User manual GAMES PC RISING SUN-GOLD

[. . . ] Introduction On the morning of December 7th, 1941 Japan set the spark to one of the most bitterly contested theatres of the Second World War. The devastating surprise attack at Pearl Harbor heralded the rising sun of a new phase in Japan's war of conquest and empire. Nearly five years, and hundreds of thousands of lives later, this empire would lay in ashes beneath the ominous glow of a second sunrise--the horrific atomic bomb attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki that finally ended the war and ushered in an era of Americamandated peace. Between these two rising suns, the vast conflict of the Pacific war was played out in hundreds of little known atolls, islands and jungle back ways that are now etched into the history of those desperate days. [. . . ] Warning: Using the Add Unit/Org (User) Tool Bar button for a division or higher org requires that you input a lot of names for the lower orgs of that organization (e. g. , the regiments of a division). Locate your Organizations The list displayed in the left-hand "Available Units and Organizations" column lists all the different organizations available, from Platoons to Corps. You will most likely want to be selecting battalions, regiments, brigades, and/or divisions, depending on your scenario's size. Each nationality's organizations are grouped together by organization type. To see all the units in each organization type for a nationality, click on the box with the "+" to the left of the organization. The "folder" for that organization type will open, displaying all the available different types of organizations, for the selected nationality, of that command level. Allow a few moments for the program to organize all the organizations and units in a nationality's folder after clicking on that folder to open it. IMPORTANT: It is very important that each platoon added to your OOB is within some type of organizational structure (usually within a company or battalion "folder") in order for the game's A/I to know how to "use" the unit properly. That is, you should not simply bring over "loose" (i. e. , "independent") platoon units; they need to be "grouped" under a battalion (or higher-level org's) "roof". Therefore, it is highly recommended that you build an organization with a battalion as the minimum organization. If you still wish to customize it by adding a special platoon to it, be sure to put that platoon "inside" that organization using the "Lower Unit/Org" Tool Bar button; see "Customizing Your Organization" on page 100. 98 TalonSoft's rising sun Placing Leaders in Your OOB You can manually add a leader (known in an OOB file as a "Commander" unit) to any org from company on up. To do so, open that nationality's "platoon" list on the left side of the screen and scroll down to the bottom of the platoon list until you see the various "commanders". Note: A "5" Leader is better than a "1" (one) Leader ; also, if the org you wish to add the Leader to is "motorized", be sure that you add a "mot. " (motorized) Leader type. Generally, a motorized ("mot. " type) Leader should be used unless the organization he is being added into is a non-motorized formation. To add the leader to the unit you desire, highlight the leader in the "Available Units and Organizations" column. Then left-click once on the Add Unit/Org (Auto) Tool Bar button to add the leader to the "Created Units and Organizations" (right-hand) column. Then left-click on the Move Unit/Org Up Tool Bar button as necessary to move the highlighted leader until he is displayed directly beneath the org you wish to incorporate the leader into. Then, with the leader still highlighted, left-click once on the Lower Unit/Org Tool Bar button. This will "lower" the leader into the org directly above him. TalonSoft's rising sun 99 The Order of Battle (OOB) Editor The Scenario Editor TIP #4 DON'T FORGET LEADERS: It is your responsibility to add leaders to your OOB; the org editor will not do this for you. Adding more (and better) leaders to one side or the other is a good way to help balance a scenario, and also to help simulate a side's "resourcefulness". British scenario, the Japanese should usually have better leaders in the early part of the war (1941-42); the British should still have some, but usually not as good, and probably not as many (man for man) as the Japanese ones. However, if your scenario is a "late war" (e. g. , 194445) scenario, the British leaders should be better than, and perhaps more plentiful, than the Japanese leaders (by then the Japanese cadre of seasoned leaders had been severely diminished, and the British experience level was rising). Customizing your Organization If you wish to make your own custom orgs by say, adding in a certain battalion type into a regiment, you can do this similar to adding a leader. [. . . ] The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1936-1945, New York, Random House. Guadalcanal Diary, New York, Random House. Singapore--the Japanese Version, New York, St. New Guinea: the Tide is Stemmed, The Pan/Ballantines Illustrated History of WWII Various. [. . . ]