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- Space Empires III
- A space strategy game from Malfador Machinations
-
- This text file contains a full description of Space Empires III,
- how to install it, and troubleshooting information. If you have
- trouble installing or playing Space Empires III, look below.
-
- DESCRIPTION OF THE GAME:
-
- Space Empires III is a massive space strategy game for Windows 95.
- You control your empire in an ever changing and hostile galaxy.
- Design your starships and use them to explore new solar systems
- throughout the galaxy. Hundreds of different components to place on
- your ships and facilities to build on planets. Use fighters, troops,
- and mines to supplement your starships. Build your empire through
- research, intelligence operations, politics, treaties, and
- decisively planned strategy. Engage in Tactical or Strategic Combat
- throughout the galaxy. Up to 10 players either human or computer
- with multi-player support. Customize the graphics for your ships
- and download updates from our WEB site!
-
- $25 shareware.
- Requires Windows 95, 256 colors.
-
- Contact: malfador@crl.com
- http://www.crl.com/~malfador
-
- INSTALLATION:
-
- Space Empires III is contained within a zip file. First you will
- need to unzip the package using PKUNZIP from DOS or WINZIP from
- Windows. Once the package has been decompressed, you can begin
- the installation program by running the file called "se3.exe".
- The installation program will guide you through all of the
- steps necessary to install Space Empires III. If you encounter
- any problems, please send a detailed report of your problems to
- malfador@crl.com.
-
-
- TROUBLESHOOTING:
-
- 1. Space Empires III will not install properly.
-
- The installation for Space Empires III requires
- at least 10 megabytes of free space. The game takes up 5
- megabytes, but the installer needs some extra space to
- work in. Once you have freed up that much space on your
- hard drive, reboot your machine. Make sure no other programs
- are running and try the installation program again. If this
- doesn't work, your download may be corrupted. Try redownloading.
-
- 2. Space Empires III crashes sometimes for no reason.
-
- Try the following:
- a. Stop all other running programs.
- b. Make sure you have at least 4 megabytes of free RAM.
- c. Under the File Menu select Machine Options, and turn sound
- off.
- d. Restart your computer fresh.
-
- 3. The windows in Space Empires III only take up a small portion
- of the main Tactical Window.
-
- From the main menu, select Windows/Arrange. Select the resolution
- you are currently running in (you can find this out by right-clicking
- on the desktop and selecting Properties, and looking at the Settings
- tab).
-
- 4. The Space Empires III screen colors are strange.
-
- Space Empires III must be run in at least 256 colors. You can
- find out what mode you are running in by right-clicking on the desktop
- and selecting Properties, and looking at the Settings tab. The Color
- Palette selection needs to be 256 Color or higher. (The game runs best
- in High Color 16-bit or better.)
-
- 5. When I switch to another window and then switch back to Space Empires
- III, the colors change.
-
- If you are running in 256 colors, then Windows has to adjust the palette
- for each program that is running. The other program you were looking at
- must have different colors than the ones used in Space Empires III. You
- can fix this problem by shutting down the other program. If the colors
- in Space Empires III are still strange, you should shut the game down
- and restart it. Also be sure to shutdown any other programs that are
- running.
-
- 6. I start the game but I can't figure out how to play.
-
- From the Starting Window, select the Tutorial. It will take you
- through a number of turns and introduce you to all of the windows
- you will be using.
-
- 7. I have questions that aren't answered in the help file.
-
- You can come and visit our WEB site which has a list of all of the
- latest questions that we've been asked. If you don't find it, then
- send us your question via email.
-
-
- Thanks for playing Space Empires III!
-