User manual GAMES PC JTF-JOIN TASK FORCE

[. . . ] TM GAME MANUAL Table of contents Customer support ______________________________________ 3 1. INstALLING tHe GAme _____________________________________ 4 2. LAuNCHING tHe GAme _____________________________________ 4 3. CoNtroLs ______________________________________________ 4 3. 1 seLeCtIoN & CommAND CoNtroLs _______________________ 4 3. 2 uNIt & GAmepLAY CoNtroLs ____________________________ 4 3. 3 CAmerA CoNtroLs ____________________________________ 5 3. 4 muLtIpLAYer CoNtroLs ________________________________ 6 4. [. . . ] Heavily armored units are denoted with a full shield icon on the info panel; while lightly armored units are denoted with a half shield. 6. 3. 4 Cover & Concealment 6. 2. 6 Selecting Equipment for Reinforcements All available equipment is displayed on the top of the info panel as soon as the "$" key is pressed. To equip the soldiers, press the icon for the desired equipment before selecting the soldier. Then click the soldier icons to outfit them with the equipment selected. The equipment will remain selected until clicked a second time, so don't forget to unselect it if you don't want all your soldiers to be equipped with the same gear. Sandbags, wrecks and a number of other terrain objects can be used for cover. These objects have cover icons next to them, showing the possible positions. If you set your soldiers to "Free-move" behavior, they'll take advantage of any cover they can find automatically. Otherwise, you'll have to move them into cover manually. 6. 3. 4. 1 Hiding Going prone with your soldiers will decrease your overall visibility, but it doesn't count as full concealment. 1 1 To gain maximum concealment, move your soldiers into high grass or swamp and hit the prone button. Your soldiers will now be completely hidden and will only be detected at minimum distance. If hiding soldiers open fire, they will give away their position to the enemy and won't be hiding anymore; they will have to leave the enemy's sight before they can hide again. 6. 4 Supporting Units The JTF FRSV vehicle and the enemy TCS are able to perform the following support operations: 6. 4. 1 Damage & Repairs The hero selection screen appears before every mission. Here you can select which heroes to bring for that particular mission. Some missions support up to 5 heroes, while most of them have only places for two or three, depending on mission types and difficulty. The selected heroes are placed on the level as usual, appearing next to the main hero, except in the following special cases: G If there are land vehicles in the starting force, tank commanders will begin the game mounted in them When an FRSV or TCS is deployed in repair mode, a support radius is displayed on the ground. To repair any vehicle, just bring it within the area, and the FRSV's engineers will begin repairing immediately. The engineers will also refill any ammo used up in the fight. The auto-support of the FRSV can be turned on/off by right-clicking the support icon. 6. 4. 2 Switching Armament & Equipment G If there are aircraft in the starting force, pilots will begin the game mounted in them same goes for pilots and aircraft. G If there are no aircraft in the starting force, the Ace will not be deployed in the game area. The Ace will arrive with the first helicopter or aircraft ordered, so deploying Aces can cost funding. 6. 5. 2 Hero Levels & Skills Some vehicles and infantry can change their main armament. Whenever they are within the support radius of an FRSV, a "$" icon appears on top of the info panel. The cost of refitting units is displayed as a tooltip when you hold the cursor over the selected piece of equipment. Press the "$" icon to display a list of available equipment, then select the weapon you'd like to install. The vehicle or soldier will move to the FRSV and refit as appropriate. 6. 4. 3 Radar Promoted heroes can gain further levels, up to level 10. Once a hero levels up, a star will appear on the hero's portrait. [. . . ] This Program contains an "on-line" component that allows you to utilize the Product over the Internet utilizing servers and software maintained by Licensor and/or its affiliates. Licensor may, in its sole discretion, provide the servers and software technology necessary to utilize the "on-line" component of the Program, or Licensor may license to third parties the right to provide the servers and software technology necessary to utilize the "on-line" component of the Program. However, nothing contained herein shall be construed so as to place an obligation upon Licensor to provide the servers and software technology necessary to utilize the "on-line" component beyond the time that the Program is Out of Publication. The term "Out of Publication" as used herein shall mean that the Program is no longer being manufactured by Licensor. [. . . ]