User manual - Masters Of The World
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1. 45 THE 46 INTERNATIONAL 47 STRATEGIC AGREEMENTS 47 SECRET SERVICE EUM DPI IM IM EU 47 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZAT ONS aaa aaa n Arsa AATE AAEN TENERE En 48 ALIGNMENT BETWEEN NATIONS cccccccsesceceesecccecesseeceesuaeseeaeeseaceeeuaeeeauesens 48 CUSTOMIZING AND SAVING YOUR 49 CHOOSING KIT bue those pecore edes pese peso 49 GREATING MOBIFVING A KIT sre EYE ee EP pee ecc 49 EXPORTING AND IMPORTING A FIDE eios 50 jipu elclem 52 THE PROBES SORS Ce ined 52 THE EssenTIALS BUDGET AND POPULARITY eere nennen 52 5 NU e s ed 54 PARMIAMENT AND AW Sia operto Un idu 55 MAIOR TEVENT a rris vem Eee 56 TECHNOLOGIES AND DISCOVERIES 57 CUETURAL AND SPORTS EVENTS esce coo pde 58 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES aa ana RM aA NECS 582. DOTT 58 TECHNICAL 2 40 2202222 59 INSTALLATION AND GETTING STARTED The installer will launch automatically and will give you several options Select Install Masters of the World and installation will begin If auto insert notification is turned off open the DVD from the desktop open the Autorun file and double click on Autorun or Autorun exe to start the installation Follow the on screen instructions There may be improvements to the game including corrections for minor issues added features and data updates These improvements can be integrated into the software though a patch available on our website If you are connected to the internet each time that you launch the program the program automatically looks for these updates After your confirmation the updates are then downloaded and installed Read before you or your child play a video game Some people are susceptible to epileptic seizures and to becoming unconscious at the sight of certain kinds of flashing lights or commonplace phenomena These people expose themselves to risks when they watch certain television images or when they play certain video games These phenomena may surface even if the person has no past history of or has never had an epileptic seizure If you or a member of your family has already shown symptoms related to epilepsy a seizure or loss of consciousness in the presence of light stimulation
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS INSTALLATION AND GETTING STARTED nnns 3 INSTALLATION AND GETTING TARTED aa deea 3 INSTALLING TECHNIGAE s e iiie tete coss haie 3 EPIMERSY WARNING e oes d 3 INTRODUCTION TO THE 4 WORLD 6 e mec EUREN 7 SCORE AU CUUATIDNGA iiini niea in a i 9 TUTORIAL MODE ise ccccccsasicsscccecscccssavcussascanavcatascotsaccedyeacsasneuaxtcease 10 INTRODUCTION E Er re dO eee Eu ba pajO ANUS 10 SPECIFIC INTERFACE B EMENTS ioi beo exte aeeaiei 11 QUIZ MODE tecnico aai cc aes cuyas en 12 AEE AA AATE T EA E AET RS 12 RE I A TAON EERE TE AS AT ca De 13 PROCES a E case 14 DESCRIPTION OF THE GAME 15 GENERAL DESCRIP NON 2 62 29 oniani a aea ebela 15 Tae cce pm 17 THE ADVANCED MANAGEMENT INTERFACE 0cccccsecscececsecesceeeueesessueeeeeeaeaneees 21 TIME TERT TU UU 22 FOUR POPULARITY I reiecta tede iode reus 23 KOUR DESKTOP morsio ae 24 LEAVE THE GAME ice a ettet D aeia 26 ACTIONS IN THE MINISTRIES eese nnn nnn 27 MINISTRY
4. At any given moment you can replay the video by just clicking on it Back to table of contents 10 41 Throughout tha gama pubiic figure warnings as questions and presarirthek requests 7o 1 Professor 2 Help Arrow 3 Help Band Back to table of contents 11 QUIZ MODE Introduction In the Quiz you can respond to several sets of questions You can choose between three game modes Fast Game Select the quiz that you want and play Challenge Choose the type of challenge you want No Mistakes where you respond to a maximum of questions without making any mistakes or Time Attack where you give the maximum of right responses in the allotted time Custom Game Choose three themes among the proposed themes Set the number of questions and their difficulty level The left part of the screen displays the information pertaining to each quiz e The level required your player level displayed on the top right must be greater than or equal to the quiz level to be able to play it e Thethemes dealt with e Thenumber of questions e duration the number of seconds you have to play the quiz This duration can be unlimited e The bonuses The number of points that you can win from the quiz which will be added to your total player score You can t accumulate points by doing the same quiz several times You can however improve your quiz score to try to obtain the maximum number
5. consult your doctor before playing the video game We advise parents to be vigilant while their children play video games If you or your child show any of the following signs dizziness vision problems eye or muscle twitching loss of consciousness orientation problems involuntary movements or convulsions stop playing immediately and consult a doctor Back to table of contents 3 INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME In Masters of the World play a head or heads of government or state president king prime minister of one or more countries that you choose in the beginning You can take action in all domains economic social military domestic foreign ecological social and so on All of the world s countries are represented with their own variables and modes of operation Over a thousand actions are available in the different ministries of the game They reflect the different modes of operation of each country There are actions that you can directly execute yourself such as dismissing a minister setting up a solar plant ordering a secret service investigation drawing up an electoral platform There are also legislative bills that you can propose but that Parliament will have to vote on for democratic regimes of course such as changing the VAT rate increasing retirement age barring political parties increasing minimum wage and changing the mandate of the head of state You can also manage your agenda so as to meet many well k
6. the small target displayed in the corner of your photo The Mini Map You can reach any point in the world with just a mouse click This option is very practical if you want to whisk yourself off to the other side of the planet A target on the world map indicates the place where you are on the 3D map You can also zoom in on the min map with the mouse wheel You can move around by keeping the right mouse button pressed just like on the 3D map By clicking the button you enlarge the mini map and open the advanced management interface see below The deployed mini map allows an overview of the troops and their movements as well as developments on the battlefield Back to table of contents 17 Sites displayed on the map There are several types of sites e cities military bases terrestrial naval air communication space e infrastructures high speed train lines pipelines ports civilian airports nuclear plants oil wells offshore plants gas deposits wind farms and solar power stations e natural sites volcanoes and mountains historical and cultural sites symbolized by a camera e specific sites e g the Pentagon the Vatican etc Each element of the map is associated with a specific icon Clicking on it makes an information cell appear Selecting Countries Regions and the Information Sheet The color of the border of the country on which your cursor is placed reflects the quality of the relationship you h
7. INFORMATION IN THE TOP _ 28 BUDGET INDICATORS ON THE raus dne 28 MINISTRY MANAGEMENT IN THE RIGHT 1 29 THE EIGHTH BUTTON CHARACTERS AND GROUPS 0cccceeecseeeeeeseeesueeeeseueens 31 REACTIONS TO YOUR ACTIONS eee nnne nnn nnn 33 REQUESTS ON THE LEF Tirreno faunct 33 TELEPRIN TER 35 CONTEXTUAL CONS THE 36 a mmm TER 36 ARMED FORCES MANAGEMENT enne 37 THE DIFFERENT TYPES 6 37 MANAGING TROOPS ON THE MAP 37 BASIC 41 SATELLITES AND COMMUNICATION 41 MANAGING THE 42 ECONOMIC CONTRACTS Eit obses viole 42 IMPROVE YOUR ECONOMY e cadi abad 43 SUPERVISE YOUR ECONOMY iaiccesctaissincceanaaieini atu sctesseuecculsiniebodededaunniseaacdad 44 ENERGY PRODUCTION AND
8. There are several different buttons in the welcome menu These options will let you adjust various settings and view scores e World Simulation includes over 175 playable countries and about 20 scenarios eThe Tutorial mode will interactively show you the main workings of the game guiding you through the beginning of a game eThe Quiz mode is a game that tests your knowledge in various subjects We will now describe these different game types in further detail The Options menu lets you view the scoreboard adjust game options including graphics quality and sound levels and access the game credits On the Scoreboard you can sort what type of scores you would like to see using different sorting cells You can view your own scores or see rankings for all players by connecting to the Internet In the Game Options Wargame Multi Order is the option to automatically chain several mission orders for your military units Refer to the Wargame section for more information Another option allows you to set up automatic game saving according to several available schedules Graphics parameters are set by default according to the capacity of your computer and graphics card Back to table of contents 3 WORLD SIMULATION The World Simulation menu offers five choices return to the previous menu play a multi player game over the network start a new single player game load a saved game and load and manage customization ki
