TO - getting started for beginners

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Intro and requirements

To follow this guide it is essential that you have already registered a company. If you have not then please see the help file section about founding a company then return back to this guide.

OK at this stage you should have started a company but done nothing else yet! If you have do not panic just read on and try to do the bits you have missed. Remember this is only a guide and where this guide uses a specific speciality it does not matter if you choose a different one.

Get your First Buildings

OK before we can start to build we really could do with getting some more money. There are a few ways we can get more cash. The quickest right now is to take a loan.

First Loan

Finding loan on the menu
OK on the main menu located down the left hand side you will find loan located under the section headed as The Bank.
The Loan Screen
Press this option and you should then get the screen shown on the right. On this screen you can see any loans you already have this is the deep red box, at this stage you have no loans. The yellow box shows the loans you could potentially take, at the beginning of the round your initial company value is 5000 so you can borrow 5000. The amount you can borrow is equal to current loans (this is the amount borrowed not amount owed) less your company value.

the orange box is where you can choose how much to borrow, we will ask for 5000. The green box is where you can choose the amount of time you can want to take the loan over. Later in the game you may choose to go for shorter periods. For now please take the loan for 28 days. The blue box shows the interest rate again later in the game we would avoid rates of above 2.5% however at the moment we have no choice we need the loan and will take the rate being offered.

Finely please press the preview button in the red box.

Loan preview screen
The screen you should now be seeing shows data about the loan you are about to take. The red box shows the date and the blue box has a button called take the loan this is where you would review and decide if you can afford to take the loan. In our case providing you have not started after 17:00 and you follow the guide fully you should be able to pay the loan off so take it. The info in the red box shows info about amount borrowed interest in total and interest per day and total to be paid in full.
new cash balance
please note your new cash balance. the screen you should now be seeing is one you have seen before....
Loan screen
OK notice the red box now shows the details of the loan you have just taken. Blue box shows the potential loans and as you have just made money your company value has increased by 250 this means you could if you wished take an additional 250 in loans, we wont as we don't need it.... but you could.

the important part for us is the yellow box as this shows how much we will need to pay at midnight.

Congratulations you just took your first loan.



choose your first building

Right there are lots of different ways to start and as you progress you will find the start that best suits you. For now we will use a good solid starting strategy and build 2 factories from your speciality. Mine is stone so I will do a stone quarry. First thing you need to do is go to the factories page use menu on left.
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Once you have selected this you will land on the factories page as shown here.
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next you will need to select the Build new factory button.
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Here we have only shown the section from the list that we are interested in.
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if you click on the line with the factory you want you should then get to this next screen shot.

At this stage you need to take notice of the information provided specifically in the red box as this says what zones we need the shape we need them in and where to place them.

In this case we need 5 zones in 2 line 3 on top and 2 below lined up to the left. These zones are needed in a country side area.


Buying your first zones

Time to get our first zones, for now this bit is free as we will be given our first 10 zones free of charge, the procedure is still the same as buying zones. Firstly find the zones menu item on the left.
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This screen shot displays info about the zones we already own and allows us to buy or sell zones. So go ahead and select the Purchase zones button.

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On this map view we can see the red boxes are showing light green zones which denote country side zones.


The orange is showing the city zones and yellow is around water zones. We are currently interested in 5 zones in the country side so one of the zonal sections highlighted by a red box,


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Having selected a light green zone you will have zoomed into a detailed map view of the country side. If all you see is red for sale signs then you did not click a light green zone you got a dark green one which is not yet open for play.

On this map you should hopefully see some road and green and red flags, you might also see other peoples buildings. We now need to remember the shape of zones we need for our building. This is very important as our building CAN NOT be placed on any zones that are wrong shape, this means you can not turn your building to make it fit. As can be seen when you select your zones to build on they turn the flag yellow.

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When you are happy with your zone selection press the continue button. At this stage it is worth pointing out that we really should try to build with a connection to a road, This means at least one of the selected zones should touch a road it can be on any side and even on a corner of the zone so long as it touches the road. This will give your building a 10% road bonus.

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Having hit continue you will now have landed on a page summarising the purchase you are about to make later in the game if you can not afford the zones this page will show you how short you are. At this stage as this is within our first 10 zones we have not got to pay a thing. Yes that is correct the first 10 zones are a gift from the city to get you started on your way. Please note that after this free gift you will ave to pay for zones and the price increases with every zone bought!!

For now go ahead and press create order.

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So you have now bought your first zones and are almost ready to place your building. I said almost because as you can see in the yellow box that appeared on the screen (This is a new feature due so you may not see the box yet!! but it is in my screen shot) the order for zones will not take place until the next click. There is a click every 10 minutes. ( don't panic this is not a click based game it is real time however the servers action all sorts of things at certain times the main ones being orders every 10 minutes, this does allow you to change your mind if you find you made a gross mistake and it also allows the system to prioritise by first come first served of 2 people trued to get the same zones or goods at the same time.)

so now its time to read about how to place your building onto the zones you just bought and then when the 10 min click is done you can get on with it.


Place your building

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It is that time again when you need the left menu (did you notice all the main game actions you need are on the left) Please select factories.


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Now you should be seeing a screen like the shot above with your factory on it in this case it is our Quarry. As can be seen it is not producing and this is because we have not placed it yet!!!! so click on the line where it says the factory name.



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This next screen is showing you a number of things mainly the shape you need for your zones and the location i.e. Country side city or water, as we have already looked at this page and bought our zones you can press the place button.

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then from the map on this next screen select the area you bought your zones in.


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