Empire Earth TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I: Installation...............................................................................................5 Installing Empire Earth ..........................................................................................................5 Tips to Improve Game Performance ......................................................................................6 Prehistoric (500,000 – 50,000 BC) ............................................................................8 Chapter II: What is Empire Earth? ......................................................................10 The Emergence of Empires ..................................................................................................10 Your Role in Empire Earth...............................................................................................11 Features of Empire Earth......................................................................................................12 Stone Age (50,000 – 5,000 BC)................................................................................14 Chapter III: Starting Empire Earth ......................................................................16 Launching the Game ............................................................................................................16 Main Menu ...........................................................................................................................16 Learning to Play ...................................................................................................................17 Single Player Games ............................................................................................................18 Playing a Random Map Game .........................................................................................19 Playing the Campaigns.....................................................................................................19 Playing a Stand-Alone Scenario ......................................................................................21 Playing a Saved Game .....................................................................................................21 Multiplayer Games ...............................................................................................................21 Join Network Game .........................................................................................................22 Join by IP Address ...........................................................................................................22 Host Network Game.........................................................................................................23 Play on Internet ................................................................................................................23 Playing a Saved Multiplayer Game .................................................................................24 Game Setup ..........................................................................................................................25 Game Options...................................................................................................................27 Starting a Game ....................................................................................................................31 Single Player ....................................................................................................................31 Multiplayer.......................................................................................................................32 Selecting Your Civilisation...............................................................................................32 Using Custom Civs......................................................................................................33 Game Settings.......................................................................................................................33 Video ................................................................................................................................34 Audio................................................................................................................................35 Interface............................................................................................................................35 Game Tools...........................................................................................................................36 Saving and Exiting the Game...............................................................................................37 Winning and Losing .............................................................................................................37 Copper Age (5,000 – 2,000 BC)...............................................................................38 Chapter IV: Playing Empire Earth........................................................................40 The Game Screen .................................................................................................................40 The Game World ..............................................................................................................41 User Interface ...................................................................................................................42 Resource Inventories....................................................................................................42 Population Count .........................................................................................................42 1 Table of Contents Button Areas ................................................................................................................42 Unit/Cargo Display......................................................................................................50 Mini-Map.....................................................................................................................50 Game Controls......................................................................................................................51 Mouse Basics ...................................................................................................................51 Controlling Units..............................................................................................................52 Selecting Units.............................................................................................................52 Moving Units ...............................................................................................................52 Orders and Actions ......................................................................................................53 General Actions .......................................................................................................54 Citizen Actions ........................................................................................................55 Military Unit Actions ..............................................................................................58 Using Buildings................................................................................................................62 Selecting Buildings......................................................................................................62 Training/Creating Units ...............................................................................................63 Rally Points..................................................................................................................63 Researching Technologies ...........................................................................................64 Advancing Epochs .......................................................................................................64 Bronze Age (2,000 BC – 0 AD)................................................................................66 Chapter V: Quick Walkthrough .............................................................................68 Choosing a Civ .....................................................................................................................69 Exploration ...........................................................................................................................69 Resources..............................................................................................................................70 Creating Citizens ..................................................................................................................71 Constructing Buildings.........................................................................................................71 Training an Army..................................................................................................................72 Taking the Offensive.............................................................................................................75 Advancing to the Next Epoch ..............................................................................................75 Researching Technologies ....................................................................................................76 Unit Upgrades.......................................................................................................................77 Winning a Game...................................................................................................................77