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3. The Main Menu
The Main Menu Screen allows players to access basic game functions
such as loading saved games, starting new games, and setting game
options.
3.1 Options
The Options window is opened by hitting the Esc key (or the appropriate
button on the bottom right-hand side of the interface). It allows you to check
or uncheck a great number of game options, such as the on-map display
of the units sprites (3D, 2D, wargame style), AI parameters, the various
turn-by-turn game modes, or even to modify some game rules by choosing
which will apply in your game and which shall not. Tooltips are present to
give information on all the various options’ effects.
3.2 Campaigns and Scenarios
When starting a new game, players are presented with a list of available
scenarios. These range from relatively short scenarios to full campaign
games. Short scenarios are limited in scope and involve less territory on
the game map. Full campaign games involve the whole map and literally
hundreds of individual Leaders and units.
The list of scenarios also includes Tutorials that are HIGHLY recommended
for new players. The game mechanics of World War One: La Grande
Guerre 14–18 are relatively simply to learn but don’t be deceived-the game
system is incredibly complex and nuanced behind the scenes. Learning to
master the subtleties requires patience and practice.
The tooltip feature gives brief descriptions of each of the scenarios. Once
players have made a scenario selection, starting the game merely requires
choosing a side (Entente or Central Powers).
3.3 Loading Games
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Instead of starting a new game, players may Resume a previously-saved
or automatically-saved game.
3.4 Saving Games
Games are NOT saved automatically by the game system upon completion
of a game turn. Usually, the only time a player needs to manually save
a game is when they Quit in the middle of plotting movement for an
up-coming game turn and want to resume issuing orders upon restarting
the game. Players may save a game at any time by pressing the Esc key
and accessing the Options Menu. From here, players can select the Save
Game button and follow the instructions for saving.
3.5 Multiplayer
3.5.1 Hosting the Game
To create a multiplayer game session, the first step is to create the Host.
It’s strongly suggested to use the PC with the best performance as the
Host: more RAM, better CPU. Most calculations (AI) will indeed take place
on the Host PC.
Once selected, the Hosting player must create a Host session: launch the
game, click on the “Multiplayer” button (Start menu) and choose the “Host”
option.
Once done, a few options have to be selected: the session name, the
session password (optional) and the Host nickname.
As soon these initial options have been set, the Hosting player enters the
Scenario selection window. Here he can select a scenario if he wants to
start a new multiplayer campaign or scenario, but he may also choose a
previously saved game (see 3.5.4).
3.5.2 Joining a Multiplayer Game
When the Hosting player has created a Game session, he must send his
IP address to all players who wish to join the match. The fastest way to get
the IP address is to go to the Start menu of Windows and select the “Run”
option. A window will appear, asking the command to run. Type “CMD” and
hit the Enter key. The black DOS shell window will appear: now type
“IPCONFIG” and hit the Enter key.You will thus launch a command that will
print the IP address on the screen. Once you get the IP address, the
Hosting player can then communicate his internet “coordinates” to all other
players. Please note that this procedure is also supposed to be followed
when starting a multiplayer game on a LAN.
Once the IP address has been received, each player has to launch the
game and select the "Multiplayer" option in the Start menu. Then he has to