Lordinium is a mature Medieval Role Playing Game exclusively designed for PalmOS. The game features a dynamic environment, which evolves according to your acts and decisions. It means that it's up to you to prevail a fief against another, to become rich and famous, to concentrate on mission fulfilment, to seek for fighting knowledge,...
It's just up to you. But it won't be easy.
Prepare for deep character development and "situation management".
Features :
Medieval Combat Simulator
Random Mission Generator
Crafted Items Editor
Medieval Tournaments
Dynamic Environment
Auto-save, 16 shade graphics
How to install
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Use an extractor program such as WinZip on the PC or Stuffit Expander on the Mac to get at the Lordinium files. Install Lordinium Installer.prc by double-clicking that file.
Use the HotSync button as usual to install the game onto your handheld.
Clic on the just installed "Install Lordinium" icon.
Now run Lordinium to play the game!
If you've got any queries about Lordinium or the registration process, first check out our frequently asked questions page on our website (you must be connected to the internet to access this). If this doesn't help, get in touch with us at support@rolelore.com.
NOTE :
Lordinium works on Palmhandelds supporting 4bits display.
Once LordiniumInstaller run on your handeld, Lordinium appears as one file on your main sceen, and as a total of 3 files in menu/info-delete :
- Lordinium 758 ko
- Sat Forms EE RDK 4.1 169 ko
- Temp Install Data 6 ko
For UPDATE INSTALLATION, delete those 3 files on your handeld before installing the new Lordinium Installer version.
CAUTION :
BE SURE YOUR PALM CAN RUN 4bits images ! (not the case for handspring vizor,...)
Playing Lordinium
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Check www.rolelore.com (or see the QuickTutoria.txt file attached)
Hints
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��� Save game files
Lordinium features auto-save system.
But what if you want to preserve your hero from hard reset or store and play different characters.
Well, it's now that simple : each 22 quarters, Lordinium will automatically generate an independant file on your handeld, (yourheroname.pdb).
Do a hotsync and store it anywhere. If you want to install your hero, do a hotsync and runs that file.
CAUTION
I strongly recommend to manage your hero file carefully : do a hotsync and store it in a special folder as soon as possible after its creation (reason : once run, the file is deleted from your handeld), after that you may delete the file on your handeld (reason : if run, no confirmation is asked to replace the current status). I also recommend not to have different hero files on your handeld (though technically speaking, nothing prevents you from doing that).
Registering
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The unregistered version is NOT limited in time. Rather in character development.
If you enjoy the game mecanisms you will soon understand what it means. Registration enables full game play.
To register this program, visit http://www.palmgear.com or http://www.handandgo and search for Lordinium.
The registration key will normally be sent out by email within 48 hours of you registering.
IMPORTANT technical note
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Lordinium II suffers from a issue that only appears after continuous period of play (when you don't quit the app). The period may vary depending on your palm. It's a kind of resident bug of previous version -though greatly minimized- :
The game begins to slow down (and eventually will fail in displaying some images), when this happens, just quit (click any soft or hard palm buttons) and reload the game. It will continue at the exact spot where you left it.
Don't hesitate to do the quit+reload process as soon as you feel the game slows down.
This bug is not linked to the game but rather to the code engine (so, no need to mail me bug report:).
I am waiting for the definite fix schedulded in December 2002, and free patch will be available then.
I decided to make Lordinium available despite the issue (don't punish me for that).
Release Revision History
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October 8th 2002
Lordinium 2.00
- Rewards section : adds elements in character development and may help newcomers to just know what to do in the rpg.
- Legends section : very special feature : only hardcore player may manage to deal with this...
- New Demo concept : no time limit ! The unregistered version is rather limited in character development with no time limit and let freely discover the rpg.
- In game tutorial : for every player who don't know where to tap in the screens ...
- Season checkpoint : hero income, stats development and special things are now available for valuable characters.
- New Combat Challenge : Some boss now have their own original combat skills !
- 'New Game' ability : no more meed for extra file (NewHero file) to start a new game.
- Game optimization : things run faster than ever.
- Big difficulty tuning adding challenge for strong heroes (with vif >120)
- Overall NPCs services revision (Chamberlain,...)
April 2nd 2002
Lordinium 1.08 revision
- tuning : XP, Tournament difficulty, high mission difficulty.
- corrections : family "needed characters", family "no location" case, texts revision.
March 15th 2002
Lordinium 1.08 revision
- Loyalty Contest tuning,
- minor errors in the family interactions fixed,
- unwinnabe Family Fight fixed,
- double "Sparkle keep" case fixed.
March 12th 2002
Lordinium 1.08 tuning
- very high mission can now be negociated,
- hero hardsave is now generated each half-season,
- "no items on site" situation solved.
March 11th 2002
Lordinium 1.08 correction
- stuck chambellan case fixed.