9. all the pending requests For each request this panel allows you to see the relevant interlocutor the subject of the demand and the reception date You can display them by just clicking or on them or delete them by clicking on the red X in the first column You can also sort them by column by clicking on the column headings Back to table of contents 34 On the right is the teleprinter where important world events scroll namely domestic unrest protests strikes sit ins confrontations conflicts between countries and their development disasters earthquakes floods famines etc terrorist acts attacks hostage taking Clicking on them opens a descriptive window that suggests certain actions such as negotiating with a union that started a strike or militarily supporting a country at war By clicking on the Globe symbol of the window the map is positioned on the event venue Newspaper Newspaper information is key for realizing how the world works and how people react to your policy This is an important tool that can guide you in your actions The newspaper is a weekly that is published each Monday When it is published it appears on the right of your screen in your teleprinter Just click on it to read it The game is then paused and you have all the time you want to read it To turn the pages of the newspaper click on the arrows on the bottom right and left You can directly access national and international news by
10. people Not all laws can be voted on by referendum They must be laws concerning society This icon can only appear if the country has adopted this referendum process in its constitution If that is not the case you can try to have it voted on using the Parliament panel Reform This lets you combine several bills to be voted on at once in Parliament These bills must have a common theme in order to be combined Clicking on the Reform icon will open a menu where you can either create a new reform by naming it or add the bill to an existing reform Back to table of contents 30 Clicking on the eighth button takes you to a sub menu with different kinds of groups unions associations and a last button for Personalities On their left the windows of the groups show the symbols of all the groups in the country with respect to the selected theme On the right are the actions to carry out Some actions require that you select an action for example block a union and then select the concerned group on the left This button opens the panel for the Character categories which allows you to access all the sheets of the characters in the game M o m 0 els e Character category H cuf 1 Jocotiliors lendes ba d I Back to table of contents 31 Each character has a number of variables specific to him or her which dete
11. the character appears with other requests on the left of the main menu Click on it and the contextual window of the meeting will open Newspaper Menu This menu gives access to the archives of the newspapers of the whole game They are arranged in chronological order Indicator Panel In one glance you can see the main lines of your budgetary policy At the top you can see the evolution of government receipts and expenses Major variable graphs e This panel lets you view the evolution of some major indicators of country Back to table of contents 25 Sound Options You can set the different audio levels sound effects music voices and the general volume of the game Saving Saving requires a large amount of compression time which depends on the capacity of your computer The compression is absolutely necessary as it reduces the size of the backup file on your computer Click on your photo to access your desktop then select the Exit button on the bottom right of the window You can also leave at any time by pressing Escape Note that at this time you will be proposed with the option of sending your score to the internet adding your information to the GAME and PLAYER rankings on the game s website To record your scores you will need a username and password If you don t have one the game will give you the option to create one This will be your Internet nickname To save GAME scores on the Inter
12. 31 ADVICE The Professor In the beginner level you will receive help from a professor of geopolitics When his icon lights up it means he has new advice for you Click on the icon and he will give you the advice The advice will show up in the professor menu You can access them by clicking on the small icon next to the professor The professor will never give you a message you have already heard The professor s advice may relate to the context of the events in the game or be various tips with no relation to your current situation The indicators for the national budget and popularity rating are two of the game s most important values If one of them is very bad it s very probable that you ll lose quickly Budget The detail of the national budget can be seen in the Finances which are accessible from the first button There are expenses and receipts You can play with the two lines to try to make some savings If you spend too much your deficit will be deeper and the indicator of the national budget will move to the red zone A deficit that is too deep is bad for national finances which must reimburse debt every year as a result If the indicator goes into the red zone you risk having the national government go bankrupt Popularity Half of pure popularity in other words outside of the political program is a Back to table of contents 52 reflection of the people s opinion The other half consists of the advice of al
13. World in 2013 for example is mainly composed of the cumulative popularity bonus which is the sum of daily popularity ratings that are over 50 The other important component of the score is a calculation based on the number of countries aligned with the player s country The more the player agrees with the other nations of the world the higher the score is The other components of the score are the bonuses for the number of laws passed in Parliament the bonuses per year in power and various bonuses acquired during the game Score with Objective In mission mode where there is an allotted time the score is set It is the score that is displayed in the detailed mission sheet Each time that you conduct the same mission with a different country you will obtain the mission bonus again However if you repeat a mission already won with the same country you won t win any extra points Back to table of contents 9 TUTORIAL MODE Introduction This mode allows you to quickly discover the game in its entirety by initiating you to its main mechanisms In this mode you are accompanied by the geopolitics professor who appears in different videos all throughout your learning The professor will set objectives for you to reach These objectives are divided into stages For each stage you are guided by text messages that stream on a band on the bottom of the screen and by a flashing yellow arrow that points to the area to click on
14. and signing highly profitable contracts with them Back to table of contents 45 The Black Market Accessible from the Armed Forces menu you can contact the black market to obtain military material that is really expensive but in strict secrecy You can also select the black market when you create a new contract for military material Back to table of contents 46 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS You can propose a strategic agreement during a meeting with a head of state or from the International Politics menu For the latter open the Diplomacy window and select the Alliances tab The list of all the countries is then displayed For each of the countries you can see the kind of alliance established and the different rights that have been accorded To create an agreement or modify an existing one click on the concerned country and the document will open As for economic contracts the response will be a few days in coming and will notably depend on the relations that you have with the country The left part of the agreement shows the two concerned countries and the right part shows the details of the agreement the type of alliance the rights of military passage in your country and in the concerned country and the number of military bases that can be established Like for an economic contract you can accept refuse or modify the terms of the contract Sometimes heads of state will come propose economic contracts to you in person Sec
15. anner Meeting requests can be done through the planner icon in the corner of the photo When you open a meeting your interlocutor appears with a dialog box You can close a current meeting with the X on the top right This does not end the meeting you can go back to it by clicking on the request again To close a meeting click on the finish the meeting button Depending on the character selected the suggestions in the dialog box vary For example you can negotiate with a union propose a ministry post to a well known personality encourage parliament to vote for a bill propose strategic contracts with a head of state and so on The meetings are an important complement to your policy Summits of International Organizations For these requests the photos of the characters do not appear in the frame It is the logo of the organization that is shown UN European Union G8 G20 By clicking on them a window specific to summits appears Televised appearances These concern your own appearances that you have decided to make but also appearances by other heads of state if they have global importance They can be identified by their small TV icons You can shut off television flash videos by pressing the lt power gt button on the television Panel of Pending Requests When there are so many requests that they cannot all be displayed on the left part of the screen a small icon appears This icon takes you to a panel listing
