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                   Release v4.7

          Last Updated: December 11, 1995  22:44 GMT

         Written by: Roger Wong ([e-mail])



DISCLAIMER

     The purpose of this FAQ is to aid the public regarding strategies and

tactics to use in the game Command and Conquer, by Westwood Studios.  In no

way should this promote your killing yourself, killing others, or killing in

any other fashion.



     Roger Wong claims NO responsibility regarding any illegal activity

concerning this FAQ, or indirectly related to this FAQ.



TRADEMARK INFORMATION

     Command & Conquer is a trademark, and is so acknowledged. Any trademarks

not mentioned here are still acknowledged.





COPYRIGHT NOTICE

     This article is Copyright 1995 by Roger Wong.  All rights reserved.

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CONTENTS:

[1] Introduction

     [1-1] Foreword

     *1-2* About the unofficial C&C Strategy FAQ

      [1-2-1] Is it related to the Official Guide to C&C?

     [1-3] Getting the unofficial C&C Strategy FAQ

      *1-3-1* via E-mail

      [1-3-2] via Usenet

      [1-3-3] via Internet FTP

      *1-3-4* via WWW

      [1-3-5] via BBS

     [1-4] Adding to the FAQ

     [1-5] Acknowledgments

     *1-6* Accurate Information

     *1-7* The format of this FAQ



-Section One-  GAME ELEMENTS

[2] What can I do with these elements?

     [2-1] Infantry

      [2-1-1] Civilian

      *2-1-2* Technician

      *2-1-3* Engineers

      [2-1-4] Minigunner

      [2-1-5] Grenadier

      *2-1-6* Bazookas

      [2-1-7] Flame-thrower

      *2-1-8* Commando

     [2-2] Vehicles

      *2-2-1* MCV

      *2-2-2* Harvester

      [2-2-3] Gunboat

      *2-2-4* Hummer

      *2-2-5* APC

      *2-2-6* Medium Tank

      [2-2-7] Orca

      [2-2-8] Rocket Launcher

      [2-2-9] Mammoth Tank

      *2-2-10* Nod Buggy

      [2-2-11] Recon Bike

      *2-2-12* Light Tank

      [2-2-13] Artillery

      *2-2-14* Flame Tank

      *2-2-15* Apache Attack Helicopter

      *2-2-16* Stealth Tank

      [2-2-17] SSM Launcher

      *2-2-18* Chinook Transport Helicopter

      [2-2-19] Mobile HQ

     *2-3* Buildings

      *2-3-1* Construction Yard

      *2-3-2* Powerplant

      *2-3-3* Advanced Powerplant

      *2-3-4* Sandbag/Fence/Concrete

      *2-3-5* Silo

      *2-3-6* Refinery

      *2-3-7* Barracks

      *2-3-8* Hand of Nod

      *2-3-9* Weapons Factory

      *2-3-10* Airstrip

      *2-3-11* Communications center

      *2-3-12* Advanced comm. center

      *2-3-13* Guard tower

      *2-3-14* Nod turret

      *2-3-15* Advanced guard tower

      *2-3-16* Obelisk of light

      *2-3-17* SAM Site

      *2-3-18* Heli Pad

      *2-3-19* Repair Bay

      *2-3-20* Temple of Nod

*2-4* Special Units

      *2-4-1* Airstrikes

      *2-3-2* Nuclear Strike

      *2-4-3* Ion Cannon

*3* Important information not in the manual

      *3-1* What are the keys?

      *3-2* What is that colored bar?

      *3-3* What is a blossom tree

      *3-4* How do I view the radar in multiplayer?

      *3-5* How do I suspend or cancel build commands?



-Section Two- TIPS AND TRICKS

[4] Cheating the computer

     [4-1] What are the cheat keys?

     [4-2] Can I Hex edit for more money?

     [4-3] Does the computer cheat?

     [4-4] What cheating programs are available?

     [4-5] What are some bugs I can exploit?

      [4-5-1] Tiberium harvesting without silos

      *4-5-2* Invincible units

      [4-5-3] Preventing the computer from rebuilding

      [4-5-4] The Reservoir Dogs strategy

      *4-5-5* The silo money cheat

      [4-5-6] The ultimate A-10 defense

      *4-5-7* Money making ala SimC&C

      *4-5-8* Place buildings anywhere cheat

     [4-6] Are there any hidden game elements?

      [4-6-1] Chem. warriors

      [4-6-2] Visceroids

      [4-6-3] UFO's

      *4-6-4* Dinosaurs

[5] Defensive tips

     [5-1] Sandbag defense

     *5-2* Building base defenses

     [5-3] Help! I'm being attacked by enemy

      [5-3-1] Nukes

      *5-3-2* Orcas

      [5-3-3] SSMs

      [5-3-4] Advanced guard towers

      [5-3-5] Transports loaded with engineers

      [5-3-6] Attack helicopters

      [5-3-7] Recon bike gangs

      *5-3-8* Airstrikes

     [5-4] Suppressive fire

[6] Offensive tips

     [6-1] How do I destroy?

      [6-1-1] Obelisks of light

      [6-1-2] Flame-throwers

      [6-1-3] Gun turrets using Orcas

      [6-1-4] Most vehicles without getting squashed?

      [6-1-5] Tanks in general

      [6-1-6] Flame tanks

      [6-1-7] Mammoth tanks

      [6-1-8] SAM sites

      [6-1-9] Strong bases

      [6-1-10] Harvesters

     [6-2] The spider base strategy

     *6-3* How do I drain the computer's funds?

[7] Miscellaneous goodies

     [7-1] How do I sell my infantry/vehicles?

     [7-2] How do I control Orcas in mid-flight?

     [7-3] Why should I destroy villages?

     [7-4] How do I make a convoy?

     [7-5] How do I get rid of trees?

     [7-6] How do I hide under trees?

     [7-7] How do I stop the computer from rebuilding?

     [7-8] How do I keep my harvesters from gathering all the tiberium?

     *7-9* How do I get nukes in the last Nod mission?

[8] Player tips

     [8-1] Hiroshima's tactics papers

      [8-1-1] GDI Tactics paper

      [8-1-2] Nod Tactics paper

     [8-2] Blue Aardvark's anti-crummy AI tactics

[9] Confucius say:

     [9-1] Who the heck is Confucius?

     [9-2] Words to live and die by.

     [9-3] What are Murphy's Laws of Combat?

     [9-4] What music should I listen to while playing?

     *9-5* Short stories from the C&C world

*10* Technical issues

     *10-1* What determines my score?

     *10-2* What is the CONQUER.INI file?

     *10-3* KALI related issues

     *10-4* How can run C&C off my hard disk?



-Section Three- MISSION STRATEGIES

[11] What is a mission tree?

     [11-1] GDI mission tree

     [11-2] Nod mission tree

[12] I'm stumped! Can you help me?

     [12-1] GDI missions

      [12-1-1] GDI Mission 1, Estonia

      [12-1-2] GDI Mission 2, Estonia

      [12-1-3ea] GDI Mission 3ea, Latvia

      [12-1-3eb] GDI Mission 3eb, Latvia

      [12-1-4ea] GDI Mission 4ea, Belarus

      [12-1-4wa] GDI Mission 4wa, Belarus

      [12-1-4wb] GDI Mission 4wb, Poland

      [12-1-5ea] GDI Mission 5ea, Germany

      [12-1-5eb] GDI Mission 5eb, Germany

      [12-1-5wa] GDI Mission 5wa, Germany

      [12-1-5wb] GDI Mission 5wb, Germany

      *12-1-6* GDI Mission 6, Czech Republic

      [12-1-7] GDI Mission 7, Czech Republic

      [12-1-8ea] GDI Mission 8ea, Austria

      *12-1-8eb* GDI Mission 8eb, Slovakia

      [12-1-9] GDI Mission 9, Hungary

      [12-1-10ea] GDI Mission 10ea, Slovenia

      [12-1-10eb] GDI Mission 10eb, Romania

      [12-1-11] GDI Mission 11, Greece

      *12-1-12ea* GDI Mission 12ea, Albania

      [12-1-12eb] GDI Mission 12eb, Bulgaria

      [12-1-13eb] GDI Mission 13ea, Yugoslavia

      [12-1-13eb] GDI Mission 13eb, Yugoslavia

      [12-1-14] GDI Mission 14, Yugoslavia

      [12-1-15ea] GDI Mission 15ea, Bosnia Herzegovina

      [12-1-15eb] GDI Mission 15eb, Bosnia Herzegovina

      [12-1-15ec] GDI Mission 15ec, Bosnia Herzegovina

     [12-2] Nod missions

      [12-2-1ea] Nod Mission 1ea, Libya

      [12-2-1eb] Nod Mission 1eb, Libya

      [12-2-2ea] Nod Mission 2ea, Egypt

      [12-2-2eb] Nod Mission 2eb, Egypt

      *12-2-3ea* Nod Mission 3ea, Sudan

      [12-2-3eb] Nod Mission 3eb, Sudan

      [12-2-4ea] Nod Mission 4ea, Chad

      [12-2-4eb] Nod Mission 4eb, Chad

      [12-2-5] Nod Mission 5, Mauritania

      [12-2-6ea] Nod Mission 6ea, Ivory Coast

      [12-2-6eb] Nod Mission 6eb, Benin

      [12-2-6ec] Nod Mission 6ec, Nigeria

      *12-2-7ea* Nod Mission 7ea, Gabon

      [12-2-7eb] Nod Mission 7eb, Cameroon

      *12-2-7ec* Nod Mission 7ec, Central African Republic

      *12-2-8ea* Nod Mission 8ea, Zaire

      [12-2-8eb] Nod Mission 8eb, Zaire

      [12-2-9ea] Nod Mission 9ea, Egypt

      [12-2-9eb] Nod Mission 9eb, Egypt

      *12-2-10ea* Nod Mission 10ea, Angola

      [12-2-10eb] Nod Mission 10eb, Tanzania

      *12-2-11ea* Nod Mission 11ea, Namibia

      [12-2-11eb] Nod Mission 11eb,

      [12-2-12ea] Nod Mission 12ea,

      [12-2-12eb] Nod Mission 12eb,

      *12-2-13ea* Nod Mission 13ea, South Africa

      [12-2-13eb] Nod Mission 13eb, South Africa

      [12-2-13ec] Nod Mission 13ec, South Africa



[13] I need help playing multiplayer

     [13-1] What can I do with crates?

      *13-1-1* Stealth technology

      [13-1-2] Units

      [13-1-3] Visceroid

      [13-1-4] Explosions

      [13-1-5] Cash

      [13-1-6] Nukes, airstrikes, ion beams

      [13-1-7] Map modifiers

      [13-1-8] Heal all units

     *13-2* Offensive tactics

     *13-3* Defensive tactics

     [13-4] Capture the flag

     [13-5] Player strategies

      [13-5-1] Aardvark's strategy

      [13-5-2] Joseph's strategy

      [13-5-3] Kokko's strategy



-Section Four- MISCELLANEOUS

[14] Tables

     [14-1] Armor

     [14-2] Weapons

     *14-3* Units

     *14-4* Buildings

[15] Internet resources

     *15-1* Third party programs

     *15-2* World Wide Web sites

     *15-3* KALI C&C servers

     *15-4* Other FAQs and texts

[16] Bugs, updates, future games

     *16-1* The wishlist

     [16-2] Questions regarding C&C present and future

      *16-2-1* Mouse problems

      [16-2-2] Multiplayer savegames

      *16-2-3* Mission disk add-ons

      *16-2-4* Red Alert

      *16-2-5* C&C for Win95

      *16-2-6* C&C 2

     [16-3] Update patches

     [16-4] Errors in the C&C manual

*17* Conclusion

*18* Revision History



-------------------------

CHAPTER [1]: Introduction

-------------------------

[1-1]: Foreword

==================

     Everyone has been asking for a FAQ on C&C strategy. I had no idea how

time consuming compiling and organizing all of your wonderful ideas would be!

This FAQ isn't complete yet; there is much more that can be added, and with

all you peoples' help, we can get this thing finished and have something of

which we can all be proud.



*1-2*: About the unofficial C&C Strategy FAQ

===============================================

     Welcome to v4.7 of the Unofficial Command and Conquer Strategy FAQ.

Version 4.7 is a major revision written after v3.7. 'Unofficial' means that

this FAQ is not supported by Westwood Studios. Command and Conquer is the

name of the game. FAQs are (F)requently (A)sked (Q)uestions.



     Revision classification works something like the following. If a new

version of the FAQ has only a small amount of information changed or added,

the version number is increased by 0.1, and is called a 'minor revision.' If

a new version of the FAQ has a substantial amount of new information changed

or added, the version number is increased by 0.5, and is called a 'standard

revision.' If a new version of the FAQ has a huge amount of added or changed

information, major parts of the FAQ are rearranged, or major parts of the FAQ

are rewritten, the version number is increased by 1.0, and it is called a

'major revision.'



     You may be wondering why chapter numbers are enclosed in either []'s or

**'s. The definition of these is as follows:



     []: Chapters enclosed in square brackets mean that the information

     contained in the chapter has not been updated since the

     previous FAQ.

     **: Chapters enclosed in asterisks mean that the information

     contained in the chapter is new or has been updated for the

     current version of the FAQ you are reading.



     I have removed the parenthesis '()' markers to facilitate easier updates

of HTML versions of the unofficial C&C Strategy FAQ.



[1-2-1]: Is the FAQ related to the Official Guide to C&C?

============================================================



     No, the Unofficial C&C Strategy FAQ is not related in any way with the

Official Guide to Command & Conquer other than in topic.



     Nor is the Unofficial C&C Strategy FAQ meant to be competition to the

Official Guide. If you need complete printed maps, step by step walkthroughs

and the like, then by all means, get the book. (ISBN: 1-566-86-247-7  Brady

Publishing  1-800-428-5331  http://www.mcp.com/brady/ 19.99 USD)



[1-3]: Getting the unofficial C&C Strategy FAQ

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[1-3-3]: via Internet FTP

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*1-3-4*: via WWW

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[1-4]: Adding to the FAQ

===========================



     Where you see the words [blank] or [incomplete] in this FAQ is a section

that needs filling in. I depend heavily on contributions from people like

yourself to make this FAQ whole. Please, don't make me beg. Help me fill in

the blanks.



     If you have something to add to the FAQ, please send E-mail to

'[e-mail]' (no quotes), explaining what your addition is.

It will be reviewed, and if accepted, added to the next FAQ version.  In the

E-mail, please supply your name and E-mail address.



     Please note that all submissions to the FAQ become property of the

author (Roger Wong) and that they may or may not be acknowledged.  By

submitting to the FAQ, you grant permission for use of your submission in any

future publications of the FAQ in any media.  The author reserves the right

to omit information from a submission or delete the submission entirely.



[1-5]: Acknowledgments

==========================



     Westwood Studios for making this great game.



     Mom. (Hi mom!)



     Mike Fay, author of the Official Guide to Command & Conquer, for being a

patient and understanding guy.



     Hank Leukart, author of the 'Official' DOOM FAQ, for his advice on FAQ

creation.



     'Virtual Ted', PR spokesman for Westwood Studios.



     The biggest "thank you" has to go to Andrew Griffin for his stunning

work in deciphering the C&C data tables.



     Slightly smaller, but still a pretty darn big "thank you" goes to Mike

Lee for his work on armor values and weapons damage.



     Philip Lochner, for letting me absorb his FAQ into mine,



     And big thanks to everyone else who sent something my way, or posted

answers to questions in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic. You are all listed

next to your contributions in this FAQ!



     Forgive me if I miss anyone. If for some reason I HAVE missed you,

PLEASE send me E-mail so I can give credit where credit is due.



*1-6*: Accurate Information

==============================

     An attempt has been made to make the information in this FAQ as accurate

as possible.  Unfortunately, due to the fact that the game has a semi-

nonlinear mission tree, it has been difficult to match strategies and

walkthroughs to the proper mission identifications.



     If a walkthrough tip for a certain level variation doesn't work for you,

try one of the other variation tips.  I wish everyone would use the internal

mission numbers that are displayed above the version number in the options

menu when referring to different missions.



     Harder still is verifying the correctness of every hint and tip. I do

try hard to make sure there are no bogus entries in this FAQ, but,

undoubtedly, one or two will probably slip by. Please let me know immediately

if there is any information in this FAQ that you know is incorrect.



     Also, because the game was recently released, future updates and add-ons

may render parts of this FAQ obsolete.



*1-7*: The format of this FAQ

================================

     I have been copying the format and style of the granddaddy of all FAQ

keepers, Hank Leukart ([e-mail]) of the 'Official' DOOM

FAQ. Many thanks to Hank for allowing me access to his FAQ.



==============================

-SECTION ONE- GENERAL OVERVIEW

==============================



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CHAPTER[2]: What can I do with these units?

-------------------------------------------



     This chapter contains information on the various units available for use

in C&C.



     Mike Lee started the ball rolling with his sadistic experiments on his

own troops. Andrew Griffin took this a bit further, and became an even more

sadistic general.  The results of our Dr. Mendel look-alike contest can be

found in Chapter 14.



     It is more difficult to shoot at moving targets.



[2-1]: Infantry

==================



     Numerical data on all infantry can be found in Chapter 14.



     Military infantry units take half of normal weapons damage while prone.

They will fall prone when fired upon, and move by crawling on their bellies.

Crawling reduces movement rate by half.  To force any prone infantry unit

back on to their feet, double click when you give them movement commands.



[2-1-1]: Civilian

--------------------

     Civilians carry pistols with 10 round magazines.



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     Civilians inhabit villages. Fodder for Nod, must be protected (usually)

by GDI.



*2-1-2*: Technician

----------------------

     Technicians carry pistols with 10 round magazines.



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     I actually saw one of my stealth tanks get killed by one (the tank was

just about dead anyway).



William Jang ([e-mail])



     Even though they can't be used as expendable scouts, you can force the

issue by sending them off to the enemy's lines.  Once they get fired upon by

the enemy, the map lights up a nine-square area around the dead technician

and an even larger area around the unit that pulled the trigger.



Alan Lam ([e-mail])

     Have you guys ever wonder what the technician can do? They can't take

out buildings, they can't (not practically) kill other units except another

technician and they can't even map!



     Well this is what I have actually done with my technician(s):



     1) I have actually blown up 2 mammoth tanks in their full power with 1

technician only.



     2) I have blown up a SAM site and 2 blocks of concrete wall with 1

technician.



     Amused? This is how I do it:



     OK, guys do you remember that when you resign a game, all your units and

buildings will blow up, right? Well, the technician just seem to blow up MUCH

MUCH BETTER than any other units. So when you have only a few units left

(with a technician), that means you will die any ways, move your technician

to some enemy structures or units (remember--technician is the FASTEST moving

infantry unit) and then resign and kill one or two of your enemy's

units/structure. One point to remember though, when you resign, your action

must be fast because you must resign before other people kill your

technician. This may be useless in 2 player games but it will help your ally

a lot if there is more players.



*2-1-3*: Engineer

--------------------



Scott King ([e-mail])

     I have found that it is effective to send a medium sized force into a

base to engage the defensive forces, then send engineers guarded by riflemen

to capture buildings. This works well for the well-armored buildings because

even if your assault team gets defeated, the enemy will destroy the  captured

buildings for you. (ROGER'S NOTE: It is better to sell the buildings

instead).



Dave Glue ([e-mail])

     One of the most powerful weapons- they take over buildings and then you

control them.  Take over your enemy's construction yard, then you can produce

Nod/GDI forces, right in his own base!  Just direct them to the building you

want to take over, and once they enter it it's yours.  Of course, they're

fragile, so it's wise to use an APC to transport them.



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     Note that Engineers cannot take over enemy gun turrets, SAM sites, or

Obelisks. They also cannot (much to my dismay) take over the Nod Temple.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     Before taking over buildings, try "pre-building" a guard tower

structure, such as the Advanced Guard Tower for GDI, or an Obelisk of Light

for Nod. The moment you take over the enemy's building, dump it right next to

it. And if you're playing as Nod and want to be real slack, start building

lots of them turrets :).



Charles Anderson ([e-mail])

     If you're going to take over the enemy's barracks/hand of NOD, build an

engineer and put it on hold just before it's done. After taking over the

building double click on it so that it's "primary" and continue the engineer

build. It'll pop out almost immediately.



 [2-1-4]: Minigunner

----------------------



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     These soldiers, although easy to overlook, can be very useful in mass

amounts. They also make good, cheap decoys and can be used as fodder to draw

out enemy tanks and soldiers. With three barracks, Minigunners pop out so

quickly that you can amass a nice twenty or thirty man army which is more

than enough to deal with most enemy attacks. They must be very close to

targets to attack, and will take damage if your supporting grenades attack a

target they are standing right next to. It's usually a good idea to leave a

small detachment of two or three to Guard each important building in your

fortress just in case. The computer seems to prefer Barracks over your

construction yard, refineries over your barracks, and guard towers over

everything else. Rarely will they attack your silos or communications center.



[2-1-5]: Grenadier

---------------------



Ethereal ([e-mail])

     Whenever possible use grenadiers, they can move faster, and kill turrets

+ tanks the best in my opinion. Also Jeeps + Grenadiers Are a very good

combination, The jeeps prevent the grenadiers from getting run over, if you

don't have a jeep just make the grenadiers move, to my knowledge, they don't

get squashed almost at all if they are moving. APC with four grenadiers and

one engineer are very good combinations.



     In my experience, if you have one flame thrower vs. a grenadier about

half of the time he will kill the flame guy with one grenade.



*2-1-6*: Bazooka

-------------------



Ethereal ([e-mail])

     Bazookas are OK for long distance such as putting about ten of them up

on a ridge.  Putting Bazookas in a APC is not good since they usually cannot

move fast or hit as reliably as grenadiers.



Luke Duff ([e-mail])

     Bazooka guys fire on helicopters and they're much better against

vehicles. They're worth what you pay for 'em. Just make sure they don't get

run over.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     If you can afford it, try keeping 4 or 5 bazookas around your tanks

(especially flame tanks). Alot of people assume your tanks do more damage

than the bazookas and will totally ignore these guys, and they do pack a

punch in groups. Unfortunately, they're next to useless against infantry.

Bazookas are also great against Orca's. (Not Apaches!)



*2-1-7*: Flame-thrower

-------------------------



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

     These guys are Nod's best antipersonnel weapon apart from the gun

turrets. They can take out up to 16 opponents on full energy in one shot at a

ridiculous range (much further than the flame extends, don't be fooled by

that!) Best to use in conjunction with bazooka troops, because they do not

work well against vehicles, although they are somewhat effective against

buildings. Group 3-4 flamers for maximum effect.



Mr. P / Powersource

     Flame-throwers make up an important part of your building-destruction

and infantry-halting capabilities. If you're fortunate enough, one flame-

thrower firing at a building can cause it to erupt in flame, thereby cutting

its "life" in half. Groups of these guys are also indispensable in

eliminating any type of enemy infantry.



     If you are not careful with their firing, they can burn friendly units,

as well as themselves. (ROGER'S NOTE: Didn't their mothers tell them not to

play with fire?) Trees will start to pose a hazard - if a tree ignites, say

good-bye to any units within a 1-person radius of it.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     Unbelievable firepower against infantry and buildings for their price!

Send four of these up to a group of 20 or more infantry, and watch them light

up in toast (especially if you're against other flame-throwers or grenadiers,

since they literally explode and kill everyone else around them). They're

also great against structures, having two or three tagging along with a main

assault force can really make a difference.



*2-1-8*: Commando

--------------------



     When planting demolition charges, let the computer move the commando to

a safe range on its own.  The damage the commando takes when a building blows

up is not from the explosion, but from the enemy soldiers who evacuate the

building from within.



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     Only available on special missions, the Commando is pretty cool. The

Commando is also available for $1000 in high tech-level multiplayer games.

Their super-long eyesight and damaging weapon (one shot takes down any enemy

soldier) makes them a great unit for base defense, but they are worthless

against enemy vehicles. They can also plant charges on enemy structures to

blow them up instantly.



     They are great fun in multiplayer games. They can be airdropped from a

chopper right near enemy armies (or their Hand of Nod) and set to Guard.

They'll effectively kill off soldier after soldier as soon as they come

within their considerable range, until the enemy gets a clue and sends some

Cycles or Buggies after them.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     These units are good for very specialized missions, but that's about all

they're useful for. For their high price ($1000), I'd much prefer five flame-

thowers(Nod) or 6 grenadiers (GDI). However, it's real good fun to march

these guys through an enemy base, blowing everything up, when the end of the

game is near!



     If you want a cheap way of taking out guard towers, they can also do it.

Send up a decoy unit to the structure (e.g.: harvester, hummer), and while

that's distracting the guard tower's attention, send in the commando to blow

it up.



Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     Commandos are also great fun when it comes to killing harvesters

especially those well out of the way of your base defense. Against the

computer merely shoot a harvester and run back to your own base ... the

harvester will try to run over you and follow. So long as the commando does

not die the harvester will walk right into your defenses (*grin* if you have

an Obelisk of Nod) and be happily blown away. Commandos are best because they

move much faster than ordinary troops and are unlikely to be mown down by

tanks or humvees before you reach the safety of your base.



[2-2]: Vehicles

=================



     Numerical data on all vehicles can be found in Chapter 14.



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     Note that the SSM Launcher and attack helicopter can only be found in

multiplayer games.



*2-2-1*: MCV

---------------



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

     Multipurpose construction vehicle. As you might expect from Dune 2, this

allows you to build another construction yard somewhere on the map. It is

ridiculously expensive (5000), slow, and utterly useless in combat. As yet,

in 30 multiplayer games (the only place other than level 15 it appears) it

remains unused.



Thenardier ([e-mail])

     Build it up as a back-up base. Drive it somewhere and don't deploy it

until Nod or GDI have nuked or ion cannoned your construction yard into dust.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     I played a friend the other day with an interesting and legitimate

tactic; he drove down a MCV almost next to my base (being guarded by stealth

tanks, so I couldn't do much to attack it), plonked a construction yard right

next to my base, and immediately dumped a pre-built Obelisk right there. Not

that I should have allowed this to happen in the first place, but it's a non-

cheating method of sandbagging (and judging by the distance that some people

sandbag, this may be cheaper as well!)



*2-2-2*: Harvester

---------------------



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     Collects tiberium and transports it to your refinery. You get one

whenever you buy a refinery, and can have multiple harvesters working for a

single refinery. They can't attack, but can run over infantry and recon

cycles. However, occasionally the computer will get their harvesters to

attack a building of yours, or some armor, and they can do damage to it! This

only happens when it can no longer collect tiberium for refining.



Michael Stango ([e-mail])

     If the enemy destroys your harvester, your ability to wage war against

him is seriously crippled at least temporarily. If you don't have the ability

to build a new harvester, you must sell your refinery and rebuild it. If you

don't have enough credits to rebuild the harvester, you must sell the

buildings you can do without for quick cash to rebuild it. Fortunately, the

harvester is a tough vehicle. If it is attacked, you'll usually have enough

time to get some forces to it to defend it.



     Never attack the enemy harvester until you have otherwise hobbled their

efforts. Taking a potshot at their harvester early in the game, while

tempting, will bring all the force the enemy can quickly muster down upon

you. In plain English, the computer gets pissed if you attack its

harvester(s).



Jay ([e-mail])

     The harvester can also be used to run over any offending attack bikes,

those nasty little suckers with the missile launchers. Providing of course

that the opposition is slow on the uptake.



Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     Ohhh - and don't allow more than 2 harvesters to share a Refinery ...

there will be long waiting periods for one harvester and on occasions the AI

will screw up and one harvester will just sit around and not do anything.



[2-2-3]: Gunboat

-------------------



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     Provides missile support from oceans/rivers. Can be taken out with 1

blast from an obelisk, however.



*2-2-4*: Hummer

------------------



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

     Light recon jeeps, similar to Nod buggies. Best used earlier in the game

for recon and light attack, but will die against anything more than one

minigunner. Quite useful in the base assault strategy with engineers.  Send

two hummers in first, with your APC full of engineers following. The hummers

attract all of the heavy fire from tanks, arty, obelisk, leaving you time to

rush the APC through and squash everything, then pile  the engineers out.



