Menu

A complex game like The Guild 3 needs a lot of possibilities to interact with. Therefore, it uses a great variety of menus.

For an unexperienced player, it's not always easy, to keep track of all this buttons and possibilities of the game. This page hopefully helps to find their way into all those menus.

## The HUD

The HUD (heads-up display) or UI (user interface) are mainly all those buttons draped around the edge of the screen. Also things like outlines of selected targets, symbols of the different dynasties etc. are part of this. The HUD can be removed and redisplayed by pressing the `Alt & H` key.

**Tip:** Hovering the mouse pointer over the displayed elements, mostly displays additional tooltip information.

The game is mainly controlled using the buttons of the HUD, which often open additional menus. The buttons and displayed informations are grouped into several so called "panels". The location of those panels are fixed and can **not** be changed using the options menu.

### Dynasty Panel

The dynasty panel is located in the top left corner of the screen. It shows:

* The crest of the player's dynasty as selected during character creation. The roman numeral in the top left corner is the level of the achieved title, the symbol in the lower left of it signifies the membership in a guild (if any).
* The amount of gold and influence currently held by the player's dynasty right of it.

 ****Skill tree**** `F2`, to learn new skills or claim a new title.
 ****Budget book**** `F3`, to check the finances.
 ****Family tree**** `F4`, to view all family members.

The second part of the dynasty panel is located just below the first. It shows the player's party members. They possess some privileges, other family members don't have. Check this page for details. From top to bottom:

* The **head** of the family, `H` or `C`, that's the Avatar in the beginning, their heir later on.
* The **right hand** of the family, `J`, that can be appointed by the player.
* The **left hand** of the family, `K`, that can be appointed by the player.

### City Panel

The city panel is located in the top center of the screen. It has a few buttons (from left to right):

 ****Book of Dynasties**** `F5`, for an overview on all competitors.
 ****Book of Guilds**** `F6`, to check the various guilds.
 ****Quest book**** `F7`, to check for special events and the progress in the family campaign.
 ****City records**** `F8`, to check on the current laws, or the city's office tree.
 ****Tutorial**** `F1`, to get some help from the tutorial page.
### Message Panel 1

The message panel below the city panel can hold some of the latest news. They are on a timer and disappear, as soon as the time is up.

The newest message has some releated details displayed below it for a while. After the text disappeared, it can be still read as a tooltip, when hovering the mouse pointer over the button.

When the player clicks on one of the buttons, the camera will be moved to the related location, building, or character, and the message disappears from the panel. The messages will also be added to the message log in the bottom left corner of the screen (see below), but without the possibility to jump to the location.

### Time Panel

The time panel is located in the top right corner and displays the name of the map, date, ingame time, and the speed. In single player mode, this panel allows the player to influence the speed of the game, whereas in multiplayer game, this option is disabled. More details can be found on this page.

 ****Reduce game speed**** `-`, to slow the speed down one step. `CTRL & -` for minimum speed.
 ****Pause**** `P`, to pause the game.
 ****Accelerate game speed**** `+`, to increase the speed one step. `CTRL & +` for maximum speed.
### Quick Access Panel

The quick access panel is located at the right edge of the screen. It allows quick access to quite a big range of menus. There are the following buttons (from top to bottom):

 ****Main menu**** `ESC`, to access the main menu.
 ****Show idle characters****, to move the camera to the next of the player's characters, which is currently hanging lazily around. The number next to it displays the total number of currently idle characters of the player's dynasty.
 ****Buildings**** `X`, to show a list of interresting buildings.
 ****Characters**** `Y`, to show a list of the player's characters.
 ****Events****, to show the calender with upcoming events in the city hall.
 ****Tutorial**** `F1`, to get some help from the tutorial page.

### World Panel

The world panel is located in the lower right corner and has only three buttons:

 ****Area map**** `M`, to open the area map. The white triangle shows the current viewing direction. Note, that due to a bug, east and west are swapped.
 ****Erect a new building**** `B`, to erect a new building.
*A lot to be added here ...*

## Main Menu

The main menu (or rather one of the main menus) is displayed, after the player starts the game (startup menu), or when they hit the  ****Main menu**** button of the quick access panel or press the `ESC` while playing on a map (ingame menu). The menus are described on this extra page.

*This page will present an overview over all menus. Where to find, keys to open quickly, actions found there, etc.*

*This article is a stub. You can help The Guild 3 Wiki by expanding it.*

Menu was last edited for version 1.0.4.

Menu was last edited for version 1.0.4.