DESCRIPTION
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This  folder  contains new sets of  ship  pictures  that
can  be used in Space Empires III.  These  ship  picture
sets are all in standard bitmap format and can be viewed
in almost any paint program.

The "Templates" folder contains pre-made templates  that
you can use to create your own ship sets, and the "Other
Shipyards" folder contains many small ship sets  created
by  many  different  authors.   All  the  other  folders
contain  one group of several ship sets made by  one  or
more authors.

HOW TO USE
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To  use one of these ship sets copy it from  the  folder
that it's in into the "Space Empires III\Pictures\Ships"
folder.    (The  "Pictures\Ships"  subfolder   of    the
folder  you  installed  Space  Empires III  into.)   Now
the next time you create a new empire, you will have the
option of choosing this ship set.

CREATE YOUR OWN
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To  make  a new ship set create a 711 wide  by  32  high
bitmap  picture  and  fill it with  pictures  of  ships,
spaced  in the same way as any other shipset.  For  more
information  look  in the "Templates"  subfolder  within
this folder.

AUTHORS
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The authors are credited in the folders that their files
are in.