[Chaos Overlords Demo
"Quick Start" guide]
[Mindgames Entertainment Pack]
[Might & Magic: Clouds of Xeen, Darkside of Xeen, and World of Xeen CD]
[Empire Deluxe missing manual page #174]
These are some of the most common technical and game questions asked about Anvil of Dawn.
To complete Anvil of Dawn, we recommend that the adventurer take the
following path:
Start with Dark Lantern, Gryphon Keep, Underground City, then the
Land of the Roots. You can continue on to the Reed Plain and get the
Unmaking spell, but it is not required. Next, backtrack through the
Underground City and proceed through the Barrier, Temple of the Moon,
City of the Dead, Eye of Clay (Sanctuary), Gorge Keep, Iron Titan,
Quagmire (the Pedestal), Evil Stronghold, Fire Mountain, back to the
Evil Stronghold, then the Anvil of Dawn.
The 7 items needed for the Black Gnarl to forge the coffer are:
Item Location
---- --------
Heartstone Underground City Mines
Dragon Amber Land of the Roots
Tears of the Weeping Moon Temple of the Moon
Soul of the Ivory Prince City of the Dead
Sacrifice of Clay Sanctuary
Iron Shackles Iron Titan
Wood from Unbreakable Tree Quagmire
The 4 discs to get into the Eye of Clay and lead you to Sanctuary are:
Disc Location
---- --------
Sol Disc Underground City
Spring Equinox Disc Barrier
Fall Equinox Disc City of the Dead
Moon Disc City of the Dead Lower Vaults
Q: In Gryphon Keep, I cannot get into the northeast corner tower?
A: About two doors to the west of the door you cannot open that
leads into the northeast corner, is another room that has two
pressure plates. First, weigh down the plate to the west, then
the plate to the east. This will open the door that leads into
the northeast corner tower.
Q: Whenever I talk to the Lady of the Sea, she kills me.
A: In order to get the spell from the Lady of the Sea and live, first
find the Soul Link figurine in the Underwater Labyrinth. Before
talking to the Lady, use the figurine to cast Soul Link on
yourself.
Q: How do I get the spell from the Imp in the Underground City?
A: Use the Hourglass of Temporal Freeze BEFORE you walk into the room.
This will stop time long enough to get in and watch the Imp dream
of his spell.
Q: How do I cross the bridge next to the Barrier that has a glowing
white light?
A: You need the Stone of Safe Crossing found in the Temple of the Moon.
You must first pass through the Barrier.
Q: How do I melt the commander trapped in the ice block in Gorge Keep?
A: Drop the glowing ember in front of the frozen man. This will slowly
melt the ice, freeing the commander. He will help get you through
Gorge Keep.
Q: I cannot shrink the Iron Titan's body because I can't turn off the
No-Magic Zone.
A: To turn off the No-Magic Zone, you must first weigh down a
pressure plate that lies in the northeast portion of the map,
just below the four doors. This pressure plate is in a corridor
that leads south, then west, the, north a bit. Once you weigh this
plate down with 10kg, flip the switch that is on the wall just
two squares north of the plate. If you look at the map, the
No-Magic Zone should have disappeared.
Q: How do you talk to the Wind Elemental found in the Quagmire?
A: The Wind Chimes that are also found in the Quaqmire are needed to
talk to the Wind Elemental. He will teach you a very useful
spell.
Q: I seem to have completed everything except for the Evil
Stronghold, Fire Mountain, and the Anvil of Dawn, but I have no
idea how to get to any of these places.
A: In the Quagmire, one of the first battles you face is with one of
the Warlord's messengers. Once defeated, he gives up the Whistle
of Firey Beckons. Use this whistle at the top of the Pedestal to
be transported to the Evil Stronghold.
Q: How do I get the Guardian of Ice's hands from the icy depths?
A: Use the spell Heavenly Mend of Unseen Artisans to restore the
giant's hands.
These are some of the most common technical and game questions asked about Heroes of Might and Magic for DOS.
Q: I have the DOS version of Heroes of Might and Magic.
Can I upgrade to the Windows 95 version?
A: You can upgrade to the Windows 95 version of Heroes of Might and Magic
in one of three ways.
1) You can send in your CD along with $15 and a request for the
Windows 95 version of the game.
2) If you have sent in your registration card already, you can
order by phone. Our order number is (800) 325-8898 in the
US or (818) 734-7136 from outside the US.
3) You can send in the certificate for a second CD, that comes
in the box, along with a check or money order for $15 and a
request for the Windows 95 version of the game.
If you have already gotten your second CD you will have to take
advantage of option number one.
