# Game Interface

Simutrans is played through the Game Interface which provides information about the current game; access to toolbars & game-controls; and a view-of the current game-world.

titlebar: the left of the titlebar of the Game Interface shows the version and release date of Simutrans that is currently running.
The right hand side of the titlebar also contains controls to minimise, maximise the Game Interface and also to exit Simutrans.

Icons: a row of icons, used to access game-toolbars and game-controls when playing Simutrans, is directly below the titlebar. Icons (click to use) are grouped in three sets:

- <it>Main Menu</it> icons include:
- <it>floppy-disc</it>: opens Game Options
- <it>map</it>: opens Map
- <it>magnifying-glass</it> selects Inspection Tool
- <it>sloping-land-icon</it>: opens landscape toolbar
- <it>train</it>: opens ?railroad/train toolbar
- <it>monorail/maglev</it>: monorail transportation toolbar
- <it>tram</it>: opens tram transportation toolbar
- <it>truck</it>: opens road transportation toolbar
- ship: opens water transportation toolbar
- airplane: opens air transportation toolbar
- red-drop-in-yellow-circle (crane-icon in pak128): opens special construction toolbar
- red-cross (<it>bulldozer-icon</it> in pak128): selects Destroy/Remove Tool

- <it>Management Menu</it> icons include:
- network-icon: opens Line Management
- list-icon: opens Lists
- mailbox-icon: opens Message Centre
- money-icon: opens Finances

- <it>Other Options</it> icons include:
- camera-icon: captures current image of Game Interface (without the titlebar) and saves it as a bitmap file in the directory/folder ...simutrans/screeshot/
{Tips: Image can also be captured with keypress [c].}
- coffee-mug-icon: pause s/unpauses game .
{Tips: Keypress [p] also can be used to pause/unpause game}.
- >> icon: selects/deselects Fast Forward. (changes rate at which Time , T, passes in game).
{Tips: Fast Forward can alo be selected/deselected with keypress [W]
IMPORTANT: Game may not run smoothly;Display Informationindicates if the computer can cope with change.}
- <it>?</it>: opens Simutrans Help

game-view of a portion of the current game-world is displayed below the Icons.
You can zoom-in and zoom-out the game-view and also scroll around to view other parts of the game-world using a mouse or keyboard.

temporary scroll-bar appears and displays messages at the bottom of the game-view.
{Tips: Click on a message to centre game-view to a related position.}

A bottom-bar that provides information about the current game-world is shown under the game-view.
Information provided, from left to right on the bottom-bar includes:
date & time: current date and time of game-world, follows a graphic and name of season.
account balance: current cash available for construction and other costs (purchasing vehicles, maintaining transport infrastructure and operation costs of running vehicles).
co-ordinates: indicate position of cursor in game-view. The three figures represent X co-ordinate, Y co-ordinate and height.
T: indicates the rate at which time passes in the game.
{Tips: Use [.] / [,] to accelerate/decelerate Time, T ; Display Informationindicates if the computer can cope with change.
Use of Fast Forward replaces T with ">>" on bottom-bar.}
timeline: indicates whether a timeline has been selected in the current game.