- - --=> .t.R.A.D.E.R.'S. <=-- - - _______________ ___________________ ______ ____ \____ \/ ___ \____ _____¥_____ / \ \ _/ Ž____/ . / ¥. \ \_______Œ__ \___________ \_____ \ EL?Ž_____/ Š----‹ \______/ ON THE BALL WORLD CUP EDITION QUICK DOCS typed in by FROSTY / TrAdErS dReAm GAME PREPERATIONS Before you start a new game you first have to make some preperations and respond to a few basic questions. 1A: WHERE IS THE VENUE A new menu appears in which you can select the host country. The points on the map of the world show which countries can be considered. By clicking Europe you can obtain a magnified view of this part of the map. If you press the right hand mouse you will be returned to the main menu. If you move the mouse curser to a mark,this point will be changed into the name of the country. Click on the left mouse button to chose the required country. 1B: PLAYERS DETAILS Up to 4 players can play 1 player per country. You will also be asked for your name. Depending on how succesful you are the fans will chat your name during the game. QUALIFYING PHASE The dates for the qualifying games are fixed in advance and cannot be changed. Depending on the team and continent,the phase may involve up to 18 games. 2A: THE OFFICE At the beginning your office is the central point for all the main decisions which you have to make in this phase of the game. Later in the tormenent you will give the office up to a nice hotel room. If you move the mouse around the room it will show you what each item is. On the wall calendar you can read at any time how many months remain up to the start of the world cup tormenent and whether you have to play a quilifying game in the current month. 2B: OPTIONS By clicking on the pinboard with left hand button of the mouse this will call up the options menu. From this you can end save or load a game or adjust various technical parameters. 2C: SAVE This funtion will save the current score at the time of saving. Give game any name for this purpose, follow corresponding on screen instructions. 2D: NEW GAME The programme is restarted after it asks you whether you are sure. All the existing data is deleted and can start a new game immediately or load existing score. 2E: AUTO SAVE This option set ON the current score is save at regular intervals 2F: ACTION SEQUENCE/TAKE PENALTIES YOURSELF You can decide to take your penalties yourself or leave to the computer. If preffered to trust in your own skill,the instutions will appear on the screen as player as put the ball on spot. As coach you have the opportunity of holding left hand button on the mouse to deside how hard the penalty should be struck, to see settings you have made the strenght of shot is shown in form of bar diagram on screen. When reaches desired strength release button, the player takes the run up you then have a few seconds to shoot at goal before the keeper saves it. 2G: QUICK FRIENDLY GAMES If the option is set to ON then games will be shown only briefly with no aminations or match reports as more than 1 player will take to long. Also training is completed with out the reports. 2H:THE OPPOINTMENTS DIARY This is the main tool of your office, by clicking on the monthly calender the following options will be shown to you. 2I: ARRANGE A FRIENDLY You can play as many as these as you like but be careful not to play to many as your team will break down in the lack of time to rest for the real games when they come. The earlier you chose to play a game then there will be more teams to play against in the early stages of the game. To chose a game click on the friendly box to chose the game you want to play 2J: WATCH GAMES You can watch all the qualiflying games in America and Europe as well as the knock out matches. It is best to watch your oppenents games to see how how good the teams are 2K: PLAYERS POOL The following symbles are for the following G = Goalkeeper D = Defender S = Sweeper DM = Defensive midfielder LM = Left-hand side midfielder RM = Right-hand side midfielder AM = Attacking midfielder A = Attacker 2L: INFO ON PLAYERS A click with the right hand mouse on the name of a player will produce a detailed information window for this player. You can see the relevent data at a gance and then you can deside if you want this player. The following are the characteristic of a footballer 1 = Self-confidence (from 0 = very sensitive to 5 = arragant) 2 = Composure (from 0 = ultra cool to 5 = hot header) 3 = Attitude (from 0 = very relaxed to 5 = winning is everything) 2M: CURRENT SELECTION Depending on wether the player is playing in his proper position or not, will be shown in various colours. WHITE= The player is in his main position = 100% performance BLUE = The player is in one of his auxiliary positions = 90% performance RED = The player is in a position which is foreign to him = 50% performance RED = Outfield player in goal or goalkeeper playing outside = 10% per 2N: SUBS A maximum of 5 players can be subed in 1 game by clicking the right hand mouse button you can obtain more detailed info on a player. 