During play of the game, a wide variety of menu options are available. Most of these menu commands have keyboard equivalents, given in italics. A quick summary follows:
File Menu - Various file handling and game startup items.
Play Game - Basic Rules - Create a random world and start play! Allows
Army, Transport, Destroyer, Cruiser and Battleship units.
Play Game - Standard Rules - Introduces exploration and sighting rules,
Submarine, Fighter and Carrier units, and provides more set-up options.
Play Game - Advanced Rules - Introduces Armor, Bomber and Airbase
units. New rules affecting terrain, combat and production apply.
Play Game - Open - Load a previously saved game.
Play Game - Start a new game as a remote slave. When starting a
game with multiple systems, all but one should be remote slaves.
cmd S Save - Game - Save the current game.
Save - Scenario - Save the current map and units as a scenario.
Save - Map - Save the current map.
Save - AutoSave - Periodically saves the game to the autosave file.
Scenario/Map Editor - Allows editing of scenarios and maps.
Preferences - Change game speed, sound effects or graphics options.
cmd H Help - Bring up this help screen.
cmd R Resign - Resign the game, after recording scores.
cmd E Exit - Exit the game, returning to the main menu.
cmd Q Quit - Quit from Empire Deluxe‚Ñ¢.
Edit Menu - Commands for editing a terrain map. You cannot edit the terrain map
while a game is in progress!
Build Random Map - Create a random world with random terrain.
Resize Map - Adjust the size of the world.
Clear to Land - Set all of the terrain tiles to land.
Clear to Sea - Set all of the terrain tiles to sea.
Clear all Units - Remove all land, sea and air units.
Modes Menu - Each mode affects what information is displayed on the map and how
you assign orders to units.
cmd 6 Survey Mode - Change to survey mode to examine map and give orders to
units before resuming play. When in orders mode, option clicking on the
map acts as a shortcut to enter survey mode.
cmd 7 Groups Mode - Allow orders to be given to groups of units. Holding down
the shift key and dragging with the mouse acts as a shortcut to enter
groups mode.
cmd 8 Paths Mode - Allow setting up of movement paths.
cmd 9 Production Mode - Allow viewing of world from various points of view.
This is available only at the end of a game, or when only computer players
are active.
cmd 0 Orders Mode - Resume game play, with units requesting new orders as
standing orders expire. When in survey mode, and when you are the active
player, option clicking on the map acts as a shortcut to enter orders mode.
Edit Mode - Switch into the map editor. Selecting this requires you to
quit any game in progress.
Reports Menu List - Provide the user with various game information.
opt S Status - Reports the current status of the game: units lost, cities
captured, etc.
opt I Information - Provide information on the current unit/location.
opt M Combat Report - Report on any combat during the last turn.
opt N Recon Report - Report on any sightings made during the last turn.
Player History - Display a list of player wins, losses and ranks.
Orders Menu List - Allows providing orders to specific friendly units.
T Move To - Order a unit to move to a specific location.
P Patrol - Order a unit to patrol between two or more locations.
H Go Home - Order a unit to go to the nearest city/base.
X Explore - Order a unit to explore the world.
E Escort Ship - Order a unit to escort a friendly ship.
S Sentry - Order a unit to go into sentry.
B Build Airbase - Order a land unit to convert into an air base.
L Load Ship - Order a ship to standby and load friendly units.
U Unload Ship - Order a ship to unload.
W Wait - Postpone giving orders to a unit until the end of current turn.
A Activate - Activate the selected unit.
tab Clear Orders - Clear a unit's operating orders.
spc Skip/Cont. - If the unit has no current orders, it will skip
requesting orders for this turn only. Otherwise, it will continue
on with its orders.
del Disband Unit - Remove the unit from game play.
cmd E End Turn - Select skip/continue for all units.
Display - Various display controls.
cmd 1…5 Zoom Map - Change the map zoom level.
C Center Screen - Center the screen around the cursor location.
Show Message History - This displays a window containing a
history of recent game status messages.
Show Remote Messages - This opens a window which allows
messages to be sent and received from players on remote systems.
The window will open automatically when a message is received.
Hide Background - This option hides the desktop and other
