User manual SEGA MEDIEVAL II TOTAL WAR

[. . . ] OUT NOW on PC/MAC coming soon on PSP & Xbox 360 www. footballmanager. net © Sports Interactive Limited 2006. SEGA and the SEGA logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of SEGA Corporation. Football Manager, Sports Interactive and the Sports Interactive Logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sports Interactive. All other company names, brand names and logos are property of their respective owners. [. . . ] The higher a Merchant's Finance rating, the more florins they will generate per turn. Having trade rights with the faction that owns the resource a merchant is trading increases the amount of florins generated. The further the closest instance of a trade resource is to a merchant's capital, the greater a bonus he will get to the trade income he will earn from it. Acquisition ­ Active ability Acquisition is when one merchant attempts to forcibly seize the assets of another merchant, putting them out of business. Success means an immediate financial bonus, and control of any trade resource the foreign merchant may be standing on. Failure could either mean an annoyance or the end of the aggressor's career. · Right-click on a foreign merchant to make an Acquisition attempt. The chance of success will be shown on a panel ­ press the Acquisition button to proceed. · A merchant's Finance rating is the primary factor in determining success or failure. · Acquisition is not an act of war, though it may well annoy the faction that you are attacking in this economic manner. Using Priests & Imams Preaching ­ Passive ability Priests and Imams are constantly spreading their faith in the region they are in, which effectively `converts' a percentage of the population from the other religions, over to his faction's religion. A Priest or Imam's Piety rating directly affects how great a percentage of the population that they can convert. Multiple Priests or Imams can work in a region together to convert the population more quickly. Preaching in another faction's lands is not considered a diplomatic transgression or an act of war. Denouncing ­ Active ability Priests and Imams can rid their lands of Witches and Heretics by attempting to denounce them at a trial for Heresy. Failure to denounce a Heretic can result in him escaping, or converting the Priest into another Heretic. Failure to denounce a Witch can result in the woman escaping, or worse, destroying the Priest. · Right-click on a Witch or Heretic to make a Denouncement attempt. The chance of success will be shown on a panel ­ press the Denounce button to proceed. · A Priest or Imam's Piety rating is the primary factor in determining success or failure. · A Priest or Imam that has traits stating they have some Unorthodoxy is more likely to become a Heretic during denouncement attempts. 34 Using Spies Infiltration ­ Active ability Spies will attempt to infiltrate any army or settlement they are moved into, unveiling information about the target. Failure will mean that the Spy will either be driven away before they gather information, or killed in the event that they are caught in the act. [. . . ] This is because Medieval II: Total War is not a game about religion; it is simply a strategy wargame that represents an effect of religion. No one religion is better than another in Medieval II: Total War, and the effects of religion work the same for all faiths within the game system. We sincerely apologise to anyone who finds the portrayal of their faith offensive, it was never our intention. 62 CREDITS The Creative Assembly Brisbane Australia Project Director & Lead Designer R. T. Smith Production Prasant Moorthy Studio Manager George Fidler Design Penny Sweetser Dan Toose Richard Lagarto Dan Lehtonen Programming Ken Turner Craig Allsop Andriy Doroshchuk Dmytro Dudnikov Dan Glastonbury Artem Kulakov Grigoriy Podgorny Martin Slater Martin Valigursky Adam Bryant Scott Lowther Iain McManus Art John Carline Jason Dalton Zaquri Foster Brendan Rogers Nick Smith Viktor Sylak Taamati Hanson-Pou Denzil O'Neill Damien Paon Simon Pennington Animation David Zwierzchaczewski Andrew Bedford Shane Oakes Mathieu Walsh Music & Audio Jeff van Dyck Richard Vaughan James Vincent Quality Assurance Ashley Parker Kim Sellentin Jason Turnbull William Hamilton Kevin Stoker Stephen Berg Mark Burns Christian Carriere Sean Davidson William Davis Thomas Doig Daniel Driscoll Terry Greisbach Chris Harvey Craig Hughes Rohan McAlinden Vana Prayitno Mikhail Raspaskovski Mathew Ray Mark Taylor IT Support Matthew Pawlowski Special Thanks John Harmon Paul Greasley The Creative Assembly Southwater UK Development Director Mike Simpson Design Ian Roxburgh Jeff Woods James Whitston Testing Graham Axford Dion Lay James Buckle Art Peter Brophy Nick Tresadern Pawel Wojs Roland MacDonald Joss Adley Tunde Glover Ranulf Busby Howard Rayner Paul Abbot Animation Ben Potts Greg Alston Pre Battle Speeches Mike Brunton Marketing & PR Mark Sutherns Richie Skinner IT Support Gareth Hailes Simon Allan 63 Additional Support Chris Waller Moran Paldi Alistair Hope Melvyn Quek Sophie Blakemore Lara Sweeney Special Thanks The entire Rome Dev Team Outsourced Roles Motion Capture Actors Simon Johns of YoungBlood Tim Klotz of YoungBlood Scriptwriter Antony Zwierzchaczewski FX Animator Allen McKay Medieval Combat Consultants Joshua Cavalchini of Knight Fight Kit Cavalchini of Knight Fight Voice Casting Andy Emery of Side UK Cheryl Prince of Side UK Voice Direction Andy Walsh of Side UK Olivier Deslandes of Side UK Sound Engineer Phil Evans of Side UK Vocal Talent Tim Bentinck Steffan Boje Walter Bonacker Emmanuel Bonami Brian Bowles Angelo Cola Stephane Conicord Maria Darling David De Keyser Olivier Deslandes Ken Drury Chris Fairbank Javier Fernandez Wayne Forrester Jon Glover Framboise Gommendy Simon Greenall Stephen Grief Stephan Grothgar Sarah Hadland Togo Igawa Jessica Juffre Jonathan Keeble Jonathan Kydd Dhafer L'Abidine Aletta Lawson Lewis Macleod Neil McCaul Graham McTavish Olag Mirochincov Alex Norton Lucy Robinson Kerry Shale Slav Shumor Philippe Smolikowski Luis Soto Robbie Stevens Dai Tabuchi Keith Wickham In-Game Font Kevin King Islamic Advisors Aksaa Ltd, Management and Training Consultants (Specialist in Islamic Cultural Awareness Training) Additional Thanks Andy Bagley and crew at Musiclab Liam Byrne at Creative Labs Special Thanks A big thanks to the Org, all the moderators on the official forums, and all the fans that have helped make the online community as great as it is! 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