User Guide

Section 1: Navigating the Tool
There are a number of keyboard controls and toolbar buttons that will help to create missions more efficiently.
Mouse Commands:
Left Button – Selects or unselects an item in Select Mode or Inserts a new item in Insert Mode. You can left click on the
Unselect All button or you can hit the U key to unselect all selected items. You can select more than 1 item at a time. As you
select items the attributes of the most recently selected item will appear in the lower left side window in the tool. While an
item is selected you can left click on the Selected Information Box in the left corner to pull up the Item Attributes window.
Left Button with SHIFT held down – Selects everything within the box you create.
Left Button with CONTROL held down – Unselects everything within the box you create.
Right Button – Brings up a menu for copying, pasting and selecting.
Right Button with SHIFT held down – Click and move right
or left to quickly zoom in and out of the map.
Right Button with CONTROL held down – Centers the map
at the point you clicked on
Keyboard Commands:
ARROW keys - Scrolls map up, down, left and right.
Page Up, Keypad 9, Keypad Plus - Zooms map in.
Page Down, Keypad 3, Keypad Minus - Zooms map out.
INSERT - Toggles between Insert Mode and Select Mode.
DELETE - Delete selected items.
ALT – Hold to use hotkey listed in the toolbar menu.
Screen Buttons:
C – Character Map – Press this button or the F1 key to
show a full color representation of the terrain.
H – Height Map – This button and the F2 key will bring up
a topographical view of the terrain where the lighter the
color the higher that part of the terrain. Solid dark areas are usually low, flat spots which is good for bases or airfields.
D – Depth Map – This view simply shows the contour map of the terrain. The closer the lines are to each other, the steeper
the grade. Solid black represents perfectly flat areas. You can also use the F3 key to see this map.
P1 – Page 1 – The Delta Force 2 Mission Tool allows you to have two different missions open simultaneously.
This feature is good for comparing missions or for copying/pasting elements out of one mission into another.
P2 – Page 2 – Press this button to display the second mission that you opened. Note you must be on this page when you open
the second mission or it will replace your page 1 mission.
XY Coordinates – This gives you the grid location of the center of your screen. Click on this to type in new coordinates and
the screen will center on them. The units are in meters.
Layers – This option brings up a box that allows you to select which layers you would like to see and which ones are hidden.
See Section 4 for more information on Layers.
Unselect All – This button (or the U key) will automatically unselect all items.
Grid – Items that you insert while the Snap box is checked will move to the nearest grid intersection. This is particularly use-
ful when you want to line items up precisely. The View box will toggle the grid overlay on and off. Use the Plus and Minus
symbols to increase and decrease the grid resolution (size).
Show – By checking the appropriate boxes, you can choose which items you see and which are hidden from view. This is
useful for finding specific items in a map full of various item types.
Selected Information Box – When you select an item, its most important statistics appear in the lower left corner of the
screen. Click anywhere in this area to bring up the Item Attributes window.
The red box on the terrain map displays the maximum size of the terrain. Any items you place outside the red box will be forced to
the inside edge of the red box when you export that mission. The green box shows you the suggested area in which to make your
mission. Placing items outside of the green box may make the mission excessively long.
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