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Chapter 2 Setup and Game Play

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To start Boot Camp

1Click the Boot Camp button.

2Click a Boot Camp exercise in the list.

3Click Begin.

During Boot Camp training, you follow the directions in the training messages appearing on the screen. You continue through the exercise by performing the action it prescribes. You can quit at any point during Boot Camp by choosing Abort Battle from the Game menu (File menu on the Macintosh). Close Combat Boot Camp consists of the following five exercises:

Quick Tour of Close Combat

This quick tour is the shortest of the five exercises. It takes you to the Command menu and gives you an opportunity to issue commands.

Viewing Terrain

The terrain-viewing exercise covers the screen elements in the View Area (play area). It shows you the landscape and how to move around the map to see the battle.

Monitors and Toolbars

This exercise describes the screen elements surrounding the play area, and teaches you how to interpret soldier information. You learn about changes displayed in the game monitors and how to use those changes to your benefit.

Infantry Strategies

This exercise lets you try a few basic strategies that you can use in the battles. It briefly explains soldier behavior and the best ways to use tanks.

Armor Strategies

This advanced exercise gives you a chance to use all the skills you’ve acquired in the previous exercises. You practice using all the commands while you fight a sample battle. If you think you already know most of the basics and want to give game play a try, run this exercise first.

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Microsoft Quick Tour of Close Combat, Viewing Terrain, Monitors and Toolbars, Infantry Strategies, Armor Strategies

