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Below is a sample configuration for this scenario (EMPIRE3).
EMPIRE 3.54 December 22, 2002 - (c) 1984-2002 Ben Norton and Friends Welcome to the game of Empire. Empire is a continuing world exploration and conquest game. Up to 255 players manage their respective nations in an attempt to gain more world power. Each player starts with meager holdings but is able to expand their initial territory. With careful planning and skillful statesmanship your industrial base will develop enabling you to build artillery, aircraft and naval shipping. With ships, you can explore the world and spread your population far and wide. The game requires data files which, in the case of large games, can take quite a bit of CPU and wall time to construct. Do you wish to create a new game (Y)? Y Empire has several default settings which establish the basic size and duration of the game. Your choices are: 1. TEST/EXPERIMENTAL This is an excellent setting for learning players. Time accumulates at a break neck pace (1 time unit per minute) with ship time accumulating every 12 hours. The world is 299 X 299 with only 10 islands. If played to completion the game would last about a month. 2. PRACTICE/LEARNING This is a good skill development level for several players who have developed a basic understanding of the game. The world is 399 X 399 with 20 islands. Land time accumulates at the rate of 100 per day, ship time every 12 hours. The game will last 7 weeks. 3. NORMAL (Information Hiding) This is a game for skilled players where the presence of other players must be discovered - by sighting them. like daily action. The world is 499 X 499 with 50 islands. Land time accumulates at 50 units per day, which ship time refreshing every 3 hours. The game will last just under 15 weeks. 4. TOURNAMENT (Classic Start) This variation features a "classic" starting method, where sanctuaries all start on island #1, named Eden. When this island fills, sanctuaries start falling on island #2, etc. All sanctuary islands are RELEASED, thus are visible to all. This variation is played on a 599 X 599 world, with 99 islands. Land time accumulates at a rate of 1 unit per hour, with ship time accumulating every 18 hours. The game will last nearly 7 months (5000 hours). 5. FULL SIZED This selection is designed for a large group of seasoned players. The world is sized at 999 X 999 with all 255 islands created and time accumulating very slowly at the rate of 100 units per week. Sea time accumulates once a day. This game is configured to last one year. 0. EXIT After reviewing these options, you may have developed cold feet. Empire is designed for the hard core computer game enthusiast. To quit, enter zero. Enter option (Default=1)? 3 You now have an opportunity to review (and modify) individual game parameter settings. By pressingyou can stick with the general settings as set by the general sizing option you have chosen. As you gain understanding of Empire, you may prefer to make slight modifications to these parameter settings to develop a custom game. Do you want a "Classic" game starting (N)? N Select the level of information hiding: 1 - Almost no information hidden 2 - Normal information hiding 3 - Maximum information hiding Information hiding level (Default=3)? 3 Maximum number of players (Default=255)? 255 Number of islands (Default=40)? 40 World size X,Y (Default=499,499)? 499,499 Minutes per time unit (Default=28.80)? 28.8 Maximum number of players per user (Default=255)? 3 Starting time units (Default=99)? 99 Maximum number of ships allowed (Default=9999)? 9999 Ship day length (Default=37.50)? 37.5 Game start date (m/d/y) (Default=Today)? Game starting time (Default=12:51)? Game end date (Default=5000.00)? 5000 Fundamental to the best operation of Empire is the occasional streaming of a batch job. This job will update moving ships, generate news reports and update the totals on the power report. This batch operation also removes dead nations and performs other file maintenance operations which help to keep Empire performing well. You can causes batch activity to happen by running Empire with the keyword "BATCH" as the info string :RUN EMPIRE;INFO="BATCH" If you would rather have Empire stream the jobs whenever it feels a need, you should set the automatic batch launch flag TRUE. If automatic batch launch is set, you must supply a valid job card complete with passwords for Empire to use on batch runs. Automatic BATCH stream (Default=FALSE)? You, as the creator of this game, have certain responsibilities for maintaining game integrity. This means you should protect data from unwanted destruction or tampering. Just as QUERY is used to edit IMAGE data structures, there is a facility in Empire for data record edits. This feature is called PROPHET. To gain access to the PROPHET facility RUN EMPIRE;INFO="PROPHET". The prophet feature is protected by a prophet password. If you forget this password, you cannot change game settings in mid game. Please be careful to remember this password and be very careful to protect it from other players who might use it to destroy game integrity. The integrity of the game is more often threatened by using prophet powers than by any bug corrupting data. This facility should NOT be used regularly as a punitive substitute for good playing skills. Game managers who use prophet commands to control other players are doing this game a great disservice. Prophet password? Confirm Prophet password? ... New file EMPIRCON.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... At this point you may lend some guidance as to how large the individual islands will be. If you are playing a "Classic" game, you can directly specify the size of island #1 (Eden). In the "Classic" game, the location of Eden is always known to all players. If you are not using the "Classic" starting logic, island #1 is just another island located somewhere in the world. You may guide the creation process as to the general size of blocks of islands by indicating a general island size in total sectors. Empire will prompt for number, min and max size, and will supply a default. The number indicates how many islands you wish to create in this size range. The min and max control the minimum and maximum land area respectively. Number of islands, min and max size (Default=4,1000,1600)? Number of islands, min and max size (Default=20,400,1000)? Number of islands, min and max size (Default=16,1,400)? 16,9,400 ... New file EMPIRISL.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... All of the game inputs have now been specified. At this point the islands will be constructed. This process involves volcanoes, meteors and a lot of rain. A message will be displayed after each island has been constructed. Please be patient and wait... ... New file EMPIR001.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR002.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR003.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR004.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR005.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR006.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR007.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR008.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR009.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR010.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR011.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR012.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR013.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR014.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR015.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR016.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR017.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR018.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR019.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR020.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR021.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR022.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR023.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR024.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR025.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR026.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR027.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR028.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR029.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR030.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR031.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR032.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR033.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR034.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR035.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR036.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR037.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR038.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR039.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIR040.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIRPLA.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIRSHP.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIRMAI.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIRMDR.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIRNEW.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIRUSR.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIRUSR.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIRRAD.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIRMEM.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... ... New file EMPIRJOB.DATA.EMPIRE3 created ... Your Nations Name or Number? SYSOP Are you a new nation (Y/N)? Y What do you want for your password?