Dark reign manual

It's as if they were separated and have nothing to do with one another. This game boasts of "superior artificial intelligence" that "acts as unpredictably as a human. I wouldn't take what they say too seriously, I found the computer to be very predictable just like its predecessors. On the other hand, the computer is much better player than previous real-time strategy games, which makes up for that predictability.

Multi-player games are very fun. With that AI out of the way, it's just you versus a friend; the game is very enjoyable. There is modem and network support for you and friends, and also Internet forums provided by Activision so you can play whenever you want. By far the best part about this game is its multi-player aspect.

A new feature to Dark Reign are the waypoint markings. Instead of directing your units and holding their hands while they cross the street, you can direct them through a series of markers that they follow sequentially as they arrive to their final destination. This greatly helped me along strategically when I planned multi-directional attacks - a good addition. They also included behavioral options. You can set a unit to scout around, harass, or search and destroy.

Other options include the ability to change the priority of when to get repaired, and when to return fire. Cabe's team developed a clone body, labeled "J. Rhodes, Repro Bod 2. The facility was attacked and the clone body was discovered by Norman Osborn. With help from former S. But before he could reach him, Norman Osborn intervened by sending the Avenger Ares to fight him. Rhodes managed to hold his own against the god of war and he captured Harmon.

Harmon released Sandoval, but Rhodes found out that Harmon ordered the rape of Sandoval along with the order to experiment on her with something unknown. Harmon led Rhodes, Ares, Sandoval, and the agents to a quarantine room. Before opening the door, he told Rhodes since he was a government contract agency, he couldn't be prosecuted.

But Sandoval showed Harmon that she was an employee for the same agency and killed him. When they were about to leave, Ares decided to open the door to find out what was behind it. The experiments conducted at Eaglestar turned out to be test subjects who were infected by an "Ultimo virus".

When Jacobs told Rhodes to get Sandoval out of there, she was revealed to also have been infected with the same virus. Following the Skrull defeat and the rise of Norman Osborn to power, the Agents of Atlas decided to oppose Osborn's agenda by taking on the role of "super villains".

Their first act was to attack Fort Knox and steal the gold reserve, which Osborn planned on using to finance a secret weapons system. Black Panther was secretly approached by Namor in an attempt to recruit him into the Cabal, the secret council of super-villains masterminding the events of the Dark Reign. After refusing, Black Panther was attacked by Namor's fellow Cabal-member Doctor Doom and an army of his Doombots, who critically wounded him though the Panther managed to make it back to Wakanda.

The council of Wakanda were forced to find a temporary replacement. T'Challa was in critical condition and in a coma. When Deadpool heard that Norman was the one who killed the Skrull Queen, he put two and two together about who stole the data Deadpool got from the Skrulls during the Invasion.

Knowing it was supposed to be Nick Fury who got the information to kill the Skrull Queen, Deadpool sent a letter to Norman asking for million dollars in hush money to keep Deadpool from ruining Osborn's heroic outlook. Norman then sent the new Thunderbolts to attack Deadpool.

As the Secret Warriors attempted to evacuate, H. Nick Fury confronted the team on their failures, but specifically talked to Daisy about information he uncovered.

A month before, Fury infiltrated a covert Chicago base and downloaded all information about the previous and current command structures of S. A few weeks later, he confronted the new U. President about the deactivation of S.

This failed and the two marked up in battle, which Thor barely survived. He let out a call for the Avengers, but the Dark Avengers arrived and attacked both gods. After a long fight, Thor decided to end it permanently and the two gods attacked each other in a last attack. But in the end, Thor was the one who came out the victor and then both Loki and Balder arrived telling Thor exactly who it was he had just killed.

When Thor learned of this he was overcome with horror and grief, but it was too late and Bor died. Because of this, Loki had Thor exiled from Asgard forever due to him killing another member of the Royal Family in which Balder was forced to agree with Loki.

Should he ever return, he would be killed along with any who tried to aid him. Balder asked him if he had any last words.

Thor told him that he did, but they were for another time and another place, and for someone else. But when he finally did speak those words, thunder, fire, and darkness should follow after. Later in a tavern, Loki was telling some of the other Asgardians that she knew of a new place they could go, since they were uncomfortable in such a hot and flat climate.

She had already spoken to their king and he had invited all Asgardians to live there, where there was snow-capped mountains, where they could hunt to their hearts content which happened to be Latveria.

Norman Osborn had Mainframe obtain Quasimodo and had it give him the data on every known bad guy when he became Norman's analysist. Scarlet Witch was angrily attacked by Stature , who was stopped by Vision's revelation that the image before them was but an astral projection from elsewhere.

