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[IBR] 1. Installing Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf
1. Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf requires Battle Realms, included in the
Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf box. If you have previously
installed Battle Realms on your computer, you may skip to Step 7.
3. If you have Autoplay turned off on your computer or the Autoplay fails to
start automatically when you insert the Battle Realms CD, you will have to
manually start the Battle Realms Autoplay program or the Battle Realms
installer.
b. You should see the icon for your computer's CD-ROM drive, double click
on it. This may trigger Autoplay. If so, skip down to step 4.
4. When you click on the option to Install Battle Realms, the Battle Realms
installer launches.
5. When the installer runs for the first time on many Windows 98 computers, it
will install files it needs to correctly install the game. If this happens,
the installer will need to restart your computer.
6. Since you are installing Battle Realms for the first time, one option will
be available, Complete Installation. You may also specify the hard drive
location where Battle Realms will be installed.
If the AutoPlay does not run, see Step 3 above for information on how to
continue.
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Uninstalling Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf
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Winter of the Wolf makes irreversible changes to the Battle Realms code,
and thus cannot be uninstalled separately from the original Battle Realms
game. By choosing to Uninstall Winter of the Wolf, you are choosing to
delete all Battle Realms products from your computer.
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[IDX] 2. DirectX 8
+++ Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf requires DirectX 8 to run properly.
DirectX 8 is included on the original Battle Realms CD.
- After Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf has finished copying the
game files, remove the CD and replace it with the Battle Realms CD.
After a brief load period, the following menu should load automatically.
+++ What if you don't know or aren't sure what version of DirectX you have?
Don't worry, if you run the DirectX installer on a computer that already
has the current DirectX on it, the installer will NOT damage the existing
DirectX installation. It might give you newer versions of the DirectX
files, but it will NOT replace the files on your computer with older files.
Note: ONLY for users of the DirectX Software Development Kit (SDK):
This is just to remind DX SDK users that, if you have installed
the Debug version of the DX runtime files, the installer we
supply may replace these files with the Retail version.
You can manually run the DirectX installer from the Battle Realms CD.
Here's how:
2. With the Battle Realms CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive, open "My
Computer" or Windows Explorer.
3. You should see the icon for your computer's CD-Rom drive. RIGHT-CLICK
on this icon and choose "Explore" so you can see the files on the Battle
Realms CD.
4. You should see a file named "DX80" and one named "DX80NT".
The first one - DX80 is for Windows 98 and Windows ME, the other,
DX80NT, is for Windows 2000.
Double-click on the one that is right for your computer and follow its
instructions.
5. When the DirectX 8 installer you ran is done, it will usually want to
reboot the computer. If it doesn't, that means that it didn't replace
any files. If you have already installed Battle Realms, you should be
able to run the game.
6. If you have not yet installed Battle Realms, you should move to the
previous topic, Installing Battle Realms.
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[TSG] 3. Addenda
A number of new features have been added to Battle Realms since the publication
of the game manual. While the game manual should be generally correct, the
section below contains the latest information as well as more detail about key
features of the game.
- Page 47 - Glue Factory has the wrong explanation. Glue Factory reduces the
stamina
required for the horse's Trample battle gear.
- Page 50 - The Blade Acolyte's Inner Strength battle gear can be obtained from any
of
the Three Brothers.
- Page 51 - The Leaf Disciple's Scrye Leaves battle gear can be obtained from any
of the
Three Brothers.
- Page 52 - The Staff Adept's Dark Canopy battle gear can be obtained from any
of the Three Brothers.
- Page 54 - The Infested One's Rebirth battle gear actually comes from a Dark
Blessing from any of the Three Brothers.
- Page 63 - The Zen Master Blaster ability is actually called Zen Counterpunch.
The description, however, is correct.
- Page 70 - Rice does not grow faster when a Druidess is near it, only when
Gaihla is near.
- Tutorial 2 - According to the second tutorial, Geisha and other female units
cannot train in other buildings. While this is still true in
the original Battle Realms game, this is no longer the case in
Winter of the Wolf.
