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2 Warning before playing the game. A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures or blackouts when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. Exposure to certain patterns or backgrounds on a television screen or when playing video games may trigger epileptic seizures or blackouts in these individuals. These conditions may trigger previously undetected epileptic symptoms or seizures in persons who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. If you or anyone in your family has an epileptic condition or has had seizures of any kind, consult your physician before playing. IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE use and consult your physician before resuming game play. Play in a well-lit area and keep as far away as possible from the television screen. Make sure to take a minutes break during each hour of play Keep as far away as possible from the screen Avoid playing when you are tired or need sleep. Stop using the system immediately if you experience any of the following symptoms: lightheadedness, nausea, or a sensation similar to motion sickness, discomfort or pain in the eyes, ears, hands arms, or any other part of the body. If the condition persists, consult a doctor. 2

3 Wind of Luck: Arena is a session-based team multiplayer online game dedicated to naval battles of the age of sail warships. It's a unique opportunity to feel like a commander or pirate captain in the midst of a furious seafight offensive! The game features team vs team battles, which allows you to fight against random opponents, train together with your friends, sharpening various combat skills and exploring various locations. Battles will take place in truly special seascapes which offer not only a good spectacle, but also the tactical challenge of a variety of battle conditions. There is nothing that can stop you on your way to be a true sea wolf! Good luck and enjoy! Content System requirements:... 5 Registration and game installation... 5 Shipyard... 9 Store Ships Cannons Special weapon Ammunition Equipments Ship on shipyard Armament and equipment Cannons Special weapon Specialists Achievement - Symbol on sails Sails Flag Ship s improvements Ship s repair Arsenal Tavern Achievements Statistics Tier Tree Ship s upgrading Admiral account Chat Battle Battle game user interface (GUI) Ship control Cannon shooting and cannon balls for them

4 Catapult guide Ship crew orders Harpoon cannon Mitrailleuse Fireboat Barrel Ejector Anchor Wind direction and hull toughness indicator Damage done during the battle Putting out fire Spyglass Location map Battle duration Lifting up the treasures Battle chat Spectator s mode Exiting the game Battle report Game settings Video Sound Controls

5 System requirements: OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista/7/8 32 and 64 bit Processor: Dual Core 2 Hz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512 Mb ATI Radeon 4850 or comparable NVIDIA (latest drivers) and support OpenGL 3.2 DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Hard Drive: 3 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible Additional Notes: Please try installing the latest drivers for your video card. Registration and game installation By following the link you go to an official website of Wind of Luck: Arena game. In the upper right corner you will find the link: Create an Account and click on it. 5

6 You get to Registration page where you are supposed to fill in all of the required fields. By having filled the corresponding fields: - your address; Nickname - your name which you want to have in the game; Password and Confirm password - your password and confirmation of your password; Secret Question and Secret Answer - secret question and the answer to secret question. After that you tick off the window that you agree to the Non-Disclosure Agreement terms and click PLAY FOR FREE button. Everything should be filled in Latin. Once you ve done that, you re redirected to the page where you are suggested to check your to validate your address. 6

7 You should receive a validation within a few minutes in which you click the link that confirms your registration and then you would be redirected to game website. Registration is done. Now you can click Download game button that would download the game installer. You can download the game the other way on Home page clicking the Game link in the upper left corner of Home page. On the next page, you will see Download Game button in the centre. 7

8 The downloading process with a settings file called SetupWindOfLuckArena.exe would start, save it where you want, run SetupWindOfLuckArena.exe and follow the installer s instructions. After the game is installed, the launcher will open. You would need to fill in all of the required fields: LOGIN ( ) - it is the address that you used during the registration process, Password - your password, you can tick off the remember me on this computer box and click the UPDATE button. After that, the file downloading process starts, during this process you would need to click UPDATE a few times to download all the previous updates until the button becomes a PLAY button by clicking which you get to Shipyard window. 8