The Hulk , in anger and confusion as to how he vanished from Arizona Desert and appeared at Wundagore, threatened to "smash". The U. Agent demanded Pym tell him what was happening, and a giant-sized Stature assailed Wanda in fury. The other Avengers, including Jocasta and Hercules, struggled to restrain the Hulk while Amadeus Cho tried to remind the Hulk of their past relationship. The shocked U. Agent called out to Amadeus Cho and Hercules. Iron Man arrived on the scene, surprised greatly, and battled the enraged Banner, this time managing to triumph.

The united forces of the Avengers, aided by Wanda, quashed the threat of Chthon, and released Quicksilver from his demonic control. Upgrade — This option will appear for any building that has the potential to be upgraded.

The button will not be active until all the prerequisites for the upgrade have been completed. If you click on a Construction Rig or on a building that can build such as a Precinct or a Motorpool , a Build Menu will appear on the left side of your screen. For more information on base building and unit construction see this section on page 21 of this manual.

This menu relates to multiplayer functions and is only available during a multiplayer game. Access the Comms Menu by pressing the button to the lower-left of the Minimap. To chat with other players, type your message in the message window at the bottom of the Comms Menu and press enter. You can select who receives the message by clicking on the box to the left of the message window.

You can select All everyone will see the message , Team only teammates will see the message , or Allies all allies will see the message. After you choose a chat it will remain on that channel until you change it. While playing the game you can access the Options Menu by clicking on the triangular button with lines to the lower-right of the Minimap, or by hitting the Escape key. In the unfortunate event that you must stop playing Dark Reign 2 and return to the real world, you may also exit from this screen.

Any settings you make here are saved when you exit. Sets the defaults to their state when you first installed Dark Reign 2. This allows you to return to the shell to access other portions of Dark Reign 2. The Video options allow you to adjust the graphical settings of the game.

The most commonly used functions are:. You may toggle other display features such as mirrored water as well. Hold your mouse cursor over a button to display a tool tip explanation of each feature. These settings are saved when you exit the menu.

You may also run Dark Reign 2 in windowed mode from this menu. To return to full-screen, click off the "Win" button in this menu. Although most users will not need to alter the defaults, advanced users may modify them if they wish to host games from behind firewalls or connection sharing mechanisms.

Refer to the Technical help readme file for more information. Dark Reign 2 supports additional mods and add-on's created by other players. Please consult the readme. This section outlines many features of Dark Reign 2 , including building your base, collecting resources, and setting individual behavior settings for each of your units.

In most missions, you will want to build a base to support and protect your war machine. Structures are built by individual Construction Rigs. To start the building process, left-click on a Construction Rig unit on the map; the buildings available for construction will be shown in the Build Menu above the Building Manager.

Building types that are not yet available will be shaded over in red. If you hold the mouse cursor over one, a text cue will appear informing you what prerequisite structures must be completed before this building can be constructed for instance, in the JDA campaign to build a Motorpool you must first build a Command Center.

To select the available building type you wish to construct, left-click on that structure in the Build Menu. An image of the building will now appear on your cursor as you scroll back over the Game Window. You may designate any flat, unobstructed area of the map as your building site by left-clicking on the desired spot areas unsuitable for building include sloping hillsides or over terrain features such as trees or boulders; when you scroll over these with your building cursor, it will turn red.

This must be done before you actually click on the terrain to give the order. Once you have left-clicked on the desired spot, the selected Construction Rig will confirm your choice verbally, move to the site, and begin building. Once given, you may cancel a construction order before building begins by selecting the Rig and left-clicking anywhere on the map. Buildings are not operational until they are completed. Left-clicking on the building under construction brings up a status bar indicating the progress of the job.

Once you have constructed one or two basic buildings, you can begin to manufacture units and wage war against your opponent.

The first thing to build is a Command Center; with this you can make Construction Rigs, which can in turn construct other buildings. Once your Barracks or Precinct is complete, left-click on the structure; the units available for building will appear in the context menu above the Building Manager. Again, Construction Rigs will emerge from the Command Center, while. You can also preselect units so that as soon as the unit is available, it will be built.

To build vehicles, you will first need to construct a Garage or Motorpool. Once these structures are complete, left-click on the structure; the units available for building will appear in the context menu above the Building Manager. HINT: Building speed can be severely reduced if you are low on power, so always make sure that you have enough power plants. Another of the first structures you should build when setting up your base is a power plant, because all of your buildings need power to function.

There are two types of plants available. The first is solar, which is inexpensive but generates a very limited supply of power. When the sun goes down this production is reduced even further. You can see how much extra power you are getting from the sun by checking the light green bar on the power bar in the interface. When the sun sets, this light green bar will disappear. The second type of plant is nuclear and generates a potent, constant source of energy.

