System Map

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

Button Menu Bar

These menu buttons are located along the upper left of the System Map screen, and are used to open various screens. The following information shows:

• Button icon and tooltip

Screen name opened (tab on screen if applicable)

Main Menu selection (and Shortcut Key if applicable)

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  Colony Summary

Population and Production (Summary)

Empires -> Economics (F2)

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  Industrial Production

Population and Production (Industry)

N/A

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  Research

Population and Production (Research)

N/A

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  Wealth

Population and Production (Wealth / Trade)

N/A

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  Ground Forces

Population and Production (Ground Units)

N/A

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  Officer Corps

Leaders

Empires -> Commanders (F4)

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  Class Design

Class Design (Full Summary View)

Empires -> Class Design (F5)

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  Ships

Individual Unit Details (Ship Design Display)

Empires -> Ships (F6)

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  Fleet Orders

Task Groups (Task Group Orders)

Empires -> Task Groups (F12)

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  Task Forces

Task Force Organization

Empires -> Task Force Organization (Ctrl+F4)

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  Fighters

Fighter Squadrons (Details)

Empires -> Fighter Squadrons (F7)

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  Combat Overview

Combat Assignments Overview (Setup Fire Controls)

Empires -> Battle Control Window (F8)

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  System View

System Generation and Display

Empires -> System Information (F9)

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  Galactic Map

Galactic Map

Empires -> Galactic Map (F11)

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  Diplomacy

Intelligence and Foreign Relations (Political Relations)

Empires -> Intelligence/Diplomacy (Ctrl+F5)

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  Create Research Project

Create Research Project

Empires -> Create Research Project (Ctrl+F6)

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  Potential Colonies

Available Colony Analysis

Empires -> Systems -> Available Colony Sites (Ctrl+A)

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  Fuel Situation

Fuel Report

Empires -> Fuel Situation (Ctrl+F12)

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  Ships Requiring Repair

Damaged Ships

Empires -> Ships Requiring Repair (Ctrl+F11)

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  Planetary Market

not in use in version 5.02

N/A

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  View Technology

Technology Report

Empires -> Technology Report (Ctrl+F7)

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  Geological Survey Report

Geological Survey Report

N/A

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  Shipping Line Information

Shipping Lines

Empires -> Shipping Lines (Ctrl+L)

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  Sectors

Assign Systems to Sectors

Empires -> Systems -> Sectors

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  Refresh

System Map (refreshes the screen with any updates)

N/A

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  Events

Event Updates

Spacemaster -> Event Updates (Ctrl+F3)

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  Intelligence On Alien Classes

Intelligence and Foreign Relations (Political Relations)

Empires -> Intelligence/Diplomacy (Ctrl+F5)

Notes

• In version 5.02, both the Diplomacy and the Intelligence On Alien Classes buttons do the same thing
• In version 5.02, Planetary Market is not used

Automated Turns

• Toggles whether or not only a player event will interrupt the time increment. Setting this option on means that Non-Player Race (NPR) events that do not affect the player will not cause the time increment to be interrupted.
• Recommended Setting: Checked

Scroll Map

• The arrows are used to move the System Map in the direction of the arrow. The numpad arrow keys can also be used to do this.

Zoom Map

• Click the Magnifying Glass icon to zoom in, or the Magnifying Glass with "-" icon to zoom out.
• Min Zoom will zoom out so that the entire system can be seen.

Increment Time

• Click one of the time increment icons to advance time by the specified amount, and then pause the game.
• It is possible for an event to interrupt the specified time increment. If Automated Turns are on, then only player events can cause interrupts.

Sub-pulse Length

• The length of each movement sub-pulse within each time increment. Automatic allows the game to select a suitable sub-pulse length. Events detected during a sub-pulse can terminate the time increment early. Warning: Setting this to anything other than automatic can be performance intensive (IOW, setting a 5 second sub-pulse and using a 30 day time increment will take a LONG time for the time increment to run).

Current scale

• The current scale of the map, and the amount of time it takes to traverse that distance (at 5000 km/s) is displayed in the upper left corner below the Sub-pulse Length bar.

Display Tab

This tab is used to control various aspects of the System Map.

System Bodies

• Toggles whether or not the associated type of system body is displayed.
• Options
  • Planets
  • Moons
  • Asteroids
  • Jump Pts

Orbital Paths

• Toggles whether or not the associated system body orbits are displayed.
• Options
  • Stars (only applicable for non-primary stars in multi-star systems)
  • Planets
  • Moons
  • Asteroids

Names

• Toggles whether or not the associated system body's name is displayed.
• Options
  • Stars (the primary star name is always shown)
  • Planets
  • Moons
  • Asteroids

Objects

• Toggles whether or not the associated objects are displayed.
• Options
  • Fleets
  • Move Tail (show a line from each fleet icon to its last known position. Allows you to see the direction the fleet is moving)
  • Colonies (does nothing)
  • Comet Path (lines will be drawn from the Sun through each comet and out to the maximum distance to which the comet will travel)

Orbit Comparison

• This will draw (in light blue) the orbit of the chosen planet around the currently selected object. Useful in non-Sol system to provide an idea of scale.

Options

• Centre on Selected objects: Toggles whether or not the System Map will centre on an object when it's clicked.
• Show JP Survey Locations: Toggles whether or not the 30 jump point survey locations (white dots) are shown.
• Show Waypoint Locations: Toggles whether or not the Waypoints created in the Waypoints tab are shown.
• Show Next Order: Toggles whether or not a Task Groups's next orders are shown next to it's name.
• Show Order Time and Distance: Toggles whether or not a Task Group's distance to target and estimated time to arrival is shown next to it's name
  • This information is only shown if "Show Next Order" is toggled on.
• Show Fleet/Contact Headings: Toggle whether or not a Task Group's or Contact's travel heading are shown next to it's name.
• Show Events: Toggles whether or not an empire's events are displayed at the bottom of the System Map screen.
• Show Mineral Packets: Toggles whether or not the mineral packets thrown by mass drivers are shown.
• Show Lifepods: Toggle whether or not Lifepods from destroyed ships are shown.
• Show Wrecks: Toggle whether or not destroyed ships are shown.
• Highlight Own Colonies: Toggles whether or not a light blue circle is drawn around any of your colonies containing population.
• Hyper Limit: Toggles whether or not the area in which hyperdrive will not work is shown. This is a light blue shaded area.