Internet Archive October 2002: Merchant Empires Game Manual: Menu Bar

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Upon logging into ME, you will be greeted by the newspaper, The Universe Daily, and above it will be a bar, much like this one: The buttons NAV, COM, INF, NWS, FRC, DOC, SYS are parts of the menu bar, a vital part of the game. From it, you can access many functions in the game. NAV (when landed on a planet): Planet - takes you to the status screen of the base you are docked on Galaxy Map - displays the galaxy map in a new window NAV (when in space): Current Sector - takes you to the Current Sector screen Local Map - displays the local map, an area of 5X5 sectors around your position Plot course - allows you to use the Plot Course system Galaxy Map - displays the galaxy map in a new window COM: View messages - link to the View Messages screen, which views the messages sent to you, your alliance or everyone online Send messages - link to the Send Messages screen Online Forum - link to the Merchant Empires Forum Message alliance - opens a send message window, which sends a message to the alliance you are currently in INF: Merchant status - link to your statistics screen Merchant search - enables you to find another merchant (no, it does not reveal the location) Alliance status - takes you to your alliance's status screen Rankings - displays the rankings Requirements - displays the experience point requirements for reaching higher levels Highscores - shows the score chart of the game Currently online - tells you who is online at the moment NWS: Newspaper - link to The Universe Daily Market News - market news shows which goods are being bought or sold in the galaxy, the global supply/demand rate, and the local price fluctuations (highest ever, lowest ever and current global price) FRC: Drop one SD - drops one scout drone in the sector Drop all SDs - drops the maximum possible number of scout drones in the sector Pick up SDs - picks up the maximum possible number of scout drones from the sector Drop one CD - drops one combat drone in the sector Drop all CDs - drops the maximum possible number of combat drones in the sector Pick up CDs - picks up the maximum possible number of combat drones from the sector Drop full Mine Stack - drops the maximum possible number of mines in the sector Pick up Mines - picks up the maximum possible number of mines from the sector DOC: Documentation - link to the game manual List of Knows Goods - displays the goods in the current game, as well as starting goods on planets Ship list - list of ships in the current game Weaponlist - list of weapons in the current game Get More Help - link to your psychiatrist, if he/she is not present, it takes you to the game forum SYS: Preferences - takes you to the preferences screen Logout - exits the game

Merchant Empires Manual: Game Universe

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Game universe There are 6 galaxies in the Merchant Empires universe: Zycklirg space Xollian space K.E.A emporium Mawlor dominion Paragon sovereign space Imperial space (also known as the Newbie galaxy) All galaxies except Imperial space are 40x40 sectors in size (Imperial space is 30x30) and divided into 4 quadrants. They are connected with eachother with warps. Racial weapons and ships are only sold in racial galaxies. Note: all players start in the newbie galaxy and work their way out of it (though nothing prevents them from leaving it immediately). Your base (if you build one) can then be transported into a racial galaxy. Note that *that* means a one-way trip. Also, usage of jump drives is not possible in the newbie galaxy.

Internet Archive: Merchant Empires Manual: Index

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Game Universe Merchant Plot course Turns Experience Alignment Alliances Bases Communications Ships Taxes Research Imperial structures Return to main index

Internet Archive: Advanced Powers Mwerchant Empires

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Internet Archive: SourceForge: Project: Open Merchant Empires: Summary

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Project: Open Merchant Empires: Summary

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This is a fork of the Merchant Empires code base by Bryan Brunton that will add a distributable and truly open source version of the ME game, with the modifications requested by the playerbase. Try the game at http://advancedpowers.com/  :Games Foundry, PHP Foundry, Python Foundry Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable Environment: Web Environment Intended Audience: Developers License: GNU General Public License (GPL) Natural Language: English Operating System: Linux Programming Language: C, PHP, Python Topic: Turn Based Strategy Project UNIX name: openme Registered: 2001-05-07 08:37 Activity Percentile (last week): 94.1269% View project activity statistics

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Internet Archive: Merchant Empires: Manual, Tips & Hints

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Manual, Tips & Hints

There is a quite alot of different ways of doing things....
Lots of Info in the Manual

More to be added...


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