MSN Premier 2.5/MSN_Setup.iso/CDSAMPLE/Demos/Combat2/MSABTF.EXE/4script

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#       Project Close Combat 2
#       Boot Camp
#       Script 4 - Armor Tactics
#
#       Revisions:
#       Penny Atcheson 7/1/97
#    Tom Kent 07/15/97
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[INTRO]
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*Armor Tactics
*
*Knowing a few basic tactics is helpful when you begin
*playing A Bridge Too Far. 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 CTRL+A (Command+A on the Macintosh).
*NOTE: If you get lost, press CTRL+H.
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#               Message Display 1 - Antitank capability
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#Begin Lesson 1
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*SELECT_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
?Steps
!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 at the top of the Soldier monitor.  AP represents
*antipersonnel effectiveness, and AT represents effectiveness
*against tanks. The dots are color-coded: green is good and
*red is bad.
?Success
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*Notice in the Soldier monitor that the selected team has no antitank
*capability.
?Error
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*Click the infantry team on the map and check its antitank capability
*at the top of the Soldier monitor.
*
*If you want to quit Boot Camp, press CTRL+A (Command+A on the
*Macintosh).
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 1
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#
#               Message Display 3 - Check armor team
#
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#Begin Lesson 3
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*SELECT_TEAM 0 1 -1 -1
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 1 -1 -1
!ARROW_TEAM 0 11 0 1
!POPUP   2 12 -1 -1
*Now, select your armor team and check its antitank capability
*at the top of the Soldier monitor.
?Success
!POPUP 3 12 -1 -1
*Note that your armor team has both antipersonnel and antitank
*capability as indicated by the small green dots next to the
*letters AT and AP. Remember that your infantry team had only
*antipersonnel capability.
?Error
!POPUP 0 12 -1 -1
*Click the armor team and check its antitank cabilities in the
*monitor below.
*
*If you want to quit Boot Camp, press CTRL+A
*(Command+A on the Macintosh).
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 3
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#
#               Message Display 5 - Protective smoke
#
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#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 ambush.
*
*Note: Tanks are very poor at spotting the enemy.
?Success
?Error
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 5
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#
#               Message Display 6 - More smoke
#
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#Begin Lesson 6
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*SMOKE 0 1 33 14
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 1 -1 -1
!ARROW 0 2 33 14
!ARROW_TEAM 1 9 0 1
!POPUP   2 12 -1 -1
*You can provide smoke coverage before moving your troops
*ahead.
*
*Issue the Smoke order from the Sherman tank to the tip of
*the eastern gray arrow.
?Success
!POPUP   2 12 -1 -1
*Excellent usage of smoke to protect advancing troops.
?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
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#               Message Display 7 - Move infantry
#
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#Begin Lesson 7
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*MOVE_FAST 0 0 36 14
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1
!ARROW 0 7 36 14
!ARROW_TEAM 1 11 0 0
!POPUP   1 12 -1 -1
*Now move your infantry team to the shell crater 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 coverage.
#!REMOVE_ARROW 0 -1 -1 -1
?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 CTRL+A (Command+A on the
*Macintosh).
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 7
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#               Message Display 8 - Suppress hidden enemy
#
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#Begin Lesson 8
[BEGIN LESSON]
?Action
*MOVE_FAST 0 1 33 15
?Steps
!CENTER_TEAM 0 1 -1 -1
!ARROW 0 2 33 15
!ARROW_TEAM 1 11 0 1
!TEAM_FIRE 0 0 32 14
!POPUP   2 12 -1 -1
*For this exercise, the infantry team fires at the hedge
*to suppress any antitank teams the enemy may
*have hiding there. While they fire, move your tank
*onto the road.
?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 CTRL+A
*(Command+A on the Macintosh).
?WDI4U
[END LESSON]
#End Lesson 8
[OUTTRO]
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*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, click Battles and then select the battle you'd like to try.