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V1.03 Galactic Civilizations User Manual I. Contents I. Contents .................................................................................................................................. 2 II. Welcome! ................................................................................................................................ 5 A Note about this Manual ........................................................................................................... 5 System Requirements ................................................................................................................. 6 Minimum ................................................................................................................................. 6 Recommended ........................................................................................................................ 6 Installing the Game ..................................................................................................................... 6 Starting a New Game .................................................................................................................. 6 III. Getting Started in “Sandbox” Mode ....................................................................................... 8 Step 1: Choose or Create your Race ........................................................................................... 8 Customize Your Civilization ..................................................................................................... 9 Step 2: Choose your Galaxy Type.............................................................................................. 11 Step 3: Choose a Star System ................................................................................................... 11 Step 4: Choose your Victory Conditions ................................................................................... 13 Step 5: Customize the Game Settings ....................................................................................... 14 Step 6: Choosing Opponents .................................................................................................... 15 The Main Game Screen ............................................................................................................. 16 Controlling the map with the Mouse .................................................................................... 16 Game Options ....................................................................................................................... 17 Game Menu Bar .................................................................................................................... 20 Star Map ................................................................................................................................ 20 Currently Selected Object ..................................................................................................... 21 Quick Resource Counters ...................................................................................................... 21 Mini Map ............................................................................................................................... 21 Resource Details.................................................................................................................... 22 Turn Button ........................................................................................................................... 22 IV. Getting Started with Multiplayer .......................................................................................... 23 The Player Lobby ....................................................................................................................... 24 Human Players ...................................................................................................................... 24 AI Players ............................................................................................................................... 24 Unclaimed Players ................................................................................................................. 24 Playing in Multiplayer ............................................................................................................... 24 In-Game Chat ........................................................................................................................ 25 V. Managing your Colonies ....................................................................................................... 26 Planet Surface ........................................................................................................................... 26 Planet Class and Usable Tiles .................................................................................................... 26 Planet Features ......................................................................................................................... 27 Improvements and Projects List ............................................................................................... 27 Planetary Yields ......................................................................................................................... 28 © 2015 Stardock Entertainment Page | 2 v1.03 Galactic Civilizations User Manual Productivity and Economy ........................................................................................................ 28 Planetary production ............................................................................................................ 28 Raw Production ..................................................................................................................... 28 Focusing production ............................................................................................................. 28 Population size ...................................................................................................................... 29 Boosting productivity with Improvements ........................................................................... 30 Other Production Modifiers .................................................................................................. 30 Approval and Production ...................................................................................................... 30 VI. Ships ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Shipyards ................................................................................................................................... 31 Shipyard Sponsors ................................................................................................................. 32 The Ship Designer ..................................................................................................................... 32 Design Mode ............................................................................................................................. 33 Hulls....................................................................................................................................... 33 Parts ...................................................................................................................................... 34 Equip ......................................................................................................................................... 35 Drives .................................................................................................................................... 35 Weapons ............................................................................................................................... 35 Defenses ................................................................................................................................ 35 Modules ................................................................................................................................ 36 Support.................................................................................................................................. 36 Edit ............................................................................................................................................ 36 Animation .................................................................................................................................. 36 Options ...................................................................................................................................... 36 Save your Design ....................................................................................................................... 36 VII. Starbases ............................................................................................................................ 37 Building your Starbase .............................................................................................................. 37 Upgrading your Starbase .......................................................................................................... 38 VIII. Diplomacy .......................................................................................................................... 39 The Trade Screen ...................................................................................................................... 40 IX. Ideology ................................................................................................................................
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