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OCR: during battle. Under- neath you will find the TEAM Time Display TIME display, which YANKEE gives the time in hours, minutes and seconds on a 24 hour clock. Beneath the clock there are two STRENGTH histograms Strength Histograms topped by Russian and American flags. These 1 show the relative strengths of the two sides, calculated according to Rank casualty and morale fac- Quadrant Mode Screen tors. At the bottom of this column you will see your RANK displayed graphically. Along the bottom of the screen there is a single text line which will display any vitally important information. QUADRANT VIEW Expand View Icon When you first enter the game you will be in "quadrant mode", where the active part of the screen is split up into four sections relating to each of the four platoons of Team Yankee The upper row of icons in each quadrant allow you to alter what is viewed on the screen. The leftmost icon will EXPAND the view of that particular platoon to occupy most of the screen - in this "full screen mode" you will be Map Icon offered extra features - but you will not be able to see all of the action. In the middle the name of the platoon is displayed. To the right there are three icons. The MAP icon changes the view to a map quadrant with a plan view of the battlefield. The 3-D VIEW icon changes the view to a 3-d simulation of the battlefield. The STATUS icon changes the view to a status screen. The icon corresponding to the current viewing mode is shaded in yellow. Details of how to access these features using the handheld 3-D View Icon controller are given in the first section of the manual. QUADRANT 3-D VIEW When the view in a quadrant is the 3D display, then underneath you will see the following icons: Status Icon Two red arrows which form a rotate icon, allowing the player to rotate the view clockwise or anticlockwise through 360'. This is equivalent to rotating the gun turret - IT DOES NOT ALLOW YOU IN TO ALTER THE DIRECTION IN WHICH YOU ARE TRAVELLING. Between the two rotate arrows lie two compasses: the upper (red) compass shows the direction in which you (i.e. the gun turret) are facing; the lower (green) compass shows the direction in which the vehicle is facing. If you click on Rotation Icon and the central part of the compass, then your view will rotate towards the direction in which you are Compass Display travelling. To the right of the compasses are five icons which represent the various types of weaponry