 1s from here that you can set up your keyboard and mouse or any other compatible game controllers GAME OPTIONS The Game Options sereen allows you to configure such settings as mouse sensitivity erosshair selection and other personal preferences VIDEO OPTIONS Displays the Video Options sereen This will allow you to choose and configure your video hardware choose a sereen resolution and select any graphic detail options SOUND OPTIONS The Sound Options sereen allows you to choose and configure your sound hardware HOST GAME The Host Setup sereen allows you to create a new game session Clicking on Options will display a separate screen where specific host settings can be adjusted GENERAL SERVER INFO SERVER NAME Every game server must have a name SERVER PASSWORD If desired you may loek the server by assigning ita password Only players with the password may join the game Ifa password is not specified the game session will be open to any player MAX PLAYERS Here you ean specify the maximum number of players that may join the game at one time t can be any number from l to 16 Default Value 16 GAME TIMERS MAP ROTATION Specif
32. s in his ability to manipulate the elements to do his bidding The Druid begins play with a Seimitar and a Staff The Staff s primary attack is a magical projectile while its secondary attack releases a projectile which explodes into a cloud of poisonous gas SORCERESS Also of elven descent the Sorceress is capable of unmatched feats of magic She is the master of long range combat employing her skills in the fight against the forees of Evil The Sorceress starts with a Dagger and a Wand The Wand fires a tightly focused magical beam as its primary attack Holding down the right mouse button will eause the beam to remain on allowing you to do continuous damage to a target TURNING TO THE DARK SIDE The forces of Evil have three available characters the Warrior Heretie and Archer As with the characters of Good each of the Evil characters has unique abilities and disadvantages WARRIOR The Warrior is the true melee fighter Armed with a massive dual handed Berserker Axe she 1s nearly unstoppable and amy who attempt to flee from her are just as likely to fall to her deadly accurate throwing knives and axes Her special weapon a mystical hammer is rumored to make even the earth tremble In addition to the Berserker Axe the Warrior begins play with a supply of Th rowing Axes The Th rowing Axes primary attack 1s a throw straight at its target while the secondary attack is a lob
33. sword it will be the only weapon you will be able to use To deliver the sword simply move to the area designated in the scenario deseription If you are killed while holding the sword it will be returned to its pedestal RESCUE THE PRINCESS The Good team is tasked with infiltrating an area and reseuing the Princess The Evil team must prevent them from succeeding To get the Prineess to follow you target her and press theE key She will follow to the best of her ability but may get lost if you move too quickly for her T rescue her bring her to the waiting carriage WARLORD ESCAPE One of the teams specified in the scenario deseription IS eharged with escorting their Warlord one of the players to safety past the other team The Warlord cannot purehase equipment but starts with the best armor and weapon available to his her elass Io win the team with the Warlord must eseort him to safety by getting him to the location specified in the scenario deseription The team without the Warlord wins by killing the other team s Warlord SLAY THE DRAGON Both teams are ina race to be the first to slay the Dragon loeated on the map The Dragon is exceptionally powerful and is more than a match for a single adventurer he team who strikes the final blow receives the kill and the victory WEAPON AND ARMOR REFERENCE STARTING WEAPONS Every character begins play with a basic melee weapon and a basic ranged weap
34. titled to reproduce and distribute any copies of the software or manual to any other individual or entity nor to rent or lease this product or any copy thereof to any third party Uses Bink Video Technology 1997 2001 by RAD Game Tools Inc Uses Miles Sound System 1991 2001 by RAD Game Tools Inc Windows95 Windows98 DirectPlay and DirectX are trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation CONTENTS GETTING STARTED 2 INSTALLATION ce2tveess i 2 PRE GAME INTERFACE 2 SOSINMENUT cntlaw een 2 Cenepo SEE T OG woes B gt e solea 2 Options RURRGEN O o SSS 3 HOSPGAME 1 e 3 General Derver Info ede vile ass 3 Game Timers 4 phd tase aa eee ous 4 Other Server Options ee 4 World Listes ursak eee GSS 5 Advanced Host Options ee ee ee 3 JOIN GAME wan N Gs aa 6 Server List ee 6 Player List and Rule Last cee ee 6 Favorite Servers oo 00s soso S ERATE Oe Yi Advanced Join Options EREET O ee 7 LEGENDS GALLERY 7 PRACTICE OFFLINGs 4 7 Sg Cioe are 7 CONTROL SETUP S S 7 GAMEPLAY OPTIONS 8 Voor FIONS SP 8 SPOUWMDSETUP 25098 8 IN GAME INTERFACE 9 CHARACTER SELECTION 9 Working for the Greater Good 9 Turning to the Darkas gt Cale ess o s cui o 10 Letting the Tea Da beers A 10 PPU Y MENUS S
35. vailable for everybody Though armor eannot be dropped you lose any armor in your possession when your character dies MISCELLANEOUS This includes everything that does not fit neatly into the other three categories Mostly defensive in nature these are typically single use items that when used properly could turn the tide of a battle MAIN CAME SCREEN SELECTING WEAPONS You ean select a weapon by using one of the corresponding number keys or by rolling the mouse wheel x Additionally you can use the and T keys to switch to the next and previous weapons Or the G key to drop your primary weapon or single use items on the ground All weapons will fall into one of the following categories PRIMARY RANGED WEAPON Selected by the 1 key this is the weapon that you will use most of the time Each time you are killed your primary weapon drops to the ground and ean be picked up by another player You can only carry one primary weapon so if you wish to pick up another player S dropped weapon you must first drop the one you are carrying SECONDARY RANGED WEAPON Selected with the 2 key this is a class specifie backup weapon t cannot be dropped even when you die MELEE WEAPON The3 key equips the character s class speeifie melee weapon Like the secondary ranged weapon the melee weapon cannot be dropped SINGLE USE ITEMS Since it is possible to be carrying more than one single use item you can cycle through them usi
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