gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 2 EPILEPSY WARNING Please read before using this video game or allowing your children to use it. Some people are susceptible to epileptic seizures or loss of consciousness when exposed to certain flashing lights or light patterns in everyday life. Such people may have a seizure while watching certain monitor images or playing certain video games. This may happen even if the person has no medical history of epilepsy or has never had any epileptic seizures.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 3 CONTENTS Technical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 The Readme file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Gangster/ ‘Muscle’ Health . . .18 Gangster Activity . . . . . . . . . .18 Nickname/Orders Panel . . . . .
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Patrol Waypoints and Booby-Traps . . . . . .30 Ignoring Aggression Settings . . . . . . . . . . .30 Page 4 The Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Family Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Recruiting and Dismissing Family Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Distributing Experience Points . . . . .40 Taking Family Members into Episodes .40 The Gangs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 5 THIS MANUAL This manual is structured in such a way as to help all players get the most from Gangsters 2. If you’re a Gangsters: Organised Crime veteran don’t be a wise guy who knows it all - you will not be familiar with the game structure, screens, windows or controls.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 6 JOEY BANE’S STORY This is Joey Bane’s story. One man’s struggle to avenge the death of his father at the hands of the Mob in the early years of prohibition. Recently returned to his hometown (Buffalo Falls in Temperance State) after serving overseas in the US Army, Bane is devastated when he learns the news that his father has been gunned down while running liquor for one of the gangs in the town. Joey’s uncle is also hurt in the ‘hit’ but manages to survive.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 7 Note the real time Clock (top left) – this will only stop when you pause the game (by pressing the Spacebar) or when you open a Building Window. Also take note of your Cash, without money you’re going nowhere and this counter shows exactly how much you have to play with. Now let’s look at the various Map views. You begin the game on Street View. This is the game’s most detailed level and shows all characters and buildings.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 8 The other icons shown on this view are the key buildings in the city district. The available business mentioned in the introduction to this episode is shown as a silver cash register close to your office. Sites that can be purchased are shown in silver; gang owned businesses are displayed in gold. Find the Scales icon and hover your mouse pointer over it – a tool tips message will appear showing ‘Courthouse’. • Now check out the other icons.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 9 LET’S GO TO WORK! • Click on the Advisor button (bottom left) then click on the Objectives button. • This will tell you that you must kill Ward Coley - your main objective in this first Episode. • Close the Advisor Window. • Unpause the game (Spacebar). • Click on the middle Map View button (top left), or press the minus - key on the numeric keypad to go to Overhead View.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 10 BUILDING UP YOUR ‘MUSCLE’ Now we want to recruit some muscle. Muscle act as extra firepower and defenses for your gangsters and businesses, so it’s always a good idea to recruit them whenever you can afford it. • Click twice in Joey’s muscle panel in the side bar. • Two names appear in the slots, and the two muscle join Joey in a short space of time. • Look at Bane’s Gangster Window and you will see a number of small ‘green’ (100% health) faces.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 11 There are many enemy ‘muscle’ around the city – attacking them (not too many) will divert some of Coley’s gang and leave him exposed for a short period of time. He may even make the journey to a ‘hit’ site to investigate a killing himself. Or, you might catch him out on his own when he makes the short trips to and from the Speakeasy.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 12 FAILURE If you fail to kill Coley and lose Bane the episode will end. You must start again. Use all the information you’ve gathered about Coley’s movements and this time do it right! SUCCESS If you kill Coley the episode will end and you will be shown the Newspaper headlines, a debriefing that will confirm what’s happened, and a score for the episode.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 13 You begin the game in the same office building, with ‘Lightning’ Landucci (if he has survived Episode 1) and some ‘muscle’. Make sure you are still in Street View. Use the Active Pointer to order Bane to walk out of the Office to the sidewalk near his car. Muscle Health Muscle Muscle Names Note that the ‘muscle’ always stay close to Bane – that’s their job – and when Bane is selected, shown by a green flashing floor marker, so are all the ‘muscle’.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 14 EPISODE 3: BUILDING POWER Now Bane is in serious ‘hot water’ with the rival gangs and the only way for him to survive is to get deeper into the gangster lifestyle. He’ll need much more money to survive. This Episode is an important introduction to the business side of the game. The map is the same (Bane is still in his home town, Buffalo Falls) but you’ll notice more legit businesses shown.