MANUAL Riding Star Manual 1
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MANUAL Riding Star Manual 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS TABLE of CONTENTS Minimum system requirements: Windows 2000/XP, Intel Pentium (or similar AMD) 1.5 GHz, 256 MB 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 3 6. THE DISCIPLINES 11 RAM, DirectX® 9, Direct 3D compatible graphics card with 64MB RAM, 2. INSTALLATION AND STARTING DRESSAGE 11 DirectSound compatible sound card, mouse, keyboard, 8x CD-ROM. THE GAME 3 Displays 12 3. CONTROLS 4 Preview of the fi gures 12 Recommended system requirements: 4. MAIN MENU 5 Dressage indicator 12 Windows 2000/XP, Intel Pentium (or similar AMD) 1.5 GHz, 512 MB QUICK GAME 5 Collections 13 RAM, DirectX® 9, Direct 3D compatible graphics card with 128 MB CAREER 5 Special fi gures 13 RAM, DirectSound compatible sound card, mouse, keyboard, 8x CD- OPTIONS 5 Example 14 ROM. Performance on notebook models may vary. QUIT 5 SHOW JUMPING 15 5. YOUR CAREER 5 Displays 16 PLAYER PROFILE 6 Rules 17 2. INSTALLATION AND STARTING THE GAME GAME CHARACTER 6 CROSS COUNTRY 18 THE COURTYARD 6 7. CREDITS 20 Open the CD-ROM drive of your computer and place the Riding Star THE OFFICE 7 CD in the drive. The game will then start automatically. If Riding Star YOUR FIRST HORSE 7 does not run automatically, double-click on the “RidingStar3.exe” fi le in TUTORIAL 7 the CD folder, found in “My Computer”, and then follow the on-screen THE CARE AREA 8 instructions to install Riding Star. Performance parameters 8 Care parameters 8 DirectX 9 or higher should be installed to play Riding Star properly. If Available actions 9 you have an older version of DirectX, you can select the option “Run TOURNAMENTS AND TRAINING 9 DirectX 9” at the start of the installation. Discipline parameters 10 2 Riding Star Riding Star 3 3. CONTROLS 4. MAIN MENU 1. QUICK GAME In Riding Star you can play a “Quick Game” independent of the career mode. Here you can ride a course from any discipline with a pre-select- ed horse and without undertaking training or care. 2. CAREER Start a new career, continue an existing career or play a tutorial. 3. OPTIONS Here you can adjust the display and sound settings and view the dia- gram of the Riding Star controls in more detail. 4. QUIT Exit the game and return to Windows. 5. YOUR CAREER Build your career as a professional rider and train your horses in dres- sage, show jumping and cross country disciplines. Work your way up through tournament to tournament with your horses and, as the crown- ing achievement of your career, end up competing in the Aachen tour- nament, the Mount Olympus of equestrian sport! Besides training and tournaments, you must take meticulous care of your horses and look after them to enable you to progress together from victory to victory as a strong team. Each time you begin a new career, you must take these initial steps: 4 Riding Star Riding Star 5 PLAYER PROFILE THE OFFICE You begin a new career as a professional rider by first creating a new Here, you can follow your career pro- player profile. gress, revel in your successes and tro- phies or change your character’s cloth- ing. GAME CHARACTER Once you have created a player profile, you arrive in your character’s changing YOUR FIRST HORSE room. Here, you can choose the name, If you select a horsebox, your horse will walk out of its stall and enter appearance and gender of your game the care area of the courtyard. At the start of your career you can character. choose the name and appearance of your horse first and then you can begin the tutorial. THE COURTYARD Once you have created your character, TUTORIAL you arrive in the inner courtyard of your Riding Star’s tutorial will teach you all about the game mechanics stud farm. Here, you can select your and rules. horses (provided you have some horses The tutorial comprises four sections: available), enter the office or quit the game and return to the main menu. 1.) Basics You only have one horse available at 2.) Discipline tutorial – Dressage the start of your career and you must 3.) Discipline tutorial – Show Jumping choose which horse, and therefore which discipline, you wish to em- 4.) Discipline tutorial – Cross Country bark on your career as a rider. Additional horses and disciplines will gradually be unlocked as you become more successful. If you don’t want to play the tutorial at the beginning of your career, you can either begin the specific discipline tutorial directly above your horse’s box, or later select the ‘Tutorial’ option from the “Ca- reer” menu item in the main menu. 6 Riding Star Riding Star 7 THE CARE AREA You will see the available