Additional Info
Hard drive space
Full download: 0.78 GB
Initial download: 0.2 GB
Download time
| Kb/s | 20 MB | 8 MB | 512 KB |
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| Time | 1mn | 2mn | 39mn |
System Requirements
- Operating System: 2000/XP,
currently Vista testing - Processor: 500MHz
- OS: Windows
- RAM: 128MB
- Video RAM: 16MB
Copyright
© 2002 Ubisoft Entertainment, All Rights Reserved. Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Conquest: Frontier Wars is a trademark of Game Holdings LLC. © Game Holdings LLC.
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Overview
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Instructions & Tips
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Screenshots & Video
Controls
Conquest: Frontier Wars is playable entirely with a mouse, although there are keyboard shortcuts for the most common commands. The left click is your selector: left-click on a ship or structure to highlight it and issue commands, left-click a space on the map to view that space instantly or left-click a menu item to execute the command. The right click is used to move ships around once they've been selected with a left click.
Getting Started
Gameplay is split into several missions, each spanning one or more sectors of space. The first available mission is the Terran introductory mission, where you will learn how to move, build and fight. This tutorial also introduces the various structures and ships and explains how to move through wormholes to go from one sector to the next. After you complete the first Terran mission, the Mantis and Celareon introductory missions also open up.
Building
Unlike other popular sci-fi real-time strategy games, Conquest offers very limited places to build and develop your fleet. Each planet in each sector has a very small area around its equator in which to build the superstructures necessary to support your army. You will likely find yourself making tough decisions on how to use the finite space available. Furthermore, your ships have limited ammunition. Lead them on too many dogfights without a supply ship, and they're sitting ducks.
Detailed View
In the lower-left corner of the screen, there is a status window describing the currently-selected ship or structure. You can view a ship's current stats here, including ratings for hull, shields and ammunition. In the case of structures, you may choose to build ships or conduct research by clicking the icons each structure has available. For a description of any icon, simply mouse over it.
Tip: Build Wisely
Conquest: Frontier Wars is all about resource management. Every planet has a certain amount of ore, gas and/or crew that can be mined, processed or enlisted, respectively. Naturally, a resource has to be on a planet to collect it -- building a barracks on a gas giant planet to recruit crew is a waste of space since no one lives there.
Tip: Mining
Planets are not your only source for ore and gas. Harvesters and siphons are well-equipped to collect materials from asteroids, nebulae and the scattered remains of ships defeated in combat.
Tip: Special Needs
Remember the specialties of each race. Terrans will want to visit ore-rich planets and asteroid fields first to power their arsenal. The Mantis will rush for earth- and swamp-type planets to recruit crew. The Celareons should gravitate towards gas giants and nebulae to fill their need for gas.
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