User Guide

DUNE 2000 17
HOW TO PLAY
Take one of your other units and scout around your base until you find some Spice. Once
you find some, select the Harvester by left-clicking on it, and put your cursor over the Spice.
You will see the cursor change to an attack cursor. Since the Spice Harvester doesn’t have
a weapon, this cursor tells it to start collecting. Left-click again, and the Spice Harvester will
proceed to the Spice and begin to collect it. The automatic collection process will be
started, so you no longer need to order the Spice Harvester back and forth.
You can force the Spice Harvester to return to the Refinery early by left-clicking on it, then
placing your cursor over the Refinery.The cursor will change to an Enter Cursor (3 green
arrows), telling the Harvester to return to the Refinery with its current load. If you want it
to do this, left-click on the Refinery. If you want it to continue what it is doing, deselect it
by right-clicking.
In advanced missions, when certain buildings and technologies are made available, you will
be able to build a Carryall, which will greatly increase Spice production. The Carryall is an
automated unit that transports your Harvester back and forth between the Refinery and
the Spice. Be careful, because enemy Carryalls can be used against you - if you see an enemy
Carryall coming near your base, be on guard, because it may be bringing enemy troops
behind your battle lines!
FORCE-RETURN
Note: If you move the Spice Harvester somewhere and do not tell it to collect Spice, it
won’t.When it reaches its destination, it will just sit there until you order it to move again.
The automatic collection only happens when you first build a Spice Harvester.
Keep an eye on your Spice Harvester! There is nothing worse than not watching your
Harvester, only to have it wander into enemy territory in order to collect Spice. It is the
weakest link in your financial operations - remember to keep it safe! Sometimes you will
receive a replacement harvester if you have no other harvesters left, but don’t rely on it!
You will notice mounds of sand in areas where Spice is found. These are both very valuable,
and dangerous. These mounds contain Spice - and when they are either fired upon or run
over, they burst open and spread Spice into surrounding areas. The explosion of Spice
releases valuable resources but is also dangerous - and can outright destroy many units, so
be careful.
Other dangers exist near the Spice fields - most notably, the Sandworm. This deadly
creature is attracted to vibrations, and can consume vehicles whole. Worm signs always
precede their appearances, and intelligent commanders can predict their movements, and
often outrun them. The only guaranteed safety is on solid rock, where the Sandworm
cannot travel.
TARGETING
SPICE