Microsoft Close Combat manual Issuing Commands, Issuing Move and Move Fast Commands

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You can select a team by clicking the team’s icon in the Team monitor. Double-clicking selects the team and centers it in the View Area.

Once you select a team, you can issue a Move command by pressing Z. To complete the command, drag the destination line from the team to its destina- tion, then click to place the destination marker.

Issuing Commands

No matter what kind of game you choose—Maneuver, Campaign, or Replay—you can issue six commands to your teams: Move, Move Fast, Fire, Smoke, Defend, and Hide. To issue a command to a team, you need to perform these three steps:

1Point at a unit, then click and hold down the mouse button.

Clicking a unit or a soldier in a unit selects the unit. The Command menu appears when you point at a unit or a soldier in a unit and hold down the mouse button.

2While you hold down the mouse button, drag toward you to select the command you want from the menu, then release the mouse button.

3Drag to draw a line from the unit to its destination or target, then release the mouse button.

Issuing Move and Move Fast Commands

You issue the Move and Move Fast commands to tell teams where you want them to go, and how quickly you want them to go there. The team moves faster if you issue a Move Fast command, but becomes more fatigued in the process. When moving fast, teams are also less likely to be alert to enemy fire, to see the enemy, and return fire effectively.

Whether the team completes a Move or Move Fast command satisfacto- rily depends on several factors, including how far the team must move, available cover, team leadership, and enemy fire. For a more detailed description of the factors affecting team moves, see Chapter 3, “Tactics.”

To issue a Move command

1Point at the team you want to move or click the team to select it.

When you select a team, the View Area displays blue boxes around each member of the team; a circle is always displayed around squad leaders (or higher), even when the team is not selected. The Team monitor displays a blue box around the selected team, and the Soldier monitor displays the names of the soldiers in the team.

2Click and hold down the mouse button. The Command menu appears.

3While you hold down the mouse button, drag toward you to choose Move from the Command menu, and then release the mouse button.