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- THE STONEKEEP INTERACTIVE PREVIEW
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- This is the first level out of the complete Stonekeep experience.
- During this preview, you will be able to search the halls of an
- ancient ruined Keep, find treasure, fight monsters, increase your
- character's skills and experience the magic that is Stonekeep!
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- All this, and the preview is only the first two maps out of a
- total of twenty-two!
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- This is not a feature-disabled version of the game. Everything you
- can do on the first level of the full Stonekeep package, you can
- do in this preview.
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- See below for more instructions on how to play the Stonekeep
- Interactive Preview.
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- STONEKEEP: THE FULL EXPERIENCE
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- What's after the preview? The complete Stonekeep experience.
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- * Twenty more maps to explore
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- * A detailed storyline that unfolds as you explore the Underlands
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- * More weapons, armors and items
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- * Magick! 28 Magick spells that you can modify for more power
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- * More monsters, traps and quests
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- * Non-Player Characters to join the party and journey at your side
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- * Cinematic sequences
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- * Interact with a Dragon, Faeries, Dwarves, and more...
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- HOW TO PLAY: THE BASICS
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- Use the keyboard to move through the dungeon environment.
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- W or Up Arrow..... Move Forward
- S or Down Arrow... Move Backwards
- A or Left Arrow... Turn Left
- D or Right Arrow.. Turn Right
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- Use the mouse to interact with the environment. The cursor will
- change to show what command the left and right mouse button will do.
- Common cursors:
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- Crosshairs........ Attack
- Grabbing Hand..... Pick up item:
- The left mouse button will pick up the item and leave
- it in your hand for you to use, the right mouse button
- places it directly in your inventory
- Pulling Hand...... Manipulate object
- Quill............. Write (use keyboard)
- Scroll............ Open Inventory
- Mirror............ Display Status/Direction
- Journal........... Open Journal
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- There are other cursors. Experiment.
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- Other keyboard commands include:
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- I Inventory ESC Menu/Cancel F3 Toggle Subtitles ON/OFF
- M Mirror F2 Save Game F5-F6 Lower/Raise Sound-FX
- J Journal F4 Load Game F7-F8 Lower/Raise Music
- TAB Journal Map 1-6 Journal Sections F11 Adjust Brightness
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- HOW TO PLAY: THE SCROLL & INVENTORY
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- Your inventory scroll is a magick scroll that will hold an unlimited
- number of items. When the cursor is in the shape of an item, that is
- called the active item. To add the active item to your inventory,
- move it to the middle of the right side of the screen. The cursor
- should turn into a scroll, click a mouse button at that point to open
- the inventory. Drop the item on the inventory scroll to store it
- there for later use.
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- You can throw the active item by clicking in mid-air. The higher the
- item is on the screen, the harder you will toss it.
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- When you pick up items, the mouse buttons do different things.
- Experiment with them to see what they do.
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- HOW TO PLAY: THE MIRROR
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- The mirror will open automatically whenever you open the inventory. You
- can also display the bottom of the mirror on-screen at all times to keep
- informed of your character's vitality (life points) and current direction.
- The various gems on the mirror will change the display. Experiment.
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- Besides looking at your character, you can use the mirror to equip and
- use items on him. Simply drag an active item on to the character, and
- click. If the item is a piece of armor, or an item like a scroll or
- potion, the character is smart enough to use the item automatically.
- If it is an item that must be placed into an individual hand, you must
- move the item over the proper hand first.
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- HOW TO PLAY: THE JOURNAL
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- The Journal is an object that you must find in the game. Do so, because
- it contains valuable information about your character and records more
- information as you move through Stonekeep and beyond.
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- The Journal is divided into sections. Use the number keys to display a
- section, or the mouse to move through the Journal.
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- 1: Character Information
- The first section shows your character's statistics and skills. Refer
- to this to track your character's improvement, and check on his status.
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- 2: Journal Notes
- If you ever need to record information about your game, use this
- section. The quill cursor shows where you can write. Press ESC when
- you are done writing.
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- 3: Magick Runes
- In this Preview, this section will never be used. In the full
- experience, this is where your character records runes and prepares
- his spells.
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- 4: Clues
- Many important clues are automatically recorded here for you. Refer
- here when you need help.
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- 5: Items
- Everytime you find a new item, a record of the item is added to this
- section. You can write your own notes here, as well.
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- 6: Maps
- This is the automap. Use the quill to write notes in squares you
- have visited. Every square you walk into will be recorded here. Use the
- TAB key to quickly show the map.
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- ON-LINE MANUAL
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- To view the on-line manual, type
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- MANUAL <enter>
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- on the Stonekeep Interactive Preview CD-ROM.
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- HINTS
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- * Equip yourself with weapons and armor as soon as you can. Explore the
- first tower to get yourself into combat shape.
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- * Your character will attempt to strike where the attack cursor is located.
- Monsters have weak areas of armor. Aim for them.
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- * Roots are healing items. Use them when your vitality gets low. Potions
- are even better.
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- * When you get a new key, return to locked doors you previously visited.
- It's often worth the extra effort.
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- * Move around in combat. It's harder for the monsters to hit you that way.
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- * On slower machines, or machines with 8 megabytes of RAM, a smartdrive
- of 256k will increase performance. Try: "SMARTDRV 256 <enter>"
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- Enjoy yourself!
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- Team STONEKEEP
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