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- "Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle" README
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- WATERLOO: NAPOLEON'S LAST BATTLE (DEMO Version)
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- * Pentium II-266 or higher
- * 64 Megs of RAM or higher
- * 400 Mb of free harddrive space for installation AND virtual memory
- * 4 meg video graphics card required Direct X compatible
- * Windows 95/98/ME/2000 compatible
- * Windows compatible sound card
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- REQUIRED DISKDRIVE SPACE FOR INSTALLATION
- * 40 Mbytes for installation
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- DIRECTX REQUIRED
- * DirectX 7 or greater.
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- INSTALLING "WATERLOO: NAPOLEON'S LAST BATTLE" DEMO
- (1) Put the game CD into the CD-Rom Drive.
- (2) If you have "Autorun" turned on in your computer, the game's autorun function
- automatically launches the install splash screen. On the install screen, select
- "Install" and follow the onscreen prompts to finish the install.
- (3) If you do not have "Autorun" turned on, then find the "setup.exe" file on the game
- CD, double-click on it, then follow the onscreen prompts to finish the install.
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- WHAT THIS WATERLOO-NLB DEMO CONTAINS
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- (1) Three "small" scenarios from the full game. You can play these scenarios from both sides
- (either as the French or the Anglo-Allies).
- (2) One song file.
- (3) A small portion of the full games' sound effects. The full game has dozens of different sfx files
- (i.e., musket and cannonfire, galloping horses, etc.) which are heard during scenario play.
- (4) You have access to the Design-Your-Own-Battle screen, which will show you the
- create/edit battle functions, but you are not allowed to design your own battles. The full version
- of the game allows you to custom build virtually an unlimited number of scenarios using the full
- Order of Battles from all three armies.
- (5) You may review Scenario Status during play.
- (6) all "core" functions (such as unit maneuver commands, adminstrative commands, etc.) are
- active and usable during play.
- (7) You may access the Scenario Info screen from the Scenario Selection screen to read an
- historical overview of the scenarios available for play. The Scenario Info screen is
- fully functional.
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- WHAT THIS WATERLOO-NLB DEMO CONTAINS
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- (1) All other features/functions not listed above have been turned off in this DEMO
- version of WATERLOO-NLB. In addition:
- (2) You cannot play Multiplayer Games in this DEMO version of WATERLOO-NLB.
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- PLAYING THE DEMO
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- HOW TO GIVE UNITS/LEADERS COMMANDS
- Selecting Units/Leaders: To select a unit or leader, move the mouse arrow over the unit or
- leaderÆs flag. A yellow selection box appears. Now click the left mouse button. The unit or
- leader is selected and a bright yellow highlight appears around the flag. This unit or leader
- is now ready to receive a command.
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- Giving a Leader a Command: Selecting a leader gives you control of the units under his command. There
- are four different types of leaders: Army, Corps, Division, and Brigade. Only Division and Brigade
- leaders command troops in the field. Army and Corps leaders do not command troops, but are useful for
- rallying Routed units (see p. 27) and gathering together large groups of artillery to form grand
- batteries. To give orders to the troops of a Brigade or Division leader, follow this procedure:
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- (1) With the leader selected, hold down the left mouse button and drag the movement arrow across the
- battlefield.
- (2) With the left mouse button pressed, drag the movement arrow to any location on the field.
- (3) Once youÆve found a spot you like, release the left mouse button. The movement arrow of the leader
- remains on the field and the leader moves in that direction.
- (4) Now, immediately select one of the "active" command buttons. The units under the selected leaderÆs
- control move to the location and take the shape of the Formation Command selected, or perform the particular
- Administrative Command selected (see p. 18). Alternatively, you can move a commander and his units together
- by using the DRAG+SHIFT feature. See p. 13 for details.
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- Giving a Unit a Command: To give an individual unit a command, select the unit. Hold the left mouse button down
- and drag the unitÆs movement arrow to the desired location, and then select the command you wish to give. That
- unit will move to the desired location and perform the command youÆve given it.
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- RIGHT-CLICK HELP
- To receive immediate online help about any of the command buttons and info bar displays, right-click on the
- item in question. A help message box appears giving you details about the function/display.
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