Games PC OMIKRON-THE NOMAD SOUL User Manual

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EPILEPSY WARNING

Please read before using this video game system or allowing your children to use it. Some people are susceptible to epileptic seizures or loss of consciousness when exposed to certain flashing lights or light patterns in everyday life. Such people may have a seizure while watching certain television images or playing certain video games. This may happen even if the person has no medical history of epilepsy or has never had any epileptic seizures. If you or anyone in your family has ever had symptoms related to epilepsy (seizures or loss of consciousness) when exposed to flashing lights, consult your doctor prior to playing. We advise that parents should monitor the use of video games by their children. If you or your child experience any of the following symptoms: dizziness, blurred vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of consciousness, disorientation, any involuntary movement or convulsion, while playing a video game, IMMEDIATELY discontinue use and consult your doctor.

PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE DURING USE

• Do not stand too close to the screen. Sit a good distance away from the television screen, as far away as the length of the cable allows.

• Preferably play the game on a small television screen.

• Avoid playing if you are tired or have not had much sleep.

• Make sure that the room in which you are playing is well lit.

• Rest for at least 10 to 15 minutes per hour while playing a video game.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION...............................4

TECHNICAL...................................5

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...................5

INSTALLATION..................................5

LOADING ..........................................5

THE MAIN MENU.............................6

MENU CONTROLS..............................6

NEW GAME ......................................7

LOAD GAME......................................7

OPTIONS..........................................7

Video Option..............................7

Audio Options............................8

Game Options.............................9

Controls...................................10

Quit .........................................11

GETTING STARTED........................12

THE BASICS ...................................12

The 3D World of Omikron..........12

Action Sequences.....................12

The Control Keys......................13

Conversations..........................14

Animation Screens....................15

Picking Up Objects/Items.........15

Inventory Management..............15

THE SNEAK ....................................16

What is it? ..............................16

Accessing the SNEAK...............17

SNEAK Modes...........................18

Getting Back to the Game........25

THE MULTIPLAN VIRTUAL LOCKER...26

Accessing the Multiplan...........26

Transfering items to

the Multiplan...........................27

Transfering items from

the Multiplan...........................27

Examining Objects...................27

Deleting Objects......................28

SAVING YOUR GAME .......................28

In-game Save and

Advice Points..........................28

Magic Rings.............................29

GETTING AROUND OMIKRON............30

Walking...................................30

Using Elevators.......................30

Using the Sliders ...................30

LOOKING AROUND...........................32

First Person Perspective.........32

Investigating...........................33

SURVIVING.....................................33

Checking your Energy ..............33

Eating and Drinking .................34

Money......................................35

FIGHTING AND COMBAT..................35

The Fighting Controls...............36

The Shooting Controls..............37

SWIMMING.....................................38

The Swimming Controls............39

MANA AND SPELLCASTING..............39

CREDITS .....................................40

OMIKRON: THE NOMAD SOUL ..........43

INSTRUMENTAL SONGS .................46

TECHNICAL SUPPORT ...................47

INTRODUCTION

I have many things to tell you, and very little time. My... my name is Kay’l, I come from a parallel universe to yours. My world needs your help, you’re the only one who can save us. I succeeded in opening a breach between my world and yours. Through your computer, you can enter our world and help us. But in order to do this, you must transfer your soul into my body.

Do you accept? Press any key to say yes, but hurry... there isn’t much time.

I knew I could count on you. Now you must concentrate. You’ve done it. Now your soul occupies my body. This is the last time that we’ll be able to speak together. Once you’ve crossed the breach, you’ll be on your own. I will take over my body when you leave the game, and hold your place for you until you return.

Now I must explain to you how to control my body. These are the main controls that allow you to act in my universe.

That’s it. You’re ready. But remember, once you’ve crossed the breach, you’re on your own.

There’s no saving and going back if you get into trouble. You are entering a real world. If you make mistakes, you’ll just have to accept the consequences.

