User manual GAMES PC CORRUPTION

[. . . ] Moreover, whether by lucrative trade or by the force of weapons, you can also grow richer for your country's benefit. . . and your own!And as your exploits, conquests and feat of arms go by, your reputation will not cease to grow and you will soon possibly be even more admired than your king and more dreaded than the most ferocious pirates! W 1. 2 Installa tion System Requirements: Computer: PC or 100% compatible Processor: P133 minimum, P200 recommended. Memory: 32 MB of RAM recommended Minimum hard disk space required: 100 MB minimum. Speed of CD-ROM drive: X4 Video card: All cards are supported by Direct X Keyboard and mouse 100% Microsoft compatible Game installation Insert the CD Corsairs in your drive and wait a few seconds for a window to appear on screen. ( If the window does not pop up, double click on "Work station" and then on "CD ROM", and finally on "AutoPlay. exe" ) Choose Installation, then follow the instruction on screen. [. . . ] : Inaccessible zone. 12 3 . 24 Mano euv re the sa ils Each ship has 3 levels of sails at its disposal: Level 0: no sails Level 1: average sails Level 2: maximum sails Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 The level of sails directly influences the speed of the ship. Without an order to the contrary on your part, the ships automatically use maximum sails during their travels. During cannon combats, a ship can sustain damage to the sails. The condition of the selected ship's sails is indicated in the "ship-info" window. The only means of repairing the sails is to go to a friendly port. The player can raise/lower the sails with the keyboard arrows or by clicking on the "sails" button of the interface bar. 13 3 . 3 Trade and transhipm ent of marchandis e 3 . 3 1 Gen eral points: E L ach ship anchored in front of a port or a principality can purchase or sell merchandise there. It is equally possible for two friendly ships anchored side by side to tranship merchandise from one ship to the other. 3 . 3 2 Trade of marchandis e: et's consider the illustration above. Once the island is discovered, anchor your ship in the anchoring zone, then proceed to tranship your merchandise, in the same manner as earlier indicated in the case of a classic transhipment between two ships. If you subsequently wish to recuperate certain merchandise, perform an inverse transhipment. C 3 . 4 Naval comba t 3 . 41 Fire the cannon aga inst another ship: 3 . 411 Principles: Your ship must be within firing range of the designated target. Several methods exist for firing at an enemy ship: Auto Réaction: when an enemy ship passes in proximity of one of your ships and it is in its line of fire, your ship releases a broadside on the intruder. Left click on an enemy ship: Your armada or your selected ship will try to sink the designated target. Let's look at the interface bar below: W 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Name of the enemy ship boarded plus its nation (represented by the flag). Countdown: you have a limited time at your disposal to involve other ships in this phase. Resolve the boarding in the manual mode. The computer resolves the boarding in your place. Warning: If your corsair is engaged in a boarding you pass automatically into manual resolution. 3 . 5 12 A ppoint ships to the boarding: hen a boarding is launched, you have a certain time at your disposal to decide to manually control your crew or to let the computer carry out this task (except in the case where your corsair is implicated in the boarding, you must resolve the boarding manually). During this allotted time, you can appoint W 20 additional ships and thus increase your chances of success at the time of the boarding. You just direct your ships to the site of the boarding and have them collide with the ships engaged in this phase. 3 . 5 13 A utoma tic resolution: he computer resolves the boarding in your place unless your corsair is engaged in the assault. The automatic resolution starts up at the end of a certain time and is instantaneous. At the close of this boarding, you can either win or lose. T T 3 . 5 14 Manual resolution: o access the boarding screen click on the 4 button (diagram 3. 511) Your men are on your deck and await your orders. You can recognise different classes of men (Cf. 3. 515 Type of troops). Select and manoeuvre a unit: u To select a unit move your cursor onto the character and click on it with the left button of your mouse. u To deselect a unit, click on the right button of the mouse. [. . . ] It is very possible that the hideout is rebuilt and that pirates newly establish themselves there afterwards. 3 . 9 Treasure island s: 3 . 91Hide a part of on e's treasure/isola ted island s: uring the game, you will have the chance to discover islands on which it will be possible for you to conceal a part of your booty. The operation is described in chapter 3. 333. D 29 3 . 92 Look for a treasure: ou will sometimes be led to learn of a treasure's existence. The existence of this treasure can be communicated to you by a prisoner or some other character during the capture of a port, during the destruction of a pirate hideout. Y 4 Miss ions: 4. 1 Principles: hen you start up a new mission, a page describes to you the mission and the context in which you find yourself. During the mission, different objectives said to be "primary" will be given to you. [. . . ]