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     This quick little scouting unit has more armor than the Nod Cycle, but

seems to do as much damage as an enemy Minigunner, albeit with longer range.

They are good for zipping around the board, luring enemies to follow them

down into a classic Warcraft Archer trap. Beware bazooka soldiers and gun

turrets. Their low cost, however, makes them unnecessary to repair.



Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     Also an excellent support unit for tanks ... since tanks are not good at

attacking infantry moving humvees together with tanks allow the tanks to

concentrate on wiping out the armored targets while the humvees concentrate

on killing the infantry pests. This way the tanks firepower is not wasted nor

do they have to waste time moving to run infantry over. Also better than

infantry in that they can move through Tiberium. Have found that 6 Humvees

guarantee instant death to any unit of infantry (even prone). Thus 6 of them

kill infantry at the rate of one every 3 seconds.



*2-2-5*: APC

---------------



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

     Armored Personnel Crusher (er... surely carrier)



     This has four roles. Firstly, in can be used to carry men into battle in

relative safety and speed (especially across tiberium). To load men in, click

one at a time and click on the APC when you see the three green arrows. The

man will enter the APC. Then select the next man, etc.



     Secondly, a personnel sqauasher. Holding down alt and running over

squads of enemy troops (especially flame troops) is very useful. Thirdly, its

chaingun allows a limited antipersonnel / anti-vehicle role, but is more

suited to forming a barrier so troops do not get squashed. Fourthly, recon.

The APC has the largest recon radius in the game (four squares all around),

and is the third fastest land unit. Most useful for recon.



Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     The order of units exiting an APC is the reverse of their order of entry

i.e. the last unit to enter is the last unit to exit. Important that the most

powerful units (commandos or whatever) go in last so they can kickass right

from the start.



Thenardier ([e-mail])

     Combination of APC and engineer is possibly regarded as one of the best

tactics in C&C. Load your APC with engineers and give it a tanks escort. APC

is agile. And it can withstand more damage.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     Possibly one of the best-value units in the game. Can be used for

exploration (it's fast and has a high scouting range), is the most effective

Squasher Of Infantry, and transports troops, including those engineers. One

cool little tactic to try sometime: many people will send in decoys to the

enemy base (e.g.: nod buggies, hummers) and send in the APCs after it. Of

course, humans won't fall for this trick and will almost always target the

APC. Simple solution! Send in two or more APCs. Which to target? Depending on

how lucky you feel, either load one up full with engineers, or split the

number of engineers evenly between them. Watch your opponent's confusion when

he sees five APCs walking toward your base! These units are also good for

capturing flags, since they're fast and can take a fair bit of damage.



*2-2-6*: Medium Tank

-----------------------



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

     Great against light tanks (can take 2 out in one for one combat), and

against flame tanks (can take LOTS out in one to one combat, the main gun

outranges the flamer seriously). Limited use in base attack (tends to die vs.

obelisks) Useless against enemy troops (far too slow to run them over

effectively, too inaccurate to cause firing damage). Back these up with

infantry or lose them.



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     A staple in any GDI army. With a low cost ($800), these tanks pack a

punch and can be very effective in packs. You should always bring along a

squad of Minigunner or Grenadier Guards around these tanks, as they have very

big problems targeting and destroying enemy footsoldiers up close. They do

great damage for their price, and make good Guards for key installations.

Their speed makes them poor support for attacking footsoldiers, as the

soldiers must wait for them to keep up. It's easier and more effective to

make soldiers support the tanks.



Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     The best support for Medium Tanks are actually Hum-Vees or Nod Buggies.

These kill infantry faster, move much faster and last much longer than

supporting infantry.



Douglas Jacobs ([e-mail])

     I haven't seen my tanks automatically run over infantry in C&C (Dune2's

units were pretty smart.)  You can still force-move them using the <alt> key.

Unfortunately, unlike Dune2, enemy units don't just sit there so you can run

them over - they tend to move around.  I use one unit to fire at the

infantry, causing them to drop and start crawling, this way they're too slow

to move away from my tank.



[2-2-7]: Orca

----------------



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

     Armament: Six missiles of a similar type to those fired by bazooka guys,

i.e. useless vs. infantry, excellent against vehicles / buildings.



     In order to get them to attack coherently, you need to group them

together on the ground. To do this effectively, DO NOT BUILD any Orcas on

their own. ALWAYS build pads, or you spend forever charging them. Once in the

air, use the unit keys to redirect them. They need to be re-fed information

about fast moving units (faster than a tank) before

they get there.



     They will get MAULED vs. SAM missiles. Expect to lose at least one if

your strike loiters near a SAM or Adv. guard tower.



     First strike capabilities:

     (2) will take out a flame tank/buggy

     (3) is best for gun turrets, although two will work on earlier levels:

Send one up to attack first, then when he comes in, send them both out. After

the first one, the turret will not have suffered enough damage to warrant a

repair early on, to the second two will kill him!

     (4) will kill a light tank

     (5) will take down a medium tank or an obelisk

     (7) will get gun turrets/spice silos/power plants

     (8) is a reasonable building assault force, may have to come up to 10 or

     (12) to get SAM sites, construction yards and other big buggers



     They work best in multiplayer for air support of harvesters!



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     As soon as these become available, they should be a staple of any

mission. I create many of them, and assign them permanently to Group 1 so I

can quickly receive air support. Though powerful, they are a pest to use

correctly. Their missiles do as much damage as a bazooka solder, and they

will return to base A) After all their missiles are expended attacking one

target, or B) When their target is destroyed. If you send five Orcas against

a single footsoldier, they'll shoot until they kill him, and then they'll

return to reload regardless of how many rockets were fired. They also must

`track' enemy units which are moving, and usually fly over them and then

return to attack. Keep this in mind if you are attacking swiftly moving

units, as they can move closer to the Nod SAM sites before your Orcas can

`draw a bead' on them and fire missiles.



     They also zip around a target after firing some missiles, and this may

also bring them closer into SAM range. It is HIGHLY advisable that you Group

these units before sending them out, as it is impossible to select them while

they are in the air to change their mission orders. When grouped, you can

simply select the number group and redirect them elsewhere. It takes three

SAM missiles to kill an Orca, and they are targets for enemy Bazooka

soldiers, Cycles, Rocket Launchers, and Stealth Tanks. Note that you can also

land these units in remote locations for quick use later. They cannot target

or land in areas which ground units have not explored, although you can

exploit their mobility by landing them right on the corner of an explored

area (such as the top of a cliff), and then `leapfrog' them to adjacent areas

to uncover ground quickly.



     It takes three full Orcas to take out an enemy gun turret, and four full

Orcas to take out an enemy SAM site or Obelisk. They're also great to attack

the lone enemy harvester, but it will take repeated runs to destroy one.



[2-2-8]: Rocket Launcher

---------------------------

Requires: Advanced comm. center, Weapons Factory



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     Mobile rocket launcher, a good weapon, hampered by the ease with which

it can be killed. Great anti-aircraft weapon, two can usually take out a

transport helicopter. Also, their excellent range means they can take out

turrets without being hit. The ammo has a largish explosion radius, so can

take out multiple infantry units. Very poor aim, however.



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     Fragile and powerful. They can only take a few rounds from a bazooka

solder or tank, but their dual rockets are faster and more deadly than

bazooka rockets. They have a longer range, and the exhaust from the rockets

appear to do damage to targets underneath them, making them effective for

shooting into packs of enemies. They need support from other  units as

defense only, as they are quick enough to get out of the way. Their range

makes them perfect for destroying the remote gun turret or SAM site.



[2-2-9]: Mammoth Tank

------------------------



([e-mail])

     Mammoth tanks are the biggest and most expensive of all tanks. They are

worth buying/making large numbers of, for four main reasons:

     They squish troops. (though a bit too slow if their scattering.)

     They squish walls.  (only tanks that can, and walls take ages to shoot

down)

     They squish helicopters. (four shots with their missile packs.)

     They self heal right back up to 50%.



Basically, if you're planning on building up your forces, Mammoth tanks are a

good choice. One tip though: infantry support from grenadiers will go a long

way to clear the pesky enemy infantry.



*2-2-10*: Nod Buggy

----------------------



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     Faster than Hummers, its good for taking them out, and hiding Nod

infantry behind.



Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     Also an excellent support unit for tanks ... since tanks are not good at

attacking infantry moving buggies together with tanks allow the tanks to

concentrate on wiping out the armored targets while the buggies concentrate

on killing the infantry pests. This way the tanks firepower is not wasted nor

do they have to waste time moving to run infantry over. Also better than

infantry in that they can move through Tiberium. Have found that 6 buggies

guarantee instant death to any unit of infantry (even prone). Thus 6 of them

kill infantry at the rate of one every 3 seconds.



[2-2-11]: Recon Bike

-------------------------



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     Fastest ground unit, but very lightly armored. Equipped with rockets, a

great unit in packs, especially against hummers and APCs. Can be squashed by

tanks and harvesters.



Michael Brenner ([e-mail])

     Recon bikes are best used in groups of 4-10. Use them to take out enemy

harvesters. Be aware that they can be run over, so don't let the harvester

get too close to them. If you're attacked you can retreat to your own base

faster than any GDI unit can pursue you. A group of 6 bikes can take out a

mammoth tank with losing only 1 bike. They're also great for defending your

own harvesters esp. against Orca attacks. Since they're so fast usually one

large group is enough to protect all your harvesters. Vs. the computer drive

one bike close to the enemy base (the computer uses his Orcas mainly to

defend his base), let the computer launch his Orcas, drive your bike back to

your SAM sites. As long as you keep your bike on the move the Orcas won't be

able to hit. Let your SAM sites do their work.



*2-2-12*: Light Tank

-----------------------



see also [2-2-6] MEDIUM TANK



Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])

     These are smaller than medium tanks (Surprise, surprise) but is also

Nod's heaviest tank. One on one against a GDI medium tank is a sad contest,

but two on one is as well, the other way. They should be backed up by

infantry and possibly artillery as well, never work alone. They cannot handle

infantry except by running over it, and cannot handle tanks, because armor-

wise they are at the bottom of the tank food chain.



[2-2-13]: Artillery

-----------------------



Ethereal ([e-mail])

     These make INCREDIBLE offensive weapons when they are firing at close

range, at long range even if it appears that they hit the target, often it

doesn't do full damage. They aren't that good a resource since they cannot

take much damage, but if you plan to use them remember that they function

VERY well at close range.



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     Slow moving, this unit can take very little punishment. It does have a

very long range, and the blast radius from its shots are very large. Can take

out multiple infantry with a single hit. Tends to be inaccurate though. Also

good for attacking buildings from a distance.



Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])

     The first and biggest tip is, never attack with them. I do not mean, do

not use them in an attack, just NEVER ORDER THEM TO ATTACK. Against enemy

rocket turrets, for instance, if you order it to attack, it will move within

a comfortable range, and then open fire. The problem, of course, is that

'comfortable range' means the rocket turret eats it up first. Move it towards

the turret one square at a time, and when it starts firing, just leave it

alone. The artillery has better range than any other unit. Remember that, use

it, and the artillery units is Nod's best weapon. Cheap, too... but

vulnerable. To take them out? Attack it. All you need to do.. it's slow, it's

weak, it's pathetic when someone fires back at it... so it needs backup.



*2-2-14*: Flame Tank

----------------------



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     Awesome anti-infantry weapon. Fires twin flame jets. Especially

devastating against closely-packed infantry. Also good for taking out

buildings. Nod only. You get access to these after a few missions.



Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])

     These are great fun against infantry. A single flame tank can waste

heaps and heaps of infantry. They are weak against armor, though, so back

them up with bazooka units to keep things balanced. It's a paper-scissors-

stone thing where you have both a paper and a stone. If he uses infantry

(which is good against bazookas) the flame tank wastes it. If he uses armor,

which the flame tank is powerless against, the bazookas wastes it. This works

nicely, but the flame tank is not strong enough to fight sustained battles.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     I took out 60+ infantry with one flame tank once. Nothing else to say

about them, really :).



*2-2-15*: Apache Attack Helicopter

-----------------------------

Bonczkowski ([e-mail])

     Nod gets them in later scenarios if you capture a GDI construction

center and build the heli pad, that lets you build heli pads with attack

copters



Seth Hutchins ([e-mail])

     The Nod attack chopper is basically a flying Guard Tower, and as such is

a DELIGHTFUL weapon to kill lowly GDI infantry. If your opponent doesn't have

any bazooka/missile support, the chopper also does well to weaken armored

vehicles (harvesters, and the like). It can also destroy a re-arming Orca on

the platform. Watch out for Advanced Guard Towers, Bazooka Infantry, Mammoth

Tanks, and Rocket Launchers, who can all make short work of the chopper.



Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     Apache attack helicopters differ from Orcas in that they use Chaingun

ammunition instead of Rockets. The payload is the same i.e. an Apache will do

the same amount of damage as an Orca so long as it expends all its

ammunition.

     The difference between the two lie in that:

     a) Apaches can make short work of infantry. Orcas well, merely waste

rockets on infantry.

     b) Apaches are slower to deliver their full payload ... while this means

you can keep them in the air longer, it also means that they take much longer

to destroy an armored target. The total amount of damage done by both is the

same, but against armoured targets the Orca has the edge because its faster

delivery means it stays in the area a shorter time, reducing its

vulnerability to SAM sites, Advanced Guard Towers etc. Orcas also kill

structures faster as again, the faster delivery allows the structure less

time to repair.

     c) Apaches take twice as long to reload as Orcas.



*2-2-16*: Stealth Tank

-------------------------



Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])

     Keep at least one square away from his units and you can launch an

effective attack. Even with enemy units and guard towers present, four of

these could take out the opponent's building facility. And the next batch can

take out the tiberium facility, and then he's done for. It's too weak to

operate alone, and rather costly to use in large numbers, so it's not the

best units as such, but it has its uses when you fight an opponent that is

too well defended for an open assault.



Seth Hutchins ([e-mail])

     Purchase LOTS of Stealth Tanks and group them into "Wolf Packs" of 5 or

more. Attack your enemy's harvesters. It never fails to be annoying. These

Wolf-packs also make short work of Mammoth Tanks. You can also toast grouped

infantry, simply run over them. You'll become visible for a moment, so stay

clear of any evil tanks.



Michael Brenner ([e-mail])

     Against a human player it's also a neat trick to let stealth tanks

protect your harvesters. Many human GDI players will launch an Orca attack

against a single harvester outside the reach of visible air defenses, not

follow the attack too carefully if they've got other things to do and be very

surprised if their Orcas don't come back. Like most multiplayer tricks this

only works once or twice though.



Eric ([e-mail])

     Here's an AI strategy I exploited like no tomorrow while playing NOD.

Use Stealth tanks as walls.  As long as they're stealthed, the computer won't

advance or attack.  AND you can position artillery or other ranged units a

few squares behind them so they can just pick off anything at a distance.

     Then when the moment is right, move in, de-cloak, and destroy!



Jeremy Butcher ([e-mail])

     There any good ways of hiding them so in a multiplayer base so that they

can't be found. Almost all buildings have a few squares under them where you

can't place a building. Place them on those things, then when your enemy

tries to place a building there, everything's normal because you never can

place a building there. (I know that that was very hard to understand, but I

did my best)



Stan Ragan ([e-mail])

     You CAN sneak by advanced guard towers with stealth tanks, you just have

to make sure that you are at least one 'space' away from them.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     If the computer (or player's) refinery is fairly far away from any

units, drive a stealth tank directly in front of his refinery, cutting off

the entrance for the harvester to get through. It can take quite a long time

for your opponent to realize something is dreadfully wrong.

And it's not really cheating either :).



James Hindman ([e-mail])

     Here is another one of my strategies. It is to place 5-6 Stealth tanks

in your enemies favorite Tiberium field. When his harvester shows up, have

your tanks unstealth and annihilate his harvester. It will be dead before he

even knows what's going on. Then take your tanks and run away so he doesn't

retaliate by killing them.



[2-2-17]: SSM Launcher

-------------------------



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     The SSM launcher is big and powerful. Though they take a terribly long

time to reload, each missile they shot has a tremendous amount of damage

potential. The flame which shoots from the missile toasts footsoldiers, and a

direct SSM hit takes out practically any Nod unit. As far as I can tell, it's

range is unsurpassed.



Mike Mulligan ([e-mail])

     OK the SSM's are one of the field weapons that you can build for the

Nod!!  There range is ever better then a Obelisk!  What you do is to have say

2 or 3 SSM's and 2 mini tanks as a protecting force for the SSM's. Then just

move in to attack!  I had 3 SSM's take out two Obelisk in less then 30

seconds!  By the time the other guy realized that he couldn't hit me with

anything he sent in his tanks and stuff...that's where my mini tanks came in.

They would lag behind the SSM's and protect them, by doing this they buy time

for the SSM's to get away.  And if they try to press there attack I have more

SSM's waiting for them!



*2-2-18*: Chinook Transport Helicopter

-----------------------------------------



Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     Like the APC the order of exit is the reverse of the order of entry i.e.

the last units to enter are the first to exit.



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     These slow moving troop transports are expensive and troublesome. They

suffer from the same loading and unloading problems of the APCs, and have a

tendency to circle aimlessly before landing in any area. They make easy

targets for SAM sites, and their cost and low capacity makes them tough to

justify. They'd be pretty neat if you could load ten or twenty footsoldiers

into, or if you could airlift tanks and APCs, but for now, I'd stay clear.

Note that they are not usually available to be built on computer missions.

They also cannot be used to land in unexplored areas.



Tan Tot Lit ([e-mail])

     Two big advantage of the chopper over APC

     - Few units can shoot at you.

     - You don't appear on radar until you land.



Josh Eckels ([e-mail])

     Transport helicopter strategy - Send in an Orca or Attack Helicopter a

few seconds before the transport helicopter.  Since your opponent can't

change the targets of SAM sites or Advanced Guard Towers, they will continue

to shoot down the first thing they saw.  This gives your transport helicopter

enough time to land, deploy its cargo of engineers, and possible get out.



Scott Shaffer ([e-mail])

    Despite the limitations of this craft (small capacity, slow movement,

slow deployment) there are some cases when it is very effective.  Often times

an enemy base is vulnerable to attack from a certain angle or direction.

This is especially true of bases built against a corner of the map.  You can

often then direct your Chinook to an undefended area (like the very corner)

by making it hug the edge of the map.  It can land in areas that other units

can't get to if they opponent has built his base in such a way to prevent

easy unit movement.



[2-2-19]: Mobile HQ

----------------------



     These units only appear in multiplayer games of capture the flag, when

bases are turned off. They are unarmed, and are weak units. You must protect

your own mobile HQ while destroying your opponents' mobile HQs.



     Keep them surrounded by your units. Even a Hummer can destroy one in a

few shots.



[2-3]: Buildings

==========================

     Buildings lose effectiveness with damage. This is especially true of

your powerplants.



*2-3-1*: Construction Yard

-----------------------------

     Selling your last construction yard is usually not recommended. If you

do this, all is not lost, however. You do get an engineer in the bargain, and

if you're skillful (or really lucky) you might be able to capture the

opponent's construction yard.



*2-3-2*: Powerplant

----------------------

     It's good to have a few backup powerplants to keep defenses running.



*2-3-3*: Advanced Powerplant

-------------------------------



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     Building 2 power plants is more cost effective than building one

advanced power plant (by $100), but makes your base larger.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     Seems that two power plants will generate the same amount of energy as

an advanced power plant, for $100 cheaper. It might also be better to use

normal ones since it ensures more equal distribution of power output (i.e.:

if one of them is taken out by a nuke/ion/air strike, there's a lesser chance

you'll be left without your guard towers firing!), and they're faster to

build.



     In multiplayer situations: if playing against Nod, build Adv.Power

plants. If playing against GDI, build normal Power Plants. The reason? Nukes

can kill (many) normal Power Plants in one hit, they cannot however destroy

the Advanced version. However, an Ion Strike will kill an Advanced Plant in

one hit, so it's not worth it to build them.



     Protect these very well, and ALWAYS make sure you have *excess* power,

in case one of them is taken out by an ion cannon, nuke or strike. Especially

for Obelisks.



*2-3-4*: Sandbag/Fence/Concrete

----------------------------------

     These have different levels of damage. After getting hit by a certain

amount of hitpoints, they lose a level of damage and start to fall apart.

Concrete walls have three different damage levels, fences have two, and

sandbags have one.



*2-3-5*: Silo

----------------



     Holds 1000 credits worth of refined Tiberium. See section on exploitable

bugs for neat things to do with silos.



*2-3-6*: Refinery

--------------------



     Home base for Tiberium harvester. Holds 1000 credits worth of refined

Tiberium. One harvester included in price. You can build a refinery much

faster than you can build a harvester.



*2-3-7*: Barracks

---------------------



     GDI Barracks can produce minigunners, grenadiers, bazookas, and

engineers. Two Barracks builds infantry twice as fast.



*2-3-8*: Hand of Nod

------------------------



     The Nod infantry creation building can produce minigunners, flame-

throwers, bazookas, chem. warriors, engineers, and commandos. Two Hands of

Nod builds infantry twice as fast.



*2-3-9*: Weapons Factory

----------------------------



     GDI Weapon factories are easily destroyed by a single nuke. They are

less than half as strong as Nod airstrips.



*2-3-10*: Airstrip

---------------------



     In a multiplayer game, try to build your airstrip such that incoming and

outgoing cargo flights do not fly over an enemy base and give away the

presence of additional vehicle units.



Scott Shaffer ([e-mail])

     If possible, make sure to build your airstrip as close to the right edge

of the map as possible.  Since they C130 transport plan only goes from right

to left, building it on the right edge of the map means your units arrive

faster.  The delay between unit completion and its arrival is a penalty for

NOD that GDI does not have.  This penalty can be reduced significantly if you

build on the right edge of the map.



     Also, make sure to leave room around the top of the airstrip for the

arriving units to deploy.  Don't build an airstrip up against the top-left

corner of the map.



*2-3-11*: Communications center

---------------------------------



     Enables the overhead satellite view.



*2-3-12*: Advanced comm. center

---------------------------------



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     Other than the Ion Cannon, it is necessary to build this structure to

gain access to the more `high tech' units and buildings.



     Contrary to the manual, it does appear to be well- armored, and can take

quite a beating before going down. The Ion Cannon is, IMHO, much less useful

that Nod's Nuclear Missile, because of it's concentrated range. Ion Cannon

blasts will NOT take down a construction yard, refinery, or comm. center in

one blast. They are very useful for decimating the large masses of

footsoldiers which seem to pop up in front of the computer's Hand of Nod, and

great for taking down multiplayer enemy Stealth Tanks. I also use them for

support when your Orca squad is trying to blow up enemy buildings and some

quickly rebuilt SAM site starts nailing them.



Scott Shaffer ([e-mail])

     Once you build an advanced comm. center, sell your normal communications

center. The ACC will function as a normal communications center.



*2-3-13*: Guard tower

------------------------



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

     These fire bursts of machine gun fire (once every 3 squares of

minigunner movement) which will *usually* kill a standing up troop, and do

about 25% to a dug in trooper. All but ineffective against vehicles unless

deployed in large numbers.



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     They're cheap and effective against infantry. They're not so effective

against vehicles and flame throwers, but at their cost you should be able to

afford two or three of them throughout your stronghold. They do require

maintenance, and you'll find yourself repairing them often. Beware the enemy

artillery gun and tanks, as they do not even have to be in their gun ranges

to damage them.



*2-3-14*: Nod Turret

-----------------------

ROGER'S NOTE: Prior to versions 1.18, turrets cost $250 each. The tactics

expressed here may be prohibitively expensive and/or impossible in versions

1.18 and beyond.



Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])

     These are real good against armor, as long as you build enough of them.

Considering the cost...no problem. Since they use cannons, they are

dangerously weak against infantry.. a grenadier one on one on a gun turret is

somewhat even, which is rather weak for a defensive installation. But it has

okay range, so if you have lots of them around your base, it should be okay,

as long as there is enough that they chop up the infantry early. Also, if you

repair it while it is fighting a lone infantryman (or two, even possibly

three) it will shift the odds a lot. The infantry isn't that strong against

it either, so it is a drawn-out affair.



Scott Shaffer ([e-mail])

     An effective strategy is to build the walking line of Gun Turrets/sand

bags from your base to your opponents. The Gun Turret can be easily built and

repaired in the field, and the "walking line" technique gets around the

mobility problem. GDI can also do this with the Adv. Guard Tower, but it is

less effective since they cost so much more.



*2-3-15*: Advanced guard tower

---------------------------------



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

     Very useful against vehicles. Anti-air role also, as good as a SAM site,

but can be otherwise engaged during a fight!. Fires two rounds every three

minigunner square moves. Best to use as perimeter defense, but support with

armor! A flame tank getting close is deadly, and they cost a lot of money!

Remember to keep repairing them in battle.



     Keep putting two together for best results, but watch the power

consumption. They don't work when out of power.



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     They're most effective when coupled with normal Guard Towers. Their

rockets are ineffective against close targets, although they seem to have the

same `exhaust burn damage' of the Rocket Launcher. One Advanced and two

normal Guard Towers in problem areas are usually enough to deal with threats.

Beware that if you place them near sandbags or walls, their stray rockets

will usually knock them away pretty fast



Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     SAM sites are better than Advanced Guard Towers. Advanced Guard Towers

rockets are less powerful than SAM site rockets. 7 AGT rockets vs. 3 SAM

rockets to kill an Orca or Apache. Also more vulnerable as SAM sites are

protected while underground. However, they compensate for this by being able

to function dual purpose - can take out ground as well as air targets ... SAM

sites can only take out air targets. This probably explains why they are more

expensive (1000 cr. vs. 750 cr. for a SAM site).



*2-3-16*: Obelisk of light

-----------------------------



Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])

     These are completely wicked against armor units. Remember that they are

tall, so build concrete walls around them to stop cannons, and they can

easily stop five or six medium tanks without problems. As has been commented,

they are energy intensive, and shoots slowly (but surely), so can also be

fuzzy-wuzzy'd. Always have a lot of energy to spare, so you can keep firing

if one power plant is destroyed. (Or be prepared to sell off a lot of

buildings to keep it firing if a major attack is launched coordinated with

the destruction of a power plant.)



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     Try to make sure you have at least two; many humans will Ion Strike

against one Obelisk when their attack force is coming down; if you have two,

it will ensure that you have at least one Obelisk left if he decides to use

his Ion Cannon. Also be sure to back them up with Flame Tanks, since they're

unless against masses of infantry.



Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     1 Shot  - Any infantry, assault cycle, hum-vee, Nod buggy, MLRS, SSM.

     2 Shots - Light Tanks, Medium Tanks, APC.

     3 Shots - Harvester, Mammoth Tank

     All the above are considered from full health to naught.



     Hmmm and also players who think Obelisks of Light are a steal for 1500

Cr.,  think twice ... they require POWER (typically one Advanced Power Plant)

dedicated to it so the cost is more like 2200 Cr.



*2-3-17*: SAM Site

---------------------



     Selling a SAM site will net you four minigunners for the price of two

and a half. SAM sites have tough outside armor, but become more vulnerable to

damage when the missile launcher exposes itself to fire.



*2-3-18*: Heli Pad

--------------------



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     One thing to keep in mind: they come with a helicopter. Unless you lose

a helicopter, you shouldn't be buying extra helis, as it will cause you a lot

of headache to shuffle helis off the pads to reload them. You should try to

designate an inner, well-protection area of your base for your Helipads, and

keep them build close to each other. Otherwise, you will have problems with

those distant helis 'catching up' with the main heli attack force when a

problem arises.



*2-3-19*: Repair Pad

----------------------



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     Important and straight forward. Note that it is usually a better idea to

just buy a new humvee than repair a damaged one. All vehicles, including

helicopters, and harvesters, can be repaired. Soldiers cannot be `repaired'

using this building.



Douglas Jacobs ([e-mail])

     While happily chugging along as NOD somewhere in mission 9, I decided to

build a repair bay up where a GDI-friendly village used to be ;)



     After a few probing attacks into GDI's base, I sent a handful of units

back to get repaired.  I clicked one 1 to actually go onto the bay when an

airstrike came along and destroyed the poor tank while it sat on the repair

bay!  The bay survived...but I couldn't send anymore units to be repaired.



