Games PC SUMMONER User Manual
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CONTENTS
Installation 2
The Controls 3
Main Menu 5
Options 5
Playing the Game 7
Game Screen and hud 7
Dialogue 9
Combat 10
Interface Screens 13
Switching Characters 18
Levels and Experience 18
Spells Menu 19
Skills Menu 21
Traveling to Other Cities and Locations 22
Summoning 22
Items 24
The World of Summoner 25
The Mark of the Summoner 27
The Characters 28
Saving and Loading 31
Multiplayer 32
Hints/Tips 34
Credits 36
Technical Customer Support 38
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Installation
Insert CD 1 into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. After a few seconds the Install
Program will begin automatically. If you have autoplay disabled you will need to
double-click on the “My Computer” icon and then on your CD-ROM icon. Once the
CD-ROM window has opened, double-click on the setup icon to begin installation.
Follow the on-screen instructions that appear after the Install Program begins.
When the game has finished installing, the Main Menu will appear. Please consult
page 5 of the manual for instructions on beginning a new game.
If you experience problems installing Summoner
consult the README.TXT located on Disc 1 or check out the support page at
www.thq.com/support.
At the time of printing, all material and content contained herein was and is current.
However, some elements of instruction and gameplay may have since changed
slightly. We strongly recommend that you view the README.txt file located on Disc 1
to accommodate the possible changes.
Minimum Specs
Windows 95/98/ME compatible computer system with DirectX 8
Pentium II or K6-2 400 MHz Processor
3D Graphics Accelerator Card with 4MB of RAM (such as a Voodoo 2) or better
64 MB RAM
4x CD-ROM
800 MB of Free Hard Disc Space
DirectX certified sound card
100% Microsoft compatible mouse and keyboard
Recommended Specs
Pentium III or K6-2 500 MHz Processor
Voodoo3 or TNT2 Graphics Accelerator Card
128 MB RAM
EAX compatible sound card
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on your PC, please
Supports
Internet or LAN multiplay via TCP/IP
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THE CONTROLS
In Game Controls
Mouse: Move the cursor on screen
(both in-game and on menus)
to highlight available options
and move a character or party
to a desired location.
Note: To move your party or a single character using
the mouse, you may move the cursor to an available
spot on the ground and simply click or hold the
mouse button down. If you point and click, the character will travel to that spot and stop. If you hold the
mouse button down, the character will follow the cursor continually.
Note: Moving the cursor to the extreme left edge of
the screen will rotate the camera counter-clockwise.
Similarly, moving the cursor to the extreme right edge
of the screen will rotate the camera clockwise.
Left Mouse
Button: Activate highlighted
option/Confirm/Select
Right Mouse
Button: Initiate Chain Attack (see page
11 for more information)
Q: Toggle on/off Quest
Journal menu
R: Toggle on/off Character
Status menu
I: Toggle on/off Character
Inventory menu
S: Toggle on/off Skills menu
Enter: Enter/Leave combat mode
C: Toggle on/off Spells menu
M: Toggle on/off Map Screen
H: Toggle on/off Solo Mode
Space Bar: Pause/Unpause gameplay
Tab: Cycle through available
characters
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Print Screen: Take a .jpeg screen shot of
the current gameplay frame
that is stored in the Summoner
root directory
ESC: Toggle In-Game Menu (see page
13 for more information)
Left Arrow Key: Rotate camera clockwise
Right Arrow Key: Rotate camera counter-clockwise
Up Arrow Key: Zoom in camera
Down Arrow Key: Zoom out camera
F12: Toggle High/Low/Auto Camera
Note: Selecting the “Inverse Camera” option in the
Options menu will cause the camera commands to work
inversely. Selecting this option will only affect the keyboard commands.
