User Guide

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Special Menus Toolbar
The Special Menus toolbar is lo-
cated in the bottom-right corner of
your screen and provides access to
a variety of interfaces and “map
modes” that you are likely to use
on a very regular basis during play.
Let’s look at them one by one, start-
ing at the top of the toolbar.
Holy See Button
Clicking on the Holy
See button at the top of
the Special Menus
toolbar opens an inter-
face where you may try
to influence the seven important
cardinals that make up the Catho-
lic Church’s curia. If you are suc-
cessful, you may gain control of
the Holy See which will provide a
number of special benefits to your
realm. This interface can only be
accessed if your country has Ca-
tholicism as its official state reli-
gion, and will be greyed out if this is not the
case. We will look more closely at this feature
in the Special Political Bodies chapter of the
manual.
Holy Roman
Empire Button
The Holy Ro-
man Empire
(HRE) is the
other special
political body
in Europa Universalis III.
Click on the HRE button
to open an interface where
you may review the cur-
rent member states, elec-
tors, and emperor of the
Empire. Countries that
are members of the HRE
enjoy several special ad-
vantages over countries that aren’t, and the em-
peror receives even greater advantages that are
based on the total number of current mem-
bers.
The emperor is elected by seven specially-
chosen members of the HRE, each of whom
will vote for the country that is liked the most
when the current emperor dies. You will find
this interface extremely useful when you try
to plan a diplomatic strategy to become the
next ruler of the empire. Further details can be
found in the Special Political Bodies chapter.
Menu Button
The “Menu” button is used to dis-
play a submenu where you may save
your game; adjust many of the game
options; change the in-game message settings;
resign your current game and return to the
Main Menu; or quit playing and return to the
desktop.
• Save Game: Click the “save game” button
to save your game at the current date. The
default save name will identify the country
and date, although you may change this to
give the file any name you prefer.
• Game Options:
Click this button to access
the same game options that are available
from the Main Game Menu. Remember
that any changes you make to the graphi-
cal options will not oc-
cur until you have quit
and re-started the game.
See the “Getting Started”
chapter for more details.
• Resign:
Selecting this
option will stop play of
your current game and
return you to the Main
Game Menu. You can
then start a new game,
or resume a previously
saved one. Make sure
that you have saved
your current game if
wish to return to it.