     I figured, OK...I'll sell the bay and build a new one!  (I had plenty of

cash)  However, I couldn't sell it either!  Finally, I had to build a 2nd bay

and sometime during my final assault, I hear that tell-tale "selling" noise

and see that my first "broken" bay finally decided to be sold.



Scott Butler ([e-mail])

     I actually had a repair bay die on me. I built it in a cleared out patch

of tiberium, not far from a tree (stupid, but I was in a hurry). It *seems*

that the tiberium started growing back, wrecking the repair bay.



*2-4-20*: Temple of Nod

--------------------------

VT ([e-mail])

     To use nukes, building the Temple of Nod is not enough. You'll need to

get the crates in missions 6, 8, and 12.  You may have to capture or destroy

some of the buildings to get at the crates.



ROGER'S NOTE: There is a bug in versions prior to 1.18 that makes it

impossible to fire nukes when the temple is constructed, even when all the

necessary crates are collected.



[2-4] Special Units

===================



*2-4-1*: Airstrikes

----------------------

Reload: 12 minutes.

Weapon: multiple napalm bombs

Level: Tech ?; GDI 5



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     Available for GDI forces after all SAM sites are taken out. Slow

recharge rates means you won't be using it too many times a mission. The

napalm is very destructive, especially when an airstrike calls in more than

one A-10 unit.



Phil Lochner ([e-mail])

     This option appears after you have destroyed every SAM site on the map.

If the enemy rebuilds the SAM sites, the Air Strike option is still

available. It recharges faster than the Ion Cannon, but it takes time for the

aircraft to reach their target, so timing assaults with Air Strikes is

important. Depending on the mission, one or two A-10s will zip down and drop

fire bombs around the target area. These bombs can do mass damage to enemy

troop stockpiles, destroy buildings, level Tiberium fields, or harass the

Construction Yard. Coordinate the strikes with other attacks for maximum

effectiveness, but try not to rely on Air Strikes to take down SAM sites,

Obelisks, or Gun Turrets. I usually use them to clear out the twenty or

thirty soldiers which meander around the Hand of Nod. Air Strikes are not (as

far as I can tell) available in multi-player missions.



Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     Airstrikes ARE available in Multiplayer Missions. I believe it comes on

when a Communications Center and a Barracks has been built though that is

subject to verification. But yeah, they are available.



see also [5-3-8], AIRSTRIKES



*2-4-2*: Nuclear strike

--------------------------

Reload: 20 minutes

Weapon: nuclear warhead

Level: Tech 7; Nod 13



see also [5-3-1] NUKES



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     Feeling nasty? Directly target the weapons factory. It'll take it out in

one hit, and seriously damage all other buildings around it. Or, if your

opponent has only one deposit of tiberium next to his base, nuke the tiberium

and  watch his eyes widen. Otherwise, if you see lots of full silo's, nuke

there. $3000+ down the tubes.



David Brandt ([e-mail])

     In team play, have your teammate lay a nuke at the same time and place

you lay one. Will take out anything in a huge area.



Ian ([e-mail])

     Just like a real small-yield nuke, buildings are relatively big,

unprotected targets and get vaporized. Armored units, because they are low to

the ground, airtight, and very heavily protected, are much less vulnerable.



Shriker ([e-mail])

     Larry Bond (Harpoon creator, Tom Clancy pal) has a novel called _Vortex_

that deals with a modern war scenario in South Africa.  One of the events is

a tactical nuke aimed at a concentration of an enemy armor brigade (or some

size, it's been a while <G>).  I don't think it got 'em all (most already

moved out slightly earlier), but it describes what happened to the military

units that WERE nearby.  I remember it mentioning how exposed troops took a

wicked beating (understandably), but heavier armored units were relatively

unscathed even at fairly close proximity.  Both the previously mentioned

factors and the fact that tanks ARE metal (DUH <G>) and have high-pressure

interiors nullified the radiation/heat effects.  Of course any tank commander

with his noggin poked out of the hatch had better have more than just

CopperTone (TM) and a pair of sunglasses on !



     Although C&C is more of a game than a simulation, it's interesting to

see how many real-world tactical considerations have been included!



*2-4-3*: Ion Cannon

---------------------

Reload: 15 minutes

Weapon: ion cannon

Level: Tech 7; GDI 14



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

     GDI's special 14 & 15 + tech level 7 weapon:

     Advanced comm. center (2800 - need comm. center) is used to recharge it.

It stops recharging if you are low on power!



     The weapon will destroy from full health:

     Five troops

     Light tank

     Flame tank

     Gun turret

     Obelisk tower (VERY useful)

     Stealth tank

     Tiberium silo

     Wall (WASTE!)

     One patch of tiberium.



     Limited to taking out gun turrets on the eve of an assault, basically,

or hitting a SAM site so the Orcas can finish it off without losing a

vehicle.



Terrence ([e-mail])

     When a SAM site is out of its protective shell and firing at an

aircraft, a single hit will take it out at full health.



     Also can take out both a Flame tank and an artillery unit side by side

at full health by targeting the Flame tank. The secondary explosion from the

flame tank will finish off the artillery unit.



     Targeting a group of troops with a flame thrower will result in further

damage to the group. Again, due to secondary explosions from the flame

thrower.



Lee Yu Tang ([e-mail])

     When compared to NOD's nuke attacks, GDI's most powerful weapon the Ion

Cannon may seem pretty weak in many people's eyes. It needs more than one

shot to take out some of the units and buildings with heavy armor. There are

2 buildings that for certain will fall prey to one blast of the Ion Cannon

which are the Obelisk of Light and the Power Plant.



     The Ion Cannon would be better off as a 'coup de grace' attack that will

demoralize the enemy (In the case of human players only of course). Picture a

group of 4-6 Orcas attacking the enemy's Construction Yard. The Orcas run out

of ammo but the Construction Yard's health bar is only at yellow. The enemy

rejoices..... then you Ion Blast him and watch him cry.



----------------------------------------------------

Chapter *3*: Important information not in the manual

----------------------------------------------------

     There is important information missing from the manual!



*3-1*: What are the keys?

----------------------------



G : Guard Area

     This will cause a selected group of units to go into guard mode. In this

mode, units will scan with binoculars for enemy units, and move to attack any

that come within their sighting range.



X : Scatter Units

     This causes a selected group of units to scatter. Useful when infantry

is under attack by tank treads and incendiary missiles



S : Stop Unit

     Causes a unit to stop dead in its tracks. Very useful when one of your

units is braindead and begins to wander nonchalantly into the guns of the

enemy base.



F7-F10 : Map Bookmark System

     Use CTRL+F7-F10 to mark a spot on your map, then use F7-F10 to jump to

that spot at anytime.



<CTRL>-# : Team Creation

     Mark a group of units as a team using either using your mouse button and

shift key or the bounding box. Then use CTRL and a number key (0-9) to

assigned the selected units as a team.



0-9 : Team Selection

     This selects a team as active.



TAB: Open/Close Sidebar

     Opens and closes the sidebar. Use it when you need to see more tactical

map.



H : Home unit

     Selects your construction yard, and centers the tactical map around it.



N : Next unit

     This is almost a useless command. It runs through the internal lists of

units, selects the next one, and centers the tactical view around it.



R : Resign

     I bet you didn't know that all your units carry suicide demolitions. Hit

'R' and find out. In a multiplayer game, your civilians and technicians

actually do a large amount of damage when you resign. Position them by the

enemy before resigning, and maybe you'll take a few of them with you.



<HOME> : Homing

     This will center the tactical view around the currently selected unit or

building.



<ALT>-# : View team

     Centers the tactical view over a predefined team.



Multiplayer Options

-------------------



A : Alliance

     Select an enemy unit and press 'A'. From that point on, your troops will

treat that enemy as a friend and not target them.



     This only works one way. The other side is still welcome to blow you to

smithereens, so they must also ally with you to complete the team effort.



     Allying with an enemy is also useful when you want a deep strike

operation into the heart of the enemy base, but don't want your units to slow

down and fight. Such operations might include recon or engineer infiltration.



     Pressing 'A' for a second time will negate the previous ally command.



Cursor Modifiers

----------------



CTRL : Force Attack

     Holding down the CTRL key will turn your movement cursor into the target

crosshair. This lets you target friendly units, trees, and empty squares.



ALT : Force Move

     Holding down the ALT key will turn your movement cursor into a movement

only cursor. Subsequently moved units will move instead of attack. This is

how you get your tanks to squish enemy infantry instead of blowing craters

around them.



CTRL+ALT : Guard Area or Unit

     Holding down CTRL+ALT turns your cursor into a defend cursor. Selected

units will patrol around a building or unit and protect it from attack.



*3-2*: What is that colored bar?

-----------------------------------



     The colored bar represents the current power output. The blue marker

represents the current power usage. When you use more power than available,

your base experiences blackouts and brownouts.



     A green bar represents a surplus of power.

     A yellow bar represents a brownout

     A red bar represents a serious blackout.



     Facilities that totally shutdown during power outages are Obelisks of

Light, Advanced Guard Towers, Communication Centers, Advanced Communication

Centers, Temple of Nod.



     During blackouts and brownouts, other buildings serve at a diminished

capacity. It will take longer to produce a unit, and so forth. A brownout

seems to cause production to drop to 50% of normal. A blackout seems to cause

production to drop to 10% of normal.



Mr. P / Powersource

     The power scale is logarithmic, not linear.





*3-3*: What is a blossom tree?

---------------------------------



Scott King ([e-mail])

     They serve as replenishing centers for tiberium. After you harvest all

of the tiberium from around a tree, it will grow back around it.



*3-4*: How do I view the radar in multiplayer?

-------------------------------------------------



Vance Hampton ([e-mail])

     Click on the MAP button.  If you have enough energy you will see the

radar.



*3-5*: How do I suspend or cancel build commands?

----------------------------------------------------



     You can suspend or cancel build commands by clicking with your primary

mouse button on the unit icon that is currently being built. This will turn

the unit icon gray to signify that the building has been put on hold. From

this stage, clicking with your primary button will resume building, and

clicking with your secondary button will cancel the build order.



=============================

-SECTION TWO- TIPS AND TRICKS

=============================



----------------------------------

CHAPTER [4]: Cheating the computer

----------------------------------



[4-1]: What are the cheat keys?

==================================



     Easy. There are none. The cheats were removed after beta testing and

development.



[4-2]: Can I Hex edit for more money?

========================================



     You're in luck. I got dozens of people asking me how to hex edit. So,

due to public demand, here is how to totally ruin your game. Wear your peril

sensitive sunglasses now if you do not wish to read this. What? You don't

have a pair of peril sensitive sunglasses? That's your fault for not buying

Infocom's 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' text-adventure game. I bet you

don't have the cool package that is full of microscopic space ships either.



     Close your eyes, count to 20, and start reading again when everyone else

has finished.



     If you have refineries, this cheat may or may not work. Sell them off.



     Make note of the amount of money you have, and save the game. For this

purpose, let us say that you had 2437 credits.



     Exit C&C.



     Convert 2437 into hexadecimal. In this case, the conversion is 985 in

hex.

     Hexadecimal numbers in our case need to be pairs, so, add a filler digit

to pair. 09 85. If you had 4 digits already, then there is no need for a

filler.



     Make a backup of your savegame. The savegame with the most recent file

creation date is the savegame you want to edit.



     Load your savegame into your hex editor.



     Reverse your hexadecimal pairs. 85 09.



     Do a hexadecimal search for this reversed number pair.



     The first instance should appear at hex location 580h.



     Change both numbers to FF FF.



     Lather, rinse, repeat.  You may find anywhere from three to five

references. Change them all.



     If it doesn't work, too bad. Maybe God didn't want you to cheat.



     Okay, the rest of you not interested in this cheat can open your eyes

now. Hello? I said you can open your eyes.



[4-3]: How does the computer cheat?

==================================



Min He ([e-mail])

Eradicator ([e-mail])

     The computer starts out with more funds than you do.

     The computer can place units inside scenery at the start of a mission.

     The computer can rebuild gun turrets when they are destroyed without

needing to have adjacent buildings.

     The computer can build a construction yard without needing a MCV.

     The computer doesn't have to clear out SAM sites to launch an air-

strike.

     The computer may build buildings separated from other computer-owned

buildings. The computer, however, does have the restriction of placing

buildings only where they were originally.

     The computer's Orcas may attack NOD attack choppers in mid-flight.

     The computer can build harvesters immediately as long as funds are

available. (ROGER'S NOTE: cannot verify 100%)

     The computer can run guard towers and turrets without power.

     The computer can use harvesters to attack tanks and other vehicles.



[4-4]: What cheating programs are available?

================================================



See the section on third party programs for a listing.



(4-5): What are some bugs I can exploit?

===========================================



[4-5-1]: Tiberium harvesting without silos

---------------------------------------------



Mike Means ([e-mail])

     I noticed an unusual and cool money cheat for all of you people that

have problems with too much money... It works consistently with the GDI,

haven't tried it with Nod but it should work as it's in the engine not the

action... Anyhow, what the deal is that if you are getting to the top of your

refineries holding space build something that builds fast and is somewhat

expensive (For the GDI this is the Helipad...) Then once you've taken up all

of your money into building it cancel it just before completion.  You get the

credits back and you will notice that if you click on your refinery it will

be nowhere near full like it should be...Because of this trick I almost never

build silos...Also I tend to spend my money...Just call me the guy with 7

Orcas each with their helipad (Well it's faster to build a helipad than an

Orca and 300 is worth the speed and saved time Orca swapping to load them...)



*4-5-2*: Invincible units

----------------------------



Rumors of invincible units (apart from hacking) have not been confirmed.



[4-5-3]: Preventing the computer from rebuilding

---------------------------------------------------



Richard Stone ([e-mail])

     You can prevent the computer from rebuilding a structure by placing a

unit on the same square.  You can permanently prevent the computer from

rebuilding a structure by sandbagging your way to the structure, destroying

he structure, building a sandbag on the structure's square, and then sell the

sandbag.  You now "own" that square, and the computer can't rebuild from

scratch on it.  Since the computer never attacks sandbags, fences or walls

directly (though it hits them occasionally shooting at you), it's a safe way

to guard your base, or expand it.



[4-5-4]: The Reservoir Dogs strategy

---------------------------------------



Mike Means ([e-mail])

     OK, the NOD were attacking my base and something happened.  I think one

of the NOD hit another accidentally (inaccuracy with the small tanks I guess)

All of a sudden the small tank that was hit turns it's turret and first at

the other!! A fire fight ensues and some of the infantry in the area join

in!! Some for each side!!  I was wondering if anyone else had this happen or

if it was just a unit recognition bug...



Douglas McCreary ([e-mail])

     I recently finished NOD, and have seen GDI units do the same thing on

nearly every level I played.  It does seem to happen whenever one unit hits

another accidentally. (In fact, I've had to 'stop' my own units when they got

to doing this occasionally.)  Once I discovered this bug, I started

exploiting it by moving my units to the middle of enemy groups before

attacking.



*4-5-5*: The silo money cheat

---------------------------------------------

ROGER'S NOTE: This cheat only works with versions of C&C prior to 1.18



     Build a silo, and let it fill up with tiberium. When it is full, build

another silo but do not place it.  Sell the silo that is full of tiberium.

Quickly place the built silo down before the silo sell animation is over. In

return for this, you will get over a thousand credits for the tiberium in the

silo you sold, and have the tiberium you just sold transferred over to the

silo you just created.



*4-5-6*: The ultimate A-10 defense

-------------------------------------



see [5-3-8], AIRSTRIKES



*4-5-7*: Money making ala SimC&C

-----------------------------------



Oliver Schade ([e-mail])

     If you have defeat the computer except one or two buildings and your are

sure that you will win with your existing troops sell all your buildings and

attack after that the remaining buildings. You will get lots of money and a

'efficiency-rate' of 100% which will results in many points.



ROGER'S NOTE: A variation on this is to leave an enemy building standing, and

go into tiberium farm mode. With good harvester management, it is possible to

rack up a near infinite amount of money without running out of harvestable

tiberium.



*4-5-8*: Place buildings anywhere cheat

------------------------------------------



     Build a structure as normal, but instead of placing it down in your

tactical view next to an existing structure, place it down in your radar map.

Anywhere.



Tim Brutton ([e-mail]) wrote:

     I take it all back - it does work, every time. You just have to make

sure that as you move the cursor from the main screen to the map screen, that

it leaves an area of white hashing on the screen - just as it would if you

were about to build in an area. Wow. BIG bug. I guess Westwood will be

releasing a patch for this one fairly soon!



 [4-6]: Are there any hidden game elements?

=============================================



[4-6-1]: Chem. Warriors

----------------------------



Kareem Harper ([e-mail])

     There troops are much like the Flame-thrower infantry, in fact they are

the flame thrower infantry with the following exceptions:



     (1) They wear an insulated outfit that protects them from taking damage

in tiberium fields. (can walk around on the field and wont combust)



     (2) They produce a poison gas, which can wipe out whole legions of

troops



     The only way I have seen to get them so far is to find them in a box

during a two player or network game with the crates on option.  After you

find the box you will be able to produce them like normal soldiers. (ROGER'S

NOTE: Building the temple of Nod should also produce these troop.)



[4-6-2]: Visceroids

----------------------



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     It regenerates when in a tiberium field, and unlike a mammoth tank, can

regenerate to full strength from a low red condition. They are pretty slow

and don't have many hit points, but their weapon is the chemical spray.



[4-6-3]: UFO's

-----------------



Kareem Harper ([e-mail])

     Yes there are UFO's appearing throughout the game on certain stages, the

reason? "Will be explained in C&C 2" - Westwood Technical Support, Westwood

BBS



*4-6-4* Dinosaurs

--------------------

ROGER'S NOTE: Dinosaur graphics are available, but require hacking to

acquire. Andrew Griffin's CCEDIT 1.5 has the necessary tools to enable

dinosaur graphics.



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     There are 4 dinosaur units: the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor,

Stegosaurus and Triceratops. They don't seem to have any graphics apart from

their death scenes, or at least none that are easily available. There seems

to have been a 4th team (after GDI, nod and civilians), called JP (for

Jurassic Park??), in multiplayer mode. You can still move them around, but

can't see them (though they still get attacked). Their bite is great

against infantry, but useless against heavy tank armor.



--------------------------

CHAPTER [5] Defensive tips

--------------------------



[5-1]: Sandbag defense

=========================



Dave Smith ([e-mail])

     They are cheap (50 bucks) and the computer has NO IDEA how to get around

them.  It just lines up its forces at the wall, and sits there like a dummy.

I immediately build a wall between me and the other forces (don't block in

the harvester!) and it renders that side powerless.



     If the enemy base is nearby, I immediately wall THEM inside their own

base, and their harvester can't get back in (or out).  I then click on

grenadiers/flame throwers/tanks one BILLION times as I get more money rolling

in.



     After about 30 minutes, I got the US Fragging Marine Corps ready to head

into their base.



*5-2*: Building base defenses

================================



Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])

     Always use your advantage on a level. Sun Tze said, first become

invincible, then destroy your opponent's invincibility. Do so. Make a base

that can shrug off any (reasonable) attack, and assure a steady cash flow.

Once this is done, a computer opponent is lost. On most levels, doing this is

the problem, not destroying the opposing base. Against GDI, he can always

attack your base with air strikes, and you will grow to loathe the A-10's,

simply because making a base impervious to air strikes is so difficult it is

inefficient, and so your opponent can always harm you. GDI does not have this

problem, as long as they have enough guard turrets and walls. This is some of

the reason that the common guard turrets cost almost double that of the NOD

gun turrets (I think.), so that making a base impervious to ground assault

would cost too much.



-xxx-



James Hindman ([e-mail])

     OK lets see, one of my favorite strategies is for base defense. As

anyone who has used NOD knows, turrets suck against men. SO a very useful

strategy is to take either Flame tanks, or flame men and tell them to guard

the turrets. This will prevent grenadiers from getting close and thrashing

your turrets, and the turrets protect the Flame units against tanks and other

large units.



     Of course for any base defense you should build flame infantry, because

they are your best infantry defense. Build turrets, lots of turrets. They are

great against tanks and other large vehicles, don't bother with obelisks

unless you have A LOT of extra power, in case your enemy takes out one of

your power plants, it may still function.





[5-3]: Help! I'm being attacked by enemy...

=============================================



[5-3-1]: Nukes

-----------------



From [e-mail]'s web page

     Spread your base out through the use of sandbagging, all structures must

touch each other but sandbags count.  You can sell them afterwards if in the

way.



     Have excess power.  Your power plants will go down in a nuclear blast if

near impact almost all the time.  Building is outrageously slow when your

power is low.  If stuck in this situation perhaps sell off some of your

structures.



     Two weapon factories don't hurt.  Unfortunately this thing usually also

bites it in one shot.  Yes it's expensive, but it's slow to build and if your

enemy follows up a nuke with a conventional attack you may want units

churning out.



     If you can, right from the start bottle up all entrances to your

territory. Obviously some scenarios make this more or less difficult.  Avoid

putting your structures in the extreme corners.. if I was shooting a nuke

blind that's where I would go.  Ideally get some concrete walls  and advanced

guard towers going before your enemy has more than scouts to check out your

situation. Stealth tanks and recon bikes aren't going to make keeping your

base hidden easy, but I don't imagine you thought you were signing up for a

picnic.



*5-3-2*: Orcas

-----------------



     Build bazooka units. Unlike SAM sites, these are mobile, and can be

deployed anywhere. Scatter them around a bit.  Lay a bunch of them around

your harvester routes.



     If you are Nod, follow your harvesters around with stealth tanks or

recon bikes. If you are GDI, you can use rocket launchers, but they are too

easy to kill, and a smart opponent will target the escorts before attacking

the harvester.



Casper Lund ([e-mail])



     A trick: If the enemy (computer or human) sends Orcas against one of

your (fast) vehicles, and you have bazooka's/adv. guard towers/SAMs

available. Simply drive your vehicle towards one of them and circle it

manually. The Orca will follow, circling around trying to get a shot off

(they fire slowly on fast moving objects), and your SAM/tower/bazooka's will

bash away at it, usually killing it. Actually, if the opponent hasn't put his

Orca under "CTRL-control", you can tie his Orcas up pretty much by simply

driving around the map like crazy with the Orca(s) in pursuit, but this only

works if your "bait" vehicle is pretty fast! :)



[5-3-3]: SSMs

----------------



     These have very few hit points. Three choppers can take this out in one

and a half volleys, as can three stealth tanks.



[5-3-4]: Advanced guard towers

---------------------------------



     Don't send infantry against them. Use armored vehicles instead.



[5-3-5]: Transports loaded with engineers

--------------------------------------------



     Sandbag your base. Do not leave any openings where a helicopter or APC

can land.  Block entrances to your base.



[5-3-6]: Attack helicopters

------------------------------



     If you are Nod, use SAM sites against these. Bazookamen die too easily

unless they are deployed in groups of six or more, and are spread out. You

shouldn't use recon bikes as anti-attack chopper escorts. Recon bikes have a

particular weakness to the attack helicopter machine-gun.



     If you are GDI, you can send an Orca or two and destroy the attack

helicopter while it is on the pad. Even if the attack helicopter takes off,

it will still die, because the Orca has air to air capability, and will chase

the attack helicopter and keep pumping rockets up its backside.



*5-3-7*: Recon bike gangs

----------------------------



Jeff Montondon ([e-mail])

     Hrm, yup, those bikes are tough... I'd suggest using Orcas as a

kill/distraction.  When a human player stops his bikes to attack the Orcas,

run 'em over with the tanks.  When the bikes move in to kill the tanks, shoot

'em with the Orcas.  I'd also suggest some minigunners/grenadiers since the

rockets of the bikes are less effective against infantry.  APCs should also

be fairly successful, since their machine guns are more effective against

light armor than the Med. tank's cannon.  Come to think of it, I'd say use

infantry and APCs... the APCs would have to have cover by the infantry to

keep the bikes off their back, but when the bikes stop to attack one target,

run 'em over with the APC.  As for defending the base, I'd say grenadiers

backed by gun towers, and a few minigunners in back should take care of 'em

pretty quick since the bikes can't run over your infantry to get past them.



Jason West ([e-mail])

     Get a GDI APC, maybe a "pack" of equal cost to his wolf pack.  And just

run those wimpy little bikes over.  Have fun.



Richard Wesson ([e-mail])

     This is an interesting question.  I should think five medium tanks

should be able to take out eight bikes -- that is, if you could get the bikes

to sit still.  The really great thing about bikes is that they're extremely

fast;  I think they are the fastest units besides helicopters.



     The problem with controlling the bikes is that there are a lot of them.

This means that you might be able to deal with his bikes better if you could

meet them in a narrow place -- a canyon for example.  The bikes in the rear

will have trouble getting into range.



     Here's another idea, don't know if it's flaky:  Pack an APC full of

bazookas or grenadiers.  Drive a couple of such APCs up to the current focus

of the bike pack and have them unload.  Bikes have a really hard time with

infantry, as you noted.  I think this approach will at least drive him away,

or perhaps inspire him to spend more money on flame tanks, which you can try

to deal with Orcas or tanks.



     Anyhow, my opinion is that a mass of bikes can't slug it out with a mass

of tanks, $ for $.  The frustrating thing is, that the bikes will just avoid

the tanks.  So you need to get them to stand and  fight.  I think if you

start attacking his harvester, that should do it.  If he has eight or ten

bikes, build six or seven tanks, and try to use them to waylay his harvester.

He HAS to defend his harvester, pretty much; thus his bikes will come to you.

Which avoids the irritating problem of their running away.  Throw a couple of

Orcas into the melee (he can't target them while they're in the air, he can

only stop attacking and let the bikes fire on their own, which he'll be loath

to do while they're being shot at by tanks) and things should go your way

pretty definitely.



     In the meantime, send an APC full of bazookas tagging along with your

harvester.  After you do this a few times, he'll avoid attacking any

harvester that has an APC around it.  So you can save $$ some- times by using

an empty APC.  ("Do you feel lucky?")



     Tell me if it works, I can try to test it too but my usual opponent is

not a very strong player.  This should stir the broth somewhat anyhow.



     My general feeling is that (turrets aside) GDI can control any given

area, Nod is better at getting around.  If GDI can choose the battlefield,

it'll do well.



*5-3-8*: Airstrikes

----------------------



Joachim Rijsdam ([e-mail])

     One can draw away enemy a10's with only one minigunner. The AI only

attacks from left to right and from top to bottom when 'paving'; like reading

a page, really. So you just move one minigunner a little to the northwest of

your base, and viola, damage is restricted to 100 credits.



[5-4]: Suppressive fire

=========================



     There is no reason to wait for the enemy to come to you before firing.

Use the CTRL key to force your units into continuous fire mode. This works

well with area effect weapons such as artillery, flame-throwers, rocket

launchers, and grenadiers. This will intimidate a human opponent into

thinking twice before attacking, and will utterly decimate any AI opponent

who will walk blindly into the killing field.



     This is also useful to preserve the integrity of your choke points.

Build a concrete wall one square thick across the river crossing. Build two

turrets in front of this wall. Place a couple artillery units behind the

walls, and concentrate their fire at a point two squares in front of the

turrets. Because of their inaccuracy, you will end up laying a large area of

suppressive fire that will rip to shreds any infantry trying to destroy the

turrets.  Back up with bazookamen as AA support, and nothing but a very

determined attack will breakthrough.



--------------------------

CHAPTER:[6] Offensive tips

--------------------------



[6-1]: How do I destroy?

===========================



[6-1-1]: Obelisks of light

----------------------------



Lynda Myer ([e-mail])

     Nod obelisks are usually what my opponent keeps putting in to defend

their  base, but they just never learn!   Nod obelisks take so much power.

If  you can take out a power center with an Ion Blast, the entire base

usually  goes down, and you can walk right in!