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 15 The enemy gang presence is high and you can expect to be attacked at any time – keep checking for ‘muscle’ at any of the Recruitment Sites in your territory and if there is anyone, click on the empty ‘muscle’ side panel to recruit them (the name will appear next to a weapon). All the while you must balance the amount of cash you have flowing in with the amount you need to hire the right people to do the job.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 16 REFERENCE SECTION MAIN MENU After the opening movie you’ll get to the Main Menu with the following options: NEW CAMPAIGN Start a new game of Gangsters 2. For full details see the New Campaign section below. LOAD CAMPAIGN Load a previously saved campaign. Click on a game name then on the Load button. MULTIPLAYER GAME Choose a Multiplayer Option to play on a Game Site, via a Network, across a Modem or by Serial connection.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 17 NEW CAMPAIGN Select New Campaign from the Main Menu screen and you will be taken to the Game Options screen. GAME OPTIONS SCREEN NICKNAME Click on the panel below the portrait of Joey Bane to enter a nickname to be used throughout this game. Delete the existing name using the cursor, type in your choice of name and press Enter. GAME DIFFICULTY Select the Difficulty Level you want to play by clicking and dragging the marker to Easy, Medium or Hard.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 18 MONEY The money counter shows your cash at that moment. This will change every hour to take account of regular income / expenditure activity. Any buying or selling will affect this counter and be shown immediately. If you let your cash drop to zero, you will be bankrupt and the game will end. MAP VIEW BUTTONS Select one of three Map Views: Schematic (left button), Overhead (middle button) and Street View (right button).
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 19 MESSAGE BOX To the right of the nickname/orders panel is a small box showing icons when the gangster has completed (or has failed to complete) an order. You’ll also see the weapon he is carrying in a colour to match his aggression rating (Yellow – Evasive; Orange – Cautious; Red – Aggressive).
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 20 THE SIDE PANEL Aggression Weapon Skills Vehicle Office Button Muscle Weapons Cache This shows details about a selected gangster and his accompanying ‘muscle’. PORTRAIT You will see the gangster’s picture along with his name. If you want to change the nickname, left click in the box, delete the existing (with the Backspace key) and type in your choice (press Enter or click away).
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 21 Driving This skill allows gangsters to drive a vehicle faster (when you want to make a quick getaway after a robbery etc). Kidnapping A skill that helps the gangster to kidnap lone gang members/officials with little violence. Kiddnapped gang members will reveal information about sites and territory for a limited time.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 22 THE NEWSPAPER BUTTON The Newspaper has a morning and an evening edition every day. Click on the Newspaper button (in the bottom left corner) to read the latest news. Click again to return to the game. The newspaper shows news about the events of the city you are in. All gang related news has a coloured highlight in the gang’s ‘colour’. Note that your (Bane’s) gang is ‘green’.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 23 ADVISOR MESSAGES You will see the last unread message, although you can also see the complete list of messages received (or delete messages) using the buttons. Each message in the list displays the time that it arrived and whether it has been read. To read a message from the list, double click on the heading. Some messages have buttons that appear with them that allow you to locate and view the event quickly.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 24 GAME CONTROLS MAP VIEWS Scroll Screen (all map views) Hold Down RMB + move mouse Select Gangster Click LMB on Gangster Give Order to currently selected Gangster Click LMB using Active Pointer Deselect currently selected Character Click RMB away from Character Centre Character/Vehicle and Track Click RMB on Character/Vehicle Select all Characters in Bound Box Hold Down LMB and Drag Box Open the Building Window Point to Building, hold SHIFT + LMB Open
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 25 GAME SCREEN INTERFACE CONTROLS Minimise Interface (3 levels) Click LMB on Minimise Activity (top right) Toggle Gangster Activity/Nickname Click RMB on Minimise Activity (top right) Change Map Zoom Level LMB (Map View Buttons) Set Aggression Level (3 levels) LMB (Thermometer/Gun) Selected Character(s) Return to Base LMB (Office Icon) Scroll back to Base View RMB (Office Icon) Selected Character(s) Return to Car LMB (Car Icon) Scroll Display to Charac
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 26 KEY BUILDINGS Buildings that play a major role in your objectives are shown with large gang colour coded arrows indicating their main entrance/exit. BUILDING REMOVAL As characters move around the city in the Street view they should be hidden from view behind other buildings, but to help you keep track of them buildings will ‘be removed’ from view at various levels (total, gradual or transparent).
