Games PC STAR WARS-KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC II User Manual

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Introduction........................................................................................3

Installation..........................................................................................3

Default Controls ................................................................................4

Main Menu ........................................................................................6

Game Screen ....................................................................................7

In-Game Menus ................................................................................7

Character Generation ....................................................................12

Rules..................................................................................................17

Playing the Game ............................................................................18

Dialog ................................................................................................22

Prestige Classes..............................................................................23

Forms ................................................................................................24

Force Powers ..................................................................................24

Equipment ........................................................................................25

Upgrading Weapons/Armor ..........................................................27

Creating/Breaking Down Items ....................................................28

Mini Games ......................................................................................29

Credits ..............................................................................................32

Software License/Limited Warranty............................................36

How To Contact LucasArts ............................................................42

Equip ..............................................................................9

Party Inventory ..........................................................10

Character Info ............................................................11

Abilities .......................................................................10

Party.............................................................................10

Journal ........................................................................11

Messages. ..................................................................11

Map..............................................................................11

Options.........................................................................12

Character Classes ....................................................12

Character Portrait......................................................13

Attributes ....................................................................13

Skills ............................................................................14

Feats ............................................................................16

Character Name ........................................................16

Weapons ....................................................................25

Armor ..........................................................................25

Implants and Shields ................................................26

Pazaak ........................................................................29

Turret Encounters. ....................................................30

Swoop Racing ............................................................30

INTRODUCTION

IT IS A PERILOUS TIME FOR THE GALAXY...

A brutal civil war has all but destroyed the Jedi Order, leaving the ailing Republic on the verge of collapse. Amid the turmoil, the evil Sith have spread across the galaxy, hunting down and destroying the remaining Jedi knights. Narrowly escaping a deadly Sith ambush, the last known Jedi clings to life aboard a battered freighter near the ravaged world of Peragus...

INSTALLATION

To install Star Wars®Knights of the Old Republic®II: The Sith Lords™, insert the Install Disc into your CD-ROM drive. If you have Autorun enabled, the game’s Launcher will appear. Click the Install button to install the game onto your computer. If your computer does not have Autorun enabled, open My Computer from your Windows desktop and double-click on the CD-ROM drive showing the

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the program. Once started, a series of onscreen instructions will guide you through the rest of the installation procedure. If you experience problems with the installation, click Help on the game’s launcher screen, and then click View Troubleshooting Guide. NOTE: We recommend turning off all background applications and virus scanners before beginning installation.

icon. Doubleclick on the program icon to start installing

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DEFAULT CONTROLS

CHARACTER AND CAMERA MOVEMENT

Move Forward...................................................................W

Moved Backward..................................................................S

Move Left ...................................................................................Z

Move Right....................................................................................C

Rotate Camera Left ........................................................................A

Rotate Camera Right.........................................................................D

Toggle Free Look ................................................................CAPS LOCK

Look About ............................................Hold CTRL or MOUSE Button 2

INTERACTING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

Pause.................................................................SPACEBAR or PAUSE/BREAK

Cycle Targets to the Left ..................................................................................Q

Cycle Targets to the Right ................................................................................E

Select Object ..........................................................................MOUSE Button 1

Default Action on Target ..............................................R or MOUSE Button 1

TARGET ACTION MENU HOT KEYS

Leftmost Action ..................................................................................................1

Center Action......................................................................................................2

Rightmost Action.............................................................................................. 3

ACTION MENU HOT KEYS

Use Current Friendly Force Power .................................................................4

Use Current Medical/Repair Item ...................................................................5

Use Current Miscellaneous Item ....................................................................6

Use Current Mine...............................................................................................7

Behavior Stance.................................................................................................8

Lightsaber Form..................................................................................................9

QUICK MENU SCREEN ACCESS

Messages and Feedback .................................................................................J

Map and Party Management .........................................................................M

Quests ..................................................................................................................L

Skills/Feats/Force Powers ...............................................................................K

Options ...............................................................................................................O

Player Record Sheet ..................................................................................P

Party Inventory........................................................................................I

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Equip Character ...............................................................................U

