Rent-A-Hero - PC
Display Problems During The Game
If you encounter display problems like missing objects or black
rectangular holes, you may try to reinstall DirectX 6, Intel Indeo
and DXMedia. If this does not help, try to change the colour depth
from TrueColor to HiColor. The display quality is nearly the same
but the problems should disappear. The colour depth can be changed
only via the OPTION button of the installation menu on CD 1.
General Game Strategy
You cannot die and the game is automatically saved every time you
exit. So there is no need to save the game unless your PC crashes
regularly.
If you get stuck, visit all places again, speak again to everybody
you meet and try again to get all things you can reach. Often things
change. For example after you have talked to someone, even if there
is no logical connection.
You can move the hero more quickly if you double-click on the place
you want to go.
Special notice on the help system : The online help system only
comes up (a book in the top right corner of the screen) when you
are stuck for over eight minutes and don't have an item in your
inventory that is needed next. That means that the online help
is not user selectable and did not come up a single time during
the whole time I played. The way it was described, I even think
that there is no help system implemented, because I tried to get
it to come up ... and nothing happened !
The Mission
How Do I Get A Mission
- You find the first steps in the character description of
Rodrigo in handbook.
- Just live a typical day in Rodrigo's life.
- Have you visited Luis already ?
- You could also visit Sancho's Bar.
- You should have a talk with him.
- The monk in the monastery knows a lot.
- If he is busy, come back later.
- You should discuss all the news from Sancho and Ranama with your
friend Luis.
- Now it's time for your mission.
- Go to the place where your customers expect you.
- Go into your office and look at your desk.
- After talking with Ramil, he'll give you a fat purse.
- After Ramil leaves, get the purse out of the desk and take it
with you.
- Don't worry about the purse - we'll get that back later !
How Do I Enter Endavin
- Maybe you should not look like a hero.
- Have a look at the guard. This will tell you what you need.
How Do I Get A Cape
- Been to Sancho's Bar already ?
- There is a stranger at the upper tables at Sancho's.
- Is he a little bit taciturn ? Keep on talking to him.
- You should have grabbed it from the stranger.
How Do I Get An Earring
- Maybe you can borrow one.
- You should find someone who wears an earring.
- There is one person with an earring who is not a pirate.
- Have you been in the monastery yet ?
- Meet Ranama in the monastery in Smashville.
- Talk to him about his earring until you are able to distract him.
- Then simply take his earring !
How Do I Convince The Workman To Let Me In The Sewerage
- It seems that he won't let you in.
- If you could convince him to leave his station, you could follow
your purse.
- He won't go until his shift is over.
- Sancho told you something about how he fills his pub.
- Go to Sancho and ask him to lend you his trumpet.
- You have to use the trumpet.
- But in a place where the workman cannot see you, but can hear you.
- Use the trumpet in front of your office.
- Above the workman, and he will disappear.
How Do I Get The Purse Back
- Follow the purse in the sewerage.
- If the purse falls into the water, it may be a long way down the
sewerage.
- You have to search for it.
- From the place you entered, take the right passageway.
- Then the left passageway.
- The purse lies in the water in the middle of the chamber.
- Use the winch to open the lattice.
- The rope snaps ... !
Where Do I Find A New Rope For The Lattice
- You have to search for a person who has a rope.
- In the woods, there is a girl skipping.
- She is on the clearing north of the landing clearing.
- She would not give a toy away without something in return.
- For example, another toy.
- Rodrigo also played in this forest when he was a child.
- Search in the underbrush for left toys.
- You will find a teddy bear in the bush south of the landing clearing.
- Trade the teddy for the rope.
What Do I Do At The Lattice
- Use the skipping rope on the winch.
- Open the lattice.
- A friendly dragon ? He needs some help ...
- Have a look at the beasts giving him so much trouble.
- They need to be removed ... once and for all !
- Poison is a good idea.
Where Do I Find Some Poison
- Some of the plants in the forest seem to be poisonous.
- Especially the red toadstool northeast of the landing clearing.
- Don't forget the bush northwest of the landing clearing.
- Use the toadstool on the bush and pick the poisonous leaves.
Where Do I Put The Poison
- You can only poison something left to eat.
- Like the dragon's brain in the skull.
- Use the poison on the brain in the skull.
How Do I Get Into The Skull
- Try all the openings of the skull.
- Some of them may be hidden.
- Search for the ear openings.
