Hi James, I presume you're using the Windows version. In that case, the main things you want to familiarize yourself with are the menu bar and the somewhat non-standard dialogues the game uses. A few years ago, someone--I think it was Chris Bartlet? posted a Word document which explained a lot of how to get started and make sure things were as accessible as possible. I don't have that file here, nor do I know where to find it. Chris, if that indeed was your work, might you be able to put it up somewhere if you still have it? In the mean time, I'm willing to provide what help I can. You'll probably be using the Jaws cursor a lot to read things, such as the display on the map which makes up the main screen. The thing to realize is that arrow keys move a pointer from place to place, and that the game always displays your current coordinates below the menu bar. Your capital is always at (0,0). When you focus on a planet with the arrows and not just an empty sector of space, a bunch of information about the planet pops up in the lower part of the screen. It'll be different depending on if you own the planet or are in range to scan it and have approximate information about it. So, you'll want to start by just moving around the map with the arrows, reading what information you have about planets and getting a feel for the layout of the map. Beyond this, just look around the menu bar. Particularly, there's an item in (I believe) the Fleet menu which lets you send probes to unknown planets outside your scanning range. Those take one turn to arrive, but can go anywhere in the galaxy. They don't always manage to get you information: sometimes the world is advanced enough to detect and destroy them. The Reference Manual, which you can find in the help menu, is a good read to get familiar with the basic ideas. Also, the Dos version's manual, which is on the neurohack site, is much more extensive and quite well-written. A lot of the information will transfer pretty well, as the two versions share mostly the same interface and all of the same concepts. I realize this is a bit long and rambly, so I'll stop here. If you have any specific questions I'll be glad to answer as best I can. All the best, Zack.
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 08:38:57PM -0500, James Howard wrote: > Hi, Ok, gguys, I'm at a loss, I have no idea what I'm doing, or how to > make anything work once I get the game started to get things going in > teh right direction, in short, I'm a newbie and completely lost, any > help would be appriciated. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