2O:STATS The stats of the open files shows you list of top scorers, list of scorers, stats on players and the fair play stats. 2P: THE MEDIA Only one thing to say here watch out for them and what you say to them as they are quick on the mark to pubblish what you say and even twist it 2Q: SUCCESS In general the phase ends after 6 months before the world cup starts. After playing all the matches a big party is held, asuming that you have passed this stage if not the computer leave you to moarn for a new game DIRECT PREPERATIONS 3A: SELECTING 22 PLAYERS Now the fun starts. From all your players you now have to select a squad of 22 players, to do this click the players in the top selection of the sports book. Once you have done this click ok to carry on. 3B: TRAINING You can have up to a max of 3 training sessions per day. You will see a clip board click on the players name and it now will become high lighted the training sessions include as follows; 1 = Penalties 2 = Free kicks 3 = Solo runs 4 = Tackling 5 = Moves on the ball 6 = Offside trap 7 = Light fitness training 8 = Strenuous training not for the week 9 = Training as a punishment 10= Sprint and speed training 11= Heading training 12= Gymnastics 13= Ball training 14= Individual training 3C: TALK TO PLAYERS This is one of the most important things of the game on how you tell you team or your man on how he is doing and progressing. There are 8 different ways of talking to a player, the last of which will probably be short but loud 1 = Tell the player that he is one of your most important players in the team 2 = praise the player and tell him you are satified with him and build him 3 = tell the player he is playing the next match 4 = tell the player gently that he will not be in the starting line up 5 = build up the player and tell him that you will continue to rely on him 6 = criticise the player slightly and make suggestions for improvement 7 = tell the player shaply that you are not pleased with his perfomance 8 = send the player home THE WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT 4A: THE DINING AND PRESS ROOM Use as a dining room. A large room appears in which a cold buffet is set at meal times. At other times this room is used as a press room. Times set for food are as follows ensure you eat at these times to keep up your strength 7am - 9am breakfast 11am- 2pm lunch 5pm - 10pm dinner 4B: THE REST AREA Make sure you go to your room and sleep at a reasonable hour or if you go to you room late after a hard working day like i do typing this then then you are likely to oversleep the next day or be over tired 4C: THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Nice and simple this you can go to this room and speak to the player who is not 100% and consult the team doctor. The meeting with the doc will take about 15-30 mins depending on how many players you have in the sick bay. 4D: CLOSING CEREMONY AND END OF GAME The game ends with the closing ceremony to the winners. Suprise yourself. Finally you are given a glance at the high score table. If you have achieved a good score you can enter it here. DURING A MATCH 5A: GOALS AND CHANCES Goals are what football is all about. In the world cup edition there are various ways in which a goal can be scored. The goal chance must be created in the following ways. 1. A goal from open play 2. A defensive error 3. A penalty 4. A direct free kick 5. An indirect free kick or corner 6. A back pass 5B:YELLOW AND RED CARDS A player recieves a suspension for one match in the qualifying phase and during the world cup tormenent after is second, third, fourth, ect yellow card. After the qualfling phase this record iss reset to "0", in ther words the player can recieve one more yellow card with out recieving a suspension. If a player recieves a second " or third , ect" yellow card in the last match, however, he will be suspended for the first match of the tornament. This also accounts for the red cards. Quick docs for ON THE BALL WORLD CUP EDITION See you all in my next release Regards FROSTY TrADeRs DrEaM END: