User Guide

the city has on hand of defending itself. It shows
Police Stations, Forts, defensive structures,
Warship Wharves, Transport Wharves, Recruiter
and Academy. If you have built a Temple
Complex to Seth and added the Oracle of Sekhmet
(see page 123), you will also see priests of Seth
walking your city’s streets.
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As you look out over the city, you start out facing
north. If you want to look in a different direction,
click on the pyramid icon located at the top of the
screen next to the date. If you click on the right side
of the pyramid, your view of the city will rotate
counter-clockwise 90 degrees. Clicking on the left
side of the pyramid will rotate your view 90 degrees
clockwise. Clicking on the center of the pyramid will
reorient your view due north.
Viewing the city from a different perspective can be
helpful, especially if you are trying to see behind a large
structure.
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The Overview Map displays a large portion of the city
at one time. Buildings are color-coded according to
their function as follows:
Roads Grey
Food and Farming Bright green
Industry Red
Entertainment Light blue
Religion Dark purple
Education Yellow
Health White
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Managing Your City
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Managing Your City
Administration Overlay
The Administration Overlay covers a range of services
that affect the way a city is run.
Tax Income Overlay.
Which scofflaws are evading
your tax collectors? The Tax Overlay shows who’s
paying his fair share and who is getting off scot
free. The higher the columns, the more frequent-
ly a tax collector passes. The stack of coins next to
the columns indicates how much tax the house has
paid. If you hold the mouse cursor over the coins,
mouse help displays the exact amount of tax col-
lected at the property. Based on what you learn,
you may decide to build more Tax Collector’s
offices in the areas that are getting off easy.
Keep in mind, though, that frequent visits by a tax
collector does not mean that a house pays more
taxes. Taxes are collected only when they are due
In order for a house to pay taxes each month, it
must have been recently passed by a tax collector.
Desirability Overlay.
The Desirability Overlay
indicates where the city’s best neighborhoods are.
Land is marked with colored squares ranging from
brown to gold. The darkest brown squares are the
least desirable places to live. Gold squares mark
the most desirable locations.
Bazaar Access Overlay.
The Bazaar Access Overlay
shows which homes are being visited by a seller
from the Bazaar. It also shows where the city’s
Bazaars, Granaries and Storage Yards are.
Security Overlay.
This overlay shows all the means
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