LEADER COMMANDS

Cancel Combat ......................................................................F

Change Leader.....................................................................TA B

Solo Mode.....................................................................................V

Stealth Mode...................................................................................G

Flourish Weapon.................................................................................X

Switch Weapon.....................................................................................H

GAMEPLAY

Show Tool Tips...................................................................................................T

Game Menu ..................................................................................................ESC

Quick Save........................................................................................................F4

Quick Load........................................................................................................F5

MINI GAME COMMANDS

Steer Swoop/Aim Turret..................................................MOUSE Movement

Move Up............................................................................................................W

Move Down........................................................................................................S

Move Left ...........................................................................................................A

Move Right.........................................................................................................D

Shift Gears or Fire Turret...................................ENTER or MOUSE Button 1

Jump Swoop ....................................................................................SPACEBAR

Pause Mini Game................................................ESC or PAUSE/BREAK or P

Forfeit Race ........................................................................................................F

GAME SCREENMAIN MENU

NEW GAME

Starts a new game of Star Wars®Knights of the

Old Republic

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LOAD GAME

Loads a previously saved game. Click on the appropriate file,

then click Load to start from that saved game. If more than one

character has been created, click on Switch Characters to access

other characters’ saves. If all saved files for a character have been

deleted, that character will no longer be available.

1. ACTION MENU

This is how you access your character’s items and friendly Force powers. You can activate one of them by clicking on them, or by pressing one of the Action menu hot keys. You can also change the indicated icon by clicking the arrows above and below it.

2. TARGET ACTION MENU

When a door, mine, container, friendly character or enemy is selected in the world, a Target Action menu will appear above the object showing its

MOVIES

Watch movies previously seen in the game.

MUSIC

Allows you to play music from the game.

OPTIONS

Adjust sound, controls, and other preferences. See Options on page 10.

NOTE:

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic supports Creative's EAX

ADVANCED HD Environmental Audio technology to accurately simu-

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late sonic effects such as Multi-Environment™, Environmental

Panning™, occlusion, obstruction, and advanced reverberation

in real time.

QUIT

Quit to desktop.

name and vitality bar if applicable. A blue target box indicates friendly creatures, as well as objects or doors. A red target box indicates a hostile creature. There are two types of menus that can appear over a selected target:

A. TARGETED HOSTILE: This is how you access your character’s

feats, items, and Force powers that are directed against an enemy. You can activate one of them by clicking on them, or by pressing one of the Action menu hot keys. You can also change the indicated icon by clicking the arrows above and below it. Clicking on the enemy without using the menu options will do a default attack.

B.TARGETED OBJECT: Some objects in the world will have their

own context sensitive menus such as mines, doors, containers and friendly characters. The choices on these types of objects are limited to Open, Security or Bash for doors; Disarm or Recover for mines and Start Conversation for friendly characters.

IN-GAME MENUS

3. CHARACTER PORTRAITS

There is one portrait for each member of your current

party. The large portrait is the party leader (the one

you’re currently controlling). To control a different party

member, click their portrait. Click the party leader’s portrait

to go to the equip screen for that character. If your character

is ready to level-up, a yellow “L” will flash over the portrait, and

clicking on the portrait while they are the party leader will take

you to the level-up screen.

Press the hot keys or the menu icons during your adventure to access the various in-game menus. Move the mouse over the icons at the bottom of the screen and left click to go directly to that menu.

4. MINI-MAP

A small map that shows your immediate surroundings and the camera’s orientation.

5. MENU BUTTONS

You can use these menu buttons to go straight to particular menu screens.

6. COMBAT QUEUE

When you enter combat, this indicator will display the combat actions you’ve chosen for that character. Clicking the queue will remove actions from it.

7. MODE BUTTONS

These three buttons allow the player to make changes to specific states in the game world that can be toggled on and off.

PAUSE: This button will pause the game. The game will remain paused

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until the player presses this button again.

SOLO MODE: This button allows the currently con-

trolled character to move about in the world without having the party NPCs following. Solo mode will remain

active until the character

clicks on this button again.