Mike Mulligan ([e-mail])

     An ever better way to take out the Obelisks are the SSM units!  There

range is great then the Obelisks...they can just keep lobbing rockets on it

without being hit!  Try it, it works!  The only thing though is you have to

protect them!  It doesn't take much to kill and SSM, one recon bike can end

the bombardment really fast!  So have 2 or 3 SSM and 2 mini tanks as

guards....works great!



Douglas William Cole ([e-mail])

     (1) Air raid it if there are no SAM sites around (fat chance).

     (2) Overwhelm it with minigunners.  (It can only pick off one at a

time...  so just swamp it with guys and you'll come out on top with minimal

casualties)

     (3)  Take out the power supply.



     Whatever you do, DON'T bring any kind of armor in there.  You'll

get nowhere fast.



[6-1-2]: Flame-throwers

-------------------------



Lee Beng Hai ([e-mail])

     Use minigunners, but do not send them together... keep them separated,

usually 2 or 3 minigunners from different direction can take out a flame

thrower easily. Send them one at a time will work but you'll have more

casualties.



[6-1-3]: Gun turrets using Orcas

-----------------------------------



Casey Robinson ([e-mail])

     First, attack the turret with just one Orca, it will damage the turret,

but not so much that the computer repairs it.  Then hit it with both Orcas,

leaving it a pile of rubble.



[6-1-4]: Most vehicles without getting squashed

--------------------------------------------------



Stephan Lau ([e-mail])

     I find that when I "surround" an enemy harvester or tank with my men,

the AI usually ends up spinning the vehicle endlessly around; apparently it

doesn't have a single train of thought. So if you attack in groups, you can

"confuse" the vehicle enough so that you don't get run over. Make sure you

have some mini-gunners nearby for that annoying following infantry.



[6-1-5]: Tanks in general

---------------------------



Stephan Lau ([e-mail])

     (1) Don't take on tanks head on, use the APCs to lure them into your

killing zone;



     (2) In the kill zone, place mini-gunners up front for use the described

single attack, place grenadiers behind as a main line of defense, and have

three or four bazooka guys behind to take on the tanks;



     (3) Once the tanks gets into the zone and enemy infantry have been

mostly eliminated, surround the tanks with your grenadiers in the "circle of

death"



[6-1-6]: Flame Tanks

-----------------------



Stephan Lau ([e-mail])

     Use your Orcas against these guys to soften them up. Assign a very

expensive medium tank or two take them on; send the tank back to your repair

shop for immediate reconditioning.



[6-1-7]: Mammoth tanks

------------------------



Douglas William Cole ([e-mail])

     (1) Air strikes are always nice.

     (2) 5+ infantry guys should take a single one out easily.  DON'T

forget to keep hitting the 'X' key to scatter your troops when it gets too

close for comfort.

     (3)  Stealth tanks.  I've seen 3 do it, but use 4 or 5 to be safe.



     Mammoths actually aren't that great, they just have a lot of hit points.

Use infantry on it if you can rather than armor, though...



[6-1-8]: SAM sites

---------------------



Thenardier ([e-mail])

     Beside the Obelisk of light, the other structures which people would

most possibly like to destroy are SAM sites. SAM sites have really strong

armor and long bar of health. One strategy of taking down SAM sites is to fly

an Orca close to it. When you see the cover open, blast it with the ION

CANNON.



Zeff Yusof ([e-mail])

     Try taking out the SAMs with 4 Orcas at once, all 4 will survive. If

there are two sites within striking distance use two waves, one for each -

you'll get back unscathed.



[6-1-9]: Strong bases

------------------------



Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])

     Three tactics work.(At least.).



     One is to attack him through his harvesters. He will usually have more

than one working, and can usually get more even if you attack all you find,

so it could take some while. But eventually this will cripple him. Then you

can pick him off at leisure. But, especially early, destroying a harvester

can bring an all-out attack. Be prepared for it.



     The other tactic is to attack with an attack not designed to destroy his

base, but to cripple part of it. Stealth tanks are good at this. The

construction center is usually the first priority, then the refinery, then

the unit builders.



     Thirdly.. no base is perfect. It has a weakness. Find it, and exploit

it. A back entrance, a cliff overhang, something should be there.



[6-1-10]: Harvesters

-----------------------

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])

     While its true that when you attack a harvester the enemy sends a huge

force after you, they comprise mostly infantry so an adequate defense will

easily mop them up and pay huge dividends i.e. lots of troops lost on the

enemy side vs. few (if any) of your own. Of course, please make sure you have

adequate defenses first. Strategy works best if you are NOD (with an Obelisk

and a turret or two).



[6-2]: The spiderbase strategy

---------------------------------



Jim Varner ([e-mail])

     I developed a strategy for Dune2 I call the spider base, and it works

just fine in C&C. The concept is simple, build a sandbag wall from your base

to your opponents.  Then start building turrets right in the middle of their

base.  It is tedious and expensive, but it is sometimes the only way to

destroy the enemy in those SERIOUS wars of attrition.  You can also use your

wall to block off choke points. You see, the AI doesn't recognize walls as

targets so you can build a sandbag fort right in the middle of their base,

just have plenty of $$$ for replacement turrets though. All's fair in love

and war...  Exploit your enemies weakness...  I am NOT cheating!!!! OK, It is

cheating.



*6-3*: How do I drain the computer's funds?

==============================================



Drone ([e-mail])

     I just send a few units to bomb or shoot at the SAM sites.  Not enough

to ever destroy them but enough so the computer just repairs them until its

broke.  I'm sure a human would never fall for this.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     If playing against the computer, you take over a base and he still has

another construction site somewhere, sell the tiberium silos which he had (or

make sure that spot is vacant so he can build there again). Occasionally the

AI will build another one there, usually full of money. Send an engineer to

capture it. Repeat process. This will only work if the silos are surrounded

by his own structures, so it might be an idea not to capture the buildings

around them, if possible.



-------------------------------

CHAPTER [7]: Miscellaneous tips

-------------------------------



[7-1]: How do I sell my infantry/vehicles?

=========================================



David Hulet  ([e-mail])

      A Westwood bug that turned into a feature for us.  You can sell

infantry, vehicles and even civilians!  Build a sand bag and move the unit as

close to the sand bag as you can.  Click on the sell button.  Move the cursor

over to the sand bag. Move the twirling dollar sign as far away from the sand

bag (toward the unit) as you can without it loosing its rotating property.

while its spinning near the unit click and sell him down the river!!!!  This

is a great way to make money if you are seriously down and out and about to

get your butt kicked.  It takes a little practice to figure out, but once you

have done it the first time its simple.



JiaTyan Chen ([e-mail])

     You don't even need sandbags.  Move the unit to the left, right, or

below (I suppose above would do as well but awfully difficult to click) a

structure that you can sell.  Spin the $ from the structure to the personnel.

You know you've reach the correct pixel (from the left & right)when there's a

pop-up telling you what kind of personnel that it.

Time to sell!



Frank Wen-heh Lee ([e-mail])

     If you put the unit in the repair bay (no infantry, of course), click

sell, and move the cursor over the unit, a little green $ will appear. You

can sell the unit for half-price.



[7-2]: How do I control Orcas in mid-flight?

===========================================



     Group the Orcas. You can then select the Orcas using the group keys and

give them orders, even when they are in flight.



[7-3]: Why should I destroy villages?

========================================



[e-mail]

     Why destroy the villages as a Nod?  Cause you are thanked by not only

the screams of villagers and the sight of torched buildings as you flame

them, but you also get crates hidden in some buildings as well. (Gave me a

lot of money it did....)



[7-4]: How do I make a convoy?

=================================



Seth Hutchins ([e-mail])

     When you've got a group of units, and want them to follow one another in

a "single-file" style grouping, make use of the CONTROL+ALT key combination

like this...



 1. Send the leader towards destination.

 2. Control+Alt Click on the next unit to follow him

 3. Repeat 2 until you have your group



     This tactic can be altered to get an interesting "circling patrol"

effect out of Hummers, Buggies, and Tanks.



 1. Select a "lead" unit.

 2. Control+Alt Click the next unit.

 3. Repeat 2 until you have all but one of the units in your group.

 4. Control+Alt Click the LAST unit on the leader.



     This can annoy your opponent on the modem, and is a decent way to patrol

an area. It works well (for me) in closed spaces.



ROGER'S NOTE:  This technique can also be used to keep faster units from

traveling too quickly.  Make all the faster units 'guard' the slowest unit in

the group (e.g.- mammoth tank) and wherever you move the unit, the faster

units will follow at the same speed.



[7-5]: How do I get rid of trees?

====================================



Craig M. Kazial ([e-mail])

    You can destroy trees. However it has to be just one lone tree. In other

words, you can not destroy a clump of trees.  It is not really useful except

if you need to place port of a base at a location that the tree is at.

Usually grenadiers and rocket launchers are the best to destroy trees.



[7-6]: How do I hide under trees?

====================================



Richard Lio ([e-mail])

     Well, you can do it.  Select your unit to move past the tree.  When your

unit is under cover, hit 's' to stop the unit.  Your unit will be behind the

tree and invisible to other human eyes. :)  My friend does that often in

multi-player games.



[7-7]: How do I stop the computer from rebuilding?

=====================================================



Michael Stango ([e-mail])

     Park a vehicle on the spot where an enemy building or turret was, so it

can't be rebuilt there.



[7-8]: How do I keep my harvesters from gathering all the tiberium?

======================================================================



     Put a vehicle on a patch of tiberium. The harvester won't be able to get

to it. The tiberium patch will then regrow around it. If you have a blossom

tree, parking a vehicle is not necessary because tiberium will begin to

sprout around the tree.



*7-9*: How do I get nukes in the last Nod mission?

=====================================================



ROGER'S NOTE: There is a bug in C&C versions prior to 1.18 that disable nuke

usage regardless of what crates are picked up.



VT ([e-mail])

     To use nukes, building the Temple of Nod is not enough. You'll need to

get the crates in missions 6, 8, and 12.  You may have to capture or destroy

some of the buildings to get at the crates.



Jon Osborn ([e-mail])

     One of the crates is in the mission where you have to take over the

enemy base then destroy the base to the north of it.  The crate is in the

base. Once in the base go left to the Orca pads, then just above them is a

fence just destroy it and get the crate.



ROGER'S NOTE: The aforementioned mission is Nod mission eight. The crate on

Nod mission 12 is underneath the GDI construction yard. Blow it up, don't

capture it.



--------------------------

CHAPTER(8]: Player tactics

--------------------------



[8-1]: Hiroshima's Tactics Papers

====================================

Hiroshima ([e-mail])



[8-1-1]: GDI Tactics paper

-----------------------------



     I am working on a GDI tactics paper and I would like input on it.  I

basically outline strengths and weaknesses of each unit and good tactics to

use each unit with.



     Also I am working on a list of special-purpose battlegroups composed of

units that complement each others' strengths. In other words, for GDI

infantry, a good general-purpose squad might be composed of the following:

2 minigunners

1 grenadier

2 bazookas



     This is a versatile squad and would be able to deal with most light

vehicles and probably with a specialized squad, say a squad of all bazookas

(the minigunners would take them) or even possibly a squad of flamers.



     A light patrol/recon force might consist of a humvee followed up by a

bazooka squad.  The humvee would drive short distances and find cover for the

infantry, then would wait while they advanced, still a bit behind it.  If it

ran into opposition, say a single tank or a tank and a Nodbuggy, it would

flee back past the infantry, possibly leading the vehicles into a trap.



     A combat patrol, however, would expect to run into some opposition. You

might keep one of these within striking distance of several of your light

patrols in case they ran into something they couldn't handle.  That way, the

light patrol could attempt to delay the heavier force long enough for the

combat patrol to get there and mop up.  A combat patrol might consist of the

following:

1 humvee

1 medium tank

2 APCs, each containing a multipurpose squad.

1 rocket artillery



     I think that having standardized units would allow you to tailor your

production according to certain standard force-size goals, i.e. I might want

ten multipurpose squads, four patrol squads, et cetera.  This standardization

would allow you to incorporate smaller attack forces into specific roles in a

major assault.



     In other words, I might have an assault consisting of the following:

Outer pincers/advance forces, one forward-right of the main force, one

forward left:

(actually each of these might be a combat patrol force).



     Each jaw of the pincer would be directed to take out an enemy turret to

give the main force less flanking fire.



     The spearhead would consist of two mammoth tanks each flanked by an

echelon of three medium tanks.  This would direct the brunt of enemy fire at

the mammoth tanks.  Mammoth tanks can take a lot and two of them will

probably at the very least break a wall, allowing the medium tanks to get in

there.



     Meanwhile, the third wave, perhaps five rocket artillery, would be

providing fire support for the spearhead.  The rocket arty would not

penetrate but would form a firing line outside the walls, starting in on the

enemy buildings.  The tanks would now begin taking out specific targets.  If

the opponent had a Nod obelisk, I'd avoid hitting that and instead

concentrate on silos and powerplants.  Without silos, he has no money, and if

you only knock out a few powerplants, the obelisk is going to be draining his

powergrid.  SAM sites would also be prime targets.



     The fourth wave would consist of APCs with multipurpose squads and

engineer units.  The APCs would disgorge infantry and would begin mopping up.



     This is all very neat and dandy, but it would not be easy to assemble

this kind of force all at once and run it all the way from your base.  That's

why I like the idea of a modular attack force that is composed of other

forces as it approaches the base, like a river gains strength from its

tributaries.



[8-1-2]: Nod Tactics paper

-----------------------------

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[8-2]: Blue Aardvark's Anti-Crummy AI Tactics

================================================



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

     Punch a hole in their wall where they aren't expecting it. They won't

react unless you attack buildings, and you can waltz through, and they still

won't react until you open fire (N.B. Turrets will!)



     Go up on a hill behind or beside the enemy base (every other enemy base

has one that isn't guarded very well)



     APC engineer assaults.

     Load up your APC, and have two Hummers ready. Select a safe forward

staging post to meet the squad up. If you haven't got recon on their

perimeter defenses, do that now, but DON'T attract enemy attention to the

massed armor, cos they'll die. Group all of the units together, and send the

APC in AFTER the Hummers, straight through the main gate, or a hole in the

wall (much preferred) if you made one.



     Don't worry about:

     Light tanks, troops (except flame-throwers and minigunners close to the

engineers final objective - run them over if you can)



     Do worry a bit about:

     Gun turrets, obelisk tips - the Hummers are there as a sacrifice, and

the APC can (just) survive one Obelisk hit!



     Hopefully if and when your APC dies, you'll have got close enough so

they can't fire again on the engineer.



Do worry a lot about:

     Flame tanks and artillery, and I suppose stealth tanks (never faced them

defensively), near the objective.



     All of these eat APCs and engineers for breakfast. If possible, go for

another objective, or abort the mission until you can draw them out or

confuse them.



     Targets:



     (1) VITAL to take out the construction yard, first, or any captured

buildings can just be rebuilt. He will *NOT* be running out of money at this

stage (if he is, why aren't you doing a mass assault??)  He ISN'T restrained

by building coherency rules on later levels (can build anywhere he did build)



     (2) Vehicle yard (he's still got money, remember, so not much use in

removing his spice yard just yet, cos he'll have enough for loads of

vehicles.



     (3) Refinery (hurt him bad, but remember he's got a huge strategic

reserve of cash). This is good for money, especially if there's a harvester

in it at the time



     (4) Hand of Nod. These are VERY difficult to actually get an engineer

close to, but worth it. Capture it and churn out a couple of flame-throwers

to hold it for a bit.



     (5) Power Plants / Spice silos / whatever else

     Take 'em for money. Easier and cheaper to blow em up, but shutting down

obelisk power can be useful.



     Interesting things to try:



     Draw 'em out: Send a recon unit inside the base, shoot someone and run

out. He will follow you to his doom.



     Lead enemy troopers across tiberium field, they will follow in droves

and die.



     The Nod base, on every level has at least one tactical weak point.

Things to look out for:

     (1) Wide entrances - unguarded or with no turret guards.

     (2) Hills to the side or rear of the base that can be used for assaults

without being directly hit with base defenses.

     (3) Weak spots where there are no defenses round a wall

     (4) Having two bases, one big and well defended the other not. Take over

the one that isn't well defended, and built some advanced guard towers to

defend. This will really annoy them

     (5) Harvesters going a long way from home - blow them up, and more will

be built. If you can get them every time, then they will continue to waste

their money!



     Retaliation: Sometimes after a successful engineer raid or limited

attack, they will retaliate by going after your harvester. Make sure they

don't get this chance by keeping the harvester in the base following a

limited attack, or light tanks will hunt it down



     Tiberium field guarding: Often, the enemy will send rocket troops or

tanks to guard spice fields. Sometimes, the troops will keep dying trying to

get to the tiberium field, and they will be replaced indefinitely.



---------------------------

CHAPTER[9]: Confucius say:

---------------------------



[9-1]: Who the heck is Confucius?

====================================



     A Chinese philosopher who lived and died a very long time ago. His most

famous philosophy is 'Don't do to others what you wouldn't want done to you.'

His philosophy was one of passivity and inaction. People who follow

Confucianism are called Confucianists. For some reason, lots of fortunes on

those cheap cookies that come with my Chinese food are attributed to him.



     Confucius wouldn't have cared much for C&C. Therefore, I am not a

Confucianist.



[9-2]: Words to live and die by

==================================



Casey Robinson ([e-mail])

     Don't do the same thing 30 times in a row, have it fail every time, and

not change plans.  It doesn't work.



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

      Recon is like sex. When it's good, it's VERY good, but when it's bad,

it's better than nothing.



[incomplete]



[9-3]: What are Murphy's Laws of Combat?

==========================================



     If the enemy is in range, so are you.

     Incoming fire has the right of way.

     Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire.

     There is always a way.

     The easy way is always mined.

     Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.

     The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions:

       a. when you're ready for them.

       b. when you're not ready for them.

     Teamwork is essential, it gives them someone else to shoot at.

     The enemy diversion you have been ignoring will be the main attack.

     If your attack is going well, you have walked into an ambush.

     Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you.

     Anything you do can get you shot, including nothing.

     Make it tough enough for the enemy to get in and you won't be able to

       get out.

     Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself.

     If you're short of everything but the enemy, you're in a combat zone.

     When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy.

     Never forget that your weapon is made by the lowest bidder.

     Friendly fire isn't.

     If the sergeant can see you, so can the enemy.

     Remember, a retreating enemy is probably just falling back and

       regrouping.

     If at first you don't succeed call in an air-strike.

     Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.

     The enemy never watches until you make a mistake.

     One enemy soldier is never enough, but two is entirely too many.

     The more a weapon costs, the farther you will have to send it away to be

       repaired.

     Field experience is something you don't get until just after you need

       it.

     No matter which way you have to march, its always uphill.

     The one item you need is always in short supply.

     Airstrikes always overshoot the target, artillery always falls short.

     When you have sufficient supplies & ammo, the enemy takes 2 weeks to

       attack. When you are low on supplies & ammo the enemy decides to

       attack that night.

     Suppressive fires - won't.

     If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.

     When in doubt empty the magazine.

     No plan survives the first contact, intact.

     If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short.

     The important things are always simple.

     The simple things are always hard.

     Beer Math -> 2 beers time 37 men equals 49 cases.

     Body count math -> 3 guerrillas plus 1 probable plus 2 pigs equals 37

       enemies killed in action.

     Tracers work both ways.

     The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming

       friendly fire.

     If you take more than your share of objectives, you will have more than

       your fair share to take.

     When both sides are convinced they are about to lose, they're both

       right.



[9-4]: What music should I listen to when playing?

=====================================================



Van Halen, of course. What a silly question. Geesh.



I hear rumors of some sickos listening to Stuck In The Middle With You. These

are the same people who quote Reservoir Dogs at every opportunity.



*9-5* Short stories from the C&C world

=========================================



Vegard Vavik ([e-mail])

     Argh. The units in C&C can be _so_stupid_!!! I was playing Nod level 1-

something, and I was currently holding a bridge. I was under heavy attack by

infantry, and I wanted some flame-infantry to cross the bridge and take them

out

     This happens: The three flamers I give order to cross the bridge, begins

to move around my wounded tanks+artillery that is holding the bridge at my

side. I look away from a moment, but suddenly I hear the "whoosh" from

flamers flaming. I hurry back, and what do I see? A tree. They are flaming a

tree that is in their way. Instead of going around it, they are attacking it.

Before I manage to react, one of the flamers flame one of the other guys,

which explodes. This ignites the tree, which then removes the rest of my

flamers. Their explosions take out *two* of my wounded artillery which was

right next to them; these explode and take out some other flamers, which also

explodes and removes my only bazookamen. The enemy walks laughing into my

base.



     Westwood... *Why, oh why is this*???



------------------------------

CHAPTER [10]: Technical Issues

------------------------------



*10-1*: What determines my score?

====================================



Craig M. Kazial ([e-mail])

     Leadership is based on the number of units killed. Efficiency on ending

cash (note, not the same as cash used).



     Time taken does NOT enter into final score and is only for your

information. GDI scores the above two [L+E] higher when determining final

score.



     Nod emphasizes simply accomplishing the mission (in other words, the L+E

do not factor in much)... Terrorist style "who cares about the cost".



     Final score ONLY impacts how much cash is brought forward as a

percentage ranging from a fixed minimum (enough to get started) to a max.

allowable, so players can't become an unstoppable cash machine. Some

scenarios zero-out score and all past cash allocation info is lost.



*10-2*: What is the CONQUER.INI file?

========================================



     The CONQUER.INI file sits on your hard disk in your C&C directory, and

supplies C&C with startup values for various configuration items. Most of

these startup values can be changed within C&C, but there are some that are

only available by editing the file directly using a text editor.



Robert J. Trembley ([e-mail])

     deathannounce

      Default = 0

      If set to 1, each time a GDI or NOD unit is lost, the female

computer voice will state "GDI (or NOD) unit lost". It gets old kinda fast,

and I rather prefer the screams...



Alan Schneider ([e-mail])

     Last night we found a new feature (?) in C&C. Editing the CONQUER.INI

file .... and under the multiplayer section, change side=1 to side=3.



     What this apparently does, is allow both GDI and NOD to build EQUALLY,

i.e.- NOD can build medium tanks (by first building a GDI Factory) and GDI

can build NOD bikes (by first building an Airport)



*10-3*: KALI related issues

==============================

see also [15-3] KALI C&C SERVERS

You can find out more about KALI at www.axxis.com.



Nemesh ([e-mail])

    If you are planning on playing a lot of C&C over the net, you should

try to get the latest copy of KALI.  At this point, kali1.2e is out, and is

an INCREDIBLE improvement over 1.1g.  Everything is much faster, and the game

almost never locks up.  Check it out if you can (talk to someone on one of

the servers...the kali.exe is around.)



-xxx-



Stephen Vakil ([e-mail])

     I finally got C&C (and KALI in general) to work...

     I'd like to say that when people were asking why it wasn't working, it

wasn't very informative for people to say "it's a known bug.." without saying

_what_ is a known bug.  Basically, from what I can see, using any sort of

slip tsr derived from the 16550 one will not work.  It would cause frequent

crashes on C&C, sometimes a reboot.  I got pppshare from kali.jedi.net and

got that to work, and that worked through 3 games of C&C and 1/2 hour of

descent.



-xxx-



Jet ([e-mail])

            KALI

            in Windows 95

Are you:



- Ripping out your hair trying to get it to work???

- Ready to punch your computer monitor???

- About to grab your PC and throw it across the room???

- Seriously thinking of snapping the C&C disks in 1/2???

- Pissed off at how DOS conventional memory works?

- Thinking the authors of these software programs are a**holes?

!!!ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

<*sigh*>

Don't do it... please... Everything can work. Just read this:



Command & Conquer will work beautifully in Windows 95... and if you want to

play it over the Internet, get KALI or ihhd(they will work great if you set

them up right)



I have a 486/66 16 megs of ram with a 2meg video card, and this is how I got

it all to run in Windows 95:



 Making Command & Conquer run in Windows 95



0. make sure you have emm386.exe noems running in your config.sys

    make sure there are NO numbers after noems



1. Create an icon that shortcut's to C&C's RUNGAME.EXE file

    a. Start Explorer

    b. find RUNGAME.EXE

    c. Right click on it and left click on Copy

    d. Goto your desktop and right click and left click on Paste Shortcut

    e. Click on the icon. Then click on the text "Shortcut to Rungame"

      Type what you want it to be and hit enter.



2. Edit the C&C.EXE program properties

    a. Start Explorer

    b. find C&C.EXE

    c. right click on it

    d. choose Properties...

    e. click on the PROGRAM tab

    i. click on the Advanced... button

    ii. make sure MS-DOS mode is not checked

    iii. make sure Prevent MS-DOS-based programs from

       detecting Windows IS NOT checked.

    iv. Make sure NOTHING at all is checked.

    v. click on Ok

    f. click on the MEMORY tab

    i. make sure everything is auto

    ii. make sure Conventional memory is Protected

    iii. make sure Uses HMA is checked

    g. click on the SCREEN tab

    i. Usage = Window / Initial size=default

    ii. Make sure both setting in Window are checked

    iii. Make sure Fast ROM emulation is checked.

    iv. Make sure Dynamic memory allocation IS NOT checked.

    h. click on the MISC tab

    i. Uncheck everything except for the Windows shortcut keys

    ii. Idle sensitivity slider should be all the way Low.

    i. Click on OK



3. Goto the Control Panel

    a. Click on the Start Menu

    b. Choose Setting

    c. Click on Control Panel

    d. Double click on System

    e. Click on the Performance Tab

    i. click on the File System tab

    ii. click on the CD-ROM tab

       a. Set Supplemental cache size to Large

       b. Optimize access pattern for : Whatever speed your CD-ROM is

       c. Click on OK

    iii. Click on OK

    f. Close Control panel and reboot if it says to do so.



4. Double click on the icon you created on your desktop.



5. Play Command & Conquer!



If it doesn't work, read the error messages. Modify your config.sys or

autoexec.bat file. Search around in control panel and experiment. It's not

working because you have something that isn't set optimally... not because

Command & Conquer or Windows 95 "sux". Your settings suck, that's all there

is to it. Learn how to set up your system. Learn how to CONTROL your system.





Using Command & Conquer with KALI!



0. Set up KALI (you're on your own here, I'm not the KALI expert)

    a. Create a batch file that executes the dialer. Call this DIAL.BAT



1. Create and icon that shortcut's to your ppp or slip dialer.

    a. Right click on your desktop and choose New and click on Shortcut

    b. In the Command line, enter C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM

      and click on Next

    c. For the name, put Kali Session (DOS)

    d. Click on Finish



2. Edit the Icon's Properties.

    a. Right click on the new icon you created and click on Properties

    b. click on the PROGRAM tab

    i. Change the Working to whatever directory you keep Kali in

       For example: Working: C:/Kali

    ii. Change batch file to DIAL.BAT

    iii. Click on Advanced...

    iv. Make sure NOTHING is checked here

    v. Click on OK.

    c. click on the MEMORY tab

    i. make sure everything is auto except for Initial Environment

      Make Initial Environment = 1024

    ii. make sure Conventional memory is NOT Protected

    iii. make sure Uses HMA is checked

    d. click on the SCREEN tab

    i. Usage = Window / Initial size=default

    ii. Make sure both setting in Window are checked

    iii. Make sure Fast ROM emulation is checked.

    iv. Make sure Dynamic memory allocation IS NOT checked.

    e. click on the MISC tab

    i. Uncheck everything except for the Windows shortcut keys

    ii. Idle sensitivity slider should be all the way Low.

    f. Click on OK



3. Double click on your new icon and you should be able to connect

    to a Kali server and run C&C. Make the Window FULL SCREEN

    to speed things up.



If it doesn't work, try to figure out where you have a conflict or error. I

spent days tweaking my system to get my programs to work. I have never said

"Windows 95 sucks". Instead I say damn!!! I need to figure out how this thing

works and configure it right! I wish I had more time, then I'd be able to get

all my DOS games to work with Windows 95.



Problems occur for a reason... and more than likely it isn't because "such &

such sux!" Everybody's machine is different.. different hardware, different

controllers, different amounts of ram... video modes, etc...



I have helped many people successfully get their C&C and KALI working in

Windows 95, and I am tired of trying to think of what is wrong with the other

person's machine... especially when they are on the other side of the world

and we are communicating through email or on the irc.



