In this section, We'll list some notes about various things you should keep in
mind while playing, in no particular order:
I) Gray compared to red damage.
- When a vehicle takes damage, it will show up on the unit's picture on the
left side of the screen when you select it. Damage shown in red can be
repaired using a repair kit. However, damage that appears as a dark gray will
not be repairable. Once it's broken, it stays broken. Any vehicle that has
tires will fall victim to this easily. All it takes is one popped tire, and
the vehicle is permanently immobile. See section 0.20 of this guide for an
indepth description of the various types of damage you can have on a standard
tank.
II) Weapons equipped when entering vehicles and mounted guns.
- If you don't have space in your inventory to hold your weapon, you'll just
drop it on the ground when you enter a vehicle or a mounted gun. Make sure you
take that into consideration before you get in something, or you'll find
yourself helpless when you get out.
III) Helmets and body armor.
- Body armor is a huge help for your soldiers. If you find some, make sure
you take it and equip it. Helmets are also a very important piece of
equipment. If your helmet gets blown off, make sure you replace it immediately
with a helmet from a downed enemy soldier (sometimes you can pick the same
helmet back up, too).
IV) Double clicking items in your inventory.
- When you're examining another inventory, double clicking an item from your
inventory will move it to the other inventory, and double clicking on an item
in the other inventory will move it to yours. Double clicking on an item that
has a lot more than can fit in one spot in your inventory will fill all of your
available slots with that item (unless there isn't enough of the item). This
is helpful for quickly moving items in your inventory.
If you only have a single unit's inventory open, double clicking on ammo will
reload your gun.
V) The Map.
It sometimes starts off at a tilt, but there isn't an easy way to tell which
way is north. Usually, I would tell people to immediately change their angle
so that north is up on the screen. This time though, I recommend you keep it
at the default position. All directions in this guide assume that you have.
VI) Never leave your men armed with grenades if you're not going to be
Directly Controlling them.
Seriously, your AI is unreasonably stupid. If you leave a grenade in the hands
of a soldier, and you let go of the Direct Control, he will use it at the next
available target, regardless of how close he (or an ally) might be to that
target. It's a quick way to get yourself killed, or waste a grenade that you
might need later.
VII) Equipping things from your inventory.
To equip helmets, body armor, or weapons from your inventory, simply click and
drag the item from your inventory to the appropriate location on your unit's
picture. Unequip things by reversing that process.