STEALTH MODE: Allows characters to enter

Stealth mode if they have spent points to gain

ranks in the skill. Note that activating Stealth

mode automatically activates Solo mode as

well. The character will remain in Stealth mode

until they attack an enemy, turn off Solo mode

or turn off Stealth mode.

SWITCH WEAPON: Switch to the weapon(s)

equipped in the secondary slot.

EQUIP

1. DEFENSE: How well the character is protected. The higher a char-

acter’s Defense, the less likely they are to be hit by enemies.

2. ATTACK BONUS/LEFT AND RIGHT (MAIN)HANDS: The

attack bonus for each hand.

3. DAMAGE/LEFT AND RIGHT (MAIN) HANDS: The damage

caused by the weapon equipped in each hand.

4. AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT: Equipment that can be equipped to the

highlighted slot.

5. ARMOR AND WEAPONS SLOTS: Characters can equip various

armor, weapons or items to each of these slots. Each slot displays the currently selected equipment.

Any equipment usable in a particular slot is displayed on the left-hand side of the screen. To equip an item, click on the slot location and then click on the item to read its description. Click on OK to equip the item. NOTE: Equipment is restricted to a specific location on a character’s body. Also, droids and humanoids have slightly different equipment slots.

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Here are the various slot locations on each character:

A. UTILITY/IMPLANT G. LEFT WEAPON B. SENSOR/HEADGEAR H. SHIELD/BELT C. UTILITY/GLOVES I. RIGHT WEAPON D. SPECIAL WEAPON/SHIELD J. ALTERNATE LEFT WEAPON E. PLATING/ARMOR K. ALTERNATE RIGHT WEAPON F. SPECIAL WEAPON/SHIELD

NOTE: There are two available configurations for Right and Left Weapons. Click on Switch Weapons to switch between configurations on this screen.

PARTY INVENTORY

The Party Inventory screen shows all items owned by the party.

FILTERING ITEMS: Click on the FILTER (1) button to select

filters in the Inventory list and show only certain types of items.

READING ITEMS:To read a description about a certain item,

including its use and other statistics, move the cursor over the item to highlight it. Left click on the scroll bars to scroll the text description UP or DOWN.

CHARACTER INFO

1. ATTRIBUTES: The current scores for each of the six attributes.

2. VITALITY POINTS (VP): The character’s current and maximum

vitality points. When VP reaches 0, the character is unconscious.

3. FORCE POINTS (FP): The character’s current affinity for the

Force. Whenever a Force Power is used, some FP are expended. Force points regenerate naturally. During combat, FP regeneration occurs at a greatly reduced rate.

4. EXPERIENCE (XP): The character’s current experience point

total and the number of experience points needed to achieve the next level.

5. ALIGNMENT: The meter, along with background color,

facial expression, and stance, show a character’s alignment to the light or dark sides of the Force. Some actions taken throughout the

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game have a subtle effect on a character’s alignment.

character portrait and click on ADD or REMOVE to switch the in or out of the party. Click OK to confirm the changes you have made to your party. NOTE: Up to two companions may accompany you at one time. While in hostile regions, you will be unable to change

ABILITIES

Click on Skills, Powers, or Feats to switch between types of abilities. Click on an ability to see its description. NOTE: The Force Powers menu is only available to Jedi classes.

PARTY

Click a

your party.

JOURNAL

Click on TIME, NAME, PRIORITY, or PLANET to sort quests according to these categories. Click on a quest and view the current information on it. Active Quests are those that you have not yet completed.

MESSAGES

Click on MESSAGES on the Journal screen to access messages; the screen keeps a log of the most recent critical information for the current area. Click on DIALOG, FEEDBACK, COMBAT and EFFECTS to view each type of message.

MAP

The Map screen shows your location on the current level. Important locations are marked with map notes. To select a different map note, click on it or click on one of the arrows to either side of the note’s description. Exploring reveals more of the map.

RETURNING TO THE EBON HAWK OR HOME BASE:

o instantly return to the Ebon Hawk or a particular home

T base, click on TRANSIT. NOTE: Returning to the Ebon Hawk can only be used when the party is in a safe situation. This option

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