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How To Build Facilities
1. Click the Build Facility button ().
2. Select the facility to build from the list.
3. Click on map in the location where you want the facility built.

The build command remembers the last facility built, so if you are building the same facility over and over, you only need to select it from the list the first time.

The facility to be built is displayed on the map under the mouse pointer. If the facility cannot be built at a particular location, the facility build image will blink red.

Building with Keyboard Shortcuts
1. Press B.
2. Press the keyboard shortcut for the facility you want to build (see the Facility Reference for the shortcuts).
3. Click on the map in the location where you want the facility built.

The build command remembers the last facility built. To build the same facility again, you only have to press B and click on the map.

Building a Group of Facilities
1. Click the Build Facility button ( or press B).
2. Select the facility to build from the list (or press the shortcut key for that facility).
3. Click on the map and hold down the mouse button.
4. Drag the mouse to describe the block (or line) of facilities to be built.
5. Release the mouse button to build the facilities.

If the facility cannot be built on a particular terrain type, it will not be displayed. If it otherwise could be built, but cannot be built because of non-adjacency, enemy facilities, and so on, the facility will blink red.

When building most facilities, the block of facilities will be a simple rectangle. Walls and roads behave a bit differently.

Walls will be built only along the "outside edge" of the area marked by the player. Pressing the SHIFT key while dragging will change this to a straight line between the initial clicked location and the current mouse location. Pressing the CTRL key while dragging will cause walls to build a block like other facilities.

Roads will be built in a straight line from the initial clicked location to the current mouse location. Pressing the SHIFT key while dragging will cause roads to be built only along the "outside edge" of the marked area. Pressing the CTRL key while dragging will cause roads to be built like other facilities.