Dragon Clan
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Town Square -> Royal Academy
Serpent Clan
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Town Square -> Assassin's Den
Lotus Clan
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Town Square -> Flesh Crucible
Wolf Clan
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Wolf Ball Court -> Forest Temple
NOTE: These are the default hotkeys. You can edit all the Hotkeys in the game
from within the Options menu.
Please note that all Hotkeys can be edited in the game and that these are
default values.
C - goes to combat
Double Clicking on a unit selects all units of that type on the screen.
After assigning a group with Ctrl + Number, double tapping that number will take
you to that group and select all of the units in that group.
Player Profiles
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Player Profiles will store your name and other information for your use in online
multiplayer battles. Each is stored separately and maintains its own hotkey
settings to facilitate sharing of Battle Realms with players who may prefer
different styles. In addition to hotkeys, each profile also stores a default
map preference when hosting games, your favorite team color and your favorite
game settings.
Teamwork
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When allied with a player, you may choose to send him rice or water by ordering a
Peasant that is currently carrying resources into one of their huts. Once this
order has been given, that Peasant will assume that you wish to supply the ally
and will automatically return to that same hut every time he fills up on
resources again.
Survival
Standard game mode - A player is eliminated when all existing and potential
units has been disabled. The player may still have buildings left, but if
he has no Peasants or Peasant Huts, the game will end.
Razing
A variant of the standard game mode in which the elimination of a player's
town will eliminate the player, regardless of his units and building potential.
Famine
Each team is given a large pile of resources to start, but cannot harvest
additional resources, except for water. Players must win by building the most
effective town and army with these starting resources.
Whenever a Player's town is eliminated, except in Razing mode, the player will
have two minutes to build another combat building. If another combat building
is not built within two minutes, the locations of all of his forces will be
revealed to the other players. This is to prevent forced surrenders and a
variety of other time-consuming and annoying endgame scenarios common to Internet
games.
Yin and Yang are earned through battle, but the amount varies with the distance
from your town. The further your forces are from your town, the more Yin or Yang
they will earn in battle. This rule does not apply to Peasants.
AI Personalities
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When choosing AIs for Skirmish or Multiplayer games, take note of the name of the
AIs you select. Each AI, named after a Battle Realms Zen Master, employs
different strategies. Some use battle gear more, others simply prefer to harass the
other players. Experiment to learn the strengths and weaknesses of these
different AIs - not only will this help you defeat them, it will also help you
pick AI allies for multiplayer games that better complement your strategy.
Influencing the AI
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In multiplayer games, players have access to the Look Here and Fight Here commands.
While primarily used to communicate with other human players, they will effect the
behavior of any allied AI players.
- Look Here will order allied AIs to send units to the location specified.
- Fight Here will order allied AIs to attack enemies in the location specified.
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[TSG] 4. Troubleshooting
Game crashes like these are often due to hardware driver problems or
problems with DirectX. Fortunately, the cause of these crashes can often be
quickly fixed with new drivers or by changing some settings.
If you are having problems with Windows or programs like Internet Explorer
crashing, the computer may have more serious problems and may need repair.
+++ The game crashes and the error it gives says something about a DLL.
If the DLL (Dynamic Link Library) has a name with "D3D" or "Direct" in
it, DirectX 8 might not be correctly installed. To remedy this, please try
installing DirectX 8.
Even if you have tried to install DirectX 8 before and the DirectX 8
installer told you it was successful, you might need to try again.
+++ When I play the game, I play for awhile and it crashes, but I have no
problems running Windows applications like Internet Explorer or older
games.
This is often due to old video card drivers. As time goes on and as people
who make games get better at using video cards, more and more of your video
card's abilities are used and this can reveal defects in your video drivers
that, before, were not important. If your video card drivers are more than a
few months old, they may be causing the game to crash and they should be
replaced if you want to play Battle Realms or any other new game.
