User Guide

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Ground Control is a game of tactical action oriented combat. In Ground Control
you are the Commander of a special operations task force operating from a
starcruiser orbiting the planet Krig-7B. The goal of the game is to archive
your mission objectives, which will span from destroying enemy installations
to protecting engineer teams while they archive their objective. To aid you in
completing your objectives you have your task force. The task force consists of
several squads that you control. Before entering a mission you have the option
of changing their general outfit, unit type and equipment. Be careful with your
task force, as surviving squads will receive experience after each battle.
SQUADS
Your strike team consists of one or more squads. As the campaign progresses
you will receive new squads and destroyed squads will be replaced with fresh
new ones. The squad box indicates the squad’s name, current unit configuration
and attributes. A squad belongs to one of the four available branches:
Infantry The lightest and slowest soldier on the battlefield. They can be
transported inside the Command APC.
Assault Assault vehicles are the units that excel in offensive
maneuvers, and acquiring strategic locations.
Support Support units fill a special niche on the battlefield, be it anti-air
or long range artillery fire.
Aerodyne The airborne aerodynes’ main advantage is their great speed
and unobstructed movement.
0 3 QUICK START
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This section is for Field Commanders eager to start their Military career as
soon as possible. When you start up Ground Control you first have to select a
video renderer, and select what video mode in which to play the game.
Depending on your system configuration, different options will be displayed.
Click OK to continue.
After the movie is played you will see the main menu. Click on the SINGLE
PLAYER button. If it is the first time you run GC on your computer, you will be
asked to select difficulty. Select a difficulty level and then click OK.
The game will start, the three first missions will be the Boot Camp, which will
teach you how to play Ground Control and how to quickly master the basics
of the game.
When you have played through the Boot Camp missions continue to read
the next section in the manual PLAYING THE GAME .
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