Playing Head-to-Head, Troubleshooting | Microsoft Close Combat

Chapter 2 Setup and Game Play

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Playing Head-to-Head

For information on head-to-head play, see the README file on the Close

Combat CD-ROM, or look in the online Help Head-to-Head topic.

Troubleshooting

For more troubleshooting information, see the README file on the Close

Combat CD-ROM, or look in the online Help Troubleshooting topic.

Getting Help

Close Combat provides two kinds of Help information:

•The online Help file with general information on a large number of game-related topics, including extensive information on weapons.

•Context-sensitive Help on specific game features. The Help file supplements these brief pop-up descriptions.

Finding a Topic in the Help File

•From the Help menu, choose Help Contents, or press F1.

•Click the Help Contents tab to browse through topics by category.

•To view the index of Help topics, click the Index tab, then scroll through the list, or type the word you’re looking for and press

ENTER.

You can also access Help by pressing F1 (Windows 95) or COMMAND+H (Macintosh).

Getting Context-Sensitive Help

While you’re playing, you may want information about Close Combat screen features, including game controls, weapons, and terrain. Using context-sensitive Help, you click an area or feature on the game screen to display a specific Help topic in a small text box. To get that informa- tion quickly:

•Point at the feature.

•In Windows 95, click the right mouse button.

•On the Macintosh, hold down the Option key and click the mouse button.

To close the text box

•Press ESC or click anywhere on the screen.

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Microsoft Close Combat manual Playing Head-to-Head, Troubleshooting, Getting Help, Finding a Topic in the Help File

