To begin playing a single-player game of Myth II, click the New Game button in the main menu. As you progress through the game and more levels become available to you, you will be able to choose your starting level and difficulty setting from a dialog box that pops up.
When the level begins, a brief message describing the objective(s) of the level appears in the middle of the screen.
The Interface
Status Bar
At the top of your screen is the status bar. When you select a single unit, the name and type of that unit are displayed in the Status bar, along with some background information on that unit. When multiple units are selected, the names, types, and quantity of units will appear in the status bar. The brief paragraph of descriptive text will not appear.
On the right edge of the status bar is a large square button, often called the “pause” button. If you click this button, you will be given a chance to revert to a saved game, restart the current level or quit the game entirely. You can access this same menu by pressing the Escape key.
You can jump to a selected unit by clicking on the
unit's portrait in the status bar.
Also at the right edge of the Status bar is a small triangular button. This controls the overhead map. For more information about the overhead map, see below.
Action Window
This window consists of everything underneath the status bar. This is your window to the battlefield, and you can look at different parts of the battlefield by moving the camera. The action window is where all the actual combat takes place.
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