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- Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
- Revision 1.21
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- - WHAT THIS READ ME TEXT CONTAINS:
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- 1. System Requirements
- 2. Setup and Loading
- 3. Hot Keys
- 4. Unit Modifications
- 5. Movement
- Attack vs. Move
- 6. Network Play
- Messages on the Network
- Two player Warcraft
- Selecting Units in Two-Player Custom mode
- 7. Modem Play
- Modem Init Strings
- 8. Troubleshooting
- Smartdrive Conflicts
- EMM386 Conflicts
- Installing to the Network
- Out of Memory with 1.16
- Problems with direct link/modem play
- 9. Making Your System Run Faster
- 10. Command Line Options
- 11. Revision History
- 12. CHEAT CODES!!!
-
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- - 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- Warcraft has a minimum requirement of DOS 5.0 or higher. It requires
- a 100% IBM PC compatible with a 386 microprocessor or better and a
- VGA monitor. Your system should have at least four megabytes of
- total memory. Warcraft will use either EMS or XMS memory and does
- not require any special memory drivers other than HIMEM.SYS.
-
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- IMPORTANT NOTE: If you receive a message of the form:
- "Warcraft needs an additional XXX K of memory...", please
- see "Problem #1" in the TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION in order to
- increase the memory available to your system.
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
-
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- - 2. SETUP AND LOADING
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- To install Warcraft, type "INSTALL [Enter]" at the DOS prompt
- and follow the onscreen instructions. To configure Warcraft for your
- computer, go to the WARCRAFT directory and type "SETUP [Enter]" at the
- DOS prompt. To run the game, type "WAR [Enter]" at the DOS prompt.
-
-
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- - 3. HOTKEYS
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- There are also additional functions available during game play.
-
- F1 or Alt-H Help
- Shift F2 - F4 Save map position for immediate recall
- F2 - F4 Recall saved map position
- F5 Display overview of map
- F6 Display Unit Screen (shows units in play/units destroyed)
- F7 Economy Screen (Lists total resources harvested)
- F8 Score (This is an indication of your success,
- including your rank and current mission objectives)
- F10 Options Menu
-
- G Shows the building grid for structures
- C Centers map on selected units
- Ctrl-M or Alt-M Music (toggles between ON/OFF)
- Ctrl-S or Alt-S Sound Effects (toggles between ON/OFF)
- Ctrl-X or Alt-X Exit the program
- Ctrl-Esc Disconnects the systems in two player mode
- + / - keys Speed up or Slow down the game speed
- Esc Cancel any command just issued in any menu
- Right click Cancel any command just issued in any menu
-
- Shift+Click on a unit Allows grouping of up to four units
- Ctrl+Drag Mouse over units Allows grouping of up to four units
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- - 4. UNIT MODIFICATIONS
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- Both Catapults and Summoned Creatures operate in manners dissimilar
- from other units in the game:
-
- The catapult will attack enemy units automatically ONLY if there
- are no friendly units that will be effected by splash damage from the
- missile. If you select the Attack command and specify a target, the
- catapult will fire at the selected target regardless of friendly unit
- proximity.
-
- Summoned Creatures have a Magic Point (MP) bar as well as a
- Hit Point (HP) bar. The MP bar will degrade over time, and when it is
- drained, the summoned creature will begin taking damage, as the powers
- that hold it here are no longer in force.
-
-
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- - 5. MOVEMENT
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- ATTACK VS. MOVE
- When a Unit is instructed to Move, it will head to the selected location and
- ignore anything that crosses it path, including units that attack it. This
- allows for uninterrupted movement, as well as enforced retreats.
-
- When a Unit is instructed to Attack, you may choose either an area to attack,
- or a specific target.
-
- When you choose an area to Attack, the unit will move there, but if he is
- attacked in transit, the unit will stop and respond to the attack. When the
- unit arrives at the selected location, it will look for immediate targets
- within its range to attack.
-
- When you choose a specific target to Attack, your unit will move to engage
- the selected target, ignoring all other enemies or threats.
-
-
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- - 6. NETWORK PLAY
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- IMPORTANT NOTE: Warcraft requires the IPX network protocol.
-
-
- NODE NUMBERS
- The node number option in network play allows two players to find each other
- when more than one game of Warcraft is starting on the network. Choose the
- same node number for both players.
-
-
- MESSAGES ON THE NETWORK
- Messages can be sent to an opposing player in a Two-Player game by simply
- pressing the Enter key. A MSG: prompt will appear at the bottom of the screen.
- Type in your message, and then press Enter to send it.