Menu Controls
Mouse: Move cursor to select
Left Mouse
Button: Scroll between/change available
Right Mouse
Button: View inventory item options
available options
options and/or menu screens
(not always available)
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MAIN MENU
rom the Main Menu, you can choose to start a
new game, continue a saved
game, play a multiplayer
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game, view the options menu, view
the list of credits, or quit. Use the
mouse to highlight an option and
click on it.
Start New Game—Begin a new
game of Summoner
Continue Game—Load a previously
saved game . You must have at least
one saved game to see this option.
See saving and loading on page 31
for more information.
Multiplayer—Begin a multiplayer game of Summoner
Options—Adjust the game settings.
Credits—Display the credits.
Quit Game—Quit the game.
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OPTIONS MENU
ustomise your gameplay experience
with the Options Menu. Use the mouse
to highlight an available option and
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click to toggle the settings.
AUDIO
Use the mouse to increase or
decrease the audio settings.
Sound Volume—Increase or
decrease the volume of the sound
effects.
Music Volume—Increase or
decrease the volume of the music.
EAX—Toggle EAX on or off.
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VISUAL
Detail Levels—Choose the level of detail (low, high,
auto) you desire for characters.
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Texture Detail—Choose the level of detail (low, high)
you desire for the in-game textures.
Lighting Quality—Choose between Vertex or
Dynamic lighting.
Fogging Plane—Choose the fogging distance (low,
medium, high).
Character Lighting—Choose the amount of ambient
lighting on your character (low, medium, high).
Anti-Aliasing—Toggle on or off (This option is available only when used with a video card that supports
an anti-aliasing feature.)
Note: Unless you are using a high-end computer, it is
recommended that you do not choose the highest settings for all available options as some slowing in
gameplay could occur.
GAMEPLAY
Solo Mode Confirm—Select ON to activate a pop-up
window each time you choose to enter solo mode. To
enter solo mode without a pop-up window, select OFF.
See page 18 for more information on solo mode.
Invert Camera—Toggle the camera controls as either
regular or inverted.
Conversational Camera—Choose to toggle different
options for the conversational camera. The available
options are: 1) Never zoom the camera in during conversation with npc
during conversation with npc
camera in during conversation with important npc
See controls on page 3 for more details on the game
camera and camera control.
Combat Chaining—Choose to select either manual
or auto for Chain Attacks. You control Chain Attacks
when the manual setting is selected. The computer will
control Chain Attacks when the auto setting is selected.
See page 11 for more detail on chain attacks.
s, 2) Always zoom the camera in
s, and 3) Only zoom the
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PLAYING THE GAME
oseph begins his adventure in the farming village of Masad. When beginning a new
game, a tutorial is available to help you become accustomed to the game controls and explain how to talk to other characters, how to find items, and how to
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engage the enemy in battle.
It is highly recommended to use the tutorial to learn how to play Summoner
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1. MAP Button
2. MENU Button
3. SOLO Button
4. Sun Dial
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5. Swords Icon
6. Profile Icon
7. Spell Icon
8. Journal Icon
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9. Chest Icon
10. Figure Icon
11. Programmable
Hot Keys
The Game Screen And HUD
he game screen provides important information for each character in your party.
You will also be able to view the surrounding environment containing NonPlayer Characters (npc
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Player Characters
Along the bottom of the screen are pictures of each character in your
party. Press the tab key to scroll through party members. You control the
character that is highlighted.
Health Points Bar (hp)
Below each character’s portrait is a red Health Points Bar. This shows how much health
(hp) a character has left. Watch this meter closely when in combat and heal characters
that have low hp. When the red bar disappears, the character is incapacitated.
s) to talk with, enemies to battle, and items to find.
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Action Points Bar (AP)
Beneath the character’s hp Bar is a blue Action
Points Bar. This displays how many Action Points (ap)
a character has remaining. Action Points are spent
to cast spells, attempt chain attacks, and use active
skills. When a character has spent all of his ap, he
is unable to cast spells, attempt chain attacks, or
use active skills available to him. ap will slowly
regenerate over time.
