Thanks for buying our game! We hope you have as much fun playing it as we did making it. Green
Berets is the second of the SPEC OPS series. When we started designing SO2 we collected over 300
Emails sent to us by SPEC OPS players and integrated the best suggestions and recommendations
into SO2. Spec Op 2: Green Berets Multiplayer Expansion Pack is in development now and will include new multiplayer maps and new multiplayer game mechanics. Release is schedule for Q1 2000. SPEC OPS 3: Navy Seals is in pre-production now! Release is scheduled for Q4 2000. Watch: www.zombie.com for the latest information.
If you enjoy SPEC OPS 2: Green Berets, you'll also enjoy the original SPEC OPS: Rangers Lead the Way - the original Squad Based Military Shooter! A Gold version (combining SPEC OPS 1 and the Ranger Team Bravo Expansion Pack and a 220 page hint/strategy guide and demos of SPEC OPS 2 and SPEC OPS Mission 2000 is on sale now.
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http://www.ebworld.com
http://www.egghead.com
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Let us know what you think of SPEC OPS 2! Send your comments to: specops@zombie.com
Windows Key The Windows Key may cause control problems when you re-enter the game. Use the Esc to exit the game.
Nvidia References Drivers Older reference drivers from Nvidia (www.nvidia.com) installed over your card's drivers may cause textures in SPEC OPS 2 to appear gray, unless you use the ones on this CD, or ones dated later than Oct. 15, 1999 or install the latest drivers provided by your accelerator card's manufacturer to get the best performance from SPEC OPS 2. See below for more information.
Movies Don't Play If you the intro and mission movies don't play, install the latest version of DirectX
IMPROVING PERFORMANCE
You can "tune" SPEC OPS 2 features to increase frame rate. If SO2 is running slowly on your system, modifying the options may improve performance:
Bring in the fog distance using the "(" key. You can push it out using the ")" key.
Turn off music in the sound options.
Select a lower screen resolution (if you are running D3D).
3D ACCELERATOR CARD
SPEC OPS requires at least 2 megabytes of texture memory. If you are not sure how much video RAM your accelerator card has, this website has an online system diagnostic utility that will tell you:
http://wintune.winmag.com
This document contains information that is more current than the printed manual. For the most current information please refer to the websites listed in the Tech Support section.
The "S" key has been added. If you hit "S" during a multiplayer game, you will be given a summary score for all the players in the game: kills, lives remaining and which team they are on.
You can restart your campaign, by selecting the Options menu, then Game Options, the New Campaign.
This will DELETE all your current mission scores and ranks and you will start with a clean slate.
You must not have any service that might conflict with a server port (2000-2010).
Some computers do not work well if IPX is also installed. Try deleting ipx (in the control panel), if it exists. (After deleting ipx, you can usually reinstall ipx with no ill effect.)
KING OF THE HILL
King of the Hill is a specific type of multiplayer game, where one player becomes "King of The Hill" by standing at the top of a hill for a predetermined period of time.
The host must specify the amount of time the player needs to be on the hill to win, the time is cumulative, so you can run up the "hill" for 20 seconds get killed, run up again for 10 seconds, get killed and you will
have a total of 30 seconds, your time does not get reset to zero.
It is best to specify 5 minutes or less for the Time Limit. The Time Limit is the amount of time on the hill needed to win, not the Time Limit to win the game.
If you specify "unlimited" then the game can never be won (as you can never stay on the hill forever).
If you specify the time as "zero" the game will be won as soon as you enter the game (as you have been on the hill for zero amount of time).
There can be more than one player on the hill at a time, and each will accumulate time toward victory.
The best king of the hill games are played with more humans and fewer squad mates.
You only get credit for your player controlled character, not your squad mates on the hill.
There is NO TEAM king of the hill.
Every mission, including single player and training missions can be used for "King of The Hill. The hill can be the crane, a truck, a building, sometimes even a hill. Hit your radio to find out where the hill is.