-
- SELECTING UNITS IN TWO-PLAYER CUSTOM MODE
- In a Two-Player Custom game, players can either have the default setting
- of two Peons/Peasants or they can elect to create custom armies through
- the Select Armies dialog. Not only can you affect what units you are
- choosing for your side, but you may select or deselect units for the
- enemy side by using the mouse to click the arrow keys in the Unit Selection
- area. If you wish to negate the ability to create specific units, they
- may be turned OFF in the same manner, making them unavailable for play.
-
- SELECTING UNITS IN ONE-PLAYER CUSTOM MODE
- In one player custom mode, you may choose to change the number of
- units you start with in your fight against the computer player. The
- computer player's units are fixed and cannot be altered.
-
-
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- - 7. MODEM PLAY
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- For best performance you will want to disable compression and error control
- on your modem. Here are some init strings for popular modems that we have
- found to work well.
-
- HAYES ACCURA 144B, ZOOM 14400, PRACTICAL PERIPHERALS, MOST HAYES COMPATIBLES:
- AT &K0 M1 S46=0 &D2 &Q6
-
- US ROBOTICS SPORTSTER:
- CLEAR string set to:AT &F0
- AT &K0 M1 &M0 &D2
-
- INTEL 14.4:
- AT &F\N0\Q0
-
- 2400 BAUD MODEMS:
- CLEAR and INIT strings set to ATZ
-
- If your system does not run smoothly during MODEM or DIRECT LINK
- play, these are some suggestions which may help:
-
- * You can turn music OFF to increase game speed
-
- * Decreasing the BAUD rate may increase game speed
-
-
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- - 8. TROUBLESHOOTING
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- Most systems should experience no difficulties running Warcraft.
- However, a small percentage of systems may experience occasional
- system conflicts. Many of these problems are quite easy to fix
- using the information provided below. Before attempting to
- remedy any problem, we urge you to save your important system
- files (AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS in particular) before making
- any modifications. Please refer to your system's documentation
- before making any changes.
-
- --------------
- Problem #1:
- I don't have enough free memory to play Warcraft
- --------------
- Here are several solutions to increase your free memory:
-
- * Remove unneeded TSR programs from memory
-
- * Remove SMARTDRIVE, or reduce the size of its disk cache
- to do this, edit the smartdrive line in your autoexec.bat file
- to a lower number, i.e., change C:\dos\smartdrv.exe 1024 256 /x
- to C:\dos\smartdrv 256 /x. The first number is the cache size.
-
- * Run the memory optimizer that comes with your memory manager
- (MemMaker for EMM386, Maximize for 386MAX, Optimize with QEMM, etc)
-
- --------------
- Problem #2:
- The install program cannot install the program
- to my hard disk due to an error condition.
- --------------
- A SMARTDRIVE conflict is the most likely cause of this problem.
- see the solution to Problem #1 above.
-
- If you are using NDOS from SYMANTEC/Norton Utilites, the installer
- may be unable to copy Warcraft onto your hard disk. Remove NDOS
- and try to install again.
-
-
- --------------
- Problem #3:
- Warcraft occasionally "freezes" or displays irregular behavior.
- --------------
- EMM386.EXE is the most likely cause of irregular behavior. There are
- several known problems with EMM386.EXE which prevent proper program
- operation. We recommend trying the following alternatives:
- (this list courtesy of Rational Systems Extenders)
-
- * Run with HIMEM.SYS only (This will also speed
- your system performance).
-
- * Replace EMM386 with another memory manager, such
- as QEMM-386 or 386Max.
-
- * Run in a Windows DOS box.
-
- * Configure EMM386 with both the NOEMS and NOVCPI options.
-
- * Convert the DEVICEHIGH statements in your CONFIG.SYS to
- DEVICE statements, and remove the LH (Load High) commands
- from your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
-
- Also, if you have an older version mouse driver, try updating to
- a more recent version.
-
- --------------
- Problem #4:
- Warcraft does not work properly when I run it from a network drive.
- --------------
- Warcraft should run properly using most network cards. A few network
- cards may cause sporadic crashes while running Warcraft. Try
- playing Warcraft from the CD (MINIMAL install), or perform a PARTIAL
- or FULL install to your local hard disk.
-
-
- --------------
- Problem #5:
- I have two monitors, and Warcraft runs very slowly on my system.
- --------------
- If you are using a monochrome monitor in addition to your VGA color monitor,
- the Diamond Stealth video card will cause the game to run very slowly.
- Other video cards may also display similar problems. Removing the
- monochrome card is highly recommended.
-
-
- --------------
- Problem #6:
- The SAVE/LOAD game feature doesn't work properly,
- or causes my system to "freeze" occasionally.