March 6th 2002
Lordinium 1.08
- new gameplay element : FAMILIES
- new feature : foe evaluation scale
- gameplay tuning : Loyalty Contest conditions, Rewards, upgraded Fighting IA, piercing attacks
- game fixes : 0.5% artefact double edition,connections between Trader/TournamentEnd/Repartition, Mission Hints Inquiry
- miscellaneous : the demo is now longer.
January 24th 2002
Lordinium 1.07
- new gameplay element : TOURNAMENT,
- new gameplay element : LOYALTY CONTEST,
- new gameplay element : TRADER ,
- new character are now equipped by default,
- general cost / reward revision : more elements taken into account for a more realistic simulation,
- multiple foes combat revised
- complex and intricate mission "blank search" fixed !
January 10rd 2002, 1.06 revision :
- International Formats compatibility enhanced,
- HUNTERS "false" encounters fixed,
- NewHero and "Attributes" trick solved
January 3rd 2002, 1.06 revision :
- Improved Combat Simulator : new events !
- Land screen faster "loading,
- armor equipped bug fixed,
- "no-scumming" backup system
December 21th 2001
Lordinium 1.06
- INQUIRY revision for faster, easier and a new function (display of all missions you deserve...)
- JOURNAL revision,
- native Character Data Backup,
- new design for all social screens : gothic medieval enluminure style for village,city, lord,... to give more informations on the screen (Day and Title in addition to Time and Clan),
- new gameplay element : COUNSELLOR,
- new gameplay element : HUNTERS
- new Journal feature : MAPS,
- journal health : diagnostic function
- new game engine,
- new "clean" handeld installation (only 3files),
- combat simulator tuning (responsivity from rookie to master).
November 19th 2001
Lordinium 1.05
- overall smoother Combat Simulator,
- no more blank encounter on some complex missions (players who met that will understand)
- all general skills are now available for each lady rewards,
- harder encounters in Intricate Missions ...
- health recovering upgraded : better management of "extreme" event,
- Combat Simulator enhancement : If you have multiple assaults to parry, the Combat Engine automatically attacks, as for Broken Assault.
- journey progression enhanced ; random events revisited for smoother progression,
- item editor "double edition case" fixed : no more weapon costing more than 10 millions Ecus...,
- navigation upgrade : faster screens jumps
- Lady rewards requirements lowered ; she was really hard to please,
- Quarter Update now gives the total Quarters you have spent with your hero,
- new gameplay element : MESSENGER
- new gameplay element : HONORIFIC TITLES
November 7th 2001
Lordinium 1.04b
- removes an annoying 0.5s loading time on drawing location spot in journey screens,
- foe's fighting style was not working properly ("heavy" guys were prefering PAL,...)
- Weapon Database balancing : now, inertia of heavy weapons has influence on their Stability.
November 1st 2001
Lordinium 1.04
- all 16-level grayscale graphical revision
- navigation optimization
- new gameplay element : the CHAMBELLAN.
- FATAL BLOWS corrected
- COUNTERATTACKS fixed
- Zombie mode fixed (strange bug causing a close-to-death hero to be unearthly strong...)
- MYTHICAL encounters available
- the game is now 60ko lighter
- full comptability with coming customs.
October,17th 2001
Lordinium 1.03
- XP gain more balanced
- Clan participation corrected (the CHANCELLOR was too kind with your hero...)
- Combat Simulator enhanced (Foes now can anticipate your strikes if you don't pay attention)
- Combat Simulator fixed ( minor elements leading to "easy" fights )
- Message generation fixed (uncorrect text on given missions)
- Arms master teaching corrected (an error caused him to be really cheap)
- Healer is now more effective
October,15th 2001
Lordinium 1.02
A simple upgrade just to remove an annoying requirement : serial number is no more needed for correct registration.
October,11th 2001
Lordinium 1.0
Lordinium is now presented as a shareware program. The Lordinium Demo 1.0 is thus discarded !
Demo and full version are just the same application (you know, a shareware !:)
October, 3th 2001 :
Lordinium Demo 1.0
Demo only version of Lordinium, no registration available.
Feedback
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If you've got suggestions about how to improve Lordinium - or with reports of any problems you've had, then please contact us!
Lordinium enquiries/feedback: info@rolelore.com
Registration and technical problems: support @rolelore.com
Contributors
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Programming, Graphics and Game Conception : Antheor.
Thanks also to all of you who have encouraged the project.
Special Thanks
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To all of you who give me a hand, and especially to David and Meredeth.
Legal
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Rolelore takes no responsibility for any adverse effect that this software could cause to your machine or the data on it: backup important data before using Lordinium. Lordinium is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. Lordinium is licensed, not sold.
You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble this software.
Written permission must be obtained before distribution of this game, either in demo form or full form, through any online or offline methods.