| Here you can find tips
and tricks as well as answers to technical questions
for The Nations. You can also look here
for more information about the Bonus Pack. |
| Tip1 | Knight as spotter (general) |
| At the beginning of the game many
areas are covered the so-called Fog Of War (FOW). The knight is the only figure you can control directly. Thus you can explore the country, by sending the knight to unexplored territories. If the knight gets onto a cargo ship, he can explore unknown |
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| Tip2 | Uncovering the FOWs without knight |
| A particularly smart possibility
to uncover the Fog of War (FOW) without using the
knight as spotter is to set the trees and stones along the FOW to
high priority. You will uncover these parts of the FOW if lumberjacks are trying to harvest these resources. |
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| Tip3 | Settling down on new islands |
| As some islands may provide richer
resources, you should consider to settle there. If you only have a
few cargo ships available, set the type of units which can use the
ship in the information dialogue of the ships to the craftsmen. First you should build a warehouse, afterwards establish further structures. |
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| Tip4 | Equip your carriers with wheelbarrows! |
| You do not have to wait till you are able to manufacture wheelbarrows in your joinery, just get some by the flying dealer and distribute them to your carriers. Although the price of the barrows is very high, particularly at the beginning of the game when you don't have too much money left, it's very useful, as the capacity of your carriers increases greatly which allows you to expand very fast in a short time. | |
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| Tip5 | Provide your habitants with enough territory! |
| The more dwellings your habitants are provided with, the higher the birth rate. | |
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| Tip6 | Provide goods for both production and consumption |
| Think of the trade! If you have a bakery and a farm, produce a grain surplus. You can then exchange the surplus grain for other goods. Also the sale of elixirs is very profitable. | |
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| Tip7 | Exchange large quantities! |
| Do you want a large quantity of a certain good? If it's not imperative for you to get it immediately it's wise to wait till you are able to exchange a large quantity at once instead of exchanging small quantities. After an exchange, the value of goods changes due to the laws of supply and demand. | |
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| Tip8 | Make several offers! |
| Make several offers but do not finalise
the trade, even if the flying dealer wants to do so. If the flying dealer has accepted any offer you submitted, you can use this later on - this could have a positive effect if the value of goods changes to your favour! |
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| Tip9 | Mission target "Donation to an opponent" |
| The term "give" proved misleading.
You have won the mission as soon as the opponent has the required
quantity of goods in his warehouse. The problem is, that the opponent will consume his goods. If you don't give him the whole quantity at once he will distribute the goods to his habitants. As a result the player never will have enough goods in his warehouse and you will win the mission! Collect all goods you have to donate to the opponent and give it to him all at once. |
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| Tip10 | Lure your enemy to an ambush! |
| An ambush is particularly effective against hostile knights. Move away from the hostile knight your. If the hostile knight pursues you, then you can lure him lure to where your guardsmen and knights are waiting. | |
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| Tip11 | Always attack the knight first! |
| Make sure you attack a hostile knight during a fight, if you defeat him, his supporters will also die. | |
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| Tip12 | Use the zoom tool during a fight. |
| It is easier for you to use the zoom tool to select the enemy units you wish to attack. | |
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| Tip13 | Take your guardsmen to offensive units! |
| Build a guards tower near the building which you want to attack and provide it with lots of guardsmen. If the guardsmen are patrolling, hostile units will attack them. This tactic is especially suitable for an attack to enemy stone walls, if you additionally support your knights with guardsmen. | |
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| Tip14 | Make sure your researchers are as cheap as possible |
| Some researchers require less money for the same work. | |
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| Tip15 | Climb to a new step of development |
You should consider the following
things in climbing to a new step of development:
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| FAQ1 | How do I install the latest patch? |
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Many technical problems, which may occur during "The Nations" are already solved. You can download the patches from the Internet to correct these errors. These patches update the game automatically to the latest version. To download a patch from the internet, please proceed as follows: 1. Make sure that you are connected to the Internet. 2. Start the update tool. 3. Follow the instructions in the Update tool and wait till the patch is downloaded. The installation of the patches will be carried out automatically. If you do not have an Internet connection, you can also download
the patch on another computer with an Internet connection. You can
also find the patch on our homepage. Note: Some patches are very
large (3-5MB). |