9 Shipyard Right after you ran the game, you get to Shipyard menu. Here you have all your ships where you can improve them, equip and repair them, apply different type of weapons, etc. From here you enter the battle and come back with all the plunder you earned in the battle. By clicking different buttons, you re being redirected to different pages. Upper row: Buy Gold button leads to page where you can buy an in-game gold. You can use Gold to buy different type of ammo and equipment or other things that game offers or exchange the gold to piastres. For example, you can buy flags, additional icons for ships on shipyard, special ships, special type of ammo, admiral account, etc. for Gold. You don t have to buy Gold and you can t get an undeniable advantage in the battle, but the things that are available with Gold can make your battle experience more diverse and comfortable. By clicking Buy Piasters button you can exchange your gold to piastres. In-game exchange rate: 1 Gold equals 500 piastres. Admiral Account - buy or renew your Admiral account. Those who buy such accounts get more plunder in the battle, more fame and expertise. If you don t have an Admiral account, the title would show Captain Account instead. Capitan Account - Shows that you have an account. Amount of Fame - shows the amount of fame that you earned. In the upper part of interface you can see a panel where you can switch to different windows of shipyard. 9

10 Shipyard - shows that you re on shipyard now. Arsenal - You re being transferred to arsenal. Store - this is where you can buy or sell your armament. Tavern - here you can hire Specialists for your crew. Tier Tree - Tree of ship development. Here you can see the ships that are in the game, the ones that are available for you at the moment and which ones will be available in the future. Achievements - Here you can see the Achievement symbols that players receive in battles. Statistics - player s statistics. From the left you can see a parchment that has the info about the ship that you see on the screen: Region - which region the ship belongs to. Tier - tier of your ship Length/Width - Length and width of your ship Maneuvre (downwind) - Maneuverability of your ship when the wind is fair. Maneuvre (windward) - Maneuverability of your ship when it is headwind. Speed (downwind) - your ship s speed when the wind is fair. Speed (windward) - your ship s speed when it is headwind. Crew - your ship s crew. Crew experience - your crew s experience. Crew protection - your crew s protection. Durability - your ship s durability. Left board toughness - shows how tough the left board is. Right board toughness - shows how tough the right board is. Bow toughness - shows how tough your ship s bow is Stern toughness - shows how tough your ship s stern is Sails toughness - shows how tough your ship s sails are. Armament - shows what armament your ship has. 10

11 Bow cannons - shows how many cannons are on the ship s bow. Stern cannons - Number of cannons on ship s stern. Open gundeck - upper deck. Depending on the ship s tier, the ship can have 2 nd gundeck, 3 d gundeck or 4 th gundeck. See example below. Expertise button - you switch to Tier Tree where you can open different improvements for the chosen ship. Repair button - here you can repair your ship. You can see three buttons down below Chat button - here you can exchange short messages with your teammates Here you can exit the game, enter the game settings or go back to shipyard. Ship Filter - here you can take a look at all the ships that you have by choosing any region and tier. From the right: Clicking the icon from the right (1) will open an additional window where you can choose one of cannon presets that can be applied to your ship. 11

12 Clicking the icon from the right (2) will open an additional window where you can choose all the catapults that a player has at the moment. Clicking the icon from the right (3) will open an additional window where you can see all harpoon cannons that a player has at the moment. 12

13 Clicking the icon from the right (4) will open an additional window where all mitrailleuses that a player has. Clicking any of 3 icons from the right (5, 6, and 7) will open an additional window where you can see all the specialists that a player has. 13

14 Clicking the icon from the right (8) will open an additional window where you can see the achievement symbols that a player has. The icon that lets you to choose the sails available to the player. 14

15 The icon that lets you to choose the flags available to the player. The next 3 icons allow you to choose different improvements for your ship. 15

16 Store Store - here you can buy different ships of different regions, different cannons, and special weapon, barrels for catapults and ballistas, and also sails and flags for them. Ships 16

17 Ships are divided into 3 regions and 3 tiers accordingly. Right next to ship s icon you can see its short characteristics, outward appearance, its tier, which region it belongs to and its cost. 3 ships of Tier 1 - Catamaran, Balancella and Barca are given for free. You can only buy the ship which is already unlocked in your Tier Tree. In the Store, unlocked ships are highlighted with an illuminated Buy button in the right corner; the ships that are locked have the Buy button inactive. You don t have to look through all the list of ships, you can filter it out by leaving just one region and one particular ship tier which you like. For that you would need to click small windows Asian, Caribbean and Mediterranean under the Ship icon, and also the small windows of ships, i.e. Tiers 1-3, Tiers 4-6, and Tiers 7-9. Those regions and tiers that you disabled won t be shown, and you will see only the ones that you want to battle with now. In order to buy a ship, you would need to click an illuminate Buy button that would open another window where you would see the way your future ship looks, its price and choose either OK or Cancel. While clicking OK, the in-game piastres would be written off from your account and the ship goes onto your shipyard. Cannons Here you can take a look and buy all the cannons that are available in the game. By clicking the cannon title, you can see its characteristics, recharge time, the price for one cannons and the number of cannons that you have in your Arsenal. You don t have to look through all the list of cannons, you can filter it out by leaving only long cannons or carronades by clicking the box you need and by turning off others. Under these checkboxes there is an 17

