<title>New World Dialog Help</title>

<h1>New World Dialog</h1>

<p>
From the new world dialog you are able change the parameters
that will determine the chacteristics of the map to be created for a
new game.
Also, in the top left corner of the screen is a dialog to select
which language to use.
</p>
<p>
The first setting is the map number. It will determine the 'layout'
of the map, including amount and placement of water,
hills, trees, city locations and industry locations.
A preview is shown for each map. The default map number
is 33.
</p>
<p>
The map size will determine how big the map will be.
This ranges from 128x128 to 576x576 sqaures. The default setting is 256.
</p>
<p>
The industry density determines how many industrys will be placed
on the map. The lower the density the harder the game will become,
as there will be less choices of industrys to transport between.
The default setting is 125.
</p>
<p>
The no. of cities will determine how many cities are placed on the map.
This ranges from 2 cities to 64. The default setting is 16 cities.
</p>
<p>
The traffic density will determine how many private cars will be
driving around in the cities. The default
setting is 8.
</p>
<p>
The water level will determine how high the level of water will be.
The lowetr the level the more land will appear, and vice-versa.
The default setting is 4.
</p>
<p>
The mountain height will determine the height of the highest mountain
on the map. The default setting is 160. The map roughness setting
determines how smooth the map will be, the
lower the number the less little hills and ditches. This ranges from
1 to 3. The default setting is 2.
</p>
<p>
The 'Random map' button will select a random map number.
This does not change any other settings you have set.
</p>
<p>
The 'Show pedestrians' button will determine whether pedestrains will
be shown when they arrive with a train or bus.
You can change this also later from the 
<a href="display.txt">display</a> options dialog.
</p>
<p>
The 'Use Day and Night Mode' button will enable or disable the day
and night mode. You can change this also later from the 
<a href="display.txt">display</a> options dialog.
</p>
<p>
The 'Load' button allows you to choose from a previuosly saved game to
play. The 'Start game' button will start a new game with all the
parameters thats you have set. The 'Quit' button will shut down Simutrans.
</p>
