--- techs.ruleset.old	Wed Sep 29 10:26:29 1999
+++ techs.ruleset	Wed Sep 29 10:28:25 1999
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@
 ; "Bonus_Tech" = player gets extra tech if rearched first
 ;               Note: currently only one tech with this flag is supported
-; "Boat_Fast" = all see units get one extra move point
+; "Boat_Fast" = all sea units get one extra move point
 ; "Bridge"   = "Settler" unit types can build bridges over rivers
 ; "Railroad" = "Settler" unit types can build rail roads
--- buildings.ruleset.old	Wed Sep 29 09:43:10 1999
+++ buildings.ruleset	Wed Sep 29 10:26:19 1999
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@
 Two cities with Airports can airlift one unit per turn. \
  Airlifting instantly transports the unit from one city to another\
- and will use all of the unit's MP.  A unit must have some MP left\
- to be airlifted.\
+ and will use all of the unit's movement points.  A unit must have\
+ some movement points left to be airlifted.\
 ")
 
@@ -67,5 +67,9 @@
 upkeep      = 2
 variant     = 0
-; auto-help
+helptext    = _("\
+The aqueduct allows a city to grow beyond the initial size limit\
+ of 8 citizens. The new size limit will grow to 12 citizens, and
+ a Sewer System will be required to bypass this new limit.\
+")
 
 [building_bank]
@@ -96,6 +100,9 @@
  which stay in town for one full turn without moving are completely\
  restored.\
+\n\n
+These premodern barracks will become obsolete with the invention\
+ of Gunpowder, and you will have to produce new barracks to train\
+ your units for the new era of warfare.\
 ")
-; auto-help on obsolete
 ; Variant 1: Affects all units, not just land units.
 
@@ -114,6 +121,9 @@
  which stay in town for one full turn without moving are completely\
  restored.\
+\n\n
+The invention of Mobile Warfare will render these barracks obsolete,\
+ and you will have to build new ones to meet the challenge of the\
+ modern blitzkrieg.\
 ")
-; auto-help on obsolete
 ; Variant: Uses Barracks variant.
 
@@ -146,6 +156,9 @@
 A Cathedral makes 3 unhappy citizens content in a city, making it\
  easier to maintain order in that city.\
+\n\n
+The effect of the Cathedral to pacify your population increases\
+ with the development of Theology, but will be reduced when your\
+ population becomes acquinted with the ideas of Communism.\
 ")
-; auto-help tech
 
 [building_city_walls]
@@ -216,6 +229,6 @@
 variant     = 0
 helptext    = _("\
-Increases the shield production in a city by 50%.  Also contributes\
- to pollution.\
+Increases the shield production in a city by 50%, but also contributes\
+ significantly to pollution.\
 ")
 
@@ -229,7 +242,7 @@
 variant     = 0
 helptext    = _("\
-If a city has a Granary, then when it grows or shrinks, the amount\
- of stored food will be set to half full.  This helps a city to grow\
- faster, and withstand famine more easily.\
+The amount of stored food will be set to half full whenever a city\
+ with a Granary shrinks or grows. This helps a city to grow faster\
+ and more easily withstand famine.\
 ")
 ; NOTE:
@@ -282,5 +295,5 @@
 variant     = 0
 helptext    = _("\
-Increases the science production in a city by 50%.\
+Increases the science output in a city by 50%.\
 ")
 
@@ -294,5 +307,5 @@
 variant     = 0
 helptext    = _("\
-Increases the luxury and tax production in a city by 50%.\
+Increases the luxury and tax output in a city by 50%.\
 ")
 
@@ -306,7 +319,7 @@
 variant     = 0
 helptext    = _("\
-Neutralises the pollution generated by the population. \
- The population simply has no effect on the pollution generated in\
- the city.\
+Pollution is normally the result of population size and production\
+ output. Population size in a city with Mass Transit will no longer\
+ contribute to pollution.\
 ")
 
