Empire Setup - General Window

Description

| This window allows you to set the general details of your empire such as name and picture. |

Controls

| Empire Name | This selects the name of your empire. You may either type in something, or select the down arrow button to be presented with a list of possible names.
| Empire Type | This selects the type of your empire. You may either type in something, or select the down arrow button to be presented with a list of possible names. When your full empire name is shown, it is usually shown as [Empire Name] [Empire Type]. So if you select "Kratow" for the Empire Name, and "Alliance" for the Empire Type, your full empire name will be shown as "Kratow Alliance".
| Emperor Title | This is the title of your ruler. You may either type in something, or select the down arrow button to be presented with a list of possible names. This selection allows you to pick whether your ruler is an "Emperor", "King", or whatever.
| Emperor Name | This is the actual name of you ruler. You may either type in something, or select the down arrow button to be presented with a list of possible names. When your full emperor name is shown, it is usually shown as [Emperor Title] [Emperor Name].
| Password | This entry specifies the password for your empire. You may leave this blank or fill it in. If you fill it in, you will be required to enter your password before you begin your turn. This password is especially useful during multiplayer games so that you can be sure only you play your empire's turn.
| Email | This entry specifies your email address. You may leave this blank if you wish. This item is useful in multiplayer games so that the host can identify each of the players and keep in touch with them.
| Race Portrait / Ship Style | Each empire is represented by a race style. This style gives your empire is race portrait and the look for all of its ships. You can use the arrow button to move through the different pictures. When you see the one you want to use, just leave it in the display.
| Design Name File | When you create new designs for your ships, you will need to name each one of them. To make this easier, files which contain lists of possible design names are provided for you. In this selection, you can pick the name of the file you wish to use to provide your design names.
| Minister Style | This selection allows you to pick the personality of your ministers. You may use ministers during the game to control sections of your empire so that you don't have to. This selection governs how those ministers will play the game.
| Computer Controlled | This option determines whether your empire is controlled by the computer or not. For most players, you will leave this setting off. For some games, though, you may want to set up your own custom computer players for a game. With this on, the computer will control this empire when the game starts.
| Use Race Minister Style | This option gets a little more complex. It works in conjunction with the "Minister Style" selection above. In the game, each of the different races have a very specific style to their play. By selecting this option, you are saying that you want your ministers to operate as if they are a part of the race style that you selected in the "Race Portrait / Ship Style" box. When you enable this option, the "Minister Style" selection will become disabled.
| Experience Points | The current number of experience points your empire has accumulated is displayed here. If you are creating a new empire, this value will be zero.
| Race Age | The age of your race is displayed here. If you are created a new empire, this will display "Newborn".

Buttons

| General Details | Displays the Empire Setup - General Details Window.
| Environment | Displays the Empire Setup - Environment Window.
| Culture | Displays the Empire Setup - Culture Window.
| Characteristics | Displays the Empire Setup - Characteristics Window.
| Advanced Traits | Displays the Empire Setup - Advanced Traits Window.
| Description | Displays the Empire Setup - Description Window.
| Create Empire | Creates this empire and returns you to the Game Setup - Players Window.
| Cancel | Cancels this empire and returns you to the Game Setup - Players Window.

Special Notes

| None |

Related Areas

| Game Setup - Players Window, Empire Setup - General Details Window, Empire Setup - Environment Window, Empire Setup - Culture Window, Empire Setup - Characteristics Window, Empire Setup - Advanced Traits Window, Empire Setup - Description Window. |