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- Capitalism Patch 1.1 BETA
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- To apply the patch, copy the files CAPMAIN.EXE and STD.PLA to
- your Capitalism directory. The following are the new features of
- Capitalism version 1.1 BETA.
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- 1) Multiplayer Capability. A maximum of eleven players can
- compete with each other in a hot seat game or a play-by-email
- game.
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- How to Start a Multiplayer Game
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- Start a new game and go to the "Multiplayer" section of the
- Game Setting menu and you will see the following options:
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- Multiplayer Game - Set it to "Yes" for a multiplayer game
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- Game Description - The description of the multiplayer game
- When a game is saved, its description is
- displayed in the load game window.
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- No. of Human Players - The number of human players who are going
- to play the game.
-
- Duration Per Turn - The duration for which each player will be
- allowed to play in a turn.
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- Late Playing Tech Bonus - If this option is set to a non-zero
- number, players who catch up from behind
- will start with higher technology
- levels for all the product types.
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- The additional technology level one
- will receive is calculated by
- multiplying this number by the
- number of years for which the game
- has been running.
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- How To Play a Multiplayer Game
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- Follow the below steps to play a play-by-email game:
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- 1. The first player starts a new game as described above.
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- 2. When the first player's turn is finished, the system will
- prompt the player to save the game and send the saved game
- file to the second player. The name of the saved game file
- is shown in the load/save game menu.
-
- 3. The second player has the game loaded and selects
- "Create a New Player" in the multiplayer game menu.
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- 4. If there is a third player, the second player needs to send
- the saved game file to the third player. If there are only
- two players, the second player should pass the saved game
- file back to the first player for the next turn.
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- The way to play a hot seat game is basically the same as that
- in a play-by-email game except that the players can play their
- turns in a single computer without having to pass the saved
- game files back and forth. To let the next player play the
- game, select the "Switch Player" option under the "Action"
- pulldown menu.
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- Auto Mode When You Are Not Playing The Game
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- When you are off in a multiplayer game, the computer manages
- your firms for you. The decisions the computer makes are based
- on your personality. To set your personality, go to the
- "Personality" section of the Person Report and click on the
- indicators.
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- If your corporation runs out of cash, the computer will take
- loans from the bank for you and repay them when the cash flow
- gets better.
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- In the event that your factories' raw materials supplies from
- external suppliers are stopped, the computer will build a
- emergency seaport to supply your factories with the raw
- materials needed. However, as soon as you get back to your
- game, the emergency seaport supplies will stop.
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- 2) The ability to customize the types of products you can produce
- and sell. To do so, start a new game and go to the "Products"
- section of the Game Setting menu. The default setting is
- having all the product types. You can exclude any of them by
- moving them from the included products list to the excluded
- products list.
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- 3) When you retire, a computer player will succeed you as your
- corporation's CEO and keep your corporation running.
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