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Exile II: Crystal Souls for Macintosh FAQ
Table of Contents:
Section 1: Basic Facts
1.0 What is Exile II: Crystal Souls?
1.1 What is Shareware?
1.2 Where do I get Exile II: Crystal Souls?
1.3 What do I get for registering?
1.4 Do you have a web page?
1.5 I can't get it to run! What do I do?
1.6 I got myself trapped! How do I fix the problem?
1.7 Are there any Easter Eggs?
Section 2: Hints most often requested
2.0 I have a question in the first 2 chapters.
2.1 I keep getting killed! How do I get cash?
2.2 How do I destroy the evil altar in the undead fort?
2.3 How do I pass the 3 portcullis puzzle in the Test of Mind?
2.4 I keep getting diseased! Why?
2.5 I can't get through the second portcullis in Erika's tower.
2.6 I suddenly find I don't know the ritual to close the Empire Portal.
2.7 How do I pass the second guardpost on the way to the Empire Portal?
2.8 How do I pass the six levers in the Trapped Halls?
2.9 Is it possible to reach Sixus without him dying?
Section 3: Miscellaneous
3.0 What is Exile II: Crystal Souls written in/on?
3.1 What about Exile III?
3.2 Can I use characters from Exile: Escape from the Pit?
1.0 What is Exile II: Crystal Souls?
Full Description of Exile II: Crystal
Souls for Macintosh
1.1 What is Shareware?
Shareware is a way of selling software. Exile II: Crystal Souls is not
being sold on store shelves in a shrinkwrapped box. Instead, it is put
up on computer networks for download. You can download it and play the
first third of the game absolutely free. Then, if you want to play the
rest, you can buy a password to play the rest of the game.
1.2 Where do I get Exile II: Crystal Souls?
By ftp:
Exile II is available by anonymous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu, mac.archive.umich.edu,
and mirrors.aol.com.
By the web:
Download Exile II for Macintosh
1.3 What do I get for registering?
When you register, you get the password to play the entire game. In addition,
you get full documentation. Finally, for $35, you get the full Exile II
bundle, which also includes a hint book and character editor.
1.4 Do you have a web page?
There are several web pages for the Exile games. Other
pages
1.5 I can't get it to run or the graphics are screwed up! What do I do?
Several steps to try, which will eliminate practically all problems.
1. Turn off background music.
2. Give Exile more memory. From the Finder, click on the Exile application,
and hit command-I. Increase the two numbers in the fields at the bottom
of the information window.
3. Run Exile without extensions: Reboot your Macintosh while holding down
the shift key. Then run Exile. This should fix most problems.
1.6 I got myself trapped! How do I fix the problem?
Occasionally, you may use Word of Recall one too many times and end up
with all your boats across the water. Or, you may kill an important character.
When this happens, use the Exile II Editor to fix the problem. If you
don't have the Exile II Editor, E-mail SpidWeb@aol.com.
1.7 Are there any Easter Eggs?
Yes.
2.0 I have a question in the first 2 chapters.
Run the file "Exile II Docs/Order Form." In the back is a mini-hint
book for the first two chapters. This should answer most of your questions.
2.1 I keep getting killed! How do I get cash?
The file "Exile II Docs/Order Form." also has copious hints
for getting started in the back. Also, the unregistered version of the
editor can give you all the gold and food you want. Consider it an interest
free loan.
2.2 How do I destroy the evil altar in the undead fort?
First, read the hint section referred to in 2.0. Then, if you're still
in chapter 1, don't worry about it. You'll be back here in Chapter 4,
and will have enough power to destroy it then.
2.3 How do I pass the 3 portcullis puzzle in the Test of Mind?
This is a trick question of sorts. Unlike the earlier portcullis puzzle
in the Tomb of Delrin-Bok, you can't get all 3 portculli open at once.
Fortunately, there's a sneaky way out. Search VERY carefully for secret
passages.
2.4 I keep getting diseased! Why?
Perhaps you should carefully inspect your inventory.
2.5 I can't get through the second portcullis in Erika's tower.
When you pull the lever to open it, look east at the portcullis. It's
open. Start walking towards it, looking at it at every step. You may see
it close.
2.6 I suddenly find I don't know the ritual to close the Empire Portal.
There was a bug in an early version which sometimes made you forget the
ritual to close the Empire Portal. Go back to the Barrier Tower and search
all the bookshelves. You'll relearn the ritual.
2.7 How do I pass the third guardpost on the way to the Empire Portal?
You have to step on the spaces (8,14) and (18,16). Reaching those spaces
may be tricky.
2.8 How do I pass the six levers in the Trapped Halls?
You need a scroll from the Tower of Sixus (talk to Abby in Almaria to
find it). Reach the intelligent statue and talk to it to find the scroll.
When you get the scroll, look at it carefully.
2.9 Is it possible to reach Sixus without him dying?
Yes. Pay VERY close attention to the special encounters you find.
3.0 What is Exile II: Crystal Souls written in/on?
I do all my development in C, on CodeWarrior Gold, on a PowerMac 6100.
3.1 What about Exile III?
About Exile III: Ruined World
3.2 Can I use characters from Exile: Escape from the Pit?
No. Exile II takes place several years after the first game. Also, if
you could bring in your earlier characters, they'd be WAY too powerful.
Fortunately, there's nothing stopping you from creating a party like the
one you played in the first game.
- Jeff Vogel
Keeper of Exile
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