Though powerful, it is expensive to build. When power is low, building production will slow down and force field walls may turn off. When power is critical, building production becomes very slow, and gun turrets will not fire. In order to build your base and units, you will need to locate and harvest Taelon. To do this, construct a Refinery and send out your Collector to find a patch of Taelon.

Once located, he will begin harvesting it until he has reached his full capacity, at which point he will return to the Refinery to empty his load. Note that as you harvest Taelon at a given location, the supply there will shrink and eventually disappear, forcing you to move on and look for new sources. However, some Taelon deposits will regenerate as the game progresses, so from time to time you may want to return to areas you may have already harvested, to see if the Taelon has regrown.

The Collector will then travel between those two points until the Taelon field is exhausted or you change its destination. A well-funded army is a strong army. There are several ways to raise the health status of a unit or building. You can order a group of vehicles into the repair bay, and they will enter and exit one by one as they are repaired. Infantry units are healed in the same way by their own special units or by entering their hospital.

Group healing works the same way as group repair. To repair a building, you will need to use a Scaver or a Psitech. Select the unit and mouse over the damaged building; your cursor will switch to the heal cursor. Left-click on the building, and the unit will move over to it and begin the repair job. The building will be repaired at a steady rate until it has regained full health. Left-click on a building; its context menu will appear above the Minimap, and one of the items on the menu will be Recycle.

Like the building process, the deconstruction process is not instantaneous but will take some time. Therefore, if you are planning to get some value out of a building that is under attack and unsalvageable, you may want to start the deconstruction process early. If you are running low on power, you may wish to turn off the power to one or more of your buildings and so lighten your energy load.

To do this, left-click on the building you would like to power down. To restore power to buildings you have temporarily shut down, simply repeat the process. Buildings that are powered down will not function or provide line of sight. Welcome to ManualMachine. We have sent a verification link to to complete your registration. Log In Sign Up. Forgot password? Enter your email address and check your inbox. Please check your email for further instructions.

Enter a new password. Games PC. If the AutoPlay feature does not function, please check the following: 1. To verify this, perform the following steps: a.

To check, perform the following steps: a. If autoplay still does not work, please try the following: a. To do so, use the following instructions: 1. And I watch. A mark that I handed down to my brothers, and to my sons.

I have always been here. How could Terra require terraforming? Who could conceive such a thing? The bureaucrats. Have you ever seen two Sprawlers agree on anything? Within this window you can control all of your units, telling them where to go and what to do. You quickly using either of two options. Holding the right mouse button allow you to turbo-scroll around the terrain at super-speed. Also, during a battle you can be transported to the the space bar.

To right-click anywhere on the screen. In you will notice three small buttons. From left to right, they are You can use these to further control your units. Clicking Attack and then a to attack that target, whether it is friend or foe. Units on Move and designated location. If they encounter enemy units, they will stop and. You will see a small representation of the current camera position on the Minimap at all times; the glowing green area next to it represents the area currently visible in your Game Window, as well as which direction the camera is facing.

Just to the left of the power indicator is a small vertical bar. This represents your unit limit. To give an ally units, select the units you wish to give, then open the Menu. Select the person you wish to give the units to you will see a pull-down box. Then press Units.

You will see a box with a in it. Type in the amount you wish to give. Select the player you wish to give the Taelon to from the -down box. Click the SelectFlag button. Then click on the terrain where you wish to place a marker. All teammates and allies will able to see the marker. You may only lay one marker at a time. Here you can set the behaviors of individual units.

Right Mouse Scroll Speed Sets the speed at which the camera moves when right mouse scrolling Edge Scroll Speed Sets the speed at which the camera moves when edge scrolling Keyboard Scroll Speed Sets the speed at which the camera moves when arrow-key scrolling Reset Defaults Sets the defaults to their state when you first installed Dark Reign 2.

Restart Mission This allows you to turn back time and begin a mission again. Abort Mission This allows you to return to the shell to access other portions of Dark Reign 2. Quit Dark Reign 2 Something you will never want to press! The most commonly used functions are: Video Card Selects your primary video card from those available. Resolution Window Allows you to set the display resolution based on your video card Detail Settings Allows you to change the level of graphical details in the game You may toggle other display features such as mirrored water as well.

POWER Another of the first structures you should build when setting up your base is a power plant, because all of your buildings need power to function. You can only view or download manuals with. Sign Up and get 5 for free. Upload your files to the site. You get 1 for each file you add. Get 1 for every time someone downloads your manual. Buy as many as you need. View and download manuals available only for.