Legend of the Silver Star v1.64 BETA
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MANUAL
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INTRODUCTION:
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Thanks for downloading Legend of the Silver Star v1.64 BETA. I hope you enjoyed this. This game contains material from these sites. It was free to use them...

http://www.modarchive.com/ --> some music which was free to use
http://www.piratus.de/rpgmaker --> Website of RPGMaker's material... Gfx

This program, of course is also Freeware since I got the tools for free too.
Enjoy the game...

Contents
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°Chapter one: How to start
°Chapter two: Main controls
°Chapter three: How to battle
°Chapter four: MAGIC and crystals (NOT AVAILABLE)
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Chapter One: How to start
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1. Download the "Div2erun.dll" file from http://www.div-arena.com and place it in C:/WINDOWS (if C:/ is your Hard Drive)

2. Unzip the file you got and place them on your drive. E.g.: C:/GAMES/LotSS

3. Run the "setup.exe" to modify your sound controls! So you don't have to play without sound!
3. Run the "Rpg.exe" file to start and you're ready to play...

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Chapter Two: Main controls
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Most commands are used with the [Enter] key. Like on the main screen...

Further commands in the game (WARNING: Cancel command doesn't work yet, so is the menu command!!!):

Field:
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[ENTER]= action key: talk, open chests, press switches, etc....
[Right_Shift]= N/A
Cursor keys= movement in 4 directions
[INSERT]= access menu

Menu:
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[ENTER]= confirm commands you choose
[Right_Shift]= cancel/go to previous screen
Cursor keys= move pointer

Battle:
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[ENTER]= confirm commands you choose
[Right_Shift]= cancel/go to previous screen
[INSERT]= Use other character whose ATB gauge is full
[END]= check all enemies/allies in an "all-command"
Cursor keys= move pointer

Airship:
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[ENTER]= N/A
[Right_Shift]= land
[INSERT]= enter cockpit
Cursor keys= Up: descend ; Down: ascend ; left/right: steer

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Chapter three: How to battle
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On the field you can enter battles. You'll notice when that cool screen effect appears. It swallows you in the battle.

The next thing are enemy(ies) that appear. You see a gauge of each of your characters that are joining your party. When the gauge is full, you get a command window of that particular character.

Then, you can choose out of commands. Basic commands are "Attack" and "Item". With attack you can choose an enemy to attack. If you attack him, he will loose HP(Hit Points) depending on how strong you are, which weapon you have, the enemy's defense, etc.... eg: the enemy has 30 HP and you damage him 14. He will have 16 HP left. when it reaches 0, the enemy is killed.

After a battle you gain EXP and Silver.

Silver: Money with which you can buy stuff
EXP: experience points with which your character can level up. If he levels up, he gets stronger and can defeat stronger enemies. Deafeating stronger enemies will gain you more EXP and Silver.

Later in the game you oslo gain GP and AP. These are explained in Chapter four.

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Chapter four: Magic and crystals (N/A in this version)
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MAGIC is a appearance which is seen a lot on the planet. Some crystals contain ELEMENTS that contain a lot of energy. This power can become very strong if you use it a lot. I'll give an example of the fire crystal:

Crystal: Fire
Element: Fire
Level: 1
Ability: Fire / ??? / ??? / ???
GP: 12 / 23000 (0%)
AP: 23 / 1120
next level: Fire2

If you surpass 1120 AP, you learn Fire2

Crystal: Fire
Element: Fire
Level: 2
Ability: Fire / Fire2 / ??? / ???
GP: 2433 / 23000 (11%)
AP: 3156 / 1120
next level: Fire3

You can gain new crystals when its glow is strong enough. gain glow points(GP) after battle.

Crystal: Fire
Element: Fire
Level: 2
Ability: Fire / Fire2 / Fire3 / Flare
GP: 23000 / 23000 (100%)
AP: MASTER
next level: N/A

If it's 100% you can "make" a new crystal at a special shop (Blacksmith). He'll make in this case the new crystal Ifrit. (Your Fire crystal looses all GP)

Crystal: Ifrit
Element: Fire
Level: 1
Ability: Hell Fire / ??? / ???
GP: 0 / 200000 (0%)
AP: 0 / 10000
next level: Inferno

You can also find crystals with no abilities. These only glow...

Crystal: Dark_matter
Element: N/A
Level: N/A
Ability: N/A
GP: 0 / 500000 (0%)
AP: N/A
next level: N/A

These can become sometimes VERY strong monsters!! o_O

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Now go on and play!!!

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More questions and bug reports?

mail to: dennisdeschutter@hotmail.com

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