T H E   D A R K   L E G I O N S


     Introduction
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       Welcome and thanks for buying this game. 
       
       The Dark Legions is  a  3d  real-time  strategy  game  in  the
       medieval ages. You can command your army and build your empire
       through story driven missions. Or you can prove your  strength
       against computer players, on randomly generated missions. 


     Installation notes
     ====================--
       You only have to exectute the Setup.exe file, and  follow  the
       given instructions.
       You can also modify the system settings in the S3TDL.CFG file.
       You can use a simple text editor, eg: Notepad to modify as you
       like. You can also make modifications in the game settings  in
       the Options menu.

     Game files
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       The game requires only two files to be in the location of  the
       main executable file:
         s3tdl.med
         s3tdl.cfg


     System requirements
     =====================--
       Windows 9x or newer (ME, 2000, XP)
       DirectX8.0 or compatible
       Celeron 600 or better
       256MB memory
       3D accelerated graphics hardware
       Soundcard
       200MB HDD space


     Copyrights
     ============--
       This game is not freeware, distributing, copying is forbidden.

       This game is not an open-source development, and I didn't  use
       any third party or free  code-material.  The  game  engine  is
       hundred-percent self made. And the source code  of  this  game
       is not public.


     Controls
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       Cursor keys          Navigate the view
       Insert, Delete       Rotate the view
       +, -                 Zoom
       Mouse wheel          Zoom
       Ctrl + 1..9          Assign shortcut to the current selection
       1..9                 Select  the  group,   assigned   to   the
                            shortcut. Press the key again to move the
                            view over the selected units
       Left mouse key       Perform the current command, selected  on
                            the game panel, or  select  the  unit  or
                            building under the mouse cursor, in  case
                            of no command selected.
       Right mouse key      Perform the automatic command,  which  is
                            indicated  by  the  shape  of  the  mouse
                            pointer. The autocommand depends  on  the
                            kind  of  the  units  in  the  selection.
                            Different kind of commands belong to  the
                            workres, ships,  priests,  catapults  and
                            the land  warunits.  The  military  units
                            have the highest  priority,  so  if  your
                            selection contains  an  archer  and  many
                            workers,  the  archer's   commands   will
                            appear on the game panel.
                            If a building is selected, you can  place
                            the rallypoint of that building. Clicking
                            on the  selected  building,  removes  the
                            current rallypoint.
       Shift + Left click   Add or subtract the hoovered unit to  the
                            selection. You can even click on the game
                            panel.
       Shift + Right click  Add move waypoints to the selected units,
                            a simple right click (without Shift) will
                            start the movement.
       Double left click    On a unit, selects all the units  of  the
                            selected kind can be seen on the screen.
       F10                  Game menu
       PAUSE                Stop/resume game
       HOME                 Move the view to the current selection
       . (dot)              Select the first/next idle worker
       , (coma)             Select the first/next idle unit


     Support
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       The game is tested on almost all kind  of  the  hardwares  and
       Windows versions used today.

       Tested video cards:
         GeForce2 MX400
         GeForce3 Ti200
         GeForce4 Ti4200
         GeForce4 Ti4800 SE
         GeForce FX
         Ati Radeon 8500
         Ati Radeon 9600
         3Dfx VooDoo3 3000
         Intel i740
         Intel i815
       
       Known problems:
         Windows 2000 with DirectX8
             If the game loses the focus  (eg: you press the Alt-TAB)
             it crashes. This is basicly a DirectX  error,  and  this
             will not occur with Windows XP or higher versions of the
             DirectX. Microsoft released a DirectX  ScreenSaver  fix,
             that can also solve this VertexBuffer lock problem.


     Feedback
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       If you need more info about The  Dark  Legions  or  the  other
       games of Mascot Entertainment, just visit this site:

       http://www.mascot.hu


       Your comments and questions are also welcome at:
       bmarci7@freemail.hu



     Happy playing...
     -Marcell Baranyai



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