16. ave with this country It is green 2 levels if it is good red 2 levels if it is poor and gray if it is neutral The color blue corresponds to your territories Clicking once on a country will make its flag appear in the top right of the screen Clicking on this flag will display a window comparing your country and the selected country In this window you can find e The photo of the head of state of the selected country By clicking on it you can open the head of state s sheet and arrange a meeting e n some cases a music note allows you to play the country s national anthem e Alist of political economic and military information e Four comparison bars including the Human Development Index HDI This HDI index is calculated each year by the United Nations Development Programme UNDP and is based on three elements life expectancy at birth level of education calculated based on the literacy and school enrollment rate and the revenue as measured by GDP per inhabitant The HDI value is always between 0 and 1 The closer it is to 1 the better it is Back to table of contents 18 Clicking a second time on the same country or clicking on one of the regions makes the region s flag display on the top right Clicking on this will display a window providing information on the selected region The little target visible on the flags allows you to re center the map on the relevant country or region Right click menu By clic
17. clicking on the titles on the bottom of the page To zoom in on an article click on it and reclick on it to go back to the original format If you click on the date or the number of the newspaper you can open the newspaper menu and read the old editions This menu can also be accessed from your desktop Every photo of a character in the newspaper can be selected and opens up a sheet on this person To put up the newspaper click on one of the X s in the corners of the newspaper Back to table of contents 35 Several types of icons can appear on the map The National Unrest icons are always associated with a city and show up next to the city If there is a lot of unrest in one city the icon will change symbols each time By clicking on it all the symbols are shown click on the one you would like to open The Disaster icons show where a disaster has taken place as well as the action buttons that allow you to send money The Conflict icons show that there is tension between two countries from a basic threat on the borders to all out war By clicking on it you can take up your position regarding this conflict Sometimes it s a secondary conflict the consequence of a main conflict In this case you will be asked to take up a position regarding the main conflict The Terrorism icons indicate that a terrorist group is ravaging the region You can click on it for further information Sometimes your head of cabinet will telephone
18. ctly address you Each request appears on the bottom left is formulated in the same way and includes e a photo of your interlocutor or his or her face e yourinterlocutor s flag e the logo of your interlocutor s group or organization if there is one e the request information to the right of the photo the character s name post request date and title Outside basic requests requests can be destroyed without being opened by clicking on their X Requests have a limited life If you don t read them they disappear after a few days By clicking on the character s photo the request window opens Some requests are questions asked by your interlocutor You ll have to respond by clicking on Accept or Refuse If you click on the X on the top right of the window this won t be deleted but will be returned to the list on the left To make a request definitively disappear click on the OK button or on the Accept or Refuse button If there is a direct request you ll see subtitles showing your interlocutor s text You can hide or display them again by clicking on the arrow on top and to the right of the subtitles You can go back on the subtitles by clicking on the up down buttons to the right of the subtitles Lastly you can relaunch your interlocutor s message by pressing the Play button to the right of his or her face Back to table of contents 33 Meetings All meetings that you arrange are listed in your pl
19. desired heading You can also click on any line to open its description sheet Agriculture Industry Services Energy Info shows all the sectors of the selected domain for your country their contribution to GNP to corporate taxes the jobs they generate their trade balance the difference between exports and imports a positive trade balance means that you export more than you import the average purchase price and the average selling price You can also select another country and see this same information for its sectors Sector Info shows all elements necessary for manufacturing the sector s product Back to table of contents 44 There are different kinds of energy available to you Fossil based solar thermal nuclear and other kinds of electricity To produce it you can build plants with the Construction tab in the Energy menu Of course most of these plants require resources to function You can look for resources in your territory or purchase your energy abroad Some production and recovery plants have to be positioned on the map Their location could be a determining factor in their yield when it comes to oil wells and wind farms for example In this case an indicator of the quality of the land appears when you select your plant s location Finally you can build a pipeline if you have gas or oil wells This will let you distribute your resources to other countries after obtaining their approval for construction
20. displaying data and statistics relating to the ministry This part usually includes e the estimated budget of the ministry for the current calendar year and the previous year s actual budget e the pie chart of the government budget highlighting the budget of the concerned ministry e the photo of the relevant minister e a graph illustrating the theme in question Clicking on the little arrow will show a list of statistical values with the values for the current year and the year that the game started If a value has a small Diagram icon at the beginning of the line clicking on this icon opens a window of time and country comparison graphs e other personalities in the game relating to this domain By clicking on their image you can access their sheet and thus arrange a meeting with them by clicking on the Planner icon The two indicators represent the ministry and government budgets At the beginning of the game the needles are in the center They then move towards the red and green zones depending on your savings and expenses Below the ministerial budget and the government deficit or surplus are indicated Clicking on these indicators takes you to the indicator panel of the ministry budgets This is the same panel that is accessible from your desktop IMPORTANT There is a difference to be made between the annual budget and the one year provisional budget e the budget indicator on the top corresponds to the estimated budget fo
21. e an impact on the voting configuration For example you can try to change their opinion by flattering them during the meeting Of course the result depends on their own character which can be evaluated through the secret service e Blackmail If you are aware of scandals concerning a parliamentarian thanks to your secret service you can try to blackmail him or her by not exposing the scandal in exchange for his or her vote in favor of the law e Corruption You can also always try to propose bribes to a parliamentarian This has to be done carefully as any corruption attempt can turn against you if the parliamentarian is honest It is strongly advised to hold a preliminary consultation with the secret service to be better informed of the parliamentarian s personality e ministry The personality of the ministry has an impact on the result of the vote By changing ministries notably that with a political leaning that is different from that of the player the result of the vote can be changed and can sometimes be enough to swing the vote e Laws with several stages Sometimes it is possible to pass quantified laws a tax for example in several stages in order to obtain an objective which would otherwise be refused by parliament if it were presented in one go Unrest Unrest protests sit ins strikes uprisings are symbolized on the map by different icons and reflect serious problems in society If this unrest persists it w
22. e sites disappear a full screen map that shows the whole world map This map can also accessed by pressing the F10 function key Note that to go back to the previous display you can reselect the kind of map already displayed Back to table of contents 20 In the mini map and on the bottom left of the screen there is are two lt gt buttons that open the Advanced Management Interface The button on the bottom left displays all ministry icons on the bottom of the screen thereby letting you access them directly To go back to the large button mode click on lt gt again The mini map s Advanced Management Interface lets you deploy the mini map which is very practical during wargame phases It also lets you open the Management and Military icon menus e The Management mode lets you display information on the selected country or region and perform contextual actions Population Surface erea square mies E e The Military mode activated by going to the wargame display shows the troops of the selected country or regions You can give them orders in this mode Back to table of contents 2T The advanced management interface includes several frames The first frame indicates what you ve selected The second frame shows what your selection includes economic data or military troops The third frame brings together all the actions you can carry out on this selection In military m
