User manual GAMES PC ARMY MEN RTS-REAL TIME STRATEGY

[. . . ] Table of Contents Quick Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 INSTALLATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MAIN MENU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 MULTIPLAYER GAME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 GAME CONTROLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Operation Blintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 HEADS UP DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 BASIC STRATEGY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 RESOURCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 UPGRADES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 SQUADS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 RALLY POINTS (FLAGS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 SARGE'S OUTFIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 RELATIVE DAMAGE/STRENGTH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 © 2002 The 3DO Company. Plastic Men. , and their respective logos, are trademarks or registered trademarks of The 3DO Company in the U. S. and other countries. [. . . ] 4) Once you've sent your squads out to explore the area, you'll have a general idea of where the Tans attack from and the basic layout of the land. With these things in mind, build a Barbed Wire Fence around your camp. It's also a good idea to put a few Guard Towers between pieces of fence. The Tower functions as a lookout and has the firepower of several Grunts. PLASTIC ELECTRICITY MELT BUTTON MAP CONSTRUCTION MENUS SQUAD MENU Basic Strategy There are several steps you will need to follow in most missions. 1) Begin base-building missions by building a Headquarters (HQ). This allows you to build several Dump Trucks. In addition, the HQ is a prerequisite for all buildings except the Resource Depot, so you'll want to have one at all times. You can also build Bulldozers from the HQ should you lose one to the enemy or want more than one. · To build a structure, select the Bulldozer and your choices appear on the left in the Construction Menu. · Left-click on the structure you would like to build. · A ghosted icon of your new structure appears on your cursor. Move the cursor over the place on the playfield you would like to build it. (If the image is red, it cannot be placed in the current location. ) · Use the "<" and ">" keys to rotate the structure to the desired position, and then left-click to build it. 12 13 5) When you've got the resource reserves built up enough, upgrade your HQ to a Super HQ and build a Garage. Use the Garage to build Medic jeeps that can heal your troops, your buildings and each other. You can also create Half-Tracks (aka: machine gun trucks), Minelayers and Tanks. · See the "Upgrades" section of this chapter. · Follow the instructions listed in Step 1 to build the Garage. COLLECTING . . . in more advanced missions. 6) When you have the resources, upgrade your Barracks to a Super Barracks. You can use this new structure to pump out a more specialized platoon: Bazooka Men, Machine Gunners, Snipers and Mortar Men. 7) Finally, when you have the resources available, upgrade the Garage to the Super Garage and make DumDums and Choppers for assaults on the Tan base!8) Further upgrades will allow you to take on the enemy even more effectively. NOTE: If any icon in the Construction Menu appears red, you either don't have the necessary requirements or the resources available to build it yet. Use Dump Trucks to collect all Plastic and Electricity. Water guns, dog bowls, batteries, and walkie-talkies are just a few of the items you may find. [. . . ] Entering the secret code: While in any mission, hold down the "ALT" key and press the "Backspace" key. Type in the secret code and press the "Enter" key. You may enter most codes only once per mission. CHOPPER Plastic required: 150 Electricity required: 250 Choppers are great for quick aerial assaults on enemy positions. DUMDUM Plastic required: 50 Electricity required: 150 Send these small robots out to the enemy lines where they can deliver the explosives strapped to their backs up-close and personal. 26 27 Pause Menu: Saving and Loading At any point in the game, simply press the ESC key to pause the game and bring up the Pause Menu. [. . . ]