Now listen carefully. To begin your investigation, go first to my apartment. There’s no more time to talk, you must cross the breach before it closes. Oh and one more thing... be careful with my body, it’s the only one I’ve got.

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TECHNICAL

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum:

• Pentium 233MHz processor or equivalent 100% DirectX™ 6.1 compatible Soundcard

• Windows® 95/98 4x CD-ROM Drive

• 32 Mb RAM 350MB Hard Disc Space

• 4 Mb SVGA Video Card (100% DirectX™ 6.1 compatible) DirectX® 6.1 or higher (included on CD)

Recommended:

• Pentium® II 266MHz (or better)

• 8x CD-ROM Drive or faster

• 4 Mb 3D Card (100% DirectX™ 6.1 compatible)

Installation

• Insert The Nomad Soul CD 1 into your CD-ROM drive. If Autorun is enabled, The Nomad Soul will take you to the Installation Screen.

• Simply click on the Install button and follow all on-screen directions. You will be asked to insert CDs 2 and 3.

• Once The Nomad Soul is installed it will appear in the Program group on the Start Menu.

• Select Start/Programs/Eidos Interactive/Quantic Dream/The Nomad Soul and then highlight ‘The Nomad Soul’.

• The game will now load.

THE MAIN MENU

MENU CONTROLS

To navigate through all menus in The Nomad Soul use the following keys:

To Select Arrow (Cursor) Keys

Use Left/Right/Up/Down to navigate through various menu options. The relevant selections will be highlighted.

To Action / Use Enter Key

Pressing the Enter Key will select any highlighted option.

To Cancel Action/Return to Previous Menu Spacebar

Pressing the spacebar will always return you to the previous menu or cancel an action.

The first screen you will see is the Main Menu screen. This gives you the following Options:

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NEW GAME

Start a new game of The Nomad Soul. You will have to enter a Game Name, (using the keyboard) then you will be shown the introduction.

LOAD GAME

Select Load Game to open the Load Game Menu. This will reveal a list of previously saved games

• Simply highlight the name of the saved game you want to load and press Enter to select. Then highlight the Load option. Press Enter again to Load and The Nomad Soul will load to the saved point.

In this menu screen you can also Delete a Saved Game or Cancel the Menu (to return to the previous screen).

OPTIONS

This features a range of options to set up the game to suit the specification of your particular machine. You might need to adjust some of these Options if you find that the game is running slow.

Video Option

Video Options gives you a chance to configure the game graphics to the specification of your machine. Select with the option with the arrow keys and confirm by pressing the Action key.

RESOLUTION Select a screen resolution (640x480; 800x600; etc)

IPPING DISTANCE

Select a Clipping Distance from Very Near to Very Far

DISPLAY SKY YES/NO Select whether to display sky graphics or not

SPLAY SHADOWS YES/NO

Select to display shadow effects

TAIL LEVEL

Select a level of detail from Low to High.

TREET ACTIVITY

Select a level of ‘street activity’ from None/Low/Medium/High/Very High

ELECT 3D ACCELERATION Choose a 3D acceleration mode from Display (your 3D card), Software Rendering (in software) or Direct X Software Renderer

Audio Options

Audio options give you control over all of the audio elements of The Nomad Soul

ALOGUE VOLUME

Use the arrow keys to adjust the slider for character speech volume

MBIENT VOLUME Use the arrow keys to adjust the slider for background sound volume

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SOUND FX

Use the arrow keys to adjust the slider for all sound effects volume

D SOUND

Select to enable 3D sound (if applicable to your system)

Game Options

Game Options allow you to set in-game options and difficulty levels

IGHT DIFFICULTY

Select a level of difficulty for the fight sections of the game from Easy, Medium or Hard

HOOT DIFFICULTY

Select a level of difficulty for the shooting sections of the game from Easy, Medium or Hard

IGHT CAMERA

Select your preference of camera view for the fight sequences, from Side or Back View.