18 additional search filter and you can buy cannons for current ship that you ve chosen or for all the ships that you have by checking all ships or for the ships that only you have on shipyard (My ships). In order to buy cannons, you click on the cannon s name where you see its price, click on the upper arrow in order to buy the number of cannons needed. The amount of cannons would change depending how many times you click on the upper arrow, so the price would also change accordingly and the total amount as well. Right after you ve chosen the number of cannons you want, you click the Buy button which would open another additional window where you would see the way your cannons look, total price for all and you either click OK to buy or Cancel. While clicking OK, the in-game money is charged from your account and the cannons go into your Arsenal and are being displayed in green colour on the icon from the right. 18

19 Special weapon Here you can take a look and buy different special weapon for your ship. This includes: Harpoon Cannons, Catapults, Mitrailleuses and Fireboats. The icon info shows how a weapon looks like, its characteristics, its range, reload time, how many barrels it has if it is a catapult and also the maximum ammo load for this type of weapon, price for one unit and the number of units that you have in Arsenal. You don t have to look through all the list of special weapon; you can filter out your search by leaving the one you want to buy at the moment. You can do that by clicking one of the checkboxes. In order to buy a special weapon you need, you click weapon s title where you can see its price, click on the upper arrow in order to buy the number needed. The amount of weapon would change depending how many times you click on the upper arrow, so the price would also change accordingly and the total amount as well. Right after you ve chosen the number of weapon you want, you click the Buy button which would open another additional window where you would see the way your weapon looks, total price for all and you either click OK to buy or Cancel. While clicking OK, the in-game money is charged from your account and the special weapon goes into your Arsenal and is being displayed in green colour on the icon from the right. Ammunition Here you can replenish your ammunition. When you click each type of ammo, you can see the damage it can bring, price for one unit and the amount of particular ammo in your arsenal. You don t have to look through all the list of ammunition; you can filter out your search by leaving the one you want to buy at the moment. 19

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21 You can do that by clicking one of the checkboxes. Here you can buy ammo for your Long cannons, carronades (short cannons), Harpoon Cannons, Catapults and Mitrailleuses. Also here you can buy special ammunition. These are thrown barrels - you have to buy a special device called 21

22 Barrel Ejector in Store and apply it on your ship through a icon of improvements that are available for the ship and then the barrel can be thrown into the sea where it would float on the surface. It blows when it collides with a ship or it set on timer. Its damage is a bit more than damage from a powder barrel. Ammo for built-in weapon can also be set on some ships, mortars, catapults, harpoons that are placed on rotating platform. In order to buy ammo you need, you click on ammo s name where you can see its price, click on the upper arrow in order to buy the number needed. The amount of ammo would change depending how many times you click on the upper arrow, so the price would also change accordingly and the total amount as well. Right after you ve chosen the number of ammo you want, you click the Buy button which would open another additional window where you would see the way your ammo looks, total price for all and you either click OK to buy or Cancel. While clicking OK, the in-game money is charged from your account and ammo goes into your Arsenal and is being displayed in green on the icon from the right. Equipments Here you can buy sails, flags and other different equipment that can be applied on your ship. Sails depending on their characteristics can differ; they can speed up your ship but also can be easily destroyed. Durable sails can slow down your ships but they are not so easily destroyed as light sails. In order to buy a sails, flags or other equipment you need, you click on its name where you can see its price, click on the upper arrow in order to buy the number needed. The amount of equipment would change 22

23 depending how many times you click on the upper arrow, so the price and the total amount would change accordingly. Right after you ve chosen the number of equipment you want, you click the Buy button which would open another additional window where you would see the way your type of equipment looks like, total price for all and you either click OK to buy or Cancel. While clicking OK, the in-game money is charged from your account and equipment goes into your Arsenal and is being displayed in green colour on the icon from the right. 23

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25 In order to apply the sails, flags or equipments to your ship, you go back to Shipyard where down from the right you can see 5 different icons. 25

26 From the left to the right: An icon which lets you to choose sails which you have in your Arsenal 26

27 An icon which lets you to choose flags which you have in your Arsenal Next 3 icons let you apply different improvements for your ship. 27