- One is behind the bush. You have to examine the bush multiple times.
How Do I Get The Carrion Eaters To Eat The Poison
- They want to eat it.
- They can't reach it.
- You have to let them into the skull.
- Open the mouth of the skull.
- Just leave the skull through the mouth.
- The carrion eaters will enter and eat the dragon's brain.
How Do I Get A Hat And A Cyber-Hand
- After you have helped the dragon, try to talk to him.
- Hey, a pirate jumps out behind a rock ...
- Your new friend, the dragon, will grill him.
- All that is left from the pirate is his hat and his cyber-hand.
- All you need for now is there. Look for the purse later in the game.
How Do I Find Jasmin
- The pirates have kidnapped her.
- They should know where she is.
- Talk to the pirates in the pub.
- They would betray the hiding-place only to another pirate.
- Drink with the pirates to prove you are one.
- Now that you are in the jail, ask everyone around.
- Talk to the girl and you will find Jasmin.
How Do I Rescue Jasmin
- First of all, you should examine everything around.
- Have you checked the window ?
- You should listen to the pirates in front of the window carefully.
- They give you important information.
- After you have listened to the pirates, double-check everything in
the jail.
- Talk to the girl a second time.
- Then you may get further information if you don't have it already.
- Examine the straw a second time and you will find a way out.
How Do I Bring Jasmin Back To Ramil
- Jasmin knows the way.
- Just go somewhere and if Jasmin takes a different way follow her.
- You will enter Esragoth. Someone there could know something about
Ramil.
- Keep on talking with everyone around until Ramil appears.
The Pirates
How Do I Defeat The Pirates
- I'm sure somebody will help you if only you show determination.
- Try to leave Esragoth to go to Smashville.
- Follow Tharain into the library.
- You will get a lot of information out of the book of Soromann.
- Rumours say he is a nephew of Saruman.
- The force of the Gloomstones seems to be a better chance ...
- ... To beat the pirates than your single sword !
- You need to use the six stones to break the power of the pirates.
- Search the secret cave of the Gloomstones.
How Do I Find The Secret Cave
- You should not expect it in an existing tunnel.
- You will have to dig for it.
- You are a hero, not a dwarf.
- Use a machine.
There Is A Digging Machine ...
- You will fi
If you encounter display problems like missing objects or black
rectangular holes, you may try to reinstall DirectX 6, Intel Indeo
and DXMedia. If this does not help, try to change the colour depth
from TrueColor to HiColor. The display quality is nearly the same
but the problems should disappear. The colour depth can be changed
only via the OPTION button of the installation menu on CD 1.
General Game Strategy
You cannot die and the game is automatically saved every time you
exit. So there is no need to save the game unless your PC crashes
regularly.
If you get stuck, visit all places again, speak again to everybody
you meet and try again to get all things you can reach. Often things
change. For example after you have talked to someone, even if there
is no logical connection.
You can move the hero more quickly if you double-click on the place
you want to go.
Special notice on the help system : The online help system only
comes up (a book in the top right corner of the screen) when you
are stuck for over eight minutes and don't have an item in your
inventory that is needed next. That means that the online help
is not user selectable and did not come up a single time during
the whole time I played. The way it was described, I even think
that there is no help system implemented, because I tried to get
it to come up ... and nothing happened !
The Mission
How Do I Get A Mission
- You find the first steps in the character description of
Rodrigo in handbook.
- Just live a typical day in Rodrigo's life.
- Have you visited Luis already ?
- You could also visit Sancho's Bar.
- You should have a talk with him.
- The monk in the monastery knows a lot.
- If he is busy, come back later.
- You should discuss all the news from Sancho and Ranama with your
friend Luis.
- Now it's time for your mission.
- Go to the place where your customers expect you.
- Go into your office and look at your desk.
- After talking with Ramil, he'll give you a fat purse.
- After Ramil leaves, get the purse out of the desk and take it
with you.
- Don't worry about the purse - we'll get that back later !
How Do I Enter Endavin
- Maybe you should not look like a hero.
- Have a look at the guard. This will tell you what you need.
How Do I Get A Cape
- Been to Sancho's Bar already ?
- There is a stranger at the upper tables at Sancho's.
- Is he a little bit taciturn ? Keep on talking to him.
- You should have grabbed it from the stranger.
How Do I Get An Earring
- Maybe you can borrow one.
- You should find someone who wears an earring.
- There is one person with an earring who is not a pirate.
