Earth2140manual

EPILEPSY WARNING Please read before playing this video game or allowing your children to play it. Some people are susceptible to epileptic seizures or loss of consciousness when exposed to certain flashing lights or light patterns in everyday life. Such people may have a seizure while watching certain television images or playing certain video games. This may happen even if the person has no medical history of epilepsy or has had never any epilieptic seizures. If you or anyone in your family has ever had symptoms related to epilepsy (seizures or loss of consciousness) when exposed to flashing lights consult your doctor prior to playing. We advise that parents should monitor the use of video games by their children. If you or your child experience any of the following symptoms: dizziness, blurred vison, eye or muscles twitches, loss of consciousness, disorientation, any involuntary movement or convulsion, while playing a video game, IMMEDIATELY discontinue use and consult your doctor. PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE DURING USE • Do not sit too close to the screen. Sit as far away from the monitor as the length of the cables allows. • Preferably play the game on a small monitor. • Avoid playing if you are tired or have not had much sleep. • Make sure that the room in which you are playing is well lit. • Rest for at least 10 to 15 minutes per hour while playing a video game. Page CONTENTS The Story 4 How to play the game 5 Control Panel: Buildings 7 Control Panel: Units 8 Control Panel: Strategy 9 Control Panel: Options 9 Game Controls 10 Keyboard Controls 12 Overview UCS Units 13 Overview UCS Buildings 14 Overview ED Units 15 Overview ED Buildings 16 Inventions 17 Network Gaming 19 Limited Warranty 20 Software License Agreement 21 Page 3 The Story The year is 2140. After numerous wars and several environmental disasters, only two world powers remain; the United Civilized States (UCS) covering the American continent, Western Europe and North Africa, and the Eurasian Dynasty (ED) covering the coherent landmasses of Eastern Europe and Asia. The damage caused by the long wars led both world powers to evacuate the population to recently built underground cities. Australia and most parts of Africa were sacrificed during the long wars, which lasted several decades. Highly toxic biological and chemical weapons were developed on these continents, leaving them so badly contaminated, that no human life can survive there. Not even the use of robots and machines is possible. The general opinion was that these continents would forever remain uninhabitable, and they were wiped from every map. Most of the world's population forgot that this land…