28 Ship on shipyard When you first enter the shipyard you have 3 ships of Tier 1 which could help you earn Fame points and piastres in order to buy new ships, armament and equipment for them, hire Specialists, etc. The ship that you see in the centre of your shipyard on the screen is active, and everything that you do, repair it, replenish the cannons, equipment, etc. would happen on this particular ship. In order to choose another ship, double-click on one of the icons down below and the ship that you choose would be become active. Armament and equipment You can apply different types of armament and equipment in Arsenal and Repair windows. Here is how it can be realized for certain types of armament and equipment: Cannons By default every ship has a particular set of cannons that can be changed if you earn enough Expertise points, but you can receive these points only if you played with that ship only. Long cannons has a bigger range but bring less damage, carronades bring more damage but have less range. To change long cannons to carronades, you would need to open Tier Tree window, in Armament abilities you would see Carronades, click on that and go back to Shipyard. Click on the cannon presets icon from the right and see which type of cannon is available for you. Go to Store, choose Cannons icon, buy the number of cannons you need, click Apply and the chosen set of cannons will be applied onto your ship. Special weapon After you bought special weapon (harpoon cannons of different types, catapults, mitrailleuses and fire boats, you would need to apply them onto your ship. In order to do that, you would need to click one of the icons with cannons icon and choose the catapult or any other type of special weapon that you want and click Apply. Specialists You can improve the characteristics of your ship after you hired Specialists in Tavern section on shipyard. To Apply Specialists, open the specialist icon from the right of your interface. Right after you ve hired specialists in different areas which can help you improve your ship s characteristics, you have to apply them first. Depending on ship s tier you can hire from 1 to 3 specialists. For that you would need to click on 1 icons of icons that you see from the right above, there you will see an additional icon where you can see all the specialists that you have bought. You have to click Apply button if you want to buy this particular specialist and he would join your crew, you would be able to see his icon in one of the icons. More details in Tavern section. 28

29 Achievement - Symbol on sails During battles you receive different statuses for the progress you made, for example how many ships you destroyed or how many enemy crewmen you killed, etc. you can click on the lower right vertical icon that would open an additional icon where you can see all the statuses that you received during battles. Click Apply button and it will appear on your ship s sails. Sails You can apply the sails you bought in Store, right on shipyard. For that you would need to click the lower icon, the additional window will pop up where all the sails that you bought would be shown. You have to click Apply button opposite the sails that you want to use and they would appear on your ship. Flag You can apply the flags that you bought in Store. For that you would need to click on next to last lower icon where the additional window would open up, there you can see all the flags that you have bought. You have to click Apply button opposite the flag that you want to use and it would appear on your ship. Ship s improvements Apart from the improving abilities that are in Tier Tree that you can only receive by fighting in battles and get Expertise points, there are other types of Improvements that can be bought on shipyard. Fpr example, it is Heavy Bulwark which gives you additional durability, Copper Coating makes the bottom of your ship more maneuverable and speeds it up, Fine Gunpowder creates more damage while hitting the target, water Pumps 29

30 improvement puts out fire quicker, etc. Some improvements can be applied only after they are unlocked in Tier Tree window. You can see that by the activity (lighting) of the chosen improvement icon. Maximum number of improvements that can be applied on one ship is not more than 3. In order to buy an improvement for your ship, you would need to click on one of 3 icons in the lower right part of the shipyard, in the pop-up window you would choose the improvement, click the lighted Apply button which would also open the additional window where you can either accept by clicking OK or click Cancel. When you click OK, the in-game piastres will be charged from your account and your ship will have a new improvement. If you want to remove the current improvement or replace it to another one, you either need to click Remove button or choose another improvement, or you can choose another improvement right away by clicking the lighted Apply button. Ship s repair Here you can repair your ship that has received different damages in the battle, hire your crew, replenish cannon balls and barrels. 30