actions for the horse in the top right cor- You are now at the start of your career ner of the screen. and from now on, you must care for your horse. The care area is the place in the Available actions game where you can look after your horses, clean them, stroke and feed Care: You can care for your horse by selecting this; you can them. brush, comb, stroke and feed your horse, pick out its Your horse’s parameters are listed in the hooves and also give it water and treats. top left corner of the screen. Adorn: You can select from a range of saddles, covers and bandages to place on the horse as separate accessories. Performance parameters You can also choose the style of bridle and mane. Training: This action will take you to the training area where you Speed: Indicates how fast the horse can run. and your horse can build up your fitness for the next Power: Indicates how high the horse can jump. competition. Stamina: Indicates how long the horse can run at high speeds Grand Prix: Select a tournament in which you would like to compete. without getting tired. Ride out: Ride out freely through woods and fields. Motivation: Indicates how precisely the horse carries out the Tutorial: If you have any questions about the game, you can view commands given by the rider. the tutorial at any time. Obedience: Indicates how anxious your horse is and if, for exam- ple, it tends to whinny or fidget during a competition. TOURNAMENTS AND TRAINING Care parameters The tournaments in Riding Star correspond to real tournament class- es in equestrian sport. Cleanliness: Indicates how clean and well looked after your horse is. Hunger: Indicates whether your horse needs some food. B: Beginner (very easy) N: Novice class (easy) Thirst: Indicates whether your horse needs some water to drink. M: Medium class (moderately difficult) Health: Indicates whether your horse is in good physical health, H: Advanced class (difficult) if it is fit and resilient and if it feels well. P: Professional class (very difficult) 8 Riding Star Riding Star 9 Before you can take part in a Grand Prix in a particular class, your neglect the care of your horse. If your horse becomes so ill that normal horse must meet the necessary requirements and this means you care is insufficient to improve its health,, nurse it back to good health must first train and look after your horse. with some extra portions of food and additional tender loving care. Your horse is not trained at the start of your career and belongs to Grand Prix class B. However, your first tournament is in class N. You must there- A Grand Prix consists of three tournaments (Cross Country, Show fore train your horse in the training area and look after it in the care Jumping and Dressage). You must achieve the top three scores area until your horse’s parameters in the relevant disciplines have overall in all three disciplines and be placed among the top three increased to be eligible for the next class, i.e. class N. overall to qualify for the next tournament level. Discipline parameters Tournament score The overall score in a tournament is the total score of the three Dressage: Obedience, Motivation places the player achieves in each discipline. Penalty points and Show jumping: Power, Speed, Stamina the time required to complete each course do not affect the over- Cross country: Stamina, Speed, Power all calculation of points. You improve Power by jumping frequently with your horse. To qualify for Aachen, you must have won the previous tournaments in class M in Newstead and have trained your horse to the required level. You train Speed and Stamina by riding for as long as possible at high speed. 6. THE DISCIPLINES You develop Motivation through intensive and repeated changes of gaits and collections. DRESSAGE Dressage is the equestrian discipline in which the horse’s natural You increase Obedience through the meticulous care of your horse. strength and grace is enhanced and refined by gymnastic training. The You must have finished a tournament among the top three in a par- objective is to perform the required movement precisely using minimal ticular class to entitle you to train for a tournament at the next level. aids and signals from the rider. It is not a matter of conditioning the horse to obey certain commands, but of making the horse more grace- To attend to your horse’s Health, you must be careful not to overwork ful and responsive by increasing its power, suppleness and mobility. your horse, avoid collisions in the training area and ensure you do not A dressage task consists of a number of lessons for which points are 10 Riding Star Riding Star 11 awarded from 0 (unclassified) to 10 (excellent).