Game Manual
- Basics
- Game content
- Infrastructure
- Vehicles
The Menu Bar is located in the Bottom-Centre area of the Screen.
Contents
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:
| Value | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Pause | 1 |
| Normal Game Speed | 2 |
| Faster Game Speed | 3 |
| Maximum Game Speed | 4 |
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.
Keyboard shortcut: F6
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.
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.
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.
Industry
This button opens sub-menu which contains industrial building a player can build. Currently, in vanilla game, those are only the three types of stores available in different eras.
| Store | Available in Era |
|---|---|
| Shop | 3 |
| Food Market | 5 |
| Hobby Market | 6 |
If you subscribe to any mods offering buildings (either residential or industrial or decorations), they will all be placed here, too.
Stamps
This button opens Stamps window. Please refer to that page for more details.
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 12 different types of trees to chose from, as well as field of sunflowers, wheat and oat. Also, there is an option that plants random types of trees when selected.
The square of trees can be cleared by bulldozer, however the fields would grow back. To remove the fields from the map, use the last button (with red X)
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 3 options:
- Your Company Info
This opens up a window to change your appearance and the colour scheme of your company. Also, it will let you build the company HQ and change the name of your company
- Statistics
Opens the Balance Window to show your companies income and expenses
- Achievements
Opens a window with all the in-game Achievements, it shows which achievements have been earned. Please note, due to an Early Access game, not all achievements work properly.
Setup
This button opens up a Sub-Menu which has 6 options:
- Music Player
This opens up the in-game music player, to select which music track is being played.
- Camera
Opens a menu for setting up a Camera mode for taking in-game pictures and videos
Keyboard shortcut: F11
- Settings
Opens up the In-game Settings Menu window to change some game settings. Please note, many parameters are unchangeble for the whole playthrough and can be changed only for a new game.
Keyboard Shortcut: F2
- Save Game
Allows the current game to be saved under a specific name
Keyboard shortcut: F3
- Load Game
Opens a window to allow a different saved file to be opened.
- Quit Game
Returns the game to the main menu