31 Repair Ship The bar shows the ship s state, the shorter it is the more damage your ship received in the battle. In order to repair your ship, you either need to switch the Auto-repair button and in that case the ship will auto-repair itself and the in-game piastres will be charged automatically right after you left the battle, or repair the lighted Repair button to repair your ship. Replenish Cannons - here you can replenish the cannons that were destroyed in the battle. In order to do that, you either need to click Auto-replenish button, in that case the ship will be auto-repaired and the money would be charged after you left the battle or click the lighted Replenish button. Hire Crew - here you can hire your crewmen that you lost in the battle. You can either choose experienced crew, they would cost you piastres but they can take order faster or you can hire newbies (they are free of charge0 but they take order much slower. Crew gains experience only in the battle, i.e. the ship that never took part in the battle has newbies only. You can adjust the ration of skilled crewmen by clicking the checkbox Auto-hire and in that case the crew is auto-repaired right after you left the battle, or you can click the lighted Hire button. Cannon Shots - here you can repair cannon shots that were used during the battle. On the bars below you can choose the ration of different types of cannon shots such as regular round balls, chain shots, grape shots and bombs. If you click on Auto-replenish button, the cannon shots are auto-repaired and the money will be charged after you left the battle. Special Ammunition - here you can replenish the supply of barrels that you have used during the battle. On bars you see below you can choose the number of different barrels for catapults that you can apply on your ship: gunpowder barrels, oil barrels and special barrels depending on the type of catapult. Harpoon Cannon (see the bar below the catapult bar) can also be replenished, either by clicking Autoreplenish checkbox, and the number of harpoons that you chose before are auto-replenished, the money is charged automatically from your account after you left the battle. All icons with gold and silver show how much every action that you ve done in maintenance window would cost you. In order to complete the replenishment of cannon shots, barrels or harpoons you can either click Accept button from the right or click OK in the lower part of maintenance window. Cancel buttons cancels all previous actions. 31

32 Arsenal In Arsenal you can see all the ships, cannons, flags, sails, ammo, and other things. You don t have to look all the way through the list, you can filter it out by leaving the region you are interested in at the moment. In order to do that, under Ships icon you can click small checkboxes such as Asian, Caribbean and Mediterranean and also the checkboxes of ships Tiers - Tiers 1-3, Tiers 4-6 and Tiers 7-9. Those regions and tiers that you disabled won t be displayed and you can only see the region and tier that you want now. You can sell any type of armament by clicking on armament type where you can see the price for one unit. Choose the number of units that you want to sell by clicking the lighted upper/lower arrow depending how many times you clicked the arrow, the number or units and the price will change accordingly. After you ve chose the number, you click Sell button which would have a pop-up window where you will see the items you want to sell, the price for all, OK and Cancel buttons. While clicking OK button, the money is added onto your account and is displayed on the bar from the left, the chosen item that you sold is reduced by the amount of items you sold and is displayed on the icon from the right. 32

33 Tavern Here you can hire special members of your crew - specialists in different areas with the help of which you can improve the characteristics of your ship. There are 5 types of specialists which have 3 different levels of experience, the higher their level the better the ship s characteristics are, but the ship can enter the battle with a very limited number of specialists onboard (from 1 specialist on small Catamarans to 3 specialists on bigger ships). In order to activate the specialist you would need to click on him (active ability), other abilities work right away as soon as they are onboard. But remember you can lose your specialists during the battle as well as your crewmen. Doctor - increases your crew s protection (passive ability) Boatswain - increases the rate of turn, increases the sails speed, crew protections and recharge for a smaller period of time (passive ability) Gunner - increases cannons recharge, decreases the time of recharge for all cannons, enables you to use double charge (active ability) Carpenter - can fix a certain number of damages done to hull (active ability) Navigator - increases the rate of turn and the sails speed (passive ability) 33

34 Depending on ship s tier you can hire from 1 to 3 specialists. For that you would need to click on 1 icons of icons that you see from the right above, there you will see an additional icon where you can see all the specialists that you have bought. You have to click Apply button if you want to buy this particular specialist and he would join your crew, you would be able to see his icon in one of the icons. More details in Tavern section. In order to buy a specialist, you would need to click on the icon where you would see the price, click on the lighted arrow and choose the number of specialists you want to buy. The number of specialists would change depending how many times you clicked on the arrow, i.e. the total amount would change as well. Right after you have chosen the number you need, you click on Buy button, a small windows pops up with specialists and total cost, you either click OK or Cancel buttons. When you click OK button, the in-game piastres will be charged from your account and the chosen specialists join your crewmen on shipyard. Achievements You can see all the achievement statuses that you received in the battles. You can either show all statuses that you have received, or the ones that you already unlocked or the ones that are still locked. On the image from the right, you can see the symbol, its name, region and the explanation of why it is received. You can apply any of the achievement statuses on your sails of any of your ships. 34

35 Statistics On this page, you can see all the ships and achievement statuses that you had before or have now. Above you can see all the achievement statuses, below you can see the ship, its name and appearance, which region it belongs to, number of battles fought, and the percentage of wins in these battles. On the image from the right you can see a bigger ship s image and its statistics in details - number of battles in total, wins and losses, number of ships destroyed, the amount of damage done to hulls, sails, crewmen destroyed, etc. 35

