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 Dark Age (0 ­ 900 AD).............................................................................................78 Chapter VI: Expanding Your Society ....................................................................80 Citizens .................................................................................................................................80 Your Civilian Workforce ..................................................................................................80 Gathering Resources ........................................................................................................81 Construction and Repair...................................................................................................85 Enhancing Your Citizens ..................................................................................................86 Population .............................................................................................................................87 What Counts Towards Your Population? .........................................................................88 Population Capacity .........................................................................................................88 Technological Progress.........................................................................................................88 Technologies.....................................................................................................................89 Advancing to a New Epoch .............................................................................................89 Middle Ages (900 ­ 1300 AD)..................................................................................90 Chapter VII: City Building.....................................................................................92 City-States ............................................................................................................................92 Fortifications.........................................................................................................................93 Guard Towers ...................................................................................................................94 2 Empire Earth Walls and Gates................................................................................................................94 Fortresses..........................................................................................................................95 The Benefits of Buildings.....................................................................................................95 Morale ..............................................................................................................................96 Economic Production .......................................................................................................96 Protection .........................................................................................................................97 Healing and Repair...........................................................................................................97 Planning an Empire ................................................................................... ...