Like I said, I have spent days tweaking (playing around with configurations

and rebooting a million times) my system to get C&C to work with KALI.



If this Document doesn't help you, you need to spend some time figuring

things out on your own or you'll never learn.



Hope this helps,

[e-mail]

http://www.aloha.com/~jet



*10-4* How can run C&C off my hard disk?

===========================================



ROGER'S NOTE: I wasn't sure whether or not to include this, but since there

are plenty of legitimate reasons why you would want to do this, and because

it's a frequently asked question, I have.



Running C&C off the HD:

     step 1: install C&C like normal

     step 2: copy all the files from the root directory of the CD-ROM into

the

         directory you just installed C&C into.

     step 3: now copy the general.mix file from the other CD-ROM into this

         directory as well (rename the first one before doing this).

     step 4: before playing C&C, make sure you have the general.mix file

         representing which side you want to play (I use gdi.mix and

         nod.mix as the filenames and rename one to general.mix

         depending on which side I want to play).

** step 5: **

     Instead of typing C&C to start, type in C&C -cd<path> where path is the

full path to the C& directory. ie.- If you installed C&C to c:\games\c&c,

start the program by typing in:

     c&c -cdc:\games\c&c

Notice that there is no space.



You no longer have to have the CD-ROM loaded to play c&c. This takes up a

little under 30M if you omit the video and music files.



==================================

-SECTION THREE- MISSION STRATEGIES

==================================



-------------------------------------

CHAPTER [11]: What is a mission tree?

-------------------------------------



     When playing C&C, sometimes you will be given a choice of countries to

fight over. The hierarchical listing of these choices and the possible paths

one may take is described as the mission tree.



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     About the mission path, it seems that (for some countries), if there are

multiple arrows into the same country, clicking on a different arrow will

bring a different map layout.



     If you look at the option screen (press ESC from the game), above the

version number is a group of numbers that represents which mission this is.



[11-1]: GDI mission tree

===========================



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])



       [4EA][5EA]                                        [15EA]

[1][2][3EA][4WA][5EB][6][7][8EA][9][10EA][11][12EA][13EA][14][15EB]

      [3EB][4WB][5WA]  \---[8EB]   [10EB]    [12EB][13EB]    [15EC]

        [5WB]





[11-2]: Nod mission tree

===========================



Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])



               [6EA][7EA]                            [13EA]

[1EA][2EA][3EA][4EA][5][6EB][7EB][8EA][9EA][10EA][11EA][12EA][13EB]

[1EB][2EB][3EB][4EB]   [6EC][7EC][8EB][9EB][10EB][11EB][12EB][13EC]





-------------------------------------------

CHAPTER [12]: I'm stumped! Can you help me?

-------------------------------------------



[12-1]: GDI missions

=======================



[12-1-1]: GDI Mission 1, Estonia

-----------------------------------

Objective:  Use the units provided to protect the Mobile Construction

Vehicle. (MCV) You should then deploy the MCV by double clicking on it. Then

you can begin to build up a base. Start with a Power Plant. Finally, search

out and destroy all enemy Nod units in the surrounding area.



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[12-1-2]: GDI Mission 2, Estonia

----------------------------------

Objective:  Defend your position, deploy the MCV, then build a sizable force

to search out and destroy the Nod base in the area. All Nod units and

structures must be either destroyed or captured to complete objective.



     Build the MCV next to the barracks. Build a power station. Build a 2nd

barracks. Crank out 20 to 30 minigunners. Group the minigunners into groups

of ten. Scout the surrounding area using one of your hummers, but do not

engage the enemy.  If you come across soldiers, run your vehicle to your

infantrymen to drag the enemy into an ambush.



     When attacking the base, it is best to form a two pronged attack. Have

1/3 your men attack from the west, and 2/3s of your men attack from the

south.  Move your engineers behind your main force. Have them capture the

construction unit, the refinery, and the powerplant.



     Do not capture the refinery until the enemy harvester has returned to

unload. This way, you capture the harvester as well.



     Destroy the remaining structures save for one tiberium silo. Build two

more tiberium refineries, and tiberium silos as needed. You want to harvest

the map clean of tiberium. Once all the tiberium is harvested, sell all the

buildings for cash, and destroy the last remaining silo to finish the

mission. You should end the mission with over 20,000 credits.  Half of these

funds will transfer to the next mission.



[12-1-3ea]: GDI Mission 3ea, Latvia

---------------------------------

Objective:  Build up forces to destroy Nod base. Once all Nod SAM sites are

neutralized then air support will be provided to combat obstacles such as

turrets. Destroy all units and structures to complete the mission objective.



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[12-1-3eb]: GDI Mission 3eb, Latvia

--------------------------------------

Objective: Same as previous



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[12-1-4ea]: GDI Mission 4ea, Belarus

-------------------------------------

Objective:  Nod has captured classified GDI property. You must find and

retrieve the stolen equipment. It is being transported in a shipping create.

Use the new APC to strategically transport infantry through Nod forces.



Mark Willoughby  ([e-mail]):

:On the left of screen, there is a sea, but no Construct.Yard machine...

:Then Nods comes and kills me, I've got only 2 APC, 4 grenadiers and

:machinegunners. When reinforcements will come ?



     Explore in one turn, scrap the mission and start again.



     Load up the APCs and sprint for the base. De-bus south of the river, and

try to take out the tank and the troopers. Once this force gets trashed, use

the reinforcements to mop up the rest of the troops, and steal the crate

back.



     Take advantage of the extra range the APCs have to avoid the Nod troops

where possible. Hopefully once you get trashed in the first attack, the

Noddies try to launch a counter attack which you sidestep, and fulfill your

mission.



     Not too much fun this mission IMO. Although I did use this quick and

dirty strategy.



Lemming ([e-mail]):

     I didn't unload my APC at all. Just loaded 'em up, and run like hell to

the Nod base, tag the carton, and that's it.





[12-1-4wa]: GDI Mission 4wa, Belarus

---------------------------------------

Objective: Same as previous



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[12-1-4wb]: GDI Mission 4wb, Poland

--------------------------------------

Objective:  Nod is moving to capture and hold a civilian town. Your mission

is to reach the town first and hold off invading Nod units until GDI

reinforcements can arrive. All invading Nod units must be destroyed.



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[12-1-5ea]: GDI Mission 5ea, Germany

---------------------------------------

Objective: A GDI field base is under attack. They have fended off one attack

but will not survive another. Move to the base, repair the structures and

then launch a strike force to destroy the Nod base in the area. Destroy all

Nod units and structures.



James Chiu ([e-mail])

Harry F. Harrison ([e-mail])

:Level 5:  What a pain in the $#$#! to finish.  I thought it was standard

:Dune defense, then offense strategy, but the computer comes with waves

:at you.  Try this: blockade your right entrance (to your camp) with

:4+ turrets (should be sufficient, as computer rarely sends tanks to



     If you build near the hills, they only have a small opening to attack

you with. You can get away with 2 turrets.



     One of the first things I build is a second harvester in this mission. I

am usually able to do it just as the first patch of tiberium is gone.  By the

time I am ready to attack, I will have 4 harvesters going, with one about

dead. :)



:hat you have to destroy the buildings AND all of the units.  I thought

:of an interesting solution.  I send a Hum-Vee through the "middle" of

:the camp, which bore a path through it.  Then I followed this with a

:very fast APC containing two engineers and some grenadiers.  Target two

:important structures next to each other: the construction yard and

:the refinery.  Without a refinery, no Tiberium, without a construction



     Go in from the upper right side, you can capture the hand of Nod very

easily there.  Engineers are very useful, I was able to take over all the

enemy buildings, a great plus when getting the silos.



[12-1-5eb]: GDI Mission 5eb, Germany

---------------------------------------

Objective: Same as previous



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[12-1-5wa]: GDI Mission 5wa, Germany

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Objective: Same as previous



See [12-1-5ea].



[12-1-5wb]: GDI Mission 5wb, Germany

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Objective: Same as previous



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*12-1-6*: GDI Mission 6, Czech Republic

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Objective:  Use a GDI Commando to infiltrate the Nod base. **** ** destroy

the ******** so that the base is incapacitated. Get in, hit it, and get the

**** out.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     Easiest way I found to do this (and it was very easy!) is after the

Chinook arrives, land to the left of the village/flare. With the commando,

march him up and left in the pass, so you enter the base from the left. The

AI should start sending many troops to attack the Chinook, and your commando

will probably get hassled by a light tank or Nod buggy. There is one SAM site

southwest of the base by itself; get your commando to take it out, then send

the Chinook in to pick him up, and drop him off inside, to the left of the

base (the chopper can just withstand two shots from the one SAM site in the

southwest corner of the base). Run up and right, and blow up the airstrip.



Matt Ho ([e-mail])

     Take out the SAM site on the island to get your transport off.  Have the

commando run around the edge of the map and take out the infantry and SAM

sites on the edge.  Bring your transport to your commando by following the

path that the commando made.  Send your commando at the base.  A ton of

troops will start pouring out.  Pick off the lead infantry to give yourself

more time and then run like Hades.  The tanks and buggies should come out

to chase you.  Send the transport in to extract you.



     Once you're airborne, fly into the enemy base toward the top edge.  A

SAM will probably peg your transport a few times ... ignore it and go on ...

Drop the dude down and have him dash for the airstrip (or whatever it was ...

I forget) and nuke it.



David Hulet ([e-mail])

     It's best to work north then east once you cross the river in your

transport chopper.  Jumping from location to location in the chopper also

works well to confuse the patrolling buggies.  Once in the base what ever

building you take out will not be there for the cleanup mission.  It's best

to take out the tiberium refinery.  AI does not rebuild and

so Nod runs out of money quickly!



[12-1-7]: GDI Mission 7, Czech Republic

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Objective:  Previous mission objective not complete. Airfield was to be

targeted. New objective: Build up a base and Destroy remaining Nod structures

and units. Reinforcements will be provided.



Rick Murray ([e-mail])

     Once reinforcements land, proceed due north, continue past the first

tiberium. You will find another field. Establish your base just south of the

field. Build guard towers(mostly on the north side of the base) and hoard

your forces on the south side of base. The towers will handle most all that

the NOD will send your way. You will need to destroy the gun turret, which

can be found by following the northernmost boundary. After you have destroyed

the turret, use what ever you have left to attack the north wall of the NOD

base. The purpose at this point is just to open up an easier route of attack.



     After building a considerable amount of forces, I used 6 tanks, 5 APCs

mostly with grenadiers, 4 Hummers, and about twenty grenadiers on foot. Stage

your forces north of the tiberium field which is to the east of the base.

Send in the Hummers first. Set two outside and just north of the main

entrance to the base and the other two. Use the hole you made in the wall and

send to the center of the base mostly as a diversion of sorts. Do not

immediately attack the Hand of Nod. Time it out where the tanks and APCs

follow the Hummers through the hole. Dispatch two APCs and foot soldiers to

dispatch the tanks within the compound( your route of entry leads directly to

their parking area). Send the rest of your force on around north and attack

the airfield and power plants in this area. This strategy seems to reduce the

amount of resistance encountered while attacking this base.



[12-1-8ea]: GDI Mission 8ea, Austria

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Objective:  UN Sanction has cut funding to the Global Defense Initiative.

Field Units are helpless. Use the repair facility to keep your units in the

field long enough to destroy the Nod base in this region. All Nod units and

structures must be destroyed.



Tim Hardy ([e-mail])

     If this is the mission I am thinking about, I found a technique that is

extremely effective and easy, and I haven't heard it mentioned yet.  If you

clear out the meager troops straight above the base, then all the way to the

top and over to the left, you'll find a cliff overlooking the Nod base

(you'll also be able to kill most of the SAM sites).  From this cliff your

rocket launchers can pound the heck out of his airfield, several silos, and

the Hand of Nod, as well as the infantry he tries to mass there.  The cool

thing is he never figures out how to get to your rocket launchers.  You can

kill every single one of his mobile forces and ability to produce mobile

forces without losing any of your units.  Then can just walk in the base with

bells on.



Jason Thomas ([e-mail])

     That's the same thing I did.  I think the AI wants to stay close to home

because its base is under attack, but once you destroy the airstrip, no more

vehicles.  Once it's all gone, you can leave one rocket vehicle up there and

about ten bazooka guys, and just blast the crap out of anything that gets

built as it's coming up. Also humvees are pretty good against infantry so you

can keep one of those up there to provide machine-gun support.  I wasted

about 3 hours playing this mission and dying, before I discovered this

technique.  In Aikido and other "soft" martial arts, there's a principle of

never meeting force with force.  In other words, when the enemy attacks, you

should let your forces fall back a bit to surround and absorb.  In attack,

don't keep hammering a strong point, but use recon to find enemy weak points

and then strike hard.  It's a lot easier in the long run than just throwing

cannon fodder into the meatgrinder.



*12-1-8eb*: GDI Mission 8eb, Slovakia

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Objective:  Dr. Moebius is establishing a Hospital to treat the civilians in

the region who are falling ill due to exposure to Tiberium. Protect Moebius

and the civilians. Eliminate Nod presence in the area.



     Move all units to the southwest. The village is there. There are large

tiberium fields to the northeast and northwest that you can mine. Build MCV

in the clearing north of village, past the bridge.



     Build sandbags around the blossom tree in the village to keep the Nod

paratroopers from wrecking havoc.  Also sandbag off the eastern bridge

entrance to the village. Paratroopers land there also.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     You might have to blow up some of the tiberium (with the rocket

launchers) to the east of the village, since a couple of the stupid civilians

tend to wander off into that area and commit suicide. Make sure to repair

your rocket launchers regularly in this mission, as you can't build them.



[12-1-9]: GDI Mission 9, Hungary

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Objective:  Take out Nod turrets along shore so Gunboats can move in safely

on the Nod base. The Nod base must be destroyed. If gunboats can get in, they

should be able to destroy the base with no difficulty. Keep an eye out for

the new weapon Nod is rumored to be working on.



Dave Glue ([e-mail])

     In mission 10 (the one with the first appearance of the laser obelisk),

I beat their base by basically using 4 humvee's and 2 APCs of engineers.  I

used two hum-vee's to map their base, then used 2 more and filled 2 APCs with

3 engineers each.  The 2 humvees went in first and drew the enemy away, and

when they would out of line I drove my APCs in, unloaded the engineer's and

took their airstrip, construction site, and sold some silo's for my own

profit, as well as providing some infantry to keep tanks and other guys busy.

Then I started making a mass of gun turrets and destroyed their own base from

the inside out.



     Engineer's and APCs boys, and hum-vee's for their speed and ability to

attract the enemy.  That's the secret.  Then again, we'll see what happens in

mission 12.



[12-1-10ea]: GDI Mission 10ea, Slovenia

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Objective:  UN funding has been re-established. You now have access to a new

aircraft, the Orca. This unit is to be used to scout out the immediate area.

Destroy all Nod presence in this region.



Dan Nguyen ([e-mail])

     First deploy your construction yard a little in the southwestern area

(not too close to the turret). Quickly sandbag the little opening between the

plateaus...this will seal off 80% of the attacks.



     Start building, and deploy every building you have to the eastern

direction as to get closer to the huge tiberium field.  Send your humvee to

find all the turrets and send your grenadiers to destroy them.  After

creating a fairly stable base near the tiberium field, sell your refinery

when the harvester isn't in it, and make sure you have enough to rebuild it.

Do this three or so times so you can roll in the tiberium.



     Send a humvee to explore everywhere else, and soon you'll encounter the

enemy base.  Send your Orcas to attack the turrets that block your path, and

then attack the base to reveal the SAM sites.  Send a couple humvees to scout

the interior of the base...to locate any other SAM sites (there is a total of

4or5 in this mission) and any other targets.  Build an APC or just send 10-15

grenadiers to take out the *northern* turrets of the base (Watch out for the

obelisk), and the SAM site that is at the northeastern end.  Build about as

many Orcas and helipads as you can...forget about vehicle factories (DO build

a comm. center and repair building), and attack the SAM sites.



     Here is a strategy to kill the SAM sites easily. Use the CTRL-# combo to

make two groups of 4 Orcas.  Send them both in to attack a SAM site.  Once

the SAM site takes a pot shot at an Orca, send the group that the wounded

Orca away (Wait as long as possible so you can get more hits)...the other

group will continue pounding away. If you do this, you will only have one

half-wounded Orca.  There are two/three SAM sites in the base...and two on

the southern plateau. The SAM sites in the base won't be rebuilt, but the

ones on the plateau will...so as soon as you destroy the SAMs on the plateau,

land an Orca there to prevent it from rebuilding.  As soon as you destroy the

SAM sites...use the Airstrike along with your Orcas to demolish the

Construction center.  From then on, just send in your Orca teams to level the

base with no casualties.



     You will have a problem with money, since you are building many Orcas.

Once your field gets used up, use the tiberium field near the town as your

source...since it takes so long to get there, your income will be small...so

conserve money the best you can.



Robert "Crash" Cullen ([e-mail])

     I think this mission is the most fun of the entire bunch.  Pretty easy

too. Start by securing your location in the upper left hand corner.  Get your

power station, barracks and refinery up ASAP.  Produce a few grenadiers, and

bazookas, and take out the NOD forces on the ledge behind you.  Good job.

Now put them on guard duty.  Get three guard towers up to guard the left

pass.  Build a weapon factory, and repair bay, then the Comm. station.  Keep

building grenades and bazookas for guard duty.  You should be mining the

tiberium out of the upper right hand corner of the map.



     By this time, you should have the upper third of the map under your

control. Build a second harvester.  Now you are ready to build a second power

station and 4 helipads.  Add a bit of sand, and guard with 3 towers on the

right pass.



     Position secure, let's go find George and Gracie.  Produce 2 Hummers and

explore like crazy.  Once you have two thirds of the map explored, start

sending the choppers to take out the turrets.  Stay away from the lower third

of the map with the choppers, or you'll get waxed by SAMs.  Explore as much

of the NOD base, (lower third) as possible with the hummers.  Your hummers

won't survive, but hey, you're over it.  Besides, revenge is just around the

corner.



     By this time, you should control 2 thirds of the map.   Cool.   Now the

fun begins.  Start building tanks.  Lots of them.  20 in all.  Your Tiberium

is probably running out in the upper right hand corner, so start harvesting

out of the lower left side.  With your 20 tanks, take the left pass down.

You will need to stop short and regroup.  Stopping at the 2/3 point worked

for me.  Now move the group to the lower left hand corner.  The reason for

stopping and regrouping is simple.  Moving down that pass strings your forces

out like a bunch of Christmas tree lights.   If you were to move into the

base one at a time, you wouldn't stand a chance.  Especially against that

Obelisk.



     Now you have a group of tanks across from the NOD base.  Don't just sit

there....ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!  Move the group in and take out that Obelisk

first.



     Next, move the group all the way to the right and take out the

construction yard.  Next the airfield, and finally the Hand of NOD.  Now lets

pillage this village.  The nice thing about so many tanks in such a small

area, is that the soldiers have nowhere to run.  It's splat city everywhere

you turn, and I suggest you turn a lot.  Blow up everything in sight.  Don't

even think about engineers or taking over buildings in this one.  Game over,

You've won.  Now wasn't that more fun than listening to Black Sabbath at

78???



[12-1-10eb]: GDI Mission 10eb, Romania

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Objective: Same as previous



see [12-1-10ea].



[12-1-11]: GDI Mission 11, Greece

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Objective:  Intelligence operative, code-name Delphi, has info on Kane and a

new bio-research laboratory. After landing on the beach here in Corinth move

north to make contact with him. Nod will attempt to stop you. You must reach

Delphi!



Bill Seurer ([e-mail])

     First, immediately follow the coast to the right.  Ignore the turrets.

You'll run into a tank but your 6 grenadiers should handle it without a

problem.  Follow along the cliffs to the right (they wind a lot) until you

hit the crops.  Set up your base there.



     Send the 6 grenadiers slowly to the SE.  There are some bazooka guys

just across the river.  Kill them and move just far enough to see the fields.



     Build a refinery first, then a Weapons Factory, then a Barracks. Build

tanks and APCs as fast as you can.  Line them up diagonally NW of your base.

You may want to build a sandbag line out a bit and build a couple of guard

towers too.  Build a repair platform ASAP.  Repairing a tank is a *LOT*

cheaper than building a new one.



     You'll be faced with hoards of flame-thrower guys at first.  It is

impossible to defeat them without tanks backed up by APCs or guard towers.

Their flames don't hurt tanks much and the APCs will chop

them up.  Put a few infantry in front of the line of tanks and APCs if there

are still some alive.



     After a while the attacks will die down a bit.  Send an APC across the

river to the NE and explore that area.  You'll see the Nod base up on the

hill.  Move the APC up to where it can fire at the SAM site and let it hammer

away.  Yes, it won't really do anything, just leave it though.



     This will trigger another flood of Nod attackers.  By now you should

have 4 or 5 tanks and a like number of APCs.  Line them up with tanks in

front in a line straight south from the river just south of the Nod SAM site.

You will slaughter the Nod guys as they come.  I find

putting a few grenadiers in front works even better but they do tend to get

toasted.



     **IMPORTANT**  Be sure to cycle your damaged vehicles back to the repair

depot.



     Take any extra tanks you are producing to where you left the APC and

kill the SAM site and any adjacent buildings.  The computer will kindly keep

building new ones for you to kill.  Keep at them.  The

buildings are power sites and once all three in your range are shot up the

Nod base will start to fail.



     Gradually move the line to the west until you start seeing the Nod

harvesters and your tanks shoot at them.  This will trigger another Nod wave

which by now will be a piece of cake to slaughter. Your tanks will kill off

the harvesters quite handily and they rumble past.



     Eventually you will notice that the attackers are reduced to a dribble

of infantry.  Now is the time to attack!  Sell off all the buildings of your

base and rush the dozens of infantry that will produce up to the "front".

Load them in the APCs.  Send one humvee or APC to run all the way through the

Nod base and spot things.  It may get toasted by one of those laser towers.



     ATTACK!



     Send all your tanks against the laser tower and mix in the APCs with the

trailing elements.  Once the tower is gone unload the infantry and attack

whatever Nod units show up with the infantry and APCs while the tanks hammer

at the Nod barracks and airfield.  Once those are gone it's all over but the

mop-up.  I sent in once APC full of engineers that took over 5 buildings

(which I immediately sold).



     I build a couple of Orcas but didn't find them that useful in this

scenario.  4 more tanks would have been much better.



     What a minute, where's the guy you'll supposed to rescue?  He'll appear

on a plateau in the NE corner once all the SAM sites are gone.  A transport

chopper will appear to pick him up.



     And what about those turrets by where you first entered?  Ignore them.



Orin Thomas ([e-mail])

     Set up your base in the middle left hand side of the screen (just below

river. That way you only have 2 flanks to defend against. Then harvest the

Tiberium field directly below you. Then go absolutely sick and build a chain

link fence from the right side of your base all the way to the river below.

This gives you freedom. The Noddies don't seem to want to

crash through fences. I used this to annex most of the map. (build fence, use

Orcas to clean it out, add to your area :-)



     More expensive but it reduces the casualties :-) Then you have an almost

limitless supply of TIBERIUM to go and build Orcas. Have you seen what you

can do with 30 Orcas to a Nod base. Sick! :-)



Jeb "Oz" Vegas ([e-mail])

     There is a town and a couple of Tiberium fields in the south east corner

of the map. Setup your camp there. Then you have only two flanks to protect.

Go Defensive, until you get about 6 Orca built. With the Orcas, take out the

Nod harvesters. 6 Orcas can do it in a single sortie. Build Bazookas and

Grenadiers early on to setup a defensive screen against the flame-thrower

units. Then hang on until you manage to fry several of the harvesters. From

there I just took out the base piece by piece. I had harvesters and the Nod

did not...just a matter of time.



*12-1-12ea*: GDI Mission 12ea, Albania

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Objective:  A GDI base is under siege in this region. Dr. Moebius is trapped

in the base. Move in, grab Moebius, and then a transport helicopter will be

sent to you. Get Moebius into the transport. Make sure that there are no SAM

sites in the area or else the transports will be useless.



David Tong ([e-mail])

     This one is actually very easy. Repair everything, then send all your

forces except the APC to the bottom left corner. Cross the river, then head

North to the bridge.



     Park the Mammoth north and to the east of the bridge.

     Park the APC next to it.

     Park the Rocket Launcher south and to the west.

     Park the medium tank on the bridge.



     Eventually a harvester will come to try and cross the bridge. If it's to

the north it realizes that it can't cross, so waits  to the west, within

range of the rocket launcher. Destroy it. After you destroy a harvester NOD

will send a tank or two and  a few bazookas. The tanks and APC makes

mincemeat of them.  Repeat this until he stops sending harvesters (he can't

afford them).



     In the meantime, build 5 engineers. Sell the hospital and the heavy

weapons factory. KEEP THE REPAIR UNIT. and use it often. Send the troops

round to the bridge.



     When you're ready, advance the mammoth slowly until you can see the

wall of the base. Make holes in it. Now send all the grenadiers and

minigunners against the left hand obelisk. It will fire a couple of times,

and then he will sell it! Kill the troops who come out of it. Now do the same

thing to the right hand obelisk.



     Use your tanks against his vehicles, and send in the engineers. From

then on it's a mopping-up exercise. Take out all the SAM sites (there is one

in the top right hand corner) and the chopper will come.



[12-1-12eb]: GDI Mission 12eb, Bulgaria

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Objective: Same as previous



Kevin McQuire  ([e-mail])

     There may very well be a more elegant way to do it, but I sold off all

of my buildings, built as many tanks and engineers as I could afford (plus

the bonus cash crate up near the northernmost SAM site) and then charged the

Noddie base en masse, concentrating on getting my engineer-laden APC near

enough to capture the construction yard, the hand of Nod and their tiberium

refinery.  By the time this had happened, I had taken out the Nod death rays

and their units.  The only thing you need to take out are

the SAM sites, though.



Jeff Powell ([e-mail])

     That's what I did.  One APC full of minigunners to draw the death rays

while the 2nd APC full of engineers shot around the airstrip and unloaded

without taking a hit.  From there it was a race for the construction yard and

the hand of Nod.  Sold the yard immediately, started repair and flamer

building on the hand. Piece o' cake.



[e-mail]

     The key to scout with your hummers.  Don't worry about the turrets your

faster than their shots just look out for the laser towers.  Make some tanks

and hummers after they stop attacking your base ( don't leave the base until

this happens your guard towers make quick work of tanks and infantry when

backed up by your vehicles) and go to the very top of his base with about 3

or 4 tanks and maybe 2-3 hummers and an APC ( with some engineers).  At this

point blow away the wall then hammer the powerplants with you tanks.  He will

send infantry to stop you but your hummers should keep them away from the

tanks.  Once the power stations are down roll the APC into the base and take

over stuff and sell it.



Make sure you keep repairing your vehicles don't lose any!!!! There is also a

money crate in the top left corner near the SAM site and the turret.



Once all SAM sites are down GDI will send another chopper.



Also use your Mammoth tank as the point tank since after battles it will heal

itself to half way.



[12-1-13ea]: GDI Mission 13ea, Yugoslavia

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Objective:  Delphi's info decoded and Kane has been found. He is overseeing

experiments at a Bio-research facility in this area. Destroy facility while

we have him cornered. Build an Advanced Communications center to access the

new Ion Cannon. It will greatly assist you in your objective.



Howard McGee ([e-mail])

     Level 13ea was the best level in the game.  I started out by moving

everything from the south east corner to the south west corner.  I built my

base there.  Then I quickly got 2 harvesters going.  Then built comm. and

advanced comms.  The barracks and weapons factory.  Then a third harvester.



     By this stage I was earning more money than I could handle.  I built a

large force then took the small base above me.  I captured his refinery and 4

silos(when full). Sold them he rebuilt them I captured them again.  By

continually repeating this I was able to build 10 advanced comms. and still

have 60000 dollars.  With the endless supply of $$$$ I built a sandbag wall

to lock him in his own base.  Blasted him with ion cannon and rockets.  Till

I walked through his base with bells on to mop up and destroy the research

base.  The mission took over 7 hours but scored over 1100 points.  I loved

this mission.



