Populous II ™ Trials of the Olympian Gods Instruction Manual
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PETER MOLYNEUX Born in: Accra, Ghana, Africa Age: 33 years Ambitions: to persevere in his struggle to be “normal” despite acute megalomania Favourite Toy: Japanese push-button pencil case (with fuel injection) Favourite Music to Eat Apple sauce to: Sombre symphonies by Gustav Mahler LES EDGAR Place of Birth: Unknown Age: Possibly 30’s Ambitions: Bodily harming the person who keeps dropping fast food wrappers in his garden Favourite Weapon: Aston Martin Volante Best Attribute: Ability to sign cheques like he
BRYON HAPGOOD Born in: Harlow, Essex, England Age: 22 Favourite Music: Mozart Favourite Thing to Scream at Strangers: “You never get enough of what you don’t need!” Secret Desire: To be gum in a piranha’s mouth GLENN CORPES Born in: Guildford, England Age: 28 Life Goal: Tetris — Level 16, depth 5.
INSTEAD HE CHOSE... ...MORE PERVERSE MEANS OF SEDUCTION! SUCH WAS MY CONCEPTION...
I KNEW I WAS AN UNUSUAL CHILD... THAT DIVINE BLOOD COURSED THROUGH MY VEINS.
BUT I ALSO K THE OLYM CONTENTS WELCOME TO POPULOUS II ................................................10 IN THE BEGINNING .........................................................12 GAME MENU ..........................................................................21 CONQUERING WORLDS ........................................................27 COLOSSEUM ....................................................................27 CLOSE-UP MAP ................................................................
WELCOME TO POPULOUS II OVERVIEW As one of the many sons of Zeus the All-Father, you demand your rightful place among the gods on Mount Olympus. But Zeus isn’t about to give you your inheritance just for the asking. You must prove your worthiness by defeating the 32 divine opponents who rule the 1000 worlds of Populous II. START WITH THE COMMAND SUMMARY CARD The Command Summary Card included in your package contains complete instructions on how to load Populous II.
EACH CONQUEST EARNS YOU EXPERIENCE If you played a Conquest Game well, you’re awarded experience. After each conquest, you can exchange your experience for greater power in the six forces of nature. You can decide to concentrate on a particular element — becoming, say, a fire god — or you can spread your experience over all the forces. Elements Earned experience THE ULTIMATE GOAL — DEFEAT ZEUS The final battle in the Conquest series is against your father and supreme master, Zeus.
CUSTOM GAMES LET YOU CALL THE SHOTS In Custom mode, play a random land with all the effects you have earned in your Conquest games. For example, if you have played three Conquest games and seen a variety of different effects, in Custom mode you’ll be able to play a game with all those effects combined.
CHOOSE A CONQUEST GAME Left-click on Conquest Game at the game menu. The Next Conquest screen appears: Raise And Lower Land Place Papal Magnet Ordain Perseus Column Of Fire Armageddon The Next Conquest screen shows you which Divine Intervention Effects and special rules apply to the world you’re about to conquer. In this first world you can only do five Effects: Raise And Lower Land, Place Papal Magnet, Ordain Perseus, Armageddon, and Column Of Fire.
THE BATTLE BEGINS When the game begins, you’re looking down at your worshippers. The World Map is a view of the entire world you’re currently on. Good and Bad populations inhabit the world usually on opposite sides of the map. The Close-Up Map is a magnified view of a point on the World Map. All divine activities are carried out here.
People Vegetation Earth Air Fire Water Divine Intervention Effects The Basic Commands let you influence the general behaviour of your followers, get information on populations and settlements, and bring up the Game Requester. The Colosseum is a population indicator for both Good and Bad worshippers. As populations change, the Colosseum fills and empties to reflect the fluctuating numbers of dwellers. Good populations appear in blue — Bad populations appear in red.
FLATTEN LAND Your followers need flat lands to farm and settle on, so the first thing you should do is flatten the landscape around their settlements. The lay of the land is on a grid of squares, so you’ll raise and lower land square by square. Note: on some worlds you won't be able to raise and/or lower on your or your enemies land. To raise a square of land, move the diamond cursor to the centre of the square and left-click.
