Hiya,
Anybody interested in the game Space Empires 3 will be glad to know that
I've managed to make significant progress in getting it to be playable. The
tips I'm going to outline below will try to be as screen reader neutral as
possible, but I'm afraid that nevertheless my Window-Eyes bias may slip in.
In order to get an accessible version of Space Empires 3, you have several
choices.
1. Play a game with no AI assistance at all, but with a special option enabled
to let you move your ships accurately between solar systems. You won't be able
to research more than one technology at a time without sighted assistance, and
tactical combat is unuseable at present.
2. Play the game with the AI research minister enabled, and let him set your
research priorities for you. He'll generally do a good job based on settings
you can customize.
Regardless of which of these options you choose, the option you need to
enable to get movement working remains the same. From the initial startup
screen, select game setup and enable the 'all systems seen' option. This will
let the method of movement I describe below work.
Once the game has actually started, do the following.
Move your mouse cursor using the keypad or equivalent to somewhere below
the menu bar. You'll see your starsystem name first, and then with the all
systems seen option enabled several other names possibly in a line together.
These are warp points between systems. Move to any one of these, it doesn't
matter which. Right click with the mouse and go into special displays from the
context menu that pops up, and select show planet names. You'll see all sorts
of planet names pop up, something like Centauri I, Centauri II, etc.
From this point, you can mostly follow standard instructions for moving
ships. I've found the game's help files to be exhaustive, if a little daunting
at times to read. I'm more than willing to answer any questions you might
have. This game does require a lot of navigation with the mouse and
envisioning layouts in your head, but it's definitely playable.
All the best, and do feel free.
Yours,
Zack.
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