User Guide

USER INTERFACE OPTIONS
The user interface options give you additional control over the game and allow you to
tailor it to your preferences. There are several tabs under this heading.
TOOLTIPS: Displays helpful text when a cursor is left on a game object for 2 seconds.
TARGET LINES: When you tell a unit to move to a particular location or attack a certain
enemy, a line from the unit to the target will appear. With this box clicked off, these
target lines will not appear.
SEE HIDDEN OBJECTS: Allows you to spot units behind buildings and other obstacles. With
this box clicked on, units and defensive structures behind obstacles will be indicated. If
this box is clicked off, hidden units will not be visible.
SCROLL RATE: Determines how quickly you can scroll around the screen with the mouse.
AUDIO OPTIONS
The three bars under Audio Options allow you to control the volume of the various
sounds in the game. Values range from 0 (off) to 10 (loud).
MUSIC VOLUME: Adjusts the mission and menu music volume.
SOUND VOLUME: Adjusts sound effects (gunfire, explosions, etc.).
VOICE VOLUME: Adjusts the character voices.
KEYBOARD
Click on the Keyboard button to customize
your keyboard commands.
CATEGORIES: The keyboard commands are
broken down into various categories, which
you can find by clicking on the arrow in the
Category menu in the top left. The group of
commands in that category will appear in
the Commands box on the right.
COMMANDS: Select the command you wish to
change. The current key for that command
will appear below “Current Hotkey.”
CURRENT HOTKEY: Click in the Press New Hotkey and select the key you wish to use for that
command. To assign the selected key to that command, click the Assign button. You
may choose a key that is already assigned to another command. When this happens,
the command that the selected key is currently assigned to will appear below the Assign
New Hotkey box. You can still assign the selected key to the chosen command, but the
command for which that key was the default will no longer have a Hotkey.
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