The Heads Up Display (hud) contains the
following elements:
1. MAP Button
Click here to bring up the Map menu. For more information on the map, see page 17
2. MENU Button
Click here to bring up the in-game menu
3. SOLO Button
Click to toggle Solo Mode. For more information on
Solo Mode, see page 18
4. Sun Dial
Click here to pause the game
5. Swords Icon
Click to toggle on/off combat-ready mode
6. Profile Icon
Click to bring up the Character Status Menu
7. Spell Icon
Click on the book to bring up the Spells Menu Screen
8. Journal Icon
Click to bring up the Quest Journal Menu Screen
9. Chest Icon
Click to bring up the Inventory Menu Screen
10. Figure Icon
Click to bring up the Skills Menu
11. Programmable Hot Keys
The empty boxes immediately next to the icons are
reserved for customisable hot keys. You may choose
to drag spells, skills, or a combination of both spells
and skills from the in-game menus into the boxes. The
boxes have been pre-assigned numbers 1 through 6
left to right, top to bottom. Pressing the corresponding
numerical key on the keyboard activates the spell or
skill assigned to that box. The spell or skill can also be
activated by simply clicking on the icon.
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Dialogue
hile traveling through the villages, towns,
and castles of Medeva and Orenia, you can
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Approach a character and select them by highlighting
them with the cursor. Click on the highlighted character
to begin the dialogue.
If a character has something important to say, the dialogue bubble
shows two exclamation marks (!!).
These characters often possess critical information regarding Joseph’s
quest, or they might offer optional
adventures to embark on. Some
characters may need to be visited
more than once before they give you
critical information.
The dialogue window contains two areas. The top half of
the window displays what the npc is saying. The bottom
half lists the available questions or responses. When the
npc’
word more will be displayed. Use the cursor and click to
scroll through the rest of the text.
Sometimes Joseph has many questions to ask a character or has multiple responses to their questions.
When more than one question or response is displayed, use the cursor to select an available phrase
and click on it to talk to the npc. When the discussion
for that topic has been completed, it is removed from
the Topic List. New topics will be added to the list as
more information is revealed.
To exit the dialogue at any time, click the X at the
top right corner of the dialogue box. Otherwise, select
fare well to end the discussion. Important conversations cannot be aborted.
talk to any of the characters you meet.
Note: Joseph will also come across
characters talking to each other.
When Joseph can hear the conversation, you will see a
smaller text box above the two npc
asterisk above his head (*) is the npc currently talking in
the conversation.
s speech is too long for the dialogue window, the
s. The character with an
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Combat
oseph will encounter many hostile characters
and monsters while traveling through the lands of
Medeva and Orenia. Even as the adventure begins,
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Orenian soldiers have destroyed Masad, Joseph’s
village, and they are searching the area for survivors.
Learn to use the combat techniques below to save
yourself and your party members from the enemies
and monsters that roam the world of Summoner
The Combat System
A hybrid system of real-time and turn-based combat is
used for all battles in Summoner
take turns attacking each other. Combat begins when
either character takes the first action.
The Chain Attack system enables you
to extend your turn. Every time a new
attack is added to the chain, you gain
one additional attack. When you finally fail to add an attack to the chain,
your turn is over. See page 11 for more
information on chain attacks.
This turn-based system occurs in real
time, which means you do not have to
wait for the enemy’s attack before
moving or targeting a new opponent.
You can move the party members
around the battlefield at any time,
gaining a height advantage on higher ground if available. You can also use the cursor to target a new enemy,
or you can run away from combat if your hp is too low.
Initiating Combat
Try to surprise an enemy by approaching it from behind
or out of view. This will give you an advantage on your
first attack. If more than one enemy is within range,
choose your target with the mouse and cursor. The red
cursor points to the currently selected enemy, with a red
bar above each enemy’s head. The red bar represents
their hp. Click on the selected enemy to attack.
