MANUAL Riding Star Manual 1

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 dressage, 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 tournament, 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 example, it tends to whinny or fidget during a competition. TOURNAMENTS AND TRAINING Care parameters The tournaments in Riding Star correspond to real tournament classes 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). The rider must ride Collections along a pre-set straight or curved path in the required gait (walk, trot or gallop), forwards, sideways or backwards and in the correct col- The collections are shown by the inner segments of the circle. lection (collected, medium, extended). The collection influences your horse’s bearing and this is achieved by subtle control of the reins. Front segment white More complex figure sequences (special figures) are included in the Perform the figure at an “extended gait” by higher dressage classes. pressing and holding the up arrow key until you select another collection.

Displays Rear segment white Change to the “collected gait” by pressing and holding the down Preview of the figures arrow key.

You will see these in the upper middle part of the screen. The larger No segment highlighted display in front shows you which figure you must perform next and The horse should move at a “medium gait” and in this case you the smaller display behind indicates which figure is coming up. don’t need to do anything; it will happen automatically.

Dressage indicator Special Figures

You will see the dressage indicator below These are particularly difficult figures which you must master in the the horse. The outer circle represents the higher dressage classes. gaits: walk (rear segment), trot (central segment) and gallop (front segment). If an area Piaffe is shown in white, it means that you must Stationary trot or a trot with minimal forward movement. now select that gait. The white segment turns blue when you select the correct gait. Passage If you select the incorrect gait speed, the A suspended trot performed by the horse as if in slow motion. segment will turn red.

12 Riding Star Riding Star 13 Traverse Harmonise with the horse’s rhythm: A forwards-sideways movement at a (collected) trot or gallop rid- Use the right and left arrow keys. An indicator den along a diagonal line and parallel to the long side of the arena. will flash left and right when you do this. The horse moves and is bent in the direction of movement. Left indicator white: Press the left arrow key. Turn on the forehand 180° turn on the forehand. Right indicator white: Press the right arrow key.

Pirouette Turn on the backhand. The fore legs of the horse trace a full circle The segment will appear in blue if you are in harmony with the horse’s around the hind legs at a walk, trot or gallop. rhythm or will appear in red if you are not.

Special figures are different from the standard figures and a specific indicator will appear under the SHOW JUMPING horse when you are required to perform a special Show jumping is an equestrian discipline in which horse and rider figure. The inner segment of the circle shows you must clear a number of obstacles over a course in a set order. The in which direction you must guide your horse, or various obstacles may be high jumps, wide jumps or rustic jumps around which axis your horse must perform a turn- (ditches, water jumps, etc.) and appear as individual obstacles, dis- ing movement. An left and right indicator shows you the rhythm or tance jumps or as combinations of several different obstacles. “tact” you must maintain with your horse. In show jumping, horse and rider basically ride at the correct speed and approach an obstacle as squarely as possible. The player must Examples then press the left mouse button for the rider to spur the horse on at the precise moment. The correct way around the course will be indi- Right traverse cated by a moving route indicator on the ground; the next obstacle to Hold down the mouse button and drag it jump will be marked by a column indicator. The choice of approach diagonally to the right. speed depends on the obstacle you have to jump however the minimum speed is the gallop. Pirouette, i.e. turn on the backhand Hold down the mouse button and drag it backwards.

14 Riding Star Riding Star 15 If horse and rider jump too early, the horse will knock over the ob- Speed stacle. Knocking over an obstacle means that the horse has either The correct use of speed and stamina are significant factors in knocked one or several bars off the jump or it has stepped in the show jumping. It is important to reduce and increase speed at water of a water jump. the right moments to clear the obstacles without incurring penal- ties. The rider should reduce the approach speed when a series of You should always approach an obstacle square on, otherwise the jumps are close together, otherwise the horse may refuse a jump. horse will either refuse the jump or will veer off to one side of the obstacle. The horse will not jump outside the jumping area, i.e. when there is no obstacle nearby. Rules

Faults, Penalty points Displays Two elements are scored in show jumping: first, faults (knocking over an obstacle) and second, time taken to complete the Clock course. The clock is displayed in the top right corner of the screen and The winner of a Grand Prix is the rider who can complete the shows your current riding time in seconds. course in the shortest time whilst knocking down the least number There are white and red time segments around the clock. The of obstacles. You must therefore ride through the course as quick- white area indicates the time limit, i.e. the time you should ideally ly and as faultlessly as possible. take to complete the course. The red area shows the time exceed- The player will incur penalty points if the horse knocks down an ed. You will receive a penalty point for each additional second obstacle or steps in a water jump or if horse and rider exceed the over the time limit. time limit set for the course.

