Zeus: Master of Olympus Version 1.0.0.

0 Readme File October 1, 2000 [ To read this file, choose Word Wrap from one of the menus above ] ***************************************************************** About This Document: Thank you for purchasing Zeus: Master of Olympus. This document contains general information about Zeus: Master of Olympus, includ ing last-minute additions and certain other items not found in the game's Help f iles. Should you experience any technical difficulties with your computer, or e ncounter any other problems while playing Zeus: Master of Olympus, please consul t this document for assistance. Please visit our website for up to the minute news and information about Zeus: M aster of Olympus. http://zeus.impressionsgames.com ***************************************************************** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS II. GENERAL TECHNICAL ISSUES III.GENERAL GAME ISSUES IV. HINTS AND TIPS V. CONTACTING SIERRA

I. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ----------------------Pentium 166 Mhz 32 Mb RAM Windows 95/98.ME/2000* 410 Mb Minimum Install size 100 Mb Swap file on your Windows drive. 4X CD-ROM Video card with at least 2 Mb of Memory capable of 800x600 resolution at 16 bit (High color) color depth. DirectX 7.0 or higher --The Zeus installer will install DirectX 7.0 if necessary. To reinstall, run \D IRECTX\Dxsetup.exe from the Zeus CD. * Local Administrator Access required for Windows 2000 RECOMMENDED SYSTEM Pentium 266 Mhz or better 64 Mb RAM Video card with at least 8 Mb of memory DirectX compatible sound card II. GENERAL TECHNICAL ISSUES ---------------------------A. GAME INSTALLATION AND STARTUP

B. GAME PERFORMANCE C. SOUND ISSUES D. MOUSE ISSUES A. GAME INSTALLATION AND STARTUP Some Kenwood CD drives experience problems starting Zeus. The drive spins and s tops; Zeus fails to start. Kenwood has firmware updates to fix this problem. Vi sit http://www.KenwoodTech.com for more information. In Windows 2000, the following message appears when Zeus is started: "There is n o disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive." Zeus needs local admini strator access to run under Windows 2000. Log in with administrator rights and start Zeus. B. GAME PERFORMANCE For better game performance, we highly recommend exiting all non-essential backg round programs before running Zeus. Zeus will also run better if your system has current hardware drivers and a recently defragmented hard drive. To play Zeus in Windowed mode, game performance is improved if your desktop reso lution is set to High Color (16 bit.) Systems using monitoring programs (such as McAfee First Aid, Norton Crash Guard, Oil Change, Guard Dog and The Help Spot) may experience problems running Zeus. To solve the problem, disable or, if necessary, uninstall the conflicting applic ation. C. SOUND ISSUES Zeus may not run correctly on some computers using SoundBlaster PCI64, PCI128, S BLive!, Ensoniq, or Yamaha sound cards. This may include sound problems and int ermittent crashes. You must have the latest sound card drivers. Visit your soun d card manufacturer's web site for more information: http://www.CreativeLabs.com (for SoundBlaster sound cards) http://www.Ensoniq.com http://www.Yamaha.com On lower end systems (near the minimum system specification) turning off 3D-soun ds and turning off music can increase game performance (Menu bar -> Options -> S ound Options.) If you experience sound stuttering or skipping, mostly when a god is appearing o r speaking, try the following to minimize the problem: Make sure you have up-todate drivers, and that you exit out of all programs before starting Zeus. If the problem persists, go to your root Zeus directory, and open Zeus.ini in a text e ditor. Add the following after the 'CPU=' line: "SoundFrags=48". This number may be increased up to 96 in order to improve sound performance. We suggest increas ing it in increments of 16. D. MOUSE ISSUES Using animated mouse cursors can create cursor anomalies in Zeus. If you encount er problems, restore your windows mouse cursor to its default settings. Recent Logitech wheel mouse drivers may prevent use of the mouse wheel. Logitech has a registry file available for download that allows gamers to use a Logitech