- --------------
-
- If you have SMARTDRIVE installed with WRITE-CACHING, the SAVE/LOAD
- feature may not work properly. This is due to problems with
- SMARTDRIVE and DOS. Every version of SMARTDRIVE we have tested
- from v4.0 through v5.01 has write-caching conflicts. Either disable
- write-caching on the hard disk containing WAR.EXE or remove SMARTDRIVE
- altogether.
-
- Example: if WAR.EXE is installed on the C: drive, try using the
- following command to remove write-caching:
-
- SMARTDRV C
-
-
- --------------
- Problem #7:
- I upgraded to a new version of Warcraft,
- and now I'm getting out of memory errors.
- --------------
- The new version of Warcraft takes about another 20k memory to
- run....see the solution to problem #1 above.
-
-
- --------------
- Problem #8:
- I can't get my modem/direct link game to work correctly
- --------------
- run Warcraft with the dlink option enabled, for example,
-
- WAR DLINK
-
- Also, if you have a modem on com 4, and are attempting a
- direct link game on com 2, or vice versa, the modem may
- interfere with the direct link. Try setting the modem to
- a different com port, or connecting on a different one.
- The same is true for the pair of com 1 and com 3.
-
- --------------
- Problem #9:
- I have a Wave Jammer sound card, but the setup program
- doesn't find it.
- --------------
- The Wave Jammer driver requires that you have defined
- a BLASTER environment variable. To do this, add the
- following line to your autoexec.bat file:
-
- set BLASTER=a220 i5 d1 t4
-
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- - 9. MAKING YOUR SYSTEM RUN FASTER
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- Adjust the speed using the Options Dialog or the + or - keys.
-
- The EMM 386 memory manager (EMM386.EXE) slows the game speed of Warcraft
- considerably. Use HIMEM.SYS only (without EMM386), or another memory
- manager like QEMM or 386MAX to increase game speed. Refer to your
- DOS manual to change your memory configuration. Also, please refer to
- the notes regarding EMM386.EXE in the TROUBLESHOOTING section.
-
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- - 10. COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
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- Warcraft has two command line options:
-
- war file=<filename> where <filename> equals an alternate config. file
- The default is config.war
-
- war dlink enables the enhanced communication routines
-
- war ? lists these options
-
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- - 11. REVISION HISTORY
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- 1.21:
- Fixed digital sound support for certain sound cards.
-
- 1.20:
- Significantly improved speed for slower systems
- Corrected irregular slow modem play for all modems
- Added support for WaveJammer and RAP 10 sound cards
- Updated Pro Audio sound drivers
- Added WAR_EDIT.EXE utility for extra FUN!
-
- 1.16:
- Added command line option for enhanced connectivity
- Final copy protection enhancement
-
- 1.15:
- Enhanced direct link and modem connectivity
- Fixed bug affecting scores over 12,000
- Improved copy protection for ease of use
- Gravis UltraSound support added
-
- 1.14:
- Fixed speech bug
-
- 1.13:
- Replaced CD-ROM copy protection with floppy copy protection
- Fixed human level 7 bug
- Updated DOS 4/GW extender
-
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- - 12. CHEAT CODES!!!
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- To enable a cheat, first start a game by choosing either "New Game"
- or "Load Game". Once the game has started, press the return key.
- Near the botton of the screen, you will see the string "MSG: ".
- Type any of the codes below and press return. If the cheat was typed
- correctly, you will see the message:
- "CHEAT ENABLED YOU WASCALLY WABBIT!"
-
- If you type the same cheat code again, the cheat will be disabled
- (where appropriate). Please note that in a Two-Player game, these
- codes will affect both sides.
-
- Warcraft has a Master Code that is required to enable the cheat codes
- listed below, and it must be entered before any of the codes will work.
-
-
- MASTER CODE: CORWIN OF AMBER
-
- CODE EFFECT
- ------------------------------
- HUMAN1 ORC1 goto to human level 1 or orc level 1
- HUMAN2 ORC2 ditto for level 2
- ... ... etc.
- HUMAN12 ORC12 ditto for level 12
- This cheat works only in one player mode
-
- YOURS TRULY Takes player to the victory sequence
- This cheat works only in Campaign Mode
-
- CRUSHING DEFEAT Takes player to the loss sequence
- This cheat works only in Campaign Mode
-
- IDES OF MARCH Takes player to the finale sequence
-
- POT OF GOLD Adds 10,000 gold and 5,000 lumber to your reserves
-
- EYE OF NEWT Upgrades your magic users with all spells
-
- IRON FORGE Upgrades all technologies immediately
-
- SALLY SHEARS Displays the entire map area
-
- HURRY UP GUYS All buildings, units and upgrades are built/trained
- at an accelerated rate
-
- THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE All of your units are invulnerable except by a
- direct catapult hit, and will inflict 255 points
- of damage per hit.
-
-