User manual GAMES PC COMMAND & CONQUER-RENEGADE

[. . . ] Command posts identified in Moscow, Kiev, Stalingrad, Khartoum, Karachi, Da Nang. MILITARY STRENGTH: Enlisted forces exceed 14 million. Non-regular forces, including police and NKVD, about 7 million. ECONOMIC STRENGTH: Considerable operating assets believed to be in excess of 486. 2 billion Swiss Francs. POLITICAL STRENGTH: Since every person in the Soviet Union must be a member of the Communist Party, an incredible agent network of over 200 million citizens have infiltrated the governments of most Pan African, Pan Indian and Pan Asian governments with suspected strongholds in Mexico City and Vancouver. AFFILIATIONS: World Democratic Society; Asian Defense League; Freedom Consortium. SEE ALSO: Henderson, D. K. [. . . ] Within the game, keys F1-F7 send a message to one of the other players. (Hint: hit one of the function keys to find out who that key is assigned to). You will see a message "To Player [Side]" at the top left side of the screen. The F8 key sends a message to all other players. SERIAL GAME Red Alert is designed to be played as a head-to-head game either by modem or null modem link. A null modem link is a special cable which you should be able to purchase at your local computer supplier. Such a link allows two computers which are within 30 feet of each other to be connected. SERIAL GAME PRELIMINARIES 9 0 8 SELECT SERIAL GAME DIALOG ALSO FIND CRUSHED 3 3 1 0 Before you can play a Serial game, you will need to configure Red Alert with the appropriate settings. To do this, select Multiplayer Game from the Title menu. Then, select "Modem/Serial. " Select SETTINGS from the "Select Serial Game" dialog. SERIAL GAME SETTINGS 0 SETTINGS DIALOG This takes you to the "Settings" dialog where you can set up your default serial communications settings. Select the COM PORT (and under DOS your IRQ) which correspond to your modem or serial port along with the baud rate that you intend to use. It is important that the selected baud rate is at least the speed of your modem. Once you are happy with the settings, click on SAVE and you will be taken back to the "Select Serial Game" dialog. When both players are ready, click on the Null Modem button, and a connection will be established. Once a null modem connection has been established you will be taken to either the "Host Serial Game" or "Join Serial Game" dialog, depending upon who clicked first on the Null Modem selection. HOST SERIAL GAME HOST SERIAL GAME DIALOG Here you must enter your name and choose a side and color. The "Scenarios" window shows the available scenarios. As the game host this is up to you to select, as are the Credits, Bases, Crates, Ore and AI Players options. You will see a message window so that you can communicate with your opponent as you select these game options. Messages from your opponent appear in window. As you change options, these are reflected on the dialog that your opponent can see. As the host you get to decide when to commence play. Once both players have agreed on the scenario and options, you should click OK to begin play. 3 6 TWO THOUSAND HEADLESS JOIN SERIAL GAME JOIN SERIAL GAME DIALOG You must enter your name and choose a side and color. If your name is the same as another player you must enter a different name. If your color is the same as another player the computer picks an available color for you. [. . . ] Check with you one company to get the right one. If it's not one of Red Alert's standard choice u can enter it in the "Settings" dialog. If you still have problems check you odem documentation for the correct settings. ERIAL LINK SEEMS TO HANG: If Red Alert seems to hang at the wai g for call or dialing dialogs this could be due to errors caused by using too hig baud rate, phone connection too noisy leading to uncorrected modem errors, o faulty or incorrectly wired Modem, Null Modem or Phone cable. [. . . ]