But if you can handle the pace, it could feasibly see you through another British Winter. Settlers 3 it's the next best thing to hibernation. You certainly won't get far by rushing in and making hasty decisions; careful planning and patience is the key to a thriving economy, which then enables you to expand and produce loads of troops to defend your territory.
If you can get your basic industry working as fast as possible you can expand and mine minerals, and eventually produce iron bars, weapons, gold and tools. And don't worry about starting with plenty of weak soldiers, because when you've expanded you can build temples to upgrade them.
So let's start with the first steps to getting your settlement on the right track. Your economy is based on constructing the right buildings to produce the right products in the right quantities. It's about balancing what buildings to construct, and when and where to build them. There are tour main types of building: resource, food, military and miscellaneous. You must keep in mind that the various races need wood and stone in different proportions as they have different architectural styles.
For example, the Romans are well-balanced and need stone and wood in roughly equal amounts, whereas the Asians need considerably more wood than stone. Top tip: to speed up building construction, press F Always build a woodcutter next to the trees, then construct a sawmill nearby.
It's wise to build two woodcutters and a forester together to ensure you never run out of trees for your woodcutters. For a successful community you need lots of trees, so make sure you have multiples of these building groups two woodcutters and one forester all over your land. For every three of these groups you need a sawmill. Next, look for grey rocks standing inside your borders and build one or two quarry huts near them; you can also change its working space with the multi-coloured sphere.
Be careful though: once the rocks are gone from around the huts, your workers become idle and you run out of stone. Finally, make sure that you build additional quarry huts in other rock-infested areas when you expand your borders. It's advisable to send some soldiers out to scout for the best place to expand. Also, areas need to be flattened for such purposes as grain farms.
It's worth remembering that you can demolish a settler's residence when it's empty; you lose half the material, but it gives you another place to build if things are getting tight in terms of how much land you have left.
Construct your barracks as soon as possible so that you're prepared for any sudden attacks - remember that it's much easier to defend rather than launch an assault. Build an ore smelter, weaponry and then a barracks. Place them close together and near a mountain to gain extra coal and iron. Next, get your geologists to explore the mountain regions. The information they come up with tells you exactly where you should build your mines. Even though you start with some coal and iron, you soon need more, and the location of your mines can win or lose you the game.
Geologists put up signs showing one, two or three 'balls' - the more the better. A high-yield mine means that not only do you need less of them, you also don't have to produce as much food for the miners.
It also gives you the luxury of producing minerals at a faster rate. Make sure that you cover as many 'three-ball' sites as possible when you place a mine, as there's no point in placing an iron mine on a coal deposit if you haven't found any iron yet. There are five kinds of mine in the game, most of which are self-explanatory. However, if it's a gold mine, remember that you need another coal mine to feed the smelter, as well as a storage bin to stockpile the gold.
Each piece of gold adds a percentage to your strength, as do gems and sulphur, depending on the race you have chosen. If you want to have unlimited space for your resources, transport them to a second island. You can then save your gold on the beach. And finally, keep an eye on your economy at all times - it helps you predict what you need next, so build accordingly.
And make sure that you have a steady stream of soldiers coming out of the barracks for when the inevitable attack comes. It means spending a couple of hours on town planning and financial management, but at least you'll be ready to participate in all-out war. Each race has its own way of producing alcohol: Egyptian breweries use more grain, while Roman wineries must be planted on a hill.
Asian distilleries are trickier as you need both rice farms and distillery coal. Place rice farms in swampy areas and erect charcoal huts to produce more coal. Once alcohol production has started, create a large temple and several small ones, all of which must be located close to the source of the alcohol. Once you begin sending the gods' favourite brew to the temple, the mana you receive in return can be used to either cast spells or promote soldiers, thus enabling you to upgrade your fighting skills.
Watch out for churlish Vikings, hot-headed Nubians and technologically advanced Asiatics. Slog through the dense jungles of South America, fight for survival in the icy tundra of Siberia, and wage epic battles in the scorching deserts of Africa. Build your empire carefully and defend it swiftly.
Your guidance will mean the difference between failure and world domination. Settlers II is an enjoyable strategy game that mixes a little economics, some simple combat, and a lot of cute animations. The gameplay is best described as SimCity with combat. Starting with a command post and a limited stock of supplies and people, you must build farms, smelters, mills, shipyards and barracks, then connect them with roadways to transport goods and men.
But constructing an infrastructure that will support an empire is more than just positioning buildings -- they must be placed so that the economy can function. The raw materials provided by the laborers are used to develop more complex items that the settlers need, such as tools, weaponry and food. The interdependencies can become very complex -- farmers grow wheat, which must go to the pig breeder, whose pigs are sent to the butcher for slaughter. The meat then goes to the miners, who provide coal and ore to the smelters and smiths, which is used to create weapons for the soldiers in the barracks.
Sorting out what resources are being allocated to production facilities can get pretty confusing; a well-run empire will require a great deal of patience and advanced planning. Settlers II: Gold has over fifty scenarios divided into a Roman campaign, a world campaign, and a free-play mode that allows you to select one of four races. The game also includes a map editor that you can use to create your own scenarios, providing unlimited play options.
The game does included limited support for two-player games, but it requires both players to use the same machine and is very awkward to set up. With most other games in the strategy genre providing support for four or more players and Internet play, the limited multiplayer support in Settlers II is disappointing. Settlers II has other failings that keep it from living up to its full potential.
The combat system in particular is poorly done. Conquest is a fairly large part of the game, but successfully attacking the enemy requires mostly luck -- you have very little control over what troops are sent, and the actual battles take place between just one unit from each side. Awesome game just a little slow. That music is still stuck in my head since i first played a decade ago.
GUI based, easy to use, has many features. Duissane 2 points DOS version. Zola 1 point DOS version. Game is enjoyable, but mainly for nostalgic players. Wi5d0m 0 point DOS version. Infotainment -2 points DOS version. Ladies and gentlemen, for those of you who need to use it in a more modern version of windows, you may need a 3rd party program. Dosbox is a game emulator that you must mount the image of the game onto. There is a link provided below in 'how to play abandonwares' that gives information on different emulators.
For dosbox, all you must do is load the program, and you'll be given a 'dos' prompt. You must mount the image of the drive location of the games you'd like to play. That's as generally comprehensive as I can be in a comment.
JesusisLord 0 point DOS version. Idiots 0 point DOS version. Rory 0 point DOS version. Hi, what programs do I need besides WINzip because every time I unzip the file and select either 'Install' or 'Setup' it doesn't let me do anything! Really looking forward to playing this game again! Help would be great :. Tank 0 point DOS version. Share your gamer memories, give useful links or comment anything you'd like.
This game is no longer abandonware, we won't put it back online. The Settlers II: Gold Edition is available for a small price on the following websites, and is no longer abandonware. You can read our online store guide. Some of these file may not be included in the game stores.
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