User manual GAMES PC CAPITALISM II

[. . . ] . 114 Chapter 1: Installation Welcome! Before you install Capitalism II, take a moment to review the Minimum and Recommended System Requirements. Your computer should meet all of the Minimum Requirements so that Capitalism II may run. If it meets or exceeds the Recommended Requirements you will find game performance greatly improved. Minimum System Requirements Operating system CPU type and speed Memory CD-ROM Speed Hard drive space Graphics card Other needs Windows® 95/98/2000/ME/XP (Windows® NT not supported) Pentium® II 233 MHz or processors of the same grade 64 MB RAM 4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive 250 MB free hard disk space Video card with DirectX 8 compatible driver DirectX 8 compatible sound card; Keyboard; Mouse To install Capitalism II follow the procedures below: Before you start you must have Windows 95 (or later) installed. [. . . ] The unit is not available if the stock market has been disabled in the game set up menu. Human Resource Department This unit can be used to instigate corporate wide training and incentive programs. The unit details the total number of corporate employees, average employee level and average training expenditure per firm. Click the Organize an Extensive Training Program button and use the +- spinners to modify the cost per employee. The more you spend training employees, the faster they gain level experience and become more proficient in their tasks. Be warned that conducting training exercises too frequently may not be effective. Public Relations Department This unit should only be employed if your corporation is using a Corporate Brand strategy as it has no effect for Unique or Range brand strategy. Move the slider to alter the amount the department spends per month on increasing corporate brand awareness and brand loyalty. Increasing expenditure also helps to lessen the effects of negative brand loyalty. Monthly Cost $100, 000 You may build several offices within your headquarters building and hire personnel to occupy key roles within your corporation. When you build and first open your headquarters (by left clicking the building) you will see nine empty office units. Double click on any of the units and select a department or office from the drop down list. The 67 68 Investor Relations Department This unit is employed to help improve your corporation's stock attractiveness with investors with the aim of improving stock performance. Move the slider to alter the amount the department spends per month on attracting investors. Since you are the CEO of your company, you will see your portrait displayed on the screen. You may give a salary to yourself by setting the Chief Executive Officer's Annual Salary using the slider below your portrait. The maximum amount of salary you can give to yourself is tied to the company's annual profit in the last year. The higher the profit your company achieved, the higher the salary you may receive. You may offer to acquire a technology from another corporation by clicking the "Offer to Acquire a Technology" button. Clicking the Detail button will take you to the Person Report in the Information Center. Chief Operating Officer Office Once this unit is built you may hire a COO to run any of your corporations' retail stores, factories or farms. The available candidates have attributes, strengths and weaknesses that may enable you to delegate control of corporate interests to them. For example, you may discover a candidate is skilled in manufacturing techniques and decide to hire that individual to run your corporations' factories. [. . . ] This warranty gives you specific rights, and you may also have other rights that vary from state to state. Contact us over the internet Our web site contains the most up to date Technical Support information available including patches that can be downloaded free of charge. We update the Support pages on a daily basis so please check here first for solutions to your problems http://www. ubisoft. com/support/supportmain. htm Notice Ubi Soft reserves the right to make improvements in its products at any time and without notice. Refunds Ubi Soft cannot provide refunds or otherwise process returns for credit of any kind other than an identical product replacement. Any product refund request must occur at the place of purchase, as the individual retail outlets set their own refund policy. This policy covers identical product replacements only. Contact us by e-mail For fastest response via e-mail, please visit our web site at: http://www. ubisoft. com/support/supportmain. htm From this site, you will be able to enter the Ubi Soft Entertainment Solution Center where you can browse through our listings of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), search our database of known problems and solutions, or, for fastest e-mail response, you can send in a request for Personal Assistance from a Technical Support Representative. [. . . ]