User Guide

NOD TUTORIAL -2

If you attempt to deploy the MCV and nothing happens, check around the MCV for things

that might get in its way. It could be a Minigunner unit, a cliff, a tree, etc. In this mission,

the MCV is already in a clear area and will deploy as long as you don’t move it and as long

as an enemy unit doesn’t get in the way.

MEASURING POWER EFFICIENCY

Power is essential for your base to operate efficiently.

Look at the sidebar section of your screen. The thin vertical area next to the construction icons

is your power bar.

The blue dividing bar shows you how much power your base is currently using, and the ver-

tical bar shows your available power.

As long as the bar is in the green, your base has enough power to operate everything at

maximum efficiency. If the bar drops into the yellow or red, your base is under-powered.

As described earlier in the manual, when the base is under-powered, construction will take

much longer than usual, and many of the high-tech structures will shut down.

GOING AFTER TIBERIUM

When the Power Plant is

deployed, construction icons for

The Hand of Nod, and the

Refinery will appear.

You can build either of them first,

but income is always important,

and since you aren’t really in any

immediate danger, you can afford

to build your refinery first. Do the

same thing that you did to build the

power plant.

While the Refinery is being built,

move some of your soldiers up

the map a bit. Explore the area

until you find some Tiberium (the

green crystals that are growing

out of the ground).

Place your refinery as close as

you can to the Tiberium. You will

notice that when you place the

Refinery, a Harvester appears

with it. As explained in the man-

ual, the Harvester is used to col-

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