Game manual ?

[Arrowyne]

Anyone knows where to find or download a manual for the game ?

[hubrisnxs]

Gamefaqs for the genesis version. Unfortunately, until a single review comes out, we aren't going to see anything close to it... and even then, it might be a bit off, considering the PC version seems to be so much better than the PS3/4 versions. Even Kotaku only released a non-review where, playing a prerelease demo for the ps4, it was advised that too many bugs existed... I just got it yesterday, and none of these seem to be present.

The only criticism that stands up is the silliness of the initial saving system, not taking advantage of the exponentially higher processing power to, at the very least, palette swap monsters, to say nothing of creating more.

Blah; I'd say in a week, you can expect specific faqs for the PC/et al versions, mayhaps even a ign.com walkthrough wiki if they note the PC's superior release....but seeing as how this is identical to the genesis game, you really might want to stay here (this is by far the largest group of fellow players I've yet found w/o the crazy hate from the ignorant AND crazy love from people that claim to "not normally like JRPG's but this is amazing" liars. This just strikes me as an honest forum, and this game can easily become must-have, but to get there, there are changes that must-have been released soon.

[Belisama]

I suspect Arrowyne was asking about an official manual, rather than a fan-generated walkthrough/guide.

[hubrisnxs]

Yes, which is on the answers and, if I recall correctly, the subsection in the FAQ's themselves w/scans of a manual... though that might have been in the board section.

Still, the Wiki at Ign.com will likely be the closest thing to a competent manual for some of the speculatively complex subjects that he or I will find.

[BananaJane]

I seriously need to consult the manual too, is there really not a manual. because this is ridiculous

[SpellSword]

My understanding is that manuals do exist for the console versions and the PC.
(A "full-colour instruction manual" for the Dreamcast, Mega Drive/Genesis & PC.)

Source of info, the official site:
http://www.magicalgamefactory.com/en/purchase/?CAT_=2&ITM_=1&OPT_=0&QTY_=0&MOD_=0&remote=1

Why is there no digital manual available for the PC version on Steam?

[vtbots]

This game seriously needs a manual though, there's a lot of unexplained crap. One of the main things that isn't mentioned in-game is that both characters and enemies' attacks have elemental affinities. Hoston's attack, for example, is earth-elemental despite the fact that it looks like just a normal slash. That's why when you see him attack the slimes in the Reja Forest it got divided in half. It's also why when you wore the Feather, some of the forest and cave enemies suddenly did less damage - because their attacks are actually earth element despite there being no evidence of it being earth affinity. I always wondered about this, and probably would never have known if I hadn't looked up gamefaqs.

[Pharticus Maximus]

Yes, please give us the OFFICIAL MANUAL. Thank you.

[SpellSword]

Don't just ask for the manual on the Steam forum, the Developer/Publisher may not read the request.

Instead contact them directly and request that they add the manual to Steam. If enough people do it maybe they will act.

Here are the links to the Pier Solar site and WaterMelon's (The Dev / Pub) support contact page.

Official Site:

http://www.piersolar.com/

WaterMelon's Official Site - Contact page:

http://www.magicalgamefactory.com/en/faq/contact-support_5/


The manual does appear to exist for the physical versions of Pier Solar that they are selling directly from their own site. (Their purchasing page lists a "full-colour instruction manual" here is a link to that page: http://www.magicalgamefactory.com/en/purchase/?CAT_=2&ITM_=1&OPT_=0&QTY_=0&MOD_=0&remote=1 )

To not provide that basic documenation to the Steam users for their digital version is confusing.

[Gargamel]

If you go to the watermelon website you can preorder the strategy guide. I pre-ordered one about 2-3 years ago along with the dreamcast version, and am still waiting...

[Gabelvampir]

Totally forgot to post it here, I originally posted it on the GOG forums:
I've made photos of my Pier Solar Mega Drive manual. I only photographed the pages concerning gameplay and controls (and the only page concerning the backstory) and left out all the credits and console setup pages.
I know these photos are not great, but they are only meant as a temporary solution until Water Melon finally gets around to release a PC manual. And I'm not really comfortable with distributing good scans of a commercial fan work that has still version in print, although the developers themselves do not seem to be capeable of delivering a manual for newer ports in a timely fashion. And I'm not really sure how much these photos help anyway as I neither had the time yet to really play the Mega Drive nor the PC version.
The photos can be found here, I'll delete that file as soon as an official manual is released. Please don't redistribute it, linking to it is ok. The archive with the photos is found here: https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~deusser/Gabelvampir/Pier%20Solar%20MD%20manual.zip (archive-password is my Steam forum name)

As they finally shipped the physical PC release in september or so, maybe the official manual will find its way to Steam soon (but I wouldn't count on it)