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#
# Project Close Combat 2
# Boot Camp
# Script 1 - Monitors and Toolbars
#
# Revisions:
# Penny Atcheson 6/23/97
# Scott Cooper 6/26/97
# Tom Kent 07/15/97
#
[INTRO]
* 24 12
*Monitors and the Toolbar
*
*When playing A Bridge Too Far, it is important to keep track of
*the status of your team members.
*
*In this exercise, you'll learn how to:
* Review team units and individual soldiers prior to battle.
* Monitor soldier status during a battle.
* Develop strategies based on the strengths of your teams.
* End the battle.
*
*To continue Boot Camp, click anywhere on this message.
*To quit Boot Camp, press CTRL+A (Command+A on the Macintosh).
*NOTE: If you get lost, press CTRL+H.
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 1 - Stress in soldiers
#
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 1
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!TEAM_HIDE 1 0 -1 -1
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*In A Bridge Too Far, you need to pay attention to the psychological
*elements of battle in addition to the tactical elements.
*
*If you ask your men to do something they think is unreasonable
*or if their stress level rises too high, they may choose not
*to obey your orders.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 1
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 2 - Team monitor
#(need to put popup close to team monitor)
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 2
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*In the lower-left corner of the screen, you'll see the
*Team monitor. This is a listing of all of your teams in
*the battle. During a battle, their current orders are
*listed next to their names. The '+' symbol is color-coded
*to indicate their health.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 2
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 3 - Soldier monitor
#(check and update action)
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 4
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*SELECT_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!ARROW_TEAM 0 7 0 0
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*Next to the Team monitor is the Soldier monitor. The Soldier
*monitor provides information about individual members in each
*unit.
*
*Remove this message, and then select the indicated unit to see
*details about its individual soldiers.
?Success
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*Information in the Soldier monitor changes to reflect the
*team you select in the Team monitor on the map. It is
*dynamically updated in real time as the battle progresses.
#!REMOVE_ARROW 0 -1 -1 -1
?Error
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*Click any team member in the unit to select the team
*indicated by the gray arrow. Check the monitors for detailed
*information about the selected unit. Remove this message, and
*then try selecting the team again.
*To quit Boot Camp, press CTRL+A (Command+A on the
*Macintosh).
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 3
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 4 - Monitor click and select
#(check and update action)
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 4
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*SPACE_BAR -1 -1 -1 -1
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!ARROW_TEAM 0 7 0 0
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*To quickly jump to any unit on the battlefield, you can
*double-click on any entry in either the Team or Soldier monitors.
*
*Remove this message, and then double-click to jump to a specific
*soldier.
*When you are done, press the SPACEBAR to continue.
?Success
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*Double-clicking a team in the monitors is the quickest
*way to find them on the battlefield.
#!REMOVE_ARROW 0 -1 -1 -1
?Error
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*No updated information? Try again. Double-click any soldier in the
*Soldier monitor. Remove this message, and then try double-clicking
*the Soldier monitor.
*
*To quit Boot Camp, press CTRL+A (Command+A on the
*Macintosh).
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 4
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 5 - Team monitor
#(need to put popup close to team monitor)
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 5
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*The Soldier monitor provides valuable data about your troops.
*You can see specifics about each soldier such as: health,
*current state of mind, and physical state. This monitor reflects
*individual soldiers' status during the game, and it updates in
*real time throughout the battle just as the Team monitor does.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 6
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 7 - Weapons in soldier monitor
#
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 7
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*In the Soldier monitor, you can also get information about
*the weapons and available ammunition each soldier carries.
*
*For specific information about individual weapons and their
*most effective uses, see the manual and Help.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 5
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 6 - Message monitor
#(need to put popup close to message monitor)
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 6
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 2 12 -1 -1
*The third monitor is active only during battle. It provides
*a list of important events. You can double-click a message
*to jump to the team that generated the event.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 6
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 7 - Bands in Message monitor
#(need to put popup close to team monitor)
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 7
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 2 12 -1 -1
*The colored buttons at the top of the Message monitor are used
*to filter the messages you want to receive based on priority.
*Red messages are the highest priority messages. White messages
*are informational in nature.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 7
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 8 - Map monitor
#(need to put popup close to overview? map monitor)
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 8
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 2 12 -1 -1
*The Map monitor is a thumbnail picture of the entire
*battlefield. Click the Map monitor to jump to any
*location on the battlefield.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 8
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 9 - Team Information
#
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 9
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*The quickest way to get information about a team is to use the
*team status region at the left edge of the toolbar. When you
*point to any team on the battlefield, or in the Team monitor, this
*region provides useful details on the indicated team.
*
*Look at the color of the heads to determine the health of individuals.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 9
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 10 - Force morale bars
#
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 10
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*Next to the team status region is Troop Status.
*This bar is color-coded to represent the overall status of your
*troops. The length of the green, yellow, and red bars indicate
*the percentage of men who are healthy, wounded, or dead.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 10
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 11 - Sprite outlines
#
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 11
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 2 12 -1 -1
*On the far right of the toolbar is a drop-down menu labeled Info.
*You use this menu to get information about the teams on the
*battlefield in the form of outlines. These outlines are
*color-coded and change from green to yellow to red as the
*condition you are monitoring regresses.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 11
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 12 - Cease Fire
#
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 12
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*The battle ends when one side loses all its units.
*If you want to end the battle before this happens, you can
*offer a cease-fire by clicking the "cease-fire" button
*on the toolbar.
*
*The enemy may or may not choose to accept your cease-fire offer.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 12
######################################################################
#
# Message Display 13 - Flee
#
######################################################################
#Begin Lesson 13
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*If the enemy does not accept your cease-fire offer, your only
*alternatives are to continue to fight or to retreat off the
*battlefield. You can run individual men off the edge of the
*map that you start with or click the "flee" button on the toolbar.
*In this case, you sacrifice the map to the enemy, and any men
*who are engaged are taken prisoner.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 13
[OUTTRO]
*18 12
*Summary
*
*This completes the Boot Camp lesson on monitors and toolbars.
*
*In this training session, you learned to:
* Use the Team monitor.
* Use the Soldier monitor.
* Use the Message and Map monitor.
* Identify soldier status.
* End the battle.
*
*To continue Boot Camp training, return to the Command screen and
*choose another session.
