Swords & More mod for Severance: Blade of Darkness

Swords&More version 6
by IronLord

August 2004

Mod for Severance: Blade of Darkness
a.k.a. Edge: The Blade of Darkness

Forums: www.arokhslair.net
www.damnx.de

Last Change: August 23rd 2004

changelog:
- no error message although you have entered a correct weapon name when loading a savegame

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PLEASE READ THIS FILE AT LEAST ONCE COMPLETELY
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There are some major changes since version 5.

You don't need to learn everything by hard. You
will remember when you come across it. It looks
much more than it actually is.

For German version:
In the German version of the game some all menu text, except the [HEADLINES],
and the whole ingame-Text are in German.

For Spanish version:
Some ingame text is in Spanish. What I didn't know is in English (Masklin
translated a long time ago something for me).

In all other versions of the game everything is in English.

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Features
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- call a selectable weapon and the holy sword that can perform all
magic combos and all combos of all weapons at all levels

- spawn life in game enemies and allies
- create life in game: torch, power potion, life potion, jewellery, quivers, bow

- fire an electric flash with the spawned weapon or spawned holy sword
that makes the target explode very bloodily

- unlimited stamina

- prevent combo auras and trails

- camera tools, time tools, freeze and unfreeze creatures

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Installation
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- requires BODLoader
(www.dahlby.net/games/blade or alianza.meristation.com/blade)

- Uninstall any previous versions of Swords&More

- create a folder "..\BODLoader\Mods\Swords&More" and copy the files into it

- run the game and go to MODS -> SETUP -> SWORDS&MORE -> INSTALL

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Usage
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- the [BACKGROUND FUNCTIONS] are performed automatically without pressing a key

- press the selected key to perform the function

- the default settings of Swords&More version 6 are:

F = fire electric flash

1 = scroll list up
2 = scroll list down
3 = execute the seleceted function from the list

4 = remove a spawned creature

5 = freeze creature totally
6 = freeze creature (becomes only blind and deaf)
7 = unfreeze selected creature
8 = unfreeze all creatures frozen/spawned by you at once

F3 = help screen
F4 = free camera on/off
F5 = move camera left
F6 = move camera right
F7 = slow down time
F8 = speed up time
F11 = hold time / continue with 100%
F12 = toggle scorer: normal - minimal - off

all [BACKGROUND FUNCTIONS] are set to "yes"

[BARBARIAN WEAPON] = "CHAOSWORD"
[AMAZON WEAPON] = "BO"
[DWARF WEAPON] = "GARROTE"
[KNIGHT WEAPON] = "GLADIUS"
[SHIELD] = "ESCUDO3"

all sizes are set to 100 %

[LEVEL OF OWN CREATURES] = "1" (means current player level)

[LIFE OF OWN CREATURES] = "1" (means normal life according to level)

- in opposite to previous versions of Swords&More:
when levelling up, the new power will automatically
be assigned to the weapon and the holy sword

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Hints
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- Spawned creatures are totally frozen. You can unfreeze each alone or all at once.

- To call the torch, weapon, holy sword, shield or bow to your position (with the function from the ingame menu), they must be without movement(not flying or gliding on ground).

- If you have problems reading some menu letters: in the file NAMES.TXT there are all valid names for weapons and shields again (left margin in BOLD letters).

- Spawned creatures have your position and your angle of view. They are frozen because you would stick in them. You must unfreeze them on your own one by one or all at once.

- You should unfreeze all at once when you have placed all the allies and enemies you wanted to spawn. So you can set up a scene and unleash the whole bunch at once with no creature disturbing your theatre.

- Don't forget to pick up armor when using the skin options
after having picked up armor you can switch back to your desired skin.

- For example, this configuration looks great: knight with skin "knight 5" and with "KATANA" at a size of "115" and "DALSHIELD"

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The options in the BODLoader menu are:
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[IMPORTANT HINTS]
- according to the language of the game in English or German

[BACKGROUND FUNCTIONS]

[KEEP TWO HANDED WEAPONS BLOCK UP] (yes/no)
- if barbarian and amazon keep the block up

[PREVENT COMBO AURAS] (yes/no)
- if there are combo auras ('yes' means no auras)

[PREVENT COMBO TRAILS] (yes/no)
- if there are combo trails ('yes' means no trails)

[ALL COMBOS AT ALL LEVELS AVAILABLE] (yes/no)
- if the combos of all non-magic weapons are available at all levels

[ALL SPECIAL COMBOS AT ALL LEVELS AVAILABLE] (yes/no)
- if the combos of the magic weapons are available at all levels

[WEAPON'S POWER ACCORDING TO LEVEL] (yes/no)
- yes =