36 Tier Tree On this page you can find all the ships that are in the game, which region they belong to, their tiers, metric information and which one of them you can actually buy and battle in the game. Apart from the ship s price, first you would need to unlock it in order to buy it and for that you would need Fame Points which you can receive only by battling in the game. Amount of fame points is shown under Gold and piastres buttons. You can unlock the ships that are highlighted in green colour, starting from the first and further. Under the ship, you see its title, cost and amount of fame points that you need in order to unlock it. In order to unlock the ship, you would need to choose the region: Asian, the Caribbean or Mediterranean, you can do that by clicking the region s name. After that you need to click the image in order to unlock the ship and the new window would pop up. 36

37 Ship s upgrading Here you can see more detailed information about the ship you unlocked, its speed, number of cannons (fire power), maneuverability, its toughness and its crew. In order to unlock the ship, you would need to click the lighted Unlock button and if you have enough Fame points, you would see a Free Expertise title in green colour and fame points would be charged from your account. Down below you can see different ability icons in order to improve your ship. These are Armament Abilities, Navigation Abilities and Equipment Abilities. To open these abilities the player would need to battle in the game with this particular ship and earn Fame points accordingly. Fame points would be shown in the upper right corner under Free Expertise title. The ability icons would be lighted under the window; each ability has its cost for this particular ship. 37

38 Admiral account When the player first enters the game he has a Captain Account which lets him to battle, explore and buy ships, etc. But apart from the Captain Account, there is an Admiral Account which has some additional advantages. This account helps you to earn Piastres, Fame points and Expertise points up to 50% more, i.e. you can buy and unlock new ships much quicker, improve their armament and navigation abilities, etc. Admiral account can be bought for Gold. In order to buy it, you would need to click Admiral account on shipyard which would have an additional window where you can choose for how long you want to use Admiral account, from 1 day till 1 year, click on the button you want and click OK. Now you have an Admiral account for the mentioned period of time. 38

39 Chat Players can communicate via chat. In order to send or read a message, you would need to click the button in the lower left corner of the interface (indicated by green arrow) and type your message in the lower field and send it by clicking Send. Battle After you ve prepared your ship for the battle, equipped it with everything needed, hired the crew, etc. you just need to click Battle button and set off for a battle. First you would be shown a window with game balancer where you can see the ship tiers that are going to battle in the game and where the fleets are being gathered. 39

40 After the fleets are gathered, you get into the battle where you control your ships using battle game user interface. Battle game user interface (GUI) The screenshot shows what feature each icon has. Down below you have more detailed information about interface and player s abilities in the battle. 40

41 Ship control You can control your ship with a mouse as well as with the icons on game user interface. Some ships have oars apart from sails. You can clearly see the ship control on the screenshot. Cannon shooting and cannon balls for them 41

42 A ship can have different amount of cannons and cannons position depending on its tier. Cannons are active if the cannon button is lighted up and shows the number of cannons. These are the cannons on bow (37), right board cannons (30) and left board cannons (38), and also cannons on stern (39). You can change the angle of fire clicking cannon angle button (40). You can use 4 types of cannon balls in the battle: round balls (23), chain shots (36), grape shots (31) and bombs (24). In order to choose a particular type of cannon balls you would need to click on the icon with the type of cannon ball you want to use and it lights up (becomes active). Also this icon shows the number of cannon balls that your ship has at the moment. See the screenshot for more detailed information. Catapult guide You can attack the enemy ships with the help of catapult (29) which can throw different types of barrels. For that you would need to click on catapult icon, in the pop-up list choose a barrel and shoot with the left mouse click or by clicking the key on keyboard by showing the target. See the screenshot for more detailed information. 42

43 Ship crew orders Sometimes it is required to increase the ship speed, maneuverability, sometimes rate of fire in the battle is more necessary above all things. With the help of your team you can improve these ship abilities for a short period of time. In order to put order, you would need to click on the icon of ship s control (33) and you would see an additional window. See the screenshot for more detailed information. Harpoon cannon With the help of harpoon cannon (22) you can stop the enemy s ship for short period of time. For that you would need to press the illuminated (activated) harpoon icon and shoot using left mouse click or you can use a key on keyboard by indicating the target. Mitrailleuse Mitrailleuse, a prototype of Gatling gun (34) can destroy the ship s crew much quicker. For that you would need to press the illuminated (activated) icon of mitrailleuse and shoot using the left mouse click or you can use a key on keyboard by indicating the target. Fireboat Fireboat (28) can be added as an auxiliary weapon, when it hits the enemy s ship it can inflict a lot of damage. In order to activate the fireboat you would need press the illuminated (activated) fireboat icon and direct it towards the enemy s ship by using the left mouse click or using the key on keyboard. The boat would explode by stumbling upon some obstacle or it would explode itself in definitive period of time. 43