[12-1-13eb]: GDI Mission 13eb, Yugoslavia

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Objective: Same as previous



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[12-1-14]: GDI Mission 14, Yugoslavia

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Objective:  We have learned the path of evacuating Nod forces. They are

moving through this valley. Cut them off so that they can't rejoin the main

force. Attack and destroy all the vehicles in the Nod convoy.



Joe Pantuso ([e-mail])

:I cleared the WHOLE map as far as I can tell, I killed about 2

:invisible tanks, and a whole bunch of mobile artillery, and couple units

:coming south from the canyon.. The map is clear, no visible units

:I let it sit for about 30 min. and nothing happened..

:I scouted the whole map about 10 times now, nothing there! Sigh.. How

:long do I have to wait on this mission?



You missed some stealth tanks.  There are at least four.



Tan Tot Lit ([e-mail])

:: When I played GDI 14 there were three stealth tanks, two a bit left of

:: the lower right and one in the area left of the upper right.



:I destroyed seven Stealth tanks... one in the West, four attacked me while

:my force was in the crossroads and one was in the north-east corner



I knocked out five. Two in the south east, the other three attacked me

in two sorties in the east.





[12-1-15ea]: GDI Mission 15ea,

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Objective:  The Temple of Nod has been located. We are sure Kane is there.

Destroy him, the temple, and any other remnant of Nod that exists there. Nod

has been rumored to have completed its own nuclear device so it's do or die

time. Let's do it!



([e-mail])

     Wow, did you have the frustration of running out of Tiberium in the last

stage of GDI? Well, consider the problem solved.



     In the last stage, Nod always have a little section of base for silo. It

is usually lightly guarded with only 2 turrets and maybe 1 stealth tank. At

the start of the game harvest as usual to build up a nice base to fend off

the invading Nod. After you have enough force to take out those turrets I

mentioned above, build an APC and have 5 engineers in it.



     With you first force take out the guards and the north wall of the "silo

compound". Then leave for home otherwise it will attract more Nod tanks. Wait

until the silo fills up and then send your engineers in carefully. Once you

take over a silo, sell it so it's easier for the next engineer to take over

the next silo. Before you know, you have about 8000 units of tiberium to

build some mammoth tanks. Be sure you have some silo ready otherwise you'll

waste all those effort. There is more. Once you sell their silo. They'll

rebuild it so that we can take over again. Isn't it just so thoughtful of

them. :)



     Those newly build silo only take one full harvester to fill it up. (What

kind of motherless harvester do they have??) All you have to do is to repeat

the trick ....forever. I even sold my refinery. Before I attacked their base,

my base was already bigger than Nod's. (and you know how big their base is!)

I even had a nice parking lot for all those tanks that I build and all those

harvester that 'retired'. With about 25 mammoth tanks and 25 SSM's, I believe

anyone can pulverize the Nod base in less than half an hour.



     There's one more thing, I attacked Nod from the north. I don't know if

other directions will have the same situation.



[12-1-15eb]: GDI Mission 15eb,

--------------------------

Objective: Same as previous



Robert A. Hayden ([e-mail])

     On that final mission, engineer-steal the power plant and hand of Nod,

and then park an infantry right in the place where the obelisk would pop

up.  the computer is stupid and won't build with you standing there, and

won't build somewhere else.



Brian Cornett ([e-mail])

     The key to this level is endurance and patience; along with some quick

mouse clicking. I must have played the first twenty minutes five times before

I was able to get everything set up and not lose my Construction Site. The

key is the very beginning.



     SETUP

     First, when your MCV is unloaded, drive it immediately to the left edge

of the screen. When your tank comes ashore, immediately put it between the

construction yard and the flame tank. Not right in front of the MCV. Away

from the MCV. Keep the flame tank away from the MCV. Once the flame tank

begins to move toward the MCV, start moving it toward the bridge on the

northeast corner of this little island. There will be two NOD bazooka

infantries. Use the MCV to run over them. Once this is done, drive the MCV

over the bridge and then left.



     DEPLOY and begin building your base in the following order: Power plant,

Refinery, Communications Center (CC), sandbags, Advance Guard Towers (AGT),

and Advanced Communications Center (ACC).



     Place the AGTs on the Northern and Eastern sides of your base. Use

sandbags to build them away from your Base. The Eastern AGT should be placed

on the northeast corner of the bridge. Sandbag across the bridge and

disregard the island. (You'll find out why later.) Sandbag in the rest of

your base leaving only space for the harvester to get in and out right by the

northern AGT. Also, build a 3/4 concrete barrier around the AGTs in order to

protect them from flame tanks. Make sure to repair them continuously while

engaged in battle; especially when fighting flame tanks.



     This is the point where your options begin to open up. If you can

control their flow around your base, then you can slowly begin to expand

outward. I decided to build a second Refinery to get the harvester and then

sold the Refinery. Build a silo instead. they're cheaper. Keep building your

power plants as well. The AGTs don't work without adequate power. Once you

have enough money, build the Advanced Communications Center (away from your

Construction Site). Sell your old CC. Let the clock start ticking.



     After you build your ACC, build your barracks. Now your probably

wondering why up to this point, I haven't built a Barracks or a Weapons

Factory. Well, I didn't need either  until I decided to go on the Offensive.

Just prepare yourself with AGTs for their onslaught. Build one more AGT in

the northeast corner of your base, and just be patient. When your harvesters

are attacked, just move them  back in and watch the AGTs do their job. Then

go back out and harvest until there is nothing left in the Tiberium Field

just north of the

base. This is when you have to begin to take control.



     Now build your Barracks and your Weapons Factory. Then build one to two

(1-2) APC and ten (10) grenadiers.



     Tell your Harvesters to stay put for moment. Use the mini gunners you

got out of the Refinery and the CC and explore the area to the north and

north east. Don't explore to the East yet. Begin placing sandbags north along

the bottom of the ridge you'll uncover running north from the northeast side

of your base. Then when the ridge turns right, run the sandbags east along

the bottom of the ridge. When the ridge turns south keep running the sandbags

east until you sandbag across the valley. Sell all those sandbags except for

the ones running across the valley and a few at that corner of the ridge

where you make the first turn right. Once you kill the turrets and remaining

units inside this area with your roving grenadiers in APC(s), you'll have

control of 1/3 of the screen, and 1/2 the tiberium; and NOD forces cannot get

in. The sandbag defense works very well and continued to work well throughout

the mission.



THE SOUTH BASE

     Once you have control of these areas, it is time to move East. If you

have not uncovered the south plateau, then their base will not be built yet,

and it will be time to strike. Fill an APC with Two engineers, one technician

from  the sold buildings, and two Grenadiers. Drive your APC and a harvester

directly east, and then take the first turn South. Then drive west to the

northwest corner of the plateau and let your grenadiers stand guard. Place

the tech on the northwest square as previously mentioned. Move the Engineers

to the south and wait. While you're waiting, have the harvester eat a path

through the tiberium so that you can build sandbags east. When the Fist of

Nod sprouts up, take it over. Now build a wall running from the Fist east

until you close off the opening to the plateau. Now take over the power

plant.



     Now, sandbag north until you reach their southwest base and sandbag them

in. Now you have control of over half the map, and there is a HUGE tiberium

field in the southeast corner. Take out that south turret and it's yours.

(After I took out the turret, I went and sold all the walls except the ones

that would keep my harvesters from taking their usual "long cuts" in front of

their obelisk. Then I built a refinery right below their base. They never

touched it.)



     Now build 2 APCs worth of engineers, 10 grenadiers and three Mammoth

Tanks, and about 6-10 Orcas. Keep blasting the infantry they keep building

with the Ion Cannon. You can take out up to nine (9) grid squares or 45

infantry at a time. Just think of those thousands of credits they keep losing

every time you knock out a platoon of engineers. I couldn't stop laughing

from this point until the end of the game.



THE SOUTHEAST BASE

So easy.



SAVE the GAME.



     Knock out the obelisk with the Ion cannon. Build a sandbag and place it

where the obelisk was. They won't build it back. SAVE. Kill the two turrets

at the front of the base with the Mammoth Tanks. SAVE. Now, build a AGT and

place it inside their compound on the northwest corner. Build another. Run

the Mammoths into the center of the compound and run your engineers in

behind. SAVE. Take over everything. Don't sell anything. Place the other AGT

right beside the Fist of GDI. PROTECT AND DEFEND. SAVE. Take out that

Northeast SAM

site inside the compound  with the tanks and grenadiers and brace for his

first NUKE. SAVE. If you don't like where the nuke hits (it's got to hit

somewhere), then just like Dune II, you can restart and it will hit somewhere

else. If you're a purist then accept wherever it hits and go on. If you do

things right, you won't lose another building until the end of the game.



     Building a Repair Bay in the middle of GDI base 3 makes an ideal repair

station on the way into battle.



     Now that you have two hands of NOD, it makes building Engineers much

quicker. Also, use that Airfield to build those new GDI Recon Bikes! Map out

the area using three bikes at a time so that you can continue on mapping if

the remaining three obelisks get one or more of your bikes. You will find if

you can get to it, a Construction Site in the extreme northeast corner of the

screen. This will become your base 4



THE NORTHEAST CONSTRUCTION SITE



     Sandbag north until you get to the front of their base. Sandbag them in.

Now clear the area of turrets, tanks and SAM sites with your Orcas and

Mammoths. Repair and repeat. There is one hidden turret that you'll have to

park an infantry on once you destroy it.



     Now fly your Orcas up to the northeast corner and take out the turret.



     Build three more recon bikes, an APC and five engineers. Drive up to

their base and use the recon bikes as fodder while the APC sneaks by. Blast

the obelisk with the Ion Cannon right when the APC goes by. Now head for that

construction site and power plant.  If any bikes survive (they will

immediately rebuild the obelisk), then send them  up as guards. Build another

Fist of GDI and build six engineers. Load up the APC and drive them along the

very top edge of the screen until you reach the silos. Don't drive down to

them until you're at the end away from the north central obelisk. Park at the

left end and just take all of them over. You'll get about 8,000 credits from

them.



THE NORTH CENTRAL BASE

     Now build four Mammoths and move them to the ridge below their southwest

wall of the north central base. Blow the wall, the SAM site, and the

airfield. Sandbag from their front gate over to here and build a Fist of GDI,

and two guard towers. Build five mini gunners and seven engineers. Move the

mammoths around to the southeast corner of their base outside the range of

the obelisk. Run the mini gunners toward the obelisk and get those engineers

into those power plants. Sell them and kill the obelisk. Build some guard

towers and plant them out in front of their Fist. Now take everything with

engineers, and kill the other obelisk on the north east corner. Blow up the

remaining obelisk in the northwest corner with the Ion Cannon and destroy the

Temple of NOD. Leave the other building for now. Take over the power plant.

Blow up the SAM sites. and then sell everything except your infantry and

vehicles. All the walls -- everything except for the tiberium silos. Then

blow up the last building and watch the cool preview of C&C2.



[12-1-15ec]: GDI Mission 15ec,

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Objective: Same as previous



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[12-2]: Nod missions

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[12-2-1ea]: Nod Mission 1ea, Libya

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Objective: In order for the Brotherhood to gain a foothold, we must begin by

eliminating certain elements. Nikoomba, the nearby village's leader, is one

such element. His views and ours do not coincide, and he must be eliminated.



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[12-2-1eb]: Nod Mission 1eb, Libya

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Objective: Same as previous



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[12-2-2ea]: Nod Mission 2ea, Egypt

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Objective:  GDI has kept a stranglehold on Egypt for many years. Set up a

forward attack base in your area. To do this you must double click on your

Mobile Construction Vehicle. (MCV) From here you can begin to build a base.

This area contains plenty of Tiberium, so establishing the base should be

easy.



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[12-2-2eb]: Nod Mission 2eb, Egypt

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Objective: Same as previous



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*12-2-3ea*: Nod Mission 3ea, Sudan

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Objective:  GDI has established a prison camp, where they are e detaining

some of the local political leaders. Kane wishes to liberate these victims.

Destroy the GDI forces and capture the prison, do not destroy it.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     Easy mission after finding the enemy base! Send in some decoy units to

his base (Nod buggies), and walk in three or four engineers behind them. At

least one engineer should make it to the prison safely, and the moment it's

captured, mission accomplished.



[12-2-3eb]: Nod Mission 3eb, Sudan

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Objective: Same as previous



[12-2-4ea]: Nod Mission 4ea, Chad

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Objective:  GDI is attempting to relocate a village of sympathetic civilians.

Intercept the convoy and destroy it. It is imperative that the villages be

totally destroyed, as a lesson to any other natives who may oppose us.



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*12-2-4eb*: Nod Mission 4eb, Chad

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Objective:  A small village friendly to our cause has been increasingly

harassed by GDI, and the Brotherhood wishes you to assist them in their

efforts. Seek out the enemy village and destroy it. The event will be

disguised as a GDI attack.



Peter Hearty ([e-mail])

: I'm stuck in NOD Mission 4, where you have to destroy an enemy

: village, and you just have a couple of buggies, three mots and some

: infantry. How do you deal with those grenadiers ?

: They always kill my people really effectively - how do you solve this

: mission ???



I solved it by going really slowly.  Advance slowly, and while no enemy

troops are around, send one buggy to the closest enemy, and then return to

where all of your men are.  Then kill it.  Keep doing this, they have no way

of rebuilding vehicles or men, so if you just fight everybody on your side

against one or two of their men, then you can beat everyone and have no

trouble destroying their village.



 [12-2-5]: Nod Mission 5, Mauritania

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Objective:  Our brothers within GDI tell us of A-10 strike jets scheduled to

be deployed here soon. Our suppliers have delivered new Surface to Air

Missiles to aid you. Use the SAMs to defend your base, then seek out their

base and destroy it.



Fabrice Timmermans ([e-mail])

     First of all, don't build SAM sites immediately, they are slow and not

at all useful (you will just need to build one at the end to end the

mission). Build your base in the southeast corner of the map, go for a

refinery, hand of NOD and airstrip.



     Go ahead and explore the map to the west with your buggy. One big point,

SCATTER your troops in groups no bigger than three or four units because off

A-10 strikes !



     If you follow the road to the west, you will come across a bridge. Go

north along the edge of the map and at the top a little east. You will arrive

just near his construction yard. Send your four recon bikes while building

new ones and hammer the yard to dust !



     He will probably send one heavy tank after you so if you can, protect

the bikes with light tanks. OK yard is out of business so no more

construction! Time to take his base piece by piece.



     From your base, follow the eastern edge of the map to the north. You

will eventually cross a small tiberium field. There head west. You will

arrive near his base just near his construction yard. Send a tank and an

engineer. Launch the tank in the middle of the base to attract enemy fire and

take the construction yard. Sell it immediately to build more tanks or bikes.

OK, no more GDI vehicles !



     You can now send a massive assault to the base and kill the remnants of

GDI forces

or send more engineers to capture the rest of the base.



     One strange thing happened to me in this scenario : when I have sell

back the GDI construction yard, I was still able as NOD to build APCs !!!!!

So, one more raid of engineers was enough to win. Before destroying the

latest GDI building, build a SAM site and the scenario is finished.



[12-2-6ea] Nod Mission 6ea, Ivory Coast

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Objective:  GDI has imported a Nuclear Detonator in an attempt to sway a few

local political leaders. Penetrate the base and steal the detonator. A

chopper will be sent to meet you at a designated landing zone. Look for the

landing flare once you have stolen the device.



     I had the light section (the one with the recon bike) attack the

sandbags of the base and create openings. I launched a two prong attack, my

tanks from the left, and my light section from the north, using the gaps in

the sandbags to enter in from the northwest.  I my cycle blow a gap in the

fencing, and had a tank pick up the nuke. I boogied to the pickup site by

going south and following the ridge.



[12-2-6eb] Nod Mission 6eb, Benin

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Objective: Same as previous



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[12-2-6ec]: Nod Mission 6ec, Nigeria

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Objective: Same as previous



Brian Hassink ([e-mail])

: How the heck did you pass mission 6? (The nuclear device retrieval) I

: can't even get NEAR the base? Is there something I'm missing out on?

: Mission 5 was a pushover for me, but I get slaughtered in 6... this is

: some great imbalance....



     After a few initial failures, have figured out how to win it. Of these

missions, mission 6 has been the hardest so far (I finished it with just one

remaining unit who almost died because I had to force him across the Tiberium

field to reach the helicopter).



     Here's what I did...



     It took several tries, but I managed to cross the bridge and arrive at

the northeast corner of the map with most of my units (leaving the Engineers

back in the southeast corner).



     I now took this surviving group and walked them along the ridge at the

top of the map to the northwest corner, and then south. I then opened fire on

the GDI buildings with the Bazooka men. This cause the AI to send its men out

of the base and up along the way I came in. As his men came in, I ran my

tanks up and down squishing them. This was far more effective than trying to

take them out with gun and tank fire.



     Eventually you'll bleed off most of his men and you can move your group

back around to the base entrance. Use the tanks to take out the towers (and

place a man where they used to stand or the AI will

usually replace them). You'll now have to clean up any residual units in the

base and can also bring up the Engineers.



     Take over any GDI buildings you want, or simply grab the crate and head

for the helicopter.



     Now that I think about it, doing a quick assault on the base entrance

and sneaking your Engineers through into GDI buildings may be a better

solution. You could hopefully grab the refinery, power plant, and barracks

and be on your way to producing more units.



*12-2-7ea*: Nod Mission 7ea, Gabon

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Objective:  The Brotherhood has located a huge field of Tiberium in the area.

The nearby village has laid claim to the field. Eliminate the villagers, as

to prevent any infection of our own workers. GDI forces are reported to be

minimal, so elimination of them is of secondary importance.



Fabrice Timmermans ([e-mail])

     The goal of the mission is to kill all villagers (by the way, you can

destroy all buildings also) and eliminate GDI forces (only scientist they

say!   Ah, Ah, let me laugh !!) At the beginning your are north of the first

part of the village. Just destroy everything in sight there is no opposition

there. Use your two tanks to scout ahead (you have only one path possible

between two ridges) but back them with your bazookas. Your will arrive soon

to the second part of the village (south of it is the GDI base). There also

destroy any buildings north of the church for the moment (if you go south,

you will attract GDI forces).



     Cross the bridge and you will have access to the remnants of a NOD base.

Repair what you can and go for a hand of NOD and construction yard as soon as

you can. For the moment, don't go for the money crate south of the church

because it will trigger a massive GDI attack. West of the church and a little

south, there is a power plant and a hospital. Take them with your two

starting engineers and sell them so you can borrow a little cash. Now,

fortify your positions north of the bridge by moving all your units there and

build tanks and bikes. Be careful to protect also your west flank because it

is possible to cross the river a little west of the bridge.



     When you feel confident enough to withstand a GDI attack (grenadiers and

tanks), send a suicidal unit to take the crate (it's suicidal because you

will be in the fire range of two guards towers). With that money, you can

build another harvester. After that, repel each attack by running over the

grenadiers crossing the bridge and stay north of the river. Keep building

tanks (you can also build a buggy or two to recon his base). I've waited then

that he runs out of tiberium and I've destroyed his harvester as he tried to

cross the bridges. He has then launched nearly all his remaining forces and I

have then sent a massive assault on his base to destroy all in sight. His

last move was to send an APC with engineer at my base but if you keep there

one tank or bike, you can easily defend it.



[12-2-7eb]: Nod Mission 7eb, Cameroon

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Objective: Same as previous



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*12-2-7ec*: Nod Mission 7ec, Central African Republic

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Objective:  GDI have left themselves open to the deadliest weapon of all,

information. Our spies tell us the GDI base in your area contains an advanced

attack helicopter, the Orca. Steal this weapon, then fly to the nearby

village and destroy it. The attack will be blamed on GDI.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     The hard part is clearing out all the infantry surrounded at the

barracks, they're the whole reason engineers can't get through. You have to

send in your tanks (the second group) to the base and take out at least the

barracks, after this is done, piece o' cake. Walk all your units in from the

north of the base in one huge group, placing an engineer somewhere around the

middle. They should make it safely since the guard tower aims for the first

troop that comes in and not the engineers. Then, just capture the helipad.



Brian Hassink ([e-mail])

: When I sent the engineers into the ORCA installation, they came

: right back out. Much to the amusement of the few remaining GDI gunners

: who promptly killed me good. Don't tell me I needed all 4 engineers to

: complete the mission?! DOOHH!!!



     I had this happen as well. What I ended up doing was moving the Engineer

around to the other side and entering the structure from the bottom.



     Some advice for this level...



     Use the cluster of vehicles to bleed away enemy units from the GDI base.

I ended up rolling them along in a row, and using the recon-bike unit to lure

enemy units to their death. Attacking the GDI harvester is a very good way of

getting him to send his units out of the base.



     As for the squads of men, I space each man out so that the grenades and

tank fire from the GDI don't do collateral damage to nearby units. Generally

I don't use them until I've almost completely drained the GDI base of units

with the vehicle group.



     Once the GDI base is drained, use your tanks to eliminate the machine

gun towers from a distance. It may take a little time, but it'll save you a

lot of grief. Once the towers are gone, send in the engineers and grab the

Orca. You can use your other engineers to grab the other GDI buildings (hint:

Don't grab the refinery until the harvester is in it).



     OK, you've got the Orca. Next thing is to get rid of that pesky patrol

boat. If you don't, your Orca may get hit by its missiles. For this, I took

all my remaining units (you can build more if you captured the other GDI

buildings) and lined them up along the shore. A few tanks are usually enough

to take out a patrol boat.



     Now that the boat's gone, send the Orca after the lone GDI Bazooka unit

in the village. You need to take him out first or his missiles will kill the

Orca and you lose the mission. The Orca will fire off missiles automatically

and return to the helipad to reload. It takes a few trips to kill the

Bazooka, and several more to wipe of the village.



*12-2-8ea*: Nod Mission 8ea, Zaire

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Objective:  Since we are low on troops, you will have to make use of all

available resources. Locate the abandoned GDI base in the area and restore it

to operational status. Once that is done, use GDI's own weapons against them.

Be sure that no GDI forces remain alive.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     The key to this mission is engineers. Take out any units/structures

which can cause damage to a transport helicopter, send in a small attack

force, then while they're distracting the enemy, send in the transport

helicopters with the engineers. Target the construction yard, barracks and

weapons factory in that order.



Jay 'PyRo'  ([e-mail]):

     I sold the old base, made flamers transported three flamers, and two

engineers.  That was all I needed.  That was a pretty simple mission. If you

think that's hard... boy do you have a thing coming.   Just wait till the 12

and 13 mission... damn ION Cannons and bombers!.  And those 'missile towers'

don't help your stealth tanks at all.



[12-2-8eb]: Nod Mission 8eb, Zaire

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Objective: Same as previous



Douglas McCreary ([e-mail])

     I found that the civilian church on this level is hiding a crate worth

$3000.  Discovering that fact really helped me solve that level.



[12-2-9ea]: Nod Mission 9ea, Egypt

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Objective:  GDI is attempting to retake Egypt. Use every available resource

in your efforts to stop them. The populace has once again swayed in support

of GDI forces, so show no mercy in dealing with the villagers.



     There is a Nod base in the southwest corner of the map.  Use your

commando to get to your bazookas, killing all soldiers along the way. Stack

your bazookas in a line in front of the bridge they are near. Make your

commando run to the edge of the plateau and get the Hummer to attack. Place

your commando behind your line of bazookas, and wait to demolish the Hummer.

Gather everyone up into a single group by the engineers. Move everyone south

across the bridge, and through the valleys until you get to the base.



     You're on your own from there.



[12-2-9eb]: Nod Mission 9eb, Egypt

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Objective: Same as previous



John C. Price ([e-mail])

     Well, here's the Doc's Guide to GDI Base Bashing.



i) Build up a strong defense.

     You heard me. Defend FIRST. Why? Because any assault on a CPU base must

destroy the construction center, or it accomplishes nothing, so you need a

hellacious attack force. Throw up a few turrets and an Obelisk if you can

afford it. SAM bases are mostly useless, but if you build enough of them, the

CPU will get scared and bomb your harvesters instead (they'll survive, but

keep 'em in good repair). Once your defenses are up, you have as much time as

you want, because you're invulnerable. The computer is just too dumb to mass

an assault force, so it sends in wave after wave of unsupported infantry and

the occasional tank. Just have a flamer guy standing around and you'll have

no problems.



ii) Pick your plan.

     a. The Rommel Attack:

     This revolves around building a slew (15-20) light tanks and roaring in

through the enemy's front gate, blasting the bejesus out of everything. The

tanks take an incredible amount of damage to kill, so odds are you can wreak

so serious havoc before you die. Again, the construction base MUST die, or

the CPU will just rebuild all you knocked out. Note: Since tanks SUCK against

infantry, you might need a couple of flame tanks.



     b. Flame On:

     As the name implies, this tactic revolves around flame tanks. Build a

horde (at least 10, because they're lightly armored), and a few light tanks

as damage sponges. Send in the light tanks to draw fire, then charge the

flame tanks at any advanced guard towers (they'll cause too many casualties

if allowed to live). The flamers do HELLACIOUS damage, so the towers should

die rapidly. Next, everybody goes after the construction base, with one or

two tasked to kill the hordes of infantry pouring out of the barracks. If you

get the construction base, you've won, regardless of your losses, because you

can just rebuild your attack force and attrition him to death since he can't

rebuild his lost defenses.



[12-2-10ea]: Nod Mission 10ea, Angola

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Objective:  GDI is developing an orbital weapon. Our spies have told us of a

large lake near the location of the R&D center. Find the base, and use the

sniper to eliminate their scientist.



Marcus Augustus Alzona <[e-mail]>:

     This took me awhile to find, but in the end it was easy.  You start on

the (lower) left edge of the lake with just units(Tanks, infantry, commando,

artillery, buggies, flametanks).  Save the commando.  Move your units north,

eliminating units as you go.  eventually, near the top-right edge, they'll be

a land-bridge south.  Follow that.  You'll come to the outside wall of the

GDI base - the most important thing here is that you can ignore it - try to

stay clear of the gun tower.  If you stick to the right and go south past the

base, there is a smaller sub-base past the base to the south, with the

scientist in reach if you have a commando or a tank left.





[12-2-10eb]: Nod Mission 10eb, Tanzania

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Objective:  GDI is developing a new, heavily armored tank. Our spies have

located the GDI R&D base. Use your small strike force to locate and penetrate

the center. Be sure to destroy the tanks in the base and the factory.



J. Willig ([e-mail])

      Use your commando to mislead the two tanks and than walk down to the

right until you can cross the river. walk to the left (watch for grenadiers)

and pass the bridge on the left side of the field. Wait for the mammoth tank

to pass and run across the other bridge (where the tank came from) and use

the left bridge to enter the base. destroy the tanks and factory and get

ready for the next thrilling animation



*12-2-11ea*: Nod Mission 11ea, Namibia

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Objective:  GDI has captured one of our technology centers. You must

recapture the base and recover the stolen information. Our forces in the area

don't have time to find a way across the river, so you will have to control

the two forces separately.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     Great mission this! After finding your base, immediately build two power

plants directly to the east of your communications center, then sell your

comm. center (build it later, it's not needed now) and build an Obelisk.

Watch it toast the two guard towers, then build a refinery and get your

harvester to lure his tanks surrounding the tiberium field to your laser.



     The AI tends to try to approach your base from the top (the cliff). Keep

a commando along the bottom of that cliff; he just takes out all the infantry

that wander around that area, which can number into the 50's.



Tyler Novak ([e-mail])

Andrew Ellsworth ([e-mail])



     There is a much easier way to deal with the guard towers.  Don't ignore

your southern troops. I worked my southern troops westward until they reached

the civilian village.  This is rough because you have to time things with the

gun boat because if it catches you it will tear you to shreds.  The only

thing you have to sure of is that one of the artillery pieces survives.

Nothing else matters as your infantry and other units become worthless once

you secure the southern part.



     Actually, that's not the case (about all units but artillery being

worthless).

Read on...