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 27 Here you’ll see details about the building and its manager, and have various appropriate buttons for issuing any orders that may be performed at the building (or against it by selected gangsters). Illegal Business Legal Business Panel Tab Character Details Information Panel Site Options Buttons SITE BAR The site bar shows the site type and its location.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 28 THE OFFICE BUILDING WINDOW Site Bar Finances Tab Vehicles Tab Weapons Tab Business Tab Business Specialist Tab Gangsters Tab Gang Leader Tab Character Details Information Panels This shows you details about the site and your gang (much like the standard Building Window above). PANEL TABS Gang Leader Tab The site shows the condition of the office, where Joey Bane is and a summary of the total cash available to you.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 29 Here you can see the weapons of selected gangsters and their ‘muscle’ (as shown in the Side Panel), and buy weapons from, and sell weapons to, the business contact. Gangsters can only be allocated weapons if they are in the office (or hideaway) and are selected in the Gangsters Window. Use the Buy/Sell buttons to allocate or remove weapons from the selected gangster (and his ‘muscle’).
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 30 ACTIVE POINTERS Gangsters 2 also features a more direct way of giving orders via Active Pointers. These are 'intelligent' pointers that give you a number of order options when a gangster is selected in the Street View game interface. car assassinate Some of the actions are default orders.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 31 Enter Building Kidnap Dump Victim Release Victim Kill Patrol Waypoint Patrol Recruit Rob Spy Steal Vehicle Tail Claim Site SETTING UP AND MANAGING YOUR EMPIRE So how do you begin to build up your power base to rival the strongest gangsters in Temperance State and carry out the vendetta you swore on your father’s grave? In order to build up your power it all comes down to six elements: • Amassing lots of Money • Running illegal and legal Businesses pr
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 32 PAYMENTS Gang wages are the biggest regular drain on your cash; everyone gets paid by the hour. Similarly, bribes to influence officials are an hourly expense and you will also be paying out for businesses that produce no income by themselves. Damaged sites and sites that produce beer and liquor all occupy land that must be paid for (nothing’s for free in this game!). There are a number of activities that require a one-off payment.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 33 KEY SITES There are many types of legal business in the game, but the key sites are those that you can Buy or Claim and those that support illegal businesses (for that’s the way you’ll make real money). All key sites have territory associated with them. RECRUITMENT SITES Recruitment Sites are those marked with the ‘handshake’ icon on the Overhead/Schematic views (with the advisor Status overlay button ‘on’).
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 34 Distiller Gambling Den Manager Loan Shark Numbers Racketeer Pimp Plate Engraver Prizefight Racketeer Protection Racketeer Speakeasy Manager You can increase the skill ratings of your business specialist by distributing Experience Points earned when you successfully complete an Episode. BEER AND LIQUOR SUPPLIES A lot of the illegal businesses that make money require beer and liquor deliveries to make them fully profitable.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 35 Raids can be triggered by the FBI discovering the site, or by characters informing them of its location. Raids usually follow an investigation by an FBI special agent; if one of these characters is noticed around one of your illegal sites look at this as ample warning of a possible raid. The raid itself will follow soon after. The FBI and police will drive to the business, arrest the manager and shut the site down.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 36 • Click on one of the buttons and close the Building Window. Your selected gangster will go to the building and try to influence the character. Remember that influence, although very powerful, can fail you at the most unpredictable times. Influenced characters will become more corrupt the more that they do for you, and this may lead to an FBI investigation.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 37 LAW AND ORDER THE POLICE You’ll see a lot of the police in this game but they’ll be more interested in one-off crimes (such as robberies and murder) as well as dealing with curfew breakers and arresting notorious gangsters. The police prefer to leave all illegal business issues to be dealt by the FBI. The police have three levels of policing to help them keep order: Normal, Emergency and Curfew.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 38 AT THE POLICE BUILDING Gang members arrested by the police or the FBI are always taken to the police building for that particular district. Gang members are held overnight to appear in court the following day. If gang members are released they lose any weapons they are carrying (except for the pistols that they are always licensed to carry).
