User manual GAMES PC EUROPA UNIVERSALIS II

[. . . ] U S E R M A N U A L EUROPA UNIVERSALIS II CONTENTS INTRODUCTION INSTALLING THE GAME Game Settings 6 6 6 TECHNICAL SUPPORT GETTING STARTED TUTORIAL CHOOSING A SCENARIO Options HOW TO WIN Standard Power Struggle Conquest Mission MULTIPLAYER Connection types Checking the IP address 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 VIEWING THE WORLD MAP VIEWS Normal mapmode Political mapmode Economic mapmode Religious mapmode Diplomatic mapmode Trade mapmode Colonization mapmode Fog of war Terrain and Weather INFORMATION WINDOWS The bar above the map The shields above the Information window Province and city information COUNTRIES AND PROVINCES Countries Provinces Cities and Capitals Settlements Sea Zones TERRA INCOGNITA 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 15 15 15 16 ARMIES & NAVIES OVERVIEW 16 16 1 EUROPA UNIVERSALIS II Selecting and ordering Units Fleets and Sea Transport Loading of Army Units onto a Fleet Unloading an Army Unit from a Fleet ARMIES Army movement Presence of the enemy Recruitment Maintenance cost Fortifications FLEETS Fleet Movement Naval Interception Ports Ship building Maintenance cost BUILDING/RECRUITING CAPACITY Province limit Improvements COMMANDERS Specialists HOSTILE ACTIONS Combat Morale Pitched Battles Naval Battles Retreat Naval Blockades Sieges Assaults ATTRITION Land Sea SUPPLY LINES Pillaged Provinces 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 21 22 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 29 29 29 30 30 30 31 ECONOMY OVERVIEW External Factors Managing your Resources The Financial Summary The Budget PROVINCES AND POPULATION GROWTH Increase Decrease Instant changes Population and income 31 31 32 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 34 2 EUROPA UNIVERSALIS II STABILITY FACTORS THAT LOWER STABILITY FACTORS THAT INCREASE STABILITY What is affected by Stability?LOANS National loan International loan Repayments BANKRUPTCY INFLATION Increasing factors Decreasing factors 35 36 38 38 39 39 40 40 40 41 41 42 SOURCES OF INCOME Annual income Monthly income Other income Monthly expenses War Taxes PRODUCTION AND GOODS Base value of goods Supply and demand Description and historical background TRADE AND MERCHANTS Centers of Trade (CoT) Trade income Merchants Competition 42 43 43 43 44 44 44 45 45 46 48 49 49 50 50 INVESTMENTS UPGRADING THE INFRASTRUCTURE Public officials Factories TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT Areas of Technology and Research. Cultural Technology Groups Investing in Stability 51 51 51 51 53 53 54 54 DIPLOMACY Relations Neighboring Countries Diplomacy Use of Diplomats Improving Relations War Affects Your Relations Tolerance Affecting Your Relations Other factors affecting Relations 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 3 EUROPA UNIVERSALIS II PROVOCATIONS Insults Claim their Throne Warning Proclaim guarantee ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS Refusal to Trade Trade agreement Loans ALLIANCES Royal Marriages Military Alliance Military access Vassalage Creating Vassals Annexation 59 59 60 60 60 60 60 61 61 61 61 61 63 63 64 64 WAR AND PEACE TO PREPARE FOR WAR Casus Belli Side effects of war HOW TO START AND HOW TO END War aims War score Peace negotiation Military annexation Peace treaty Separate peace 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 70 70 70 RELIGION State Religion Provincial Religion Religious Tolerance Religion and international relations Strategy CONVERSIONS Changing State Religion Changing Provincial Religion FOUR IMPORTANT EVENTS Reformation Jean Calvin Council of Trent The Edict of Tolerance 71 72 73 73 73 74 74 75 75 76 76 76 77 77 DOMESTIC POLICY Plutocracy to Aristocracy Decentralization to Centralization Narrow-minded to Inventiveness 4 77 78 78 78 EUROPA UNIVERSALIS II Free Trade to Mercantilism Defensive to Offensive Doctrine Naval to Land Quantity to Quality Free Subjects to Serfdom 78 79 79 79 80 COLONIZATION OVERVIEW Receiving settlers How to establish a settlement SETTLEMENTS Colonies Trading posts COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD Chances to succeed Local inhabitants Explorers and Conquistadors COLONIAL STRATEGY Protecting Your Colonies 80 81 81 81 82 82 82 83 83 84 84 85 85 REBELS & OTHER SCUM REBELLIONS Causes Effects Quelling rebellions Liberation movements PIRATES Privateers 86 86 86 87 87 87 88 88 EVENTS & SPECIAL CASES EVENTS Historical events The Treaty of Tordesillas -- A Historical Event THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE DEFENDER OF THE TRUE FAITH MONARCHS 88 88 89 89 90 91 91 THE ARCHIVE HOTKEYS CREDITS Strategy First Distribution Infogrames Inc. Paradox Entertainment 92 93 94 94 94 95 5 EUROPA UNIVERSALIS II INTRODUCTION Europa Universalis is a real time strategy game that spans over 400 years, from the last decades of the Middle Ages, through the periods of the Great Voyages, the religious strife of the Reformation and the paradoxical Age of Enlightenment, and ending with the rise and fall of Napoleon. [. . . ] Every refinery provides a research bonus in Trade. · Naval equipment factories may only be built when you have reached naval technology level 5, providing an extra monthly income if it is built in a province producing naval supplies or fish. Each factory you build provides a research bonus in naval military technology. · Fine arts academies may be built when you have reached infrastructure level 4, and it provides an extra monthly income if you build it in your capital province. Each academy provides a research bonus for stability. · Weapons factories may be built when you reach land military technology level 17. They provide an extra monthly income when building in provinces producing iron or copper. Each factory provides a research bonus in land military technology. To have a weapons factory is a definite plus in the technological struggle for advantages on the battlefield. · Goods factories may be built when you reach infrastructure level 6. Each goods factory provides a monthly income if built in provinces producing cloth, cotton or tobacco. Each 52 EUROPA UNIVERSALIS II factory provides a bonus in research in the area of infrastructure. TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT This game starts in the late Middle Ages when armored knights, crossbows, and halberds ruled the battlefield. Then comes the Renaissance with the first firearms and the drill. It ends with the late Baroque period with well-trained and drilled mass armies in perfect squares and scientifically formed sieges. Under such conditions it is of utmost importance that you develop over time. Your nation has four areas of technology. Research is automatic in these areas and the level of technology in each field increases over time. This basic research is slow, but may be improved by investments. This means that you may choose how much of your monthly income you want to spend on research in the various fields on a regular basis, but you may also directly invest in one or more areas of research. The direct investment cost 200 ducats and provides a technology advancement equal to 100 ducats spent over time. Note that you may only invest directly in a field of technology once per year. All investments are made in your state account. [. . . ] If you wish to use the Software in a manner prohibited below, please contact the Company at the address, phone, or fax numbers listed above for information regarding a ìSpecial Use License. îOtherwise, you may NOT : (a) Make or distribute copies of the Software or documentation, or any portion thereof, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. 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