     Now work your northern forces down toward the river and have your

commando map the guard towers.  First map the first one then have your

artillery take it out from across the river then map the second one and do

the same.  This way you don't have to worry about taking fire from the

towers.  Then run the engineers in and capture those buildings.



But watch out for the harvester and the gun boat.  One of the first things I

did after securing the base was set up ~3 turrets along the river to guard my

front door and to destroy that annoying gun boat.



     The strategy I used for killing the damn gunboat was quite simple: pull

all of your armor units back out of range of the gunboats, and move your

bazooka/minigunner infantry up to the river, so that the gunboat will sail

past them.  As the gunboat passes, the infantry will pound away at it, but

get this: it won't shoot back!  I guess it doesn't consider the infantry to

be much of a threat...



     So if you have the patience, just have your men sit by the river, and

they'll tag the gunboat each time it passes by.  After about 5 passes it'll

be toast. *then* move your artillery up and pound those towers into

nothingness.



     Oh, and you'll find a nice surprise in that civilian church, if I

remember correctly...to the tune of a $2000 crate.  Maybe those southern

forces aren't so useless after all...



     Believe it or not, in the last 5-6 Nod missions, almost every civilian

church you see will have one of those money crates in 'em.  It's worth the

sacrilege...



[12-2-11eb]: Nod Mission 11eb,

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Objective: Same as previous



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[12-2-12ea]: Nod Mission 12ea,

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Objective: Somewhere in this area there is a GDI Advanced Communications

Center. Inside this center are the firing codes for their orbiting Ion

station. The Brotherhood must have these codes. Capture the center and

retrieve the codes, do not destroy the center.



Chee Hui ([e-mail])

     In this mission, you need to capture the advanced comm. base where you

started off with a mobile construction yard, two recon bikes, two Nod buggies

and a light tank.



     The main problem is that the surrounding area in your vicinity has no

tiberium fields so you need to cross the bridge to build the yard there.

Unfortunately, 2 Mammoth tanks are stationed at the bridge.



     Here's the trick. If you recon the area, you will find it's actually a

nice square loop. Select 1 recon bike and ask it to target the further

Mammoth tank on the bridge while you stationed the rest of your forces just

outside of the edge of this square. Once the Mammoth tanks start attacking,

run your bike as far away (and from your main force) ASAP towards the loop.

When the tanks see your mobile yard, they'll turn their attention to it

instead.



     So select all your vehicles (except the bike) and run round the loop to

keep ahead one step of them always. Since the 2 tanks are now preoccupied

with your other vehicles, reselect your bike and chase after the 2 tanks.

Start with the 2nd further tank and shoot his butt black !



     Once the 2nd tank got his butt fried, do the same for the 1st tank. Just

be sure to maintain the rest of your forces beyond the Mammoths' range and

you'll be all right. The rest of the mission will be fairly routine.



     Boy, those Mammoth tanks certainly have no brains.



     I actually like this mission because you can just use 1 bike to beat 2

Mammoth tanks. Talk about the odds of doing that in real combat.



     PS: If you think that's tough, wait till the next one.



[12-2-12eb]: Nod Mission 12eb,

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Objective: Same as previous



See [12-2-12ea].



*12-2-13ea*: Nod Mission 13ea, South Africa

--------------------------

Objective:  Establish your base, then build and defend the Temple of Nod. All

GDI forces are to be destroyed. Kane has ordered you to defend the Temple at

all costs, even your own life. Do not allow GDI forces to overrun you.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     I think I did this mission in a very unorthodox way. Firstly, notice

that a transport helicopter lands on the island you start off on. Use your

engineer to take over it! Later a commando will appear on his own island

(blowing up that church next to him will give you $7000 by the way), and use

the transport helicopter to pick him up. If you use the commando to explore

to the east of your island, he will be able to see the concrete walls of the

secondary GDI base. That base is guarded mostly by bazooka men along the

western side of the base, except for two mammoth tanks at the south-west of

the base - which is a very good drop off point!



     Make around 6 or 7 bazooka men, and transport them along with your

commando to that south-east point of that island. Start pre-building an

obelisk. Your commando will take out all the troops who come near you, and

the bazookas will take out the two mammoth tanks which appear (bazooka

rockets can go over concrete walls, 120mm cannons can't!). After you've

eliminated the force there, send in an engineer with the transport

helicopter, take over the repair bay, and place your already built Obelisk

next to it. Watch it take out all the buildings! The base is now yours, and

you should be able to take over the weapons factory and barracks, allowing

you to build mammoth tanks.



Chee Hui ([e-mail])

     I won this end-game by doing something incredibly brave (and stupid

too!). Using my transport helicopter, I filled it with a troop of bazooka

guys and the one commando dude. I proceeded to land at the left coastline of

the GDI base at the top.



     I unloaded my troops and used my commando to make short work of the

surrounding infantry. I then attacked the nearby tanks and waited for the

tanks to roll in. In the meantime, I flew my heli back to carry a full load

(with the commando of course) of engineers.



     Once all loaded up and repaired, my heli landed on the inside wall to

the left of the weapons factory. I unloaded one of my engineer immediately

and right away, asked my chopper to take off and return to base for repairs.

The advanced guard tower station there is a real pain. But it will begin

shooting at the factory once you took over it.



     Once done, my heli took off again and proceeded to land at the same

place. I unloaded my engineers and took over his barracks immediately and

started making grenadier units there. I then took over his refinery and sold

it immediately to furnish my funds while I made grenadiers. Once the guard

tower is gone, I constructed a line of fence all around to keep out those

pesky tanks which by then had rolled over my troops. It took 3 successive

tries before I got this timed right. Phew!



     From then on, I literally drained the computer of funds by proceeding to

take over his refinery (with the harvester) which keeps getting rebuilt next

to my barracks. I timed my engineer movement just right, so that when the

refinery is in the earlier stages of building, my engineer was halfway in. I

then sold off the refinery and the harvester for a handsome profit of about

1000+ credits (compared to the price for producing engineers).



     Of course, others might say this is stupid but after 10+ takeovers, the

computer was  drained of money. How did you know ? Everything you attack will

be sold off by the computer.



     It took me 3+ hours to complete and the feeling was great because I was

churning out Mammoth tanks inside their base and using it to destroy their

nearby yard. And all done without the nuke! 8-)



     I literally fenced out the GDIs for my second yard and was harvesting in

absolute peace.



[12-2-13eb]: Nod Mission 13eb,

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Objective: Same as previous



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[12-2-13ec]: Nod Mission 13ec,

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Objective: Same as previous



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CHAPTER [13]: I need help playing multiplayer

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see also

     [2-1] INFANTRY

     [2-2] VEHICLES

     [2-3] BUILDINGS

     [2-4] SPECIAL UNITS

     [5-1] SANDBAG DEFENSE

     [5-2] BUILDING BASE DEFENSES

     [5-3] HELP! I'M BEING ATTACKED BY ENEMY..

     [5-4] SUPPRESSIVE FIRE

     [6-1] HOW DO I DESTROY...

     [7] MISCELLANEOUS GOODIES

[13-1]: What do I do with crates?

====================================



*13-1-1*: Stealth technology

-------------------------------



Rorke Haining ([e-mail])

     I'm out of this game, kibitzing a player who never uses Engineers OR

APCs.  Totally not my style.  The game gives him an APC to start with, and he

uses it to explore.  I tell him that's a dumb idea, he should use his humvee

instead, APCs are too valuable to risk losing until you suicide them into the

enemy bunker with a load of Engineers/Commandos/diversionary troops.  He

doesn't listen.  He finds a crate.  I say don't touch that crate with your

APC, you've got a man really close by.  He grabs the crate with the APC.



     And inside was something I had never seen inside a crate before.



     STEALTH TECHNOLOGY!



     HE HAS A #@*$&! STEALTH APC!!



     AND HE WON'T BUY A SINGLE ENGINEER!!!



     What does he do with it?  He keeps exploring.  He explores a large

island.  Turns out one of his enemies is on that island, and is just now

moving tanks onto both bridges.



     For the rest of the game, he has a wounded, invisible, empty APC trapped

on an enemies home island, which he eventually just suicides into something

in an attempt to get it back off the island.



     (whimper)



Douglas William Cole ([e-mail])

     Whoa, I've never gotten a stealth APC, that would be the be all, end

all, ultimate weapon.



     I've gotten a stealth harvester (the little bugger must have just run

over it himself), a stealth humvee (yay!), a stealth med. tank (oh boy), and

other stuff.  Once, there was this crate that appeared right in the corner of

my base and when I got it and opened up the stealth technology, it made my

unit (like a buggy or something), a refinery, a powerplant AND a harvester

that was in the refinery all stealth!  I freakin' had a stealth power plant!

Whoo boy!



     My friend got a stealth Mammoth but I didn't notice it because he had

like 8 more with it.  A stealth Orca would be almost impossible because Orcas

can't get boxes (you'd have to park an Orca around a box then open it with

some other unit, I guess).  A stealth commando would ALSO totally rule.  I

wonder if he would be visible the whole time he ran to a building to C4 it,

or just at the instant he attacked it.  Hmm.



Andre Pang ([e-mail])

     Here's something hilarious. A friend of mine was playing, and a crate

appeared right next to his three helipads at his base. He sends in a humvee

to pick it up. Not only did the humvee stealth, but his helipads and his

Orcas went stealth as well! And what's more, when he used them to attack, the

Orcas would uncloak, fire two missiles, AND CLOAK AGAIN! The Nod SAM sites

just went up when they saw them uncloak, and back down when they cloaked

again, without firing a single missile.



     Needless to say, the game was stopped after about 30 minutes due to him

almost not being able to breathe, rolling around the floor laughing :).



     Point is: the stealth technology in crates applies to an area, not the

unit which picked it up. If you're feeling lucky, drop off a transport

helicopter or an APC right next to the crate before you pick it up. A stealth

transport helicopter is almost unbeatable.



[13-1-2]: Units

------------------



Douglas William Cole ([e-mail])

     Units.  (All infantry, commandos, flame tanks, stealth tanks, APCs,

Mammoths, **MCVs**, Chem. warriors, almost everything I guess.



[13-1-3]: Visceroids

-----------------------



Kevin 'Zaph' Burfitt ([e-mail])

     If you open a box and find one of those red blob things, then head the

unit that opened it towards the enemy base, if it dies, the blob will

continue to their base, and you can get back to killing them...



[13-1-4]: Explosions

----------------------



Not particularly desirable. These come in three flavors. The incendiary

explosion is roughly equivalent to a bell pepper. The napalm explosion is

about on par with a couple of chili peppers. The nuclear explosion is about

equivalent to five jalepenos.



[13-1-5]: Cash

-----------------



     This contains up to 2000 credits.



[13-1-6]: Nukes, airstrikes, ion beams

-----------------------------------------



Douglas William Cole ([e-mail])

     One time use nukes, airstrikes and ion beams.  My friend said he found a

box with an ion beam AND a nuke it in, but I'll believe it when I see it.



[13-1-7]: Map modifiers

--------------------------



     Will either hide or reveal or cover all territory on your maps.



[13-1-8] Heal all units

--------------------------



Joe Bostic ([e-mail])

     sphere with rings -> heal all units and buildings to full strength





*13-2* Offensive tactics

===========================



Roger's Note:  Much of the information found in Chapter 6 is directly related

to multiplayer offensive strategies.



Firefox ([e-mail])



Diversionary Tactics (can be used by both NOD & GDI)

----------------------------------------------------

     I have used this strategy successfully in net games as well as against

the computer:



     Build up about 20 minigunners, a hum-vee (or nod bike) and maybe a

cheapie tank. The idea is to make this force look as convincing as possible.

Group this "Attack Force" and hold it in reserve.



     Build an APC and load it up with 4 engineers and a bazooka (NOT a flame

thrower, they'll sometimes kill the engineers). Move the APC on the side of

the map that the enemy's construction yard is on.



     Now, with the Grouped Attack Force attack the enemy base from the side

OPPOSITE of where the Construction Yard, other important buildings are. You

ARE NOT concerned about what happens to the attacking force.



     Just as the force starts to engage in battle and you see the enemies

troops, etc. running to defend the base, bring in the APC and unload the

engineers. Take over (in order of priority: Construction Yard, Airbase (or

Weapons Factory), Hand Of Nod (or Barracks). The enemy will be defenseless!



     If the enemy has tanks around his base, build a turret and have it ready

to deploy as soon as you take over a building, then put it next to it so it

can destroy enemy forces.



     I have successfully used this diversion many times to the disdain of my

enemy. It works almost all of the time. The key point to remember is that

your attacking force should be convincing. A mammoth tank in it will convince

the enemy that the force is REAL and not a diversion and hence will draw all

his troops to attack it.



     In general, use this tactic to draw forces AWAY from something you

REALLY want to attack.



Harassment

-----------

     One of my favorite ways to annoy the enemy is to build a bunch of

Grenadiers/Bazooka's and send them out, one at a time to attack different

buildings of the enemy base. This really only works if he has not yet built a

Obelisk Of Light. The enemy will be so preoccupied killing the annoying

attackers that they won't see (hopefully) your APC or REAL strike force

attacking his base from another point of the base. This tactic also wears

heavily on the enemy finances since he is constantly repairing many different

buildings. Your enemy will be become paranoid and demoralized, THEN you can

send in the tanks, etc. that you have been building the whole time and wipe

them out.



Overwhelming Force

------------------

     If your enemy has an Obelisk Guard Tower (and hopefully no flame-

anythings), then build about 40 minigunners and send them to attack his

Obelisk Guard Tower. The Tower takes so long to recharge that it cannot

possibly kill off all of the attackers. Also send 1 or 2 off to attack a

power plant (which makes the enemy rebuilding take just that much longer).



-xxx-



Jason Thomas ([e-mail])

:I was on the losing end of a game when I got lucky with an APC

:full of engineers and took most of his base - my opponent promptly resigned.

:Yes, I won technically, but it felt like a hollow victory.  It also places

:way too much emphasis on that tactic instead of a mix of strategies.



     There's no such thing as an unfair tactic.  If you haven't arranged your

defenses so that you can defend against a couple of APCs with engineers,

perhaps you should reevaluate your strategy.  It is, however, a devastating

assault.  Picture this: A few waves of humvees driving  parallel to the wire

to snipe at infantry units.  Follow this up with a wedge of medium tanks,

spearheaded by a heavy if you have it, directed at a turret.  Follow this up

with rocket artillery.  Then the APCs with engineers come through.  If the

APCs get through, game over.  If they don't, then the defender's base is

going to be pretty much toast, and his defending forces crushed. Your attack

force is going to be gone too, but it underscores the principle of attacking

first.



-xxx-



Don Good ([e-mail])

     From reading the various h2h posts, it appears that most players use a

defense first strategy.  Sorry, but this is not the most effective way to go.



     At the outset, you should hunt aggressively for your foes base.  Assign

a humvee/recon bike to a ctrl number, and send it first to one corner, then

the others.  While the unit is in transit, build your base right next to a

tiberium field.



     Your order of build for NOD is powerplant, refinery, Hand of NOD.  For

GDI it's powerplant, then refinery.  If you have found your foes base, and he

has no Helipads yet, then GDI should build the barracks.  If your foe has

Helipads, or Hand o NOD; GDI should build a communications center.  The comm.

center allows you to build Advanced towers, the barracks allows everything

else.



     During this phase, listen for sounds of gunfire.  When you here gunfire

it's your scout being attacked.  Do an alt+# to jump to him and thoroughly

scout out his base.



     If he has no SAM's/advanced towers, your in luck, quickly build 2

Helipads, and 1 powerplant and start attacking his harvester.  Meanwhile, if

your GDI, train to engineers and load them into your APC for an assault on

his construction yard.



     From this point on, your main objective is to build more harvesters, and

constantly attack his harvesters and powerplants.  When a powerplant gets

knocked out attack his ground units on his base.  Concentrate on units which

can attack helicopters/Orcas.



     By attacking from the get go, you force the "base builders" into a

constant rebuilding mode.  If they insist on still trying to build and

advance their bases they will leave themselves open to further attacks upon

production.  If they try to return the attack, you will have already gained

significant ground in offensive punch over them.



     This strategy is especially effective against the GDI "spider base"

builders.  In the early stages of the game their defenses are too spread out

to prevent constant air attacks, and too spread out to deal with an

APC/engineer attack.



-xxx-

Terminator ([e-mail])

     When playing NOD build a Power Plant, Tiberium Refinery, and Airstrip in

that order.  Don't build anymore buildings.  Just keep churning out Recon

Bikes until you run out of money.  You should have about 10-20 bikes now (you

started with 9999 credits right?).   You now have an unbeatable army.  Send

them to destroy the other guy's harvester(s). Usually they won't have enough

time to put together a defense by then. Your bikes can then just head in and

blow the bejesus out of them.  This tactic works very well and I haven't

found anything else that can stop it.  The only problem is that once you've

used it on the other poor guy a few times he'll start doing the same thing.

Then it bogs down to who builds first. :)



     Build Power Plant, Tiberium Refinery, and Barracks/Hand of NOD, and then

build as many helipads as you can.  You should be able to gather a nice 5-10

chopper/Orca force.  If the other guy is GDI then you'll usually be able to

go over and blow their Construction Yard away before they can form a good air

defense.  If the other guy is Nod then they might have made a Sam Site by

now.  Go and blow the Sam Site away. You shouldn't lose one chopper/Orca if

you sent at least four or five. Then blow the Construction Yard away.  This

really annoys people, and half the time they'll lose self confidence and

resign.



     Make the all famous engineer/APC combo.  Before you send them over have

an Obelisk/Adv. Guard Tower ready to put down.  When they capture a building

put down the Obelisk or AGT right there in there base!  If you're NOD keep

building turrets and put them in their base. Destroy them from the inside

out.  If you're GDI then building a barracks (if you haven't captured theirs)

and putting it in and building more engineers to capture more buildings might

be best, since Guard Towers build slower.  It's just like cancer.  Once it's

started it can't be stopped.



*13-3* Defensive tactics

==============================

Roger's Note:  Much of the information in Chapter 5 directly relates to

multiplayer defensive strategies.



JB Hall ([e-mail])

     Here is a great tip for 4-Player Net Games with alliances. Both you and

your teammate pick Nod and GDI.  During the game (after you've both got

things rolling) build an MCV each and send 'em across to the other guy's

base.  After that set them up build an engineer and VIOLA!! both of you have

Nod and GDI capabilities.  Sure it's REALLY expensive but well worth it.



With both capabilities, the perfect base defense is:

     -Obelisk

     -2 Turrets (Hum-Vee Killers)

     -Guard Tower (Infantry Killer)

     -SAM Site (Bye Bye Aircraft)

     -Missile Tower (Chews up leftovers)

Untouchable!!



-xxx-



Jason Thomas ([e-mail])

     Now, what if you had two layers of defense?  An outer wall, possibly

sandbags, with gun turrets, infantry, et cetera.  Then, an inner wall of

chain-link or concrete surrounding your buildings with gun-turrets, grenade

guys, et cetera.  That might help keep the engineers away a bit better.  It's

a legitimate tactic; use it and learn how to defend against it.



-xxx-



Phil Sykes ([e-mail])

     Surround your base with guard towers. If an enemy (even an allied one)

approaches to try and get recon info, waste them. The less they know at the

start, the more costly it is in the middle.

     Spice harvesters are great to hassle with Orcas.

     Pointers to remember during netgames:

     The computer player ALWAYS repairs structures when they get damaged. The

same is not true for the humans however.

     Humans may get demoralized and quit if you kill their construction yard!

     Always keep a couple of engineers next to your refinery and construction

yards - to recapture them immediately.

     Humans have VERY limited money, especially if you've killed their

harvesters! Those ion cannons are much more useful when repairs can't be made

and obelisks / guard towers can't be replaced indefinitely.

     Try to cripple your opponent early on by making them spend money on

repairs and replacements so their 'base-economy' cannot develop.

     If playing against a tech 6 or 7 Nod opponent, wall up your base apart

from one choke point which should have a guard stationed there who moves out

of the way to let units in / out. This prevents stealth tanks.

     Never leave your base open anyway - the other guy will be fighting a

penetration war if he has to get through walls!

     Often, humans will repair their units. Clobber them on the way out if

you don't like this!



[13-4]: Capture the flag

===========================



Kevin 'Zaph' Burfitt ([e-mail])

     Playing 4 player Capture the Flag, with Alliances:



The Zaph strategy:

     As soon as the game starts, gear to building fast vehicles

(humvees/Bikes) and run groups of 3 or 4 into the enemy base, grabbing the

flag and

dragging it further away - they wont have the defenses to prevent this in the

opening stages...



The Anti-Zaph Strategy:

     After forming an alliance with your teammate, run a tank into their

base, and take their flag. Then drive it a few squares away, somewhere

convenient and hard to get to!. Now the only way someone can take the flag is

by destroying your tank (they can't just grab it and run). - have your

teammate do the same for you!



[13-5]: Various player strategies

====================================



[13-5-1]: Aardvark's strategy

--------------------------------

     Phil Sykes ([e-mail])



     (1) Get recon on the enemy base as soon as possible.

     Preferably, send all of your recon capable guys out to corners of the

map to get info on the areas around the base. This saves you enormous hassle

getting it later on, when it will be needed to detect buildups, aim

airstrikes / Orcas and mount an attack.



     When your guy gets there, offer (verbally or using f1-f4) to make an

alliance. If you command the respect I do in C&C, they will probably agree.

Say you will team up and crush the other two (so the other two can here it).

This will cause them to ally (maybe)



     Once you've made the alliance, run all the way round the base (if

someone else tries to do this to you, unally and whack them). Then set off to

another base.



     (2) Defend your base from recon.

     Put fences up around 'choke points', areas where the base is protected

by natural features to prevent other people getting in. Put a tank at the

entrance (and a guard building) to discourage people from getting in. With

any luck, no-one got a good look round your base.



     If anyone did, offer to make an alliance with them - they could be very

dangerous.



     (3) Build more base.

     Put at least two tiberium refineries in, preferably on opposite sides of

the base. Make sure harvesters have easy access to them, but put them inside

the fence, or engineers will attack them. Don't worry about defense too much

at this stage, but be sure to make a

base that is easily navigable (so troops can get through to defend).



     Avoid making 'transport chopper magnets', that is large areas of open

ground deep inside your base. If you have any, be sure to station a

minigunner and a bazooka guy to shoot down or mop up any penetrators.



     My personal preference is for a fairly open plan base, with all areas

defended by advanced guard towers or SAMs.



     If you're playing NOD, put your obelisks RIGHT next to SAM launchers,

and preferable within range of two or three SAMs, because this will mean any

air attack to remove it takes hideous casualties.



     Be sure to produce five or six bazooka dudes to plant around the inside

of the base for SAM cover.



     In areas where a tank attack seems probable, place fence 2 squares deep,

or concrete if you can get it.



     DON'T leave huge gaps in your defenses. If possible, only two or three

squares should afford entrance or exit to your base, and these should be

defended with advanced guard towers like so:



           ************  ************

            ***  ***

            G**  **G



 * = fencing / natural defenses  G = advanced guard tower / obelisk



     This fencing two deep prevents flame-throwers or minigunners from

getting

next to the targets.



(4) Be really evil.



     At this point, everyone's base is defended. A frontal assault would be

suicide and lose you the game, so you have to fight dirty, using attrition or

psychological tactics or luck to destroy the other three.



     Build three harvesters and two harvester plants at least.



     If you're GDI, get around five Orcas. Start blowing up harvesters. It

doesn't take long for the human to feel the pinch. If he gets stuck without

enough money to build more harvesters, he has to sell units or buildings. If

you can see areas in the enemy base not under SAM cover, blow them up. This

works especially well against weenies who build their construction yard right

at the back, and form a front line to stop enemies.



     If your harvesters start to get blown up, complain violently. Protest to

the other guy, and suggest to everyone that a punitive raid should be

launched on player X to stop them from being so evil. Also, send a few

bazooka guys to the spice farms. Orcas aren't much good at hitting moving

targets, so this is where they are most vulnerable.



     If you can afford it - spider base. Build a line of sandbags out to a

large spice field, and plonk an advanced guard tower or a SAM site (protected

by a tank). This is an excellent place to mass troops prior to an assault, as

they don't get pummeled by aircraft (it's also a big target for ion cannons /

nukes, deflecting the attention away from your base.



     If another player looks stronger then you, say so. Explain to the other

players how it would definitely be best to take this guy down 'I can see

troops massing in his corner, he's going to attack' or 'I'm sure he's got

stealth tanks in your base!'



     Launch a combined assault. This will undoubtedly remove him from the

game if you are playing with anyone half decent. Offer to lend 'air support'

but not ground troops.



     Whilst they're doing this - engineer attack their base or blow up their

harvesters. Chances are they'll be too pre-occupied to notice.



     If you're NOD - Stealth tanks! - Sneak em in through enemy defenses and

mass them in the gaps between his buildings. Go for his construction yard

first, because once the construction yard is gone, the will to fight can go

too, and they may resign. Also, use stealth tanks or recon bikes to hunt

harvesters in packs ;)



     Crates are always useful. No matter what you got, say it was a good one

to your enemies. If you're nod, decloak one of your stealth tanks to make the

noise, and say it was a stealth APC/engineer/mammoth tank. Make sure you have

recon all around the map, and periodically scan it for crates. Have a humvee

ready to go after the crates (be sure to tell an ally what you're doing if

you approach his base, or he may attack you)



     Set up a buffer zone around your base. If anyone comes inside a LARGE

radius, say 'that (unit) better get out of here or my Orcas / assault

choppers are gonna whack him'. 'You got 10 seconds - 9 - 8 - 7 (launch the

Orcas now) - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 (Orcas attack now) - damn, I can't count.'



     This will scare weenie players a bit.



     Of course, no treatise on being nasty would be complete without the

engineer assault. I've already described the best method for this, but after

a bit more multiplayer playing, the enemy has got wise to these tactics

(remember - you can target your AGTs and obelisks manually).



     So, a few more pointers:



     The enemy will whack any APC approaching his base, for sure. (I know I

would). If he sends choppers up, the APC is in trouble. Guard it with bazooka

guys, who get out when you're nearly there and march with the APC.



     Remember to ally with him in the middle of this. It might confuse him,

but your APCs won't stop to shoot that way.



     Say 'OK . he's turning around now - he was just doing some recon', turn

him round, and move straight back in again (or attack one of his harvesters,

to divert attention).



     There must be a weak point for the APC to get through. Defenses like I

have described will chew up APCs and engineers every time without a problem.

If you've got stealth tanks inside, use them to divert his attention away. By

the time he notices, it may be too late. Else use an Orca strike to remove a

gap big enough to get an engineer through.



     If there's no way that's going to work, use a chopper. Land it as far

from SAM sites as possible, and get out four grenadiers and one engineer. Use

the grenadiers to chew up a power station or two, and send the engineer in.



     To defend against this, just put a wall down where the chopper is about

to land. It has to take off again.



     Once you've got the building, sell it. Use the minigunners to get more

recon, or to attack a building. Don't suicide them into the nearest guard

tower.



     Power: If an GDI enemy runs out of power, send the Orcas in. If a nod

player does, have a quick engineer attack ready ;)



     Always turn your sound down if you know you will lose power (same for

building nukes/ion cannon/air strikes). Turn in up again afterwards.



(5) Endgame



     You got walloped? Had to sell all of your buildings to pay for a few

units? Got a few guys left (or a mass of minigunners from building attack?).

Make use of them! Send them to attack harvesters or camp out close to an

enemy base, inviting an attack (which will cost the enemy dear if you are

going to try a head on assault - make sure you send the armor in first.



     Offer to send any harvesters you have to other people's bases in return

for air support / backup in an assault. In short, get the other guys to help

you against the guy that beat you. You may still win!



     Everyone else has no money and a load of units which are crap?

     Start building up defenses. Close up entrances you no longer need, and

plant extra advanced guard towers in. Say 'come on then - finish it off -

I've got bugger all money left now' and other such things to entice an

attack. When it comes, mass all units inside the fence and pound away. Two

advanced guard towers and a wall can kill a virtually infinite number of men,

especially with money to repair them.



