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SHERMAN M4
typed by THE SORCERER. Edited by PARASITE.
MISSION COMMAND MENU TRANSLATION:
Unlimited Ammo, Yes or No.
Unlimited Fuel, Yes or No.
Deep Rivers (Uncrossable), Yes or No.
Rapid Reloading, Yes or No.
Show Enemy Vehicles, Yes or No.
FRIENDLY, OR ENEMY MODIFICATIONS:
Basically for friendly you can set the number of tanks and
jeeps you have, and whether you can call in artillery or not.
Under enemy units you can set their moral, and experience levels,
from Minimum, Medium, and finally Maximum. You can also set the
enemy commander that you'll be fighting against.
SHERMAN TANK COMMANDS:
F1 - Switches from Periscope (inside view) to Outside Fwd View.
F2 - Switches from Outside Fwd View to Binoculars.
F3 - Display current damage to selected Tank.
F4 - Display overhead map, and/or activate "autopilot".
F5 - Outside forward view.
F6 - Outside rear view.
F7 - Outside left view.
F8 - Outside right view.
F9 - Use radio to move tanks/jeeps, call artillery, or quit.
F10 - Pause game temporarily.
1-4 - Selects tank 1-4.
R - Use radio (same as F9).
D - Display current damage to selected tank (same as F3).
J - Binocular view (same as F2).
C - Map, or set tank(s)/Jeep(s) course. More on that later...
V - Switch from periscope to outside fwd view and back.
RETURN - (Re)engage "Autopilot" for selected tank, more later.
Up Arrow - Move forward, maximum speed.
Down Arrow - Move in reverse.
Left Arrow - rotate left (use with up or down arrow to move
while turning to avoid getting hit by enemy tanks).
Right Arror - same as left, except you rotate right.
Space Bar+Up/Dopwn Arrow - Press the Space Bar and then quickly
press the up or down arrow keys to raise or lower your tank's
cannon. You can see it raise or lower from the outside forward
view, or see a horizontal bar raise and lower in the periscope
view. The advantage is, the higher your tank's cannon, the longer
your range.
MAP MODE:
When using the map mode you are able to scroll the map up and
down using the joystick, or the cursor keys, or keypad (each key
on the keypad represents North, Northeast, East, etc. 5 is not
used) to scroll the map up or down. Pressing 1-6 you can select
tanks 1-4 or jeeps 5-6 (if available). To set their course, select
the tank you wish to move, than move the crosshairs to the
destination you wish, and press the space bar to set that tanks
course. Note, when attacking enemy bunkers, or encoutering enemy
tanks, your tanks you aren't controlling WILL fight back. The
jeeps don't seem to do much of anything, but they probably have a
purpose, which hopefully someone will find out. I think they have
something to do with artillery, but I'm not positive.
ARTILLERY MODE:
Artillery is called down the same way that you select your
tanks destination under the movement rules. Be careful NOT to call
down artillery too close to your current position (about half a
map grid, sometimes a little more, them artillery boys don't know
how to shoot). You'll generally recieve a message from HQ saying
that artillery will be starting. Once you hear the explosions you
know your artillery is making minced meat out of whatever you
targeted. Also, the range seems to be relatively short. You are
only able to extend a short ways (maybe 4 grids) south (or north)
of your starting base, and that's it. The jeeps seem to help this
problem, but then at other times they don't have any effect, so
it's hard to tell. To find the range of artillery you'll have to
experiment.
AUTOPILOT MODE:
When using the autopilot, you can disengage at any time by
simply pressing one of the 8 movement keys on the keypad, using
the cursor keys, or using the joystick. Then you can go about
whatever it is that you want to do. To reengage, simply hit
return. Sometimes the autopilot doesn't seem to be working right,
so just re-set the course again, or take temporary control of the
tank, move it in the direction you wish it to go for a bit, then
reengage the autopilot.
HELPFUL TACTICS:
I've found that instead of charging the enemy positions, I'll
look out from the forward outside view, move forward for a bit,
then stop and use my binoculars to spot for enemy units. When I
spot one, I'll raise my cannon to maximum height, align my sights
with the enemy, and charge forward slowly. As soon as I see the
sucker on the "horizon" I'll fire a shot and retreat until he's
beyond my perscope view. This works very well, but sometimes you
get into a "cluster fuck" of several bunkers and tanks, and this
tactic doesn't work well. So I'll have my remaining tanks charge
forward with the autopilot on, engaging the enemy units, while I
sneak around behind their defensive position and blast them while
they're not looking (generally they'll fire at your other tanks
and not at you, but sometimes they'll fire at you instead). This
game is VERY realistic. Also you'll see flags at various
locations. You MUST capture the flags. To do this simply move the
tank towards the flag (pretend you're running it over). As you
back up you'll see that it changed from a Nazi flag to an American
flag.
MAP ICONS:
Hangars are basically resupply depots, that'll repair minor
damage. They'll refuel you and fix minor damage. There are of
hangars that'll repair everything, and reload your cannon. The
minor hangars that don't really repair anything are called
something like "Hangar D'Revitallement" or something like that.
Eglise are churches, bunkers are bunkers, etc. You'll generally
figure out what the different symbols are.
NORMANDY CAMPAIGN/MISSIONS:
Mission #1: Capture HQ (at C12 or G12), destroy enemy bunkers.
Mission #2: Recover jeeps (you'll see them in map mode by
selecting 5 or 6 and looking for the flashing red square, DON'T
move them otherwise a guarding enemy Panzer might blast 'em).
Mission #3: Capture Villages (the one at F-7).
Mission #4: Destroy the cannon at B-3.
Mission #5: Liberate St. Mary's Church at G-1.
Also, there is a major repair facility (repairs everything, etc)
at F-7. It's worth taking over, then you can repair all damage and
reload your cannons, etc.
ARDENNES CAMPAIGN/MISSIONS:
Mission #1: Retreat unit immediately to Camp at C-14.
Mission #2: Recapture base at F-9.
Mission #3: Destroy the bridge at B-3.
Mission #4: Destroy the enemy base at D-1.
Mission #5: Liberate Bush-Ville (BIGGEST village on the map).
NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN/MISSIONS:
Mission #1: Destroy the enemy's reserves at Bab-El-Qattara (C-5).
Mission #2: Defend the village at C-5.
Mission #3: Destroy the enemy tank convoy at F-6, F-7, or F-8.
Mission #4: Refuel at Sidi-El-Rahman, destroy enemy reserves
(haven't played this one much so you got me. Maybe the northern
part of the map).
Mission #5: The Bunker of Rommel, the Final Battle (same again.
Haven't played it to find out the coordinates).
End.