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'Warlords BattleCry 3' - Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on April 16, 2004 @ 11:24 a.m. PDT

Enlight has released a demo for their strategy game Warlords BattleCry 3 featuring two playable races, four hero classes and two skirmish maps, the single-player demo will provide players with a glimpse of the disorder and madness that has swept the land of Etheria in Warlords Battlecry III. Read more for download links ...

Get the Warlords BattleCry 3 demo off WP (270mb)

1. Required specifications

Win 98/ME/2000/XP Only
DirectX 9.0b
500 MHz Pentium III, AMD Athlon, or equivalent
128 MB RAM (256 recommended for XP users)
32MB DirectX 9.0b compatible graphics card
DirectX 9.0b compatible sound device
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM 8x or faster (not recommended for use with CD-RW drives)
290 MB hard drive space
Windows-compatible mouse required

2. Controls

-Left Mouse Click to select a unit or building or interface option
-Left Mouse Click & Drag to select a group
-Right Mouse click to move a unit or group to a new location
-Right Mouse click on an enemy unit or structure to attack it
-Right Mouse click on your own building to show production options

-CTRL 1-9: Define a group
-1-9: Select a group
-1-9 again: Center screen on selected group
-A: Attack
Press 'A' then click on the map to have troops move & attack their nearest enemies
-P:Set up patrol points
-SPACE:Visit the site of the last message
-F12:Pause the game (orders can be issues while paused)
-H:Drink a healing potion (hero only)
-M:Drink a mana potion (hero only)
-I:Bring up Inventory
-S:Bring up Spellbook (spellcasting heroes only)
-F1-F8:Press these while the mouse is over a spell in the spellbook & that spell will be hotkeyed for future use
-TAB:Cycle through your buildings
-FULLSTOP:Select the next idle builder
-SHIFT:Hold down SHIFT to queue up orders
-ALT:Hold down ALT to issue priority orders
-ALT+S: Save

3. Demo Limitations

The Warlords Battlecry III Demo comes with 2 Skirmish maps and a small portion of the Campaign If you are new to the game, you should make sure that you play the tutorial first

Only two sides are available to play: Dwarves & The Swarm In the final game, 16 sides will be available!

Multiplayer is not available in the demo

The Editor is not available in the demo

Heroes may only belong to the two demo races
Heroes are limited to the following classes: Warrior, Necromancer, Defiler & Runemaster
In the full version of the game 28 different hero classes are available.

4. File Structure

To be compliant with the standards set in Windows XP, no user-created data is stored in the Installation directory of the game. All files are located in the

"My DocumentsWarlords Battlecry III Demo" folder, accessible from your desktop. To be consistent, this behavior has been applied not only to our XP installations, but to all versions, right back to Windows 98 SE. These files will be unaffected by installing or uninstalling the game.

For purposes of backup, your heroes can be found in "My DocumentsWarlords Battlecry III DemoHeroData.xcr

Any music themes you create for the game should be placed into "My DocumentsWarlords Battlecry III DemoMusic"

Any Customized AI's you obtain for the game should be placed into "My DocumentsWarlords Battlecry III DemoCustomAI"

Any new Attitudes you obtain for the game should be placed into "My DocumentsWarlords Battlecry III DemoCustomUnitAI"

Saved games can be found in the following folder "My DocumentsWarlords Battlecry III DemoSaved Games"

Screen Captures (obtained via the F9 key while playing the game) can be found in the following folder "My DocumentsWarlords Battlecry III Demo"
They will be named Screen01.bmp, Screen02.bmp, etc...

5. Known Issues

5.1. Installing video drivers

If you experience any graphical problems, please install the latest video drivers available for your video card. Links to the most popular video cards
manufacturers are available at the bottom of this document.

5.2. Installing sound drivers

If you experience any sound problems, please install the latest sound drivers available for your sound card. Links to the most popular sound cards
manufacturers are available at the bottom of this document.

5.3. Installing DirectX

The Warlords Battlecry III Demo needs DirectX 9.0b to run properly. To get the latest version of DirectX, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads

5.4. Known Problems

The following problems have been observed in the Warlords Battlecry III Demo:

Q. When I change my sound settings I get a horrible ringing noise, how do I stop it?

A. This problem has only been reported under Windows XP. It involves a problemin the EAX sound drivers for certain Soundblaster Live sound cards.
To fix the problem, you should set EAX to in the sound menu of the Options screen.

Q. How do I run the game without music?

A. You should alter the game's shortcut as follows:
a) Right Click on the game's shortcut icon on your desktop
b) Select "Properties" from the menu
c) In the "Target" field, add " NOMUSIC" (don't forget the space at the start)
d) Click "Okay"


Q. How do I run the game without any sound at all?

A. You should alter the game's shortcut as follows:
a) Right Click on the game's shortcut icon on your desktop
b) Select "Properties" from the menu
c) In the "Target" field, add " NOSOUND" (don't forget the space at the start)
d) Click "Okay"
This NOSOUND option will disable all sound and music in the game.


Q. I want to backup my heroes... where is my hero data stored?

A. All heroes are stored in "My DocumentsWarlords Battlecry III
DemoHeroData.xcr"


Q. I want to reinstall the game, but I don't want to lose my heroes. What do I
do?

A. Uninstall the old game first. It is always better to install fresh,
rather than over a previous version. Then all you need do is install the new
game - your heroes will still be there.
Pursuant with the new standards set by Windows XP, all data is stored in a
subdirectory of the "My Documents" folder, so it is not affected by installing
the game.


Q. Why can't I build buildings on the far left side of the map?

A. The game was designed to have a visual boundary on the left side. This is
not a bug.


Q. My main Keep is destroyed and I destroy one of my own resource points;
this results in my resources being reset to below a 1000 resources. What's
happening?

A. Do not destroy your own resource point if you have just lost your main building or this may result in some resource loss.


Q. My demo heroes will not work when I copy them across to the full game. Why?

A. Sorry. Heroes from the demo are incompatible with the full release of Warlords Battlecry III.

6. Important Web Sites, Contact Information and Technical Support


6.1. Technical Support

For technical difficulties regarding Warlords Battlecry III, please contact us at support@enlight.com.

You will find a file in "My DocumentsWarlords Battlecry III Demo" called STARTUP.LOG Please include this file when contacting Enlight technical support.

Also please make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements,

as our support representatives will be unable to assist customers whose computers do not meet these criteria.

Whenever you contact the Technical Support Department, please include the following information or have it available if you are calling:

-Complete product title (including version number)
-Exact error message reported (if applicable) and a brief description of the
problem you're encountering
-Processor speed and manufacturer
-Amount of RAM
-Operating system
-Video card that you are using and amount of RAM it has
-Maker and speed of your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
-Type of sound card you are using

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