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                        Legend of Saladir V0.20

                         Second public release

                      (C) Erno Tuomainen 1997/1998
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INTROITUS

Here is a new version of Saladir at last, in this version there
are lots of new features.

To make the long story short, press ? key in the game to check out the
keybindings and commands you have access to.

I must again note that this game IS in very early state. I plan to
develop it much further. I will gladly accept all feedback concerning
this project.

Until the next time,

        -Erno


ABOUT GAME PLOT/GOALS

There isn't any, YET! This is under development. The plan is to make
this game very much QUEST based. There will be many types of guilds where
you could get some quests. But before that, I have much to do with the
main game engine and RPG-system. Spells and skills are another major
thing to concentrate first.

Please join to the mailinglist (check below) and we can discuss
everything concerning the game and its features.



ABOUT WEAPONS & ARMOR

Armor can be equipped but it doesn't change your defence value or armor
class at all (YET!). It will be in the next version.

Weapons can be used, but if you have a weapon in both of your hands, then
only the right hand weapon is used. Two handed weapons work as they should.




ABOUT TIME AND CALENDAR AND FOOD

This version has a time and calendar built in. The calendar measures the
time passed in the Saladir world.

Every move your character makes takes a certain amount of time. If you
are adventuring in the wilderness then time goes faster when moving
around the map. This is because one dungeon grid is much smaller than
one grid in the wilderness map.

You can access the calendar and passed time with 'T' and 't'.

In Saladir, your food usage is measured in remaining time counter. When
you eat, you will get some more time to the counter. When the counter
reaches zero you will die. Simple.

In this version you can check your food status with 'f'.

When you are absolutely full and can't eat anything, you are BLOATED and
then you have 12 hours until you starve to death. OKAY, I know that in
real world almost everyone can last MUCH longer, but there has to be
some considerations on the game balance. This is something I need your
comments on. Please, how does it feel in game play?





LEGEND OF SALADIR MAILING LIST

My brother has kindly put up a mailinglist for my game. If you are
interested in the development of this game, want to give some feedback
or just chat with others playing The Legend of Saladir then please sign
in.

Write message to saladir-request@japeteus.keltti.jyu.fi

And in the message body use this sentence with your email-address of
course.

subscribe saladir <Your email>

Include 'digest' if you want to get one days messages in one single package.





WHERE CAN I FIND LATEST VERSIONS OF THIS GAME?

Check the public (anon) ftp at:

        japeteus.keltti.jyu.fi /saladir

or go to my homepage, downloads section at

        www.evitech.fi/~ernomat/index.html




HISTORY - Is there any?

Version 0.20 - 16.01.1998
        Some of the new features added to this version are:

        Online help
        Female or male players and monsters
        Equipping items
        Gold, silver and copper coins
        World time and calendar (including timers:)
        Player and monster regeneration (hitpoints)
        Piled items can be taken and dropped one by one
        Game configuration options (not saved yet)
        Food usage, starvation
        Equipped weapons are used in battle now...
        Dragonscale weapons are not possible anymore :-)
        + many bugfixes

Version 0.17
        This was the first public release.
        Nothing much to say.




IMPORTANT NOTICE

Although this program is NOT developed to be harmfull, I must state that
I am not responsible for any damages caused by this program. If you
execute this program, you take all the responsibility.




AUTHOR INFORMATION

Legend of Saladir is being programmed by Erno Tuomainen and I can be
contacted at the following addresses:

Homepage:       www.evitech.fi/~ernomat/index.html
my email:       ernomat@evitech.fi

snail mail:     Erno Tuomainen
                Serkustentie 1 G 62
                00430 HELSINKI
                FINLAND

I would love to receive a postcard from you if you are playing/testing
this game.



