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- # Project Close Combat 5
- # Boot Camp
- # Script 4 - Armor Tactics
- #
- # Revisions:
- # Penny Atcheson 6/23/97
- # Scott Cooper 6/26/97
- # Tom Kent 07/15/97
- # Jason French 07/15/99
- # Yujun Qin 05/23/2000
- #
- [DEPLOY]
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- #
- [INTRO]
- * 24 12
- *Armor Tactics
- *
- *Knowing a few basic tactics is helpful when you begin
- *playing Invasion Normandy. This exercise walks you through
- *some beginning tactics that you can use with armor during
- *the game.
- *
- *In this exercise of Boot Camp, you'll learn how to:
- * Get information about tanks or vehicles.
- * Use tactics to defend your tanks.
- *
- *To continue Boot Camp, click anywhere on this message.
- *To quit Boot Camp, press <ESC>.
- *NOTE: If you get lost, press <CTRL>+H.
- ######################################################################
- #
- # Message Display 1 - Antitank capability
- #
- ######################################################################
- #Begin Lesson 1
- [BEGIN LESSON]
- ?Action
- *SELECT_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
- ?Steps
- !TEAM_HIDE 0 1 7 -1
- !TEAM_HIDE 1 0 -1 -1
- !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
- !ARROW_TEAM 0 7 0 0
- !POPUP 1 12 -1 -1
- *Only a few weapons in your arsenal are effective against tanks.
- *Select your infantry team on the battlefield and check its antitank
- *capability to the right of the team info on the tool bar. AP represents
- *antipersonnel effectiveness, and AT represents effectiveness
- *against tanks and vehicles. The colored bars represent effectiveness at
- *certain ranges: green is good, yellow is average, and red is bad.
- ?Success
- !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
- *Notice on the tool bar that the selected team has limited
- *antitank capability. They are effective against tanks within
- *40 meters, but have no antitank capability beyond that.
- ?Error
- !POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
- *Click the infantry team on the map and check its antitank capability
- *on the tool bar.
- *
- *If you want to quit Boot Camp, press <ESC>.
- ?WDI4U
- [END LESSON]
- #End Lesson 1
- ######################################################################
- #
- # Message Display 3 - Check armor team
- #
- ######################################################################
- #Begin Lesson 3
- [BEGIN LESSON]
- ?Action
- *SELECT_TEAM 0 1 -1 -1
- ?Steps
- !CENTER_TEAM 0 1 -1 -1
- !ARROW_TEAM 0 6 0 1
- !POPUP 2 12 -1 -1
- *Now, select your armor team and check its antitank capability
- *on the tool bar.
- ?Success
- !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
- *Note that your armor team has both antipersonnel and antitank
- *capability as indicated by the green and yellow bars next to the
- *letters AT and AP.
- ?Error
- !POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
- *Click the armor team and check its antitank cabilities on the
- *tool bar below.
- *
- *If you want to quit Boot Camp, press <ESC>.
- ?WDI4U
- [END LESSON]
- #End Lesson 3
- ######################################################################
- #
- # Message Display 5 - Protective smoke
- #
- ######################################################################
- #Begin Lesson 5
- [BEGIN LESSON]
- ?Action
- ?Steps
- !CENTER_TEAM 0 1 -1 -1
- !POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
- *Because both sides value tanks, you'll need to take steps to
- *protect them. Consider deploying smoke to screen tank movements
- *and have infantry teams advance in front of your tanks to target
- *possible enemy ambushes.
- *
- *Note: Tanks are very poor at spotting the enemy.
- ?Success
- ?Error
- ?WDI4U
- [END LESSON]
- #End Lesson 5
- ######################################################################
- #
- # Message Display 6 - More smoke
- #
- ######################################################################
- #Begin Lesson 6
- [BEGIN LESSON]
- ?Action
- *SMOKE 0 1 40 13
- ?Steps
- !CENTER_TEAM 0 1 -1 -1
- !ARROW 0 5 41 13
- !ARROW_TEAM 1 1 0 1
- !POPUP 2 12 -1 -1
- *You can provide smoke cover before moving your troops
- *into buildings.
- *
- *Issue the Smoke order to the M4A3(75) tank at the tip of
- *the west gray arrow.
- ?Success
- !POPUP 2 12 -1 -1
- *Excellent usage of smoke,
- *now your advancing troops are protected.
- ?Error
- !POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
- *Click the tank team, and then select the Smoke command.
- *Fire smoke at the area indicated by the arrow.
- ?WDI4U
- [END LESSON]
- #End Lesson 6
- ######################################################################
- #
- # Message Display 7 - Move infantry
- #
- ######################################################################
- #Begin Lesson 7
- [BEGIN LESSON]
- ?Action
- *MOVE_FAST 0 0 41 14
- ?Steps
- !TEAM_HIDE 0 1 7 -1
- !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
- !ARROW 0 0 41 15
- !ARROW_TEAM 1 6 0 0
- !POPUP 1 12 -1 -1
- *Now move your infantry team to the south side of the indicated
- *building where they will provide covering fire while you
- *advance your tank.
- ?Success
- !POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
- *It's a good idea to issue the Move Fast order rather than the
- *Move order when advancing troops have cover.
- ?Error
- !POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
- *Click the infantry team, and then select the Move Fast order.
- *Drag the line to the location indicated by the gray arrow.
- *
- *If you want to quit Boot Camp, press <ESC>.
- ?WDI4U
- [END LESSON]
- #End Lesson 7
- ######################################################################
- #
- # Message Display 8 - Suppress hidden enemy
- #
- ######################################################################
- #Begin Lesson 8
- [BEGIN LESSON]
- ?Action
- *MOVE_FAST 0 1 37 17
- ?Steps
- !CENTER_TEAM 0 1 -1 -1
- !ARROW 0 0 37 17
- !ARROW_TEAM 1 6 0 1
- !TEAM_FIRE 0 0 43 18
- !POPUP 2 12 -1 -1
- *For this exercise, the infantry team fires at the
- *building to suppress any antitank teams the enemy may
- *be hiding there. While they fire, move your tank between
- *the buildings.
- ?Success
- !POPUP 1 12 -1 -1
- *Remember to use this suppression strategy when advancing
- *armor teams in unknown terrain.
- #!REMOVE_ARROW 0 -1 -1 -1
- ?Error
- !POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
- *Click the armor team, and then select the Move Fast order.
- *Your infantry team provides suppression fire as you move
- *the armor team.
- *
- *If you want to quit Boot Camp, press <ESC>.
- ?WDI4U
- [END LESSON]
- #End Lesson 8
- [OUTTRO]
- *18 12
- *Summary
- *
- *This completes the Boot Camp lesson on armor tactics. In this
- *training session you learned how to:
- *
- * Use tanks to support infantry movement.
- * Use infantry to support armor movement.
- *
- *This also concludes the complete Boot Camp training. To begin your
- *real battles, go to the Command Screen and click Battles
- *and then select the battle you'd like to try.
-