44 Barrel Ejector Apart from regular barrels for catapults, there are thrown barrels which are thrown with the help of Barrel Ejector. These barrels would float on sea surface. They explode when they collide with the ship or by timer. They bring more damage than gunpowder barrels. In order to eject the barrel, you would need to click the illuminated (activated) icon and using the left mouse click or using the key on keyboard. Anchor For a quicker turn you can use anchor for your ship (20) which can be thrown from the left or from the right boards accordingly. In order to use the anchor you would need to click the illuminated (activated) icon and pressing the left mouse click or key on keyboard by indicating the cursor towards the board. Wind direction and hull toughness indicator This indicator (11) shows the wind direction and the ship s hull, boards, bows and stern in per cent. The ship toughness decreases when the enemy ship inflicts damage to different parts of the ship. The numbers that you see inside the circle indicator show wind speed and ship s speed in knots. Damage done during the battle You can trace the inflicted damage with the help of indicators that show the crew condition (13), sails condition indicator (14), oars condition indicator (17, for ships that have oars) and fire indicator (19). From the right side you see a coloured ring which changes the colour from green to red depending on the number of damage done. Putting out fire The ship can be set on fire when the enemy ships fire with bombs or throw oil barrels and if you miss the time when you can put out the fire, your ship would be burned down. In order to put out fire, you would need to click the crew icon (33) and choose Put out fire command and your crew would be putting out the fire. Spyglass If some ship is sailing far away or you just want to know more details about it, you can do that by using a spyglass (8). For that you would need to press the mouse wheel and it would show you all the data about ship s condition, number of cannons left at that particular moment, sails, damage done to hull, bow or boards and the number of crew left on vessel, etc. 44

45 Location map Even if the location is unfamiliar to you, you can take a look at it on a mini map (15). Here you can see all the islands that are located in this location, real-time location of all your teammates ships (they are those green moving dots that you would see) and also the point where you can lift the treasures up. You can also specify any place on the map by clicking on it or for example to point to an enemy s ship. For that you would need to hover over the map using the left click. A red dot would appear on the place you specified and all your teammates would be able to see it. Battle duration In the upper right corner of the battle game user interface you can see the time left till the battle ends. Battle duration - 15 minutes. The battle ends ahead of time in only 2 cases: if one team has completely destroyed the enemy team or if one team lifted up the treasures. If it didn t happen then after 15 minutes, the game ends in a draw. The players are back to shipyard where they would receive a battle report with battle results. 45

46 Lifting up the treasures You can lift the treasures up if you want the battle to finish ahead of time. For that you would need to get to the point marked with red criss-cross. In the location it is a sunken (ice-bound) ship inside of a marked circle, in the centre of the map. In order to lift the treasures up, the ship or ships should be inside of this circle, the indicator appears which would count the time till 100, the green bar means your team is lifting up the treasures, the red bar means the opposite. After that, the countdown begins. If 2 ships are lifting the treasures, the time passes 2 times quicker, if 3 - then 3 times quicker. 46

47 If an enemy ship hits the ship which in circle, the time stops for 5 seconds. In case when an enemy ship gets inside the circle, the indicator starts blinking in grey colour and the time stops until the enemy ship is outside the circle or already destroyed and then the countdown resumes. If you get inside of the circle when the enemy ship is there, the countdown won t start until the enemy ship is destroyed or leaves the circle. When the treasure s lifting is over, the counter timer stops and the team who lifted the treasures, wins. Players get back to shipyard where they would receive a battle report. Battle chat You can communicate with your teammates during the battle using the battle chat. For that you would need to click Open/close battle chat, it would open a window (10) and type away your message. Spectator s mode In case when your ship was destroyed the player can still stay in the game until it ends by using the spectator s mode. You can do that by using arrows or by clicking the live ships of your team. If a player wants to go back to shipyard before the battle ends, he needs to click Esc and in the pop-up window, press Shipyard button which would take him to shipyard where he can see the battle report or enter the next battle. Exiting the game Battle ends when: The player left the battle himself (clicked on Menu button and back to shipyard), in this case his ship is left in the battle and can be destroyed by enemy ships while it is there. The player goes back to shipyard 47