Once a foe is selected, Joseph engages in combat,
continuing to fight until you give him another command or until he or his opponent runs out of hp. You
can reposition Joseph by using the mouse and cursor,
or you can run away from the battle if your hp is low.
Enemies always fight to the death. If you run away
from combat, your opponents will pursue.
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Note: You can exit/leave the combat-ready mode at
any time by clicking on the sword icon located on the
on-screen hud or by pressing the enter key.
Damage
During combat, numbers appear above each character’s head. The numbers represent how much health
has been subtracted from a character’s hp. White numbers indicate the damage done to enemies, while yellow numbers show how much damage Joseph and
his friends have sustained.
Combat Advantages
In addition to receiving a bonus for a surprise attack,
Joseph and his party can gain positive or negative combat modifiers. The numbers in blue show the percentage
modifiers (if any) for a character’s attack. Attacking from
higher ground adds a bonus, while attacking from lower
ground results in a penalty. These combat modifiers
affect the damage inflicted against opponents as well as
the damage sustained from enemy attacks. You may also
receive a bonus by attacking a creature from behind.
Note: Highlight an enemy with the cursor at any time
to view the creature’s health bar.
Chain Attacks
During combat, Joseph has the ability to perform
a chain of special attacks against the enemy. While
attacking the creature, a chain symbol appears
over Joseph’s head.
When the symbol appears over Joseph’s head, click
the right mouse button to begin the Chain Attack. For
each additional attack, click the right mouse button
until you are unable to continue. For each successful
Chain Attack, you get the chance to perform another
one. With each successive Chain Attack, your timing
needs to be more precise in order to continue the
chain. As long as you continue the Chain Attack, your
opponent cannot strike. When the chain is broken,
your opponent’s turn begins.
If you click the right mouse button too quickly or are
unable to press it in time, the Chain Attack fails and
the text too fast or too slow is displayed on the
screen. Try to adjust your timing to master the Chain
Attack.
Each party member has a different combination
of Chain Attacks.
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Joseph’s Chain Attacks
• Added Blow—Standard secondary attack.
•Desperation—Does damage with the amount of
damage taken.
• Confusion—Removes APs from enemy.
• Revitalise—Party regains HP.
• Burn Hands—Does fire-based damage.
• Push—A successful push will increase the chance
for the next attack.
• Mind Drain—Target loses AP, while Joseph recovers AP.
• Life Leech—Does damage and recovers HP.
Flece’s Chain Attacks
• Added Blow—Standard secondary attack.
• Kick—Increases chance to hit with blunt melee attack.
• Mug—Steals gold and inflicts medium damage.
• Leg Swipe—Slows target and does medium damage.
• Arm Slice—Cripples target and inflicts
medium damage.
• Blind Stab—Blinds target and causes little damage.
• Desperation—Does damage with the amount of
damage taken.
• StaminaAtk—Does damage with the amount of AP left.
• Silence—Target cannot cast spells.
Rosalind’s Chain Attacks
• Added Blow—Standard secondary attack.
• Shock GRSP—Does energy-based damage.
• Bless—Party takes less physical damage.
• Confusion—Removes APs from enemy.
Jekhar’s Chain Attacks
• Added Blow—Standard secondary attack.
• Kick—Increases chance to hit with blunt melee attack.
• Axespin—Damages all nearby targets with axe only.
• Earthshaker—Knock down nearby targets with
blunt weapon only.
• Mend—Recovers small amount of HP.
• Desperation—Does damage with the amount
of damage taken.
• Sacrifice—Does double damage, but you lose
your own HP.
• Life Leech—Does damage and recovers HP.
By performing Chain Attacks frequently, your characters can gain new Chain Attacks to add to their arsenal. These can be assigned to specific keys by using
the Skills Menu. See page 15 for more information.
Note: Chain Attacks are only available during melee
combat and cost Ability Points to perform. Use faster
weapons to perform longer Chain Attacks.
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