String 1: 'Welcome to the Bolo Tutorial. This island introduces the basic principles of Bolo and leads you through them one at a time. Each new principle will be described in a window like this one.'
String 2: 'After reading each message, you can proceed by clicking the “OK” button with the mouse or simplyby pressing the <Return> key on the keyboard.'
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String 1: 'You are in control of a tank, which is currently on a boat at sea. Press "Q" to make the tank (and boat) go forwards, and press "A" to make it slow down and stop.'
String 2: 'Don’t tap the keys as if you are typing a letter — press and hold them until the tank is going the speed you want and then let go. Press "Q" now to make the boat drive forwards towards the land.(Press <Return> first to dismiss this window.)'
2:
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String 1: 'Ahead of you is a short river leading inland. Hold down the "Q" key to drive your boat to the end of the river.'
String 2: 'When you get there, keep holding "Q". The tank will disembark from the boat and the boat will be left moored at the end of the river.'
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String 1: 'You are now on the grass. The tank moves quite quickly on grass.'
String 2: 'Keep pressing "Q" to move ahead to the forest.'
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String 1: 'You are now in the forest. The tank moves more slowly in forest than it does on grass.'
String 2: 'Keep pressing "Q" to move ahead to the swamp.'
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String 1: 'You are now in the swamp. The tank moves very slowly in swamp. Fortunately there is road ahead.'
String 2: 'Keep pressing "Q" to move ahead to the road.'
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String 1: 'You are now on the road. The tank can move very quickly on road and if you press "Q" the tank will speed up.'
String 2: 'If you find yourself going too fast you can press "A" to slow down.'
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String 1: 'There are some buildings ahead. Buildings are solid obstacles that you cannot drive through, so you will have to find your way through the maze to the other side.'
String 2: 'To make the tank turn left press "O"(or "/" on the numeric keypad).To make the tank turn right press "P"(or "*" on the numeric keypad).'
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String 1: 'These round objects with the red guns poking out are automatic pillboxes. They will shoot at any tank that comes within range.'
String 2: 'Fortunately the buildings provide protection from the shots, so the pillboxes will not be able to hit you unless you wait so long that they manage to completely shoot their way through the buildings.'
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String 1: 'Forest also provides protection from pillboxes, but in a different way. As well as slowing down the tank a lot, driving through forest also limits visibility.'
String 2: 'When you are inside forest you can still clearly see everything outside the forest, but pillboxes (and other players) cannot see your tank unless you get very close to them.'
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String 1: 'Line up your tank with the middle of the strip of forest and drive due North. If you go straight and don’t stray too close to the edges of the forest, the pillboxes will not see you and they will not shoot.'
String 2: 'Don’t drive outside the forest or you’ll get blown to pieces.'
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String 1: 'There is one other simple way to escape pillboxes — speed.'
String 2: 'Make sure you are correctly lined up with the centre of the road, and hold "Q" to go full speed past the pillboxes.'
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String 1: 'When they notice you they will start shooting, but if you keep going straight ahead and don’t lose your nerve you will be out of range before the shots can hit you. '
String 2: 'Don’t run off the road into the marsh or you’ll be a sitting duck target for the pillboxes, and you won’t be able to move quickly enough to escape.'
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String 1: 'Ahead of you is a refuelling base. Refuelling bases provide shells for you to shoot, mines for you to lay secret traps with, and they also repair your tank’s armour back to full strength if it has been damaged.'
String 2: 'Stop on the refuelling base and load up your tank with shells.'
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String 1: 'You are on the refuelling base. Your tank will now load up with shells and mines, as the indicators on the right will show. Ahead of you, beyond the buildings, is a minefield.'
String 2: ''
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String 1: 'If you drive your tank into the minefield it will be destroyed. Fortunately, you can clear a minefield by shooting. Press the space-bar (or the zero key on the numeric keypad) to shoot.'
String 2: 'Shoot a hole through the building, and then land a shell in the middle of the minefield to detonate it. When you blow up the mines they will make a big crater in the ground, which you can drive through, although it is as slow as driving through swamp.'
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String 1: 'Ahead is another minefield. Do the same trick again: Drive onto the refuelling base, shoot through the wall, and land a shell in the middle of the minefield to detonate it.'
String 2: 'This time though, the minefield is adjacent to a large river, and water will flood into the craters. You can drive the tank through water like you can through craters and marsh.'
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String 1: 'Bolo automatically scrolls the window to show you the area around your tank, but you can also use the arrow keys on the keyboard to manually override the view Bolo chooses.'
String 2: 'Press the Up-Arrow key on the keyboard now to get a better view of the river ahead of you.'
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String 1: 'As well as being very slow, driving through water has another disadvantage: It will also deplete your tank’s supplies of shells and mines.'
String 2: 'When you get to the other side your tank will still be in working condition, but you will have lost all offensive capability.'
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String 1: 'This time we are going to be more subtle about crossing the river. Instead of just driving through the water, we are going to build a bridge.'
String 2: 'Select tree farming mode by clicking on the forest icon (top left of the window) and click on the forest. Your builder will run out of the tank and harvest one tree for building materials.'
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String 1: 'After farming some trees, select the road/bridge tool (the second button from the top) and click the mouse on the river at the end of the road.'
String 2: 'Your builder will run out of the tank and build one segment of bridge. Click again to complete the bridge and then drive across to the other side.'
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String 1: 'This river is wider than the last, and at the centre it is too deep for you to build a bridge. If you try to just drive through the tank will sink to the bottom and be destroyed.'
String 2: ''
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String 1: 'To cross this river you will have to build a boat. Boats take five trees, so click on five trees to farm them. Then select the wall/boat tool (the third button from the top) and click on the water to build a boat.'
String 2: 'If you click on the land you will build a wall instead and you will have to farm some more trees to build a boat. Drive onto the boat and cross the river to the other side.'
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String 1: 'There is a pillbox ahead, and some refuelling bases to provide you with ammunition. Collect shells from the refuelling base and attack the pillbox.'
String 2: 'It will shoot back, but if your tank gets hit you can easily return to the refuelling base to get your armour repaired back to full strength again.'
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String 1: 'With patience and caution you should be able to destroy this pillbox. Use the skills you have learned to make it easier:'
String 2: 'Hide in the forest so that the pillbox can’t see you, farm trees, build roads to make your tank move faster, and build buildings to provide cover against pillbox shots.'
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String 1: 'After you manage to defeat this pillbox, your final challenge of the tutorial is to take out the two pillboxes guarding the exit, build a boat, and escape.'
String 2: 'Take special care to watch your tank’s armour level — if you get your tank destroyed you’ll have to start with a new tank on a new boat out at sea again.'
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String 1: 'Congratulations. You have completed the Bolo tutorial.'
String 2: 'Now organize some friends to play with and find out what it is like to compete against intelligent human opponents instead of stationary unthinking targets.'
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String 1: 'Ahead of you is the border of sea-mines that marks the edge of the world (the world really is flat, you know). There is no where else to go in this world.'
String 2: 'Select "New Game" from the file menu, and you can try this tutorial again, practice on other maps, or join in a network game with other players.'
