Battle Chess II: Interplay Productions 3710 s. Susan, Suite 100 Santa Ana, C:A 92704 (714) 549 - 2411 Loading Instructions Movement Graphics - CGA, Sound Loading Board - Internal Speaker, Movement Input device - Keyboard. Instructions NOTE: Mouse and When you are finished For IBM/Tandy joystick operations and 100% Compatibles with configurations make are the same. sure you save them to disk Battle Chess II requires at Using Keyboard - To least 640K to play. Before 3. If you want to play move your chess pieces, you begin, make a backup BCII from your hard disk, use the arrows to position create a subdirectory (we of your Battle the flashing square under Chess II disks. suggest creating one called the piece you want to (Refer to your CHESS2) and copy all files move, then press < enter > DOS User’s from all disks into it. (Refer to select it. Select the Manual for in- to your DOS user’s manual desired destination point structions on for instructions on how to by using the arrows and how to make create directories and how press < enter > . (You will backups.) to copy files.) notice that legal moves are MAKE SURE 4. To load BCII from here, solid green squares and il- YOU PLAY WITH YOUR make sure you are in the legal ones are solid red.) BACKUP DISKS ONLY proper directory or at the You can also move the 1. Boot your computer proper drive prompt, and flashing square by using al- with DOS. If you have a type CHESS2<enter> gebraic notation. For ex- mouse, make sure it is con- ample, to move the Knight nected and the driver in- Copy Protection you would type stalled. Bl <enter> During the setup pro- 2. Insert your backup of C3 <enter>. the BCII Startup disk The gram, you will be asked to type in a move from one of Using Mouse - To move first time you play your chess pieces, use the CHINESE CHESS you the fictional games in Ap- mouse to position the flash- must run the setup pro- pendix A of this manual. ing square under the piece gram. Type a:setup Type in the move it re- you want to move, then center >. quests and type <enter>. For example, if asked for press the left button to Follow the instructions Blue’s third move in game select it. Select the desired on screen. The setup pro- #5, Morphy vs. Ching Ti, destination point by using gram will configure BCII to you would type K5Fl the mouse, then press the your system (graphics, center>. BCII will then be left button. (You will notice sound boards, input configured specifically for that legal moves are solid device). If you are not sure your system. If you change green squares and illegal what you have or are system configurations, you ones are solid red.) having problems, con- will need to run the setup figure your system to: program again. Battle Chess II Menus Battle Chess II Menus SETTINGS don’t have a mouse. The piece, and press the Battle Chess II game will be loaded with <enter > key. This will Menus Sound On/Off, Music its saved settings. return your chosen piece On/Off, 3-D Board, 2-D to the chess board. Using Keyboard - Press Board Roman, 2-D Board Save Game From Set Up, you have the <F1> key to bring up Chinese, Human Plays Pick this option if you four additional menu op- the menus. Use the arrows Blue, IBM Plays Blue, want to save a game to tions: to switch between the Modem Plays Blue, Human disk while the game is in Plays Red, IBM Plays Red, Clear Board: Removes all menus and highlight an op- progress. After Battle tion. Press the <enter > Modem Plays Red pieces from the board. Chess II asks you to insert key to select it. Press the Restore Board: While LEVEL your save disk, the Save remaining in Set Up, this <ESC> key to exit window will appear. without selecting any op- aborts any changes you’ve Novice, Level 1-8, Set Choose a slot with the tion. made. Time mouse or arrow keys, type Next Move Blue, Next Menu options that have a a name for the game you Using Mouse - Press the Move Red: This deter- " +” beside them are cur- wish to save, and then right mouse button to rently selected. Note that press the <enter> key. mines who moves next. bring up the menus. Keep the Boards you can change Done: Returns you to holding the right mouse to will show up in the Set- New Game normal playing mode so button down as you move tings menu, while the one you can play the game the pointer over menu tit- This option lets you start you are on does not. you’ve set up. les and the appropriate op- a new game at any time. Note that once you’ve tions will appear. Move the entered Set Up Board, all pointer down to the option Set Up Board moves stored from your you desire and when the This option lets you set Menu Options current game are lost. option highlights, release Explained up games for testing your hold on the right strategies. Set Up is per- Quit mouse button. The four formed on a 2-dimensional menus contain the follow- Load Game chess board with the addi- You’ve had enough. Exit ing options: If you’ve saved a game tional chess pieces ar- to the operating system. before, this option recalls ranged vertically on each the game and picks up side of the board. Any of Force Move DISK where you left off. After the pieces can be selected If you get impatient while selecting Load Game, the and moved into any posi- waiting for Battle Chess II Load Game, Save Game, Load window will then ap- tion by clicking on them to make its move, you can New Game, Set Up Board, pear displaying a list of with the mouse. force it to move with this Quit your saved games. Select option. This interrupts the Keyboard users: To select MOVE the game you wish to load computer’s thinking by double-clicking with a piece on the side of the process and makes it take Force Move, Take Back, the mouse or using the chess board, press the the best move that it has Replay, Suggest Move, arrow keys and pressing < F3 > key, then using the thought of so far (this com- Show Layout, Help Move the center > key if you arrows choose a specific mand is not instantaneous). Battle Chess II Menus Battle Chess II Menus Take Back while illegal ones are solid Plays Blue and Human proximately that long to red. This defaults to on. Plays Red. If you wanted think per move. This option will take back the computer to play the last move made by Sound On/Off against itself, set IBM Plays Shortcut Keys either side. You can take Blue, IBM Plays Red. Any Toggles the combat and If vou don’t want to use back as many moves as you animation sounds on and combination of these is al- the’mouse to want, back to the first lowed (Exception: Modem off. select the move you made. Plays Red, Modem Plays menus, certain Music On/Off Blue) as long as one side shortcut keys Replay plays Red and the other are available in Toggles the individual Let’s say you’ve just plays Blue. combination music scores for each piece taken back a move, then with the ALT on and off. decided it wasn’t such a Levels key See the box bad move after all. Just 3D Board Levels Novice through 8 below for the select Replay to put the are available. Novice is the keys. piece back where it was. Shows the board in its easiest, and 8 is the hardest. splendid three-dimensional The longer Battle Chess II Check Suggest Move view with all pieces animat- thinks, the more carefully When your ing. Want a hint for your next planned its moves will be, King is in possible move? The sug- 2D Roman and the better game it will gest Move option will give play. Under the Novice you that hint. Flashing Shows the Two-dimen- level, Battle Chess II only icon. It will chan highlights will appear on a sional board with Roman does one simplistic board the normal point occupied by one of lettering carved into the evaluation. Remember, if your pieces and the sug- pieces. it’s taking too long, you the Ring es- gested destination point can always override the capes check I (this command is not in- 2D Chinese thinking time by using the stantaneous). Shows the two-dimen- Force Move option. sional board with Chinese Show Layout lettering beautifully Set Time If this is selected, a win- engraved into each piece. This lets you change Bat- dow will appear showing tle Chess II’s average think- the 2D board and pieces. Human/IBM/ ing time to any amount This is advantageous when Modem Plays you want, from 1 minute to you want to see the board 10,000 minutes. A window layout without pieces in Red/Blue will appear after you pick the way. Use these six settings to this option. Type a number determine who plays measured in minutes and Help Move which side. For example, if press the <enter> key, and If selected, legal moves you wanted to play against Battle Chess II will take ap- will be solid green squares another person, set Human Playing By Modem Playing By Modem answer.