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 39 THE FBI All FBI agents are based at FBI HQ. The FBI are incorruptible and their primary task is to bust the illegal businesses in the city and to monitor corruption. The FBI will replace any official or dignitary if corruption levels become excessive. If the FBI detects an illegal business, agents will raid it and arrest the manager.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 40 THE FAMILY Joey Bane will accumulate a ‘family’ as he rises through the organised crime ranks. His family will stay with him throughout his vendetta, accompanying him across the State. These are his most loyal followers, who will work for nothing if money is tight. Each Episode allows you to take members of the ‘family’ with you into the next town or city; these people form the backbone of your gang and are the most important characters to use and protect.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 41 THE GANGS TERRITORY Every town and city contains territory. This is what being a gang leader is all about: how much area is yours, where you are safe, and which boundaries your opponents dare not cross. CLAIMING AND VIEWING TERRITORY Your territory is increased every time you buy or claim a business; the territory associated with the site becomes yours, although the site must also be functioning for the area to be displayed and any effects to take place.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 42 MUSCLE ‘Muscle’ are the ‘grunts’ that provide extra firepower and protection for your gang leader and gangsters in combat, and they can act as guards to patrol around your businesses. They are not expensive but are also less effective in combat. ‘Muscle’ can be recruited from Recruitment Sites that are in your territory and operational.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 43 HITMEN Hitmen are recruited through the Newspaper screen Recruiting section. • Click on the Hitmen button to show a list of those available for hire. If the Hitmen button is grayed out, then there is no one available. • Each hitman has a list of people that he (or she) is willing to assassinate, along with the price for each hit. • To hire a hitman, click on the killer to hire then select the character to be killed.
gangster2-man-eng TYPES OF 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 44 VEHICLE Sedan This is the most common vehicle in Temperance State (also used by the police and FBI). The sedan has moderate speed and is reasonably priced. Roadster The roadster is more expensive but is better for ‘hit and run’ operations thanks to its higher maximum speed. Truck The truck is able to carry more people than any of the cars, but is very slow, and should not be used deep in enemy territory.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 45 ‘TOMMY’ GUN (THOMPSON SUB-MACHINE GUN) Expensive and powerful, the ‘Tommy’ gun can be used even by the most inexperienced gangster with deadly effect. The high rate of fire and spread of bullets means that the weapon is effective over both distance and arc. EXPLOSIVES Explosive are only used by people skilled in their use and can be used against buildings, individuals, groups, bulletproof cars and armoured cars.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 46 Time Select a Time Limit for the game from 10 minutes to Unlimited. Day Or Night Select a daylight or night time scenario. Weather Settings Choose the weather you want to play in from Clear to Blizzard. Money As always you’ll need money and this set of options sets what type of money you will be able to receive during the game: Fixed Money - set an amount for the money all players begin with (from High, Medium, Low).
gangster2-man-eng CREATE A 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 47 GAME If you have chosen to Create a game you must first: • Choose a Communications Port where the link cable is attached to your computer. • Name your Game (type in a name and click on OK). The connection will be initialised and you will go to the Host Game screen.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 48 IN-GAME MENU Press the Escape key at any time in-game to access the In-Game Menu: Objectives Displays the game type and objectives. Player Details The In-Game Menu lists the players, their alliances and performance. To offer another player an alliance, click on the button following the name of the player (this button is not available if you are already allied). The player will receive a message stating that you are offering an alliance.
gangster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 49 CREDITS FOR HOTHOUSE QA Assistant Managers James Featherstone Gangsters 2 is based on an original concept by Peter Moreland & Rob Davies The mobsters running the operation throughout were: Game Designer Martin Capel Programmers Cei Gladstone City Editor, Gang AI, Scenario Scripting Tim Mann Graphics Engine, Sound, Networking.
angster2-man-eng 8/5/01 2:54 pm Page 50 SOLD OUT SOFTWARE CUSTOMER SUPPORT If you require technical assistance, call the Technical Support helpline on: +44 (0)20 7928 9655 or visit our website at: www.sold-out.co.uk All telephone charges incurred by you in connection with this facility will be met by you.