wheel/roller mouse. Visit http://www.logitech.com/cf/support/mousefiles_pc.cfm for more information. III. GENERAL GAME ISSUES -----------------------Additional Hotkeys (see Appendix 2 of the manual): [ decrease game speed by 10% ] increase game speed by 10% Ctrl + (1-5) While a company is selected, set a hot key for the company. Alt + (1-5) Select a company that was previously set using Ctrl - (1-5) On Storage building info panels, you can set ALL items to "don't accept" by clic king on the small 'X' button. Each item can still be adjusted individually afte r this. If you have multiple military companies selected, holding SHIFT down and clickin g on a company's standard, or its name on the control panel, will deselect that company. You can add companies to your selection by holding down SHIFT and click ing on the additional company's standards. Zeus supports the use of a wheel mouse. The mouse wheel can be used to scroll te xt or to navigate between the control panel tabs. On rare occasions you may find soldiers standing around the Palace, while their standard is on the Palace. The soldiers won't go anywhere, and may appear to be stuck. To send the soldiers home, left click on the soldiers to select them, lef t click on clear ground to place the standard, muster the company, and then send the company home. The company will now behave normally. "DATA LIMIT REACHED" Zeus has limits on how many buildings, walkers and walker routes it can handle. Though these limits are quite high, you might reach them if you build a city of 35,000 or more people. If you do see this message, your only recourse is to re sculpt your city for greater efficiency. Even higher populations are possible i f you build very efficiently. IV. HINTS AND TIPS -------------------------Suck up to your neighbors Give other leaders gifts of goods or money now and then, especially if you have an excess of goods that you can afford to part with. Goods they need or buy will have the most effect. Pay attention to other leaders' requests and fulfill them when you can. It always pays to have a few favors you can pull in when you're in a jam. Butter up your Rivals If you are very nice to your rivals, even they may be willing to provide you wit h goods when you are in need of them. See into the future The Oracle of Apollo and Zeus' Stronghold contain Oracles that can predict the f uture. Pray to the Gods Don't forget to pray to the gods at their Sanctuaries when you need help. Gods will do anything from filling your Storehouses with goods, to joining you on a m ilitary campaign or improving city hygiene.

Listen to your people Citizens of your city will tell you what they think about living in the city. R ight click on them to hear what they have to say. Lay out roads carefully The fewer intersections walkers encounter, the more efficient they will be. Try to plan your neighborhoods so that YOU are deciding where the walkers go and no t leaving the decision up to them. Roadblocks are very useful for this purpose. Decrease Walker Travel Distance The closer a workshop is to its source of raw materials, the higher its annual p roduction will be. Also try to minimize the distance that workers such as Herde rs, Growers, and Miners have to travel. Watch your employment numbers Click the Industry tab and monitor the number of vacant jobs or unemployed peopl e there are in your city, and make sure you don't have too many of either. A li ttle bit of unemployment is better than a worker shortage, especially in a small city. Don't build new services if you are already short of workers. Use foresight in city planning Keep in mind that usable land is often limited. When constructing new buildings , take care to leave appropriate space for structures you may need to build in t he future. Some o' them Sanctuaries is huge! Pace yourself Take the time now and then to gauge your situation. In some situations you'll h ave to build fast and furious to meet goals, requests, or demands. In other ins tances you won't be able to do everything at once - you'll have to bide your ti me until the right opportunity presents itself (a new city begins trading with y ou, a resource or new building becomes available, you receive a gift, you're iss ued a quest, etc.). Using Culture Venues The Stadium, Theater, and Podium all act as 'magnets' for their respective walke rs coming from training facilities. Competitors, actors and philosophers from t he Gymnasium, Drama School, and College, respectively, will head straight for th ese venues, ignoring roadblocks on their way. Keep this in mind as you try to p lan for culture in your city. Watch your money If you find yourself in financial trouble, decrease imports or increase exports, reduce wages or increase taxes. But remember these are only temporary fixes. Asking other cities for help is also a great immediate solution to financial pro blems. Export, export, export Harvest local raw materials or buy them if necessary. Refine them into finished goods and sell them at a profit. This is your best way to make money. Shift labor Labor shortages are often unavoidable. In these cases you might want to tempora rily shift labor away from less-essential sectors of the workforce to concentrat e on your city's immediate needs. Raising wages will draw more workers from you r existing population, but don't do this for too long, or you could wind up brok e. Send your Trireme Workers Home Trireme Wharves require 100 employees to operate. If you are experiencing a lab or shortage, and your city is not currently under attack, make sure that your tr

iremes are not being manned. Protect your Palace Always protect your Palace. If an enemy army destroys your Palace, your city wi ll be conquered, and you will be forced to pay tribute to the conqueror. Moving Your Entire Military To move multiple standards at once, click on one (which will bring up the compan y orders interface on the Control Panel), then drag a box around all of the stan dards that you want to select. Scroll to the desired location, and click to pla ce all of the standards. This multiple selection method can also be used to is sue commands to several companies at once. Leave Standards in the field Leave company standards at the site of battle after you send your troops home. Often enemies will approach from the same direction. You can save time musterin g your troops if you already have their standards at a spot where the enemy is l ikely to attack. Working with Earthquake Cracks Short bridges can be built over straight sections of earthquake-cracked land. V.CONTACTING SIERRA ======================= A) Customer Service, Support, and Sales B) Technical Support C) Legal Information A) Customer Service, Support, and Sales ---------------------------------United States U.S.A. Sales Phone: (800) 757-7707 Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week International Sales: (425) 746-5771 Hours: Monday-Friday 8 AM to 4 PM PST FAX: (916) 939-1010 Sierra Direct P O Box 629001 El Dorado Hills, CA 95762-9972 Email: customer.support@sierra.com http://www.sierra.com United Kingdom Havas Interactive Main: (0118) 920-9111 Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Fax: (0118) 987-5603 Disk/CD replacements in the U.K. are 6.00, or 7.00 outside the UK. Add "ATTN.: Ret urns." 2 Beacontree Plaza, Gillette Way,

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