SPROG EARLY, SPROG OFTEN As a settlement fills with people, its flag rises. When its flag reaches the top, the settlement is full. At this point, a walker will automatically leave and go in search of a new place to settle. In the early parts of a battle, you don’t want to wait for your settlements to fill up before releasing walkers. The more large settlements you have, the faster your population will rise. This is where the technique of sprogging comes in.
USE DIVINE INTERVENTION EFFECTS Once you’ve increased your Mana, you can use some of the five Effects available on DOEGAC. To switch between People Effects and Fire Effects, click on the appropriate icon. People Effects Fire Effects FIRE EFFECTS The one Fire Effect available on DOEGAC is Fire Column, which starts a huge column of fire that moves across the land. To do a Fire Column, left-click on the Fire Column icon.
PEOPLE EFFECTS There are five People Effects available on DOEGAC. • Raise and Lower Land: You know this one already. This lets you flatten landscape into farmland by raising and lowering land. • Place Papal Magnet: This lets you place your papal magnet anywhere on the Close-Up Map. Left-click on this button, and then move your cursor to the Close-Up Map and left-click again. You cannot place your papal magnet unless you have a leader.
USE INFLUENCE BEHAVIOUR COMMANDS TO MOVE PEOPLE Use the Influence Behaviour Commands to influence the behaviour of your followers. The Influence Behaviour commands are available on every world and can be used without cost to Mana. Gather Together Go to Papal Magnet Fight Settle • Go to Papal Magnet: Influence your people to find their ordained leader and follow him to the Papal Magnet. You can always find the leader by right-clicking on this option.
GAME MENU Left-click an option in the Game Menu CREATE YOUR DEITY Lets you create and name your deity and assign any experience you’ve earned to one of the six elements.
NAMING YOUR DEITY To name your deity: 1. Left-click on the name bar. A flashing dot appears. 2. Type the name of your deity and press Return. CREATING YOUR DEITY Create your deity’s looks carefully because they’ll effect the way your opponent god battles you. Choose a scholar’s hat and wise eyes for clever combat, or a warriors helmet and angry eyes for a ruthless battle experience. To create your deity: 1. Left-click on a selection arrow next to the feature you want to change.
NEXT CONQUEST SCREEN When you choose Conquest Game, the Next Conquest screen appears: Divine Intervention Effects available on this world Special parameters The Next Conquest screen shows you which Divine Intervention Effects and special parameters apply to the world you’re about to conquer. A tick (✓) indicates that a special rule applies to both you and your opponent in this world — for example, the tick next to “Water Is Fatal” indicates that people will always drown if they fall in water.
CAN’T RAISE LAND ✓ You cannot raise land. ✘ You can raise land. CAN’T LOWER LAND ✓ You cannot lower land. ✘ You can lower land. WATER IS FATAL ✓ Your people automatically drown in water. ✘ Your people can be saved if they’re dropped in water. OPPONENT’S DOTS NOT SHOWN ON MAP ✓ You can see opponents on the World Map. ✘ You cannot see opponents on the World Map. NO SPROG WITH RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON ✓ Right-clicking lowers land no matter where the cursor is on the map.
NAMES Each time you start a world, you receive the name of the next world you are to conquer. Always write down this name. If you quit Populous II, this is the only way you can resume the Conquest series where you left off. To resume the Conquest series where you left off: 1. Select Conquest Game from the Game Menu. The Next Conquest game appears. 2. Click on the Battle At bar. A flashing dot appears. 3. Type the name of next world for you to conquer and press Return.
4. Left-click on the green button next to For Good to change it to For Bad. Now left-click on any of the options to change any of the special parameters for your opponent. Initially your opponent can create and destroy land very fast, so you may want to alter Bad’s abilities to raise and lower land and slow your opponent down with the COMPUTER SPEED bar. 5. Left-click on OK to return to the game.
CONQUERING WORLDS Close-Up Map World Map Colosseum Good Papal Magnet Settlement Divine Intervention Effects Basic Commands Mana Gauge COLOSSEUM The colosseum reflects population and level of technology of the world, a settlement, or a walker. WORLD POPULATION Use the colosseum to check up on the world’s population from time to time. As the Good (blue) and Bad (red) populations grow, representatives of both sides enter the colosseum.
