User Guide

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Force Move [ALT + Left Click]
Infantry annoying your tanks? Squish ‘em. Using the force-move command, you can make
your tanks (or any heavy unit) move into an enemy occupied cel. And attempt to overrun
the infantry in the square. To do this, select the unit(s) to force-move, then hold down the
ALT key and left click on the area you want to force-move to. You can also use this to sin-
gle-out a particular infantry unit that is giving you a hard time. Your unit will attempt to crush
that infantry until either it succeeds, you give it a new order, or your unit is destroyed.
Vehicles cannot overrun each other, and infantry cannot overrun tanks. Only tracked or heavy
units can force-move into enemy infantry. You cannot force your tanks to crush your own
infantry.
Scatter [X key]
With Tanks trying to squish your infantry and planes coming in with Napalm, the Scatter
key comes in handy. You can make your troops move in a random direction from their cur-
rent location, allowing them to (most of the time) dodge out of harm’s way.
To scatter units, select them and hit the ‘X’ key. Units that are scattering will continue to carry
out attack orders, so you can select them, tell them to attack, then hit the ‘X’ key to make
them scatter from the threat.
NOTE: Scattering will only make all the selected units move once. If you want them to con-
tinually scatter, you must keep the units selected, and continue to hit the ‘X’ key every sec-
ond or so. Otherwise, they will scatter once, then stop, continuing to attack the target you’ve
given them. Also, units that are scattering may scatter out of their fire range. If this happens,
left click on the target again (with the units still selected), and your units will move back into
firing range.
Next Unit [N key]
Hitting the ‘N’ key will select and center the screen onto one of your units. Hitting the ‘N’
key again will cycle to another unit and so on.
Stop [S key]
If a unit is marching to certain death, or has been given an order that you don’t want them
to continue to do, you can force that unit (or structure if it’s a turret of any kind) to stop fir-
ing/moving/harvesting. Select the unit(s) that you want to stop, and hit the ‘S’ key.
Follow [CTRL + ALT + Left Click]
Sometimes, you may want units to “tail” another unit as it moves around the map. This can
be good for protecting a harvester or any other critical unit as it moves about. To follow a
unit, select the units that are going to be doing the ‘tailing’, and hold down the CTRL and
ALT keys. While these are still held down, you will see the cursor has changed to a red move-
ment cursor. Click on the unit that you want followed, and they will automatically go after
it, following it wherever it goes.
NOTE: Having large groups of units following a unit can be counter-productive. Don’t have
a large group of units follow your harvester, or it may hinder the harvester’s movement, and
slow down your collection of Tiberium. If enough units are following, they may surround their
target, and it will not be able to move at all.
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