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Rise of Nations
March 2003
⌐ 2003 Big Huge Games, Inc. Portions ⌐ 2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Welcome to Rise of Nations!

This file contains information to help you install, start playing, and troubleshoot Rise of Nations. It also includes late-breaking information not included in the in-game Help.

CONTENTS
A. Installing Rise of Nations
B. Starting Rise of Nations
C. Playing Rise of Nations
D. Getting Help
E. Known Issues
F. DirectX Troubleshooting
G. Video Board Troubleshooting
H. CD-ROM Drive Troubleshooting
I. Audio Troubleshooting
J. Multiplayer Troubleshooting
K. Rise of Nations Information
L. Video Board Manufacturers
M. Rise of Nations Support Services

A. Installing Rise of Nations

System Requirements

Rise of Nations requires a personal computer running either Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition. It is also required that your computer have a processor speed of 500 megahertz (MHz) or higher, at least 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM, and a 16 MB video card.

Installing Rise of Nations

1. Insert the Rise of Nations CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. If AutoPlay is enabled, the Setup screen will appear after a brief pause. When the Setup screen appears, click Install and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
?or?
If AutoPlay is disabled, double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, double-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive, and then double-click the RoNSetup.exe icon. When the Setup screen appears, click Install, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.


B. Starting Rise of Nations

You can play Rise of Nations after you have installed it on your computer. You must have the Rise of Nations CD in your CD-ROM drive to play.

Starting Rise of Nations

? With the Rise of Nations CD in your CD-ROM drive, click the Start button, point to Programs (or All Programs), point to Microsoft Games, and then click Rise of Nations.

You can skip the opening animations by clicking on-screen or pressing SPACEBAR.

C. Playing Rise of Nations

Gameplay Modes

There are several modes in which you can play Rise of Nations:

1. Tutorial
Playing the tutorials is a great way to learn how to play Rise of Nations. If you are an experienced real-time strategy (RTS) game player, be sure to start with Tutorial 3. The tutorials cover the following topics:
? Unit Selection and Movement
? Fog of War
? Camera Zoom
? Combat
? Rollover Help
? Structure Building and Control
? Unit Creation and Control
? Resource Gathering
? Research/Technology
? City Capture/National Borders
? Modern Units
? Putting It Together

2. Single player vs. CPU
This option includes the full variety of map and game types for solo play against the computer.

3. Multiplayer
Play against other people over a network. The following methods are supported:
? Local Area Network (LAN) using Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
? Internet using an IP address
? GameSpy matchmaking service

4. Conquer the World
Select a nation and maneuver armies on a strategic map to create Rise of Nations scenarios linked into a grand campaign! Can you conquer the entire world map?


Walkthrough

The following walkthrough of the first few minutes of a multiplayer or player vs. CPU game is designed to get your first game of Rise of Nations off to a great start. In this game, your goal is to capture your opponent?s capital city, which is marked with a star. You start the game with three Farms, manned by Citizens, and a Woodcutter?s Camp manned by two Citizens, as well as a Library and a City Center.

1. Select your City Center, and create two new Citizens.
2. Select a Citizen, and construct a new Farm. Constructing a Farm gives you a one-time bonus of food and increases Food income. Repeat with the other Citizen.
3. Select your City Center, and create two more Citizens. Right-click the Woodcutter?s Camp to set the gather point there. When you do so, the new Citizens automatically start working at the Camp.
4. Select your Library, and click the first blue, civic technology: City State.
5. Create one more Citizen, and when City State has been researched move this Citizen to the forward edge of your national border. The border shows the farthest point at which you can build new buildings. Use this Citizen to create a new City.
6. While the new City is being built, research the first green, commerce technology at the Library: Barter.
7. When the Citizen has completed the new City, tell them to create a Market (Barter research must be completed before you can do this).
8. Select the completed Market, and create a Caravan. When finished, the Caravan automatically begins a trade route between your two Cities, increasing your Wealth income.
9. Build more Farms around your new City. Each City can contain only five Farms. If you find yourself short of Timber, find another patch of woods and build another Woodcutter?s Camp.
10. When you can, research the first red, military technology: Art of War. When Art of War has been researched, you can build Barracks and create troops for your army.
11. When you have enough food, research the Classical Age at the Library.
12. When Classical Age research is completed, you can have Citizens gather Metal by building Mines near any mountain within your national border. Create a few Citizens to run the Mines.
13. When you reach the Classical Age, order a Citizen (create one if your entire population is busy) to build a University. Select the University and create Scholars. Universities (especially those populated by Scholars) gather Knowledge, which is necessary for additional Library research.
14. Order a Citizen to build a Barracks. Select the Barracks and create a few military units to defend your nation. Later, you can also upgrade your units.
15. To conquer an opponent?s City, build a Siege Factory and create some siege units. Siege units can reduce a City?s defenses, at which point you can send in foot troops to capture the City.
16. Use the in-game Help to discover the other available structures, units, and technologies.
17. Keep playing and have fun!


