User Guide

You can have the cameras automatically track a unit, be it a person or a vehicle.
To do this, click on the movie camera that is on the upper edge of the screen.The shape of the
pointer will change.Then,click with that pointer on the person or vehicle that you wish to track.
The camera will remain fixed on that person or vehicle, and will move along with him at all
times. While in the lower left hand corner of the corresponding screen you will see a small icon
that looks like a camera, Picture GR41 that reminds you that this window has a tracking camera associated to
it.Another way to activate the tracking camera is to press Alt and click on the element that you wish to track.
To cancel the tracking, click on the small icon mentioned above,or press Alt and click on any non-mobile (fixed)
part of the map.
THE ENEMY
Your opponents are the disciplined and experienced troops of the German
army. To defeat them you will need to use clever tactics and impeccable
timing...your men are counting on good leadership.”
SIGHT
An enemy soldier is always on the lookout. Fortunately, there is a way to know at all times
where he is looking.To do so, click on the eye shaped icon that you will find in the upper right
hand corner of the screen. The shape of the pointer will change to an eye. Next, click on the
soldier that you want to watch (you can also do this by clicking on the desired enemy while
keeping the Shift key pressed). The eye will blink when you can select a target.
You will now see a colored line of sight arc that appears from the enemy soldier and sweeps
from left to right across the mission and accompanies the soldier’s every move.This fan is his
Field of View.
You will see that houses, rocks and other solid items realistically block the field of view.You will
also see that the field of view is divided into two areas. One is lighter and closer to the enemy
is his short-range field of view.The darker farther wedge is his long-range field of view.
If one of your men is caught by the field of view of a soldier, he will be detected. The excep-
tion is in the long-range view (darker arc). Here the Commando CANNOT be seen if he is
crawling. In the lighter, short range section,the Commando can be seen in any state.
will not change its shape when it passes over the vehicle. Watch out the enemy may target you.
• Each vehicle has a maximum capacity. For example,the capacity of motorcycles with a sidecar is two men, and in an inflat-
able launch allows three persons.
• Sid or Fins is only capable of vehicle operation. The Driver (Sid) may only drive Land vehicles.The Marine (Fins) may only
use the aquatic vehicles.And finally,there is a mission where you must escape in a cargo plane, only the Fighter Pilot can
fly the plane.
In some cases, you can even shoot from a vehicle that carries weapons.To do so, point with the
movement pointer while keeping the Control key pressed.The pointer will change shape, and turn
into a gunsight. Click (without releasing the Control key) and you will shoot a volley at the target.
To get a man out of a vehicle, select the desired man by clicking on his face in the upper part of
the screen or using keys 1..9.You will see the screen focus on the vehicle that contains the sol-
dier. In the knapsack you can only see a photograph of the soldier. Click on it, and the selected soldier
will leave the vehicle and jump down to the ground.
If you want to get a man out an aquatic vehicle, bear in mind that you won’t be able to do so until the
vehicle is anchored in shallow water, the exception is the Marine when he is wearing diving gear.
BUILDINGS
There are missions in which your men will be able to hide in certain buildings, thus disappearing from
the sight of the enemy.When you pass the movement pointer across the door of a building, the activa-
tion pointer will appear. This means that it is possible to hide in that building.Click there,and the select-
ed men will hide inside. You cannot hide bodies in building or shoot from buildings.
To get a man out of the building, do the same as in the case of vehicles:select the soldier who is inside,
and then click on his photograph in the knapsack.
CAMERAS
On occasion,it may be useful to be able to simultaneously view the action-taking place in var-
ious map locations.To do this, you have at your disposal several multiple camera modes.Keys
F2 to F7 can be used to activate each of these modes. Press each key repeatedly to cycle
through different arrangements. F2 is the single window camera (default)
In multiple camera modes,there is just one window at a time in which you can carry out game
actions. This window is the active window, and can easily be recognized because a red line
frames it. Click on any window to make that window become the active window.You can then
carry out all game actions in that window,including movement and zoom. In this mode, you cannot individually resize a win-
dow. Additionally, the more open camera windows, the slower the gameplay speed.
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