User Guide

GETTING STARTED

CHAPTER 1

This manual is divided into seven major sections:

• Getting Started. Loading and customizing your game.

• Welcome to Alpha Centauri. Movement, and the basic game interface.

• Planet. The ecology of the new world, and terraforming.

• Colonizing Planet. Building bases and expanding and defending your fac-

tion’s territory.

• Controlling Society. The finer points of economics, diplomacy, research and

Social Engineering.

• Appendices, listed below.

• A New Sun, Planetography and Journey to Centauri, giving background

details on the world of Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.

The appendices provide easy access to important information:

• Notes and Tips. Designer’s notes, and some strategy tips.

• Tables. Quick reference charts to the technologies, units, facilities and Secret

Projects available in the game.

• Option Screens. Quick reference listing of configurable options to cus-

tomize gameplay.

• Advanced Customization. Advanced methods for customizing the game.

• Index. A complete listing of where to find details on all key topics in the game.

INSTALLATION

Installation, troubleshooting and customer support are all covered in the

Install Guide.