When you are "on the hill" you will see a red timer on the bottom of your screen letting you know that you the king of the hill.
If you have a video card based on the Nvidia Chip set (such as a TNT or TNT2), you may run into problems where the Spec Ops 2 game shows nothing but Gray Textures. This is typically caused by using older generic reference drivers from Nvidia (www.nvidia.com) and NOT the drivers for your Specific Card or reference drivers date later than Oct. 15, 1999, or the drivers on this CD.
To fix this problem use the latest drivers for your Specific Video card, use the drivers on this CD, or more current ones from Nvidia (Oct. 15, 1999). Check your video card readme for their web page.
Several, but not all, levels have booby traps place in them. Usually along heavily traffic forest paths or defensive positions. Booby traps are set off if you step on them. They can be exploded from a distance with grenades.
The majority, but not all, missions have pickups hidden on them. These range from extra ammo, to med kits to devices required to demolish mission objectives. Typically these are either in well guarded places or deep within fortifications. So, it is still best to loadout before you enter a mission.
The posture of your Green Beret effects how far you can throw a grenade just as the angle that you tilt back to.
If you are standing, you can throw the grenade the furthest (note you also take a step forward, so you may find yourself stepping off a cliff if you are not careful).
If you are kneeling, you can throw the grenade a medium distance, but you do not move forward.
If you are prone, you throw the grenade only a short distance. So short, that you may end up killing yourself with the blast. This is best use to drop grenades from above onto enemies below you.
Note: you can bounce the grenades around corners.
The relative power of the explosives in the game is as follows:
Frag Grenades 1x
HE Grenades 2x
White Phosphor Grenades 3x
Claymores 5x
Satchel Charges 10x
Note: Phosphor Grenades will cause a fire, anyone who walks into the fire, will catch on fire and die.
The game defaults to the settings used in your last game, whether multiplayer or single player. So if you last game was multiplayer, with enemies turned off, your next single player game will not have any enemies (therefore if you complete the mission, you will not get promoted).
I am shooting at someone, why won't they die?
In multiplayer, when you respawn, you have 4 seconds when you cannot take damage. This limits the effect of "campers" (players who "camp" at respawn locations and shoot players when they are at their weakest).
Also, keep in mind that many weapons have a great deal of spread in their bursts, so if you shoot an MP5 at an enemy 90 meters away it is doubtful you will hit them.
How can I get more replay?
Try a different level of difficulty, or turn on the random AI. This will place the enemy AI in different locations. Also, playing all the single player missions with or against friends is a great way to dramatically change the game.
My Green Beret is equipped with only a knife.
If you do not properly select a weapon in the loadout screen, you can enter the game with nothing but a knife. This happens most often if you carry too much equipment. The best solution is to load out with your weapon first, then select your equipment.
Why do my Squad member run up to the enemy?
Please keep in mind that when you select a Soldier for your Squad (Infantry, Demolition, etc.) you are assigning an AI personality type to that soldier. The Sniper and the Demolition soldier have stationary attack priorities and will attack from their current location, if possible. The other soldiers will move closer to attack, with the Close Quarters soldier moving very close before firing. As such, the Close Quarters soldier is best used in missions with confined spaces, such as the Ship Hold mission in Germany.
Can I practice my multiplayer skills?
You can practice your multiplayer skills by logging on the lobby and hosting a multiplayer game with random AI turned on. Then select any level, including the DeathMatch and training levels and you will have enemy AI "bots" on. There will be several different weapons loadouts and personality types, just like a real DeathMatch.
How can I better control my Squad?
Move up works in the direction you are facing, so if give the move up command, and then turn around, your squad will move accordingly, in front of you. If you want them to move up and then keep their Position, give them the "Move Up" (F1) command, then give them the "Hold Up" command (F3).
Talk to your friends in multiplayer
You can add the ability to talk to your friends in multiplayer using these (and other) programs, while in a multiplayer game.
http://www.rogerwilco.com/
http://www.talknplay.com
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