User Guide

Access Awards from the Main Menu to see details of your service record.
•MEDAL SCREEN — View the medals you’ve won or the conditions required
to be awarded such accolades.
•UNIT IDENTIFICATION — Brush up on your unit recognition skills.
•MOVIES — Review film footage unlocked as you complete missions.
•LEADERBOARDS — View high scores for Single Player and Multiplayer
missions, and overall gamer scores for the best of the best.
•ACHIEVEMENTS — View the list of your achievements so far, and the gamer
points won for each of the 22 achievements available. These points add to
your Xbox Live gamerscore. (Small craft (LCPs, LSTs, PT boats) do not count
toward any achievement that requires sinking marine vessels.)
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Squadron Orders
•SELECT AIRCRAFT TYPE — With the Flight Deck Panel open, press
s
/
o
to highlight a squadron slot. Press
q
to select Type.
Then press
s
/
o
to choose the type of plane for this squadron.
•SELECT NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT — With the Flight Deck Panel open, press
q
to highlight Assigned. Press
s
/
o
to choose the number of planes
in the squadron: 3 max for a medium bomber squadron; 5 max if you can
launch in any other squadron.
•SELECT SECONDARY WEAPON — Press
q
to highlight Weapon and then
press
s
/
o
to select the aircraft’s secondary weapon. Different aircraft
have different armament options.
•ATTACK CARRIER’S TARGET — If a carrier has a target (check the Target
window at the top left of the screen), press
Y
to launch squadrons
against this target.
•“JUMP IN” COMMAND — To quickly jump to a squadron from the Flight
Deck Panel,
h
. You’ll jump to the view of the squadron leader’s plane.
Squadron Leader’s Orders
Commanding squadrons effectively could mean the difference between
success and failure as a naval strategist. If you gain the skill to use squadrons
skillfully and efficiently, they could become your most powerful weapon.
•
ACQUIRE CLOSEST TARGET — Press
A
to select the closest target.
Press
A
repeatedly to cycle through other potential targets.
•COMMAND MENU — Use the Command Menu to issue standing orders,
attack, regroup and landing orders to the other aircraft in your squadron.
Press and hold
X
to open the Command Menu, and use
l
to select
the specific order.
(See page 23.)
•ESCORTS — Escorts (and CAP below) are key uses of your fighter squadrons,
crucial for guarding the heart of your task force, and achieving tough
mission objectives against a determined foe. With a squadron selected,
highlight a unit in the Map screen and press
A
. The squadron is linked
to the unit or squadron by a blue line and will now patrol the skies above
or around that unit, and acquire and attack targets if their Command Menu
orders are set to Free Fire: Yes.
(See page 23.)
•CAP (Combat Air Patrol) — This order equals Escorts in tactical value.
When CAP is applied, aircraft engage with enemy units at a range
of 2 miles. A CAP order automatically sets Free Fire: Yes.
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OPTIONS
AWARDS
To adjust various options within Battlestations: Midway, highlight Options in the
Main Menu, or press
>
in-game to open the Pause Menu and then highlight
In-Game Options. Press
A
to open the Options Menu. Use
l
to cycle options.
Press
A
to select/confirm/advance to a sub menu.
•GAME — Enable subtitles, camera shake and water drops on camera options.
•AUDIO/VIDEO — Adjust display and volume settings. (Audio settings are
automatically loaded from the Xbox Dashboard.)
•SCREEN EFFECTS — Apply Bloom and Old Film visual effects to your game
screen. (Screen settings are automatically loaded from the Xbox Dashboard.)
•CONTROLS — Invert
L
/
C
vertical controls for camera and planes, swap
L
/
C
controls, and view current control layout.
•STORAGE — Choose where to save your progress, if you have both an Xbox
360 Hard Drive and an Xbox 360 Memory Unit. If you have a storage device,
you can also Disable Autosave and Save Progress.
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