For example, if the card has "GeForce" or "Riva TNT" associated with it,
the manufacturer of the card's chips is Nvidia (www.nvidia.com). Matrox
makes video cards with the Millennium G400/G455, etc. ATI (www.ati.com)
makes the "Radeon", the "Rage 128", and "Rage 128 Pro" set. For users of
the "Voodoo" series of cards (Voodoo 3 and 5 work with Battle Realms),
3dfx, the makers of the Voodoo chipsets, is no longer in business, but
their website (www.3dfx.com) still has the latest drivers.
If you are unable to discern the maker of your graphics chipset, please
refer to your computer's documentation.
+++ When I play the game, things happen on screen that I know shouldn't be
happening.
Your computer must be able to access the Internet before you can play the
Internet portion of the Battle Realms. That means that the computer must
be able to connect to the Internet using a dialup modem or a broadband
connection like DSL or Cable Modem.
+++ My multiplayer games keep telling me I have sync errors. How do I fix these?
Battle Realms is a synchronous game, meaning that the same calculations must
happen on both computers at the same time. Should the calculations on two
computers turn out differently, the game will desync.
Testing has shown that the primary cause of sync errors in Battle Realms is
computational interference created by running other programs in the
background. Norton Utilities programs are particularly troublesome, but
smaller programs such as MSN Messenger and other instant message clients
have been shown to create sync errors, as well.
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[FRP] 5. Firewalls and Routers
When a computer can access basic Internet services and can play the
game, Internet play is not usually much of a problem, unless the
computer accesses the Internet through a router or firewall. Often,
special appliances called "Fireboxes" combine Firewall and Router into a
single easy-to-configure device.
Note: The typical home computer users may find some or all of the information
below pretty meaningless.
- Firewall problems are easy to define. They are problems where certain
types of Internet services or data are BLOCKED. Battle Realms requires
that UDP Ports 7174, 7175, and 7177 be open for communication in both
directions.
- Not only must UDP packets be able to pass through the firewall in both
directions, but computers on both sides of the firewall must be able to
initiate the flow of data- important for "stateful" packet filtering
firewalls that generally permit packets to flow in both directions ONLY
once the flow is initiated by a computer behind the firewall, but tend
to block connection attempts by hosts on the outside of the firewall to
hosts within.
+++ Firewalls and GameSpy
- Battle Realms uses Internet matching service GameSpy for all non-DirectIP
connections.
+++ Resolving problems with Battle Realms and Internet Routers (gateways)
3. An extreme case that should really work well but is more difficult
and expensive is configuring a LAN computer to use a real
routable
IP address. That computer would either need two network
interfaces
(one for the LAN and one for the Internet) or it could not be
connected to both the LAN as well as to The Internet.
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[TSG] 6. Getting Technical Support
Before contacting Ubi Soft Technical Support, please carefully read through the
manual. Also, help is available online at:
http://www.ubisoft.com/support
This site takes you to the Ubi Soft Solution Center. Here you can browse our
FAQ listings, or search the solution database for the most recently updated
information since the game's release. For an e-mail response, you can send in a
request for Personal Assistance from a Technical Support Representative.
Contact us by E-Mail:
You can contact Ubi Soft Support by e-mailing them directly at
support@ubisoft.com.
It may take anywhere from 24-72 hours for us to respond to your e-mail,
depending upon the volume of messages we receive and the nature of your problem.
Contact us by Phone:
You can also contact us by phone by calling (919) 460-9778. Note that this number
is for technical assistance only. We cannot give hints or tips over the Technical
Support line. When calling our Technical Support line, please make sure you have
the game active at the point where you are experiencing difficulty.
Be advised that our Technical Support Representatives are available to help you
Monday - Friday from 9 am - 9 pm (Eastern Standard Time), excluding holidays.
While we do not charge for technical support, normal long distance charges apply.
To avoid long distance charges, or to contact a support representative directly
after these hours, please feel free to use one of the other support avenues
listed above. E-mail responses usually receive a response in less than 2 business
days. If we receive your e-mail, you will receive a response!
Please do not send returns directly to Ubi Soft without first contacting a
Technical Support Representative. If you need to return a product, review the
Replacement Policy / Warranty in this manual.