User Guide

Play by E-Mail
The Play by E-Mail option allows you to play a game against dis-
tant opponents without directly connecting with them.
To set up a Play by E-Mail game:
1.Make a note of the e-mail addresses of your opponents.(You
must keep track of the addresses yourself — Civilization III:
Conquests does not save e-mail addresses.)
2.Select your civilization.(As the host,your name appears on the
top line of the Player Setup area.)
3.For each human opponent, select Add Human Player in the
Players column.A dialog appears that allows you to enter each
player’s name and other information. After entering player
names,choose a civilization from the drop-down menu next
to each opponent’s name.
4.You can fill any vacant positions with AI players by selecting
Computer in the Players column.
5.Click on the Ready button beside your name,and then click
Launch to start the game.
6.At the start of the game,you are prompted to enter an Admin-
istrator Password for the game.This password allows the admin-
istrator to drop players from the game, regardless of whether
they password protected their turns.
On the first turn,each player is prompted to enter a password for
his or her civilization.This password prevents other players from
playing that player’s turns.Players with password-protected civi-
lizations must enter their password before every turn.If you don’t
want to password protect your civilization,leave the field blank.
From this point on, gameplay is similar to a Turn-Based game.
After you complete each turn,you are prompted to save the game
and exit.Note the name of your saved game file and the folder
in which you saved it.After exiting Civilization III:Conquests,open
your e-mail application,and e-mail the saved game as an attach-
ment to the next player.
Hot Seat
A Hot Seat game plays exactly like a Turn-Based game except that
all players play on the same computer. After you complete
your turn, the next player takes your place at the keyboard
and takes his or her turn, and so on.There is no game timer in
Hot Seat games.
To set up a Hot Seat game:
1.Select Hot Seat as the game type.
2.Select your civilization.(As the host,your name appears on the
top line of the Player Setup area.)
3.For each human opponent, select Add Human Player in the
Players column.A dialog appears that allows each player to enter
his or her name and other information.After entering a name,
players choose a civilization from the drop-down menu next
to his or her name.
4.You can fill any vacant positions with AI players by selecting
Computer in the Players column.
5.Click on the Ready button beside your name,and then click
Launch to start the game.
6.At the start of the game,you are prompted to enter an Admin-
istrator Password for the game.This password allows the admin-
istrator to drop players from the game, regardless of whether
they password protected their turns.
On the first turn,each player is prompted to enter a password for
his or her civilization.This password prevents other players from
playing that player’s turns.Players with password-protected civi-
lizations must enter their password before every turn.If you don’t
want to password protect your civilization,leave the field blank.
You must load a saved Hot Seat game from the Multiplayer Setup
screen.If you load the game from the Main Menu,the game plays
as if it were a single player game.
Note: Diplomacy — communication with other civilizations —
is handled differently in Hot Seat games.See “Multiplayer Diplo-
macy”on page 64 for details.
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