User Guide

The Deployment panel is very simple. There is a vertical panel where your units
appear, controlled by a scrollbar to their right, and several buttons in the lower
right corner of the panel. If you have more than eight units available for deploy-
ment, click and hold on the scrollbar slider, and drag the slider down, or click on
the up or down arrow of the scroll bar and hold down the mouse button. To place
a unit on the Battlefield, click on it and available deployment hexes should
darken. You may need to scroll the Battlefield, or transfer to the Strategic map
to see these deployment hexes. Ground units can only deploy on or adjacent to
supply points you control, while air units can only deploy on airfields or aircraft
carriers that you control. In campaign play, special deployment “jump off” hexes
are available on your first turn only; otherwise, the same rules apply. Click on a
shaded Battlefield hex to deploy the unit.
Click on the Requisitions button to purchase additional units for deployment.
See the “Requisitions Screen” section on page 29 for more information.
Use Air Mode to show only air units.
Note: One air unit and one land unit can occupy the same hex.
The Strategic Map button replaces the Battlefield map with the Strategic map. Click
on an area of the Strategic map to return to the Battlefield map, centered on the
area you selected.
The Show Hexsides button lays a grid on the Battlefield map, which may prove
useful in making distance judgments during deployment.
Click on the Exit Deployment button in the lower right corner to remove the
Deployment panel.
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Pop-Up Panels
These menus or panels are primarily accessed from the Main Game screen,
although some, such as the Game Functions panel, can be reached from several
different screens.
Deployment Panel
Clicking on the Deploy Forces button brings up the Deployment panel. You may
also see the Deployment panel at the start of a campaign game, when you are
allowed to deploy your core units, and at the beginning of certain scenarios in
which you also have the option of placing some of your units in their starting
positions. You primarily use this panel to deploy units that you requisition
during play.
If, however, you are given the chance to deploy your troops at the beginning
of a battle, it is best to start by viewing the Strategic map, in order to see the
entirety of the contested terrain and evaluate its tactical possibilities.
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Note: If you do not deploy all your forces during your first turn, thereafter
you are only allowed to deploy units from their normal deployment zones. Ground
units can only be deployed on or adjacent to supply points, and air units are only
able to be placed on airfield hexes. In certain battles there are deliberately fewer
deployment hexes than needed to reflect certain historic situations.
23 THE BASIC SCREENS, MENUS, AND BUTTONS: Pop-Up Panels
Available
Units
Requisition
Screen
Air Mode
Strategic
Map
Show Hex
Sides
Exit
Deployment