Q: Heroes of Might and Magic is locking up when I play after a while.
A: Make sure you are running with v1.2 as this is the most recent
version. To find out, take a look when you load the game at the
line that says "Loading Heroes of Might and Magic (v1.2)." If there
is no (v1.2), you need to the the HPATCH12.EXE update and apply it
to Heroes.
If you still continue to have problems, try disabling EMM386.EXE from
your config.sys file. Simply edit your config.sys and add in a REM and
a space in front of the line that contains EMM386.EXE
DOS example: REM DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
Windows 95 example: REM DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
Q: I am running Windows 95, and when I try to install the game, it just
hangs
A: When you run the install for Heroes of Might and Magic, it tries to
detect the sound and video cards in your system. If it "hangs", it
couldn't detect one more of these devices in your system correctly
therefore causing the "hang". Try this:
Click on Start
Select Run
In the box next to "Open", type in D:\install /nodetect
The install program should load and allow you to install the game.
If you are still having problems, it is having difficulties detecting
your video card and you may need to load a VESA driver for your video
card. This driver should come on a disk that comes with your system,
may be pre-loaded, or comes on a disk with your video card itself.
Simply find this driver (usually a file called vesa.exe or similar),
and run it before you install the game. You may also try the
universal vesa driver (univbe.zip) found on AOL, Compuserve, the
Internet, and many BBS systems.
If you are still having problems, restart in MS-DOS mode and follow
the DOS installation instructions.
Q: When I restart in MS-DOS mode, my CD-ROM drive isn't recognized at
all
A: You need to install your DOS based CD-ROM drivers into your system
so that the MS-DOS mode can utilize them. Each CD-Rom driver is
different, so you may want to contact your computer dealer or CD-ROM
manufacturer about installing these drivers.
Q: Whenever I play the game, the sound seems to have a lot of static.
A: DOS - Disable any caching programs such as SMARTDRV.EXE or Norton
Cache. If the problem persists and you have Windows 3.x, try
playing the game through Windows as it is known to stop the static.
Windows 95 - Edit the preferences for Heroes by right-clicking on the
Heroes icon in your C:\Heroes folder, and then selecting
'Preferences'. Click on the 'Misc' tab, and find the Idle
Sensitivity bar. Click on the bar and slide it all the way to the
left towards the 'Low' setting.
These are some of the most common technical and game questions asked about the Mindgames Entertainment Pack.
Q: Whenever I try to load one of the games, the board comes up, then
it takes 3 minutes for the games to start or the games never
start
A: The CD-Rom version of Mind Games has this problem on some systems.
If you experience this problem, get the 3.5" version of Mind
Games as it does not. If the store does not have the 3.5"
version, call New World Customer Support @ (818) 889-5650.
Q: Even though I selected 'English,' all the help documents come up in
french.
A: To fix this, you need to edit your Win.ini file and find the header
that looks like:
[Mind Games]
Language=French
Simply delete the word 'French', and replace it with the word 'English'.
This will allow the help files to appear in English.
These are some of the most common technical and game questions asked about Wetlands.
Q: While playing Wetlands, the game suddenly drops to DOS/Windows 95 and
says "Error writing temporary file."
A: Try increasing the FILES= value in your config.sys to 80 or 100.
If you can decrease it to a lower value without causing the game to
crash, then you can save a little memory.
Q: I keep running out of time at the Oxygen Facility.
A: Make sure you are going in this pattern:
Down, Down, Up, Up, Down, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up
Q: I am going in the correct pattern, and I still can't get past the
Oxygen Facility.
A: You must have a 486DX2-66 or better CPU to play this game. If you
have a 486DX2-66 and you still don't have enough time, get the
WETUP11.EXE update as it will increase the level time from 5 minutes to
7 minutes.
Q: How do I get past the Xi Colony hoverbike scene?
A: Straight, right, right/up, right, left, right/down, straight
Q: I can't get past the Ancient Ruins. Which way do you go?
A: Right, right, right, left.
These are some of the most common technical and game questions asked about Clouds of Xeen, Darkside of Xeen, and World of Xeen.
Q: Whenever I enter a shop and go up to the desk, the game locks.
A: The game is not set up properly to work with your sound card.
Check the sound setup for the game and make sure the port I/O
address, the IRQ channel, and the DMA channel values are set
properly to run with your sound card. You can do this by typing
"Set" from the DOS prompt and look at the BLASTER= line. For
example, the Soundblaster 16 usually looks like this:
BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
This line can vary depending on the type of sound card you have, but
the important information should always be there. The four
parameters you need to take note of are the A#, I#, D#, and the T#.