- Have you been in the monastery yet ?
- Meet Ranama in the monastery in Smashville.
- Talk to him about his earring until you are able to distract him.
- Then simply take his earring !
How Do I Convince The Workman To Let Me In The Sewerage
- It seems that he won't let you in.
- If you could convince him to leave his station, you could follow
your purse.
- He won't go until his shift is over.
- Sancho told you something about how he fills his pub.
- Go to Sancho and ask him to lend you his trumpet.
- You have to use the trumpet.
- But in a place where the workman cannot see you, but can hear you.
- Use the trumpet in front of your office.
- Above the workman, and he will disappear.
How Do I Get The Purse Back
- Follow the purse in the sewerage.
- If the purse falls into the water, it may be a long way down the
sewerage.
- You have to search for it.
- From the place you entered, take the right passageway.
- Then the left passageway.
- The purse lies in the water in the middle of the chamber.
- Use the winch to open the lattice.
- The rope snaps ... !
Where Do I Find A New Rope For The Lattice
- You have to search for a person who has a rope.
- In the woods, there is a girl skipping.
- She is on the clearing north of the landing clearing.
- She would not give a toy away without something in return.
- For example, another toy.
- Rodrigo also played in this forest when he was a child.
- Search in the underbrush for left toys.
- You will find a teddy bear in the bush south of the landing clearing.
- Trade the teddy for the rope.
What Do I Do At The Lattice
- Use the skipping rope on the winch.
- Open the lattice.
- A friendly dragon ? He needs some help ...
- Have a look at the beasts giving him so much trouble.
- They need to be removed ... once and for all !
- Poison is a good idea.
Where Do I Find Some Poison
- Some of the plants in the forest seem to be poisonous.
- Especially the red toadstool northeast of the landing clearing.
- Don't forget the bush northwest of the landing clearing.
- Use the toadstool on the bush and pick the poisonous leaves.
Where Do I Put The Poison
- You can only poison something left to eat.
- Like the dragon's brain in the skull.
- Use the poison on the brain in the skull.
How Do I Get Into The Skull
- Try all the openings of the skull.
- Some of them may be hidden.
- Search for the ear openings.
- One is behind the bush. You have to examine the bush multiple times.
How Do I Get The Carrion Eaters To Eat The Poison
- They want to eat it.
- They can't reach it.
- You have to let them into the skull.
- Open the mouth of the skull.
- Just leave the skull through the mouth.
- The carrion eaters will enter and eat the dragon's brain.
How Do I Get A Hat And A Cyber-Hand
- After you have helped the dragon, try to talk to him.
- Hey, a pirate jumps out behind a rock ...
- Your new friend, the dragon, will grill him.
- All that is left from the pirate is his hat and his cyber-hand.
- All you need for now is there. Look for the purse later in the game.
How Do I Find Jasmin
- The pirates have kidnapped her.
- They should know where she is.
- Talk to the pirates in the pub.
- They would betray the hiding-place only to another pirate.
- Drink with the pirates to prove you are one.
- Now that you are in the jail, ask everyone around.
- Talk to the girl and you will find Jasmin.
How Do I Rescue Jasmin
- First of all, you should examine everything around.
- Have you checked the window ?
- You should listen to the pirates in front of the window carefully.
- They give you important information.
- After you have listened to the pirates, double-check everything in
the jail.
- Talk to the girl a second time.
- Then you may get further information if you don't have it already.
- Examine the straw a second time and you will find a way out.
How Do I Bring Jasmin Back To Ramil
- Jasmin knows the way.
- Just go somewhere and if Jasmin takes a different way follow her.
- You will enter Esragoth. Someone there could know something about
Ramil.
- Keep on talking with everyone around until Ramil appears.
The Pirates
How Do I Defeat The Pirates
- I'm sure somebody will help you if only you show determination.
- Try to leave Esragoth to go to Smashville.
- Follow Tharain into the library.
- You will get a lot of information out of the book of Soromann.
- Rumours say he is a nephew of Saruman.
- The force of the Gloomstones seems to be a better chance ...
- ... To beat the pirates than your single sword !
- You need to use the six stones to break the power of the pirates.
- Search the secret cave of the Gloomstones.
How Do I Find The Secret Cave
- You should not expect it in an existing tunnel.
- You will have to dig for it.
- You are a hero, not a dwarf.
- Use a machine.
There Is A Digging Machine ...
- You will fi