23. elect the country and with the scrollbar on the right you can select a character To modify a character you ll modify his or her identity and face Identity changes concern the first and last name and sometimes the sex and birthdate of the character For the face you can replace it with a photo of your choice that you have saved in jpg format preferably 256x256 or 128x128 pixels and preferably copied in the directory under My documents Masters of the World custom photo in Windows XP and Documents Masters of the World custom photo in Windows Vista and Windows 7 and 8 To replace the face with a photo click on the lt Photo gt button then select the jpg file of your choice The new photo is then displayed in the window Back to table of contents 49 You can also modify the settings for the 3D face clothing hair color and type ethnicity accessories by pressing the lt gt and lt gt buttons Group Kit Group modification functions on the same principle as that of character modification apart from the fact that there is no category menu Choose a country by clicking on the flag on the left by typing the first letter of the country you can access it more quickly and the choice of the type of group on the top right To change the group s logo it must be saved in jpg format and copied in the directory My documents Masters of the World custom photo in Windows XP and Documents Masters of the World custom photo in Wind
24. er of selected units is the total number of units There is thus no division of the group To consolidate the two units click on one unit and put it on the other unit Heliborne commando attack A heliborne commando is not visible to the enemy as long as it has not attacked its target Once the attack is completed the commando will automatically leave in its helicopter and go back to the base It will then be visible and can be destroyed A commando can do serious damage to the enemy but often loses many men during its raids 3D Camera When you click on a unit on the map you will have a Camera icon in your menu which you can use to switch to the 3D view This view is from on top of the selected unit and moves with it You can Switch from one unit to another by clicking on them when you see one To go back to the normal map click on the Camera icon at the bottom This view works for both military and civil units planes trains boats Back to table of contents 39 Commands that are common to several units To send orders that you common to several mobile units select a frame on the map by keeping the right button pressed down When you release the button the movement arrows will appear All the units on the field included in the frame will be concerned by the attack move command that you give by selecting the target The number and unit types concerned are displayed in little frames You can also give an order common t
25. ese infrastructures Newsletter If you subscribe to the Newsletter you will receive all future newsletters but you can also access previous newsletters created since the release of Geopolitical Simulator 1 These newsletters contain advice and explanations about the game s functioning Back to table of contents 58 TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you encounter any technical problems you can email us at support masters of the world com You can also consult detailed information on the game at www masters of the world com Recommended Configuration for PC Windows 7 VISTA 2 GHz Processor 4 Gb RAM 2 Gb disk space DirectX 9 0 compatible sound card DirectX compatible 256Mb graphics card Recommended Configuration for Mac MACOSX 10 6 Snow Leopard or higher 1 6Ghz or higher processor 4 Gb RAM 2 Gb disk space Intel processor Back to table of contents 29
26. etely peaceful Placing the cursor in the middle will set it to a realistic situation Terrorism This level lets you adjust the degree of terrorist activity The higher it is the more often terrorist organizations will trigger terrorist operations At the lowest level these organizations will not act at all Placing the cursor in the middle will set it to a realistic situation Unrest This level lets you adjust the degree of reactivity of the people and social groups to unpopular actions by their ruler A higher level will mean a greater magnitude of unrest protests sit ins and strikes Placing the cursor in the middle will set it to a realistic situation NOTE To save GAME scores on the Internet and appear in game rankings you need to play in Realistic mode meaning the cursors for all of the Disaster Warmongering Terrorist and Unrest need to be in the middle position Scores will be recorded no matter what difficulty level you choose In addition if you are not in Realistic mode you can still record your points as a PLAYER number of games played profile points etc e Select the game speed the currency displayed in the game and whether characters are the same for every game or different and random every time Once you ve made all your selections click OK to start the game Back to table of contents 8 Score Calculation Free Scenario The score is the sum of several elements The score in the free scenario The
27. f employment and corporate taxes You can look at an assessment of your contract by re opening it once it is signed You can also declare embargoes or impose customs duties to big exporting countries for political or economic reasons However do realize that your country could be part of an international organization that requires you to respect certain principles The WTO for example condemns embargoes between members of the organization You can impose price reductions for a product especially food to help purchasing power but this price reduction will be borne by the state Finally you can fully or partially nationalize or privatize an activity sector If you nationalize a sector the state much purchase the shares and the sector s profits or losses will be recorded in the state s revenues If you privatize a sector the sale of the shares will immediately be added to the revenue Back to table of contents 43 In the Agriculture Industry Services and Energy menus you have access to World Info Agriculture Industry Services Energy Info and Sector Info The World Info shows you what each country produces consumes imports and exports and at which average price for the selected sector You can thus get to know the countries that buy a lot overseas the prices at which they sell and what could make your offer attractive etc You can select a display unit in percent or volume and order the table by clicking on the
28. f voters votes of deceased persons This actions will affect the final result but of course include some risks as they can be discovered and start scandals These risks are evaluated as a function of the effectiveness of your secret services Survey All throughout the campaign there are periodic surveys that are displayed on the left side of the Elections window Results The final result is communicated to you by telephone by your head of cabinet Back to table of contents 54 Calculation of Votes Votes are calculated in the following manner e Each important character from your country chooses his or her preferred candidate as a function of his or her affinities e When the character votes he or she captures in his or her vote all or part of the people on which he or she has influence This is notably a function of the popularity of the character the character s role in society the charisma of the character and that of the group that he or she directs a political party head will have more influence than a big couturier and the character s political engagement Thus in the game you will need to sway as many personalities as possible e The people pronounce themselves on each of the candidates e The final result for a candidate is half dependent on the votes received from the characters and half dependent on the people s vote e After all the people have voted all the final results of the candidates will be compared which wil
29. game Back to table of contents 7 Once you have selected the scenario click lt OK gt to access the settings panel of the game In this panel you can Choose the head or heads of state you would like to play by clicking in the empty boxes on top and then selecting their country from a list Switch characters by clicking on their photo Change their first and last names e Set up your game using the cursors for the following areas Difficulty The game has three difficulty levels Beginner Experienced and Expert In the Beginner level you will receive advice from the Professor and opinions from your political party concerning laws you would like to propose The higher the level the harder it is to raise your popularity rating and the stronger the Al military enemies Disasters This level lets you adjust the probabilities of natural and man made disasters The higher it is the more disasters will occur on the planet At the lowest level there will be no disasters Placing the cursor in the middle will set it to a realistic situation Warmongering This level lets you adjust the probability of wars and their degree of acceptance by the people The higher it is the more often countries artificial intelligence will provoke wars A higher level also means people will react less negatively to their ruler s warmongering attitude At the lowest level the artificial intelligence cannot trigger war and the world will be compl
30. ill have a lasting effect on your popularity You will always have the possibility to use strong arm tactics to bring them down but there is no guarantee that this will have the results expected And you risk a serious decrease in your popularity Back to table of contents 56 Natural Disasters You could be rightly accused of neglecting the budgets required for preventing natural catastrophes Be careful to compensate the victims don t underestimate the importance of this Finally if other countries help you financially give some of this to victims Otherwise you ll be accused of embezzlement Conflict Entering a conflict creates a stir at all levels Besides the reactions of your people and of all the characters of your country the international organizations and the other countries of the world will position themselves as a function of your level of responsibility in the conflict Don t forget that all wars require significant financial means either Sometimes it s better to have a peace treaty that is slightly against your favor than a bad war that gets bogged down Military alliances formed before the conflict can play a dominant role because the allied countries can provide you with military support Refugees When a natural disaster happens or when a conflict breaks out refugee camps can be set up It is up to you to construct refugee camps to welcome them or to ask for help from your neighbors Otherwise the consequences o
