Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots Demo

Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots Demo

This is a demo for Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots, a real-time strategy game containing four nations and a sample of the Alexander the Great campaign.

Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots

April 2004

© 2004 Big Huge Games, Inc. Portions © 2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Welcome to the Rise of Nations®: Thrones and Patriots expansion pack. This file contains information to help you install, start playing, and troubleshoot Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots. It also includes late-breaking information not included in the in-game Help.

In the trial version, you can choose between four nations: the Persians from the expansion pack, and three others from the original game. Play through the tutorial and then get a taste of the Alexander the Great campaign, one of four historical campaigns in the retail version. You'll also be able to try your hand on the battlefield on one of three different random map types. This stand-alone trial version does not require the original retail version of Rise of Nations.

A. Installing Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots

System Requirements

Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots requires a personal computer running either Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition. It also is required that your computer have a processor speed of 500 megahertz (MHz) or higher, at least 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM, and a 16 MB video card. For the best gameplay experience, a 1 GHz processor, 256 MB of RAM, and a 32 MB video card is recommended.

To install Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots

1. Ensure that the original Rise of Nations game is installed on your computer.

2. Insert the Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots CD into your CD-ROM drive.

3. If AutoPlay is enabled, the Setup screen will appear after a brief pause. When the Setup screen appears, click Install and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

–or–

If AutoPlay is not enabled, double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, double-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive, and then double-click the Setup.exe icon. When the Setup screen appears, click Install, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

B. Starting Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots

You can play Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots after you have installed it on your computer. You must have the Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots CD in your CD-ROM drive to play.

To start Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots

1. With the Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots CD in your CD-ROM drive, click the Start button.

2. Point to Programs (or All Programs).

3. Point to Microsoft Games.

4. Click Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots.

Note: You can skip the opening animations by clicking on-screen or pressing SPACEBAR.

C. Playing Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots

Gameplay Modes

There are several tutorials to help you learn how to play the game. To access these tutorials, launch the game and select Learn to Play on the Main Menu.

Custom Scenarios

To load custom scenarios created with the Scenario Editor, you must save your files in the mods folder of the original game (for example, Microsoft Games\Rise of Nations\Mods). Custom scenarios created in Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots will not work in the original Rise of Nations game.