User manual GAMES PC PANZER-ELITE-KEY-MENU

[. . . ] Installing the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic Documentations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 3 3 TUTORIAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] During campaign games you may wish to remove some of your low ranking leaders if your leader pool is near full. This allows the empty slots to be filled with new, possibly more experienced personnel. File Cabinet - Rename Leader Left-clicking on the File Cabinet icon in the Leader Tent turns the cursor into the Rename Leader cursor. If you then click on one of your leaders on the Parade Ground, a dialog box appears allowing you to change your leader's name. Click on the text field to rename your leader and then click the checkmark to accept the name. BASIC SCREENS, MENUS, AND BUTTONS: The Headquarters Screen 32 Russian I-16 and their pilots awaiting orders. Command Tent In the Command Tent you can save and quit the game, review your army roster, use the autobuilder and auto-breakdown utilities to manage your army, receive a battle briefing and change game options. Table Map - Campaign Review Shows current campaign information for the Army Commander, including victories, kills and losses. Weapons Rack - Auto Build Instructs the AI to build the best units it can from the leaders and equipment at hand. Bugle - Auto Breakdown Breaks down all units and removes them from the roster, allowing you to reconfigure your army as you see fit. Filing Cabinet - Options Brings up the Options panel: ·Quick Save: Saves the game in the QuickSave slot. ·Save Game: Saves the current game. ·Objectives: Brings up the Objectives panel, giving important scenario information. ·System Options: Brings up the System Options panel described on page 19. ·Restart Scenario: Restarts the current scenario without saving. ·Quit: Quits the current game and returns you to the PANZER-ELITE-KEY-MENU SCORCHED EARTH Start screen. 33 BASIC SCREENS, MENUS, AND BUTTONS: The Headquarters Screen Motor Pool Available equipment types are displayed in the Motor Pool Tent. Moving the cursor over the tent displays the eight classes of equipment: Tanks, Anti-tank, Infantry, Fighters, Bombers, Recon, Artillery and Air Defence. Left-click one of the icons to display available types in front of the tent. The active unit appears on the map with a yellow highlight underneath it. If the unit has movement remaining, hexes are highlighted in light green to show where it can move to. Hexes containing enemy units that can be attacked appear with a red highlight. There are also movement cursors that appear to indicate modes of movement different from the unit's main type. For example, selecting a paratrooper unit highlights a small number of green hexes for the unit to move to because as Infantry, paratroopers are mostly foot troops. Moving the cursor beyond the area of green hexes causes it to change to an arrow with a small parachute icon attached when the cursor is over a hex which can be paradropped into, and a slashed circle when the cursor is over a hex that cannot be entered this way. 35 BASIC SCREENS, MENUS, AND BUTTONS: The 3D Battlefield Attacking Any visible enemy units within attack range of the active unit have a red highlight in their hex, indicating they are eligible targets. Moving the cursor over an eligible target causes it to change to a target reticle with a number to each side. This is the combat cursor, and the numbers are an estimate of the amount of damage that each unit can inflict on the other, friendly damage on the left, enemy damage on the right. Bear in mind that this is just an estimate based on equipment types, and that the real results can be much different. Left-click on the unit to be attacked and the combat proceeds simultaneously. Command Panel At the bottom of the screen, is the Command panel where you control all the game features that don't occur directly on the map. The left-hand panel displays a photo of the active unit. [. . . ] These units have very high hard attack values. Most Bomber class units are a great asset in both attack and defence. Naturally, Bomber units are a favoured target for enemy Fighter and Air Defence units, however, used correctly and covered by friendly Fighter units, they can have a dramatic effect on the outcome of a battle. 65 TROUBLESHOOTING: Technical Support TROUBLESHOOTING This section provides information that should help you solve some common technical problems. Sound and Video Cards PANZER-ELITE-KEY-MENU SCORCHED EARTH requires Windows and DirectX compliant sound and video cards. If you experience problems with sound or video while using this product please contact the manufacturer of your video or sound card for the latest DirectX compliant drivers. [. . . ]