48 where he can choose the ships available and enter the next battle. The ships that a player left in the battle are inactive and you can t do anything with them. If the player for some reason lost connection, his ship is left in the battle until it ends and can be destroyed by other ships. After he reconnects and gets to shipyard. All enemy ships are destroyed; the battle ends where the player receives a battle report. One team was able to lift the treasures up; the player goes back to shipyard where he sees his battle report. None of the teams were able to destroy the opposite team (during 15 minutes) or lift the treasures, the game ends in a draw ( Brave Struggle ). Player goes back to shipyard where he receives his battle report. If the player s ship got destroyed, he can still be in the game until it ends by observing your team s play. In order to do that, you would need to use the right click to switch between your live team mates. Battle report Right after you re back to shipyard, you will receive a battle report. Depending on battle results, you can either receive a Report of Glorious Victory, a Report of Grievous Defeat or Report of Brave Struggle. Battle report informs you which ships you sailed with, where the battle took 48

49 place, what day and time, the damage your inflicted and damage suffered. Also you can see the names of ships that you destroyed (if it happened in the battle), how many piastres you received in the battle, Fame points and Expertise points for the ship and Achievement statuses (if a player actually received them in the battle). Game settings In order to enter the game setting, you click the menu button with a ship silhouette in the lower left corner on shipyard. And you are redirected to a new window where you click Settings button: You open the game settings: 49

50 Back - go back to the previous window Apply - apply changes Cancel - don t change anything Defaults - going back to default settings Video Choose the display resolution and other settings. 50

51 Display Resolution - Here you can choose the resolution that fits better for your screen. Antialiasing - smoothes out the image, you change the level of smoothing Anisotropic filtering level - makes the textures look better on surfaces, you can choose different levels. Enable Fullscreen Sync to display Enable advanced effects Enable motion blur Enable glow and bloom - additional effects Enable ambient occlusions (SSAO) - additional lighting and conforming fadeout Dynamic light detail Texture detail - choose textures quality Brightness Note: the higher you set your graphics settings the lower your FPS will be. Sound Master Volume - regulate the overall volume Music Volume - regulate music volume in the game Sound Volume - regulate sound effects in the game Voice Volume - regulate voice volume Ambient Volume - regulate the ambient environment in the game Sound Device - choose the one you want 51

52 Controls Keyboard and mouse controls are assigned for your own comfort or by default. In order to reassign the keys you would need double click the button and then choose the one you want to save. Default settings: Invert mouse Mouse sensitivity - regulate its sensitivity Unfold sails - W Fold sails - S Increase oars mode - Use oars if the ships has them and speed up the ship accordingly, R Decrease oars mode or move backwards - F Turn left - A Turn right - D Fire forward -Num 8 Fire back -Num 2 Fire left board - Num4 Fire right board -Num6 Fire special weapon (mortar, turret cannon) - 9 Fire Harpoon cannon -2 Fire Catapult -1 52

53 Fire Mitrailleuse -3 Set catapult barrel to gunpowder - F5 Set catapult barrel to oil - F6 Set catapult barrel to special - F7 Throw barrel with the help of Barrel Ejector - 4 Set Barrel Ejector barrel to gunpowder - 9 Set Barrel Ejector barrel to oil - 10 Fireboat - 5 Use active ability of Specialist 1-6 Use active ability of Specialist 2-7 Use active ability of Specialist 3-8 Drop Anchor from left - Z Drop Anchor from right - X Use Spyglass by clicking on mouse wheel Increase Sound volume - undefined Decrease Sound volume - undefined Turn lamps on/off - L Order crew: Put out a fire! - Y Order crew: Help with rudder - U Order crew: All take cover -I Enter chat window/leave chat window - Tab Zoom out camera - not applied Zoom in camera - not applied Turn camera to the left - undefined Turn camera to the right - undefined Change camera angle up - undefined Change camera angle down - undefined Change camera aim (change the camera view from the deck) - SHIFT Turn music on/off - undefined Turn sound on/off - undefined Screenshot - F12. Change aiming angle up -Home Change aiming angle down - End Change ammo to round cannonballs - F1 Change ammo to chainshots - F2 Change ammo to grapeshots - F3 Change ammo to bomb - F4 53