User manual GAMES PC GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS

[. . . ] USER MANUAL Developed by Written by Brad Wardell & Steve Rose Table of Contents Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 About the Demo Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installation and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Any planet with that governor will then automatically build social projects in the given order. Similarly, on military projects you can tell every planet that has that governor to build a particular ship at once. Tip: Many players use one governor for combat-ship-producing planets, and a different one for constructor-building planets (using their better planets for warships, and the rest for constructors) ­ clearly the constructor building planets don't need social improvements for improving combat vessels, like a shipyard. Use the governors to NOT build certain improvements on planets where you don't need them ­ it is rare to have an economy that can afford to build everything everywhere. 36 of 86 Trade By default, your civilization will be able to have 2 trade routes. Trade is a very tricky thing from a political standpoint. Getting alien civilizations to let you have a cultural and economic presence requires an immense amount of negotiating skill. Other technologies can provide you with more trade routes (and choosing the mercantile political party will allow you an additional trade route). However, you can never have more than 10 trade routes. This screen displays what your trade routes are doing: The key information includes: Established (Est. ) What year the trade route began. Older trade routes tend to provide more revenue than newer ones (i. e. Distance How far away it is in light years (moves). Value The current per month income from that trade route. Additionally, you will also be able to turn on and off trade embargos. If you don't want a particular civilization trading with you, then you can keep them from doing so. When you trade with a particular civilization, it gains just as much from the trade route as you do. The "All Routes" button displays not only your trade routes, but also all the trade routes other civilizations have established with your planets. Domestic Statistics On the domestic statistics screen you can see everything you ever wanted to know about your civilization (and then some). You can see what your civilization abilities are, your economy, your society (are you good or evil, etc. ) along with a run down on your military relations with other civilizations report. The more often you're at war with a civilization and the longer you're at war with them, the more of a lasting problem relations with them will be, this will keep an eye on that. Graphs The graphs screen is designed to allow you to get a snapshot of how you compare to other civilizations. It displays bar graphs of how you are doing at that moment. ? Treasury Total Income Research Influence Ethics (Evil to Good) Manufacturing Military Overall popularity Trade Power (Income from Trade) Overall Happiness Use these graphs to see how you're doing compared to other civilizations. TIP: How the Economy Works The inner workings of the economy are subject to revision ("tweaking" is the word the developers use) from version to version, so Stardock have not published the actual formulae used in many of the calculations. This outline identifies the major elements involved, as well as any additional information that the developers have let slip. . . Bonus Modifiers Bonus modifiers come in three types: ? [. . . ] You can delete the . BIK files (or move them somewhere else) and this will remove the videos. Some parts of the game may look static or strange but it will allow you to play on an older system. Check the Galactic Civilizations website for other tips (www. galciv. com). Tip: Just turning the sound effects etc off in the Options screen is not quite as good as deleting all the sound files. . . [. . . ]