SETTLEMENT POPULATION You can check on the population of a settlement at any time. Query any settlement and you’ll see the level of technology from a fist (very primitive) to a sword (very advanced), and a population count in the form of eight flags moving up and down flagpoles around the back of the colosseum. It appears in decimal order: Millions Hundred thousands Ten thousands Thousands Ten Millions Hundred Millions Hundreds Tens To check the population of a settlement: 1.
WALKER POPULATION Walkers represent a certain number of people in a tribe. When you query a walker, he or she appears in motion in the middle of the colosseum. Their tribes total population is displayed on the eight flagpoles behind the colosseum (see Settlement Population above for an illustration of how to read the flagpoles). When a queried walker settles, joins another walker, or another household the query is transferred to the new walker or dwelling.
You can move around the Close-Up Map several ways. Scroll up Scroll left Scroll right Scroll down ➨ ➨ ➨ Scroll up 7 8 9 Flaps Higher ➨ Scroll left 4 5 ➨ 6 Flaps Higher 1 2 Scroll right 3 ➨ ➨ ➨ Flaps Higher Scroll down Use the cursor keys or the number pad: You can also use the brown directional arrows around the edge of the World Map: 1. Move your cursor to a directional arrow 2.
WORLD MAP The world map shows the landscape of the world you’re currently on.
Flattening out farm land is vital for your population to spread out and grow. Raise land from the ocean’s waters to extend peninsulas or flatten mountains into rich soiled acreage. To raise land out of the water, just move your cursor out into the body of water and left-click. During a Custom game, you can define special rules about raising and lowering land for your Custom game. To lower land: 1. Choose the Raise/Lower icon from the Influence Behaviour bar 2.
MANA Mana is the substance from which you draw power. You earn mana from your populations divine offerings, so increase your population as quickly as you can by sprogging dwellings to create new worshippers and dwellings. In order to use higher-level Divine Intervention Effects, you must have enough mana, but keep in mind that when you perform an effect, you use mana up. Different effects cost different amounts, so use your mana gauge to budget your power.
INFLUENCING BEHAVIOUR Manipulate your way to victory by influencing your populations behaviour with the Influence Behaviour Commands. These commands are always available whether you’re strong or weak. For information about how to use these commands, see Influencing Behaviour Commands under COMMANDS. WORSHIPPERS AND WALKERS Worshippers is a term for your entire population. Walkers are the members of your population walking across the land.
DINGS You’ll hear a few metallic dings during play of Populous II which mean several different things: possibly a hero has been created or a papal magnet has been moved. Pay attention to events and sounds to be able to identify which sound means what. EFFECTS You’ll hear the sounds of many different Divine Intervention effects. The effects you cause are only audible when they are showing on the close-up map, but any effects used by your opponent on your land are audible as they happen.
COMMANDS BASIC COMMANDS The Basic Commands let you influence the general behaviour of your followers, get information on populations and settlements, and bring up the Game Requester: Query Game Requester Fight Gather Together Settle Go To Papal Magnet To use one of these commands, left-click on its icon. GO TO PAPAL MAGNET Place your papal magnet in a strategic area then influence your people to walk to it.
QUERY COMMAND Left-click on the query command for information about various people and settlements. To get information: 1. Left-click on the Query icon 2. Move your cursor to a target dwelling or walker on the close-up map 3. Left-click again to attach the query mark to them Any dwelling or walker with the query mark on them appears in the centre of the colosseum. Only one dwelling or walker can be queried at a time.
I AM GOOD/BAD You’re a Good god by default. In Custom Games, however, you have the option of being an Bad god. Left-click on this option to change your morality from Good to Bad or vice versa. COMPUTER ASSIST ON/OFF When this option is Off, you have to raise and lower land and sprog settlements yourself. When On, the computer takes over some of these tasks so you can concentrate on destroying the enemy. COMPUTER V HUMAN/COMPUTER In Computer V Human mode, you play against the computer.
SERIAL GAME The Serial Game option lets you establish a data link between computers connected via modem or serial cable. For more details, see Playing By Serial Link. PAINT MAP The Paint Map option lets you change the features on a Custom Game map. This option can only be selected for Custom Games. Left-click on the gold button to activate the Paint Map feature, and then click OK.