Controls

ET KEYBOARD & MOUSE CONTROLS

S All control settings in The Nomad Soul are fully customisable. By selecting this option you will be able to redefine all controls used in the following action sections:

ADVENTURE CONTROLS Moving around the 3D world

FIGHT CONTROLS Unarmed fighting controls

SHOOT CONTROLS Armed fighting controls

SWIM CONTROLS Swimming controls

To redefine a key:

• Highlight the function you want to change

• Press Enter and it will begin to flash

• Press the new selected key on the keyboard/mouse and it will appear on-screen

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MOUSE SETTINGS

Adjusts the settings for your Mouse and will give you the following options:

MOUSE SENSITIVITY (HORIZONTAL) and MOUSE SENSITIVITY (VERTICAL) If you find your Mouse too responsive or less responsive on either plane, adjust here using the arrow keys.

INVERT MOUSE This will invert the vertical control of the Mouse.

ET JOYPAD CONTROLS

Same as ‘Set Keyboard and Mouse controls’ but:

To redefine a button:

• Highlight the button you want to change

• Press Action and it will begin to flash

• Press the new selected button on the joypad etc and it will appear on screen

Quit

Select this option to Quit the game. You will be asked to confirm your choice.

GETTING STARTED

You’ve installed and loaded the game, set up your options, watched the introduction and now you’re eager to get on with the game - what else do you need to know? The Nomad Soul is a game where you will discover many things so, in this manual, you will be told nothing about the story or how to succeed in the game, it will only give you essential information that you will need to enjoy the game fully.

THE BASICS

The 3D World of Omikron

You control a character who is exploring a vast 3D world. Neither you, nor the character, know anything about this world but everything is there to be discovered. There are messages to be read, objects to be picked up, other characters to talk to, and items to be bought. There is no end to the things you can do in this game but it’s up to you to structure your actions in such a way as to help you through the adventure. Don’t worry that you might get lost in this vast world there are several devices that will easily bring you back on track.

Action Sequences

The Nomad Soul is not just an adventure game. It also features unarmed fighting (in side-on or behind view), with all the excitement of discovering secret moves, punches, kicks etc; armed combat (in first person view), featuring a variety of deadly enemies, weapons, ammo, manoeuvres etc; and swimming sequences - sometimes it will be necessary for your character to get into the water and swim to other parts of the world. All these action sequences have their own fully customisable key controls.

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The Control Keys

The Adventure part of the game can be controlled using the Adventure/Movement Keys listed below. All keys are shown

here but when you are playing the game you would be wise to have The Nomad Soul Key Guide close at hand.

DVENTURE/MOVEMENT CONTROL KEYS

Move Forward Up Arrow Move Backwards Down Arrow Turn Left Left Arrow Turn Right Right Arrow Strafe / Half Turn Control Action/Use Enter Jump/Cancel Spacebar First Person View Left Mouse Button or Key ‘L’ (Held down) Run Shift Open ‘SNEAK’ TAB

Note that the Spacebar will make the character jump when moving around the 3D world but it will also cancel an action.

For example, if a character is holding an object (picked up using the Action key) and you want to return it, simply press

the Spacebar.

Conversations

You will not make any progress in the game without talking to other characters. They will give you valuable information (good or bad) that you may be able to use later.

• To talk to another character, approach him/her and press Action. If he/she has anything to say, the screen will change

(widescreen style and text will appear below it).

If a character is talking at length and you want to read the subtitles that have yet to appear, you will see two red arrows next to the text. Use your up/down arrow keys to view next/previous subtitles.

You will at some point have to respond. If a response is needed then a list of choices may be shown. Read these carefully (for what you say may be crucial), highlight your choice and press Action. The character will then act on your response.

If you’ve already talked to the character and wish to move quickly through conversation sections of the game then you can press the Action to progress.

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