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| FAQ2 | How can I make sure that I have installed the latest drivers? |
| Important: Always install
the latest DirectX version before installing the new hardware drivers! Install the last DirectX version: 1. Visit the DirectX Internet page from Microsoft (http://wwwMicrosoft.com/directx) 2. Follow the instructions for the download and for the installation of the lastest DirectX version (8)! Install the latest drivers for your hardware Special note: For further details please go to the following homepage: http://www.via
hardware.com |
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| FAQ3 | How do I send the "crash.Log" file to JoWooD? |
| If The Nations crashes, a file named "crash.log" is created automatically in your "The Nations" directory. Please send this file to the following email address: hotline@jowood.com | |
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| FAQ4 | Installation is not terminated completely? |
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Unfortunately the progress display of the installation for The
Nations supplies If you have another CD drive available, please try to install again
using your other CD drive. If not, or if the installation could
not been completed at your second try, please use the following
procedure: Note: You will still need the CD for playing, if you did install from the hard disk. Leave the CD in the CD drive, when you start the game. |
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| FAQ5 | CD Key input incorrectly? |
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If you entered the CD Key incorrectly please download the program setCDKey.exe available on our homepage in the download section. Start the program setCDKey.exe. Input the correct CD Key and press the button labelled: "save". If you do have any problems with this procedure, please re-install the game. |
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| FAQ6 | My CD drive is too loud? |
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The following process will rectify all compatibility problems between
CD-drives and the copy protection. Please download the tool "copyMusicArchive.exe"
from our homepage available in the download section. This program
installs the music and video files to your hard disk in The Nations
directory. |
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| FAQ7 | I start the game for the first time, but the intro doesn't play? |
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Insert the CD into the drive from where the game has been installed and try to start the game again. If there is still no intro then please install the game one more. |
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| FAQ8 | I start the game for the first time, but I do not hear any music? |
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Insert the CD into the drive that you used to install The Nations and try to start the game again. If you still hear no music then please re-install the game. |
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| FAQ9 | Game is generally running extremely slowly? |
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Check if your PC meets the minimum hardware requirements indicated
on the box. |
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| FAQ10 | After the intro the message "game runs in the software mode" appears, after this the game does not continue? |
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Please ensure you have installed current drivers. See installation of drivers. |
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| FAQ11 | The Game crashes after the intro? |
| Please re start your PC after installing
the game, do not start it right after the installation. Did you install
the latest patch? If you have a motherboard with via-chip, make sure
you have installed the latest Via 4in1 drivers. If the game still crashes after the intro, it may be due to the incompatibility between the CD drive and the copy protection. Follow the points covered in "my CD drive is too loud" copy the music and video files on the hard disk. If the game still does not work, try to deactivate the Direct3D-acceleration. One of our users with a A7V133 Motherboard reported, that he changed the settings in his Bios under Advanced - > as well as chip Configuration" to "disable" and the "video MEMORY Cache mode" from "USWC" to "UC". |
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| FAQ12 | Mouse pointer disappears? |
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Change the settings of the graphic card (in the Windows system control), deactivate the antialiasing of graphic card. |
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| FAQ13 | After the installation of the first patch "The Nations" seems to be slower? |
| Some systems have problems using the
DirectX AGP surface acceleration, this won't be used after installing
the first patch. You can activate it again with the tool "setRegTroubleAGP" available on our homepage in the download section (if there are no system problems with it) |
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| FAQ14 | The Nations crashes before/during the intro movie |
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VooDoo graphics cards, cannot start the game correctly. It crashes
before/during the playing of the intro movie. You can follow these Instructions to bypass the movie and play normally: - Get the file "user.reg" from the download area of our
homepage How does this procedure work? The Nations will play the intro movie whenever starting The Nations as long as you haven't created a user yet. Once you create one, it will not play the intro any longer (except for starting it from the main menu). The file "user.reg" simply creates a user named "Jim" for you. Once you've created your own user, you can delete the user "Jim". |
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