The A# is the port I/O address, the I# is the IRQ channel, the D# is
the DMA channel, and the T# tells you the compatibility of the sound
card. The installation program will ask you for these values when
you configure the sound. The T#, however, tells you which
Soundblaster device to use. If the T# is a 1 or 3, use the
Soundblaster setting. If the number is anything else, use the
Soundblaster Pro setting. There is a setting for the SB16, but the
SBPro drivers tend to work the best with Xeen.
Q: Xeen is running very slow or whenever I start the game, the screen just
goes black.
A: This usually happens when you have a Soundblaster 16 or compatible
card installed in your system. Xeen misdetects this as a Roland card
which is the cause for the problem. Simply run the installation
program, INSTALL.EXE, from the hard drive and configure the game to
the Soundblaster Pro settings as they tend to work the best.
Q: The walls or buttons appear in the wrong place, OR, the game exits
me out and I get the message "Maze X ..." in red writing, OR, it will
not create the World of Xeen when I combine the disk based versions.
A: This is caused by a damaged savegame file. The damage is commonly
caused by SMARTDRV.EXE which is loaded via your autoexec.bat file.
Remark the line that contains SMARTDRV.EXE out and it will no longer
cause corruption. Unfortunately, the current game is lost and you
need to start over again. Other causes of damaged save game files
are lost clusters, bad chains, bad sectors, or any general file
damage on your hard disk. If you get a damaged savegame file, you
should also run a SCANDISK (MSDOS 6.X) or Norton Disk Doctor (Norton
Utilities by Symantec) to detect and correct disk problems.
Q: The mouse isn't working or is having intermittent problems.
A: Check to see if you are loading a mouse driver in DOS. The mouse may
work in Windows because Windows uses its own driver, but you need to
load a mouse driver in DOS. If you have a Logitech mouse, make sure
you are running driver v6.4 or better. The game will not recognize
any previous driver version.
Q: Whenever I enter or exit the Gemstone or Dwarf Mines, I get a message,
"Error, Run to Mark Events Newmax..."
A: This is a message that can be ignored. It is an internal New World
Message that we forgot to turn off when the game released. It has no
effect on the game.
Q: Sometimes I get stuck in the mines after I get the "Error, Run to
mark.." message.
A: This happens sometimes for reasons unknown. Simply, do NOT save in
the mines, and use either the Town Portal spell, or the Lloyd's
Beacon spell to get out of the mines.
Clouds of Xeen 3.5" ONLY
Q: Some of the coffins in the Northern Sphinx won't open. A: This is normal. Not all the coffins will open so just ignore the ones that don't.
Darkside of Xeen 3.5" ONLY
Q: Any items I get that are enchanted with the 'Town Portal' spell do not cast the spell when I try to use them. A: This is a problem with the first release of Darkside. Download the file, NEWDARK.EXE and extract the files to your C:\XEEN directory. This will correct the problem.
World of Xeen CD-ROM ONLY
Q: I get an "Out of High Memory" message whenever I take the boat ride to Rivercity, enter Castle Blackfang, or enter the Warzone. A: You need the update for the World of Xeen CD. Download the file, WOXUP2.ZIP and unzip the file to your C:\WORLD directory. Q: Whenever I enter the places mentioned in the previous question, I don't get the error, but the speech for each character doesn't seem to correspond to the correct character. A: This is related to the "Out of High Memory" message. Download the update WOXUP2.ZIP and unzip it to your C:\WORLD directory.
Advanced Game Quick Reference Notes
in reference to page 174
(a) - Attack is 1 when attacking Armor and Infantry in Mountains,
Forest and Rivers.
(b) - Attack is 1 when attacking Armor and Infantry in Mountains
and Forest.
(c) - May Bombard Infantry, Armor and Air bases, Attack is 4
except if unit is in Forest or Mountains when it is 2.
(d) - May Bombard all ships except Submarines.
(e) - Attack is 1 when attacking air units.
(f) - Attack is 1 when attacking Bombers.
(g) - Attack is 1 when attacking Fighters.
(h) - May bomb cities.
(i) - May carry up to 6 Infantry or 3 Armor.
(j) - May carry up to 8 Fighters.
(k) - May carry up to 8 Aircraft.
(l) - Attack is half of normal and movement is 1 when damage is
1/2 or greater than Max. Damage.
