User manual GAMES PC ARMY MEN RTS-REAL TIME STRATEGY

[. . . ] Table of Contents Quick Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 INSTALLATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MAIN MENU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 MULTIPLAYER GAME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 GAME CONTROLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Operation Blintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 HEADS UP DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 BASIC STRATEGY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 RESOURCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 UPGRADES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 SQUADS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 RALLY POINTS (FLAGS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 SARGE'S OUTFIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 RELATIVE DAMAGE/STRENGTH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 © 2002 The 3DO Company. Plastic Men. , and their respective logos, are trademarks or registered trademarks of The 3DO Company in the U. S. and other countries. [. . . ] · To build a structure, select the Bulldozer and your choices appear on the left in the Construction Menu. Move the cursor over the place on the playfield you would like to build it. (If the image is red, it cannot be placed in the current location. ) · Use the "<" and ">" keys to rotate the structure to the desired position, and then left-click to build it. 12 13 5) When you've got the resource reserves built up enough, upgrade your HQ to a Super HQ and build a Garage. Use the Garage to build Medic jeeps that can heal your troops, your buildings and each other. You can also create Half-Tracks (aka: machine gun trucks), Minelayers and Tanks. · Follow the instructions listed in Step 1 to build the Garage. COLLECTING . . . in more advanced missions. 6) When you have the resources, upgrade your Barracks to a Super Barracks. You can use this new structure to pump out a more specialized platoon: Bazooka Men, Machine Gunners, Snipers and Mortar Men. 7) Finally, when you have the resources available, upgrade the Garage to the Super Garage and make DumDums and Choppers for assaults on the Tan base!8) Further upgrades will allow you to take on the enemy even more effectively. NOTE: If any icon in the Construction Menu appears red, you either don't have the necessary requirements or the resources available to build it yet. Use Dump Trucks to collect all Plastic and Electricity. Water guns, dog bowls, batteries, and walkie-talkies are just a few of the items you may find. Your trucks will collect resources faster if they only have to move a few feet to deliver the goods. Be sure to check your resources from time to time to see if they're being depleted. The amount of collected Plastic and Electricity appears in the upper-right of the game screen. If a resource runs dry, move the Dump Trucks to the next available resource and continue the hunt. It is also helpful while one Dump Truck works on collecting resources, to have another one looking to collect melted plastic Soldiers, vehicles, etc. Dump Trucks collect resources automatically, and do not need to be directed. However, you can override the automatic function by manually assigning them to a resource: · To manually send a Dump Truck to mine a resource, left-click the Dump Truck to select it and left-click the resource you want it to collect. MELTING STUFF If a structure becomes unnecessary, melt it down and you'll get half of your resources back. · To melt a structure down, simply left-click it to select it. · The "Melt" button will appear in the upper-right corner of the screen. Select it to melt the structure. Resources Resources are the vital components that allow you to create items and build up your army. In order to survive, you need to keep building, and in order to keep building, you need to keep collecting resources: Plastic and Electricity. While you may not have an immediate need for resources, it's always a good idea to keep collecting and storing so you have them when you need them. [. . . ] These guys can't do anything but run away from them. SECRET CODES For destroying specific objects in some missions, the player will be awarded a "secret code" on the Victory screen. Entering the secret code: While in any mission, hold down the "ALT" key and press the "Backspace" key. You may enter most codes only once per mission. CHOPPER Plastic required: 150 Electricity required: 250 Choppers are great for quick aerial assaults on enemy positions. DUMDUM Plastic required: 50 Electricity required: 150 Send these small robots out to the enemy lines where they can deliver the explosives strapped to their backs up-close and personal. 26 27 Pause Menu: Saving and Loading At any point in the game, simply press the ESC key to pause the game and bring up the Pause Menu. [. . . ]