@@ -494,5 +507,9 @@
 upkeep      = 2
 variant     = 0
-; auto-help
+helptext    = _("\
+The Sewer System allows a city to grow beyond the limitations\
+ imposed on it by the lack of sewers. Now more than 12 citizens\
+ can live in the same city without causing epidemic problems.\
+")
 
 [building_solar_plant]
@@ -642,6 +659,7 @@
 variant     = 0
 helptext    = _("\
-City improvements which would normally have an upkeep of 1 are free\
- of upkeep, for all cities.\
+All cities on the map become visible for the player who owns it. \
+ It allows all players to start building spaceship parts (assuming\
+ they have researched the necessary technologies).\
 ")
 
@@ -655,7 +673,6 @@
 variant     = 0
 helptext    = _("\
-All cities on the map become visible for the player who owns it. \
- It allows all players to start building spaceship parts (assuming\
- they have researched the necessary technologies).\
+City improvements which would normally have an upkeep of 1 are free\
+ of upkeep, for all cities.\
 ")
 
@@ -694,5 +711,6 @@
 variant     = 0
 helptext    = _("\
-Makes one unhappy citizen content in all cities.\
+This stunning technological achievement makes one unhappy\
+ citizen content in all cities.\
 ")
 
@@ -706,5 +724,7 @@
 variant     = 0
 helptext    = _("\
-Gives two immediate technology advances.\
+Charles Darwin's voyage sparked the discovery of the evolution\
+ of the species, which inspired greater confidence in science.\
+ Gives two immediate technology advances.\
 ")
 
@@ -866,5 +886,7 @@
 upkeep      = 0
 variant     = 0
-; auto-help
+helptext    = _("\
+Allows all players to start production of nuclear missiles.\
+")
 
 [building_marco_polos_embassy]
@@ -891,6 +913,10 @@
 Counts as having a Cathedral in each of your cities. \
  This makes 3 unhappy citizens content in each city.\
+\n\n
+As with the Cathedral, the effect of Michelangelo's Chapel to\
+ pacify your population increases with the development of\
+ Theology, but will be reduced when your population becomes\
+ acquinted with the ideas of Communism.\
 ")
-; auto-help tech
 
 [building_oracle]
@@ -944,5 +970,5 @@
 variant     = 0
 helptext    = _("\
-Makes all unhappy citizens content, in the city where it is located.\
+Makes all unhappy citizens content in the city where it is located.\
 ")
 
@@ -1028,5 +1054,5 @@
 This is not a normal improvement.  Instead, setting a city's\
  production to Capitalization means its shield production is\
- converted to tax production (money).\
+ converted to tax output (money).\
 ")
 
--- units.ruleset.old	Wed Sep 29 10:27:18 1999
+++ units.ruleset	Wed Sep 29 11:12:50 1999
@@ -254,4 +254,12 @@
 flags         = "Pikemen"
 roles         = "DefendGood", "FirstBuild"
+helptext      = _("\
+Pikemen are peasants with little training, much like militia,\
+ but with an added twist. Their long pikes can be used to charge\
+ or to effectively keep the enemy at bay, however, their greatest\
+ use is against enemies on horseback, who are easily impaled on\
+ their long pikes. Pikemen get an addition strength point when\
+ defending against enemy units on horseback.\
+")
 
 [unit_musketeers]
@@ -1257,5 +1265,5 @@
 \n\n\
 - A Diplomat can also bribe an enemy unit, if that unit is the only\
- one on its square.\
+ units in its square.\
 \n\n\
 - Diplomats can even start a revolution in an enemy city and turn\
@@ -1335,7 +1343,7 @@
  towards the production of the wonder.\
 \n\n\
-TIP:  A well-known strategy is to build wonders in one turn, by\
- stockpiling a stack of Caravans, then bringing them all\
- into the city where the wonder is to be built.\
+TIP:  You can stockpile a stack of Caravans in advance and bring\
+ them all into a city where you have started to build a wonder,
+ and finish it in only one turn!\
 ")