User manual GAMES PC GROUND CONTROL

[. . . ] GROUND CONTROL Field Commander's Handbook Version 1. 61 0 Message From Crayven High Command 0 You will soon be a commander of a CLSV-601 Command APC, assigned to active duty on the Crayven heavy cruiser CSS ASTRID attached to 34th Assault Regiment located to the contested colony of Krig-7B. As a field commander in the 34th Assault Regiment you will be required to configure your own strike team as appropriate for missions assigned to you. You and your squads will be transported to designated combat zones on the planet surface in UV/4 Dropships, where you will personally lead them into battle to complete your mission objectives. Between active combat duty you will be accommodated aboard the CSS ASTRID. TABLE OF CONTENTS 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS Message From Crayven High Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. [. . . ] Click on the map name to view it in the MAP INFO panel. Available Maps Displays a list of the maps that are available on the server. Click on the map names to view it in the MAP INFO panel. 9 TECHNICAL MANUAL 0 Multiplayer Map Options The host can change the map options for more varied gameplay. Default Squads - With this option checked players are not allowed to change the default strike force. Friendly Fire - With this option checked Friendly Fire is turned on. Allow Alliances - With this option checked players are allowed to be on the same team. Unchecked this option forces "free for all" games. APC Type (Vital)- A player is defeated if his Command APC is destroyed. APC Type (Not Vital) - A player is not defeated when his Command APC is destroyed. APC Type (None) - Players will not have the Command APC on the battlefield. Damage Factor - Changing the damage factor changes the pacing of the game. The higher damage factor, the more damage weapon inflicts. Time Limit - The match ends when the time limit is reached. A time limit of zero disables the time limit function. Score Limit - The match ends when the score limit is reached. Score is achieved by controlling score zones and for killing enemy units. A score limit of zero disables the score limit function. Reinforcements - If the reinforcement box is checked killed squads will be replaced during the game according to the REINFORCE INTERVAL. Replacement squads will arrive in dropships and must be called down by the player. Tech Level - Determines the units, special weapons and equipment available. Consult section 9, the Technical Manual, for units and their respective tech level. Create an Internet Standard Game As the creator of a game (host) you can change all the options and choose which map to play. In Ground Control you do not host a game on your own machine, the game is hosted on dedicated Ground Control servers. [. . . ] Support Lead Tracy Green LOCALIZATION Producer Barry Kehoe Engineering Lead Sean Forsyth Engineering Stephen Forsyth Joanne Russel QA Lead Sean Moran Graphics Lead David Fleming Audio Bill Sweeney ROW Producer Warren Wright SPECIAL THANKS Hubert Jolly Dave Grenewetzki Dave Williamson Ralph Giuffre Suki Hayre Brad Nelson Emmanuel Schalit Kelly Zmak 84 -- GROUND CONTROL FIELD COMMANDER'S HANDBOOK -- -- GROUND CONTROL FIELD COMMANDER'S HANDBOOK -- 85 0 11 CREDITS Fiona O'Carroll Mark Iverson Michael Fuller Doug Lombardi Adam Fossa Christine Smith Tassie Medlin Patricia Rice Beth Freeman Patricia Smith Ground Control Beta Testers VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO Spouses and families (for (most of them) still being there despite us ignoring them during crunch time) The Offspring for Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) Everyone at the Squad Leader photo session PC for providing beer at desparate times Kauren Baugen Husqvarna Laserdome Food at Palermo/Petros/Piaff/Brunnen/The Chinese place Cillas Bafe Coca Cola The coffee machine (yes, it also makes chocolate!) Brutal-Akademien Slitz Massive Mobile . . . and everyone else who helped out!Uses Bink Video, Copyright © 1997-2000 by RAD Game Tools, Inc. 12 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 0 CUSTOMER SERVICES Technical Support Tel: (0118) 920 9111 Fax: (0118) 987 5603 Lines open 24 hrs, 365 days a year, using our automated technical support attendant. This system includes answers to all commonly posed questions and problems with our new and major titles. It is set up in a friendly and easy to use menu system that you navigate through using a touch tone telephone. [. . . ]