Contents

Game Reference CloseCombatAbout Close Combat Close Combat Game Theory You Lead Human Beings, not SuperheroesTaking Other Realistic Factors into Account Dynamic Play Balancing Means No Two Games Play the SameWho’s in Control? You Choose To set up Close Combat in Windows 95 if AutoRun is disabled Installation and SetupTo set up Close Combat in Windows To launch Close Combat in WindowsSystem Requirements To set up Close Combat on the MacintoshMinimum Windows Minimum Macintosh System Configuration To launch Close Combat on the MacintoshClose Combat Game Types Playing Close Combat-An OverviewGoing to Boot Camp Monitors and Toolbars Quick Tour of Close CombatViewing Terrain Infantry StrategiesManeuver Play Campaign PlayReplays Menu Bar Command ScreenReconnoitering Close Combat Game ButtonsNumber Of Player Buttons Side ButtonsLevel Of Difficulty Buttons Status Bar Game ScreenScrollable List Begin ButtonToolbar Game Play Mode Deployment Command MenuToolbar Game Screen Monitors Team MonitorAttribute Description Leader Rank Enemy Threat Indicator Ability Description Soldier MonitorState Description Vehicle Team Panel Condition text Text Color Infantry Team PanelStatus field Description Soldier Panels Current action Description Function Description Emotional state Description Health DescriptionFatigue level Description Zoom Monitor Message MonitorOverview Monitor Ammunition type DescriptionScore Summaries Debriefing ScreenVictory Information Details ButtonHistorical Timeline Command Screen ButtonDebriefing Details Screen Save Replay ButtonColor Scale Return ButtonDebriefing Table Setup and Game Play Close Combat Starting Maneuver Play Starting GamesTo start maneuver play To select American strength Refining the Level of DifficultyAmerican Strength German StrengthTo make German units always obey orders To make American units always obey ordersTo make American units are fearless To make German units fearlessTo make enemy intelligence always available Starting Campaign PlayTo make enemy units always visible To start a new CampaignTo start a saved Campaign Starting ReplaysTo start a Replay Killed or Americans Wounded Winning Close Combat GamesScoring Killed or Germans WoundedDeploying Teams Issuing Move and Move Fast Commands Issuing CommandsTo issue a Move command Issuing Fire and Smoke Commands To issue a Move Fast commandTo issue a Fire command To issue a Smoke commandIssuing a Defend Command To issue a Defend command Issuing a Hide CommandTo issue a Hide command Deployment Mode Using the ToolbarToolbar in Deployment Mode Game Play Mode Toolbar in Game Play modeUsing the View Area Monitoring the GameUsing the Soldier Monitor Using the Team MonitorUsing the Message Monitor Using the Overview Monitor Pausing a GameTo use the Overview monitor Stopping a Game Ending GamesEnding a Game To end a gameTo stop a game Saving GamesExiting Close Combat To exit Close Combat from WindowsTo choose options in Windows Using the Options MenuTo save a battle as a Replay To choose options on the MacintoshTurning Videos On/Off Turning Sound On/OffTurning Music On/Off Expanding the View Area to Use the Entire ScreenRemoving/Displaying Soldiers Killed In Action Removing/Displaying Trees from the MapMinimizing Close Combat Getting Help TroubleshootingPlaying Head-to-Head Finding a Topic in the Help FilePage Shoot It Out Basic TacticsFlanking Frontal AssaultGame Play Tips Infantry TipsTactics Vehicle Tips Tactics Weapons Tips Tactics General Tips Normandy June 6 General Dwight D. Eisenhower Evolution of Operation OverlordGeneral Omar Bradley Preparations for Operation Overlord British General Bernard MontgomeryGerman Forces in Normandy Fooling the Germans with FortitudeAllies Invade on D-Day Field Marshal Erwin RommelSoldiers crammed into landing craft Soldiers landing on Omaha BeachBloody Omaha and Beyond CarentanOff The Beach Soldiers taking cover Behind seawall on Omaha BeachAcross The Aure Close Combat Operation German SideNormandy June 13 German Defenses in the Bocage German hedgerow defensesFirst Encounters in the Bocage Hedgerow HellSgt. Bill Davidson, in Yank Troops under fire in the bocageAllied Improvisation in the Bocage Lt. Jack Shea, from YankBreaking the Impasse Pfc. Bob Sloane, in YankGoing for the High Ground Hill 192 and Purple Heart Draw Purple Heart Draw We didSgt. Bill Davidson, in Yank Close Combat Operation German Side Taking Saint-Lô at LastHill Close Combat Operation U.S. SideInfantry in Battle Ruins of Saint-LôSaint-Lô Saint-LôPatton Unleashed It was one terrible blood- lettingTrapped in the Falaise Pocket Falaise Pocket August 13Ð20 Colt .45 model Walther P Effective range 30 m 32 ydsSpringfield ’03 Rifle Mauser KarEffective range 550 m 600 yds Gewehr Semiautomatic Rifle Garand RifleBrowning Automatic Rifle BAR M1 Carbine Effective range 75 m 83 ydsThompson Submachine Gun MP40 Machine PistolCaliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M1919A4 MG 42 Machine Gun Caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M2-HB Grenade Launcher Armor penetration 240 mm 9.4Rocket Launcher BazookaArmor penetration 230 mm 9 Mark II Fragmentation Grenade Egg Grenade SpecificationsGerman Hand Grenades American Hand Grenades Stick GrenadeMm Mortar Mortar 60-mm M2 and Mount M2 Close Combat Mm Antitank Gun Pak M1 57-mm Antitank GunInch Gun M5 Armor penetration 122 mm 4.87.5-cm Light Infantry Gun Armor penetration 96 mm 3.8Panzer III L Medium Tank M5A1 Light Tank Mm Sherman Tank Panzer IV H Tank M4A3 76.2-mm Sherman Tank Panzer V Panther Medium Tank StuG IIIG/StuH Infantry Support Tanks Tiger I Heavy Tank M10 Tank Destroyer Marder III Self-Propelled Antitank GunM36 Tank Destroyer Jagdpanther Hunting Panther Tank DestroyerSdKfz 250 Light Armored Troop Carrier M3A1 Halftrack Armament VariousSdKfz 231 Armored Car Jeep Kfz 1 KübelwagenTerrain Basic TerrainCivilian Terrain MarshOrchard Barbed Wire Military TerrainWooden Structures Wood BuildingsStone Buildings Bunkers Big Picture Short History of World War Let Loose the Dogs of War World War II Begins Russia Invades Finland Germany Blitzes WestClose Combat 125 Battle of Britain 127 Close Combat Desert Fox The North Africa Campaign General Erwin Rommel in North AfricaBarbarossa Begins Germany Attacks Russia Scale of Forces Germans advancing into RussiaHitler and the Wehrmacht Problems of Command Sunday Surprise The Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor Germany and Italy Declare War on the United States Omar Nelson BradleyAllies Agree to Beat Germany First Dieppe DebacleLong Road to Normandy Convoys and Wolfpacks the Battle of the AtlanticGermany Blitzes East Again War in the PacificAxis Cracks The German Defeat At Stalingrad Russian soldiers in winter camouflage on the attack Close Combat Monty and Torch The North Africa Campaign British soldiers in North AfricaBritish officer on tank combat near El Alamein Erwin Rommel Bernard L. Montgomery 145 Close Combat Long Formation The Air War In Europe Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill at TehranFoothold in Europe  Landings in SicilyFierce Encounters Landings in Italy American First Division fighting in ItalyFrom Yank, an American military publication Problems of Supply On To RomeFrom Shots Fired in Anger by Lt. Col. John George 153 Close Combat On the Eve of Operation Overlord End of Festung EuropaRacing Toward the Rhine Red Army Marches To Vengeance Collapse of Festung EuropaLast Blitzkrieg The Battle of the Bulge American tanks on the move in Germany Red Sky in the East the Soviets Capture Berlin Road to BerlinAmerican and Russian soldiers Final Surrender And Beyond Photostat of German surrender with Jodls signatureWorld War II ends-and the Cold War begins