User manual GAMES PC HIDDEN AND DANGEROUS

[. . . ] Edited by PETER LERT An Introduction to the SAS . 17 Strategy For Selecting Men and Weapons . 43 Hidden and Dangerous An Introduction to the SAS by Peter Lert It was 1941. In a British army field hospital in North Africa, a lanky Scot sweltered in the heat. [. . . ] Keep the left mouse button depressed and move the mouse left or right. Hold the left mouse button down and move the mouse up or down. Press and hold the left mouse button on this icon to shift the map around the screen. If there are any multi-story buildings in the game, you can switch from floor to floor by using this icon. Note -- You can also control the map without using these icons. When in the map mode, you can shift the map by pressing the right mouse button. When you press both buttons on the mouse simultaneously, you can rotate the map, and zoom in. MAP 3 Map Information The map shows the position of your soldiers. A rotating circle indicates the currently active soldier. A circle with black stripes indicates a dead soldier. You can switch between soldiers on the map by clicking directly on the soldier, or on his icon in the bottom part of the screen. 26 Note -- If you switch to another soldier, the map shifts and turns in the same direction as the soldier is facing. The map also indicates the position of enemy troops, ringed in red. A red circle with a black stripe means that the enemy soldier is dead. Only enemy soldiers visible to your soldiers are visible on the map. Note -- Use the map to establish who is shooting at you. Positions of civilians are also indicated on the map (if they appear in a mission). The civilians are shown in blue. MAP 4 This map makes orientation in the terrain much easier. The compass in the upper right-hand corner of the screen turns simultaneously with the map. Find the direction in which you need to move, then switch back to game mode. MAP 5 This map also indicates positions of all hardware and stationary weapons on the scene. STRATEGY Programming the Soldiers The main function of this map is to enable you to program major, time-synchronized actions for your men. The line of icons in the left part of the screen and the four timelines (one for each soldier) at the bottom of the screen serve this purpose. After you have issued a soldier with an order, the program will determine the time necessary for carrying out the order and move that soldier's icon along the timeline for a distance corresponding with the duration of action. You can discard any icon by marking it with the mouse and pressing DELETE. You can shift the icons along the timeline to synchronize soldier's actions. When you have programmed all the soldiers as required, you can exit the map mode and switch back to the game. [. . . ] Then a man armed with an anti-tank weapon can move in to destroy the vehicle itself. 57 Tanks Infantry weapons cannot damage tanks; even an antitank weapon won't always work on the first try. A method is described in the section - Common Situations. 45 shows the vulnerable spots on a tank (colored gray). Fig. 45 Common Situations How to Destroy a Tank Place your soldiers as shown in Fig. [. . . ]