User Guide

GETTING STARTED
CHAPTER 1
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LOAD GAME
Allows you to load a previously saved game. You can load both automatic
saves (see Automatic Saves, p. 30) and named saves (see Save Game, p. 29).
This option opens your Saves directory.
MULTIPLAYER
Use this to set up a multiplayer game. See Multiplayer, in the Install Guide,
for detailed instructions.
VIEW CREDITS
Reveals the game’s creators.
EXIT GAME
This option quits the game and returns you to Windows®.
MAP SELECTION MENU
In this menu you decide what kind
of new game you wish to start.
MAKE RANDOM MAP
Allows you to start a new game,
making only a few basic choices—
Size of Planet, Difficulty Level, Game
Rules and Faction. (See Customized
Planets, next page, for details of
these options.)
CUSTOMIZE RANDOM MAP
Allows you to customize a number of parameters of your new world before
you start play. See Customized Planets, next page, for details.