The game screen
After starting a new game you'll be presented with the game's main screen. This is your central hub from which you control your actions and access all important parts of information, so you'll spend most of your time in this view. It's divided into several parts :
The globe

The three dimensional globe is the central element of this view and displays the current territorial situation. It shows the regions of the world that can be interacted with by the flags of their owners, along with connections for selected regions. For more information on the flag symbols themselves, see the Chapter "Regions".
Controls

  • Select

  • Klick with the left mouse button to select regions on the globe. Clicking on your own regions will open up the region detail window, clickin on enemy regions will only select them or opens the espionage window if you've got an agent deployed in that enemy region.

  • Rotate

  • Hold down the right mouse button and move the cursor to rotate the globe in the desired direction (Keyboard : Shift + Cursor left, right, up, down)

  • Move

  • Hold down the middle mouse button (wheel) or Shift and the left mouse button and move the mouse (Keyboard Cursor left, right, up, down)

  • Zoom

  • Use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in (up) and out (down) (Keyboard : Page up / Page down).
Navigation bar



This is your main navigation hub to access the different areas of the game. Clicking on one of the icons will open up the corresponding window.

Note : Each icon has it's own shortcut, starting from left to right with F1 (espioange) to F10 (politics) to quickly access them via the keyboard.
End turn button



Once you're finished with all your actions of the curren turn, pressing this button will advance to the next turn (in a single player game) or to the next human player (in a hotseat game).
Information panel



Located in the upper-left part of the screen, the info panel displays the most important information for your nation. From left to right :

  • (1) Divisions

  • Shows the current number of divisions, and (in brackets) the total number of military units in your posession.

  • (2) Regions

  • Shows the number of regions you own, and (in brackets) the number of your regions that border at least one single hostile region.

  • (3) Resources

  • Displays your current amount of resources (your funds), and (in brackets) the difference to the last turn. Either green if you've earned resources or red if you spent more resources than you generated.

  • (4) Data net alert level

  • Shows the current alert level of your data net. It ranges from 1 (low) to 4 (high) and is raised when an enemy agent fails an action inside your datanet (see espionage concept for more).
Information panel



This area in the upper center of the screen shows your player name and the current turn on top of your chosen nation's flag.
System menu



Found in the upper right part of the screen, this allows you (from left to right) save your current game, load an existing savegame, enter the in-game options (which are different than the system options accessed from the main menu) or to return to the main menu.

Note : If you return to the main menu during a game (by clicking on the exit ubtton), you can return to that game from the main menu at any time, and no progress is lost. The game will be paused in the background until you return to it or start a new game.
News ticker



This moving news ticker displays all news messages for the current turn. It's basically the same as the news listbox in the information center, but it can be accessed directly from the game screen. If you click on one of the messages you'll be redirected to the corresponding region or window.

Note : The news ticker can be enabled and disabled in the options menu.