Contents

Game Reference CloseCombat About Close Combat Close Combat Game Theory You Lead Human Beings, not Superheroes Taking Other Realistic Factors into Account Dynamic Play Balancing Means No Two Games Play the Same Who’s in Control? You Choose Installation and Setup To set up Close Combat in WindowsTo set up Close Combat in Windows 95 if AutoRun is disabled To launch Close Combat in Windows To set up Close Combat on the Macintosh Minimum Windows Minimum Macintosh System ConfigurationSystem Requirements To launch Close Combat on the Macintosh Close Combat Game Types Playing Close Combat-An Overview Going to Boot Camp Quick Tour of Close Combat Viewing TerrainMonitors and Toolbars Infantry Strategies Maneuver Play Campaign Play Replays Command Screen Reconnoitering Close CombatMenu Bar Game Buttons Level Of Difficulty Buttons Side ButtonsNumber Of Player Buttons Game Screen Scrollable ListStatus Bar Begin Button Toolbar Command MenuToolbar Game Play Mode Deployment Game Screen Monitors Team Monitor Attribute Description Leader Rank Enemy Threat Indicator State Description Soldier MonitorAbility Description Vehicle Team Panel Status field Description Infantry Team PanelCondition text Text Color Soldier Panels Current action Description Function Description Fatigue level Description Health DescriptionEmotional state Description Message Monitor Overview MonitorZoom Monitor Ammunition type Description Debriefing Screen Victory InformationScore Summaries Details Button Command Screen Button Debriefing Details ScreenHistorical Timeline Save Replay Button Debriefing Table Return ButtonColor Scale Setup and Game Play Close Combat To start maneuver play Starting GamesStarting Maneuver Play Refining the Level of Difficulty American StrengthTo select American strength German Strength To make American units always obey orders To make American units are fearlessTo make German units always obey orders To make German units fearless Starting Campaign Play To make enemy units always visibleTo make enemy intelligence always available To start a new Campaign To start a Replay Starting ReplaysTo start a saved Campaign Winning Close Combat Games ScoringKilled or Americans Wounded Killed or Germans Wounded Deploying Teams To issue a Move command Issuing CommandsIssuing Move and Move Fast Commands Issuing Fire and Smoke Commands To issue a Move Fast command To issue a Fire command To issue a Smoke command Issuing a Defend Command To issue a Hide command Issuing a Hide CommandTo issue a Defend command Toolbar in Deployment Mode Using the ToolbarDeployment Mode Game Play Mode Toolbar in Game Play mode Using the View Area Monitoring the Game Using the Message Monitor Using the Team MonitorUsing the Soldier Monitor To use the Overview monitor Pausing a GameUsing the Overview Monitor Ending Games Ending a GameStopping a Game To end a game Saving Games Exiting Close CombatTo stop a game To exit Close Combat from Windows Using the Options Menu To save a battle as a ReplayTo choose options in Windows To choose options on the Macintosh Turning Sound On/Off Turning Music On/OffTurning Videos On/Off Expanding the View Area to Use the Entire Screen Minimizing Close Combat Removing/Displaying Trees from the MapRemoving/Displaying Soldiers Killed In Action Troubleshooting Playing Head-to-HeadGetting Help Finding a Topic in the Help FilePage Basic Tactics FlankingShoot It Out Frontal Assault Game Play Tips Infantry Tips Tactics Vehicle Tips Tactics Weapons Tips Tactics General Tips Normandy June 6 General Omar Bradley Evolution of Operation OverlordGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower Preparations for Operation Overlord British General Bernard Montgomery German Forces in Normandy Fooling the Germans with Fortitude Allies Invade on D-Day Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Soldiers crammed into landing craft Soldiers landing on Omaha Beach Bloody Omaha and Beyond Carentan Off The Beach Soldiers taking cover Behind seawall on Omaha Beach Across The Aure Close Combat Operation German Side Normandy June 13 German Defenses in the Bocage German hedgerow defenses First Encounters in the Bocage Hedgerow Hell Sgt. Bill Davidson, in Yank Troops under fire in the bocage Allied Improvisation in the Bocage Lt. Jack Shea, from Yank Breaking the Impasse Pfc. Bob Sloane, in Yank Going for the High Ground Hill 192 and Purple Heart Draw Purple Heart Draw We did Sgt. Bill Davidson, in Yank Taking Saint-Lô at Last HillClose Combat Operation German Side Close Combat Operation U.S. Side Infantry in Battle Ruins of Saint-Lô Saint-Lô Saint-Lô Patton Unleashed It was one terrible blood- letting Trapped in the Falaise Pocket Falaise Pocket August 13Ð20 Colt .45 model Walther P Effective range 30 m 32 yds Effective range 550 m 600 yds Mauser KarSpringfield ’03 Rifle Gewehr Semiautomatic Rifle Garand Rifle Browning Automatic Rifle BAR M1 Carbine Effective range 75 m 83 yds Thompson Submachine Gun MP40 Machine Pistol Caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M1919A4 MG 42 Machine Gun Caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M2-HB Grenade Launcher Armor penetration 240 mm 9.4 Armor penetration 230 mm 9 BazookaRocket Launcher Egg Grenade Specifications German Hand Grenades American Hand GrenadesMark II Fragmentation Grenade Stick Grenade Mm Mortar Mortar 60-mm M2 and Mount M2 Close Combat Mm Antitank Gun Pak M1 57-mm Antitank Gun Inch Gun M5 Armor penetration 122 mm 4.8 7.5-cm Light Infantry Gun Armor penetration 96 mm 3.8 Panzer 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 Gun M36 Tank Destroyer Jagdpanther Hunting Panther Tank Destroyer SdKfz 250 Light Armored Troop Carrier M3A1 Halftrack Armament Various SdKfz 231 Armored Car Jeep Kfz 1 Kübelwagen Terrain Basic Terrain Civilian Terrain Marsh Orchard Barbed Wire Military Terrain Wooden Structures Wood Buildings Stone Buildings Bunkers Big Picture Short History of World War Let Loose the Dogs of War World War II Begins Russia Invades Finland Germany Blitzes West Close Combat 125 Battle of Britain 127 Close Combat Desert Fox The North Africa Campaign General Erwin Rommel in North Africa Barbarossa Begins Germany Attacks Russia Scale of Forces Germans advancing into Russia Hitler and the Wehrmacht Problems of Command Sunday Surprise The Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor Germany and Italy Declare War on the United States Omar Nelson Bradley Allies Agree to Beat Germany First Dieppe Debacle Long Road to Normandy Convoys and Wolfpacks the Battle of the Atlantic Germany Blitzes East Again War in the Pacific Axis 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 Africa British 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 Tehran Foothold in Europe  Landings in Sicily Fierce Encounters Landings in Italy American First Division fighting in Italy From Yank, an American military publication Problems of Supply On To Rome From Shots Fired in Anger by Lt. Col. John George 153 Close Combat Racing Toward the Rhine End of Festung EuropaOn the Eve of Operation Overlord Red Army Marches To Vengeance Collapse of Festung Europa Last Blitzkrieg The Battle of the Bulge American tanks on the move in Germany American and Russian soldiers Road to BerlinRed Sky in the East the Soviets Capture Berlin Final Surrender And Beyond Photostat of German surrender with Jodls signature World War II ends-and the Cold War begins