Foreword [PFOREWORD]

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Harvest Moon: Back to Nature is one of the most misunderstood games in
the entire series, in more than one sense. For a long time, the mechanics
of how the game reacts to what you do were only vaguely understood, mostly
due to the fact that the game doesn't tell you most of what's going on with
it, and many of the guides were left to simply speculate on what did what.
This guide was written to change all of that. Using data-viewing software,
I've tracked down and debunked almost all of the mysteries of how the game
works. This guide is meant to serve as not just a walkthrough, but also a
guide to how to make the game do what you want it to do, and as an
informational document on what exactly the game is doing at any given time.
For those interested in more of my Harvest Moon: Back to Nature projects,
feel free to visit my BTN site: http://skyrender.saulesco.com/hmbtn.html