JSettlers Manual

Our JSettlers is a remake of the original "The Settlers III" game and therefore controls / UI are similar to the original's ones. However, as a lot of work has to be done on the UI. Therefore some elements are still missing but also, some controls have been added. This guide will show you how to play the game.

Furthermore please note that the localization isn't fully implemented yet.

JSettlers - Windows, Linux, Mac

This guide will show you the usage of JSettlers.

Menu

The following image shows the current menu.

• "neues Einzelspiel" = "start new single player game": As there is no AI player yet, this can be seen as "creative mode" ;). There is currently no enemy on the map if you play this type of game, but you can play normally with your fraction.
• "Spiel laden" = "load game": This allows you to start a saved game (press F2 to save a game).
• "neues Netzwerkspiel" = "start new network game": Here you can start a new network game. After you've chosen the map, you'll be shown a list of the players that already joined the game. As soon as all of them are ready, any player can start the game.
• "Netzwerkspiel beitreten" = "join a multiplayer game": When selecting this option, a list of network games waiting for players, is displayed. Select the game you want to join and continue with the "Start" button in the lower right corner.

In The Game

As soon as you started a game, you'll see the following interface. In the left menu, known from the original game, only the building menu can be used yet.

• In the upper right corner, you can see the minimap giving you an overview of the world you know.
  • Left click on a position to change your view there.
  • Right click on a position when having soldiers selected, to move them to the selected position.
• Saving a game can be done with F2. Please Note: At the moment, saved games can only be resumed as single player games. However, you can save a multiplayer game to resume it later on in single player.

• You can select your settlers by either left klicking on them to select a single one, or holding the left mouse button to draw a rectangle to select settlers in the rectangle.
  • You can only command soldiers, geologists, pioneers and thiefs (thiefs are not working yet) to go somewhere by right clicking on the desired position.
  • When selecting one or multiple bearers (Träger), you can convert the settlers to geologists, pioneers and thiefs in the left menu.
  • When selecting geologists, pioneers or thiefs, you can convert them back to bearers.
  • Pressing the ENTF key will kill the selected settlers immediately. This can be helpful if they got stuck.

• To construct a building, select the build menu on the left.
  • The submenus contain the buildings of the follwing categories:
    1. Material aquisitation and workmanship
    2. Agriculture and food production
    3. Military buildings (e.g. towers, barrack)
    4. Houses to get new settlers
  • When selecting a building to construct, colored dots will visualize the time needed to flatten that area when building there. Whereas green indicates the requirement for little flattening work, red means a lot of work needs to be done. If there is no dot a position, this building can't be built there. This can be due to an obstacle or to much work for flattening.

Map Editor