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1-1 How to Install
1-2 Start the Game
1-3 Meeting the First Challenge
1-4 The First Battle
1-5 Saving the Game and Loading Saved Games
2-1 Characters Guide
2-2 Battle Skills Guide
2-3 Monsters Guide
3-1 Equipment Guide
3-2 Gems Guide
3-3 Projectile Weapons Guide
3-4 Storyline Equipment and Important Characters
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CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
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CHAPTER FOUR
4-1 Creating and Using Combo-Techniques
4-2 Using Combo-Techniques
4-3 Embedding and Crafting Gems
CHAPTER FIVE
5-1 Technical Support
5-2 Frequently Asked Questions
5-3 Related Websites
5-4 Keyboard Commands Quick Reference Table
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The creation of "Blade and Sword" may be traced to the summer of 2001. At that
time, core members of Pixel Studio were nearing the final stage of developing
another game; driven by their passion for adventure role playing games (ARPGs),
core members decided to leave their jobs, form a new team, and begin developing
an ideal Chinese action RPG. This game is the "Blade and Sword" you see today.
In the spring of 2002, Pixel Studio began corresponding with partners of Centent
Interactive, and fervently discussed this game’s course of design and market trends.
Members of Centent Interactive had tremendous passion and interest in developing
this RPG. They began recruiting many more experienced game developers, and
joined in the design and planning of this game. Therefore, in the course of
developing "Blade and Sword", two companies separately employed design and
development personnel from China, Taiwan and the U.S.A. Not only is this a bold
undertaking for Pixel Studio, considering the game development environment in the
greater China region, this is also the channel through which Centent Interactive
intends to enter the international market.
Through this collaborative effort, we hope "Blade and Sword" will not only present
the martial styles and game designs favored by the East, but could also enable
Western players to understand the unique design characteristics of Eastern games.
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We feel "Blade and Sword" is a game with unique characteristics; in its artistic style,
soundtrack, and game design, we tried our utmost to make it uniquely different and
suitable to the general gaming audience.
Lastly, thank you for purchasing this game. We are grateful for your support, and will
strive to express our sincere thanks with even better gaming products in the future.
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Approximately three thousand years ago (BC 1044), when Emperor Zhou-Wu
attacked Emperor Jo and destroyed the country Shan, Emperor Jo set himself alight
in the Reaching Star Building. Before Emperor Jo died, country Shan’s grand wizard
Wen exerted all of his arcane might to garner and teleport the hate-filled dying
thoughts of Emperor Jo out of the Human Realm, awaiting the day when Emperor Jo
could return to the Human Realm to reclaim his throne.
The incredible might of Emperor Jo’s dying thoughts, amplified by Wizard Wen’s
spells, punctured and created an accessible rift amongst three of the six parallel
universes -Human Realm, Beast Realm, and Demon Realm. In the resulting time-space
disruptions, many people from different times were swept into a physical world, and
monsters from the previously parallel universes now roamed freely through the rift.
Because this rift was created through Wizard Wen’s manipulation of Emperor Jo’s
vengeful thoughts, monsters and demons that entered the Human Realm through the
rift were easily enslaved by Wizard Wen. Wizard Wen organized these enslaved
creatures into a powerful army of monsters and demons that traversed between the
Human Realm and the Demon Realms, creating unspeakable havoc in its wake.
There was no shortage of would-be heroes, willing to slay monsters and demons to
save the hapless populace. But as these creatures all had an intensely malevolent
nature, the aspiring heroes needed to have powerful self-control, as otherwise they
could turn evil themselves, through the bad blood that fell upon their weapon when
slaying monsters. At the same time, determined heroes found that only through
proper application of certain virtues unique to Humankind one could resist the
demonic nature of one’s weapon, whose power continually increases each time it
slays an evil creature; and only through mastery of one’s increasingly demonic
weapon could one combat creatures of greater evil.
Players experience three realms in this game, they are the Human Realm (the Middle
Plane), the Beast Realm (the Tundra), and the Demon Realm (Hell). The player’s main
mission in the Human Realm is to improve his battle skills, while getting an overview
of the entire situation. The player also has to go through the first trial by the "Seven
Holy-Spirits". Only by passing the test will he become qualified to enter the Beast
Realm and combat stronger creatures. In the Beast Realm, the player will find many
exemplary virtues of human nature; these virtues are the protective wards the player
needs to enter the Demon Realm. Once the player has successfully entered the
Demon Realm, he will meet some corpses, and find out about the strange things that
have happened to them. In actual fact, these are all aspects of humankind’s evil
nature; once the player has gained understanding of both the good and evil in
people’s hearts, he will no longer fear to be control by the demonic nature of his
weapons, but will be able to command Demonic Emperor Jo and Wizard Wen.