Stamina gauge Elimination You will see this gauge in the top left corner of the screen. If the Elimination means that you must quit the current course and start gauge is at maximum and is filled with colour, it means that your it again. You will also be eliminated if your horse refuses an ob- horse is exhausted and will automatically move at a slower gait. stacle three times, if you exceed the maximum time limit for the You should therefore select your horse’s fastest pace very care- course, if you approach an obstacle from the wrong direction or if fully as you will not be able to ride at this pace the whole time. you jump the obstacles in the wrong order.

16 Riding Star Riding Star 17 CROSS COUNTRY Rules Besides dressage and show jumping, cross country is the third discipline in equestrian sport. Cross country is the event that takes place Your score is calculated on the time taken to complete the course. in open countryside, through woods and fields and at an extended All the obstacles must be jumped faultlessly. gallop, as horse and rider jump natural, rustic obstacles. You will incur penalty points or will be eliminated if your horse refuses an obstacle. The height and width of the cross country jumps are lower than those in the show jumping arena. The difficulties in cross country arise Time from the visibility level of the obstacles (i.e. tree trunks, obstacles that are well camouflaged, etc.), and from the additional unevenness There is a time limit in which to complete the cross country course. of the terrain or from unexpected landings as you jump the obsta- If this time is exceeded, you will receive a penalty point for each cles; this will place particular demands on your horse’s obedience. additional second over the time limit. There is also a maximum time The stamina of horse and rider and your judgement of time will also for the course and you will be eliminated if you reach or exceed this be put to the test! Although you must adhere to a set time limit and time. the time taken to finish the course will be counted, it is crucial to jump all the obstacles. Score

Technique The rider will incur penalty points if the horse refuses a jump: you will receive 20 penalty points for the first refusal and 40 penalty The same techniques apply to the cross country as to the show points if the horse refuses the same jump a second time. You will jumping discipline; horse and rider must complete the course as be eliminated if the horse refuses the same obstacle three times. quickly and as faultlessly as possible. The jumping technique is identical to show jumping; the approach Elimination speed you select should be the same and the direction in which you must ride the course and the direction from which you ap- You will be eliminated if you exceed the maximum time set for proach the jump are indicated in the same way. the course, jump the wrong obstacle, approach an obstacle from the wrong direction or if the horse refuses the same obstacle Clock (see “Show jumping”). three times.

Stamina gauge (see “Show jumping”).

18 Riding Star Riding Star 19 7. Credits Localisation Manager Jens Knauber Programmers Additional Content TASK four Studio Johannes Bickle Cecilia Flores Mozo Manfred Satzer Creation Production Manager © 2007, TREVA Matthias Bauchinger Tobias Kraze Haiko Ruttmann Entertainment GmbH Key Art Direction Very Special Thanks to Gerhard Seiler Stefan Sturm Nicole Gerulat Chris Chiu Music & Sound Effects Sound Publisher Michael Jurkovits Henrik Jakoby Martin Wanderer TREVA Entertainment Packaging and Gernot Greindl Haiko Ruttmann GmbH Manual Design Developed by Sproing Quality Assurance Dennis Barcelona Concept & Art Director Helge Behrens Voice talent Financed by Martina Stellbrink Executive Producer Johannes Mücke Bryan Thompson English dtp Game Portfolio Björn Richter Harald Riegler Andreas Ehrenhöfer Erik Hansen 2007 Fondsgesellschaft Lead Artist Botond Nemeth Clayton Nemrow mbH & Co. KG, QA Manager Technical Director Emanuel Amler German Hamburg Pan Schröder Gerhard Seiler Localisation Werner Pohlenz Artists Tobias Kraze Frank Riede TREVA Entertainment QA Technical Lead Producer Johannes Graf French GmbH: Mathias Reinke Peter Ehardt Tim Meredith Localisation Studio David Hannak Managing Director Johannes Mücke For English, Spanish Stéfane Lalloz Freya Looft Testers Additional Production Mason Doran and French Spanish Daniel König Johanna Schober S&H Entertainment Juan-Carlos Hernandez Senior Product Manager Daniel Chan Animation & Modelling Localization Mario Burbano Lukas Kugler Oliver Groote Game Designer Tim Meredith www.shentloc.com Olivier Hannoun Christoph Quas Emanuel Amler “RenderWare is a Marketing Manager Sebastian Schmidt Italian localisation registered trademark. Katrin Schulze Simone Tolari Level Designer Additional Graphics by Simone Tolari Portions of this software Jonas Teegen Christoph Quas RABCAT entertainment are Copyright PR Manager Frank Oberdorfer Tobias Kraze David Hüttner Voiceover Production 1998-2005 Criterion Marina Selikowitsch Jacqueline Bellon Reinhard Schmid Localisation Manager Software Ltd and its Christian Stahlich Lead Programmer Maximilian Frömtner Rolf Klischewski Licensors” Spencer Chapman Erwin Kloibhofer

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