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[QUOTE=TheVoid;67933]This is what I got from underdogs about War-machines design:

THE LEONAARDO
			=============
(Sciences)

You can choose from five options in this screen.

THE SCIENTIFIC ACADEMIES
------------------------
(Treasure. bottom left):

You can allocate money to the different academies in your citics by
clicking on the PLUS and MINUS buttons. You will raise the comfort level of
the cities when you allocate money to its academy.

FLYING SHIPS DESIGN
-------------------
(Drawing-board on the left):

To select the type of ship you want to design, clicking on one of the four
ship drawings.

The design process is achieved in three steps:

PHASE 1: SHIP'S EQUIPMENT
-------------------------
Choose the components you want with the icons, then place them on the plan
using the small crosses on the screen. You can move and delete elements, or
add several ones of the same type. The numbers displayed on the icons
indicates the current available component stock. If one element is not
available (like the ship structure), you cannot build a flying ship.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

- Propellers and engines are heavy, but the ship's speed is increased.
- Sails and balloons lighten the ships, but they reduce speed.
- Shields offer a good protection during battles.

PHASE 2: CREW ASSIGNMENT
-------------------------
Click on the selected character. You can then add soldiers with the left
mouse button, and remove them with the right mouse button.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

- Your flying ship will not operate correctly without a pilot.
- Captains and cooks are important, since they affect the crew's morale and
  behaviour and the overall ship performance (speed and combat
  effectiveness).
- Riflemen and catapult gunners are assigned to the difrerent weapons on
  board of the flying ship.
- Infantry is exclusively used for looting your opponent's cities.
- Large crews cost a lot of money during campaigns, and increase the
  weight of the ship.

LAST PHASE: TRIAL FLIGHTS.
--------------------------
This stop is sometimes painful. A complete check-list is displayed on the
screen, including the ship plans, the crew assignment and the value of
various performance factors. Speed is essential to the wargame part of
Storm Master (managed by the Commander). You can modify plans, crew
assignments, or test the ship in flight with the icons on the right of the
screen. The trial flights are performed in the plains. To know their
results, you will watch the flight on the screen. You cannot use a ship
without carrying on a preliminary trial flight.

Vessels crashed during one of them are also unavailable. The check-list is
displayed once again after the trial flight. To confirm the whole operation,
click on OK. The plans are automatically saved, and you can later modify the
ship at anytime. You still will have to test any modified ship in flight.

MASS PRODUCTION
---------------
Once you designed an operational flying ship, you can order mass
production to raise your army. To do this, click on the ship construction
scene (top left of the screen), then select the ship.A command sheet with
all the information about the mass production of this type of
vessel is displayed on the screen. The number of ships you can build
(according to the number of available elements and soldiers) is displayed
at the bottom of the scroll. To determine the number of ships you want to
order, click on the PLUS and MINUS buttons, and confirm with OK. The flying
vessels are immediately available.

SHIP DESTRUCTION
-----------------
Click on the top right part of the screen to select this option. It is
sometimes very useful.
For example, if you have raised an army with poor performance (low speed)
and you have enough ship components in stock to raise a much faster one,
adding the new army to the old one would give an average performing army as
a result. It is much more interesting to destroy your old army first, then
raise a new one. You will have less ships, but your armada will be much
more efficient. Examine carefully your production, your treasure and your
strategic targets before proceeding.

To destroy a ship, click on the type of vessel, then on the scroll, and use
the PLUS, MINUS or OK buttons.

WARNING: All the ship's components are destroyed too, but their crews are
         still available.

SHIPS SUMMARY
--------------
A summary of the four different ship types is displayed when you click on
the board above the character. This option is very useful when you are
about to raise an army for your campaign.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

- IKAAR ships are light and fast. They carry a limited number of men, but
  are very effective during quick raids.
- SKRUUZ ships are excellent battleships. Like IKAAR ships, they carry a
  limited number of troops, and are ineffective for looting enemy cities.
- OGLEE ships are equipped with a catapult to protect them from enemy
  attacks. They can carry a large number of men.
- NOOWE ships are extremely heavy and slow, but you can load a huge army on
  them.[/QUOTE]

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23-03-2010 02:46 PM

The Fifth Horseman

Now sold at http://www.silmarils-collection.com/

14-02-2007 03:08 PM

The Fifth Horseman

The link works, if you change the domain to INFO. Like this:

http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=1070

12-02-2007 09:11 PM

Guest

the manual link no longer works. could u please put up a new one

07-02-2007 09:33 AM

Guest

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(cynthia @ Jun 28 2006, 02:21 PM) [snapback]240192[/snapback]</div>

Quote:

hmm, well i dont have any problems with a code, since do not reach this point of the game, because i am asked to insert disk a!!!

why that? can anybody help me?
[/b]

Try to play with dos box

Good luck

28-06-2006 02:21 PM

cynthia

hmm, well i dont have any problems with a code, since do not reach this point of the game, because i am asked to insert disk a!!!

why that? can anybody help me?

19-04-2006 04:49 AM

laiocfar

I got two main problems with the game:
1 - My ships doesnt fly, i still the bigger one with one of a kind crew.
2 - A code is aked to me, i write nothing or anything and as result i see a skull. Later the commander left cuz drinking problems; the inquisitor doublecross; and all member of the council get out.. traitors :ranting:

12-03-2006 03:06 AM

Unlight

btw, did anyone manage to get the sound working for this game with dosbox?

12-03-2006 03:04 AM

Unlight

I once actually owned a retail copy of the game (and believe it's hiding somewhere deep in my archives), however my original manual that i luckyly found still ain't working according to the codewords questioned from it`s text. I have no idea.

22-07-2005 08:34 PM

mozak

The game is asking me for codes all the time.

I can enter anything or nothing at all, but it fails every time: my concil members get killed, an invasion arrives, etc. Does somebody have the codes or the crack?

Thanks!

16-06-2005 10:29 PM

Arek

ah! one of my favourite games

i played it years before on my good old amiga 500 and have now written this tab-splited table that may explain some things about ship-building in storm master:

each ship has a crew-limit, when you exceed this limit the ship wont fly
behind the '|' is my suggested crew for each ship

i just hope the table is still readable after its messed up by the space-and-tabs-killing-forum

[font=Courier]
Ship Anchor Weight Armor Crew Speed Fire | Capt. Pilot Cook Rifle Catap Sold
IKAAR 7 3 1 3 15 Good | - 1 - 2
SKRUUZ 7 10 5 10 10 Excelent| 1 1 1 2 2 3
OGLEE 8 30 10 30 5 Average | 1 2 1 - 1? 25
NOWEE 12 150 50 100 0 Nil | 2 5 4 - - 89

Weight Armor Lift Speed Effective Speed
Jib 1 - 10 +4 +4
Sail 1 - 30 +5 +5
Wing 1 - 50 +6 +6
Baloon 1 - 100 +10 +10

Prow 2 - - 0 0
Crew 1 - - 0 0
Shield 50 5 - 0 -5

Propel 10 - - +10 +9
Blade 20 - - +15 +14
Engine 100 - - +50 +40

cause the baloon hasn't any disadvantages over the jib, sail and wing there isnt any reason too use these

i think the only big decision when designing ships is speed vs. armor

if anybody has an idea what the prow is good for: please post it in this forum - i will probably look here from time to time

Speed= (ShipSpeed)+(ItemBoni)-(Weight/10) | Max=127

i hope this helps to solve any puzzles about shipbuilding

-------------------
arek

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