D. Getting Help

You can find out more information about Rise of Nations by using the in-game Help.

Displaying in-game rollover Help

Hold your mouse pointer over any button or interface item in the game. Help text automatically appears at the lower left of the screen.

Displaying the list of keyboard hot keys

While playing a game, click the Menu button or press F10, click Options, and then select the Hotkeys tab to display a complete list of the hot keys used in Rise of Nations. Most hot keys are also listed in the in-game rollover Help. The following quick reference lists some of the most common hot keys.

Camera and Status
To? Do this?
Move (pan) camera Move the pointer to the edge of screen, or press one of the arrow keys.
Zoom out/in Roll the mouse wheel, or press the PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN keys.
View information on unit Click it.
Basic Orders
To? Do this?
Move selected unit(s) Right-click the destination.
Order selected Citizen to occupy a gather building Right-click the building (this order only works if there are available openings in the building).
Order selected Citizen to build Click the Build button on the panel in the lower-left portion of the screen, and then click the desired building category (Buildings, Military Buildings, Wonders). Click the desired building, and then click to place it on the map. The building will turn green when over a valid location.
Creating Units
To? Do this?
Build a military unit Click your Barracks, Stable, or Forge, and click the button for the desired unit type.
Build a Citizen Click a City, then click the Create Citizen button.
Selecting Units and Buildings
To? Do this?
Select a unit Click it.
Select multiple units Click and drag to draw a box around them.
Add units to selection Hold down SHIFT while selecting additional units.
Select next idle Citizen Press (.) PERIOD, or click the Idle Citizen button in the lower center screen.
Select all idle Citizens SHIFT + (.) PERIOD.
Select all units of one type on the screen Double-click one of the units.
Select next City Press C.
Select next Barracks Press K.
Select next Stable Press S.
Select next Forge Press O.
Select next Market Press N.
Select next Library Press L.
Select next University Press U.
Combat
To? Do this?
Order selected unit(s) to attack enemy unit(s) Right-click enemy unit(s).

Attack move Press A.
Queue multiple orders Hold down SHIFT while giving multiple orders.
Grouping
To? Do this?
Group selected unit(s) Press CTRL and a number key (0?9).
Recall group Press a number key (0?9).
Recall and jump to group Press a number key (0?9) twice quickly.


E. Known Issues

Anti-virus software: Having anti-virus software enabled while playing Rise of Nations can significantly degrade game load times and performance.

Opening movie playback is slow under Windows 98 Gold: When playing Rise of Nations on a computer running the Windows 98 Gold operating system, the first time the opening movie runs, it may be slow. Subsequent playbacks of the opening movie will not suffer from any degraded performance.

Opening movie may skip under Windows ME: When playing Rise of Nations on a computer running the Windows ME operating system, the opening movie may play slowly or skip. To resolve this issue it is recommended that users download and install Window Media Player 9 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/.

Rise of Nations runs too slowly: You can increase the performance Rise of Nations by lowering the game?s graphic settings. To change the settings, select Options & Profiles from the Main Menu, click the Graphics Tab, and select the Low checkboxes next to individual graphic settings.

Limited Users overwrite profile files: Playing as a Windows-limited user (someone that does not have permission to write to the hard drive), does not prevent that user from saving to other user's profile folders and overwriting their files.

Game crashes cause subsequent games to lag: If a Rise of Nation game crashes or is terminated through the Task Manager, games played after this will slow down. To resolve this issue the user should reboot their computer if a Rise of Nations game crashes before playing another game.