My Mana — To raise your mana, left-click on the Up Arrow (↑). To lower your mana, left-click on the Down Arrow (↓). His Mana — To raise your opponent’s mana, left-click on the Up Arrow (↑). To lower his mana, left-click on the Down Arrow (↓). Landscape — Left-click on the Up Arrow (↑) to scroll through the different landscapes: Fertile, Snow, Desert and Sludge. New Map — Left-click on the New Map button to select a different map to conquer.
GAME OPTIONS FOR GOOD/BAD Lets you choose which side (Good or Bad) you’re currently setting options for. RAISE/LOWER ANYWHERE ON MAP ✓ You can raise and lower land regardless of whether a settlement is in view on the Close-Up Map. ✘ You can only raise and lower land when a settlement is in view on the Close-Up Map. RAISE/LOWER ANYWHERE AT SEA LEVEL ✓ You can only raise and lower land at sea level. ✘ You can not raise and lower land at sea level.
DISASTER DOTS NOT SHOWN ON MAP ✓ You cannot see disaster effects on the World Map. ✘ You can see disaster effects on the World Map. SWAMPS ARE SHALLOW ✓ When a person falls in a swamp, the swamp is “filled” and disappears. ✘ No matter how many people fall in a swamp, it will never be filled. COMPUTER SPEED If you have a computer with an advanced processor, you might want to slow down its reactions to make the game more fair. Left-click anywhere on the black bar to move the setting.
DIVINE INTERVENTION COMMANDS 30 Divine Intervention Effects are your weapons against your opponent and your only means for helping your population. Effects use up your mana; great effects like tidal waves and earthquakes are expensive. A lesser effect like lowering and raising land costs little. You can strengthen any effect by applying earned experience points to its category at the Deity Creation screen. P EOPLE EFFECTS These commands allow you to effect your population.
To place the papal magnet: 1. Left-click on the Place Papal Magnet icon 2. Move your cursor to the point on the close-up map you’d like to place the magnet 3. Left-click Right-click on the Place Papal Magnet icon to jump directly to the current papal magnet location on the close-up map. PERSEUS Change your leader into the hero Perseus by clicking on this icon. Perseus is the most intelligent of the greek heroes, and makes a strong and skillful soldier driven to destroy Bad settlements.
DECLARE ARMAGEDDON When you have enough mana and your population is larger and stronger than your opponent’s, declare Armageddon to get the forces of Good and Bad to march to the centre of the world and fight to the death. To declare Armageddon, left-click on the Armageddon icon. V EGETATION Control the vegetation of the world with the Vegetation effects. GROW FOREST Earn popularity points by planting trees around your settlements. To plant trees: 1. Left-click on this icon 2.
PLANT FUNGUS Plant deadly fungus around enemy settlements and watch it spread to cover their territory. For the most damaging spread and growth pattern, plant fungus in straight rows of three or five, but be careful with it. If it creeps into your territory, it could finish off your settlements as well. To plant fungus: 1. Left-click on the Fungus icon 2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map 3.
CITY WALLS Build city walls on flat land around your settlements to protect your worshippers. Neither you or your opponent can alter the land a city wall is built on. You can’t build on enemy land After you build your first city wall, all other city walls must be connected to it. For example, if you build a city wall around one settlement, the next piece of wall you lay down must stem from the original wall and extend out to the next settlement you want to surround.
BATHOLITH A batholith is an underground movement of rock which causes the land to rise, and forces numerous boulders through the surface. Create a batholith on enemy territory to destroy their farmland. To lay a batholith: 1. Left-click on the Batholith icon 2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map 3. Left-click and hold to cause the batholith.
WHIRLWIND Start a whirlwind spinning through enemy settlements for maximum devastation. When a whirlwind goes off land, it creates a land-eating whirlpool in the water. If an armed worshipper gets sucked up by a whirlwind, all his weapons are flung out of his hands, and he is reduced to low intelligence. Anyone sucked into a whirlwind gets flung to the ground when the wind stops. To create a whirlwind: 1. Left-click on the Whirlwind icon 2. Move your cursor to a target on the close-up map 3.
