User Guide

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Crosshairs
Use the crosshairs to aim your weapon or point to a teammate to view their health.
• Crosshairs turn green when aimed at friendlies.
• Crosshairs turn red when aimed at a hostile.
• Crosshairs can change depending on the selected weapon.
Health Gauge
The gauge begins to fill with red each time you are injured. As long as green
remains, you can fight. To view the health of a teammate or escortee, aim the
crosshairs at the person and his or her health gauge will appear.
Skull & Crossbones
This indicates that you have died. You can speak on the dead channel, change
weapon loadouts and piggy back on your living teammates.
Countdown Timer
Counts down to zero in games with time limits.
Current Weapon
• Press l to select your primary weapon or l quick select.
• Press
, to select your secondary weapon (pistol) or , quick select.
• To select an item from inventory, press and hold
d to open the inventory screen
and press the directional button
1/2 to highlight an item. Press d or x to
select the item.
See “Using Weapons” on page 22.
Shots Remaining
View shots remaining and maximum total for the clip. Press R3 to reload manually.
PLAYER RANKINGS (RANK INSIGNIAS)
Depending on your performance, you can attain any of
five Player Rankings. Online rankings are an
indicator of your skill and experience, but also
determine what Briefing Rooms and games you
can enter. Certain Briefing Rooms are
restricted to specific Player Rankings.
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FRIENDS LIST
The Friends List helps you chat with other online players or see online status of
friends and find their location. Access FRIENDS from the SOCOM II Online Screen
after you are logged in.
Add New Friend
To add a friend, you have to know his or her screen name and request “friend
authorization” from that person. Select ADD NEW FRIEND, press
x, enter the
screen name, then press
x. A prompt will appear telling you the request has been
sent. Select CONTINUE. When the person confirms you as a friend, your screen
names show on each other’s list.
Message
Send a Chat Message to a friend.
View Info
View a friend’s lobby location and specific game.
Remove Friend
Select this to display the list of current friends. Select the one you want to remove,
and select YES when prompted to remove the player.
Confirm Friend
Select this to review any friend requests that have been sent to you. To confirm
the request, press
x and select the name you want to accept. Select YES when
prompted.
Reject Friend
Select the one you want to reject, and select YES when prompted to reject the player.
THE ONLINE GAME SCREEN
Crosshairs
Shots Remaining
Current Weapon
Special Action Icon
Countdown timer
Tactical Map
Your Health
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