Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns (KIS) is the first game of the real-time strategy series Kohan, developed by TimeGate Studios. It was published for Windows by Strategy First, and ported to Linux by Loki Software, both in 2001. With a high fantasy setting, the game follows immortal beings named Kohan. It features a lengthy single-player campaign and skirmish maps playable in multiplayer or against the AI. The gameplay focuses on controlling companies instead of individual soldiers, a mechanic praised by critics for eliminating micromanagement
Gameplay
The KIS economy has five resources, of which gold, as the only resource which can be stockpiled, is the most important. The four secondary resources, stone, wood, iron, and mana, are used to support the military; if their production is insufficient, gold income will be decreased to accommodate. Resources are produced in settlements or in mines; mines can only be placed in predetermined locations. Settlements have a number of slots to be occupied by one of eight components; each produces a particular resource, or gives another benefit to the settlement. Settlements also determine the support limit, which represents the number of companies the player can support.
The company creation screen of an undeveloped town. The five categories of units can be clearly seen; grey units are currently unavailable for recruitment.
Units in KIS are divided into six categories: infantry, cavalry, archer, specialty, support, and Hero elements. The first four categories can be both front line and support troops, while the fifth may only occupy support unit slots. The sixth category represents the Kohan, who are the most powerful units, and can only be put in the Captain slot. Each Kohan can provide several modifiers and cast several spells. Kohan have an experience stat separate from the companies' experience, which affect their abilities. If a Kohan dies, he may be resurrected, but will lose all experience. If no Kohan is available, a Captain without any special abilities will lead the company. Kohan can be detached from and attached to companies at any time if the company is in supply (see below).
A significant element in KIS are the three zones: Zone of Control (ZoC), Zone of Supply (ZoS) and Zone of Population (ZoP). Each company has a ZoC, which is based on formation. If a company's ZoC overlaps with an enemy company's ZoC, they will engage in combat. The ZoS is the area in which companies can be healed; it is provided by settlements, unless the settlement is under siege, and is based on a settlement's size and components. If a company's ZoC overlaps with a friendly ZoS, the company is considered "in supply" and will heal when out of combat. Each settlement also has a ZoP, representing the lands already inhabited. New settlements must be built outside the ZoP.
Setting
KIS follows the story of a Kohan named Darius Javidan as he fights the rise of the Ceyah, Kohan tainted by evil, to re-establish Kohan society in Khaldun. According to Steve Hemmesch, TimeGate Studio's lead designer at the time, the storyline of KIS was influenced by Persian mythology and Zoroastrianism.The Kohan are a group of immortals that the Creator tasked with protecting and fostering Khaldun. Although the Kohan can be killed with violence, they only remain dead until they are "awakened" through the use of individually assigned amulets.When the Creator desired to build a new world, he consulted the two greatest of his Saadya, angel-like beings, named Ahriman and Ormazd. Of the two plans proposed, Ormazd's best fit the Creator's vision and the remaining eight Saadya were ordered to create the world, which Ormazd had named Khaldun. During its construction, however, Ahriman, whose plan had been rejected, plotted Khaldun's downfall. While Kohan culture bloomed early on in Khaldun's history, it was destroyed in The Great Cataclysm when certain Kohan desired to be free from the will of the Creator. The Kohan defeated the Ceyah and the traitors were sent away from Kohan society. One Ceyah, Vashti, formerly known as Roxanna Javidan, Darius Javidan's wife, was particularly rebellious against the Creator. She murdered her husband and led the Ceyah armies, hoping to become a tyrant over all of Khaldun.
Playable races
There are seven distinct playable races in the Kohan series, all of which are common within the fantasy genre, though some have game-specific names. The Mareten (humans), Gauri (dwarves), Drauga (orcs), Haroun (elves), Slaan (lizardfolk), Undead, and Shadow have Kohan that resemble them, although supposedly all Kohan originally appeared human. It is explained that Kohan who dwell with a race for a number of years begin to take on their physical attributes. It is also said that Kohan who were enlightened could take on a War Form (Drauga like) or a Magic Form (Haroun like) in addition to their Normal Form (Maretan like) and that these races were descendants of Kohan while in those forms. The Gauri being descendants of Drauga and Haroun inheriting qualities of both. In KIS and its expansion pack Kohan: Ahriman's Gift, the player can gain control of Gauri, Drauga, Haroun and Slaan settlements and control units from these races, but the player's main settlements are always Mareten settlements. Instead of selecting a playable race, the player selects a faction which has units unique to it. Players of the Ceyah faction can produce Undead and Shadow units as well as Mareten settlers and engineers.
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Size of game to download : 502.55 MB
Program to mount Iso games Best : Deamon Tools or Power iso
1. download
2. extract from win zip iso image file
3. if you extracted out win zip and got iso use Deamon tools or Power iso to mount it
4. when you mount and run setup it will new window popup then if you click on install one error will show up it will open i think 15 or 20 small erors window you need to click on them all ok to start instalation
win 32 error.code 5. acess is deniad maybe this happend to me only if you got this error you can this to bypass it
5.when you mounted image dont run setup .exe at all do
6. go to my computer where is mounted image click right button on mouse and click open search for setup aplication click on it and instalation will start
7.in instalation just click next and next until you come to where it says what setup you want
compact setup(450 mb) - leaves music and cinematic on mounted cd
Full setup( 650mb) - everything will install from cd
choise full to install
8.you will come to select program file choise where you want to install it dont matters where you install it
9.after that you will come to instalation of gamespy arcade and dirext x 8.1
dont click on gamespy arcade also if you have direct x 9.c or above already instaled you dont need it at all so just if you dont need anything from that click on next and instalation will start
10. when instalation is done it will say you need monitor thats suports 1024x768 resolution just click ok and instalation is done.
11.Now you need to crack game there is crack also in mounted cd but i extracted it out so go to folder crack click on Kohan right click on mouse and click on copy
12.Now go to C:\Program Files\TimeGate Studios\Kohan and paste it there you will be asked will you overwrite it click on yes and wait until its done
13.Now click on kohan and enter game everytime when you need to play you need to mount iso of game to enter game othervise it wont let you
14.In game you will need to enter serials first time when you start game
15.Thats all folks if you follow this tutorial you will able to play game.
Game tested on win 7
| SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS | |
| MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS | |
| Pentium II 300MHz Processor | |
| 64MB RAM | |
| 400MB Hard Disk Space | |
| 4X CD-ROM Drive | |
| 4MB 1024x768 at 16-bit color DirectX compatible Video Card | |
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