ITEM LOCATIONS King's Ultimate Power Orbs: Dragon's Cave: x13,y03 x02,y01 x21,y05 x27,y05 Halls of Insanity: x28,y03 x03,y18 Aft Storage Sector: x14,y08 x01,y12 x01,y14 Dark Warrior Keep: x30,y02 x30,y03 Cathedral of Carnage: x25,y15 x25,y17 Tomb of Terror: x12,y03 x12,y07 Alpha Engine Sector: x15,y01 x00,y14 x00,y04 x15,y09 Main Engine Sector: x08,y18 x14,y08 x11,y08 x01,y08 Beta Engine Sector: x10,y01 x01,y07 x14,y07 x01,y15 Maze from Hell: x01,y01 x01,y30 x30,y31 x19,y19 There are 31 King's Ultimate Power Orbs, enough to give all 3 Kings 10 orbs each and 1 King 11 orbs. This will give you the most exp. Quest Items and Keys: Alicorn of Icaros: E2 x04,y05 Ancient Fizbin of Misfortune: Slithercult Stronghold x25,y22 Cursed Cold Cavern x21,y08 Black Terror Key: Cursed Cold Cavern x02,y24 Blue Priority Passcard: 11 Orbs to one of the 3 Kings Blue Unholy Key: Arachnoid Cavern x09,y21 Gold Master Key: The Magic Cavern x26,y03 (Mgt 20+) Gold Pyramid Keycard: A4 x15,y13 (Mgt 50+) Green Eyeball Key: Cyclops Cavern x23,y23 Hologram Sequencing Card 001: Fortress of Fear x27,y11 Hologram Sequencing Card 002: Halls of Insanity x08,y28 Hologram Sequencing Card 003: Dark Warrior Keep x17,y01 Hologram Sequencing Card 004: Cathedral of Carnage x01,y26 Hologram Sequencing Card 005: Tomb of Terror x18,y02 Hologram Sequencing Card 006: The Maze From Hell x27,y23 Red Warriors Key: Cyclops Cavern x14,y17 Sea Shell of Serenity: D4 x10,y01 (Day 99) Yellow Fortress Key: Arachnoid Cavern x03,y01 SPECIAL HINTS: The Ancient Artifacts of Good, Evil and Neutrality can be found throughout the game. Take them to the respective King's Archivest and get a reward in experience. Ancient Jewelry is quite precious indeed. Bring these lovely jewels to your favorite supply store and sell them for a nice profit (treasure hunting CAN be profitable!). Don't rule out Pirate's Treasure either, it's real on Onesday. Take Quatloo coins to the Quatloo machines in Slithercult Stronghold to gain +5 in Might (x09,y21), Endurance (x11,y21), or Accuracy (x13,y21). DANGER: If the character you choose to gain the enhancement is holding the Ancient Fizbin of Misfortune, he/she will be eradicated. You can get more Quatloo coins by visiting the Greek Brothers (from Alpha to Zeta) in order. What good then, is the Ancient Fizbin of Misfortune? In Area E2 at x08,y08 there is a hut with some good items. If you do not possess the Ancient Fizbin, then you shall surely die. To gain the Crusader skill, venture to the Ancient Temple of Moo and find the statue of Fire Mane (x29,y15). Visit Athea the Sea Nymph in A4 (x00,y00) and she will turn male party members in love. Take ten(10) male characters (one ten times, two five times, etc. It does not need to be ten different characters) in love to Princess Trueberry and this will revive her heart and free her from cursed desolation. She will then bestow upon you the Alicorn of Icarus in appreciation. Finding Hologram Sequencing Card 001, can prove to be quite difficult. If you are having troubles in the Fortress of Fear with the levers, go to x20,y11 and face East. Cast Teleport 7 squares. This is will land you right on the chest containing the Card. If you do not have a Druid or Ranger, then you will never gain the spell: Walk on Water. You can hire Lone Wolf, the ranger in Wildabar. Or you can reach the edge of the sea, and cast the spell: Etherealize. This will allow you to travel the sea. Having troubles with the keys to the dungeons? All of the keys to the locked dungeons are available through the hirelings. RIDDLES RIDDLES RIDDLES Fountain Head Cavern: x12,y05 What is the password? RATS Swamp Town: x02,y13 What turns everything around but does not move? MIRROR x06,y02 What goes up and down but never moves? STAIRS Arachnoid Cavern: x14,y15 What is the magic number? 20301 Cathedral of Carnage: x25,y19 Set the lock, solve the key, drink the cup, I'll hear your plea. You must set the dials from West to East (left to right): North West North East South. Then drink from all six (6) of the deadly cups. x25,y19 What is the field deactivation code? JVC x01,y26 What does the Might Moose become after the key is solved? WEEDS Cursed Cold Cavern: x18,y14 What lives in winter, dies in the summer and grows with its roots upward? ICICLE x27,y25 What is always coming but never arrives? TOMORROW x27,y11 What is nothing but holes tied to holes yet is as strong as iron? CHAIN x27,y17 What cannot be seen but only heard, and will not speak until spoken to? ECHO Dark Warrior's Keep: x24,y02 What is the secret number? 