Stronghold Crusader HD – Readme
Welcome to the new edition of Stronghold Crusader HD! The HD editions now support widescreen resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 allowing you to enjoy the games like you've never seen them before and take in all the stunning detail.
We have also included some bonus maps for you to play around with and enjoy, some created by ourselves and some by members of our outstanding and dedicated fan communities.
We hope you enjoy playing the HD editions and as always, thank you for your support.
Firefly Studios

#### Old savegames and settings

Stronghold Crusader HD stores user maps, saves and settings in the Documents\Stronghold Crusader folder. If you have upgraded to Stronghold Crusader HD from an old version of Stronghold Crusader you will need to copy the maps, saves and settings from the Program Files\Firefly Studios\Stronghold Crusader folder (default location) to the Documents\Stronghold Crusader folder.
Savegames (.sav files)
Old Location: Program Files\Firefly Studios\Stronghold Crusader\saves
New Location: Documents\Stronghold Crusader\saves
Maps (custom .map files)
Old Location: Program Files\Firefly Studios\Stronghold Crusader\maps
New Location: Documents\Stronghold Crusader\maps
Settings (crusader.cfg)
Old Location: Program Files\Firefly Studios\Stronghold Crusader
New Location: Documents\Stronghold Crusader
Skirmish Trail (skmasters.dat)
Old Location: Program Files\Firefly Studios\Stronghold Crusader
New Location: Documents\Stronghold Crusader
NOTE: If you are using 64 bit Windows the default installation location is Program Files (x86)\Firefly Studios\Stronghold Crusader

- Section 1 - Useful Web Addresses
- Section 2 - Keyboard Commands
- Section 3 - Mini-map Icons
- Section 4 - Extra Features or Changes in the Game
- Section 5 - Setting Up Your Identity
- Section 6 - Multiplayer Help
- Section 7 - GameSpy Arcade & Windows Vista

#### Section 1 - Useful Web Addresses

http://www.fireflyworlds.com | Firefly Studios
http://stronghold.heavengames.com | Heavengames Fansite
http://www.stronghold-knights.com | Stronghold Knights Fansite

#### Section 2 - Keyboard Commands

Bookmarking Locations - CTRL + ALT + 0 to 9: Pressing CTRL & ALT & 0 to 9 creates a bookmark of the current location on the map. Press ALT and the appropriate number to return to this location.
Select Units of Same Type - Double-click on a troop to select all units of the same type visible on screen.
Cycle through Bookmarks: - Mouse Wheel down.
Troop Assembly Points (Barracks & Mercenary Post) – 1 to 7. You can create assembly points for each troop type in the barracks panel & mercenary post. Open the barracks (B) then press 1 - 7 and you will be able to place a flag. The troop you create from the building will walk to the flag. You can set assembly points for other building types such as the engineer’s guild, tunnelers guild and cathedral.
Speeding Up The Credits – Cursor Down, SHIFT & Cursor Down.

#### Section 3 - Mini-map Icons

(Displayed on the edge of the mini-map)
Circle – The Keep is enclosed.
Exclamation mark (!) – An event is occurring. You can click on the ‘!’ to go to the location the event is happening.
Shield – This shows the identity of the person who is speaking to you.

#### Section 4 - Extra Features or Changes in the Game

The assassins are now invisible to your enemies and can only be seen when they have been spotted by the enemy’s troops. An ‘!’ will appear above the assassins heads to show you they have been seen.
When playing a multiplayer game the host will be shown with a star next to their name.
You can trade gold and goods with your allies. To do this, go to the Allies screen (click on the ‘Talk to Allies’ button) then into the ‘Send Goods’ or ‘Request Goods’ section.
Within the ‘Send Goods’ or ‘Request Goods’ screen, click on a good type (i.e. wood) then click on the amount buttons along the bottom to specify the quantity you wish to send or receive. You can clear this amount, by pressing the thumbs down icon.
The sound options include an additional option, which is Genie speech. This will turn off general speech in the game, such as the ‘greatest lord’ speech. This option will also turn off the ‘game paused’ and ‘game running’ speech.
The multiplayer host screen includes some extra play options. These are:
‘No cow throwing’ – Cows cannot be launched from trebuchets or catapults.
‘No dogs’ – Caged war dogs cannot be used.
‘No rush’ – This option allows for a timed amount of peacetime before any players can attack each other or build troops.
With the custom scenario editor you can create ‘Castle Builder’, ‘Crusader’ and ‘Custom Scenario’ maps. Custom scenario maps allow you to create either an economic or invasion map type with their own set of events.
Skirmish masters screen – This screen lists the maps you have played in either a Crusader custom game or the Crusader trail. You can sort the names by score, name, amount of time played or date. You can also click on the map name and view further information about it. Right clicking on the map name allows you to delete it. The scores are saved out to the ‘skmasters.dat’ file. You can have up to 250 games displayed on this screen.
Lord Strengths – Different computer Lords have different strengths. This is shown by the colored dots above the Lords’ heads. The blue dots are shown for a stronger opponent and the yellow dots are displayed for a weaker one. They can have as many as five dots over their heads. A player’s Lord has an average strength so no dots are displayed.

#### Section 5 - Setting Up Your Identity

You can choose which type of Lord you wish to play within the game. You can choose from either a Crusader Lord or Arabic Lord. This does not affect which units you can build, but the Lord type will affect your starting troops.
You can also choose the portrait you wish to have shown when you hover the mouse over sections of your castle (this picture will also be shown to other users in multiplayer mode). You can create your own portrait, if you load the ‘faces.bmp’ file (located in the root of the game folder) into a paint package. You will notice we have left two free slots for you to add own portraits. The size for each portrait should be 64 x 64 pixels.

#### Section 6 - Multiplayer Help

Stronghold Crusader Multiplayer
If your computer is connected to a router/firewall you will need to forward the following Microsoft DirectPlay Firewall Ports to your computer in order to play Stronghold Crusader multiplayer.

| Outbound | Inbound
Initial TCP Connection | 47624 | 47624
Subsequent TCP | 2300-2400 | 2300-2400
Subsequent UDP | 2300-2400 | 2300-2400

If you require help configuring your router please visit portforward.com which has an excellent range of guides for over 1000 routers.
http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm
Windows Firewall
1. Open Control Panel > Windows Firewall
2. Select the Exceptions tab
3. If Stronghold Crusader is not in the list click Add Program.
4. Select Stronghold Crusader and click OK
5. Click OK to close the Window Firewall panel

#### Section 7 - GameSpy Arcade & Windows Vista

To play multiplayer via Gamespy Arcade on Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 must be installed.