User Guide

DECODE CRYPTO

SELECTION MOVEMENT NO MOVE

CURSOR CURSOR CURSOR

TARGETING CURSORS

There are two targeting cursors in C&C: Red Alert. The difference between the two is not

large, but depending on which cursor you get, you can tell whether the selected unit is within

range of the target, or if it will have to move to attack the object you’ve targeted. This infor-

mation becomes important later in the game with some of the longer-range units (or when

you’re trying to avoid their effects). Note that this information will only be available when

one unit is selected at a time.

TARGET, TARGET, NOT

IN RANGE CURSOR IN RANGE CURSOR

GROUP ACTIVITIES

To save time, you can form teams among your troops. To select several units simultaneously,

left-click and hold the mouse button down. Drag the mouse cursor to include all the troops

you want selected. A white box outline indicates the range of this selection. Then, release

the mouse button, and all the units within the white box will be selected. You can give that

group an order the same way you’d give a single unit an order. Some units in groups will

not respond to certain commands. For instance, a Medic in a group ordered to attack will

not move when the rest of the group engages, because he has no weapon.

SELECTING A GROUP

LEFT CLICK

AND HOLD

BUTTON

DOWN

THEN DRAG

THE CURSOR

TO INCLUDE

DESIRED

UNITS