F IRE The fire elements are doubly potent because they burn up enemy settlements and worshippers, and ruin all farmland they come in contact with. FIRE COLUMN Start a towering column of flame randomly burning across an area with this effect. Fire columns tend to move uphill and hover around the top, so they damage more land when lit on flat ground. To light a column of fire: 1. Left-click on the Column of Fire icon 2. Move your cursor to an area on the close-up map 3. Left-click again.
ACHILLES Turn your leader into Achilles, a fast runner with a head of flames who burns everything in his path. Turn as many leaders as you want into Achilles, but remember that each time you turn your leader into a hero, you’ll need to establish a new leader by selecting the Go To Papal Magnet command. To turn your leader into Achilles, left-click on the Achilles icon. W ATER Create tidal waves, whirlpools and baptismal fonts with the effects in this category.
BAPTISMAL FONTS Baptismal fonts create pools of holy water in the ground. When a walker falls into one, he or she changes to the opposite faith (Good walkers turn Bad and Bad walkers turn Good). Create fonts on enemy territory to create walkers faithful to your cause in the heart of your opponent’s settlements.
WINNING There are several different ways to win Populous II. You can win worlds, win experience points (even if you lose a world), or you can reach the ultimate goal, defeating Zeus. EARNING EXPERIENCE POINTS Category icon Lightening bolts of experience As you earn experience points, apply them to one of the six categories of effects at the Deity Creation screen. As you invest experience points in a category (population, fire, water, etc.) the power of any effect you use from that category increases.
GAME SUMMARY SCREEN At the end of every world, you’ll be seated across the table from your opponent god and given lightning bolts of experience for your battle. On the table between the two of you, watch a replay of the battle. Your opponent deity gives you lightning bolts as a reward for your strategy and speed, which you can exchange for experience at the Deity Creation screen. SAVING A GAME See your Command Summary Card included in your package for information about how to save a game.
STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES SPROG FOR POPULATION Right-click on the very centre of a dwelling to get walkers to leave and settle. This is the most effective way for you to increase your mana quickly. SINK ROCKS Lower the land around any rock to the water and the rock sinks forever. Build new, healthy farmland over the area where the rock once was. REPAIR DAMAGED LAND To repair fire or quake-damaged land, lower or raise it, then flatten it again. The land instantly becomes farmland once again.
KEYBOARD EQUIVALENTS Pause F10 Zoom in – (Minus) key on keypad Zoom Out + (Plus) key on keypad Full Screen Enter on keypad People Effects F1 key Vegetation Effects F2 key Earth Effects F3 key Air Effects F4 key Fire Effects F5 key Water Effects F6 key Take a Snapshot F7 key Scroll Up Scroll Down Scroll Right Scroll Left 56
PLAYING BY SERIAL LINK There are two ways to play Populous II against a human opponent: using a modem to connect to a remote player, or by using a null modem cable to connect the serial ports of two computers (this is datalink mode). To play a serial game, both players need original copies of Populous II. FIRST THING TALK TO THE OTHER PLAYER! Decide: • Who is going to play as the Good god, and who plays Bad. • Who will send and who will receive (remember, the one who sends is paying the phone bill).
CONNECTING MODEMS 1. Ensure both the computer and your modem are turned off 2. Connect the modem’s serial cable to the computer, then connect the modem to the phone line. 3. Turn on the modem and your computer. 4. Boot Populous II on both computers. 5. Both players must choose the same world: either choose Custom mode with the beginning five effects available, or choose Conquest modeand both type in the name of the world with the effects you want, and go back to Custom mode with those effects.
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IBM POPULOUS II™ COMMAND SUMMARY CARD FOR IBM® & COMPATIBLES Getting Started The manual included in your package was written as a guide to the Amiga version of Populous II. Certain features in the IBM PC version may differ slightly from those described in the manual. Please refer to this Command Summary Card for details specific to the IBM version of Populous II. System Requirements To play Populous II, you need an IBM PC or compatible computer with a hard drive and a mouse.
If you are using MSDOS 5.0’s EMM386, you can select the number of kilobytes of EMS by typing the number at the end of the EMM386 entry in your config.sys file as shown here. For more information, see Creating a Boot Disk. For 1040K of EMS the line would read: device-c:\dos\emm386.exe 1040 For 272K of EMS the line would read: device=c:\dos\emm386.exe 272 Note: Populous II fully supports Sound Blaster sound cards. Users with Adlib or Pro Audio Spectrum cards will hear no sounds at all.
