User manual GAMES PC RISE OF NATIONS-GOLD EDITION

[. . . ] If Attacked With . . . Light Infantry Gunpowder Infantry Modern Infantry Heavy Infantry Foot Archers Machine Guns Flamethrower Light Cavalry Heavy Cavalry Ranged Cavalry Artillery Weapons Anti-Aircraft Fighter Aircraft Bomber Aircraft Helicopters Heavy Ships Light Ships Bombardment Ships Heavy Bombardment Ships Fire Ships Aircraft Carriers Submarines Counter With . . . Cavalry Heavy Cavalry, Tanks Tanks, Machine Guns Archers, Gunpowder Infantry Machine Guns Heavy Cavalry, Light Infantry Tanks, Cavalry Infantry, Machine Guns Heavy Infantry Heavy Infantry Archers, Tanks, Light Cavalry Cavalry, Tanks Tanks, Infantry Fighter Aircraft, Anti-Aircraft, Cruisers Fighter Aircraft, Anti-Aircraft Fighter Aircraft, Anti-Aircraft Fire Ships, Submarines Heavy Ships Ships Submarines, Aircraft Light Ships Submarines, Light Ships, Anti-Aircraft Light Ships, Helicopters Get the strategy guide from Sybex!X09-58164 Safety Warning About Photosensitive Seizures A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these "photosensitive epileptic seizures" while watching video games. These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. [. . . ] Your Citizens gain the To Arms button on their Command Palette, which increases their fighting capabilities. Your nation must have researched the appropriate Age for these upgrades. To inflict attrition damage on your enemies (automatic damage done to enemy units in your territory), research these technologies. To research, click the Tower and then click this button. 24 25 GAME CONCEPTS Visibility When you start a normal game, the map is blacked out except where you have units or buildings. To explore this territory, send a unit, such as a Scout, into that region. Rare resources, hidden assets, and the position of other nations will be discovered. Note: When level six Science technology has been researched, the entire game map is explored. When portions of the map are explored, this does not mean your nation can see what is happening there at all times. If your unit leaves and you have no structures in the region, it grays out. Other nation's units may move, exploit resources, or build Cities in that area. You can directly observe only the territory within your unit's or building's direct Line-of-Sight. Competing National Borders Eventually the National Borders of expanding nations meet. The nation that researches more Civic technology faster and places more border expanding structures near the competing nation's border will push their neighbor's border back. All buildings and units inside another nation's territory take attrition damage. Note: City Centers cannot be lost in this fashion. City Capture To capture an enemy City, its City Center health bar must be completely depleted. Unlike other buildings this does not destroy the structure; it becomes eligible for capture. To capture a City Center with a depleted health bar, select infantry units, and move them close to the City Center. You must have more military strength than the enemy in the City's radius to capture the City. The territory surrounding a captured City becomes neutral, and a countdown timer starts during which the City is assimilated. Once assimilated, the City Center and the surrounding territory become part of your nation. Note: If you capture an enemy's capital City, this starts a capital victory timer. If the timer expires and you still hold their capital, all of that nation's cities become yours. National Border Your nation's border surrounds the territory under its control. National Borders are shown as a colored line (your national color). Expanding National Borders When you begin a game, the placement of your first City determines where your National Border appears. [. . . ] The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) were only allies of convenience against the Nazi threat and were suspicious of each other's motives. With Hitler defeated, both sides began competing for influence around the world. Neither side was willing to start a true war because of the risk of nuclear annihilation, spawning a new style of indirect confrontation. While fighting the Cold War, you will: Take control of the USSR or the United States, and try to end the Cold War by booming your economy or crushing your enemy on the battlefield. [. . . ]