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===== Introduction to World Creation in The Universal =====
Welcome to The Universal World Owners' Manual.
The Universal is a customisable game engine, your world server program controls graphics settings, game logic and events, and you can adjust all this via settings, configuration files and server-side scripting to create worlds of various different types - from persistent world economies to team-based combat games or floating art galleries. The world server attempts to be flexible, and learning all you can do with it is a long process..
If you're interested in game design & development, and have a fair bit of time & patience, then you may find building a world rather fun.
===== Things you can change on your world =====
* Set up vehicle controls, physics and weapons\\
* Change gameplay rules via settings and configuration files.\\
* Choose models & textures for players, vehicles, buildings and the environment.\\
* Modify UI layout, camera settings, lighting, weather\\
* Add sound effects and music\\
* Make cutscenes, intros and special effects\\
* Write server-side scripts to control almost every bit of the game engine. \\
===== Quick start =====
Fire up the game, click 'Create World', go through the screens there.
Once you're on your world, **F10** brings up the ingame world editor.
Check out the **[[introduction:quickstart_guide|Quickstart Guide]]** for a further introduction to the things you can do as a world owner.
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===== Next Section =====
* Go to [[world_setup:index|World Setup Overview]]
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