314 Halls of Insanity: x11,y12 This river of mine always flows down, never the same its course. Laden with salt, it outlines a frown, the Great Sea is not it's source. What are they? TEARS x14,y09 Automatically it's done, I don't have to think. It darkens my world for a bit. It comes and it passes quick as a wink, with a two-fold cleansing flit. What is it I do? BLINK x17,y12 A window they seem, that leads to no corridor, their color's lucid like a gem. Reflections they cast, tho' not a mirror, beauty resides within them. What are they? EYES Slithercult Stronghold x07,y26 Who sent you? EPSILON Castle Blackwind: x11,y00 What is the watchword? TEN Castle Blood Reign: x09,y15 What manner of creature once pillaged this castle? OGRE x04,y09 What is the Ancient name of the Frozen Isles? NORTIC x04,y10 What is the Ancient name of the Frozen Isles? NORTIC x10,y09 What is the Ancient name of the Frozen Isles? NORTIC x10,y10 What is the Ancient name of the Frozen Isles? NORTIC Castle Dragontooth: x08,y00 How many of the castle's guard survived the final stand of the werewolves? 20000 x13,y07 What is 9 passed 14? 11 x13,y09 What is 5 passed 6? 11 Castle Greywind: x07,y15 What did Greywind the Illusionist name his cleric daughter? CIRCLE Castle Whiteshield: x05,y11 Who is the overlord of Castle Whiteshield? JOABARY x00,y00 What is the counter sign? SMELLO x00,y00 What is the counter sign? SMELLO Area B3: x09,y09 What is too much for one, enough for two, but nothing for three? SECRET x13,y06 The more there is of it the less you see. DARKNESS Alpha Engine Sector: x06,y15 Access to Main Engine Sector: PRIMARY Beta Engine Sector: x06,y00 Access to Main Engine Sector: PRIMARY Central Control Sector: x01,y05 Enter database access request. CREATORS x03,y05 Enter database access request. CREATORS x03,y07 Enter database access request. CREATORS x09,y05 Enter database access request. CREATORS x13,y05 Enter database access request. CREATORS Forward Storage Sector: x09,y11 Enter the password to raise the sunken isle in Piranha Bay. YOUTH Main Engine Sector: x06,y10 Access to Alpha Engine Sector: WARP x06,y15 Access to Beta Engine Sector: SUBLEVEL Mirror Portals: Fountain Head HOME Baywatch SEADOG Wildabar FREEMAN Swamp Town DOOMED Blistering Heights REDHOT Area E4 x03,y03 EARTH Area C2 x12,y10 FIRE Area F1 x00,y12 AIR Area E3 x07,y10 WATER Arena ARENA HOW TO WIN Raise a character's Might attribute above 50 using the magical pools and potions throughout the dungeons. Enter the hut at the top of Mount Keystone in Area A4 and break the glass case to get the Gold Pyramid Keycard. This will grant you access into the ancient pyramids. Travel to the Ancient Temple of Moo and find the statue of Fire Mane (x29,y15). Visiting this statue will grant the members of your party the title of Crusader, allowing you to enter into the three King's castles. Present one of the three Kings with eleven King's Ultimate Power Orbs. Upon completion, that King will give you the Blue Priority Passcard. Find the six colored keys that open Terra's locked dungeons. Inside each of these dungeons is a Hologram Sequencing Card. You must have all six to complete the final quest. Visit castles Greywind and Blackwind. Free the spirits of Greywind the Illusionist and Blackwind the Spellbinder, each will give you half the number that must be remembered in the final phase of your journey. Travel to the middle of the Maze from Hell and visit the statue of Water Mane (x14,y19). Upon gazing at this statue, each member of your party will gain the title of Ultimate Adventurer. Only Ultimate Adventurers may pass to the final challenge within the Fire Island pyramid.Take the six Hologram Sequencing Cards and the Blue Priority Passcard into the ancient pyramid on the Isle of Fire. Once in the Central Control Sector, follow the northern corridor to the west through the Forward Storage Sector and into the Main Control Sector. Enter the transport tube at x15,y08 to take the final challenge. When the talking head asks for the Initialization Sequence, type the number learned from Greywind and Blackwind (654231). All the secrets of the Isles will then be revealed.
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