31. ion producing countries and strategic alliance The success of the organization which will bring you popularity depends on the budget you decide to allot it as well as other factors You can have economic and military allies Economic allies will put you as a priority and will negotiate contract prices more easily with you Military allies can promise to come defend you in case of attack and can also let you go across their territory and set up bases on their soil You can use different means to vary these alignments Economic contracts Strategic agreements Financial donations Disaster aid War aid and more Back to table of contents 48 CUSTOMIZING AND SAVING YOUR GAME The customization icon can be accessed from the World Simulation welcome menu The first kit menu lets you choose a kit to play with and delete or manage kits creating them modifying them and importing or exporting them in cus format To play with a kit select it and confirm It will be added to your game To modify a kit click on modify and then select it To create a kit you must first give it a name The customization concerns the characters and groups A window allows you to choose between the two Character Kit The Selection of Character Categories is the welcome menu of the characters that divides the characters of the game in several categories Once you have chosen a category you can select a character With the top cell you can s
32. king on the map with the right mouse button different context menus appear depending on the area selected This right click menu is a shortcut all of the management elements it contains can also be accessed from other buttons including within ministries and in the Advanced Management Interface see the below section on the Advanced Management Interface Some examples If you select a country by right clicking you can set an appointment with your head of state If you select one of the regions of your country you can start some construction If you select one of the cities you can create a festival Back to table of contents 19 Map Display Menu Whatever area you select the right click menu always gives a display submenu with different kinds of maps and filters for displaying or hiding different types of elements There are also icons located on the bottom of the mini map that you can use to go from one map to another Here is a description of the different maps Normal Map This map shows all elements based on the zoom level and their importance In 3D and at the first level of 2D icons accessible by clicking on the trackball all elements are displayed with no exceptions unless 2 elements are too close to one another and the 2 icons cannot be displayed This map is also accessible via the F12 function key Infrastructure Map This map displays all high speed train lines pipelines ports civilian airports energy p
33. l determine the percentages won by each of them Parliament and Laws Process When a law is presented to parliament the different political groups position themselves as a function of several elements such as Alignment by group with respect to the law the importance of the law the alignment of the different members of the group with the head of state and the alignment of the group with the relevant ministry To calculate the final result of the vote the result of each of the groups is weighed as a function of their representation in parliament When you cancel a bill the people will remember your proposition and will punish you if they don t agree with it In the same way a project that has been refused by parliament is a snub for the head of state who will always lose some popularity points in the affair Back to table of contents 55 Means of Action There are many ways to influence a vote in Parliament e Incentive During a meeting you can ask a parliamentarian to encourage the passage of a law which will allow you to know how the parliamentarian intends to vote If the parliamentarian accepts your proposition it will increase the yes vote of the political group that he or she belongs to as a function of his or her influence on the group A party head has five times more influence on the members of his or her group than a regular member e Change in alignment The alignments of parliamentarians with the head of state hav
34. l the important groups and characters that make up your country and who influence the people at different levels At any given moment you can order opinion surveys from the Communication tab in the National Policy button of the Head of State sub menu There are three surveys of varying precision that have varying durations The most precise of the surveys gives a very detailed vision of the election results if there is an election that will take place Back to table of contents 53 Elections Process The presidential elections take place in several stages All the described actions are taken from the Elections sub menu from the National Politics button Primaries They don t concern you if you are presenting yourself During this period the candidates from each party declare themselves Political program During the campaign you can set your program which can include several quantitative engagements If you are elected the people will remember your campaign promises and can punish you if you drift from them Meeting During the campaign you can also have meetings in the cities of your choice This will allow you to improve your image in the regions of the selected cities and to change the voter opinion in this region To be effective the meetings should be spaced out in time otherwise they won t have any impact Electoral fraud If you want you can cheat There are three possibilities destroying ballots double registration o
35. lants nuclear plants oil wells etc for your countries selected in the top right regardless of zoom level Wargame Map This shows the positions of all your military units mobile units military bases cities that have armies as well as those of the selected countries on the top right of the screen for any zoom level On each of these units the relevant flag of the unit is shown as well as a gage indicating its power Note that the power gages for foreign military bases only appear if you fight them This map can also be accessed by pressing the F9 function key Economics and Strategic Alignment maps These two modes show the military and economic alignments the state of your relations that you have with the other countries of the world The color code used is detailed in the legend that is shown on the bottom of the map Your own color is blue Comparison Maps These allow you to compare all of the countries against a criterion that you select from a list of themes The legend always appears on the bottom of the map with numerical values matching the color code The name of your country is framed in red in the country ranking With the mini globe button you can visualize the planet as a real globe as opposed to viewing it in world map mode This map can also be accessed by pressing the F11 function key weather map this shows the temperature and precipitation in real time for all the countries of the world In this mode the icons of th
36. lumn B name and photo of the group This is the name of the photo jpg format preferably 256 256 The images should be placed in the custom logo directory The other columns should not be modified For a character Column A description unmodifiable Column B character s first name Column C character s last name Column D name of the face It can be the name of the photo jpg or of the 3D face fg Column E sex of the character M or F Column F birthdate dd mm yyyy format Be sure that this column is displayed in this format and not in dd mm yy format It is not recommended to modify the other columns Make the modifications that you wish to make and then save them How to apply your modifications Return to the Customization menu then select Create a new kit or Modify a kit Once a kit is created or selected click on the button Import a CSV file then select the CSV file that you modified before By doing this the kit will be modified and will include the selected CSV file Good to know Several CSV files can be imported in the same kit If a same group or character is modified in several CSV files that you import in a kit the applied changes will be those of the last imported file You can also create or modify a kit with a standard interface and export it into CSV format with the Export this kit to CSV format button The file created is also saved in the custom directory Back to table of contents
37. n your popularity can be really negative In the same way countries affected by disasters or conflicts can ask you for help construct refugee camps Research is fundamental for the advancement of your country By developing new technologies you can encourage relevant sectors of the economy For example by maintaining a monopoly of the production of a new technology or by improving production techniques or by selling your patents at high rates Another example Improving military technologies allows you to develop a military arsenal of higher quality The game includes about a hundred great discoveries for the fifty coming years The scientific developments in society are notably followed in newspaper advertisements Back to table of contents 57 Besides the national holiday and major traditional holidays there are major cultural and sports events that take place throughout the whole year These events can t be ignored You can take part in them create new events through your Culture Ministry and give your country all its chances to shine There will always be effects the public opinion From the transportation menu you can develop your infrastructures directly on the map by building ports airports and high speed train lines The location of these infrastructures is essential for calculating their impact on commerce and tourism in your country The deputy ministers will give you feedback on the effectiveness of th