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Chapter One
Chapter One
HOW TO INSTALL
It is very easy to install "Blade and Sword". You only need to put "CD 1" in the CD Drive,
and click on Setup.exe to activate the installation program. The installation process is
completely automated. After installation has been completed, you will only need to re-install
Microsoft DirectX 8.1 to play this game.
START THE GAME
In a hurry to try your hand at this game? If you’re a seasoned gamer, feel free to skip this
section. However, if you take a few minutes to read these instructions, perhaps you will enjoy
this game even more!
After installing this game, the "Blade and Sword" icon appears on your Desktop. Doubleclick this icon to start the game. (The first time you play, the game will try to detect your
video card, and the screen will be black for several seconds. This is normal.)
After the game starts, you will see the following menus. The main menu provides the
following functions:
New Game: Start a completely new game.
Load Game: Continue a previously saved game.
Settings: Adjust volumes for music and sound effects; Adjust screen brightness; Select
graphics definition as either 640 X 480 or 800 X 600; Activate or disable "Auto-Zoom"
function.
Programmers: Here you can see all the members of this game’s design team.
Exit: Leave the game, return to Windows Desktop.
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If this is the first time you play this game, naturally you should select "New Game". Please
click on the "New Game" button. You will then see the following Character Selection screen:
When you move the cursor near a character’s icon, that character will be highlighted;
left-click to select this character for the game. No matter which character you prefer,
all three are unique and challenging, please try them all!)
Once you have selected a character, the screen will ask you to name the character:
In this picture, you will see two selections, User Name and Difficulties.
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YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE
Ok, after viewing the opening animation and the story introduction, are you ready to slay
monsters and demons?
While viewing the story introduction, you can hit the Space Bar to accelerate the scrolling
speed; while speaking with other characters in the game, the Space Bar may also be used to
accelerate the conversation’s scrolling speed. If you would rather skip the text, aside from
accelerating the scrolling, you may also hit the ESC key to abort the story introduction or text
conversation. However, characters in the game often reveal important information needed to
pass stages in the game through conversations, so it would be best if you read them carefully.
The first scene upon entering the game
In this picture, you will see two options, User Name and Difficulties. User Names help
you select existing characters and their saved progress when you want to load a game.
Difficulty lets you select the difficulty level. The default setting for the game is
"Medium". If you are a peace-loving hero, we suggest you start the game with difficulty
level "Easy". If you do not want to use this character, click the "Cancel" button and you
will return to the "Character Selection" screen. Click the "Confirm" button to enter the
game.
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Hit the Tab key, open the small map
Hit the TAB key to open the small map, or click on the map button at the lower right
hand corner to open the small map.
The marks on the small map
The green dot on the small map represents your position; the blue dot represents
friendly NPC.
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Entering the first conversation
Move to the upper right corner of the screen from the starting position, and you will see
the first NPC "Shopkeeper Guo", the speech bubble above his head indicates he has
something to say to you.
Receiving the first mission
After Shopkeeper Guo finishes speaking to you, you will have received your first mission:
rescue Doctor Chin.
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Opening the Journal notes to review missions
You could click the "Journal Notes" button or hit the N key to open the notes window,
and review your mission messages and progress.
Purchasing from Shopkeeper Guo
Before leaving Shopkeeper Guo, you ought to buy some potions from him, so you have
enough healing potions to heal yourself during battles. Click on Shopkeeper Guo, select
"Purchase Goods".
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Buy four healing potions
In the lower left hand purchasing window, select a small vase sealed with red cloth, click
on it, and select "Confirm". Now you will see a healing potion in "Items" window in the
lower right hand corner, your money has decreased by 60 units.
Repeat this process until you have four healing potions in your "Items" window.
Speak
When you leave Shopkeeper Guo
and head down, you will see another
character - Kung Shu Ban. Speak
with Kung Shu Ban, receive the
second mission: "Find the Wooden
Eagle".
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Leave the village, meet the first challenge
Leave Kong Shu Ban, head towards the
upper right hand corner, and you will
see the village gates. At the gates, you
see four soldiers. Click on the village
gates, head out of the village until the
cursor turns into what you see in
Picture 1-3-14; click once, and you will
enter the first stage: "Sunset Trail".
Ok, by now you have learned basic game commands such as how to talk, buy things, and
view the mission log and progress. Next, we will take you into the first battle.
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THE FIRST BATTLE
After entering the first stage ("Sunset Trail"), what should you do? You know you have two
missions to complete: (1) Rescue Doctor Chin; (2) Find the wooden eagle for Kung Shu Ban.
