User Guide

Therefore, selection of characters and equipment should be discussed among

all players before the HOST player makes the choices. While selections are being

made on the host computer, any player can enter a “chat” mode by pressing F4.

Any message you type will be sent to all connected players when you press

ENTER.

Once a network game has started, the host computer will assign a soldier to

each connected player. You can change among soldiers the same way as in a sin-

gle-player game, but each character can only be controlled by one player at any

time. If you try to control a character already assigned to another player, that

player’s name will appear above the character’s head. If there are fewer than four

(human) players, the host computer will control one or more characters. You can

switch into any of these characters any time you wish.

Load/Save Menu

If you need to take a break from the game, you can SAVE it at any time. Press

ESC during play to choose from three options - Resume, Save, Quit. If you choose

Resume you will return to the game without saving it.

Choosing Save will save the current status of the game. Note you only have

one save “slot” per mission and profile; subsequent SAVEs during the same mis-

sion will overwrite what’s been stored earlier. It’s not a bad idea to SAVE from time

to time on general principle — this will help you recover in case there’s a system

or network crash.

To load a saved game, go to the Mission selection menu. To play, simply click

Load for the mission you want to return to. If you choose Quit you will exit

HID-

DEN AND DANGEROUS

completely.

Note that both single-player and network games can be saved. However, a

network game can only be saved to the HOST computer.

PLAYING THE GAME

• Whenever any player switches to the map view or any of

the menus, the game will halt temporarily for all connected

players.

• If you aim a weapon at one of your own team (“friendly

fire”) using the external sight, the aiming cross (F2) will turn

red and the character’s name will appear above the soldier

you’re aiming at.

• If your character is killed and there are no other (computer

controlled) characters available to switch into, you can still

watch the rest of the gameplay as a spectator.

• Conditions to end a mission (successfully or otherwise) are

the same as in single-player mode.

• You can send messages to any other player during a mis-

sion by pressing F4.