38. ne of your units must occupy it until it is besieged Note that you cannot take over a city with a commando because a commando always returns to its base after its mission To take over a region you must occupy the majority of the buildings and cities of this region If you take over the capital of your enemy the conflict stops and your enemy surrenders A peace treaty will then be sent to you which will propose that you annex or colonize the country or that you retreat and organize free elections You can take over all the cities of a country to obtain a peace treaty You can always send a peace treaty during a conflict by going to the Diplomacy menu on the Treaty tab Satellites and Communication Centers Other units will also be used in times of war communication centers When you activate their radar they detect foreign submarines Once satellites are activated you can see the units found in the foreign bases You can freely move around the satellites on the map Back to table of contents 41 MANAGING THE ECONOMY Economic Contracts You can propose an economic contract during either a meeting with a head of state or with the economy ministries second button With the ministries select the button of the sector concerned by the contract Agriculture Industry Services or Energy Then click on the Contract tab that will allow you to make or consult contracts or cancel current contracts When y
39. need to be voted by parliament if they are to be applied When you select one of them a window opens with a value to set or a proposition to confirm the value Once confirmed your bill will be submitted to Parliament If you click again on the bill which from now on will have a National Assembly icon a new information window will open with the date of the vote and the estimated votes for each of the parties in the national assembly You can see the chances of success of your bill being voted through Even if it doesn t look good you can always cancel your bill In the United States and Germany your bills must be voted on by both parliamentary chambers high and low to be adopted For these two countries the votes from both chambers are displayed Several icons may appear at the bottom of the Legislation window Wikipedia link Clicking on this will load a Wikipedia page in your browser on the selected legislation Televised appearance Clicking on this icon means you have decided to make a televised appearance to promote the passage of this bill in Parliament or to limit its unpopularity After confirming your face and a TV icon will appear in the requests on the left Clicking on that will launch the flash video of your appearance The appearance will be somewhat effective but make sure not to abuse it because it could damage your credibility Referendum If you select this icon the bill will not be voted on by Parliament but by your
40. net and appear in game rankings you need to play in Realistic mode meaning the cursors for all of the Disaster Warmongering Terrorist and Unrest need to be in the middle position Scores will be recorded no matter what difficulty level you choose In addition if you are not in Realistic mode you can still record your points as a PLAYER number of games played profile points etc Back to table of contents 26 ACTIONS IN THE MINISTRIES The seven buttons on the bottom of the screen give access to different ministries The eighth button concerns all the groups and characters in the game By passing the cursor over these buttons or by clicking on them sub menus appear You can then select the theme you want From left to right the seven buttons represent the following themes government budget and finances national economy including energy and environment police and army social areas including work family health housing and transport culture and education including research media and sport everything relating to domestic policy including managing elections and your ministerial team foreign policy notably with all the international organizations including the UN o bee 50 Health inistry budget Bs budget in Heat Social SUN 06 JAN 2013 11 00 Back to table of contents 27 The top left of a ministry sheet is an information area reserved to
41. nown figures heads of influential organizations e g unions associations religious institutions relatives your parents spouse medium head of security foreign heads of states international figures the pope the UN Secretary General international stars Through these meetings you can negotiate social agreements conclude military agreements sign big economic contracts corrupt decision makers seduce media personalities and much more On the map you can lead military operations by maneuvering each unit yourself construct a number of buildings manage each of your regions and move your satellites around The secret service is invaluable for countering opposing forces and for leading special operations e g destabilizing the regime assassinations sabotage Before making a decision you can inform yourself by reading the weekly journal ordering polls and consulting the interactive maps and all kinds of graphs The strategies of the many personalities in the game notably of the heads of state of the other countries are managed by the computer These strategies are a function of several settings and of their psychological profile in particular Lastly you will have to confront a number of problems that could threaten your power budget deficit popular uprisings natural disasters terrorist attacks international conflicts economic war and on top of that you ll have to stay in power Back to table of contents 4
42. nterface click on a country region or base to make the available troops appear The available actions for your selection appear in the third part of the advanced management interface Back to table of contents 37 If you would like to switch to Active Multi Order mode and you are not in it by default select the last icon in the unit orders menu In Active Multi Order mode you can chain together orders given to your units Their different trajectories will be shown on the map In this mode units will not wait until the end of the list of orders to act but will immediately perform the first selected order To exit multi order mode and confirm the series of orders click on the last icon in the orders menu or click on the right mouse button without moving the mouse or press the Escape key The Different Commands larrh a missie SiN OGIA 2615 1500 Move Once your order has been selected an arrow with directions regarding the distance and the icon of the command Then select the desired destination and the unit will move The arrow is red if the move is not possible example moving a ship on land You can cancel an action by pressing Escape Note that the terrestrial units can go through the seas on barges Attack The same thing as for the move an arrow appears but this time you ll have to select the target You can t attack yourself The program would consider it as a simple move In Attack mode a terrest
43. o several mobile units or to units that are stationed in their base To do this trace a frame with your mouse by keeping the left mouse button and the CTRL button pressed The frame should include all the units that you want to select Once you have traced your frame release the button and then the CTRL button Then select the common target to move or attack In the advanced management interface you can send commands to several units by default including units that are not nearby by clicking on CTRL each time The multi order mode also functions with several units selected Wargame Display You can access the map in Wargame mode by clicking on the tank icon on the bottom of the mini map or with the right button on the map by selecting the map display or by pressing the F9 button On each of these units the relevant flag of the unit is shown as well as a gage indicating its power Note that the power gages of the foreign military bases only appear if you fight them or if they enter into the perimeter of action of one of your satellites see the Satellites and Communication Centers section below By clicking on the mouse wheel the map zoom is positioned on the first level of the 2D icons This is particularly useful for armed confrontation because at this zoom level you can visualize all of the military units on the map Back to table of contents 40 Basic Conflict Rules To take over a city it must not have a defender anymore and o
44. ode the troops in your selection are all selected by default They correspond to the orange halo around their icons in the second frame By clicking on the move icon they all move to the selected location However you can deselect troops by clicking on them These troops will then lose their orange halo In military mode there are also two displays available one by group and the other by type To switch between the two displays use the button on the left of the frame The display by type shows all the units of the same type and same level e g all the level 3 tanks The display by group shows the units as they are grouped together on the map e g a group of tanks in Paris and a group of tanks in Marseille See Armed Forces Management below for details on managing military operations Time Icons The current time month and year are shown in the mini map On the side the time passes according to the selected game speed You can stop the game relaunch it accelerate it or jump around in time by clicking different icons which are in order play fast forward fast forward to the next request skip forward one day skip forward one week and skip forward one month The week s calculations happen on Tuesdays and require the program to make large calculations to simulate the evolutions of all the variables of all the countries of the world The speed will thus depend on the capacity of your computer Note that with the s