     Send up the assault choppers and or Orcas to attack them on the way in.

you start getting beaten, fall back inside your base a bit more. They

generally can't prosecute an attack against a multilayered base (units too

scattered - not enough armor etc.).



     HOUSE RULES FOR C&C (+ interesting deathmatch games)



     No engineers attacks

     No engineer attacks in the first half hour

     No attacking harvesters (in the first half hour)

     No sending out first minute recon buggies

     No resigning (sell all your buildings and try a head on assault)

     Must resign and abort once beaten (to speed up the game)

     Two on two alliances

     Nod and GDI vs. Nod and GDI (capture allies buildings for a nice mix of

units).

     Three on one (I've won a few playing the one)

     No bases - 50 units tech level 1

     No bases - 50 units tech level 4

     No bases - 5 units tech level 4 (this is a hoot!)

     Tech levels 6&7 are the most fun to play on.



     Use CCEDIT to edit the weapon loadouts for all players.

     e.g.

     Bazookas guys armed with SAMs, cost 700

     Nod recon buggy armed with SAMs, cost 900

     MCV only costs 2000

     Orcas only cost 300, SAMs 400 and AGTs 450 (air war!!!)

     Flame-thrower troops have obelisk lasers, but cost 1200

     Nod buggy and Hummers both have high velocity machine gun, but cost 100

more.

     Engineers cost 1000

     Everything is half price (this is FUNNY!)

     Everything is one credit (this is SILLY!)



[13-5-2] Joseph's strategy

-----------------------------

Joseph E. Bellerose ([e-mail])



     One can win against any opponent with a Low Tech Strategy. I have

overrun my opponent with just foot soldiers as the NOD and as the GDI.

Basically I NEVER build the advanced structures. I put my cash into

"troopers" or some other low tech capability. My "Chinese strategy" is to

overwhelm the opponent early on with a combination of grenadiers/flame-

throwers and a few bazooka and mini-gunner troops. While he is building all

those fancy buildings I'm sending groups of 12 to 15 troopers at him from

several different angles. The trick is to attack from two or preferably three

different directions. This has the effect of inducing the greatest military

weapon of all...PANIC into the heart of your opponent.



     Another favorite of mine is the HELLS ANGELS strategy. I build Recon

Bikes as fast as I can and nothing else. 12 Recon Bikes can easily overcome

any Orca strategy and I have rushed the enemy base with Recon Bikes and taken

out his Construction yard, Vehicle Building and usually 1 or 2 of his Orca

Pads before the 12 Bikes expire. In the meantime I am building the second

wave of HELLS ANGELS for the finishing moves. It is amazing to watch 12 to 15

HELLS ANGELS shred a harvester or a squadron of Orcas. They can reduce a

couple of Mammoth tanks to scrap iron in a matter of no time at all.



     The basic idea is to get there "furstus with the mostus" and to have a

"second punch" to finish off the enemy after your first attack has caused

chaos. The money you save by NOT building the fancy structures and going for

the Wunder Weapons allows you to get there with a killer punch FIRST.



     The basic defense against the HELLS ANGELS...Hummers of course. The

Recon Bikes are lightly armored and the Hummers or Nod Buggy can run with

them and shred the Bikes quickly as well. So it is a good counter. Of course,

if you are building all those Monuments to Greatness (Advanced Comm...NOD

temple etc..) well you are not going to be able to produce too many Hummers

or Buggies are ya? Hahahahaha



[13-5-3] Kokko's strategy

----------------------------



In our small (10 player, local net) C&C group it's become very apparent that

1 or 2 refineries and 3-4 harvesters just gets you killed.



As we start with just 3 units, it means you just can't mount a good offensive

real fast, so we go like this:



start - send fastest unit (humvee/buggy) to explore. Find enemy ASAP as

mapping the base area helps a lot. at the same time build:

construction yard->

power plant->

refinery->

refinery->

advanced power plant->

troop or vehicle factory->

some defensive troops->

refinery->

(start building defenses and buildings

in your preferred order)



Usually mid-game we have 3 refineries and 5-6 harvesters.



If you stick to two refs. (or one, for god's sake) you get overrun sooner or

later as you are out of funds/waiting for harvester while other player keeps

on building and building...



We also usually frown upon 'hunt the harvesters' strategy, and in 4-player

game it's simply enforced by the fact that whoever starts to kill harvesters

(unless they wander into base defenses) usually becomes public enemy no.1 and

gets killed by the other 3 players :) I wish 'guard' option would work better

so you could put some bikes or rocket launchers to guard harvesters but as of

now (at least with bikes) they just prevent the harvester from entering

refinery unless you manually do so.



It's a shame the areas are so small. 4 times the current size, please. 4-

player game gets REAL claustrophobic. Real fast. And even with 9999 funds at

start, you need to use 'low tech' approach or capture one enemy with

engineers *fast* or you just run out of cash. Too little tiberium for each

player.



============================

-Section Four- MISCELLANEOUS

============================



--------------------

CHAPTER [14]: Tables

--------------------

     The data in these tables are the result of the hard work of Andrew

Griffin and Mike Lee. My many thanks to Mike for his initial field

experiments, and to Andrew for his dedication to cracking that rascally

game.dat file. What a patient guy! Also thanks to Max Ahston

([e-mail]) for some time to build values.



[14-1]: Armor

================

       Unit Armor

Level  Description

0      very resistant to anti-armor weapons (rockets and cannons); gets

       chewed up very quickly by machine guns.

1      recon bike is equipped with this.

2      stealth tank, artillery, hummers, buggy, MRLS, harvester and MCV are

       equipped with this. So is the SSM and rocket launcher.

3      flame, light, medium and mammoth tanks as well as the APC are

       equipped with this. So is the gunboat.

4      Quite resistant to anti-armor weapons (better than 1-3 but worse

       than 0), but bad against the high-velocity machine gun but good

       against the minigunner infantry. It is on the Orca and nod attack

       choppers.



       Building Armor

     There is no solid information on the types of armor associated with

buildings at this time. Building armor seems to be radically different than

unit armor, in that they absorb bullets very well, but are most vulnerable to

artillery and rocket fire. The SAM site has two different armor values for

when it is open, and for when it is closed. While closed, a SAM site can take

200 hits from a minigunner, 25 hits from a bazooka, and 20 hits from a

mammoth tank. Compare this with a tiberium silo that takes 38 minigunner

hits, or 13 bazooka hits, and you may understand a little better why it is

taking so long to figure out the logic behind the armor of buildings.



[14-2]: Weapons

==================

Weapon type    : Name of weapon

Weapon ID      : Internal ID number of weapon

Damage to armor: Hitpoints damage to units of specified armor

Area damage    : Radius of damage area in game squares

Range          : Range of weapon in game squares

Reload         : Reload rate of weapon in minutes and seconds

Accuracy       : Accuracy of weapon. AA is excellent, FF is hopeless.



Weapon         Weapon   Damage to Armor   Area Range Reload

type               ID   0   1   2   3   4 Dam. (sq.) (sec.) Accuracy

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Sniper rifle        0  99?  4   4   4   ? N/A    6     :05  AA

HV machine-gun      1  22  19  14   6  25  1     3     :05  AA

Pistol*             2   ?   ?   ?   ?   ? N/A    1     :25  CC

Minigun             3  15   8   8   4   4 N/A    1     :03  AA

Rocket              4   8  22  22  30  11  ?     4     :06  BB

Flame-thrower       5  26+  ?  24   ?   9  3     2     :05  AA

Tank flame-thrower  6  50+ 35  35  13   ?  2     2     :05  AA

Chemical Spray      7  40+  ?  36   ?  14  3     2     :07  AA

Grenade             8  39   ?  26  13   ?  2     2     :07  BB

70mm cannon         9   ?  19  19  25   ?  ?     4     :06  BB

120mm cannon       10   8  22  22  30  15  ?     5     :05  BB

120mm cannon APR   11  10  30  30  40  20  ?     5     :09  BB

Turret cannon      12  10  30  30  40  20  ?     5     :06  BB

Missile pack       13   ?   ?   ?   ?   ?  1     5     :07  CC

227mm rocket       14   ?   ?   ?   ?   ?  2     6     :09  DD

Ballistic charge   15   ? 112  85  40   ?  1     6     :06  FF

50 cal. machinegun 16  15   8   8   4   4 N/A    4     :03  AA

Gunboat missile    17   ?   ?   ?   ?   ?  2     8     :03  DD

Adv. GT Missile    18   ?   ?   ?   ?   ?  2     8     :05  DD

Napalm bomb        19   ?   ?   ?   ?   ?  1    N/A  12:00  AA

Obelisk Laser      20   ?   ? 200   ?   ?  ?     5     :05  AA

Surf to Air Miss.  21   ?   ?   ?   ?   ? N/A    8     :06  AA

Surf to Surf Miss. 22   ?   ?   ?   ?   ?  4    10     :24  AA

Ion Cannon            592 578   ? 450 450  1    N/A  15:00  AA

Nuclear warhead         ?   ?   ?   ?   ?  3    N/A  20:00  AA



     There are another 2 weapon types, but they have no sound effects

associated with them, nor a graphic. They are associated with the bite

attacks of the dinosaur units.



     * Pistols have a fire rate of about half a second, but take 25 seconds

to reload the 10-round magazine.



*14-3*: Units

===============

Unit Type : Name of unit

Hit Points: Amount of damage absorbed before destruction

Armor     : Armor level of unit

Cost      : Cost of unit in credits

Weapon ID : Type of weapon carried, according to internal ID numbers.

Tech level: Multiplayer tech level in which unit appears.

TTB       : Time to build at slowest gamespeed on Gateway P5-66



'I stopwatched the building time for all vehicles, infantry and buildings and

came to the conclusion, that TTB is linear to the cost except the following

units: refinery needs only 1/3 of the time , heli pad 1/5th (that's

incredible fast!), walls need all the same (as if costing 150 credits), a

harvester needs a little more time (15%), and orcas, attack helicopters need

almost twice the time.'

     -Stefan Sautter ([e-mail])



     On my system, it takes approximately nine seconds to build 100 credits

worth of units/buildings. The times to build presented here are only meant to

give a rough idea of construction times.



Movement  : Lower numbers are faster

Scout     : Scouting radius in squares.

Req.      : Buildings required for construction.



Unit         Hit               Weap Tech      Mov. Scout

Type         Points Armor Cost ID   Lvl  TTB  Rate Rad.  Req.

----------------------------------------------------------------

Minigunner       50   0    100   3   1   :10    8    1   Bar

Grenadier        50   0    160   8   1   :10    6    1   Bar

Bazooka          25   0    300   4   2   :25    9    2   Bar

Flame-thrower    70   0    200   5   1   :18    6    1   HON

Chem Warrior     70   0    300   7   7   :25    8    1   HON+Tmpl.

Engineer         25   0    500  N/A  3   :45    8    2   Bar/HON

Commando         80   0   1000   0   7  1:30    6    5   Bar+ACC/HON+Tmpl



Attack Heli.    125   4   1200   1   6  1:15    1    0   Air+Hpad

Orca            125   4   1200   4   6  2:00    1    0   WF+Hpad

Transport Heli   90  ??   1500  N/A  6  2:20    2    0   WF+Hpad/Air+Hpad



Flame Tank      300   3    800   6   4  1:10    6    4   Com+Air

Stealth Tank    110   2    900   4   5  1:20    5    4   Com+Air

Light Tank      300   3    600   9   3   :50    7    3   Air

Medium Tank     400   3    800  10   3  1:10    7    3   WF

Mammoth Tank    600   3   1500 11/13 5  2:15   10    4   WF+RBay

Harvester       600   2   1400  N/A  2  2:15    7    2   WF+Ref/Air+Ref

MCV             600   2   5000  N/A  7  8:00    7    2   WF+ACC/Air+Tmpl

Artillery        75   2    450  15   6   :40   10    4   Air

Humvee          150   2    400  16   2   :35    3    2   WF

Nod Buggy       140   2    300  16   2   :25    3    2   WF

Recon Bike      160   1    500   4   2   :35    2    2   WF

Rocket Launcher 100   2    800  14   7  1:10    7    4   WF+ACC

APC             200   3    700  16   4  1:00    4    4   Bar+WF

SSM             120   2    750  22   7  1:05    7    4



Visceroid       150   1     ??   7   ?    ??    6    4   Hacking

T-Rex           750   3     ??  24   ?    ??    7    5   Hacking

Velociraptor     ??   3     ??  24   ?    ??    1    5   Hacking

Triceratops     700   3     ??  23   ?    ??    10   5   Hacking

Stegasaurus      ??   3     ??  23   ?    ??    10   5   Hacking



*14-4*: Buildings

===================

Building type: Name of unit

Req Power    : Power drain in power units.

Power Output : Power generation in power units

Hit Points   : Amount of damage absorbed before destruction

Armor        : Armor level of building

Cost         : Cost of building in credits

Weapon type  : Type of weapon carried, according to internal ID numbers.

Tech level   : Multiplayer tech level in which building appears.

TTB          : Time to build at slowest gamespeed on Gateway P5-66

Req.         : Prerequisite buildings before construction



No information on construction yard is available.

No information on armor types is available.



Building          Power   Hit             Weap Tech

Type              in  out Pts  Armor Cost Type Levl TTB Req.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Sandbags            0   0   20  N/A    50 N/A  1    :15 Cyard

Fence               0   0   10  N/A    75 N/A  1    :15 Cyard

Concrete            0   0   70  N/A   100 N/A  1    :15 Cyard

Power Plant         0 100  200  ??    300 N/A  1    :20 CYard

Adv. Power Plant    0 200  300  ??    700 N/A  5    :45 Pp

Refinery           40  10  450  ??   2000 N/A  1    :55 Pp

Silo               10   0  150  ??    150 N/A  1    :10 Ref

Comm. Center       40   0  500  ??   1000 N/A  2   1:35 Ref

Helipad            10   0  400  ??   1500 N/A  6    :20 Bar/HON

Repair Pad         ??   0   ??  ??   1200 N/A  5   2:00 Pp

Barracks           20   0  200  ??    300 N/A  1    :20 Pp

Weapons Factory    30   0  200  ??   2000 N/A  2   3:20 Pp

Guard Tower        10   0  200  ??    500   1  2    :42 Bar

Adv. Comm. Center 200   0  500  ??   2800 N/A  7   4:10 Com

Adv. Guard Tower   20   0  300  ??   1000  18  4   1:35 Com

Hand of Nod        20   0  200  ??    300 N/A  1    :20 Pp

SAM Site           20   0  200  ??    750  21  6   1:05 HON

Turret(1)          20   0  600  ??    250  12  2    :22 HON

Airstrip           30   0  500  ??   2000 N/A  2   3:20 Ref

Obelisk of Light  150   0  200  ??   1500  20  1   2:20 Com

Temple of Nod     150   0 1000  ??   3000 N/A  7   4:50 Com



(1) Turrets cost $250 in versions prior to 1.18

--------------------------------

CHAPTER [15]: Internet resources

--------------------------------



*15-1*: Third party programs

==============================

C&C Editor v1.5

     CCEDIT.ZIP

     change hitpoints, cost, weapons, power data, tech levels, vehicle

     speeds, stealth capabilities and ownership of infantry, vehicles

     and structures. For C&C version 1.18.

     written by Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     http://adam.com.au/~buggy



C&C Scenario Editor

     CC-SCEN.ZIP

     With this editor, you can edit the map, the overlays, the terrain,

     the structures, units and smudges that occur on the map.

     written by Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     http://adam.com.au/~buggy



C&C Mission selector v1.4

     CCMISS.ZIP

     change the mission of a savegame

     written by Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])

     http://adam.com.au/~buggy



C&C Savegame money editor

     add money to savegames

     written by ????

     http://www.computek.net/autownet/c&c.html



*15-2*: World Wide Web sites

==============================



http://www.westwood.com

Westwood Studios Home Page

[e-mail]



     This is Westwood Studio's Official site. It also includes a real-time

chat facility.



http://adam.com.au/~buggy

Andrew Griffin's Homepage and Editor List

[e-mail]



     Andrew Griffin is the number one name in editor programming. He's

written map editors, savegame editors, and unit data editors for C&C. If you

haven't heard of him, I don't know where you've been for the past two months.



http://www.econ.cbs.dk/people/dszcpfk/cc.html

The Command & Conquer Resource Center

[e-mail]



    Christian has set up the Ultimate C&C page on the Web. There is a message

board here that gets more messages per day regarding C&C than the Usenet

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic newsgroup.



http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~kazial/cnc.html

C&C MultiPlayer Page

[e-mail]



http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~ritterd/main.htm

The Command and Conquer Modem Players List

[e-mail]



http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~ccmills/command.html

Command and Conquer

[e-mail]



http://www.computek.net/autownet/c&c.html

Command and Conquer - HOW TO CHEAT

[e-mail]



http://www.wolfenet.com/~kerhop/opp-info.html

Opponent Information

[e-mail]



http://www.webspace.com/~tanker

The Tankers' Wargaming and Military History Homepage

[e-mail]



*15-3*: KALI C&C servers

===========================

     I don't use KALI myself, and so cannot verify the following information.

I would appreciate some feedback on its correctness!



CastleNet (204.97.214.4) is the main C&C server..



"FYI ... The Starlink Kali server has been upgraded to the latest

version ..... 1.2 !!!!  (it now plays a much better game!!!)

     Thanks, ... Jay Cotton!

     [e-mail]"



*15-4*: Other FAQs and texts

===============================

The Official C&C FAQ

by [e-mail]

available from:

     http://www.westwood.com



Unofficial Command and Conquer Multi-player Strategy Guide

by [e-mail]

available from:

     unknown



Guide to GENERAL.MIX

by [e-mail]

available from:

     http://adam.com.au/~buggy



--------------------------------

[16] Bugs, updates, future games

--------------------------------



*16-1*: The wishlist

=======================

This list is compiled from dozens of Usenet posts and E-mail sent to me

regarding things they'd like to see in the next C&C game. Whether or not they

get them is entirely up to the producer. I'd post his E-Mail address if I

knew it, but I don't. What I will do is send a copy of this wishlist to

Westwood.



     A mission builder, or random mission generator

     Formation movement

     Guarding in place

     Improving the harvester AI

     Star Wars meets C&C

     Ability to dig foxholes with your infantry.

     Ability to camouflage units.

     Units that can scale cliffs (seal teams)

     Mortar infantry.

     More units with dual weapons systems (like mammoths)

    i.e.  A med. tank w/ machine gun, rocket launcher/flamer, etc...

     A bridgelayer/combat engineer

     A heavy-lift chopper to move vehicles, only light ones

     Flak guns

     Aerial recon?

     A Paris Gun (super long range artillery)

     A laser tank  (not as powerful as the obelisk)

     A purpose-built scout unit (can see stealth stuff?)

     A scatter command that actually moves infantry out of the path of tanks

     Jetpack infantry  (short hops only, takes time to recharge)

     Tomahawk missiles, really long range, kill 1 tank or so per shot.

     A technician-type unit that can field repair vehicles to 50%

     A field hospital!!!!  I hate sending nearly dead guys into combat.

     Minefields.

     Mine detecting/disarming troopers.

     Grenade *launchers*

     That cool looking one-man robot thingy on the box.

     Tiberium growth accelerator?

     Bridge builders.

     The ability to *destroy* bridges.

     That cool vehicle from GI Joe that lays bridges.

     The ability to knock over trees.

     Let the 'B' key take you to current points of battle.

     360 degree sound (via headphones)

     Fog of war

     Water based vehicles that you can build and control and amphibious

       vehicles like hovercraft etc.

And finally...



     More of that newscaster chick with the nice rack!

     (ROGER'S NOTE: this is a unanimous vote on part of the C&C Men's

     Club, Westwood. We won't buy your next game without her.)



[16-2] Questions regarding C&C present and future

====================================================



*16-2-1*: Mouse problems

---------------------------

'My mouse goes crazy when ever I hold down a key.'

     Westwood says they are working on it.  From my personal experience, it

only seems to affect PS/2 type port mice (the kind that fit into a special

circular mouse port). Switching to a serial mouse, or using an adapter to

convert the round connector to a serial connector will cure this problem in

most situations.



Christopher J Angel ([e-mail]) wrote

     "I have encountered a bug with the mouse while playing a head to head

game over an IPX network. During the game the mouse cursor will all of a

sudden start jumping all over the screen. There seems to be no way to fix the

problem so the game must be restarted. The only computer I can seem to

reproduce this problem on is a NEC Ready P60M. I have not yet played any

single player games on this NEC to determine if the bug is related to the

network play.  Any help on this bug would be greatly appreciated. I can not

play multiplayer games because of it, and I have not seen any references to

the problem."



David Byerman ([e-mail])

     Chris, try holding down <ALT> while madly clicking both mouse buttons

when this happens.  I learned about this solution on this newsgroup, and

damned if it doesn't work every time.



[16-2-2]: Multiplayer savegames

----------------------------------

'Why can't I save my multiplayer game?'

    Westwood says that they have plans to add save game functionality to

their next C&C game, 'Red Alert.' It will not be provided in the future patch

[to C&C]



*16-2-3*: Mission disk add-ons

---------------------------------

Release date: Before Christmas 1995

'What about add-on missions?'

There will be mission add-on for C&C before 'Red Alert' comes out.



*16-2-4*: Red Alert

----------------------

Release date: March 1996



'Red Alert? What is that?'

     The next C&C type game from Westwood is called 'Red Alert'. It is set in

a time period before The Tiberium wars. It is a completely new game, and not

an add on to C&C. It will be released before C&C2 sees the light of day.



     There will be numerous engine changes, an 'alternate history'

environment, new units such as guard dogs, bridge building and demolition,

and new wall types.



     It will sport six simultaneous players, and larger maps compared to C&C.



*16-2-5*: C&C for Win95

--------------------------

Release date: unknown



Super VGA Windows 95 C&C...



Skip McIlvaine ([e-mail])

     Westwood plans a Windows 95 version of C & C that is more than just

making sure it works in Windows.  The game will actually be window-based, so

that you can resize and move windows around (like the radar map, the building

interface, the playing screen, etc.)



*16-2-6*: C&C 2

------------------

Release date: end of 1996



     The strong rumor is that C&C 2 is a 3-D first person game. I say strong

rumor, because though I did not hear it from the horse's mouth, I heard it

from the horse's wife's uncle's mouth.



     The confirmed information is that C&C 2 will include new missions, art,

rules, special effects, design, storyline, and computer base building.



     Kane may not be dead, and because they are doing a complete rewrite of

their development tools, they are "heavily" considering releasing a map

editor for C&C2.



     C&C 2 will be Windows 95 only.



     Frankly, as far as all games producers are concerned, DOS is dead.

Windows 95 only games have become a growing trend, and everyone will have

Windows 95 by the end of 96, so don't expect to see many DOS games from many

companies after 1996. But I digress.



*16-3*: Update patches

=========================



Official C&C patch sites are as follows:

FTP: ftp.westwood.com

WWW: http://www.westwood.com



1.08a This is an unofficial patch to 1.07.

------------------------------------------

     Improves Win95 modem play.

     Addresses USR modem connect problems at 14.4k or 28.8k.

     Fixes Diamond Viper palette/color problem.

     Fixes movies not playing when CD is swapped.



*SIDE EFFECTS*

     Changes hex offsets in game.dat file. This means that early versions of

popular 3rd party utilities may not work with v1.08a.

     Flame-thrower hitpoints increased to 70 from 50.



1.18  This is the first offical Westwood patch to 1.07.

-------------------------------------------------------

     Fixes connect problems with Win95 and modem connections.

     Addresses USR modem connect problems at 14.4k or 28.8k.

     Fixes palette problem with the Diamond Viper video card.

     Fixes movies not playing.

     Fixes the silo money bug.

     Adjusts cost of Nod turrets to $600.

     Fixes problem with nonappearing nuke in last Nod mission.



*SIDE EFFECTS*

     The patch is fairly new. So far, a few sporadic problems with the patch

have been reported. If you encounter any problems with the patch, E-mail

[e-mail]. Some of these sporadic problems are as follows:



     C&C crashes with a DOS 4GW error during initial loading.

     Nuclear missiles are still unavailable in mission thirteen even with the

retrieval of all special nuke crates on missions six, eight, and twelve.

     Weapon reload times are drastically reduced when save games made with

versions prior to 1.18 are loaded.

     Changes hex offsets in game.dat file. This means that early versions of

popular 3rd party utilities may not work with v1.08a.

     Flame-thrower hitpoints increased to 70 from 50.

     Mouse problems were not addressed.



 [16-4]: Errors in the C&C manual

===================================



     First and foremost, the manual seems to be written to be more of a 'good

read' rather than a tech manual. This might explain the exaggerations evident

in some parts of the text.



     The armor values for some units are incorrect. For the true armor values

of units, see the tables section of this FAQ.



     The power usage values for some buildings are incorrect. For true power

usage values, see the tables section of this FAQ.



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CHAPTER *17*: Conclusion

------------------------



It has been two months since I first started work on the Unofficial C&C

Strategy FAQ and I am not finished yet. It is probably a good thing that I

did not know how time consuming a FAQ like this could be when I started it. I

wash my hair less often now, the sunlight stings my eyes, and I lost half a

pound of body weight, but I believe that the end product will be well worth

the sacrifices made.



I greatly appreciate the help you folks have given me. The C&C Strategy FAQ

is a little thin on multiplayer tactics. If you have any suggestions,

additions, or comments, send E-mail to '[e-mail]'.



As a further notice, if you are one of those bad guys who are playing a

pirate copy of Command and Conquer, shame on you. You know you really want to

stop being a freeloader. I urge you to save up your lunch money and buy the

game. The authors deserve to be rewarded.



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CHAPTER [17]: Revision History

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v0.1:         First release of the Unofficial Command and Conquer Strategy

          FAQ.

          (October 1, 1995 GMT)



v1.1:         A major revision of the Unofficial C&C Strategy FAQ.  FAQ is

          completely rewritten. FAQ explains cheating, mission-trees,

          how to do such and such, and contains a section of unsolicited

          advice.

          (October 4, 1995 GMT)



v2.1:         Major revision of the Unofficial C&C Strategy FAQ. All

          missions listed. Missions listed according to internal mission

          numbers + countries, to avoid 'which mission is this?'

          confusion. Most vehicle and infantry entries filled. Building,

          vehicle, infantry unit stats added. Discovered more ways in

          how the computer cheats.

          (October 8, 1995 GMT)



v2.2          Oops. I accidentally posted v1.1 instead of v2.1 to the

          newsgroups. To make up for the error, I'm posting this one,

          version 2.2. It includes the beginnings of the armor, health,

          damage data tables. Added cheating util information. More

          multiplayer strategies.

          (October 8, 1995 GMT)



v2.7          I'm no longer using tabs for spacing. This should ensure

          readability. Some errors were pointed out to me. I should have

          read the submissions more carefully. I apologize for the

          errors. Phil Lochner submitted his C&C strategy FAQ to me,

          which I have absorbed into mine. Some more multiplayer

          strategies have been added. I've added the special Nod 'poison

          troopers'. Expanded section on exploitable computer bugs. Big

          thanks to Andrew Griffin for extracting data from the C&C

          files.

          (October 16, 1995 GMT)



v3.2          Tables! Tables! Tables! Completed many tables. Complete vehicle

          armor values worked out by Andrew Griffin. Added section on

          bugs and updates. I corrected a few minor errors. Yet more

          multiplayer strategies are added. The 1.08 patch is out.

          (October 27, 1995 GMT)



v3.7          Lots of errors in v3.2. So many errors, in fact, that I really

          need to apologize for all of them! Added dinosaurs. Changes in

          C&C Internet resources. FAQ now available via E-Mail, thanks to

          Alvin Jiang. A couple blanks filled in here and there. A little

          more information on future C&C products. If you have any

          suggestions for reordering elements of this FAQ, please write

          to tell me about them. I'm an organizational nightmare!

          (November 4, 1995 GMT)



v.3.71        Typo in E-mail server address fixed.

          (November 5, 1995 GMT)



v.4.7         Westwood releases 1.18 patch. I find time to update FAQ. I'm

          really pooped now, so I'm going to bed. Goodnight.

          (December 11, 1995 GMT)