Menu Bar
Game Manual
- Basics
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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 Realisitic veiw modes. When in Realistic view mode, the Menu Bar has a reduced number of icons. This is becasue constructing: tracks, buildings and editing terrain is not enabled in Realistic View.
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 subsadies 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 is allowed.
- Tunnel
Builds a Tunnel between 2 points, the bridge must be perpendicular to the grids to work, gradients on bridges is 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 apearance 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