Hardware color cursor support and game resolution: If running Rise of Nations on systems without hardware color cursor support, you cannot change the bit-depth from the Graphics options panel within the game. To change the bit depth between 16- or 32-bit, exit the game and select Start, Settings, and Control Panel. Double click on the Display icon and the click the Settings tab. Select either 32- or 16 bit color quality.

Replay of saved games may not function: If a Rise of Nations game is saved in the middle of a battle, and the player quits and subsequently tries to view a replay of that game, the replay function may not work. To avoid this issue, do not save games to be played back when battles are occurring.


F. DirectX Troubleshooting

Microsoft DirectX version 9.0 or later must be installed on your computer before you can play Rise of Nations. Rise of Nations Setup should install the correct version of DirectX on your computer.

If Setup does not detect DirectX properly, you can install DirectX manually by running Dxsetup.exe in the directx folder on the Rise of Nations CD.

If you experience sound or video problems using DirectX, go to http://support.microsoft.com/support/directx/ for the latest troubleshooting information.

You should also check with your video or sound card manufacturer for the latest DirectX-compatible drivers.


G. Video Board Troubleshooting

Check with your video board manufacturer for the latest DirectX-compatible drivers. See ?L. 3-D Card Drivers and Manufacturers? In this document for more information on video board manufacturers.

Some video drivers may cause the pointer to flicker: To solve this problem, right-click the Rise of Nations shortcut and click Properties or select Rise of Nations from the Start menu, right-click, and select Properties. In the Target box type -nohwcursor at the end of the existing text (e.g. ise.exe? -nohwcursor). Click Apply and OK.

Creating a Merchant causes the game to crash: This problem may occur on the Diamond Viper V550 and Intel 845 chipsets. To resolve this problem, update to the latest drivers for your video board.

ATI Rage 128: When using video boards based on this chipset, buildings will be displayed with solid white textures. To resolve this problem, download and install the latest drivers from the manufacturer.

NVIDIA GeForce: When using some GeForce drivers, you may experience significantly decreased game performance the first time the game is started after the computer has been restarted. If this occurs, exit the game by pressing ALT+F4, and then restart the game. After restarting once, the game should perform as usual until the next time the computer is restarted.

NVIDIA (GeForce 3, 4): When using these video boards, nuclear explosions may have a muted, grayish effect and boat reflections will not be present. To resolve this issue download and install the 43.45 version driver from http://www.nvidia.com.

Intel 740, 810, and 815 Chipsets: Attempting to launch Rise of Nations on these chipsets results in a black screen followed by a crash to the desktop. There is no known solution.
SiS 315: Shore effects may appear blocky on game map. To resolve this problem, download and install the latest drivers for your specific video board.
ST KYRO: When using video boards based on this chipset, the graphics may be so corrupted that the game is unplayable. To resolve this problem, download and install the latest drivers from the manufacturer.

Specific 3-D graphics accelerator issues
It is usually a good practice (unless otherwise noted below) to always install the latest certified drivers for all your hardware.

? 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000: Rise of Nations will not run on computers using this video board, regardless of operating system. After the program is run, the screen will briefly flash black before returning to the desktop. There is no known solution.
? 3dfx Voodoo 5 (AGP Series): Various graphical anomalies occur on water portions of a Rise of Nations map when using this video card on a Windows 98SE operating system. There is no known solution.
? 3dfx Voodoo 5 (AGP Series): Rise of Nations is unplayable when running the game in 32-bit mode on a Windows 98SE operating system due to missing text, buttons, and other graphic corruptions. To resolve this issue run Rise of Nations in 16-bit mode. To change from 32- to 16-bit mode select Options & Profiles on the Main Menu, select the Graphics tab, and then set the resolution to one of the 16-bit resolutions.
? ASUS v-3800 Ultra: Rise of Nations may not run on computers using this video board. To resolve this problem, download and install the latest drivers from http://www.asus.com.
? Creative Annihilator Pro: The pointer flickers and may cause minor corruption to the game graphics. To resolve this problem, update to the latest drivers from the chipset manufacturer.
? Diamond Monster Fusion: Rise of Nations will not run on computers using this video board, regardless of operating s

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