User Guide

You will observe that the pointer will only change shape if the selected man can use the item. Certain men can only use cer-
tain items.
PICKING UP AN ITEM IN THE MISSION
There are items that your men can pick up and take
away with them.Weapons,ammo cartridges, inflatable launch,etc. Sometimes they belong to the enemy
and can be stolen. On other occasions, they will have been dropped by parachute by the Allies.
Keep in mind that the person who is skilled in their
use can only pick up certain items. Thus, only the
Marine can pick up inflatable launches, only the
Sapper can pick up grenades, etc.
In all cases, select the appropriate man, and click on
the hand that is next to the knapsack, or else presses the hot key H. The
movement pointer will turn into a hand. If when you pass the hand-shaped pointer over an item, the hand icon will grab, then
the man you have selected can pick up that item. Click on that item and it will be yours. Note, if you do not see a hand grab
pointer, right click to cancel,and then move the cursor over the object and look for the activation pointer.
VEHICLES
Throughout many of the missions you will discover different land,water, and
aerial vehicles. You can board many of them, use them to move and even
shoot from them in the case of vehicles that carry weapons.
To board a vehicle, select the man or men you want on board, then place
the movement pointer over the desired vehicle. If the men you have select-
ed are able to board the vehicle,the pointer will change shape into the acti-
vation pointer.At that time, click,and your men will board the vehicle.
Once in a vehicle, click on the desired destination with the movement pointer.The vehicle will then start to move.You will see
that,unlike movement on foot, when you are handling a vehicle you do not have the possibility of avoiding obstacles automat-
ically, and therefore you can only set destinations that can be reached in a straight line from your current position.
If you deselect a vehicle with various men on board, and then want to select it again to move with it, you will see that you can
only do so by selecting just one of those men.The man who will permit you to move the vehicle when you select it is the one
who drives the vehicle. He MUST be selected to move the vehicle.
When can and can’t you board a vehicle? There are three factors involved:
• The vehicle may be out of commission, or worse yet, already occupied by the enemy. In that case, the movement pointer
THE KNAPSACK
If you select a soldier, you will see that on one side of the screen there is a knapsack with
various items. These items represent the options that are available to your soldier at this
time. If you prefer to have the knapsack on the other side of the screen, press Tab.
To use or activate any of these items, click on it.What happens next depends on the kind of
item. With some of them, this will cause an immediate action (such as inflating a rubber
launch,releasing a decoy,etc.) With other examples,such as certain weapons and tools, the
movement pointer will change its shape, turning into an icon that shows what can be done
with that item.If you see the pointer covered by a “forbidden”sign, this means that you can’t
carry out this action with the item or in the place at which you are pointing. For example, If
you click on the pistol in your knapsack, the pointer will turn into a pistol. If you place this
pointer over a spot at which it is not possible to shoot (because it is too far from the shoot-
er or because there is an obstacle in the way), then the “forbidden” sign will be displayed over the pistol pointer. Otherwise, if
you click on a location, your soldier will shoot at it.
If you have selected various soldiers, you will see that in the knapsack the
only things that appear are the options that are common to all the selected
soldiers. When you have the Commandos grouped, press G activates the
guns for the group. The resulting mass firing is devastating.
USE OF REMOTELY ACTIVATED ITEMS
Some items,such as the acoustic decoy or the explosive charges with detonators, can
be remotely activated. To do this, first you must release the item by clicking on its
image in the knapsack.This will make you drop the item in question.At that moment,
there will appear in the knapsack another item that looks like an “activa-
tor” or “detonator”. Once you have managed to hide in a
safe place,click on the activator and there will be a remote
activation. In the case of the acoustic decoy, you can acti-
vate it and deactivate it as often as you wish.
USE OF DEVICES IN THE MISSION
Sometimes you will find in the mission items and devices that you can’t pick up and take with you, but it
will be possible to activate and deactivate them.You can open faucets, turn on switches, activate gates,
etc. If you move the movement pointer over an item or device in the mission that the selected man can
use in this fashion, the pointer will turn into a hand that moves a lever. If you click at that moment, the
selected man will carry out the corresponding action. This is the activation pointer.
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