Only one deity can be saved at a time. If you select Save, then Populous II will write over any previously saved deity. Saving Games You can save any game while it’s in progress. To save a game in progress: 1. Left-click on the Game Requester icon. Game Requester icon 2. When the Game Requester appears, left-click on the Save Game button. The Save Game Requester appears. 3. Left-click on the File bar. Type a name for your saved world, and then press Enter. 4. Left-click on Save.
Loading Saved Games You can load a saved game from the Game Menu or from the Game Requester. To load a saved game: 1. If you’re currently in a game, left-click on the Game Requester icon. When the Game Requester appears, left-click on the Load Game button. If you’re not in a game, you must find your way to the Game Menu. Once you’re there, left-click on Load Game. 2. Left-click on the up/down arrows to scroll through the saved game files.
Fire Burst — A New Divine Intervention! Fire Burst sends streams of divine fire out from your Leader.These streams travel in a wide radius and kill any human populations they hit, including heroes. The fire will burn both friends and foes alike, so make sure your leader is nowhere near your own people when using this command. To use this command, you must already have made a Leader using the Go To Papal Magnet command. Press F7 For Full Screen/Normal Screen You can press F7 to go to Full Screen View.
In Full Screen View, each available Divine Intervention Effect is indicated by a vertical mana line under the icon for each Effect’s category. For example, under the People Effect’s icon the mana line to the left indicates that you have enough mana to raise and lower land. If you select an Effect and then spend so much mana that the Effect is no longer available, the mana line will disappear — however, the Effect indicator will still be visible on your cursor.
Limiting The Opposing Deity’s Effects 1. Left-click on the Game Requester icon. 2. Left-click on the button next to “I AM GOOD” so that it now read “I AM BAD”. Left-click on OK. 3. Point to the Effect you want to turn off. 4. Hold down the Tab key and click the left mouse button. 5. Left-click on the Game Requester icon again and switch back to “I AM GOOD”. Repeat this procedure if you want to turn the Effect back on.
Divine Intervention Commands 1-5 (keyboard, not keypad) Effect On/Off Hold down Tab and left-click on icon Effect Description (Help) Hold down H and left-click icon Fight F Go To Papal Magnet G Gather Together (Join) J Settle S Query / or ? Game Requester R Speed up gameplay plus (+) (keyboard, not keypad) Slow down gameplay minus (-) (keyboard, not keypad) Change conquest game to custom game Alt-C Two Player Games There are two ways to connect two computers for a human vs.
1. 2. Talk to the other player! You must decide: • Who will be Good and who will be Bad. • Times for game pauses, if any. If either player continues playing while the game is paused, Populous II may return to single-player mode. Make sure your computer is OFF. Connect the cable to a comm port on your computer (1 or 2), and make sure the other player has connected the other end to his computer. Populous II only supports comm ports 1 and 2 for null modem play.
The Link Requester appears. Good/Bad Button Link Type button 5. 6. 7. Left-click on the Good/Bad button to choose whether you’re the good or bad deity. Remember: One computer must be set on Good and other must be set on Bad. Left-click on the Link Type button until “Connect Serial” appears. Left-click on Connect. The Serial Link Requester appears: 8. Left-click on the Set Baud Rate button to set the baud rate to its highest setting (“38400”). Both computers must be set on the same setting. 9.
Connecting Computers Using A Network 1. Talk to the other player! You must decide: • Who will be Good and who will be Bad. • Which shared directory you’ll use. The shared directory is located on the network server. It has nothing to do with the directories in which Populous II is installed on each system. On your system, the game may be installed in any directory you wish. • 2. Times for game pauses, if any.
The Link Requester appears. Good/Bad button 3. 4. 5. Link Type button Left-click on the Good/Bad button to choose whether you’re the good or bad deity. Remember: One computer must be set on Good and other must be set on Bad. Left-click on the Link Type button until “Connect Network” appears. Left-click on Connect. The Network Link Requester appears: 6. Left-click on the “Directory” line. A dot appears, indicating that you can enter the shared directory you’ll be using for Populous II.
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