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If Attacked With ...
Counter With ...
Light Infantry
Gunpowder Infantry
Modern Infantry
Heavy Infantry
Foot Archers
Machine Guns
Flamethrower
Light Cavalry
Heavy Cavalry
Ranged Cavalry
Artillery Weapons
Anti-Aircraft
Fighter Aircraft
Bomber Aircraft
Helicopters
Heavy Ships
Light Ships
Bombardment Ships
Heavy Bombardment Ships
Fire Ships
Aircraft Carriers
Submarines
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Cavalry
Heavy Cavalry, Tanks
Tanks, Machine Guns
Archers, Gunpowder Infantry
Machine Guns
Heavy Cavalry, Light Infantry
Tanks, Cavalry
Infantry, Machine Guns
Heavy Infantry
Heavy Infantry
Archers, Tanks, Light Cavalry
Cavalry, Tanks
Tanks, Infantry
Fighter Aircraft, Anti-Aircraft,
Cruisers
Fighter Aircraft, Anti-Aircraft
Fighter Aircraft, Anti-Aircraft
Fire Ships, Submarines
Heavy Ships
Ships
Submarines, Aircraft
Light Ships
Submarines, Light Ships,
Anti-Aircraft
Light Ships, Helicopters
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Table of Contents
Summary of Contents for Microsoft game studios Rise of Nations
- Page 1 If Attacked With … Counter With … Light Infantry Cavalry Gunpowder Infantry Heavy Cavalry, Tanks Modern Infantry Tanks, Machine Guns Heavy Infantry Archers, Gunpowder Infantry Machine Guns Foot Archers Heavy Cavalry, Light Infantry Machine Guns Tanks, Cavalry Flamethrower Infantry, Machine Guns Light Cavalry Heavy Infantry Heavy Cavalry...
- Page 2 Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms—children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures. Rise of Nations™ is a real-time strategy game that spans all history. Start with The risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by taking the following a single city in the Ancient Age;...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
BUILDINGS....................15 City ........................15 Rollover Help Library ......................... 16 Rise of Nations has extensive in-game rollover Help. Move the pointer over Market........................17 Temple ......................... 18 any object and Help text appears in the lower-left portion of the screen. Help Resource Enhancement Buildings................18 text can be cycled between low, medium, and high levels of detail. - Page 4 Population Limit — Current and maximum NTERFACE number of units. City Limit Indicator — Current and maximum number of Cities. Resource Infrastructure Nation/Age Help Text Detail — Click to cycle low, medium, and high Help text levels. Commerce Limit — Game Menu —...
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Page 5: Command Palette
Buildings Command Palette Click to access the menu that lets your Citizen build resource- Orders are issued from this palette to your Citizens, military, and other units. gathering and other commerce structures such as Farms If a building is selected, upgrades or new technologies may also be and Mines. -
Page 6: Units
Click a military unit to access the Military Unit Command Palette in the lower-left corner of the game screen. There are three basic unit types in Rise of Nations: Citizen, military, and special. Citizens (see also Scholars and Caravans, page 13) gather resources, construct and repair buildings, and in a limited fashion defend your nation and attack enemies. -
Page 7: Moving Units
Moving Units ESOURCES To move a unit or group of units, select the unit or group of units, and then right-click the location on the map where you want them to move. You may Resources let you construct buildings and units as well as research upgrades also right-click a location on the minimap to move selected units. - Page 8 Timber Wealth Gather Timber by building Woodcutter’s Camps Wealth is acquired by establishing Trade Routes near forests. To build a Woodcutter’s Camp, select between your Cities and by researching Taxation a Citizen, click the Buildings button in the technologies at the Temple. Woodcutter’s Command Palette, click the To establish a Trade Route, fi rst build a Market...
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Page 9: Rare Resources
Rare Resources UILDINGS Rare resources are especially valuable commodi- ties that can provide your nation with additional Buildings may have a military or economic nature, or they may have a common resources and/or special benefi ts. They special purpose such as the Library or a Wonder of the World. Citizens, are scattered throughout the world map and may military, and other special units are created in buildings. -
Page 10: Library
Economic Radius The other rows are Military, Civic, Commerce, and Science technologies. Research in these areas yields a variety of benefi ts to your nation (see the Most non-military buildings—for example, a Farm, Library, or any World Quick Reference Card for details). Wonder—must be constructed within a City’s economic radius. -
Page 11: Temple
To research successive upgrades to the Granary’s Food- Temple gathering bonus, select the Granary, and then click the upgrade Temples expand your National Borders (see page button in the Command Palette. You may only research if your 26), and increase your Cities’ attack range and nation has a suffi cient level of Science technology. -
Page 12: Military Buildings
To research successive upgrades to the Smelter’s Metal- To create Light and Heavy Infantry or Foot Archers, select gathering bonus, select the Smelter, and click the upgrade the Barracks, and then click their respective buttons in the button in the Command Palette. You may only research these Command Palette. - Page 13 Stable/Auto Plant Airbase Stables are where Cavalry units are created, and Airbases are where aircraft are created. Your ultimately, when Stables become Auto Plants, nation must have researched suffi cient levels they create tanks and other motorized Cavalry. of Military technology and have achieved the Your nation must have researched one level of Industrial Age to build this structure.
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Page 14: Fortifications
To upgrade Citizen fi ghting capabilities and health, select a stand as monuments to their cultures. There are Tower and then click the upgrade button. Your Citizens gain the fourteen Wonders in Rise of Nations. Each To Arms button on their Command Palette, which increases Wonder requires a substantial investment of their fi ghting capabilities. -
Page 15: Game Concepts
Competing National Borders ONCEPTS Eventually the National Borders of expanding nations meet. The nation that researches more Civic technology faster and places more border expanding structures near the competing nation’s border will push their neighbor’s Visibility border back. All buildings and units inside another nation’s territory take attrition damage. When you start a normal game, the map is blacked out except where you Note: City Centers cannot be lost in this fashion. -
Page 16: Multiplayer Games
GameSpy Internet Matchmaking To invite others to a game of Rise of Nations, click Multiplayer Game on the Matchmaking for these multiplayer games occurs through GameSpy servers. Main Menu. Up to eight players may participate. You may host the game and... -
Page 17: Conquer The World
Bonus Cards in your possession unless attacking an unclaimed territory. Conquer the World is a series of linked Rise of Nations scenarios wherein you Obtain Bonus Cards by conquering territories or by purchasing random start as the leader of one tribe in the Ancient Age, uniting distant provinces, Bonus Cards. -
Page 18: Conquer The World Strategic Map
ONQUER THE ORLD Strategic Map — Displays information on territories: their defensive strength, what TRATEGIC resources and bonuses are available therein, and which nation controls them. To scroll across the map, move the cursor to the edge of the screen. Enemy Army Figures Minimap —... -
Page 19: Tribute
Use Tribute to buy random Bonus Cards, increase the strength of your To win Rise of Nations you must become the most powerful nation. You may territories, or purchase new territories. Tribute is also used in diplomatic do so by building Wonders of the World, such as the Pyramids;... -
Page 20: Credits
• Shawn Johnson Michelle Jacob REDITS ECHNICAL UPPORT • Bret Fenton Stephanie Peterson • Jason Wohlfeil Kristen McEntire • Dan Hitchcock • BIG HUGE GAMES For all of our support offerings in the U.S., visit http://microsoft.com/support/. Dan Halka Yaqub Bandey Localization - U.S.
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