45. of points e Your score for this quiz To start the quiz click OK Back to table of contents 12 Interface The interface that is specific to the Quiz has several elements 1 theme and the difficulty level that you have selected 2 The question with its number and number of total questions 3 suggested responses 4 stopwatch that serves as a countdown and limits the response time for question or for an entire Quiz 5 The Quiz score or the number of bonus points won Back to table of contents 13 Process The first question is displayed with four propositions Select a response then validate your choice by clicking on the lt Next gt button which will stop the stopwatch For some questions the four propositions will be replaced by a map You will then have to select an element from the map country region or city depending on the question You will then validate your choice by clicking on lt Next gt You can move around the map by keeping the right mouse button pressed or with the arrow keys of the keyboard You can zoom in on the map by using the mouse wheel Be careful some questions have several possible answers If this is the case select all appropriate answers before validating Once your selection has been confirmed the right answers will automatically appear You will then need to click again on lt Next gt to go to the next question If you don t have time to answer the
46. ople s reactions and opinions regarding your actions and events They affect your popularity rating In multi country mode the photos of the different leaders you have chosen are displayed in the top left Back to table of contents 15 United States mini map with map display icons time icons smiley face area your popularity desktop access access to the sheet of the selected country region character requests teleprinter ministry buttons 10 character and group button 11 multi country heads of state display Back to table of contents 16 Moving around the 3D Map The game starts with the world map centered on the country that you ve selected To move around the map keep the right mouse button pressed and move the mouse around Or you can use the keyboard arrow keys To zoom use the mouse wheel or the Next Page and Previous Page buttons Note that the more you zoom in the more detail the map shows Depending on the importance of the sites to be displayed the cities and other buildings start to appear in 3D from a certain zoom level By clicking on the mouse button the map zoom starts at the first level of 2D icons This display is particularly useful for armed confrontation as it allows you to visualize all the military units on the map even isolated units and to easily select them as they are represented as 2D icons Note that you can re center the map display on your country by clicking on
47. opularity Entering a Value There are several ways to change a value in an input field You can click on the and buttons you can position the cursor of the mouse on the field and use the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the value you can right click in the input field where you would like to set your new value with the line displayed under the input field representing the current value for reference You can also left click on the input field and directly enter the value with the keyboard Construction In this tab you can construct different buildings Click on one of them then select the number to construct and the region concerned in the window that opens up The cost and duration of construction are then shown After confirmation you will notice that the number in the target column has changed From this time onwards the number in the current column will evolve depending on the duration of the construction until it reaches the number that has been set as a target There are also buildings to directly place on the map The return on some of them will depend on their location These buildings first appear as being in construction You can check the number of remaining days by clicking on them You can also stop the construction you won t spend any more money on this construction but the money already spent won t be reimbursed Back to table of contents 29 Legislation The actions in this tab are bills that
48. ou click on New Contract a blank contract is opened On the left of the contract select the country you would like to deal with and then choose the type of transaction and the product then settle the price volume and duration of the contract During a meeting you will receive an immediate response to your proposition Otherwise it will take several days and there might be a counterproposition It s up to you to accept or renegotiate them Sometimes heads of state will come propose economic contracts to you in person Trade agreement c GD between United Sires purchase Clothing Priwe index in 2012 qw hare price mj add HO 0520201671800 Back to table of contents 42 There are about a hundred economic sectors that can be divided into four major areas agriculture industry services and energy You can help a specific sector by subsidizing it This favors investment Or you can exempt it from contributions which favors employment Subsidizing a sector that is not yet operational in your country can help it to start off The contracts allow you to contribute to the improvement of your GNP as it is already in relatively good shape if you choose a good economic partner and sign contracts that are very favorable with respect to market prices These contracts will affect the profits of the concerned sectors and will encourage growth Depending on the sector there will be an impact in terms o
49. ows Vista and Windows 7 and 8 Definitions A customization kit is a CUS file with data on all the characters and groups of all the nations of the game and which is intended to be loaded before the launch of a game through the Customization menu A CSV file is a data file concerning all the groups and characters of a single specific nation that can be easily read and filled out through spreadsheet software and that is meant to be integrated into a customization kit Using a CSV file makes it possible to easily and quickly create customization kits How to proceed In the customization menu in the Options menu click on the Export a CSV template button which will display a list of countries Click one of them then click on lt gt You will then need to give a name to the CSV file that will be created You now have a CSV file in the Custom folder in My Documents Masters of the World Profile which contains a list of the groups and characters of the nation that you ve selected To make a simple modification select it right click on open with and choose Excel or scalc Open Office If you use scalc you ll need to specify the import options Import Option window Here select the box Semi colon and deselect the Comma box Then click on OK Back to table of contents 50 What does this sheet include For a group Column A description unmodifiable Column B group name Column B group acronym Co
50. pacebar you can activate and deactivate the Pause mode Back to table of contents 22 Smileys Over time you will see the effects of your actions You will notably see how your fellow citizens judge your policies through smiley faces that stream in on the top middle of the screen Every day they show the approval or disapproval of the people in real time on several themes such as security health and education A variation in popularity of 0 can be accompanied by smiley faces as the sum of positive and negative effects can cancel each other out in the end Popularity Rating Your popularity is the key to a successful game It is displayed in large numbers next to the smiley face Clicking on it opens a window evaluating your political program Your popularity rating is the most important number in the game as it is a real time indicator of what the common people and personalities of your country think of you If you rating goes too close to 0 there s a strong chance that you ll lose the game Back to table of contents 23 To access the desktop click on your photo On the home window of your desktop appears the main information your popularity curve and a log of smiley faces At the bottom of the window are icons that allow you to access in order from left to right return to your welcome desktop your score detail agenda newspaper menu indicators of the budgets of your ministries major variable graphs game sound option
51. r the next 12 months When you modify your budget values the indicators will be repositioned accordingly They will then become provisional budget values This makes it possible to evaluate the consequences of your actions on the budget for whatever period of the year e the budget displayed on the left is an estimate for the current year up until December 31st You will find the same annual display at the Ministry of Finances which lists the total receipts and expenses for the entire current year Back to table of contents 28 The right part of the window includes different actions that you can carry out in this ministry They are spread over several tabs These are the kinds of tabs you can find Budget From this tab you can manage the manpower and the salaries of civil servants if the ministry is large in the police health education and armed forces sectors You can also determine the repartition of the ministerial budget among different sectors As soon as a value is modified the savings or the expense related to this change appears on the bottom of the window To validate your choices click on the lt Confirm gt button For each theme you can position several budget stars Each star has a financial and human cost which means that each star accorded or removed will have a direct consequence in the game whether it be on your budget savings or expense on the employment level hiring or firing or on public opinion p
