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The Menu Bar is located in the Bottom-Centre area of the Screen.

Construction/Realistic View

This button toggles the current view between the Construction and Realistic (aka 3D) view modes. When in Realistic view mode, the Menu Bar has a reduced number of icons. This is because constructing: tracks, buildings and editing terrain is not enabled in Realistic View.

Keyboard shortcut: Space bar

Game Speed

This option opens up a Sub-Menu that has 4 different game speeds to choose from:

• Pause
• Normal Game Speed
• Faster Game Speed
• Maximum Game Speed

Quests & Subsidies

This opens up the Quests & Subsidies window that shows all the active Quests currently available, it is from this window that rewards can also be collected by the player.

Railway

This opens a Sub-Menu with 7 options for building railway tracks

Railway

This option allows you to build railway tracks by dragging the tool accross the map, complex junctions can be created by joining the lines together.

Remover

This tool will remove only railway tracks and signals, it will not affect non-railway related options. It will alow you to select a single section of track, making it a more precice alternative to the Bulldoze tool.

Block Signal

A tool that allows the placing of block signals on any open section of track, when placed a signal is initially bi-directional, one of the masts can then be selected whilst using the tool to set a specific direction for the signal.

Depot

Builds a Depot building to enable trains to be purchased in order to run on the railway

Station

Builds a Station, initially the max length is only 6 tiles. Building a new station in an adjacent tile to an existing station resutls in them being combined to form a single station.

Bridge

Builds a Bridge between 2 points, the bridge must be perpendicular to the grids to work, gradients on bridges are allowed.

Tunnel

Builds a Tunnel between 2 points, the tunnel must be perpendicular to the grids to work, gradients on tunnels are allowed.

Landscape Mode

This option opens up a Sub-Menu that has 4 different game speeds to choose from:

Bulldozer

Destoys all owned buildings and objects on the tiles selected.

Raise Terrain

Increases the elevation of all selected Terrain Nodes by a of height 1.

Lower Terrain

Drops the elevation of all selected Terrain Nodes by a of height 1.

Level Terrain

Sets the elevation of all selected Terrain Nodes to the same height has the first Node selected.

Roads

This option opens up a Sub-Menu which currently only has one option:

Road

Build a road by dragging the tool accross the map.

Trees

This option opens up a Sub-Menu which has a selection of tree types that can be planted on the map. There are currently 5 different types of trees to chose from, as well as an option that plants random types of trees when selected. Currently all trees are described as Oaks.

Object Visibility

Opens up a window that allows specific objects in the game to become invisible.

Company

This option opens up a Sub-Menu which has 4 options:

Your Company Info

This opens up a window to change your appearance and the colour scheme of your company.

Train List

Brings up a window showing all the trains that are currently owned by your company.

Statistics

Opens the Balance Window to show your companies income and expences

Achievements

Opens a window with all the in-game Achievements, it shows which achievements have been earned.

Setup

This option opens up a Sub-Menu which has 5 options:

Music Player

This opens up the in-game music player, to select which music track is being played.

Settings

Opens up the Game Settings Menu widow to change graphics, sound and game settings.

Save Game

Allows the current game to be saved under a specific name

Load Game

Opens a window to allow a different save file to be opened.

Quit Game

Returns the game to the main menu