In the game, taking on missions is a very important process; if you do not accomplish the
required missions, you will not be able to successfully complete the game. "Find the wooden
eagle" is the first branch mission in this game; regardless of whether or not you complete it,
the progress of the game will not be affected; but generally speaking, the character who
issued the mission will give you some reward upon completion of branch missions.
In order to complete the mission, you must find hints and methods in various scenarios. You
will see a wide variety of hideous monsters in different scenarios. Do not even try to
negotiate with these annoying monsters, or interrogate them for hints. The weapon in your
hand is the only language they understand.
Therefore, before you can become a widely respected hero, let’s first examine various
fundamental techniques used in battle!
First, you must familiarize yourself with all the command interfaces. This way you can control
all the basic functions offered by this game.
Understanding the control interface
• Hit Points: Represents your character’s current life value; when it drops to zero,
your character will die. Chi: "Chi" is the source of your battle techniques,
when there isn’t a sufficient amount of "chi", some battle techniques can not be used.
Fury: "Fury Points" are the source of your super technique. Until you have learned a super
technique, no "Fury Points" will not be accumulated.
• Left technique: The technique executed by hitting the left mouse button.
• Stamina: Running and blocking uses up stamina; when the stamina level reaches zero,
your character will not be able to run or block.
• Left belt: Can hold six vials of healing or chi restoration potions. If the item window
displays the same kinds of potions, they will automatically be moved to the corresponding
location in the left belt. To use them, hit keys 1 to 6 on the keyboard.
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• Experience: Your character’s current accumulated experience; when the experience bar is
full, the character will automatically gain a level.
• Right belt: Can hold up to six projectile weapons or projectile items; each block holds up
to nine identical items. To use them, hit F1 - F6 on the keyboard.
• Journal notes button: Clicking on it once will open the "Journal" window.
• Attributes button: Opens "Attributes" window, review your character’s current attributes.
• Inventory button: Open the "Inventory" window to review your current equipment or
inventory.
• Map button: Open or close the small map in the upper right hand corner. The small map
will display the positions of your character, other characters, and the enemy boss, as well as
money, equipment or items that have fallen on the ground.
• Skills button: Opens the "Skills" window. Each time you gain a level, you will receive skill
points; with them you could select battle skills you wish to learn, or work on your combotechniques.
• System button: Opens the "System" window. You could change game settings, or exit (and
automatically save) the game.
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Locate the enemy, attack and defend
The first enemy you will meet on
the Sunset Trail is "Carrion
Corpse". When a red circle
appears beneath its feet, it means
it has been locked on as a target
for attack. (Your character will
automatically search for enemies;
you can also use the cursor to
select targets for your attacks.)
Click the left mouse button to
execute the left attack technique.
Press the Alt key to start to block
and resist an enemy attack. (Please
note that defending will decrease
your character’s stamina.)
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Dodging and leaping
Apart from your defense moves, you can also press the keyboard space bar to suddenly
dodge behind the enemy and carry out a surprise attack before the enemy attacks you.
When you are surrounded by enemies, you can press the right mouse button to leap out
of the encircling mob (leaping will expend your chi).
Please note: because the right technique may be freely used in various martial arts, if the
current right technique setting is not "leap", you may use the mouse to click on the right
technique icon, or press the Q button to "quick-change" the right technique to "leap".
Recover hit points or chi
When your life is in jeopardy, you
may press key 1 or 2 on the
keyboard to quickly replenish the
hit points; when your chi is low, you
may press key 3 or 4 on the
keyboard to quickly replenish the
chi. 5, 6: These two slots will automatically hold Rejuvenation Potions (which will
simultaneously replenish HP and chi), but you may also freely place various potions here.
Discharging projectile weapons
You may also choose to discharge
projectile weapons to attack the
enemy. It is very easy to discharge
projectile weapons. Press the F1 key
on the keyboard (a stone is
displayed in the picture), the right
technique will automatically display the "Throw" icon; click the right mouse button and
you will launch the projectile weapon.
Please note! Projectile weapons may be placed in any slot on the right belt; the F1 key isn’t
always a stone.
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Homing pearl (quick return to the village)
When you are in danger, e.g. when you have used all your potions but are still
surrounded and fiercely attacked by enemies, you may press the F2 key (the homing
pearl will be displayed), and click on empty ground with the right mouse button. A
teleport gate back to the village will appear next to you.
Enter the teleport gate, and you will immediately leave the battlefield and return to the
village. If you wish to return to the battlefield again, enter the teleport gate and you
will be returned to the location on the battlefield where the teleport gate was initially
summoned.
Because the Homing Pearl is very useful, it is advisable to prepare four, five, or more, in
case they are needed.
Please note! Projectile weapons may be placed in any slots on the right belt; the F2 key is
not always a Homing Pearl.
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