52. ret Service The secret service has extremely varied and effective means at its disposal You be the judge survey of personalities and revelation of scandals robbery of a political party infiltration of terrorist groups to fight against them or help them assassination election rigging managing foreign networks top secret agent As for managing your foreign networks you can specify the target of the network infiltration of political groups moles sabotage You can thus spy on a head of state and dig up scandals surrounding him or her blackmail or exploit this at the UN You can also interfere in the domestic affairs of another country and finance its political parties unions and terrorist groups All this must however be manipulated with caution as the scandal could break out at any moment if you don t have the means to game your ambitions Back to table of contents 47 To access international organizations open the International Politics menu From there you can select the UN or any other organization whether you are a member of it or not Some organizations have specific actions At the UN for example you can start voting on a resolution against a country by showing proof of its poor behavior proof furnished by your secret service You can also create your own international organization from the New Organizations menu Four types of organizations can be created economic market monetary un
53. rial unit will stop to fight an enemy on its path In the advanced management interface you can select a region to attack Your troops will then try to capture all the places in the region Stop Stop the unit on the spot Return to the base The unit goes back to its original base Post Change the original base of the unit The unit then directs itself to this base on a freighter It is thus untouchable and can go through all the territories But you can t give it commands before it arrives at its destination Back to table of contents 38 e Launch a missile You need to first select the type of missile conventional chemical or atomic missile The two latter require preliminary authorization procedures The atomic missiles depend on your technology you can also try to acquire them and are counted Their number is indicated below in their box Once the missile is selected click on the target e Bombardment Same functioning as for Launch a missile except the unit continues to combat until the total destruction of the target e Divide a group With the and buttons surrounding the number of units you can select the exact number of units that will execute the given order You can also use like any input field the mouse wheel or the right click to specify the number When you select the command it will be effective only on the specified group If it s a group movement the group will divide itself into two By default the numb
54. right answer will automatically appear It will then be up to you to go to the next question At the end of the quiz you can see the number of right responses that you ve given as well as your score To leave the quiz at any given moment click on the red button on the top right Back to table of contents 14 DESCRIPTION OF THE GAME INTERFACE The map takes up the bottom of the screen On the bottom right there is the mini map box which you can click on to move around quickly to the selected point This box also shows the game date and time icons for managing the passage of time and map display mode icons The lt gt button lets you set up the advanced interface see below On the bottom of the screen the buttons let you access different ministries The last button is for the game characters and groups The lt gt button lets you set up the advanced interface see below On the left side photos of characters are piled up These characters have something to tell you or a meeting with you On the right side is a teleprinter where important events in the world are streamed conflicts contracts domestic unrest disasters etc as well as newspapers On the top right of the screen is your popularity rating your photo that allows you to access your desktop and the flag of a country or region if they have been selected on the map In the top center is the smiley display area These smileys summarize the pe
55. rmine his or her psychology and behavior The variables include age political leaning charisma network of influence and level of protection These characteristics can be unmasked by launching investigations through your secret service These investigations are drawn at random at the beginning of the game In the static character mode the characters do not change from one game to another In random character mode they are recalculated for each new game Character Sheets Besides the group logo and flag different symbols can appear on the character sheet A national assembly if it s a member of parliament a medal if you ve given him or her one a hospital bed if the person is sick a gate if the person is in prison a heart if the person is your lover or mistress a ballot box if the person is an election candidate a tape recorder if you ve launched an investigation of the person a file if you have information concerning the person from the secret service Back to table of contents 32 REACTIONS TO YOUR ACTIONS The left screen is reserved for requests for national and international characters who would like to share their advice and observations with you or who have a meeting with you With time several requests can start to pile up if there are many people waiting Classic Request There are many kinds of memo requests that are written messages left by your interlocutor and direct requests where your interlocutor will dire
56. s saved games and the game exit Except for the major variable graphs there are keyboard shortcuts for all the icons These shortcuts are the F1 to F9 buttons and correspond to the icon display from left to right President of The United States Back to table of contents 24 Planner As a head of state you will have to arrange meetings with different personalities in the country make visits take part in different events and more Your planner will thus prove itself to be extremely useful Several parts of the planner can be selected The bookmark on the top takes you to the current week The arrows on the bottom turn the pages The bookmarks on the bottom right access the different months of the year The X on the top right takes you out of the planner The notes box is reserved for your personal notes To arrange a meeting click on a free half day The character selection window will open with a category list Choose the category of character that you would like to meet with Generally speaking a meeting lasts a half day However certain people such as foreign heads of states or specific events require more time You can also arrange a meeting with a character from his or her personal sheet by clicking on the planner icon on the bottom To reschedule or cancel a meeting just click on the meeting of your choice and change the date or cancel it with the buttons of the interaction window When the meeting takes place
57. ts Playing a game over the network is detailed in its own manual which you can find in them game directory The option to load a saved game will bring you to a menu where you can select the game Your games are listed in chronological order Select the game you wish to load and click lt OK gt Game customization lets you modify attributes name photo etc for characters and groups in the game It also lets you build kits This part is explained in detail at the end of this manual New single player game Select a game Back to table of contents 6 In the first panel Select a Game select the scenario that you want to play Some scenarios set specific objectives to reach within an allotted time Others are political contexts in which you ll have to try to stay in power as long as possible The scenario The World in 2013 proposes that you play any country in the world on January 1 2013 with the sole objective being to remain in power Depending on its success each scenario can win you points see Score Detail below Depending on the number of points won you can go up a level and thus have access to new scenarios You ll need 1 000 points to reach Level 2 scenarios and 10 000 points to reach Level 3 On the top right of the panel there is a recap of your score and level You can also create and select another player there Once you have selected the scenario click OK to access the settings panel of the
58. you about events that are usually very serious and which will often be fatal for you Back to table of contents 36 ARMED FORCES MANAGEMENT In the beginning in the military operations window of the Armed Forces menu there is a whole set of actions that will allow you to lead operations without having to manage them directly on the field You can thus decide to attack a country and have your head of armed forces take care of just the military manoeuvers to make In this situation your orders for bombardment for example will be given priority as a function of the decisions of your armed forces chief At the beginning of the game the military units are stationed in their respective bases terrestrial air and naval corresponding to their unit type These are the different kinds of units e 3types of terrestrial units jeeps tanks and missile launchers 3 types of aerial units fighter jets helicopters and heliborne commandos 4 types of naval units aircraft carriers nuclear submarines conventional submarines and cruisers Each of these types comes in 5 quality levels represented by stars with 5 stars being the highest quality In the simple management interface to give orders to a unit on the map click on it If it is in a base select it then point on the type of unit you want The command menu then opens To close it press the Escape button or click on an empty area of the map In the advanced management i
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